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  1. Apart from the lobyists... on Congress is About To Ban the Government From Offering Free Online Tax Filing (propublica.org) · · Score: 1

    ... what's the rationale these politicians are relying on to push this?

  2. Re:I live in Arizona, and it's a pain on Ask Slashdot: Where Do You Stand on Daylight Saving Time? · · Score: 1

    I always find the word "celebrate" humorous in this context. Having grown up in AZ and moved to another state, I really miss the absence of DST.

  3. Which is it? on Comcast Allegedly Asking Customers to Stop Using Tor · · Score: 1

    Neither of the links seem to say anything about whether or not the user was using Tor for browsing or operating an exit node. If they're running an exit node then sure, Comcast has every right to terminate the user, otherwise it's not especially clear if they're violating the acceptable use policy.

  4. Re:Cryptocat on Heml.is, New Encrypted Messaging Service From Brokep of the Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    The list of things wrong with cryptocat in that post is kind of scary, particularly since I imagine quite a lot of people that use the service will never see that post (or understand it).

  5. Cryptocat on Heml.is, New Encrypted Messaging Service From Brokep of the Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    Is this any better or more useful than the service Cryptocat (https://crypto.cat/)? Seems like a duplication of efforts to me.

  6. Pollution vs. Capacity on One Giant Cargo Ship Pollutes As Much As 50M Cars · · Score: 1

    So here is the real question: Can the 50 million cars one of these ships approximates carry as much as the ship can? I'm wanting to say no since not many "cars" are well-suited to carrying 24-foot cargo containers.

  7. Re:Maths ? on Hurt Locker File-Sharing Subpoenas Begin · · Score: 1

    And after that: Ohmage Pictures.

  8. Re:"Automatic" doesn't mean what you think it mean on Drunken Employee Shoots Server · · Score: 1

    Automatic could also refer to the bullet likely used: .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol)

  9. Funny, but memorable. on Suitable Naming Conventions For Workstations? · · Score: 1

    At the research institution i work at we name machines based on a particular theme organized by their purpose. Most of the sequencing robot controllers are named after composers, laptops named after the x-men, lab workstations are given good jewish names, office workstations are named after their users' mothers, tech staffs computers are named after james-bond villains.

    It does help a lot though with memorization of whose computer is whose and what it does. It's also useful for gauging how important a particular problem is based on what kind of name the computer has. For example a problem with a computer named after a composer is significantly more important than a problem with a computer named after someone's mother. This all comes into play in our ticket system when the person submitting a problem gives only a vague problem description and the computers name.

  10. Re:Linux? on Cheap, Cross-Platform Electronic Circuit Simulation Software? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I've used Oregano on Ubuntu with not very many problems. My original reason for trying it out was that the academic demo for OrCAD wouldn't simulate circuits large enough for my projects at school. I've found that it duplicates most of the features we used in courses on OrCAD. Oregano