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  1. Re:Worried? on 3D Printing May Face Legal Challenges · · Score: 2

    Yeah, well just because they are not very good reproductions now doesn't mean anything. Cassette tapes copied from the radio weren't all that great either. RIAA didn't get really worried until we were able to make unlimited perfect copies for essentially nothing, then distribute them around the world. All that aside, call me when the technology does get that good - I want a AR-15 full-auto sear and selector assembly, and it seems like it would be way less risky to make one then to buy one.

  2. Why does MS/nVidia care? on nVidia and Infinium to Partner at CES · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think the real question is, why is Microsoft and nVidia giving his thing any free press? Or, why is MS and nV giving up booth space at CES? If and when this thing ever comes out, it has all the earmarks of being an XBOX competitor? Perhaps they are thinking buyout, but of what; Does infinium own any patents? And, are they concerned about the well known flap between Infinium and [H]ardOCP.

    r/dcviper

  3. US Navy on Would You Bid for a Job? · · Score: 2, Informative

    The US Navy has been doing this with hard to fill billets for about 6 months. Interested parties log on to JASS (BUPERS's Job Availability Selection System) and bid up to $500/month extra for taking selected billets (such as Sigonella Sicily and NSA Bahrain).
    r/dcviper

  4. Appropriateness for minors? on Top Banned Books of 2003 · · Score: 1

    this list is hardly accurate, as some of the books on the list "Sex" by Madonna, and "The New Joy of Gay Sex" could very well have been banned by a elementary (primary) school library because the subjects of the books are not appropriate by any stretch of the imagination for youngsters. That being said, if a parent wishes to allow their children to read said material, there is nothing a school can do to stop them, and most libraries of which I am aware will allow kids to check out almost any books, provided they have parents permission. I imagine most books of 'that' nature are being banned not to censor anything, but because the school has a duty to parents to restict kis' access to that sort of thing, if the parent does not wish the child to see it.

    vr/
    dcviper

  5. Kanagawa? on Mogi Location-Based Mobile Gaming Hits Japan · · Score: 1

    cool, but is it available in english, and can I get it in Yokosuka or Yokohama? Tokyo is kinda far, especially the fasionable parts.

  6. Re:System clock off? on Holding On To Hope For Beagle 2 · · Score: 1

    actually, it isn't the size that must change, rather the power out of the xmitter must increase, and probably the sensitivity of the receiver.
    the reason the size of the can doesn't change is that its acting as a waveguide.

    vr/dcviper

  7. Onstar on Holding On To Hope For Beagle 2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    maybe they should just have paid the damn $400 for OnStar..

  8. PRF on Santa Meets NORAD, Tux Gets Lit Up For Xmas · · Score: 2, Funny

    wow, I'd love to know the Pulse Repetition Frequency on the radar NORAD is using for it's 'track santa' gif....

  9. Re:creating a fire hazard? on The Problem Of Unused Cabling · · Score: 2, Interesting

    For shipboard installs, The US Navy requires Kevlar jacketed CAT5 vice the more common PVC (PolyvinylCHLORIDE) as PVC releases chlorine gas when burned.

    On a side note, when they decomissioned the USS Connstellation (CV-64) a 10'x 10' cable junction between the island and rest of the ship below the flight deck(03 level, i think, i heard this second hand) was completely filled with 40 years worth of all manner of cabling (phones, comms, radar, power) that no more cable could be run through that conduit. My roomate estimated that about 85% of the cable was dead.

  10. SRBs on Pentagon Wants IPv6 by 2008 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Gee, Thats around the time My contract is up... I wonder if I can get a bigger SRB becuase I've actually heard of IPv6? Because almost nobody in the ADP department has, I can guarentee you that...

  11. Thats It... on Congress to Make PATRIOT Act Permanent · · Score: 1

    I'm officially embarrassed to associate myself with the US Military....
    I'm gonna run a NAVPERS 1336/3 Special Request/Authorization Chit. R/R PERMISSION TO DESERT AND DEFECT TO CANADA...

  12. Re:2 Years ago, Last year, This year. on Company Christmas Gifts / Bonuses? · · Score: 1

    Ha! You think you got it bad? Try having Uncle Sam as your sugar daddy. Everyone who doesn't wear khaki gets boned daily in the Navy....

  13. Re:Workstations bad. on Making Users Back Up Important Data? · · Score: 1

    robotic DAT tape changers arn't cheap! unless lego prices went up since i was a kid.

    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/01/31/2247 24 9&mode=thread&tid=159

  14. bleh. subjects are so useless on Game Developers Cracking Down on Cheating · · Score: 1

    In UT 6 kills in a row makes you GODLIKE

    In Quake, 2 kills in 2 seconds earns you "EXCELLENT"

    In CS, six kills in a row is "Kicked By console".

    but i wonder if in Americas Army : Operations, its going to be "Wanna join the army?"

  15. Perhaps they need a way to pay for the lawsuit on Comcast May Raise Prices On "Internet Hogs" · · Score: 1

    http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/25/12 9226

  16. Columbus Public Schools... on P2P Programs on K-12 Networks? · · Score: 1

    have all ports blocked except for some useful ones... it was kinda nice, except when some stupidshit who should be learning to code (I'm in a programming class @ the career center) interupts you (who already has his shit done for the day) to ask "hey man, how i gets on napsta yo?". Then the dumbfucks discovered proxy servers, and i get 15 questions a day relating to finding proxies.... The Moral of the story, block the p2p ports, only allow http outgoing traffic, and lock down the machines. BTW, don't use FoolProof, cus it aint. THe people who know how to get arround your network, are the ones you don't need to worry about. (ya know, guys like us)

  17. Re:Bravo! Bravo! on Wireless Carriers Accused of Antitrust Violations · · Score: 2, Interesting

    VoiceStream Wireless, which was named as a defendand in the suit, has never exhibited any of the behaviors describe, either in your post, or in the complaint. A asked a voicestream employee, point blank, can i purchase another phone at any time during my contract? A: "Sure, just make sure it is GSM 1900 compliant, and pop your SIM card into the new phone. you don't even have to bring it in to the store"

    Makes me wonder if they even checked to see if voicestream was actually comitting any of the acts described in the suit. Perhaps they were in lawsuit frenzy (Hey, This is America).

    -dcviper

  18. gee i wonder ..... on ASCI White Detonates The First E-Bomb · · Score: 1

    ....What kind of FPS i'll get running Return to Castle Wolfenstein......

  19. Re:Amazingly on Leaked FEMA/ASCE Draft Report On WTC Collapse · · Score: 1

    Did anyone catch the History Channel Presentaion on the WTC that was produced pre-11SEP01? It had the one of the building's architechs/engineers sitting in his office with a beutiful veiw of manhattan and a String in the top right saying "Missing Since 9/11/01" and the engineer guys is telling the camera how this building could withstand the impact of a Boeing 707. Creepy......

  20. Not quite accurate.. on Can GnuPG Deliver? · · Score: 2, Informative

    The article stringly infers that PGP (I use the NAI Freeware distro) does not work with OSX or WinXP. I can't speak to OSX, but I know that 6.5.8 works just fine with Windows XP Pro.

  21. PGP in XP on How to Save PGP · · Score: 1

    The Article said that freeware versions of PGP do no work with XP. That is simply not true. I am using PGP 6.5.8, and it runs fine in winXP Pro.

    Also, MIT's PGP Distro site is operating.

    -dcviper

  22. The Real Question.. on The Timex Speedpass Watch · · Score: 1

    The Real question is, why the hell anyone would want to go to McDonalds?

  23. Re:WARNING!!! **GOATSE** LINK ABOVE!!! on What About IPv6? How Long Until Widespread Deployment? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    no it doesn't, its worse. its o'reilly creepy animals.....

  24. Re:I guess the FBI gave up on the terrorists? on Fed Raids Software Pirates in 27 Cities · · Score: 1

    oh no didn't you hear, anything that John Ashcroft and Shrubbie say is terrorism, is. Just look at their corporate sponsors

  25. Re:Egress filtering on Network Webcurity Wishlist? · · Score: 1

    No, I don't feel that NAT on the core layers is necessary, because outside users have no reason to connected to core routers...
    Maybe you should brush up on your Cisco Layers (Core, Distro, Access). The links going to internal routers inside your AS arn't seen by the user, for example:
    (Purely Theoretical)
    Let's Say that /.'s headend router were 164.83.9.1, but its webserver was located on 164.83.23.56. What I am saying is that the links between 164.83.9.1 and 164.83.23.1 would be RFC 1918 addresses. In other words, not NAT. Perhaps you need to review your networking principals...