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  1. But what about... on NASA Developing Comet Harpoon For Sample Return · · Score: 0

    All this tractor beam talk I've been hearing about? Seems as though trapping comet particles with lasers isn't going to cut it for NASA...

  2. yeah right on Iran Wants To Clone Downed US Drone · · Score: 0

    Predator's aren't nearly as expensive as, say, B2's, but I still think Iran will find that its pockets aren't deep enough to start "mass producing" the drones.

  3. 6 Lanes... or 4? on MythBusters Bust House · · Score: 0

    Funny how little details like that can make a story seem more sensational: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/12/mythbusters-cannonball.html

  4. What? on USPS Ending Overnight First-Class Letter Service · · Score: -1, Redundant

    People are still sending around non-electronic messages?

  5. Re:FTL Communications on Quantum Entanglement of Macroscopic Diamonds · · Score: 1

    at most or at least? To me, if the 2 crystals will be vibrating at the same time regardless of distance, the only lag would be in interpreting the vibrations on either end.

  6. Great on Quantum Entanglement of Macroscopic Diamonds · · Score: 1

    Now let's give one diamond to my ISP, and one to me, and maybe I can get some information at a decent speed.

  7. Better than destroying the printer on Printers Could Be the Next Attack Vector · · Score: 1

    Would be having it print out big black squares or troll faces until the toner runs out.

  8. Well... on Toronto School Bans Hard Balls · · Score: 1, Insightful

    In the days where there are lawsuit trolls roaming the earth trying to turn any mishap into $$$, I can't really blame them.

  9. Careful Europe.... on EU Speaks Out Against US Censorship · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The music and entertainment industries don't like you meddling with the affairs of their puppets...

  10. Easy as 1, 2, on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Spammers You Know? · · Score: 1

    Flag as spam? Seriously, it's not like I bother looking through my spam folder, and gmail has a pretty good filter.

  11. Music starts at... on Mathematically Pattern-Free Music · · Score: 1

    The music starts at 7:40 if you prefer to just listen to the plinking of unmemorable notes...

  12. Call up Harrison Ford on NASA Wants To Make Tractor Beams a Reality · · Score: 2

    He has more experience working with them than anyone else.

  13. Hardware Keylogger on Ask Slashdot: How To Securely Share Passwords? · · Score: 1

    Install a hardware keylogger inside your keyboard (or just buy an external usb hardware keylogger -- this is less secure for the paranoid) and have the password that accesses the keylogger written on a piece of paper with instructions on how to use it in your wallet. Tell your relatives that you have a keylogger in (or attached to) your keyboard and that instructions on how to use it can be found inside your wallet if you die. Run a monthly script that simply types all of your passwords out one by one in a notepad so the keylogger catches them. If you die, your relatives will find the piece of paper, access the contents of your hardware keylogger, and collect all the information. If you are paranoid about someone breaking open your keyboard, stealing the flash memory, and somehow accessing it contents, I'm sure you could put an encrypting stage between the read and write stages (given you are making this keylogger yourself with a microcontroller). ...Or you could just use an online service that holds sets of passwords and secures them with a master password, but that's not as fun, is it?

  14. Re:Why I hate unity on Are Power Users Too Cool For Ubuntu Unity? · · Score: 1

    I just went into the compiz settings and set it so the launcher only pops out if my mouse is in the upper left corner of the screen... problem solved.

  15. Re:Great Idea on Google Street View Moves Indoors · · Score: 1

    And we also need Google to install cameras at the manufacturing plants so we can see what the food inside the packaging looks like. That way, we are not surprised when we open our bag of chips to see that it is half air.

  16. Google Space on Google Street View Moves Indoors · · Score: 1

    I heard that Google is developing a new program called Google Space. Basically, they are going to send thousands, nay, millions, of 360-degree HD photo capturing deep space probes away from the earth in all directions so that people can explore space from the comfort of their desks. I kid, of course.

  17. Software Engineer on Career Advice: Don't Call Yourself a Programmer · · Score: 1

    Well, to me, "software engineer" sounds even more high cost than "programmer", since it implies college education.

  18. Landing on FAA Goes To the Web To Fight Laser-Pointing · · Score: 1, Informative

    The biggest problems are when the aircraft is landing, not when flying at 10,000 feet. It is extremely difficult to shine a laser into the cockpit of an airplane if it is high above you, but as the aircraft is approaching the ground, it is easy for someone on the ground or in the airport to shine the beam into the cockpit as the craft gets closer and closer to the runway. The light bead could easily pass over any exposed eyes, temporarily blinding the pilots. It's not too big a deal for commercial aircraft since computers do the majority of the flying, but it can be dangerous for manually flown small aircraft.