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  1. Falling down on First Military Exoskeleton Reaches Prototype · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If the wearer/opeartor falls down, can they stand up again unassisted?

    I get a picture of beached whales or insects on their backs.

    Not trolling, I really want to know!

  2. Cars have VINs and license plates on No More Internet Anonymity · · Score: 1

    Cars have VINs and license plates to identify them on public roads. This places some limits on driver freedom but is hardly Orwellian.

    TPM, or something like it, could end up in the same category.

  3. Count job listings on Java Is So 90s · · Score: 1

    Searching monster.com for job listings within fifty miles of my zip code finds

    • 91 jobs for Java developers
    • 52 jobs for C++ developers
    • 20 jobs for PHP developers

    PHP is wonderful, but no way is Java dead.

  4. Flickr.icio.us, anyone? on Yahoo! Buys del.icio.us · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Flickr.icio.us, anyone?

  5. Defective discs highly decorative! on Panasonic Begins Blu-Ray Production · · Score: 1

    > has to bin fewer than 20 per cent of the discs it produces

    Cool! Can I have those discarded discs to use as holiday decorations?!?!

  6. grep words on .eu Opens for Registration · · Score: 1

    % grep -iE 'eu$' words

    • adieu
    • alpieu
    • archboutefeu
    • asideu
    • eheu
    • eu
    • farleu
    • feu
    • leu
    • lieu
    • Lleu
    • masdeu
    • milieu
    • purlieu
    • subfeu
    • tereu
    • zakkeu
  7. Human larynx as security risk on Sensitive Data Stolen Via Digital Cameras · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The human larynx is the biggest security risk. It's a ubiquitous device that can broadcast via sound waves any proprietary information a knowledge-worker has been exposed to.

    Of course this description is (intended to be) humorous, but the serious point is one we've heard often enough: you can't solve a human problem with a technological solution.

  8. Re:OpenDoc != OpenDocument on IBM Stresses Importance of OpenDoc to MA · · Score: 1

    Apple should donate the name.

  9. Provoking you to watch on CSI Takes On Grand Theft Auto · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Angry viewers count just as much in the ratings as any other kind of viewers. If stirring this pot motivates you to watch, it's money in the producers' pockets.

  10. Tech wall, or budget wall? on Microsoft Claims Firms 'Hitting a Wall' With Linux · · Score: 1

    Part of the issue may be that some organizations picked Linux because the low cost of entry fit their budget. Enterprise-level budgets will definitely be a barrier for them.

  11. Skype has raised the bar on Research Group Pushes to Ban Skype · · Score: 1

    Skype has raised expectations for what internet telephone calls should sound like, and lowered expectations for what they should cost. Whatever the fate of Skype, its characteristics are the new standard.

    Excuse the pun, but you can't unring a bell.

  12. Plain old browser history on Google Searches Used in Murder Trial? · · Score: 2, Informative

    The article says "investigators continue to find new evidence on computers seized from Robert Petrick's home", suggesting that this information came from the familiar browser history feature rather than from Google's databases.

    Since the defendant was already a suspect, reviewing his browser history is no different than searching his personal papers or anything else in his home.

  13. Too many paranoid suggestions on Did Apple Sabotage the ROKR? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    There have just been way too many of these quasi-paranoid suggestions over the years to take any of them seriously.

  14. Terms of Service on German IT Outfit Bans Whining · · Score: 1

    Time to amend the Slashdot Terms of Service!

  15. "Will Google be able to pay" on Google Paying for Firefox Installs · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Will Google be able to pay": that's a phrase we haven't heard in a while!

  16. Don't customers already pay? on SBC CEO: Pay up if you want to use our pipes · · Score: 1

    He wants to charge both parties using his network? SBC subscribers already pay for bandwidth, now he wants to charge the sites paying SBC subscribers connect to? Bizarre.

  17. Monetize those relationships! on Use of Student Plants to Pitch Products Rising · · Score: 1

    I've been wasting my time converting my friends to Mozilla Firefox, when I could have been pitching commercial products and services to them for ca$h mon€¥!

  18. Security and the stock price on The Story of a Microsoft Patch · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Has any Windows security problem ever hurt Microsoft's stock price?

    I checked MSFT a couple of times when mail-based malware was running amok, seriously enough to reach the general news media. No effect.

    If that's the overall pattern when it comes to Microsoft security issues and Microsoft's business success, it goes a long way toward explaining security missteps like MS05-018. There's no direct incentive for them to master security.

  19. Natural evolution of this practice on Is There Such A Thing As A Final Cut? · · Score: 1

    I understand The Sopranos film two versions of every scene, one for HBO and one for future syndication to broadcast televison. And we're all familiar with audio dubbing and pan-and-scan to create broadcast-ready versions of movies.

    Changes for DVD and theatrical re-issue are natural extensions of these alternations, made possible by the evolution of both the market for and technology of filmed entertainment.

  20. Musical bedside manner on iPods Used for Medical Images · · Score: 4, Funny

    Plus, the doctors can have musical discussions with their patients, everything from "Doctor, doctor, gimme the news" to "I can see clearly now, the pain is gone"...

  21. Re:need a new job? on Windows Drives Company To OpenBSD · · Score: 1

    This person is definitely in employment jeopardy: he's revealed details about his organization's network infrastructure on top of the fact that he willfully concealed his staff's activities from his managament.

    The clincher is the part about using OpenBSD to shield a commercial solution from full exposure to the internet. This is a lie of omission, making it yet easier if they want to fire him.

  22. Please don't sue me, Torvalds and McKusick! on BitTorrent User Guilty Of Piracy · · Score: 1

    Please don't sue me, Linus Torvalds and Marshall Kirk McKusick! I've been distributing your blockbusters via BitTorrent for years!

  23. Specifics on Indirect Documents At Last · · Score: 1

    Project page? Source code repository? Early-access release? Demo URL?!

  24. Second Tuesday on Microsoft Becomes Wembley Stadium's Backer · · Score: 2, Funny

    And you can sneak in on the second Tuesday of every month, pending security patch installation!

  25. Robotic missions on NASA Puts A Stop To Space Romance · · Score: 1

    Serious comment: this is one more reason to focus on cheaper, safer, robotic missions.