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  1. Re:Great for the wealthy I suppose on Argentines Sidestep Cash With E-Banking · · Score: 1
    The article mentions that a debit card can also be used. Presumably, one could stand in line with one's card to pay bills, instead of a wheelbarrow...

    The real conspiracy lies in the fact that all must have a bank account now, to live and work.

  2. Re:You've got to be pulling my leg on Improving Computer Form Factors? · · Score: 1

    Nope. Not a troll. Try it at home! Perhaps a moderator or two might try it, too. You will save money, unless you are using your computers to heat your house, perhaps.

  3. Re:Reducing electrical usage on Improving Computer Form Factors? · · Score: 2
    Your environment will stay cooler when driving the power supply at the higher voltage. Air conditioning requirments will be reduced, and the components will run quieter and possibly even last longer.

  4. Reducing electrical usage on Improving Computer Form Factors? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Is easy if you live in the US. Just run all your components at 220. You might need to get an electrician to set it up for you, but it's got to be worth it in the long run. The components will run cooler as well. Most powersupplies take variable voltage nowadays.

  5. Discretion and fairness on VeriSign/NSI Proposes Domain Name Wait Listing Service · · Score: 2

    I wouldn't mind paying some amount of money to pre-register a domain which I expected to expire for some reason. But such a scheme would be dependent upon Verisign to keep my interest confidential from the current owner.

  6. Entertainment worth paying for on Star Trek TNG DVDs · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And waiting for. In long lines... with suitable body armor and urban warfare armaments to fight off the hordes at Wherehouse on the day they ship.

  7. .01 THz speed on 10GHz Processors and Ultraviolet Lithography · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    At what point do we know the answer before we ask the question?

  8. Fan hole needed soon on P4 2.2GHz and D845BG Review · · Score: 1

    Soon CPU fans will require a separate hole in the opposite side of the case. Mounting one will require at least two spare chips, or replaceable cores, since I'll inevitably drop the fan on the core at least once during the mounting process.

  9. What about subnetting? on Bandwidth Demand at American Universities · · Score: 1
    Virtual subnets for game players between and among campuses, caching proxy servers like squid, and some limited port-blocking based on protocol, as well as content blocking in the proxy could help, could it not?

    Presumably, no school likes to block (ports or content) but perhaps it can be done sensibly, in coordination with other measures. Do the schools want to promote fast mp3 downloads, or fast course registration?

  10. Jamie Comments on Microsoft's CLR - Providing a Break from HW Vendors? · · Score: 2
    Astonishingly good rhetoric for /.. I was moved and shaken. (damn near considered registering to vote, in the passion of the moment) Depressing, yet carefully invoking my desparate urge to go out on the streets and evangelize Linux and open crypto one more time before it's too late.

    OB Hardware Q: What good would a Linux BIOS do? Could someone write/draw one in the linux community? Would it enhance the Linux capabilities, perhaps even encouraging a unified GUI? Just perhaps to make one last, desparate attempt to compete with the dragon on it's own terms before it swallows the world?

  11. Indians knew this, I bet on Universe Pale Turquoise, On Average · · Score: 1

    One wonders if the indians have always understood this. Some northern Arizona/NM tribes have used the various shades of turquoise as money and adornment, as well as in religious and artistic creations for a long time. In fact, they consider themselves to be turquoise (not red), according to an article I found.

  12. Re:The whole case is pretty vague on Jon Johansen Indicted by Norwegian Authorities · · Score: 1
    The paragraph with which he is charged does not specify computers only, but any data or computer. Any protection on data which is broken for the purpose of gaining un-approved (uberettighet) access to the data might cover the usage of DeCSS, although not necessarily the development or distribution of DeCSS, imho.

    It is my understanding that the court ruled against the attempt to prosecute pirating of TV signals because the signal is not specifically data.

  13. A bit grainy on The Center of the Galaxy · · Score: 3, Informative
    Downloading the medium image yields an approximate screen ratio:

    1 pixel = 1/2 light year

  14. Re:It's not how long you sleep, it's when you wake on How Much Sleep Do You Really Need? · · Score: 1, Funny

    Good advice, but a bit of clarification if you please. Are you saying that I should wake up before or after I fall off of the cliff? Since I dont have a REM monitor, a distinct point in dream time would be helpful.

  15. It's the mobile part that they want on Litigation Against The Mobilix Mobile Unix Website · · Score: 1

    Ix simply gives them justification. Europeans refer to their handheld phones as "mobile", as opposed to "cell". Any site with mobile in the name is bound to have some contention, no matter how frivolous.

  16. Not the same on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome not a Disability · · Score: 1

    But I may have to quit my second job as a toothpaste cap technician at night.

  17. old news on Wired interview with Steinhardt · · Score: 1

    Most of the topics he discusses have been covered in depth and ad nauseum here. Write your representatives to express your well-informed dissent, and encrypt everything to express your liberty.

  18. For respectability's sake on Space Station Gets A Blanket · · Score: 1

    Well, sigh, we gave it a shot, eh Hemos? That lady-astronaut sounded really amazed tho, you gotta admit.

  19. Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots not recommended on Dirty Dozen- The Most Dangerous Toys of 2001 · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is ridiculous. Next it'll be hungry hungry hippos because it promotes bad table manners.

  20. Moore's Hunch on Scientific American on 3-D Chips · · Score: 3, Funny

    Having been postponed or negated several times now, should we call Moore's law a postulation at best?

  21. Re:SPAM is diversifying. Write your congressman no on It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Quickies · · Score: 1

    off-topic? Didn't anyone read the canned-meat thing?

  22. SPAM is diversifying. Write your congressman now! on It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Quickies · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Now you can get it smoke-flavored or in a lovely spread.

  23. Re:What ever happened to justice? on Microsoft Offers A Modified Settlement · · Score: 1
    Or, wait, they can bribe the judges :)

    Insulting Her Honor thusly, even in jest, right now is probably a bad idea coming from this board. Alot of your hopes and hard work seem to me to ride on this ladies decision.

    Therefore, I predict eventual flamebait status for this article, although in initial reaction period it will maintain it's funny status. To draw in a particular crowd. There will be a number of reasonable (and otherwise) replies to this funny satire, which will all be lost down at 2 or 1 eventually. And yes, it is pretty damned hilarious.

  24. Re:Slashdot Settlement on Microsoft Offers A Modified Settlement · · Score: 1
    Someone's screaming monkey sig comes to mind...

    Can such a thing work with uniformly distributed moderation? Shall we send them highest moderated?

    Or... the most reasonable?

    Better to write it yourself, or get some lawlerly help.

  25. Is this threatening? on Microsoft Offers A Modified Settlement · · Score: 1
    And Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will question Charles James, the U.S. antitrust chief, over the decision to move ahead with the controversial Justice Department settlement rather than continue to pursue it in court.

    I long for the days of a proper senate grilling.