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  1. Re:Soof! on Sirius in Negotiations With Apple · · Score: 1

    Actually, Moof is what the dogcow says. Clarus is his name.

  2. Re:No, congress is a tool. on Congress Ponders Opening up iTunes DRM · · Score: 1

    The exception in the case of AT&T was that much of their infrastructure was publicly funded. Not so for Apple's DRM

  3. Re:Regulating soot on Should Nanotech Be Regulated? · · Score: 1

    The way many nanotubes are made is by burning graphite.

    That will teach me to not preview before submitting.

  4. Re:Regulating soot on Should Nanotech Be Regulated? · · Score: 1

    He is serious. The way you many carbon nanotubes are made is by burning graphite.

  5. Re:Tongue, Meet Cheek on Feds Hack Wireless Network in 3 Minutes · · Score: 1

    Victimless crimes? Like punching someone in the dark?

  6. A glitch in the matrix on Broadcast Flag in Trouble · · Score: 3, Funny

    Whoa! I just had deja vu

  7. Firefox *breaks* downloads? on Firefox Breaks 25 Million Downloads · · Score: 5, Funny

    I read that the wrong way.

  8. Y!Q.... on Yahoo's Y!Q Contextual Search Beta · · Score: 1

    I don't know, but I would bang Q because he is omnipotent.

  9. Re:this goes against.... on Price Drops For Mac mini Upgrades · · Score: 1

    check DealRam.com. They usually have pretty good prices for ram. It looks like $165 is the cheapest they have 1GB ram though.

  10. Re:Dumbass on iTunes User Sues Apple Over Lock-In · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure Phillips developed the CD

  11. Re:OT: Annoying Links / Definitions on Wikipedia Criticised by Its Co-founder · · Score: 1

    I've never actually seen that, but it seems like a very good idea. Unobtrusive, yet informative.

  12. Re:The War on Piracy. on Music Downloading not Entirely to Blame · · Score: 1

    Well, except for those stores that used to sell books, movies, and music now sell books, movies, music, video games, shirts, and other miscellaneous knickknacks.

  13. Re:Key items to note: on Kerry Concedes Election To Bush · · Score: 1

    Not to mention that the method of voting in the US is named the "Australian Ballot"

  14. Re:What if you use hotmail? on Court To Reconsider Decision On ISP Mail Snooping · · Score: 1

    I encrypt all of my posts to slashdot!

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  15. Penguin's Executives on The Saga of Katie.com · · Score: 1

    Here is where you can find out the names of the executives of Penguin USA. I figure with the power of slashdot, we can discover how to contact them with our disapproval.

  16. Bosom Buddies on Lessig Legal Team Needs Your Copyright Stories · · Score: 1

    Don't forget people like Tom Hanks who has purchased all the rights to his early work (Bosom Buddies) and allows no one to show it, much less release on DVD.

  17. Re:Bug in your sig on The PS2 - A Betamax In the Making? · · Score: 1

    Agreed. I'm American, and speak only a little Danish, so I've missed the train on two counts.

  18. Another good site for bad games on NESs 15th Anniversary · · Score: 1

    I actually found this one on somethingawful.com a couple days ago, and spent about a half an hour peeing my pants from the commentary.

  19. Re:Quack alert: EMF is non-ionizing, dudes. on Cell Phone Radiation Chart · · Score: 4

    The important part about this is not the radiation moniker, but the EMF label. There are many enzymes in your body (this includes, for most people, their brain) that contain transition metals in their active sites. Moreover, these transition metals have magnetic moments which can be affected by a magnetic field. Therefore, important catalytic activities can be hindered by magnetic activation (or deactivation) of this metal.

    Also, most of the molecules in your body that are biochemically interesting are chiral. This means that they have a configuration that for all intents and purposes reacts anisotropically to EM things like polarized light and magnetic fields. A quick search through the ACS publications will show you results of chiral molecules reacting preferentially in magnetic fields.

    Mind you, this post doesn't endorse the notion that EMF fields cause cancer, but merely suggests possible mechanisms to the condition. Because, on the other hand, we live in a huge magnetic field everyday...the one produced by the planet we live on. (of course the local strength is probably smaller than the one made by the phone next to your head-or nads if you use the ear/mic attachment and keep it in your pocket)

  20. Re:Student Visas aren't supposed to become Work Vi on Work Options In The U.S. When Student Visas Expire? · · Score: 1

    Just look at how many of your science TAs are americans, that will give you a hint. Simply said, graduate students are very low paid high quality teachers

    You've got to be kidding me...high quality teachers? Do you know how many recitations I have skipped completely in my college career because
    1) I can't understand what they are saying or
    2) they read word for word out of the book or lecture notes.
    These "high quality teachers" are not that, but just brought over as "high quality lab bitches" to carry out their prof's research on a cheap budget, just like every other grad student. Teaching is just there to convenience the school.

  21. What is that? on Sneak Peak: 3Com's New Audrey · · Score: 2

    My God, what is that thing? I'm not exactly sure what it looks like, but it seems to be more of a wastebasket than a high-tech email terminal.

    Hmmm...then again, perhaps I could create the world's first net ready trashcan. Yet another reason to postpone taking out the garbage.

  22. The limit is coming soon!! on You Think Your Current Laptop Runs Hot? · · Score: 1

    One day you'll be sitting in front of a searing-hot nuclear fireball instead of that grey box

    From the introduction to the article on the New Scientist homepage, I guess this means that the Pentium 4 will come in a colored case.

  23. Re:Old news? on Plastic Lasers · · Score: 1

    The laser is different from the OLEDs (including polymeric LEDs). What you are thinking of is simply contains an organic light emission layer, where there is not the cohesion of laser light. The article in Science makes this distinction as well as the fact that electrically pumped organic lasers have not been made before due to the high energy lost from light absorbtion of amorphous materials (ie polymers). This laser that was made used the boundries of the crystal to bounce the light back and forth to get the cohesive light associated with the term laser.

  24. Re:Hate to be anal here, but... on Plastic Lasers · · Score: 1

    Actually, silicone is not a completely silicon polymer. By that, I mean it has different atoms in the backbone. It's structure is like
    -(Si(R2)-O)n-

    The more interesting silicon polymer is polysilane. This polymer has a pure silicon backbone that is actually a photoconductor. (meaning that when you shine a light on it, it conducts electricity. Unfortunately, the polymers tend to degrade rapidly upon exposure to light, so it's not very useful in the near future.