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  1. Slow Down! on Daylight Savings Change Proposed · · Score: 2, Interesting
    4. Drive slower.

    That will save much more. In fact, it's been proven with the speed limit set at 55mph in the U.S. in 1974.

    In fact, comsumers could have an impact if they would slow down just on weekends!

  2. Re:Addams Family on Portrait of The Last Remaining Pinball Wizard · · Score: 1

    Truly an excellent game. It always gave me good workout taking over an hour to play one game, scoring over 2,000,000,000 points usually in the process. After you got your 100 Super Bear Kicks, there was little left to do as the big electromagnet underneath the playing surface would eventually kick the last ball down the drain. Sometimes the magnet would grab the ball and hold it in the center and you had to reset. After a while, that would fail, and the electromagnet would have to be replaced. But, that was the only problem I ever experienced with that game.

  3. Re:I cant wait on No More BitKeeper Linux · · Score: 1

    You've bought the FUD. It's MS that has and is killing IT jobs.

  4. Re:Hmmm... could be a movie on Lunar Dust: A Major Worry for Moon Visitors · · Score: 1
    Perhaps you've seen this.

    It could be worse.

  5. Re:Hmmm on Lunar Dust: A Major Worry for Moon Visitors · · Score: 1

    MIC will want to.

  6. dead reckoning on High Accuracy Indoor Location Tracking? · · Score: 1
    Or deduced reckoning. Whichever you want to call it.

    If you could the speed and direction information along with known beacons placed in the warehouse, you should be able to have the forklift know where it's positioned at all times.

  7. Re:And this is different how...? on Verisign Recommended to Keep .com & .net · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Note to moderator. This can't be redundant, but it is insightful.

    Perhaps you should quit your job at Verisign.

  8. Re:Los Alamos on Berkeley Grads' Identity Data Stolen · · Score: 1
    The problem is not just education. One has to create situations that engender proper handling of data.

    No it *is* education. WTF was this type of data doing on a laptop in the first place?

  9. Re:Do I want a lawyer who says "M$"?!? on Use of Open Source Software in Legal Firms? · · Score: 1
    Any many have not. It's telling that MS has gotten that far with their lockin. Perhaps some firms have newer clients.

  10. Re:Blackbox ... blah. on Blackbox (Finally) Updated · · Score: 1

    Choices. Choices. Such a conundrum.

  11. Re:What the hell? on VoIP Wiretapping · · Score: 1

    Someone missed the humour here.

  12. Re:Court documents on SCO Website Using Groklaw's Content · · Score: 1
    Why is PP moderated 'Offtopic'?

    The court documents being generated will be very historical, and potentially someone, will want to make money from those documents.

  13. Re:Head of Canopy, Noorda's Daughter killed hersel on SCO Website Using Groklaw's Content · · Score: 2, Informative
    It was 'confirmed' by the county coroner allegedly.

    See the second story here.

  14. Re:However...they ARE claiming copyright. on SCO Website Using Groklaw's Content · · Score: 1
    Funny and Insightful.

    Time to test the DMCA and send the take down to SCO. But maybe not. I can imagine SCO doing this on purpose just to pull PJ into a distraction.

    A legal troll.

  15. Re:Secrecy - because we are at War on The War on Public Knowledge · · Score: 4, Insightful
    The 'War on Terror' will only end when the real war against the citizens being orchestrated by the government ends.

    So, figure 20 years or never. It all depends upon when the sheeple wake up.

  16. Re:It's going to be bad, in theory on How ISPs May Quietly Kill VoIP · · Score: 2, Insightful
    And the solution to that is eliminating monopolies on the pipes to the end-user.

    This is damage. It will get routed around.

  17. Re:Why not ISPs on Over a Million Zombie PCs · · Score: 2, Interesting
    That would be a start. However, just because they 'cleaned up' won't prevent them from becoming a zombie again.

    The ISP needs to force the user to at minimum to install a software firewall.

    If the user has a windows box directly connected to the Internet and they don't have a software firewall, they should not be allowed to connect.

  18. Slow windows on Sunlight in a Tube · · Score: 1
    No, MS can't do that. There is prior art (Chicago).

    Oh wait, that *is* MS IP, so I guess they can innovate on that.

  19. Another place to look on The Continuing Hunt for PATRIOT Act Abuses · · Score: 1
    Guantanamo is outside of the US, so it's not officially under US juridiction. So it's not illegal to detain these people there even if it's indeed a concentration camp for deported war prisoner, except that the Geneva Convention is not respected there.

    You're right. It's all Cuba's fault.

    Get a clue. The US has control of that area of Cuba, not Cuba.

    It may not (note: "MAY NOT") be illegal, but it certainly is under US jurisdiction.

    Don't deceive yourself.

    In fact, read how the U.S. has now decided that the World Court is not convenient for the purposes of the bush administration.

    Perhaps the World Court would not agree that the bush administration could blatently get away with their bullshit.

  20. Re:Not Criminal, Civil on Burst.com and Microsoft Settle · · Score: 1
    Cash settlements don't usually end criminal investigations.

    That all depends upon who is paying whom.

  21. Re:How does one... on Burst.com and Microsoft Settle · · Score: 2, Insightful
    BA: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

  22. Re:Yeah, its great on Apple Wins Against Bloggers · · Score: 1
    They broke a law? Which one? Any evidence?

    If someone tells you something that they shouldn't have told you (because they would be violating their NDA), but fails to tell you that they are violating their NDA, does that make you a criminal for reporting it?

  23. I hope Bill is there on WIPO: We Don't Want To Hear It · · Score: 2, Funny

    He's definitely out to represent the publics interest.

  24. Re:Thank god for the Senate on Canada Considers copying the DMCA · · Score: 1
    So, you have not gotten enough loonie to change your tune, eh?

  25. Re:Linus is probably biased about Mach though.... on Torvalds Switches to a Mac · · Score: 1
    It won't help. Clearly both are troll/flamebait posts, likely to be the same pro-MS dude. Even if you identified them as AC-1, AC-2, etc, by IP addy, you really haven't gained any information.

    ACs are either lazy, or definitely stiring the pot. In the last 2 years here, most are stiring the pot.

    The biggest problem here on slashdot is the astro-mods (astroturfing moderators). They are pro-MS, and moderate down anything that doesn't fit their pre-conceived view of the world. And there are *MANY* of them. They have multiple accounts, and are paid to hang out here and try to hide informative or interesting comments from the readers.

    Because of that, moderation is questionable, so you should read at level 0 or less if you really want to read everything including the aforementioned informative/interesting posts that were moderated down by the astro-mods.

    When this post gets moderated down as flamebait/troll, I will rest my case.