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  1. Re:Interference? on FEMA Opposes Broadband Over Powerlines · · Score: 1

    Most microwave radio links are highly directional. Move your antenna 10 feet to the right, and boom, interference gone.

  2. Re:Well, I'm bummed on FEMA Opposes Broadband Over Powerlines · · Score: 1

    Move to the city if you want urban services. Stay in the country if you want to be isolated. That's the choice you make when you live in rural areas. Don't like it? Move to the city.

  3. Re:That's only part of the "problem" on E-Voting: a Flawed Solution in Search of a Problem · · Score: 1

    What's to stop people from showing up and getting their washing machine even if voting wasn't compulsory? I'm sure the same crowds of people still want their washing machines, or tshirts, whatever.

  4. Good eye! on BT's Predictions for the Future · · Score: 1

    YHBT!

  5. Re:How does rubbish like this get modded insightfu on BT's Predictions for the Future · · Score: 1

    Alright Ann Coulter. Way to set up the straw man at the end to defend your ridiculous argument.

    First, in the city in London, they ARE on every street corner. How else do you think the congestion charge system works? Honesty? Just because your 20/20 vision can't see them, doesn't mean they're not there.

    Second, there ARE people hired to monitor the cameras. Haven't you been on the Tube lately? Seen any of the ads advertising security and police jobs?


    Third, Home Office Minister John Denham Announces 78million CCTV spending spree.

    Fourth, no one admitted that CCTV stops 100% of crime.

    Fifth, Slashdot begs to differ.

  6. Re:I'm not sure if we'll see it in knoppix on Using the Real ntfs.sys Driver Under Linux · · Score: 1

    It has been done.

    UMSDOS. Old school.

  7. Re:Somewhere in Cupertino on 64-bit Laptops Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Not really. I haven't had any issues with any of the IDE disks in the Ultra 5/10's at work.

  8. Re:A small step forward... on Israeli Ministry of Commerce Picks OO.org Over MS · · Score: 1

    Neither does AbiWord.

  9. Re:Nice feature, now a way to save this state on Expose Metacity With Expocity · · Score: 1

    I like the tabbed window feature, but there are issues with tabbed windows: it's hard to show the windows side by side for example when you're comparing source code.

    Not really. In Fluxbox you can drag the window out of the group to compare it with another window. Simple drag operation. You just drag the tabs around to make them stick to other groups. Real easy. Should be able to do it with windows pretty easy.

  10. It's a fake! on Mafia Tech Support · · Score: 1

    C'mon. No one uses Mandrake in business!

  11. Aww! on How to Handle an Internet Outage · · Score: 1

    Did they come up with this all by themselves? I've NEVER seen anything like this before. How original!

  12. Re:Excellent News on NDIS Wrapper For Wireless LAN Cards Under GPL · · Score: 1

    The Intel/2100 card works on my IBM T40.

  13. Re:911 on Qwest & Cablevision Launch VoIP Service · · Score: 1

    911 from any phone in the US will pretty much work. The problem that people have with cell phones and the 911 service is it is pretty difficult to know where your call will be routed. If I call 911 in California with my cell phone that has an NJ area code, who gets the 911 call? NJ State Police or California Highway Patrol?

  14. Re:Show us the homestead! on Orbdev Files US Federal Suit Over Asteroid Claim · · Score: 1

    hahahahahahaha

  15. Re:Detect nuke tests? on Earthquakes Detectable From Space by GPS · · Score: 1

    ... Right on the edge? The vibrations from an earthquake routinely echo around the Earth. There is no "edge".

  16. Re:DRM is a *feature* on Replace Your Music....Again · · Score: 1

    If a drug test can tell you if the employee is under the influence at the time of the test, then it is effective. Otherwise, it's an unnecessary invasion of privacy.

    I don't see how a coder smoking a joint over the weekend would effect his performance monday morning. All that piss tests tell you is that at some point in the past few weeks/months, the subject was exposed to a certain drug.

    Repeat after me: my employer has no say over what I do on the weekends.

  17. Re:Described in Linux Journal months ago on Home Directory In CVS · · Score: 1

    Not like you'd read my article other than to find some idea to use to create a strawman argument, but you missed the parent's idea completely. Let me attempt to clarify with skills used to teach this concept to elementary school students.

    Time can have different scales. Humans are "new" to the Earth, when compared to certain other species. Our Sun is young compared to the rest of the universe. "Home directories" have been around for ages.

    When we compare the amount of time that people have been using CVS for their home directory to the time that home directories have been around, we see that this is a relatively new idea. A year is not a whole lot of time compared to the 20 or 30 years that home directories have been around as a concept.

    We can play semantics games all day. I have more free time. I'll win.

  18. Re:Story not Graphics on Shrek 2 Trailer Released · · Score: 1

    Of course. Zxghtey is my religion, and I am appalled that you would reject it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  19. Re:Story not Graphics on Shrek 2 Trailer Released · · Score: 1

    You've struck on it! By reading more, you become more closed minded.. You're a genius!

  20. Re:Not quite right. on FTC Shuts Down Pop-Up Extortion Firm · · Score: 1

    ... insightful?

    I'm sure IHBT, but due to the idiotic 4, insightful, someone must be smoking some fine crack.

    These popup ads were NOT web popups but used the messaging service loaded automatically on WinXP and other microsoft OSes.

    I'm so proud that you use Safari and Mozilla. You're the best.

  21. Re:one of their own commissioners... on FTC Shuts Down Pop-Up Extortion Firm · · Score: 1

    You won't get in trouble. Dubya doesn't know how to read.

  22. Re:Topographical on Who Makes MapQuest's Maps? · · Score: 1

    It's pretty trivial to drape a topo quad over a DEM or a TIN. Get ArcGIS, and it does most of the work for you. This takes about 5 seconds. ArcGIS is ridiculously expensive, so you might want to bug your local University for access.

  23. Re:They hire on Who Makes MapQuest's Maps? · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Tiger" data, by the US Census, has tons of free and open data for anyone to use. The accuracy isn't great a lot of the time, but then again, a lot of companies use this data....

    http://tiger.census.gov

  24. Re:oh ya.. on Traffic Light Switcher Makes Critics See Red · · Score: 1

    Stop signs are so passe. Traffic circles are superior.

  25. Re:Well well on Linux Kernel Back-Door Hack Attempt Discovered · · Score: 1

    Like Valve?