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  1. Re:Precision, precision. on NASA's HETE Coming Down · · Score: 1

    Must have been one of my lab students.

  2. Re:Well, I already knew this. on Mapping Gravity · · Score: 1

    You must have been in the section I TA. You and about 20 of your friends.

  3. Solution: on Security - Logitech Wireless Mice & Keyboards Can Be Sniffed · · Score: 1

    Memorize PGP algorithm. Type encrypted.

  4. Re:this mimics q. *interference*, not *superpositi on Light-Based Computers Using Quantum Principles · · Score: 1

    Interference *is* superposition (of out of phase waves). BTW: What quantum features of the light are they using exactly? Seems like the classical wave model to me. Acousic-optic transducers are used here (UT-Austin) as beam benders without so much hooplaah.

  5. Replacement for banner ads? on Amazon Starts 'Tip Jar' System · · Score: 1

    So, instead of a banner ad a site owner places a small box (quite similar in appearance to a banner) that effectivly links to amazon.com and serves as a direct revenue machine for the same. Thank the lord for visionaries! Patent it!

  6. Re:Pneumatic Tubes & Fresnel Lenses on Ten Technologies That Shouldn't Have Died? · · Score: 1

    Actually, since the tubes would be more suited to cylinders than disks, perhaps wax cylinders are the medium of choice over ZIP disks and floppies. And think, we could store analog data on them instead of this new-fangled digital format.

  7. Re:There are other races on Should You Vote? · · Score: 1

    Excatly. I'm voting absentee from the state of Nevada, which means that my presidental choice will be represented by 2 measly electorial college votes. However, legalizing marijuana for medical use and recognizing gay marriages are issues on the ballot in Nevada this time around. I am sure similar questions appear on ballots across the nation; issues you all might not agree on, but no doubt view as important.

  8. No wonder... on White Hats Take NASDAQ Through MS IIS Hole · · Score: 1

    ... Apple stock took such a sharp hit.

  9. Re:Linux86. on Official AIM for Linux · · Score: 1

    Or winix?

  10. Re:Linux? on G4 Powerbooks Predicted For January 2001 · · Score: 1

    Yes. I am posting right from a G4 running Linux. www.linuxppc.com

  11. My computer doesn't generate heat. No fan needed on Computers And The Noise They Make · · Score: 1
    I bought this great device two years ago from a company called Thermo-Technic called an "Anti-Entropy Field Generator."
    Works great! Actually, I think I saw a review of it on Slashdot a while back.

    -- Jeff Sherman
    Physics Undergrad @ UT-Austin
    Sonar-Llama @ Applied Research Labs - Austin

  12. More excuses for geek gifts on Geek Christmas Ideas · · Score: 1

    Remember that regardless of your religious views if you and your friends beleieve in the dogma of Physics, then you can celebrate Isaac Newton's birthday instead of that other guy born on Dec. 25th. And physics majors like physics gifts.

  13. Don't waste $ on math... Congress can't spell on New House of Reps Site on Science, Math, & Tech Education · · Score: 1

    Check out of the links available on the page like http://www.house.gov/science/full_charter_061099.h tm God I hope it is the result of a scanned document.

  14. Re:Religious bigotry: alive and well in the USA. on Spoonful of Quickies · · Score: 2

    I go to movies in order to challenge my beliefs and to push the envelope of what I'm willing to consider worthy. After noting that the CAP site completely missed the point with South Park, I browsed some of their other reviews. I suggest others do to. They walked out of the Birdcage because it contained homosexuality? The Matrix is evil because it offers an implementation of the "brains in vats" theory? Mary Poppins IS the best example of American Pop Culture?

    Excuse me for being immoral, but movies about fringe topics change minds and offer a check against conservative bigots in control. This is not an attack on religion/Christianity. Finding and keeping individual faith is what life is all about. But any and all zealots that want to stop the flow of ideas through my head will have to fight to do so - with these Christians I'll fight back.

    Nobody at CAP even considered the plot of South Park and certainly nobody there realized they were its targets. No, it wasn't that great of a movie. But it was about an unacceptable movie, its influence, and relative unimportance with respect to how censors react.

    "The concept is very simple. Convince the flock to procreate. More babies. More Catholics. More money!"

  15. Re:No need for earthing on Ask Slashdot: Wooden Chasis and EMF · · Score: 1

    While magnetic flux is shieldable, magnetic fields are not. Also, one must ground the shield to hold it at constant potential (Earth serves as the best source of such a voltage).

    - Jeff Sherman
    Physics undergrad, UT Austin

  16. Re:Team MacAddict on Team Slashdot leads SETI@Home · · Score: 1

    Right now, I believe they're searching a very narror frequency range between the H and OH radio lines as a proof of concept in distributed searching. The amount of data available is bound to be near infinite if we wish to search larger sections of the EM spectrum.

  17. Re:Comparing platforms on Team Slashdot leads SETI@Home · · Score: 1

    You might be able to chop your time in half again by ditching OS 8.6 and moving back to 8.5. Applications that monopolize the CPU are penalized by the OS in 8.6 by an overactive Finder (see recent articles on macintouch.com). I use Matlab (not a responsive-friendly program when running scripts) at work and suffered a near 50% productivity loss. Needless to say, 8.6 went in the trash that afternoon.