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  1. Re:I expected China, but here in the US? on The City Where People Are Afraid To Breathe · · Score: 1

    have to agree that it is no secret, we hear about it and talk about here in Phoenix on a regular basis. Almost everyone who has lived here for any length of time has had it at least once. AS another poster pointed out it is like the bubonic plague here. Almost anyone who lived here for more than a year or two are aware that the jack rabbits here are infected with it. But mentioned it to someone from the more urbanized areas they are always taken by surprise. Must be the ultra urban snobbery.

  2. Re:lets see now..... on Orson Scott Card Pleads 'Tolerance' For Ender's Game Movie · · Score: 1

    >>He is not politically correct......check
    This should had been "politically incorrect"

  3. lets see now..... on Orson Scott Card Pleads 'Tolerance' For Ender's Game Movie · · Score: 1

    He is not politically correct......check
    He is not socially correct........check
    He has opinions that many find suspect.....check
    His opinion is protected as free speech......check
    He is a writer that many find enjoyable to read.....check
    Just because his opinions does not matches yours you will not read or view movies based upon his works? Now has anyone find this to be disturbing? Because he has opinions which differs from the current world view he needs to be shunned and ignored?
    So who really has the closed mind and narrow point of view? Does it not work both way?

    Oh wait no it doesn't, it only works for those with the biggest bat, so who is really the bully here?

  4. should be simple on Keyless Remote Entry For Cars May Have Been Cracked · · Score: 1

    just have a wide spectrum receiver, enough samples and a powerful enough computer and you are in. Just leave a datalogger connected to the receiver, collect the sample, decrypt it with a laptop, set up a transmitter to run through the possible challenge & response codes and you're in.

  5. why ink? on Ask Slashdot: The Search For the Ultimate Engineer's Pen · · Score: 2

    0.7mm pencil

  6. Step 1 find a good CPA on Ask Slashdot: How To Run a Small Business With Open Source Software? · · Score: 2

    The first thing you should do is find a good CPA, that you are comfortable with. Then sit down with him and go over what he expects from you in the way of reporting and see what he recommends for a software package. You may be surprise as I have noticed more and more CPAs are including opensource packages on their list of packages.

  7. Just out of curosity on Arizona H-1B Workers Advised to Carry Papers At All Times · · Score: 1

    Has anyone actually read the Supreme's Court decision or, horrors of horrors, actually READ the law? Based upon the comments I have seen here I would have to say no. I am not a fan of the law but I have read it and also the signs in Sacaton and Koval valley area warning people of drug smugglers and human trafficers. These signs being posted by the FEDERAL government in areas well over 100 miles away from the border with Mexico. Maybe this decision will spur some action on part of the feds.

  8. who really take the DOJ at face value? on US Justice Dept Defends Right To Record Police · · Score: 0

    They always have an ulterior motive. Most likely they see a way to more closely monitor those who would film the police and of course of the device is destroyed or confiscated then it would make it just that much harder for the "authorities" to protect you from all of those nasty terrorists.

    Your government in action.

  9. The Source? on Online Services: The Internet Before the Internet · · Score: 4, Informative

    does anyone remember The Source? Where Ilearned about archie, gopher, telnet,finger,who, ftp and the like. I remember the first time I connected I went exploring on the source and realized that I was connecting to computers all over the world.

  10. The actual law states on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    That the cop must have a valid reason for making legal contact. This means the individual is already under investigation for another crime or the police has probable cause to stop the individual. Then if during questioning he has reason to believe that person's legal status in the country may not be what he represent then he can ask for the required documents that visitors and legal foreign residents are required, by federal law, to carry. U.S. citizens just need to show a driver's license, state issue id or a valid passport. Just like when starting a job. The governor also issued an executive order requiring classes and training to avoid any type of racial profiling. Now as to the real reason why this law was passed 1) Phoenix, the state capital, is the kidnapping capital of the nation because of the illegal immigration. 2) It is not safe to live any where near the border with Mexico. Just ask the people who live in border towns like Bisbee, Nogales or Douglas. Or even the family of the rancher that was killed simply because he was on his land when illegal immigrants were trespassing. 3) No fencing along the border with Mexico along with inadequate patrols and no anticipation of any improvements. Now someone will mention how our wonderful Secretary of DOH stated that the border is as secured as it ever was. Well Janet Napolitano used to be Governor of Arizona. Then when everything began falling apart like the state economy and the violence from Mexico spilling over into Arizona she was given a lifeboat out of the situation by Obama so she would not be stuck with any of the blame. The same Obama who has not provided any solutions so this law would not have even been considered let alone enacted.

  11. hmmm targeted advertising on Monitor Your Health 24x7 With the WIN Human Recorder · · Score: 1

    can anyone say advertiser's dream? So now they can tell what you like by heart rate, skin temp and brain waves.

  12. Re:hmm on US Coast Guard Intends To Kill LORAN-C · · Score: 1

    Actually 200m is very good you will normally be in eye sight of each other by then. You will be surprise what can and have been done with only a 200 meter error and a pair of eyeballs I know this from practical hands on experience. Long before there was GPS or NAVSAT ships were meeting in the middle of a vast empty ocean using only LORAN-C.

  13. Re:Warrants on New Zealand Cyber Spies Win New Powers · · Score: 1

    In the USA, search and seizure powers were specifically limited by the fourth amendment for among other reasons, reducing the liklihood of fishing expeditions. Here you can't use the power to search something specific eg. someone's car to justify searching someone's house, mail etc. as well.

    and i have a bridge to sell you too.

  14. Re:Wow this is a day... on AOL Shuts Down CompuServe · · Score: 1

    I had compuserv too but preferred The Source. First introduction to internet which was still referred to as DARPA net in places

  15. selective pricing on iPhones, FStream and the Death of Satellite Radio · · Score: 1

    I subscribed to XM several years ago when I used to do a lot of traveling and did not always wanted to hunt for radio stations every 45 minutes or listen to the same CDs over and over again. I discovered that in addition to the music, news and sports (which I never listen to) the classic radio shows and audio books which is now my favorites. However the broadcast days are being cut back on one station and the other seems to have more and more commercials on it and I pay a subscription and have to listen to commercials? Possibly they need to come up with a business model where you can select what you want to hear and drop what has no interest to you. For me that would be some music stations, radio plays and news. Since I have only a few selections it should mean a lower monthly subscription

  16. Don't believe everything you read on Dell's Secret Linux Fling · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I had my other half look at the ad. Since she is from China I felt that should qualify her as an expert. The first thing she told me that it didn't look right and don't trust any ads in China unless you see and are able to try out the product first hand. She also told me that the literal translation for the wording before Linux on the 2nd picture was "flag" and not Red Flag so it would be Flag Linux

  17. Re:I just got "the letter" too on Data Theft and Corporate Irresponsibility? · · Score: 1

    And of course they also did not offer any credit monitoring. My letter suggested if I found suspicious activity to contact the credit bureaus. So here we have a government entity that collected all of this information, allowed it to be placed on a laptop and removed from their control and yet will not accept responsibilty. By the way the V.A. is not the military, if it was it more than just data would be missing.

  18. Re:send me my check on Forget GPS, Hello WPS · · Score: 1

    sure do, I pay the electric bill and the light is on for my use.

  19. send me my check on Forget GPS, Hello WPS · · Score: 1

    I'm assuming this is being done for profit, so when can I expect my first check? After all if my access point is being used for something like this then I expect to be paid for it. As I'm sure many other people will also want to be paid for allowing their access points be used for a project by a private enterprise who will be charging money for using their service.

  20. what is good for the goose.... on Europeans To Monitor American Voters · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So let me get this straight. The United States can go around sticking it's nose into other countries business, telling people how to live and what to think. Basically telling other countries that they have to toe the line as dictated by the U.S. yet when the same standard is applied to the United States there are howls of indignation? So tell me what are we trying to hide?

  21. suggestions on Open Maps? · · Score: 1

    First you have to decide what do you want to do? Do you want it to be able to do GIS or just serve maps? Do you want to have it look like mapquest? Then you need to use raster maps with the attendant space being taken up for storage. If you want speed and are not too concern about making it look pretty then you should use vector data. Depending upon which type of data you will use will then let you choose the software. There are many such as MapIt!, UMN Mapserver, OpenMap, etc. Personally I like UMN's Mapserver. It is in active development, has a very active and helpful mailing list and there are very few things which it can not do and it can use a very wide variety of spatial data formats.

  22. has anyone noticed on Microsoft WiX Code Released to SourceForge.Net · · Score: 1

    that there are no files being released and that the project's homepage goes to Rob Mensching's blog?

  23. do it with a cast iron skillet on Soldering with a Toaster Oven · · Score: 1

    did it one time with a cast iron skillet after about 15 minutes sitting on low heat. Got the idea from a Circuit Cellar Ink coulmn several years ago.

  24. Re:How valid could it be? on First Human Clone Born? · · Score: 1

    but he is not a physicist, he is a writer with a Piled higher and Deeper in physics. Can anyone say smokescreen?

  25. so just how valid is this? on First Human Clone Born? · · Score: 1

    No detail given and the person chosen to verify the claims is, by his own words, a freelance journalist who is a physicst with a PhD. So a freelance journalist (read unemployed) without any medical training is to past judgement? The judgement will be to who ever has the most money or will make the best story