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  1. Re:Where were the professionals. on More Bad News From Fukushima · · Score: 1

    True, the level of gamma radiation has not been disclosed. And given what TEPCO was doing during this fiasco, I can certainly understand the concern.

  2. Re:Where were the professionals. on More Bad News From Fukushima · · Score: 2

    Usual measurement is 1m free-air-distance, but at the level they observe, they cannot sent anyone in there to make these measurements.

    According to TFA, they can, with basic protection:

    Tepco said the radiation measured was beta rays, which would be easier to protect against than gamma rays.

  3. Re:Wood on Australian University Unveils New Carbon-Trapping Bricks · · Score: 1

    Nature has prior art on that; you have to do it on the Internet to get a patent.

  4. Re:Links? on After Lavabit Shut-Down, Dotcom's Mega Promises Secure Mail · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just empty anchors.

    The links in the story have been secured for your protection.

  5. Can they stop it? on Can NASA, Air Force, and Private Industry Really Mitigate an Asteroid Threat? · · Score: 2

    Unlikely.. but they will gladly make the public believe that something must be done, and then spend a whole lot of money doing something. See also: TSA.

  6. Re:What did they do? on SCO Wants To Destroy Business Records · · Score: 1

    IIRC they were a litigation business.

  7. Re:To quote Spock on School Board Considers Copyright Ownership of Student and Teacher Works · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd rather quote Arkell v. Pressdram.

  8. Re:Car analogy please! on AT&T: Don't Want a Data Plan for That Smartphone? Too Bad. · · Score: 5, Informative

    They charged him highway toll because he has a car capable of doing highway speed, even though he never drives on a highway.

  9. Re:Then they farm it... on Scientists Work Towards Naturally Caffeine-Free Coffee · · Score: 1

    mistakes like that can never possibly happen, relax... trust them... they know what they are doing.

  10. Re:PuTTY on Fracture Putty Can Heal a Broken Bone In Days · · Score: 1

    I think they used PuTTYGen in this case.

  11. Re:Turing-complete on Skein Hash... In Bash · · Score: 1

    What is bf?

  12. Re:I heard it on TV! on Radioactive Water Found In Two Reactor Buildings · · Score: 1

    We'll all die from life - it is a 100% lethal STD.

  13. Re:Voiding the warranty on Microsoft To Work With Windows Phone 7 Jailbreakers · · Score: 1

    OK, so I jailbreak my phone, then the screen dies, or power switch stops working, or any other hardware issue appears. I have every right to have that fixed.

  14. Re:In my client's defence, your honour... on Facebook Private Info Increasingly Used In Court · · Score: 2

    Ladies of the jury: "we'd like to see a proof of that in a demonstration"

  15. Re:NASA Gets Busted All The Time on NASA Says 2010 Tied For Warmest Year On Record · · Score: 2

    In addition to that, it is the oceans that are supposed to keep all the accumulated heat. But according to the best available measurements (the ARGO probes), it is just not showing up: http://judithcurry.com/2011/01/07/wheres-the-missing-heat/
    I guess the old adage applies: If the facts do not conform to the theory, they must be disposed of.

  16. Re:Perhaps they should study the KGB? on US Government Strategy To Prevent Leaks Is Leaked · · Score: 1

    Agreeing with everything except for the last sentence. Remember, diplomats are paid to lie, deceive, and cheat, all the while keeping the other side happily ignorant of the reality. The diplomatic leak makes for an entertaining read, but I understand why the gov't has their knickers in a knot over the significant portions of that stuff.

  17. Re:Concerning Boiled Frogs on Bufferbloat — the Submarine That's Sinking the Net · · Score: 5, Funny

    Use a lid.

  18. Re:pegged connection == latency, who'd of thunk it on Bufferbloat — the Submarine That's Sinking the Net · · Score: 1

    oh, Iraq.... whew.... for a moment I was afraid you were referring to the CO2 emissions....

  19. Re:Money talks on Look Forward To Per-Service, Per-Page Fees · · Score: 1

    not many... all of them.

  20. Re:Inevitable on Look Forward To Per-Service, Per-Page Fees · · Score: 1

    If the service providers see a possibility to sign up more people on their data plans by offering discounts on bandwidth to some particular resource, like FB, they are going to do just that. Of course, the discounted access will be appropriately traffic shaped to allow them to charge more people for using the network at the same time. As the OP put it, it is inevitable, and has been in the development for many years now, just lookup the 3GPP policy enforcement specifications.

  21. Re:Nothing to do with net neutrality on Look Forward To Per-Service, Per-Page Fees · · Score: 2

    If you look at 3GPP standards for policy enforcement, per host traffic shaping is definitely a part of the story. That said, the carriers normally don't care to segregate different content providers, but different content types.
    Disclaimer: I work on this stuff.

  22. Re:Freedom on PayPal Withdraws WikiLeaks Donation Service · · Score: 1

    Freedom works both ways. I give you the freedom of speech, but please allow me the freedom to not do business with you.

    So, it is OK to refuse doing business with, say, people of color, because it is a matter of freedom? I wasn't aware it worked that way, but it got modded up on Slashdot, so it must be true.

  23. Re:What's the catch? on Alternative To the 200-Line Linux Kernel Patch · · Score: 1

    finally, a comment that makes sense.

  24. The question is... on Microsoft's Glasses-Free 3D Display · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... will it blend?

  25. Re:Used up all resources? on Don't Talk To Aliens, Warns Stephen Hawking · · Score: 1

    ... and somehow they found building huge interstellar ships with life sustaining capability cheaper than hauling the depleted resources from an uninhabited nearby system...