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  1. two maxims on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Manage Your Personal Data? · · Score: 1

    One, you can't have enough backup images as something always seems to go wrong. Should include at least one offline unplugged "safe" unit. I know, it's a hassle to keep them up to date.
    Two, the longer you wait the less all this backup space costs, so don't buy too much too soon.

  2. Re:I've been doing this for months on Ford Tests DIY Firmware Updates · · Score: 1

    What must you do if you installed a hitch?

  3. Wireless indeed on Ford Tests DIY Firmware Updates · · Score: 1

    With an 802.x wireless interface Ford could assume that people's home wireless network reaches their car or garage. Park within range and call up the in-car menu to start the update (and don't stall out!).

    And if it doesn't reach or if you don't have access to a parking place near your coffee shop that has free wi-fi, drive over to your Ford dealer and use theirs (or they can patch you when you go for service).

    I wish I had 802.x access to my car to update my music drive.

  4. Show that they cost money and time on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Priorities Inflation In IT Projects? · · Score: 2

    Stack the priorities up, if they must have them.
    Show them what the added cost will be. If they're willing to pay for it all, its their money and their project. Just be sure they're doing with eyes open.

  5. Early results on Fracture Putty Can Heal a Broken Bone In Days · · Score: 1

    "The gel has been proven to work on animals as big as a sheep..."

    Early tests on humans have found that the bones heal in days, but the subjects retain an urge to walk together in groups.

  6. Re:Serious question: on Researchers Create Glass Just 3 Atoms Thick · · Score: 2

    And baby powder.

  7. Re:Night vision on Chinese Boy Claims To Have Cat-Like Night Vision · · Score: 1

    I was told that most animals can see better in the "dark" than we can because of a reflective lining inside their eyeball that augments available light.
    Not true?

  8. What motivates politicians? on Why Politicians Should Never Make Laws About Technology · · Score: 1

    In the USA, politicians are constantly seeking funding for the next campaign. Their actions and the legislation they sponsor and support are largely driven by people, corporations, and organization with deep pockets that contribute to their campaign funds. Of course that is moderated by what their voting base will tolerate. The pols will vote in congress as they are paid to vote.

    This goes for SOPA too.

    If you want politicians to instead vote for the public good, you will have to work to eliminate private campaign financing as a major motivator. I am not saying this casually.

  9. Another argument: on What Could Have Been In the Public Domain Today, But Isn't · · Score: 2

    Has anyone ever advanced the argument that reducing the time a work is "protected" by IP might actually increase productivity, as creators have to produce new works to make up for works that pass into the public domain?
    There are writers alive today who wrote and published in 1955.
    Just wondering.

  10. From today's Eschaton blog: on Verizon Backtracks On $2 Convenience Fee · · Score: 1

    "Smart companies stick in sneaky fees so you don't notice, dumb ones announce that they're going to charge you for the privilege of paying your bill."

  11. Just like any other proposal: on Justifications For Creating an IT Department? · · Score: 1

    Just like any other proposal:
    1. summarize all the current problems (that will be addressed by your solution)
    2. Summarize your proposed solution
    3. explain in detail your solution and how it will address all the problems
    4. explain how much it will cost (in money and people and whatever else) and how it will be implemented (at what cost and how long)
    5. summarize what the follow-up will be after the solution is implemented: what will be measured to gauge success, what loose ends will need to be tied up, what will constitute the basis for the clean-up or how new problems will be looked-for and fixed.

    Plan to be able to discuss in detail the specifics of questions that will be raised as you explain things.

  12. IP ??? on Warner Bros Sued For Pirating Louis Vuitton Trademark · · Score: 1

    I always thought it stood for Intensify Profits.

  13. "added" benefit: on New Car Anti-Theft Device Profiles Your Rear End · · Score: 3, Interesting

    you're walking until you loose those extra pounds.

  14. What about the market place? on US Bans Loud Commercials · · Score: 1

    Market sycophants take note: (/sarcasm) isn't the marketplace supposed to correct for this, so that people who get annoyed by commercials don't buy the stuff and the annoyance stops?
    I guess sometimes we actually do need regulation.

  15. Why do they need tunnels? on The Mexican Cartel's Hi-Tech Drug Tunnels · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why don't they just run a 6" pipe under the ground and package the pot in cylinders moved by little cars - they can even slope the pipe so the cars just fall down - ?
    That would be lots harder to find.

  16. Gross on Yeti Crab Cultivates Bacteria On Claw, Then Eats Them · · Score: 2

    Somehow, this strikes me as the crab equivalent of surviving by picking your nose.

  17. Re:Why is it .... on DOJ: Violating a Site's ToS Is a Crime · · Score: 1

    ..that more people are not declaring themselves corporations?

  18. It's time... on DOJ: Violating a Site's ToS Is a Crime · · Score: 1

    ...for me to declare myself a corporation and write up my Terms of Service. Perhaps someone with a law background can lead an open source project on this? Then we can have Justice Department representation for what might otherwise be civil torts against us.

  19. Re:Practical application... on Scientists Develop Super-Slippery Material · · Score: 2

    Yes!
    Does anyone else see the potential for coating food containers with a brand-new, not-found-in-nature substance that no one's ever eaten or tested before?
    What could possibly go wrong?
    Oh, and the logs and analysis of early antarctic expeditions make fascinating reading.

  20. Re:Taking advice from wolves on HP Pondering Sale of WebOS · · Score: 1

    I believe the bank and/or Merrill Lynch also stand to reap a commission ($ millions) if HP actually does execute a sale of WebOS. I know, it's insane, but NYT ran a recent story that several HP acquisitions were completed under advice from teams like this that also participated in the sale/transfer and got huge commissions for that turnover.
    Another argument against the efficiency of private business.

  21. A very low frequency on Human Blood Protein (HSA) From GMO Rice · · Score: 1

    >>The researchers referred to a study indicating 'a very low frequency (0.04-0.80%) of pollen-mediated gene flow between genetically modified (GM) rice and adjacent non-GM plants.'

    What could possibly go wrong?

  22. On their own, if they must on Verizon Challenges FCC's Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    Let them filter and throttle their private network, but if so connection to the public one is prohibited.

  23. Re:A $10 loss is not bad on Amazon To Lose $10 Per Kindle Fire · · Score: 1

    Turning out the first one is definitely not free. Each one after that is almost free.

  24. Re:A $10 loss is not bad on Amazon To Lose $10 Per Kindle Fire · · Score: 1

    Wondering if they've estimated price over the projected life of the product, so that the $10 loss figure includes estimated cost reduction/efficiency improvements over time. Meaning they're losing much more than $10 per unit now, and it's still irrelevant if average users buy several dozen items on it.

  25. Was there an Amazon WebOS app in the works? on Amazon In Talks With HP To Buy Palm · · Score: 1

    If there's a nearly-baked Amazon app for WebOS and they like it, that would go a long way to speeding introduction of webos-branded stuff by amazon.

    Does anyone know any details?