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  1. This Issue is for Those Who Do Not Care on UK Group Wants Mandatory Flash For Phone Cams · · Score: 1

    One of the problems of management is that what ever conclusion they decide is the correct one. Photos will not change the heartless, or the mediocre; But, images of the indescribable will convince the skeptical, and those who are truly concerned.

  2. I Can't Help But Wonder on The Music Man · · Score: 1

    Is the same thing being done for the Arts, Literature, Engineering, Science, Math, and Histories?

    Imagine, a virtual global "Louvre" on all things, that anyone can view, anywhere, anytime.

    I guess it begins with a possible future of posible loss.

  3. You Might Want to Split the Wind Shear Issue Up. on Space Elevator Prototype Climbs MIT Building · · Score: 1

    The cable would "vibrate" because of the wind, but the second concern should be of the electrical energy collected by the cable as the wind passes by it. Some Space shuttle experiments using a cable with a metal sphere tethered on it produced more energy than was expected to. Couldn't this electric byproduct be attached to a power grid and sold to help finance the elevator's payroll?

  4. Re:When? on Space Elevator Prototype Climbs MIT Building · · Score: 1

    Scaling fish is done with a knife, I don't think one would want to scale a teather using a knife.

  5. Re:Missile Defense on Boeing Successfully Tests Anti-Missile Laser · · Score: 1

    One trully needs to ask the question, "Which is closer to Kim's 'Red Toggle Switch'; Peking, Soul, or Washington D.C.?"

    If I were Kim, I'd be VERY nuervous of D.C. doing a land office business with Peking.

  6. I Know This Posting is Late, BUT Significant. on Exploitation of Open Source VoIP · · Score: 1

    I've worked with several people that sell telephone services. It isn't pretty. It's a classic case of something that is good for all people. This type of technology would allow rice farmers in north korea to talk directly to researchers at Stanford at little cost. But there is a problem, and it has nothing to do with VOIP.

    There is a sub-set of "Wise-Guys" that provide people with VOIP technology and make a fine living from it. It is true that these "Wise-Guys" provide a service, but they do NOT give back for the knowledge that they have barrowed from.

    To resolve this issue of abusers of open source, just answer peoples questions about open source. Openess is the hated torch in coperate obscurity.

  7. Re:SAFE! on U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft Resigns · · Score: 1

    Ex-Fed-DA writes, "The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved"?

    I guess there's no drug testing required to get to the oval office.

  8. Theft is Theft on New Rules Make Domain Hijacking Easier · · Score: 1

    Stealing is stealing; with a gun, or a computer.

    I've paid for the use of something for a specific period of time. If someone has taken this from me then it is theft. Solution? call the police/sherif/marshal/f.b.i./homeland-seurity/inte rpol. If the calvery won't, or can't help you; Then, well, recourse is up to you.

    You really can't change the way a bad guy thinks, but you can introduce outcomes that would cause the bad guy to reconsider actions in a constructive direction.

  9. Re:But outsourcing is good and creates jobs. on Outsourcing Information Security · · Score: 1

    The problem of this situation is that the Presidient IS more informed than the average person is. What bothers me is that the president is treating this great nation like a third world one market economy.

    When I see a bad soccer referee, and my childs team is losing to the ref., not the other team. Then I say to her, "Don't do what the ref. has a cross hair about; And don't aim the ball at his head." My problem is that my child only listens to half of the conversation. Its interesting what my child hears.

  10. I Read the Article Also on No-Click Phishing On The Way · · Score: 1

    It states in the first sentence, first paragraph, "A phishing scam has been detected..."

    It was NOT "broken by trained personnel".

    The implications should be fairly linear at this point.

  11. 2 Problems of NewClear Plants on Could Nuclear Power Wean the U.S. From Oil? · · Score: 1

    1. Life of Container.

    Something called "Weathering" occurs not only on Rocks, but non-Rocks also.

    2. The NewClear Waste.

    Just filter out the waste, then you NewClear Material in one 'Pile', and raw materials in the other.

    Administrative Note: The logistics of the above nightmare were discussed back in the early 1970's.

  12. Re:Oh great on Virtual Stuntmen Ready for Hollywood · · Score: 1

    Is this this the Blender3D 3.0 that I've read about?

  13. Re:Think Lewis & Clark on NASA Considering Early Retirement of Shuttle Program · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't we need a spacestation, in space, for Basic Inftrastructure development?.

    Also, memo to USA's NASA, and Russia's RKA,
    If your having problems with getting results, I respectfully submit this web page, "www.scaled.com". These engineers may not be as talented, or as glorious as the rest of us engineers. But their Score Borad results is kicking our collective ASSSSSSSsssssssssses. OUCH!

  14. Please Help Grandpa Here on Dept. of Homeland Security Enforces Expired Patent · · Score: 1

    Rubic's Cube and the Department of Homeland Security are in one sentence? Amazing!

    Next it'll be AARP, and Bin Laden in one sentence.

  15. Re:Bah, that's not overkill. on Dremel Pumpkin Carver · · Score: 1

    The CNC Programmer at Extream HAS to switch to De-Cafe!

  16. Administrative Note: on Press freedom · · Score: 1

    The BBC World News reported that 60,000 voter ballots can't be found in the state of Florida.

    What I find very interesting is the TOTAL lack of coverage of such a blunder in the U.S.

    I find it amazing what happens when freedom of the press is crib smothered.

  17. Re:Near-shore is still off-shore on India Outsourcers Find Back Door in Canada · · Score: 1

    A 'Service' is as useful as a 'Product/Good'.

    GNP is made up of Goods, and Services.

    if 'Dumping' of products into the U.S. is illeagal, then 'Dumping' of 'Services' is just as illeagal; With the same implications.

    The tensor I am submitting is that 'Dumping' is wrong. What have I said? Oh crap...

  18. Fix It All-a Time vs. Blue Screen Of Death on Amazing Things Your Automobile Can't Do · · Score: 1

    From the article:

    "...Fiat is working with Microsoft's Automotive Business 'Unit'..."

    Gene Splicing, gone bad.

  19. XM or Sirius? on XM Portable Satellite Radio Receiver with Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    Pro or Con, which product gives the most bang for the buck?

  20. Re:Watch out for the legacy behaviors... on Battle Roomba Tractor · · Score: 1

    Lets see now:

    1. Fuel Cell Power Plant.
    2. Mobil Energy Platform.
    3. NOT Noisey, (I Need My Tunes When I Bump).
    4. ZERO Emissions, its only water, and tire tred.
    5. 80 MPH.
    6. Small Foot Print for Parking in a "Compact" Parking Space.
    7. Remote Controllable, sweeeeeeet.
    8. Coooooool Look.
    9. Multi-Configurations.

    Dear Santa,
    My Perole Officer says I've been good almost all year. I'll never put another Vibrating Whoppee Cushin in your slay again. Can I have one of these; Pleeeease?

  21. I Was In #256 on How Technology Failed in Iraq · · Score: 1

    You know, the one thing that has NOT been looked into was, with the odds of 10 to 1, held a KEY bridge, AND lived to tell the tale. Amazing.

    "Where is the weakest place on your enemy?" - Amos Sten

  22. To This Day I'm Still Amazed; on 30th Anniversary of Pascal · · Score: 1

    Beware of the "Senior Programmer" that thinks Hash, Bubble, and Binary doesn't mean sort methods, but Food, Toys, SG-1.

  23. Neeeeeeeeat! on The War Of The Virtual Worlds · · Score: 1

    Why is it that the JFC gets all the good toys!

    I think I'm going back to school, if only to get an 'evaluation copy' of this game!

  24. Denile is a Bitter Surprize. on Software Piracy Due to Expensive Hardware, Says Ballmer · · Score: 1

    I truly believe that software piracy will begin to be VERY expensive when open source solutions equal or exceed what is for sale. Software is changing the way people think about their solutions. One such thought is, "Why should I pay for a product upgrade when the current product does the job?" Another thought is, "I can talk to the person that made this open source solution, and get what I want." This type of software morphing is growing, were as the "Closed Source Third Party Solution" is definitly shirnking.

  25. The Fundamentals? of Contract Law... on More on Neuroscience and Marketing · · Score: 1

    A basic fundamental for a Contract to be Non-Voidable is to have a "Meeting of the Minds".

    People that are Insane, or a Child, or "Under the Influence..." that have created contracts can later "Void" the contract?