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  1. Re:Will she leave *us* alone? on "Anonymous" Hacks Palin's Private Email · · Score: 1

    And that justifies this action? I think not.

    Imagine the outcry if this had been Obama's or Biden's account.

    This is just another example of the hypocrisy here on slashdot.

  2. The same group maybe? on "Anonymous" Hacks Palin's Private Email · · Score: 1

    I wonder these people are in the same group that vandalized the GOP office in Sarasota, FL

  3. Re:Plain wrong on "Anonymous" Hacks Palin's Private Email · · Score: 1

    Yeah, what you point to does not even compare to this. If you can't see that, then you are just an apologist for the people who did it.

  4. Re:First impression: not cool on "Anonymous" Hacks Palin's Private Email · · Score: 1

    So, you would have no problem with someone cracking into Obama's email, eh?

  5. Re:Not that big of an issue on National Car Tracking System Proposed For US · · Score: 1

    Is it now? Do you have case law on that?

  6. Re:Which Is It? on Data Centers Crucial To Lehman Sale · · Score: 1

    The infrastructure is more valuable than the data. The data, while valuable, is on loans, securities and mortgages, many of which are of little or no value.

  7. Re:charlatans on Plane Simple Truth · · Score: 2, Informative

    I know I gave numbers for 1985. That was the earliest numbers available from a trusted source. The numbers are not from the EPA MPG tests. These are numbers provided by people who own and use the vehicles, which make the numbers more reliable than the EPA tests.

  8. Re:A constant ID# is NOT meaningless... on New York Issues RFID-Encoded Drivers Licenses · · Score: 1

    Can this one be read that way? Does it respond to a general signal or a specific signal? And, it is easily defeated with a strip of aluminum foil.

  9. Re:Microwave it? on New York Issues RFID-Encoded Drivers Licenses · · Score: 1

    The consequence is that one has just destroyed the value added that caused one to shell out an extra $30.00.

    May as well get the standard license and then flush $30.00 down the toilet.

  10. Re:A bit pointless? on New York Issues RFID-Encoded Drivers Licenses · · Score: 1

    How many people come into the US by sea?

    Think older people taking cruises, especially the ones that live part of the year in Florida.

    most people will have passports anyway.

    Not necessarily. The easy way to deal with needing a passport is to not leave the country. America is a huge place and it is just as easy to vacation in Puerto Rico without a passport as it is to visit Bermuda, Jamaica, or the British Virgin Islands. One may not be able to visit Vancouver,BC, but one can visit Seattle. One can visit a number of Gulf Coast and Southwest states instead of Mexico and get a similar experience.

    And, I agree with you on the scope of the controversy.

  11. Re:Hold on.. on New York Issues RFID-Encoded Drivers Licenses · · Score: 1

    Who's going to choose to willingly pay more to be tracked more effectively?

    New Yorkers who cross into Canada, Mexico, or the Caribbean by land or sea often and, like me, don't believe the tracking potential is an issue.

    I believe this "They can track my movements" thing is way overblown.

  12. Re:charlatans on Plane Simple Truth · · Score: 3, Informative

    I daresay a new full sized Ford pickup truck gets better mileage than a 1975 full sized Ford of the same model.

    I wouldn't be so sure about that:

    2008: Ford F150 Pickup 2WD 6 cyl, 4.2 L, Manual 5-spd, Regular
    14 city
    20 hwy

    1985: Ford F150 Pickup 2WD 6 cyl, 4.9 L, Manual 4-spd, (FFS), Regular
    15 - 17 city
    20 - 22 hwy

    Source: User reports at fuelecomony.gov

    Smaller engine, more gears, worse economy.

  13. Re:Cracking tool? What about the docs? on Asus Ships Cracking Software On Recovery DVD · · Score: 1

    Well, you may be right, but then it may provide undocumented information. They may not be able to use the code, but may be able to set up a chinese wall where one group looks at the code and writes specifications and includes memory addresses, data structures, etc. then another team is provided with the information and creates a clean implementation.

  14. Re:Que the new gadgets now.... on National Car Tracking System Proposed For US · · Score: 1

    All of that foiled by a simple Infrared filter put in front of the lens.

  15. Re:One layer of indirection on National Car Tracking System Proposed For US · · Score: 0, Troll

    Marriage certificates are public records. There is a picture of you.

    They could obtain your name from the marriage certificate, which is public record.
    Then, request inter-agency co-operation to get your address as listed on your driver's license and registration.
    Then, issue a citation to you.
    Then, issue an arrest warrant when you fail to appear.
    And, possibly have your license suspended in your current state.

  16. Re:Not that big of an issue on National Car Tracking System Proposed For US · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Judging from the summary, I don't see the issue so long as a warrant from a judge is needed to allow searching the system.

    See, there is a problem with that. This is video of public space, captured on law enforcement cameras. There would be no need to obtain the warrant because it would fall under the "plain sight" rule.

  17. Hello shadowbox on National Car Tracking System Proposed For US · · Score: 4, Informative

    At least here in Florida, the law states that one can not obscure one's license plate. But, if one recesses the license plate into the vehicle and uses proper lighting, then the cameras can not see the plate, but the police on the ground can, therefore the plate is not obscured.

    Also, in places like Florida where only a rear plate is used, getting a picture of both the plate and the driver will require the use of two cameras.

  18. Re:Bigger glasses on How Nvidia Wants To Bring 3D Glasses Back · · Score: 1

    Because the 3D effect is caused by each eye seeing a slightly different image. Doing as you suggest would result in both eyes seeing the same image, therefore no 3D effect.

  19. It's only a matter of time on How Nvidia Wants To Bring 3D Glasses Back · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Someone is going to create a way to convert standard porn to 3D and then these things will really take off.

  20. Cracking tool? What about the docs? on Asus Ships Cracking Software On Recovery DVD · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A directory containing a large number of confidential Microsoft documents for PC manufacturers, including associated keys and program files

    I would think that this would be of much more interest than some cracking tool one can download. Even the Asus source code should be of more interest as it could be used to improve FLOSS support.

  21. Re:Safety ? on Breakthrough In Use of Graphene For Ultracapacitors · · Score: 0

    This sounds similar to the "Hydrogen is dangerous, it can explode" argument against hydrogen powered cars, when people drive around in cars with tanks of highly explosive, flammable gasoline. It is a red herring.

    Batteries can explode too. In fact, they start a large number of fires every year. There have been a number of reports, some reported here on slashdot, of laptop and cellphone batteries exploding or bursting into flame. As batteries age, they can leak dangerous, corrosive, and poisonous chemicals.

    Both capacitors, ultra or otherwise, and batteries can explode if they fail or are abused, regardless of age.

  22. Re:Who rates the rater? on Berners-Lee Wants Truth Ratings For Websites · · Score: 0

    Look, the death cultists are already up to their same old tricks.

  23. Re:Who rates the rater? on Berners-Lee Wants Truth Ratings For Websites · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    And what happens when death-cultists, I mean christians, are ordered by their leaders to go out and give websites about evolution a "truthfulness score" of 0?

  24. Whose "truth"? on Berners-Lee Wants Truth Ratings For Websites · · Score: -1, Troll

    Christians believe that the truth is that an imaginary man in the sky created the universe, Earth, and all life most especially people, in six days about 6000 years ago. All the evidence says that is untruth.

    Does the creationist website get marked truth or untruth?
    Does the website putting for the scientific evidence of evolution get marked truth or untruth?
    Can they both be marked truth even though they are mutually exclusive?

    Who gets to decided?

  25. Re:What do you mean, Anti-business? on Tech Vs. Business? · · Score: 0

    Blocking IM, LimeWire, MonkeySpankers.com, NudeTeen.com, EBay, daytrader.com, etrade.com, onlinecasino.com, and virus-laden-porn-site.com is not massively impeding worker productivity, yet many workers seem to think it is.