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  1. Predator on UCLA Develops Stretchable OLED Display · · Score: 2

    So, now maybe adaptive camouflage, like in the movie Predator http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093773/, is a step closer?

     

  2. Who will watch the watchers? on Mass. Court Says Constitution Protects Filming On-Duty Police · · Score: 2

    We conclude,
    based on the facts alleged, that Glik was exercising clearly-
    established First Amendment rights in filming the officers in a
    public space, and that his clearly-established Fourth Amendment
    rights were violated by his arrest without probable cause. We
    therefore affirm.

    Huzzah.

  3. Fallacious Arguments on Old Arguments May Cost Linux the Desktop · · Score: 1

    As has been stated here on Slashdot many times by slashdotters...
    1. There are numerous comments by...
    2. There are articles and numerous comments complaining about...
    3. Are you don't making a fool of yourself yet?

    1-2: Burden Of Proof
    3: Ad Hominem
    http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/skeptic/arguments.html

  4. people spend hours, days, even weeks on Old Arguments May Cost Linux the Desktop · · Score: 1

    Citation?

    OSS photoshop replacement, google "open source photoshop" ==> GIMP
    OSS M$ office replacemnt, google "open source office" ==> Libre Office, or Open Office

    OSS M$ anti virus, google "open source antivirus" ==> ClamWin, ClamAV, spamassassin

    Those took seconds. And all products a desktop user, home user, and office user are likely to find useful.

  5. Those 1 liter cars won't meet US crash standards on Saving Gas Via Underpowered Death Traps · · Score: 1

    Then put the 1 liter engines in US cars that meet US crash standards.

  6. A 1-liter car doesn't have enough power f/highway on Saving Gas Via Underpowered Death Traps · · Score: 1

    According to Top Gear, even the 1000hp Bugatti Veyron only requires 50hp to cruise at hwy speeds.

  7. ke=1/2mv^2 on Saving Gas Via Underpowered Death Traps · · Score: 1

    Sure the M is big for 18 wheelers, SUVs, and vans, trains, and Iron Giants.

    But in city traffic, at gridlock or slow-and-go speeds of rush hour, V is small. Then it is my thought that there is no bus, van, SUV, or such going at high speed through red lights, or at all.

    Would be curious for citations of fatalities per capita in rush hour traffic and urban environments vs wide open freeway speeds.

  8. Many of my friends are families of 5-7 on Saving Gas Via Underpowered Death Traps · · Score: 1

    How often do people drive to work taking their entire family?

    I usually drive by myself, so my commute car only needs to hold one person: me.

    Our other car is the full sized family car.

    But, if 1 out of every 2 cars in a 2 car household was a little 1 liter commute car:
    - more city cars per block, more people can park
    - less fuel consumption by that society overall
    - money saved in buying the tiny car means more mondey left over for other things

  9. Ask the EFF on Open Source For Lawyers? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps ask the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) what they are using.

  10. "have never heard of and no way to compare" on Old Arguments May Cost Linux the Desktop · · Score: 1

    They can google reviews of the program choices.
    They can ask others in the same field, that use OSS, what they use.
    They can purchase and read magazines in the field that do reviews of software choices.

    The same process in the non-OSS world is used for:
    - picking a movie to pay to watch
    - going to dinner
    - buying a car

  11. freedom to choose on Old Arguments May Cost Linux the Desktop · · Score: 2

    ...is more important than monoculture, in my humble opinion.

    If only 1 percent of computer users use Linux, then I will argue they are the Top 1 percent ;)

  12. Re:nethack on ARM Sees Mobile As the Future Gaming Platform of Choice · · Score: 1

    Excellent!

  13. nethack on ARM Sees Mobile As the Future Gaming Platform of Choice · · Score: 1

    so when can I start to play nethack ( http://www.nethack.org/ ) on an arm phone? ;)

  14. I look forward to serving our low pwr masters ;) on Saving Gas Via Underpowered Death Traps · · Score: 1

    I think a little 1 liter city car would be just fine.

    I also think if the majority in cities all had the same small car mass, then fatalities would decrease.

    Would I want to be in one for high velocity travel? Nope. But for city commutes, where slow is the norm, and small meant easier parking, might be great.

  15. This brightens my day! on DOE Announces Philips As L Prize Winner · · Score: 0

    Look forward to buying some at my local stores soon.

  16. Do they happen right above water melt temps? on NASA Announces Discovery of Salty Water On Mars ... Maybe · · Score: 2

    Still need to research and read all the articles, but would be cool to correlate the temperature and melt events.

  17. groklaw has good coverage as well on Oracle Ordered To Lower Damages Claim On Google · · Score: 1

    groklaw has good coverage of the trial as well

    http://groklaw.net/

  18. theoildrum has good coverage on Are We Seeing the End of Big Oil? · · Score: 1

    of oil related news stories like this.

    This link has the Big Oil article link and discussion on TOD: http://www.theoildrum.com/node/8214

    http://www.theoildrum.com/

  19. Seems Oracle should have had test cases for these on Java 7 Ships With Severe Bug · · Score: 1

    If not, I hope they update their validation testing suite to compile and run the code giving problems everyone is finding and sharing.

  20. Maybe means finding life now more likely? on Astronomers Find Largest Known Extraterrestrial Water Reserve · · Score: 1

    I have always hoped we would eventually discover proof of life elsewhere in the universe. Maybe this means it is a bit more likely?

  21. I think I understand, but... on FPGA Bitstream Security Broken · · Score: 2

    I am referring to adding circuitry into the FPGA's themselves, so that the current consumption cannot be as easily used for side-channel attacks.

    In a sense, think of adding additional NOT gates, within the FPGA itself, and their only purpose would be to always have the combination of an actual [data line + NOT] provide a sum of constant power consumption wherever the FPGA is doing anything that might leak side-channel info. None of the NOT gates would actually be part of processing actual data. At least, that is an idea of what kind of approaches they could try.

  22. they would have to add additional circuitry... on FPGA Bitstream Security Broken · · Score: 2

    ...to try to keep the power consumption constant, therefore not giving hints, if I understand correctly.

  23. "Antitrust" on Linux Receives 20th Birthday Video From Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Oh oh I get it now! This movie is the M$ attempted reality-distortion-field of the movie "Antitrust" ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218817/ ) and all the groklaw coverage of the M$-backed SCO trial ;D

  24. Always say no to a cake on Linux Receives 20th Birthday Video From Microsoft · · Score: 1

    That might have a BSOD easter egg in it!

  25. groklaw has good coverage on this one on Did Google Knowingly Violate Java Patents? · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Oracle v. Google - Google Moves to Supplement Its Invalidity Defenses"

    http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20110712074100640