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  1. Re:It makes sense. on The IRS Decides Who To Audit By Data Mining Social Media (typepad.com) · · Score: 1

    In that case you will have no problem passing the audit. It's not like an arrest without cause or some other "if you have nothing to hide..." type of issue.

  2. Re:Umm on Ford's New Smart Headlights For Tracking Objects At Night · · Score: 1

    If you read the article and watched the video you would know that the headlights do not move - they continue to do what they have always done, which is light up the road in front of you.

    There are 2 additional movable spotlights that complement the headlights which would highlight additional risks for you - such as people, animals, curves on the side of the road which may not be in the path of your headlights.

  3. Re:So can a flock of starlings on The Quantum Experiment That Simulates a Time Machine · · Score: 1

    It took me a few re-reads as well but I think he is saying that you are looking at a different starling/photon in the flock and not the same going back in time.

  4. Re:All we ask for is a simple "opt-in",nothing mor on FCC Will Tackle Cell Phone 'Bill Shock' · · Score: 1

    On separate occasions, I've had AT&T block both data and text messages (incoming and outgoing) on lines where I did not have data and messaging plans. All it took each time was a short phone call to their customer service.

  5. Re:Christ! Really? It's come to this? on Apple iAd Drawing Antitrust Scrutiny · · Score: 1

    I've seen those in the PATH tunnels in NYC about 7 years ago - they were advertising Shark Week on Discovery Channel. It's been a while since I've taken that line and do not know if they still have these "flipbook" ads.

  6. Re:I thought they were already gone in EU on UK Wants To Phase Out Checks By 2018 · · Score: 1

    Likewise, I have to hand-write a check for my rent every month, rather than just going online and clicking a button to transfer a pre-registered amount to a pre-determined destination account (or just setting up a completely automatic monthly transfer).

    You can likely setup your landlord as a payee in your online banking, and then set a recurring monthly payment of a pre-registered amount to the pre-determined payee and the bank will print and mail the check for you. Mine does. This would seem to resolve the issues you raised.

  7. Re:Two words on Nielsen Recommends Not Masking Passwords · · Score: 1

    Interestingly, ING Direct offers this option for the username/userid field.

  8. Re:Legal "slam dunk"? on Man Fired When Laptop Malware Downloaded Porn · · Score: 2, Informative

    This whole case would seem to hinge on one forensic expert's testimony, so if I were a lawyer, I'd be a bit leery about considering this an open-and-shut case.


    Actually, this was backed up by two forensic examinations by the AG's office. FTA:
    Loehrs, who spent a month dissecting the computer for the defense, explained in a 30-page report that the laptop was running corrupted virus-protection software, and Fiola was hit by spammers and crackers bombarding its memory with images of incest and pre-teen porn not visible to the naked eye.

    Two forensic examinations conducted by the state Attorney General's Office for the prosecution concurred with that conclusion, Wark said.
  9. Re:And now... on Filming an Invasion Without Extras · · Score: 1

    Malkovich!

  10. Re:not free on NBC to Offer Free Video Download Service · · Score: 1

    The videos dont come out till a week after airing

    The article says they will be available immediately after airing, for a week, after which time they will expire.
  11. Re:Uh Oh on Google Debuts Street View and Mapplets · · Score: 1

    I might agree with you regarding walking down the street or driving on the road, but I have to disagree strongly when it comes to showing my car in my driveway with a clear view of the license plate along with my house number and street name. I do not expect that level of detail about me to be posted for public consumption on the internet.

  12. Re:It's been changed! on Is Google Breaking Their Own Rules? · · Score: 1

    Here's the same page as seen by user and from the Google cache.
    As seen by user
    From Google cache

  13. Re:Price limits? on Cable TV A La Carte? · · Score: 1

    When I moved to NJ and called Comcast to order cable TV, I asked about getting HBO seperately (I didn't want a whole package of useless channels). They said it would cost $18/month. When I asked why so high they responded that it was because they wanted people to buy digital cable so they priced the single premium analog channels high.

  14. Re:DoJustice Policy Ruling,9/9/96: ADA 10 NDLR 240 on ADA Doesn't Apply to Web · · Score: 1
    ...must be prepared to offer those communications through accessible means as well.
    As someone posted earlier, Southwest offers accessibility via their telephone reservation system. I would think that would be enough to meet the above standard.
  15. Re:Someone's missing. on Microsoft To Exhibit at LinuxWorld Expo · · Score: 1
  16. Re:Time for another amendment... on Microsoft FrontPage License Prohibits Anti-Microsoft Speech · · Score: 1

    Nobody is violating your rights. You are not obligated under any law to purchase the software. That's what the free market is all about. If you don't like their rules, don't buy their product.

  17. Re:Blinking 12:00 on Too Much Tech Makes End Users Blink · · Score: 1

    I beleive anything less than 1:7 will do.

  18. Re:WRONG on Too Much Tech Makes End Users Blink · · Score: 1

    99% of society is alive out of pure luck

    It's not pure luck, it's government regulation protecting them from themselves and each other.
  19. Re:Oh boy on Wireless Net Access in Your Car · · Score: 1
    I have seen too many near misses and full accidents that were caused by cell phone distractions to think it isn't a problem.
    And you know that these near misses are caused by cell phone distractions how?
    How do you know that it wasn't because the driver was switching radio stations or glancing at a guage on the dashboard?
    Too many people attribute distraction to cell phone use without hard data to back up such claims.
    Check out this article from the AAA.

    just my opinion
  20. Re:It will be worth it when you get a real job on Getting The Most Out Of Co-Op Programs? · · Score: 1
    There is no boring paperwork to fill out, no stupid software tests to run, no boring software reloads, no drinking coffee and St John;s Wort endlessly just to stay awake in front of your web browser.
    For in a real job, everything has been automated (by you, of course) and all there is left to do is lurk around /. and post comments.
  21. 2001-03-14 15:26:31 on Guess When Mir Will Splash · · Score: 1

    Mir will come down on 2001-03-14 15:26:31

  22. Re:Yes. Yes it is. on Is Computer Sex Adultery? · · Score: 1

    I think the line should be drawn where there is a real person on the other end with whom you just might have a real relationship.

    I don't think it will be a very straight line, though.

  23. Re:Chairs and MS Products have something in common on License to Sit · · Score: 2
    and they are breading like rabbits...
    you should try some of those breaded rabbits. yum.
  24. Re:Confession. on Slashback: Palace, Perl, Coastalism · · Score: 1

    Even if you DO have the right to decode radio waves that come through your property, why do so many people here feel that that right includes using DirecTV's equipment? If you built your own satellite receiver and decoder, I would agree that you have the right to use that equipment to decode signals that are being broadcast through your property.

  25. Re:article on Laser-equipped 747 · · Score: 1


    http://www.popsci.com/features/bown/bown98/science _tech.html

    Popular Science Best of What's new from 1998.

    I believe there was a full article about this in one of the issues too, but I can't seem to find it online.