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  1. Re:Its interesting... on Police Database Lists 'Future Criminals' · · Score: 1

    Good thing the database of future criminals will be small in the small town, then. On the other hand, more of the electorate will know of any problems when the judge and city officials come up for reelection. We could instead invite the whole town to join in on the conspiracy so the police can do whatever they want.

  2. Re:Its interesting... on Police Database Lists 'Future Criminals' · · Score: 1
    The original report did not say the police database is public. It might be only an internal police tool -- like a bulletin board with those same pictures stuck to a map.

    Yes, police can lie. They shouldn't. (What else can we say?)

    That policeman giving you a speeding ticket at 2 AM on a lonely road is the only witness. If you challenge the ticket in front of a judge, the judge (and jury) will consider your word and the word of the officer. The officer will appear often in front of that judge, and risks a lot if he lies...and if the judge notices any pattern which makes him suspicious of the officer.

  3. Re:Gutenberg Did, Sort Of... on Web Profits in the Gutter · · Score: 1

    Yes, it is Latin. I noticed some of German's suffixes were missing, but thought it might have been due to poetic license. (I'm sure Bible translators have fun trying to translate poetry)

  4. Re:Its interesting... on Police Database Lists 'Future Criminals' · · Score: 1
    Now, it would be funny to see some CEO's pop up on a fbi list.... this ceo has aurthur anderson consulting as his auditor, a seemingly inflated stock price... hes probably laundering, lets keep an eye on him!

    Are you aware that the SEC, AMEX, and enforcement groups do indeed look for such patterns? The SEC has computers working hard to do that... well, there was a report that those computers were in the World Trade Center buildings so maybe "had" is the proper term.

  5. Re:Its interesting... on Police Database Lists 'Future Criminals' · · Score: 1
    This same information would be in a policeman's notebook. "Stopped John Smith, 123 Main St, at 9th & Vine for loitering 2002-08-25 23:18" Yes, he writes it down or memorizes it. It's useful the next day if a burglary was reported around the corner...

    So the data has been mined and put in a database. Isn't this called a good thing when it's a factory worker adding his knowledge about how to do a job? Is there a problem with passing the information on to the officer on the next shift?

    I suppose it would be really evil if it were a database of SUVs driven by Clinton to buy cigars for Limbaugh in liquor stores in Las Vegas.

  6. AI training pain on (More) Intelligent Network Monitors? · · Score: 1
    " No artificial intelligence or learning is involved in the system, but just specifying it does get the job done (and probably in a more straightforward and predictable way than a neural network or somesuch)."

    Defining such rules is probably a lot easier than having to simulate or live through thousands of failures of each subsystem just so you can train the AIs.

  7. Re:utter rubbish on Web Profits in the Gutter · · Score: 1
    U.S. daytime television?

    • Soap operas
    • Commercials
    • Infomercials
    Yup, same stuff.
  8. Gutenberg Did, Sort Of... on Web Profits in the Gutter · · Score: 1
    Gutenberg's second book, after the Bible, was erotic stories.

    Do you have historical evidence to back that up?

    He was wrong. It was the first Gutenberg book.
    Find "Song of Solomon" in your favorite Bible. (The preceding link is to the appropriate Gutenberg image. I don't know German, but I know several related languages and it looks like it starts at the "O".)

  9. P2P? on DOOM 3 will use P2P System? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    So what does P2P mean in this situation....Can we keep running in one direction, passing through an endless series of different servers handling their own collection of rooms?

    "If this looks like Cairo, my lag must be awful."

    Server monitor: a map showing the people running around in your server.

    Or does P2P mean that everyone sends their status to all 30,000 other people in the game?

  10. Re:Proper way to dispose of a silly on Recycling The First World, in the Third · · Score: 1

    Yes, of course two gods would be likely to solve the problem in the same way...

  11. Re:Proper way to dispose of a silly on Recycling The First World, in the Third · · Score: 1
    Yes, and if they both "invented" the same thing then that shows the idea is probably not patentable if everyone with that expertise is likely to create the same solution to the problem.

    The really funny thing is that I have .sig viewing disabled so I have no idea what these people have "expertise" in.

  12. Re:Bandwidth on Digital Video Capture and High Frame Rates? · · Score: 1

    8 billion bits per second on
    1 gigabyte Ethernet requires
    8 network links...and a little more for protocol overhead.

  13. Re:Hold on a second. on Recycling The First World, in the Third · · Score: 1
    So flame me but it's like nuclear waste.

    Actually, flaming is a good idea.

    Toss all the trash in a plasma torch. It's so hot it separates all the elements. Then you separate them, such as with an industrial-sized chromatograph. Or collection plates of different temperatures (patent http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PT O1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm &r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%275,868,909%27.WKU.&OS=PN/5,868, 909&RS=PN/5,868,909"> 5,868,909. The methods have been SF fodder for a long time.

  14. Re:But is is his Job. on Recycling The First World, in the Third · · Score: 1
    Of course, remember to resubmit the Haiku story in 5 weeks, then 7 weeks, then 5 weeks.

    If you use the stylistic rather than formulaic Haiku methods, resubmit it anytime you feel the mood is right. Or submit a different story when the mood fits your submission Haiku.

  15. Re:Proper way to dispose of a monitor on Recycling The First World, in the Third · · Score: 1
    "...gleaning these rare toxic compounds from the earth..."

    Of course, it is so much better to leave these toxic compounds in the environment. Somehow I think the people of Bangladesh would prefer if the natural arsenic in their drinking water was being used inside a factory someplace.

  16. Re:Taco, Google. Google, Taco. on Recycling The First World, in the Third · · Score: 1
    Question: What is the opposite of investigative reporting?

    Remember, your answer must be in the form of an Ask Slashdot.

  17. Re:1.5 Kg lead per computer?? on Recycling The First World, in the Third · · Score: 1
    The lead is in blocks inside your external modem, your USB drives, and your printer...to make them heavy enough that you feel that you've gotten your money's worth.

    (Actually, most of the lead probably is in your monitor)

  18. Re:Proper way to dispose of a monitor... on Recycling The First World, in the Third · · Score: 1

    No, their solution is obviously one which anyone competent in the field would use. (That's a reference to patent guidelines)

  19. You say Tomato, I say Tom Ate All on Speech For The Deaf · · Score: 5, Funny
    "...transelate...audble speach, in a stephen hawking type mannor..."

    A well-mannered spokesman for Stephen Hawking assured the public today that he will continue to live in his manor. He intends to use his existing traslator to audibly speak as he does now, and will be no meaner.

  20. Re:Ensigns on Doctor Phlox on Season 2 of Enterprise · · Score: 1
    They can't kill off people yet.

    They don't yet have red uniform shirts.

  21. Three Months? on Next-Generation Chip Fabs · · Score: 1
    The article does not say whether the Linux system had a flaw after three months, or if the test ended after three months.

    Now they need to build next door a factory to make automated factory systems...then a factory to make robots which can assemble automated factories...

    AutoCAD's file format is proprietary. I guess you'll have to use a different format to give the robots the plans for your very own factory.

  22. Re:Yummy on How To Clone A Mammoth · · Score: 1

    So when I retire I should start breeding mammoth for small size, faster gestation, and more meat.
    "Pigmy Mammoth: A Meal Worth Pursuing To A New World"

  23. EULA on Next-Generation Chip Fabs · · Score: 1

    "...shall NOT be used for a chip fabrication factory nor any other equipment essential for your enterprise..."

  24. Re:finally! on Haiku vs Spam · · Score: 1

    collateral damage now
    web filter latest Wired
    spam mentions did block

  25. Re:As requested on Haiku vs Spam · · Score: 1

    japanese haiku
    one language pattern fits
    others small poetry do