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  1. Re:Pragmatic Libertarian here... on Why Americans Loathe Cable Companies · · Score: 1

    Build and maintain fiber networks just like we build and maintain roads, sewers and the power grid.

    So in other words the fiber networks will be just as shoddy and in need of repair as the roads, sewers, and power grids?

  2. Re:Clear to me on Clinton Regrets, But Defends, Use of Family Email Server · · Score: 1

    Powell deleted all of his emails from his time as Secretary of State. Those almost certainly include ones in the lead-up to the Iraq war. But he's getting a pass where Clinton is not.

  3. Re:Well.... on The Era of Saturday Morning Cartoons Is Dead · · Score: 1

    Animaniacs should be considered E/I. To this day I can point out Lake Titicaca on a map if I have to.

    It's between Bolivia and Peru. :-)

  4. Terrible title... on 13-Year-Old Finds Fungus Deadly To AIDS Patients Growing On Trees · · Score: 1

    How many AIDS patients grow on trees?

  5. Re:Hey rest of the country.... on How Kentucky Built the Country's Best ACA Exchange · · Score: 1

    And they play a mean banjo too. I saw "Deliverance".

    That was Georgia.

  6. Editors, check the spelling... on Hallibuton Pleads Guilty To Destroying Simulation Data From 2010 Gulf Oil Spill · · Score: 1

    Title says "Hallibuton" (no 'r'), article says "Halliburton" (correct spelling).

  7. Re:Who cares? Boolean opperators are broken. on MS Targets Google With Another Smear Campaign · · Score: 1

    Is there a website that tracks google misbehaving?

    I'm sure there is, but a Google search turned up nothing.

  8. Title Ambiguity on DNA Confirms Parking Lot Remains Belong To King Richard III · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, King Richard III, the DNA says the remains of this here parking lot are yours.

  9. When's the dupe? on CmdrTaco Looks Back on Fifteen Years of Slashdot · · Score: 5, Funny

    If history is any indication, we'll see a dupe of this tomorrow. Probably posted by CmdrTaco himself!

  10. Not detained; blocked on Senator Rand Paul Detained By the TSA · · Score: 1

    http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/23/politics/rand-paul-tsa/index.html

    He refused a pat-down, so they turned him away. He was apparently screened again later for a different flight without incident.

  11. Re:Nice Things on Apple's New Patent Weapon — Location Services · · Score: 1

    You mean the iGeniuses.

  12. Do you really need a phone? on Ask Slashdot: Advice For Using a Cell Phone In China? · · Score: 1

    I was there about 10 months ago for adoption and never used my phone once. For calling back to the U.S. we just used Skype (via VPN). We stayed in 3 cities (all major cities) and each hotel we stayed in had 'net access in the rooms, either included as part of our package or for a fairly cheap rate. All photos were taken with our digital camera and just uploaded to our laptop at the end of each day. I didn't have any need for GPS data with the photos since I knew the towns we were in and places we were visiting thanks to an itinerary. You might not have that luxury.

    I did bring my AT&T iPhone with me but left it in airplane mode the entire time. I really only used it as a wake-up alarm. I think I locked it in the room safe whenever we went out. I left it in my carry-on when flying and never had any problems with security.

  13. There is no explicit ban. on Activists Seek Repeal of Ban On Incandescent Bulbs · · Score: 1

    Incandescent bulbs aren't being banned. All light bulbs must meet the efficiency standard required by the law. If an incandescent can do that (and apparently some can), they can still be sold.

  14. Re:you can thank Patron Saint Orrin Hatch for this on Trick or Treatment · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's called the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, or DSHEA. You can search for that on Google or Wikipedia. It's harder to find info linking Hatch to the law, but if you search for DSHEA and Hatch together, you'll find it.

    Heavy lobbying by Congress and the makers of these drugs caused Clinton to sign the bill into law.

  15. Re:Car makers guild letter on Amazon & Used Books II: Bezos Strikes Back · · Score: 1

    The problem with this argument lies in the realm of maintenance. Both manufacturers and resellers (dealers) of vehicles make a lot of money on the maintenance (i.e. service), not just with the sale (i.e. product).

    This is not the same with books, in which there really isn't any maintenance, just sales. (Although a book store providing information about books is a service).

    I'm all for the advertising of used books, however, don't get me wrong. Plus I like the idea that another user had where Amazon could wait until a book has been released for a while before placing the used book add on the page.

  16. Lewis Carroll on I Want Names for my Servers! · · Score: 1

    The Math and CS department at Drexel University (my alma mater), uses some names from stories by Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).
    There is King, Queen, Rabbit, Cheshire, Jabberwocky, Walrus, and some others.

  17. UK Dates? on Katz v Taco: Futurama · · Score: 1

    Elvis lives on in our hearts, in his music, and in a trailer park outside Milwaukee.