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  1. Re:what? on Using Cell Phones to Track Traffic · · Score: 1

    I'm sure gonna hate myself in the morning when I find out that bin Laden was in rush hour traffic, on a cell phone. Wait! I didn't know that the Show Me state HAD enough "Running" cars for a traffic jam. They must have "Bear" looking front yards now.

  2. Re:Social problems solved through better technolog on SBC CEO: Pay up if you want to use our pipes · · Score: 1

    Sounds interesting.

    I'm basing my argument on one of the foundamental factors of the nature of the mechanics of the Internet, "That servers pass the traffic on to the next node if the traffic does not apply to them." I'm curretnly evaluating the usefulness of WiFi Server to WiFi Server communications handling. I see a usefulness in this area because of the increasing loads that the current internet load operators are having to deal with; And for one reason or another, seem to not be able to handle more data. Cables, Wires, and their logistics are becoming more expensive everyday. A method to reduce the cost, and the logistics of cables is WiFi.

  3. Damn, I Was Thinking of Something Constructive. on Women's Institute Consulted on Nuclear Waste · · Score: 1

    "What members of the public would you like to design nuclear waste storage facilities?"

    How about a filtering device that separates the radio active materials from the stuff that isn't radio active? You would have one expensive pile of radio active materials, but it would be a very, very small "Pile".

  4. And In Other Related News: on Bill Gates Donates $258 Million to Fight Malaria · · Score: 1

    Los Angeles Unified School District gathered $500,000 to donate to the Hurricane Katrina Victims.

    Also in the news. People were seen performing random acts of Kindness, and senseless caring for others; All without the aid of a Public Relations Corporation. Film of this amazing set of events at 11:00pm tonight.

  5. Re:so? on SBC CEO: Pay up if you want to use our pipes · · Score: 1

    What is the Ma Bell Business Model going to look like when the internet goes WiFi?

  6. Re:I have tried to install it... on .Net Framework and Visual Studio Now Available · · Score: 1

    Ya, I think their web site is broke. I surfed the microsoft site and there was no source to download and build? I couldn't find any pages with any MD5 numbers. This might be a little premature, but this microsoft stuff might be some kind of vaporwarz. Talk about a possible growth culture for viruses! I like told my story to others. Their opinion is to just wait till the web master gets enough time to fix the links. I don't know who's heading up the development volunteers, but there's nothing on sourceforge either? These microsoft folks are most likely handling it as best as they can. I figure they'll get some help from someone on one of the various user forums to help clean up their host server.

  7. Re:once again... on Significant FBI Abuses of the Patriot Act · · Score: 1

    When I think that the safty and concern of the bin Ladin family is greater than the future of this country, my brain bubbles up with only one word; "Eh?". When I see the ambivilent use of torture, period, my brain bubbles up with the word; "Nuremberg". When I think that all of this lack of being the good guys is coming from one location, my brain bubbles up with only one reality; "Peter Sellers is ALIVE! And living in the White House!".

  8. Another, There Is. on Building a Massive Single Volume Storage Solution? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If designing for speed, NOT cost:
        given 2PB = 1 Human Brain, non interlaced
        1024 TB == 1 PB
        1 TB == 1 PC Computer with 1200GB H/D, 2Gig RAM, Networking

    If designing for cost, NOT speed:
        1 DVD = 4.5GB
        1 PB = 1024 TB = 1,048,576 GB
        1 PC Computer, with a DVD like the one mementioned above.
        1 Robotic CNC Arm, with DVD Gripper(tm)
        1 Very Huge Wire Cage to hold DVD's like a Juke Box.
        (This has been done before, but with Tapes)

  9. Re:I dunno on White House Cease & Desists to The Onion · · Score: 2, Funny

    In my humble opinion, I believe that the Onion should consider using the Turkey; Ben Franklin would have agreed. Personally, I can think of no better bird brain image for the current administration than the Domesticated Turkey; I've also noticed slight tinges of other colors in its feathers.

    "Is it 2008 yet?" - found on a bumper sticker

  10. Re:I'm shocked, shocked on Archimedes Death Ray in San Francisco · · Score: 1

    Not being familiar with the facts of the main article. Fire on a boat is a very freighting event. Granted, focusing mirrors on a ship to start a fire would be a major feat. Consider other areas of results:
    1. Blinding crew on the vessel.
    2. Causing ropes, sails, oil pots, and other similar low ignition temperature items to start burning.

    The war ships of that period had eyes painted on them, what if the mirror holders were told to aim for the eye? I'm thinking that the oil based paint used would be of enough low temperature so as to cause ignition.

  11. Monsanto Spins Yarns on The Los Alamos Bug · · Score: 1

    This is all fantastic to see. I would hope that our new PNA Overlords would ignore the humor about the ingredients required to catch flies.

  12. Re:Not working on Windows Vista Build 5231 Review · · Score: 2, Funny

    "... with more anticipation surrounding it than Internet Explorer 7 ..."

    What can I get for my $300? I could get Knoppix, and my $300...

  13. Re:No on CIA Investing in Modular Green Energy · · Score: 1

    Tree hugging Hippies in charge of the business end of the C.I.A.? What's next? The president getting a Hummer3(tm) by Monica L.?

  14. Re:freedom? on Senator Wants to Keep U.N. Away From the Internet · · Score: 1

    As much as I am agreeable to a one world government; I find my self questioning the need for the United Nations to get involved with something that is at such a petty level of importance. What's next? Ownership of Shoe Strings?

    If I could have a list to submit to the U.N. General Council, it would be this:

    1. If the internet is that important, then the U.N. should consider strongly funding its own version of the net. There are plenty of successful business models off the shelf that would allow the U.N. to be very successful with this approach.

    2. U.N. meetings should be held above the planet. We already have the technology. And it would give these world body decision makers a view of how their effects on the planet would be.

    3. The U.N. needs direction. World Peace! For crying out loud, people follow their bellies, not their minds. What is the goal of the U.N. other than to be a central clearing house of sending aid to those in need? If the U.N. wants the respect of the rest of the world, then it's got to start doing things that the rest of the world would be interested in getting involved in. Need an example? Try accepting bids to do argument #2 above. How about mining gold, silver, and what ever on the moon for the U.N.? All of the sudden, the arguments CHANGE. All of the sudden, its "What can I do, to do business with the U.N." Now the whole perception of the world is different. And by the way, if your going to wear jewelry; which is more interesting, a ring from the Moon, or from the Yukon?

  15. Which Wood I Choose? on Microsoft Reduces Shared Source Licenses · · Score: 1

    Then, given the business model presented to us by the sages bushed of redmond; I would be most interested in 'evaluating' the 'Ms-PL (Microsoft Permissive License)' for enjoying my Porn?

  16. Re:Coming soon to a school court near you! on Transparent Aluminum a Reality · · Score: 1

    "... While the bullets pierced the glass samples, the armor withstood the impact with no penetration. ..."

    I can't help but wonder if the D.O.D. Designers are now hiring wifes with 20 years experience?

  17. Maybe Better Tasking for People in Blue? on Yahoo Closes Chat Rooms to Anyone Under 18 · · Score: 1

    I'm just thinking of all that free time law enforcement is going to have when the children stop talking; If children can stop talking. Who knows? Maybe the people in blue will start looking for bin Ladin; their number one bad guy.

  18. Re:4 pictures at once??? on Microsoft Sees Future in IPTV · · Score: 1

    Yes, for me one outstanding application is Baseball. One could have All the games on at one time and not miss any of the action.

  19. For Those Not Up To Speed, Yet on Schneier: Make Banks Responsible for Phishers · · Score: 1

    The Banking Industry has already dealt with this issue, basically the law they had passed says their not responsible. And you changing their law is going to be a hard sell.

    But let us consider if you are the victim of credit fraud. Person-A walks up with:
    1. your Birth date on a Birth Certificate, all legal looking.
    2. your Drivers License Number with Person-A's picture on it, all legal looking.
    3. your Social Security Card, all legal looking.
    4. a cell phone that the phone company associates with your name.
    5. an address that the post office associates with your name.
    6. 5 business 'references' that will back up what ever Person-A says.

    Or, my personal favorite:
    Company-B pays Big Faceless Corporation that sells credit info online, and then proceeds to suck down ALL this data, and then proceeds to use said data with a cell phone and an AOL/Earth-Link account combined.

    And how can I think of all this nonsense? For the last 3 years I've been speaking ISO-8583, and listening to the horror stories over at customer service.

  20. Re:This sort of thing... on RIAA Sues a Child · · Score: 1

    Out of curiosity; to sue for tort, doesn't the victim have to be aware of the specific act?

  21. Re:Vulnerable to a "chaffing" attack? on Fast, Accurate Detection of Explosives · · Score: 1

    I think that if we took this same technology and applied it to Biometerics, we could finally find bin Laden. We just track him by his flagilence?

  22. Re:Nice flaming headline. on Bush Supreme Court Nominee Former Microsoft Lawyer · · Score: 1

    Of course IF she's being 'Promoted' so that she'll not discuss the interactions of Gates et. al. and the Pin Head Office; Now we got ourselves of New twist in my favorite soap opera, "As the Country Burns."

  23. Re:Yep.. on StarOffice 8 May Be MS Office Killer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actual conversation:

    A Friend is wearing a tee shirt that says "Buy Only Microsoft Products".

    I look at him with a big grin and say, "Do you have a copy of openOffice?"

    Friend looks at me now with an evil grin; All teeth showing.

    I then say, "Would you like a copy?"

    I don't he likes me anymore.

  24. Re:Extremely cool, but... on MIT Unveils Prototype for $100 Linux Laptop · · Score: 1

    "...My first concern is that once given away, a very poor family might look towards selling the laptop on the black market for food, clothing, etc. How much expense would be added if biometrics were incorporated into the design so that once a laptop is "mated" to a child, only that child can operate it, thus rendering its worth on the black market so much less?..."

    In certain countries, the child would be sold also. Think of it as buying a small car, with trim, mirrors, and white walls.

  25. Re:Had to say it... on Google And NASA To Collaborate On Technology · · Score: 1

    It gets me to thinking, "what would the increase be to do a "Deep Radar" analysis of the Moon?" With this knowledge, it would be possible to evaluate secondary landing sites for colonizing...