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  1. Re:Um turntable anyone??? on Measure The Speed Of Light With Your Microwave · · Score: 1

    you remove the turntable... as the article specifies

  2. Re:Yuck on Self-Parking Car Available In Japan · · Score: 1

    You are aware your car has three gears arent you?
    high, low, and reverse. theres no need to select a gear, you either downshift or you dont

  3. Re:AOL Blogging?! Maybe they should make money? on AOL To Launch Blogging Service · · Score: 1

    this was quite possibly the oddest troll ever
    first hes trolling against aol which most people troll for... second he should realize aol is one of the largest isps in the us, i dont think cash flow is much of a problem. third if youd read the article youd realize aol does charge for portions of the blog (namely the voice entries)

  4. repost of parent in case it gets slashdotted on RFID Industry Confidential Memos · · Score: 1, Redundant

    7 July 2003

    Auto-ID has begun to withdraw many of the documents cited in the CASPIAN release, and might substitute with less offensive files. Cryptome archived the original files and has replaced the original CASPIAN links to Auto-ID with Cryptome links.

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    July 7, 2003

    RFID Site Security Gaffe Uncovered by Consumer Group
    CASPIAN asks, "How can we trust these people with our personal data?"

    CASPIAN (Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering) says anyone can download revealing documents labeled "confidential" from the home page of the MIT Auto-ID Center web site in two mouse clicks.

    The Auto-ID Center is the organization entrusted with developing a global Internet infrastructure for radio frequency identification (RFID). Their plans are to tag all the objects manufactured on the planet with RFID chips and track them via the Internet.

    Privacy advocates are alarmed about the Center's plans because RFID technology could enable businesses to collect an unprecedented amount of information about consumers' possessions and physical movements. They point out that consumers might not even know they're being surveilled since tiny RFID chips can be embedded in plastic, sewn into the seams of garments, or otherwise hidden.

    "How can we trust these people with securing sensitive consumer information if they can't even secure their own web site?" asks CASPIAN Founder and Director Katherine Albrecht.

    "It's ironic that the same people who assure us that our private data will be safe because 'Internet security is very good, and it offers a strong layer of protection' [see http://www.autoidcenter.com/new_media/media_kit/qu estions_answers.pdf]

    http://cryptome.org/rfid/questions_answers.pdf
    would provide such a compelling demonstration to the contrary," she added.

    Among the "confidential" documents available on the web site are slide shows discussing the need to "pacify" citizens who might question the wisdom of the Center's stated goal to tag and track every item on the planet [ http://www.autoidcenter.com/media/communications.p df ],

    http://cryptome.org/rfid/communications.pdf
    alo ng with findings that 78% of surveyed consumers feel RFID is negative for privacy and 61% fear its health consequences [ http://www.autoidcenter.org/media/pk-fh.pdf ].

    http://cryptome.org/rfid/pk-fh.pdf
    PR firm Fleischman-Hillard's confidential "Managing External Communications" suggests a variety of strategies to help the Auto-ID Center "drive adoption" and "neutralize opposition," including the possibility of renaming the tracking devices "green tags." It also lists by name several key lawmakers, privacy advocates, and others whom it hopes to "bring into the Center's 'inner circle'" [ http://www.autoidcenter.com/media/external_comm.pd f ].

    http://cryptome.org/rfid/external_comm.pdf
    Desp ite the overwhelming evidence of negative consumer attitudes toward RFID technology revealed in its internal documents, the Auto-ID Center hopes that consumers will be "apathetic" and "resign themselves to the inevitability of it" instead of acting on their concerns [ http://www.autoidcenter.com/publishedresearch/cam- autoid-eb002.pdf ].

    http://cryptome.org/rfid/cam-autoid-eb002.pdf
    C onsumer citizens who are not feeling apathetic will be pleased to learn that the site provides names and contact information for the corporate executives who oversee the Center's efforts. Since the phone list isn't labeled "confidential," we're assuming that Auto-ID Center Board members are open to calls and mail that might help them better understand public opinion on this important subject.

    Anyone interested in speaking with Dick Cantwell, the Gillette VP who heads the Center's Board of Overseers, for example, can find his direct office number listed on the Auto-I

  5. Re:A better view of the same issue on FSF Statement on SCO vs. IBM · · Score: 1

    ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/scolinux/server/4.0/updates/ SRPMS/kernel-source-2.4.19.SuSE-82.nosrc.rpm

  6. Re:get it right... on Culture Clash: SCO, OpenLinux, Linus And The GPL · · Score: 1

    having purchased caldera's openlinux product manyayears back i hearby under the gpl release the source, have at it

  7. Re:Predicting the next Slashdot announcement on IBM Responds To SCO: Business As Usual · · Score: 1

    OMG THATS THE STOLEN SCO CODE IN LINUX. oh no now the lkmls are next *rolls eyes*

  8. Re:The 100-watt Transmitter. on Implementing WiFi in the Real World · · Score: 1

    yeah... uhh you do know that this is the same frequency as your microwave dont you?

  9. Re:Walmart = sleaze on Walmart to Push RFID · · Score: 1

    friend and I were walking through walmart to get some engine coolant(minor emergency, no choice) in an emergancy water works just fine

  10. Re:Interesting... on Build Your Own Fuel Injection Computer · · Score: 1

    GM is designing such an engine that can hold the valves open
    the entire camshaft is replaced with a computer, i believe its due in 2008 (dont believe me goto one of their classes they hold them for mechanics all the time at the local gm dealerships just gotta find out when and get invited)

  11. Re:Hmmm.... on Nullsoft's Waste: Encrypted, Distributed, Mesh Net · · Score: 1

    I work on a lot of stuff that is private (i work on videos of various events, weddings and such, and i write software) this creates an excellent distribution medium for just that i can put the latest version of a cut of a video on this and my friends/co-workers can take a look and put input in or i can put up a beta release of my software i would write.

  12. Re:How much is enough? on BitTorrent Blamed for Matrix2 Downloads · · Score: 1

    his point is copyright law originally said after 14 years the public owns it not the artist however now it is up to 75 years or whatever before copyright expires and that he feels we should ignore the extensions and just pirate it after 14 years (which in all honesty i agree)

  13. Re:Does Anyone Really Want a Crappy Bootleg? on BitTorrent Blamed for Matrix2 Downloads · · Score: 1

    i went with a girl :/
    then again i also didnt like the movie... does this mean im no longer a geek?

  14. Re:Modifying GRUB from Windows on Build A Cross-Platform Test Network With Samba & GRUB · · Score: 3, Informative

    Explore2fs although there is right support it is not recommended for use sadly
    but if you have a linux install specifically for grub then you could use it

  15. Re:Excuse me... on Low Cost Cinema Through Dynamic Pricing · · Score: 1

    like two lines down
    Easycinema has a team of lawyers working on the case but it could be a long and expensive battle for Mr Haji-Ioannou, who will judge the cinema a success if he sells one million tickets in the first year at an average price of £1.50.

  16. Re:Do we really want this? on Shocking Clothing · · Score: 1

    there are warnings, you see/hear the electricity arching on the right shoulder it has to be charged beforehand
    its designed so if you feel threatened
    you charge it
    ie if someone grabs you
    you hit the switch right by your hand and send them flying

  17. Re:No fear on SCO To Show Copied Code · · Score: 1

    "sco" was caldera caldera has a track history of buying ip, suing a large corperation, then releasing the ip for free(see dr-dos) they sued ms for things that happened around 10 years ago

  18. Re:But is it EMP-proof? on Military Grade Laptops · · Score: 1

    doesnt a faraday cage kind of neutralize EMP attacks?

  19. Re:Forget efficiency go with NOS on Increasing Fuel Mileage With Hydrogen? · · Score: 1

    my car gets 10mpg :/ when it was new best it ever got was 14 lol
    im about to dump a new engine in that pos to get better gas milage :/

  20. Re:If MySQL was just a bit more user-friendly... on MySQL A Threat to Bigwigs? · · Score: 1

    sure you can get support from mysql
    http://www.mysql.com/consulting/index.html
    whats that?

  21. Re:They'd make great controllers.. on Web Server Packed into RJ45 Connector · · Score: 1

    100 mb/s wiring
    300kbps throughput i believe

  22. Re: Some people.. on Surgeon Says Face Transplants a Reality · · Score: 1

    twilight zone i think
    was it the one with the masks?

  23. Re:one for me one for you... on Toshiba To Show Laptop Fuel Cells at CeBit · · Score: 1

    ethonal is also the treatment for antifreeze, you more or less put a person/animal into liver failure by injecting vodka right into the veins, the liver shuts down and the antifreeze just ends up getting pissed out or whatever instead of processed by the liver.

  24. Re:That's It! on Sendmail Bug Tests US Dept Homeland Security · · Score: 1

    could always move to soviet russia where code audits you!

  25. Re:So now the Chinese have it!!! on Microsoft Opens Source to China · · Score: 1

    mmk #1 problem, your running an unpatched iis, you really should keep up with security patches there bub :/