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  1. Re:I hope this surprises no one,.. on Point-of-Sale System Bought On eBay Yields Treasure Trove of Private Data · · Score: 1

    Yes, the reasoning stands. The new owner of the equipment has a duty to sanitize the equipment before using it for commercial food service and selling things to the public that touch it. Not the supply company.

  2. Some more details on HP Unveils 'The Machine,' a New Computer Architecture · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm sitting in the conference room where this was just announced at the HP Discover conference. The idea is to use photonics for interconnects, so that the limitations of copper don't require physical proximity to memory. And they want to use oxygen atoms with doubly-negative charge (ions) for data storage. The concept is to partner with universities to do some fundamental research and major changes in OS design to have a machine that can scale processor access to 160 PB of memory storage in microseconds.

    None of this comprises fundamentally new ideas, but they are working hard to actually make it happen, which is pretty cool.

  3. I don't need a study.. on The Myth of the Science and Engineering Shortage · · Score: 1

    I have been hiring engineers in Silicon Valley for the last 8 years continuously. I have a preference to hire people who are already authorized to work within the US, without any conditions on that work such as length of time I will need to replace them if their status doesn't change. And I know from personal experience, having hired over 75 positions in that time period, that it's VERY HARD to find people who were trained here and authorized to work here. I end up sponsoring a lot of work visas by pure necessity, not because I want to pay people less. So I don't need a study; I have first-hand knowledge and experience, and have shared that experience with my industry peers (and no, that's not an echo chamber; we are the DOERS that these studies are studying).

  4. Hey Ballmer. on Ballmer Calls Android a "Press Release" · · Score: 1

    Welcome to OUR world. We own 40% of the mobile phone market worldwide, and have been making smartphones since before you even knew what the word meant.

    -Nokia

  5. Re:Now the art is on How The THX Noise Was Created · · Score: 1

    "AAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM"

    Was how I was always told to spell it at the meditation ashram.

  6. New Terrorist Luggage Set on TSA Software Bug Creates Airport Bomb Scare · · Score: 1

    First bag contains: a bomb

    Second bag contains: "This is a test." in metal letters, sewn into the bag.

  7. Finally, a use for IPv6 on Organic LED Could Replace Light Bulbs? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I have 10,000 light sources in my house... and I want to customize lighting scenes for every mood. Each OLED has its own IPv6 address, and I have a touch screen where I can paint different color lights.

    Hmm, interesting possibilities...

  8. Re:Uhh, put in in the bank at zero interest on Virtual Property Investor Recoups Investment · · Score: 1

    It doesn't say he sold the entire island. It just says he made his money back in less than a year.

    Assuming he still has a large portion of the island, he could make much more.

  9. Re:X-Ray Scanning? on US Passports To Recieve RFID Chips · · Score: 1

    You're not supposed to put it through the x-ray machine. You're supposed to keep it in your jacket pocket, and the woven-in Faraday cage sets off the metal detector as you walk through.. Oh, wait.

  10. Re:Outrageously exceeding authority on Best Buy Has Man Arrested for Using $2 Bills · · Score: 1

    If you are a lawyer, how come you have never heard of a Private Person's Arrest (f.k.a. Citizen's Arrest)? A private person *can* arrest another person in many states.

    And as for county jail.. in most localities, a city police officer who arrests a suspect will transport to a county jail. The sheriff's deputies will receive the prisoner, but that doesn't mean they arrested him. I'm assuming you don't practice anything related to criminal law..

  11. Re:4.x series on FreeBSD 5.3-BETA6 Available · · Score: 1

    I highly disagree. There are many, many changes with the 5-series. I run both 4-stable and 5-stable as servers and have been using FreeBSD since 1993 (pre-1.0). If you are just getting into FreeBSD, there is absolutely no reason to go with 4 -- you'll just have to learn those changes when you migrate to 5, and 5 has many new and great features. Why bother learning something that is at the end of its lifecycle? Just wait for 5.3 -- it is plenty "stable" enough for new users.

  12. No proof that he tried to steal your radio? on Home Defense, Geek Style? · · Score: 1

    What about the skin and blood left on your floor? Wouldn't that constitute proof? :)

  13. Re:US $100 bills aren't that hard to counterfeit. on Make Money Fast · · Score: 2, Informative

    There's already an effort to do that, albeit not automated. Check out http://www.wheresgeorge.com/.

  14. Re:New bills on Make Money Fast · · Score: 1

    Read the story -- it talks quite a bit about this, especially on the last page.

  15. It's Carnegie Mellon on Debugging in Plain English? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Melon is a fruit..

  16. Re:Cell phone unlisted. on Does Your Company Pay For Broadband? · · Score: 1

    Why did you even give them the # if it was your personal line and you didn't want it listed????

  17. You are getting ripped off. on Does Your Company Pay For Broadband? · · Score: 1

    You can get DSL for $35-45/mo, a cell phone w/ 1000 anytime minutes for $40/mo, and unlimited cellular internet on top of that for $20/mo. free SMS or $5/mo will cover paging.