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  1. Watch this... on Preserving Great Tech For Posterity — the 6502 · · Score: 1

    Ok what we really need is the Video chip schematics and logic.... I would love the 6560/6561. I would very much love a Vic 20 / C64 based watch...

  2. I don't need privacy if I can record. on Recording the Police · · Score: 1

    Has anyone read the novel Earth by David Brin. Senior citizens in the year 2048 are safe from attack and harrassment because they have video cameras in their glasses that stream directly to the internet.

  3. Sorry to hear about this... on Venezuelan Gov't Seeks Internet Content Bill · · Score: 1

    My condolences to the people of Venezuela.

  4. Linus just wanted to see what he could do... on Paid Developers Power the Linux Kernel · · Score: 1

    Not so suprising, Red Hat, Canonical, the many many embedded development houses, et.al. are stronger from each others' contributions. And those of us who use Linux can benefit from that. we just have to make sure that things stay open also, for the benefit of all.

  5. Other countries? on WikiLeaks Starts Mass Mirroring Effort · · Score: 2

    They should do China, which is messing with the internet as much as anyone... China has more secrets. There should be no reason Governments should be afraid of the truth... unless they are selling their own people out.

  6. Static IPv6 addresses for everyone. on Peter Sunde Wants To Create Alternative To ICANN · · Score: 5, Interesting

    No more of this Pansy DNS crap. Know your IP address like you know your phone number. Cut these clowns off at the legs. Free the net to the people who know how to use it and won't download viruses to their own computers thinking it's antivirus software... Take charge by taking responsibility from those who don't care and don't know!

  7. What the scanners can do. on The Sensible Body Scan Alternative · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The Japanese have been working on this scanning technology years before 9-11. ...basically because they are totally paranoid about illicit drug use in their country, which is why model glue is right up there as a recreational drug in Japan. Millimeter wave scanning technology can be fine tuned and tell one substance from another quite easily. This kind of technology properly used could become the next kind of medical scanner, Imagine being able to detect the tiniest blobs of malignant cells before they even become a tumor... This is great technology but perhaps it isn't being used properly. They could just tone down the resolution a bit as they only need to detect the explosive... they don't need to see your goodies in high detail.

  8. Re:Combat situation on BEAR Robot Designed To Rescue Wounded Soldiers · · Score: 1

    Hey make lots of cheap fake ones and get the Taliban to waste their ammo... They slow down when they reload.

  9. Re:Ask Slashdot on Best IT-infrastructure For a Small Company? · · Score: 1

    So what you're saying is he's getting the same old answer..... RTFM. It would be nice to know a bit about the company's needs though, elsewise how do we know how to answer the question. Look forward to seeing the requirements.

  10. Re:NEWS FLASH on Central Dogma of Genetics May Not Be So Central · · Score: 1

    The cool thing is that there are 4^3 or 64 codes 3 bases long for 21 amino acids that the RNA encodes. Nature has some redundancy so that at least some of those misspellings are covered. For the ones that aren't there is a lot of DNA that doesn't directly code for anything, and introns that the RNA splices out during processing before it even gets to the ribosome where proteins are made...

  11. Re:Protest this as a tax payer. on CRTC To Allow Usage-Based Billing · · Score: 1

    I have met people who are foolish enough to refuse to pay at all, but you have the right Idea. Make sure they don't get the interest your money earns because you earned it and deserve it.... Nice. That is a good way to send a message to them.

  12. Re:Ameteur radio bandwidth. on CRTC To Allow Usage-Based Billing · · Score: 1

    That's an interesting way to look at it. I wasn't thinking it necessarily had to be connected to the internet. Radio modems have been used since the 1970's possibly earlier. It might be interesting to see what a network would be like if the requirement for use was the ability to set up or build your own equipment. It would be like the Internet before Tim Berners Lee messed it up. There are other frequencies that are unregulated and not part of amateur radio frequencies that can be used also. ... You know why the laws are like that....

  13. Ameteur radio bandwidth. on CRTC To Allow Usage-Based Billing · · Score: 1

    There are some pretty high bandwidth Ham radio frequencies. Is there a way around the CRTC by having an amateur radio license?

  14. Re:So's a Microwave, but... on Fun With an Induction Cooktop? · · Score: 1

    True, If you like rubbery turkey, but they also caused your scrambled eggs to turn kind of a greenish colour.

  15. fear on ABC, CBS, and NBC Block Google TV · · Score: 1

    Fear of obsolescence and timeshifting are powerful motivations to block other methods of doing things.

  16. Apt on Beware the Garden of Steven · · Score: 1

    Apt is originally and still a Debian package manager. Ubuntu is the easy open version of Debian for those with limited mental dexterity, or just plain lazy like me. Installing Debian is the mental version of rock climbing. At least I can rockclimb mentally...

  17. Re:Pay attention class... on Canada Says Google Wi-Fi Sniffing Collected Personal Data · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There is still no excuse for not securing your network... There really ought to be a test for using/accessing the internet akin to Amateur Radio licensing. If you can't take the trouble to secure your network, as minimal as that security is, then you are living in La La land and are safer without internet access. 128 bit encription is good enough against War Drivers, just not against someone who parks on your block and really tries to crack the encryption... Why bother when there are unsecured networks out there to connect to though.

  18. Re:Another Tip O' The Hat on When You Really, Really Want to Upgrade a Tiny Notebook · · Score: 1

    You calculated your velocity, are you sure you don't mean your momentum Mr. Heisenberg?

  19. Re:Hear that MPAA? on HDCP Master Key Is Legitimate; Blu-ray Is Cracked · · Score: 1

    Blu-ray movies have a coating that offers incredible protection from wear and tear. Pirates need to come up with a new excuse

    The purpose of the coating is to prevent you from watching them on your old hardware... or was that HDCP? Very nice for people who have limited financial resources regardless of the method.

  20. two simple things... on NSA Director Says the US Must Secure the Internet · · Score: 1

    Run your browser of a bootable USB stick or better a Live CD... Get a Ham Radio for a Modem, Other people can too. Implement your own security. If you decide to be a sheep you will end up as mutton on someone's plate.

  21. Re:Not quite right on Self-Powered Parts Are the Future · · Score: 1

    An extra burger? That's funny. Most people on this continent don't need extra food they need extra exercise; the motion of which will power the device.

  22. Re:Editors, please clearly define which side to ha on A New Species of Patent Troll · · Score: 1

    ...That, and the fact that any country who's patent office would allow patents on DNA sequences might as well issue a patent for Oxygen. Employees in a Patent office aren't often trained in the thousands of different technical specialties needed to understand most patent applications. Many patents are given out for nonsensical ideas, or worse common practices that have existed for years...

  23. Ouch! on Senate Trying To Slip Internet Kill Switch Past Us · · Score: 1

    If that bill passed it would be the start of a very slippery slope leading to where China is. My suggestion, get a HAM Radio. IP over radio or Data over radio is fourty years old, eh? And there are some Ham Radio bands that can handle serious Bandwidth... Look into getting a USRP2 if you can afford it, people.

  24. ... and reconfigurable. on New Silicon-Based Memory 5X Denser Than NAND Flash · · Score: 1

    I like what the computerworld.com article says about what they are doing with the company NuPGA... Can anyone say "Isolinear chips"? Can you imaging denser FPGAs with more memory that are heat and possibly radiation resistant? ... Processor, cache and chipset all in one made to order.

  25. Point? on Nanoresonators Create Ultra-High-Res Displays · · Score: 1

    Now that they can make pixels so small that they can only be singled out from distances closer than my eyes can focus, they can finally put some effort into making.. i got nothing, i don't see the point of this.

    Simple you set it up to use an Led backlight to project it directly into your eye. Your retina has plenty of resolution and an LED backlight won't hurt your eye. projector fits in your glasses, motorcycle helmet, or any Heads up display you can think of... The actual display pixels are smaller than the ones projected on the back of your retina yet you get a crisp high res picture anyway.