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  1. Ham radio has its day in court on GAO Report Slams FCC · · Score: 1

    The American Radio Relay League (ham radio national org) is suing the FCC in Federal Court over its overt bias towards Broadband-Over-Power-Line systems. Apparently technical details mean nothing these days. Its all politics and lobbying. See www.arrl.org for details

  2. Which brings up a related question on New Sensor Finds Leaks in Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    What in the world do they do for human air leaks- I mean passing putrid gas on the spaceship?

  3. "Blame Canada," on Survey Finds Canadians Support Net Neutrality Law · · Score: 1

    "Blame Canada" The US usually does the exact opposite of our friends up north.

  4. Why I'm using Vista right now on Resolution of BSD-GPL Wireless Code Dispute? · · Score: 0

    Because Linux wireless support sucks. I mean why should I have to hack the latest Ubuntu to get WPA-PSK? Thats ridiculous. And to make it worse, I have to use a PCMCIA Atheros card and not the internal Intel one as there is no driver.

  5. It belongs to the people on The 700MHz Question · · Score: 2

    Let the government divide the spectrum by the number of US citizens and give everyone their portion of the bandwidth. People could then band together to combine their khz or Mhz and do interesting things. But I reiterate- the spectrum belongs to us.

  6. Re:back in the "good ole days" on Silicon Valley Culture Originated In Radio Days · · Score: 1

    Worse yet, they follow you all around and keep asking if they can help you. I found a solution. I make up some realistic sounding gizmo that really doesn't exist. That keeps them busy for a while

  7. By radio I think they mean on Silicon Valley Culture Originated In Radio Days · · Score: 3, Informative

    HAM RADIO

  8. Nurses make can make as much on Why Is US Grad School Mainly Non-US Students? · · Score: 1

    as engineers and CS types, like $40/hr and define their own shifts/flextime/etc. As far as doctors go, I understand there is a real need for family physicians in rural areas. In the cities they are a dime a dozen.

  9. Does it work with alcohol? on 'Floating Bridge' Property of Water Found · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm thinking of a bartenderless bar, controlled by some OS.
    And I'm talking about alcohol diluted enough that its not going to become a Flaming Moe.

  10. Eventually on AMD-ATI Ships Radeon 2900 XT With 1GB Memory · · Score: 1

    The mobo will be a giant video card and the cpu will reside in a board on one of the slots.

  11. Here we have one- its a scam on Why Municipal Wi-Fi Networks have Been Such a Flop · · Score: 1

    It was presented to the public as if it were any normal internet connection. We expected lots of ads. But what really fried me was that the same company who did the installation piggybacked a for-pay service on the free one subsidized by the city. The city council is a bunch of morons. They may have well just given millions$ to this company.

    I tried using the free Metro service. It was hard to connect and attachments could be no more than 1mb. And I live very close an access point.

    Ed

    Porland, OR

  12. Re:Does anyone know or have a good on Google Goes After Open Source Licensing Cruft · · Score: 1

    Excellent. I will have a lifetime supply of toilet paper.

  13. Does anyone know or have a good on Google Goes After Open Source Licensing Cruft · · Score: 1

    guess at how many software licenses there are? I guess everybody has their favorite and if they don't like what they see, they make up their own.

  14. Obligatory Simpsons on Internet Uses 9.4% of Electricity In the US · · Score: 1

    "Excellent, excellent..." C. Montgomery Burns

  15. When it happens here in the US on The Canadian Taxman Goes Browsing on eBay · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    BLAME CANADA!!

  16. Re:I was once sold as a slave on Washington State LUG to Hold "Nerd Auction" · · Score: 1

    Ahh, you are bringing back fond memories:
    1. Stealing bamboo from the Buddhist temple for Island Party
    2. Having Roman Candle battles in the hallways (everything was too
    beer drenched to catch fire)
    3. All new pledges got taken to California Girls massage parlor paid
    for by their big brother.
    4. Little Sisters are for cookies, not for nookies. Well I violated
    that one.
    5. Having our frat in the national news, picked up in PA by my Mom in
    the local paper as we were having a big dispute with neighbors over noise.
    6. The insane lady who called to complain even when the hot tub was off
    etc

  17. So when you apply for health insurance on Briefcase Sized DNA Analysis System · · Score: 1

    They scan you with one of these things for all kinds of diseases. Why not auto insurance? Don't want any alcoholics on the road. The possibilities for abuse are endless.

  18. Re:I was once sold as a slave on Washington State LUG to Hold "Nerd Auction" · · Score: 1

    This was 27 years ago. There weren't many bylaws back then, lol.

  19. I was once sold as a slave on Washington State LUG to Hold "Nerd Auction" · · Score: 1

    We had a slave auction for charity at the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity where I lived. I remember being sold for $500, but for the life of me, I can't remember to who or what I ended up having to do. Thank you alcohol.

  20. Re:Ten to one... on DIY Biochemical Scanner From a Hacked CD Drive · · Score: 1

    They can test hair, clothing, you name it. And pee eventually evaporates and leaves solid behind.

  21. Re:I saw the other stories but on Jack Thompson Includes Gay Porn With Court Filing · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the clarification. I'm for Ron Paul as well. A strict constitutionalist. We have hardly even had any on the Supreme Court. Jeez.

  22. I saw the other stories but on Jack Thompson Includes Gay Porn With Court Filing · · Score: 1

    who the hell is Jack Thompson? I mean in every major city there are nuts who spend all their free time suing people. Why is this guy any different?

  23. Ten to one... on DIY Biochemical Scanner From a Hacked CD Drive · · Score: 1

    It will eventually be used for illicit drug testing.

  24. Re:Finger in the dyke... on Demonoid Torrent Tracker Shut Down by CRIA · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm sure dykes are just as outraged about DRM as anyone else. But why pick them?

  25. FM Radio DRM'ed? on Amazon DRM-Free Music Store Goes Beta · · Score: 1

    I just listened to FM radio the other weekend and couldn't believe what a mess of crap it's become. If thats the stuff that the labels want us to pay for and add DRM, they aren't going to get a dime from me. I have Sirius, but thats a different story altogether.
    I have no problem listening to Grand Funk Railroad, BTO, Alice Cooper, etc if thats the kind of stuff Amazon is serving up. I keep a huge directory of those old songs on my laptops.
    What was it that Homer Simpson said about Rock N'Roll. It was perfected in (insert band) by (year in 1970's)?