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  1. Re:Wire? on Michigan Police Could Search Cell Phones During Traffic Stops · · Score: 1

    Destroying government property is rarely a good idea :p

    but not if you have take reasonable steps to preserve it!

    Me: Don't plug that device into my phone officer. I use that port to power my 100V hair dryer from my phone.

    Cop: Yeah, right! That's the first time I've heard that one - Today!
    plugs in phone
    Cellebrite gives out smoke and catches fire

    Me: I warned you!

  2. Apple need this on New Server Chip Niagara · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Think of a powerbook with one of these in it!

  3. Does it count if I knowingly reply to a Phis? on First Anti-Phishing Law Enacted in California · · Score: 1

    The slashdot way to make money:

    1. Create new PayPal account
    2. Put $10 into it
    3. Wait for a PayPal phisishing email (I get a couple a week)
    4. Fill in the new PayPal details
    5. Wait for the $10 to disappear
    6. Report the phishers
    7. Profit!

    Sorry, a few more steps that the usual profit posts, but at least this one has a better chance of making it!

  4. Re:They're in for it now on Google Plans to Offer Free WiFi in San Francisco · · Score: 1
    "... it's not selling products below market value, but rather selling them below the cost of producing them."

    Isn't this precisely what ink jet manufactures do? Sell the machinery below cost and make money later on the ink. Very American!

  5. Re:Could SCO have a chance after all? on The SCO Trial Through A New Lens · · Score: 1

    I wonder what the consequences would be if SCO actually won the case?

  6. Imaginative Work on George Lucas Struggles to Reinvent Himself · · Score: 2, Informative

    He needs to do more things like the incredible Star Wars: Revelations

  7. Re:Why? on Camel-Riding Robots · · Score: 1
    "They need their ass kicked for even considering selling a child. I can't understand how cold people can be sometimes to do something like this."

    Not cold, just incredibly poor!

  8. From the article on Bang But No Splash · · Score: 1
    "These photographs were taken with a digital camera that can snap 47,000 images per second."

    A bit faster than my Canon 10D! I want one!

  9. Almost starting a /. tradition ... on Yahoo, Apache, Ebay, Amazon, Netscape Celebrate 10 Year Anniversaries · · Score: 0

    He means he got "First Post"

  10. Re:...i had to say it on Wi-Fi VoIP At 80 mph · · Score: 1

    At 88 mph you can go back to the future on the information superhighway!

  11. Thunderbirds had the technology! on No Pictures, Thanks · · Score: 1

    Well, almost. I remember one episode when an alarm went off in Thunderbird 2 because someone took a picture of it. They then chased down the photographer and took the film. Using their technology you don't have to alter the camera and it works with film or digital. Of course you have to chase down and kill the photographer afterwards but at least you know if a picture has been taken of you!

    I wonder if the blueprints are still around?

  12. Simple.. on No Pictures, Thanks · · Score: 5, Insightful

    use good old-fashioned film!

  13. Re:impossible on "Dark Alleys" on the Internet · · Score: 1

    You have to store the data that you collect somewhere. Listening points could be set up all over the world. "Hmmm, how do we get the data back to our data store?" "I know! We could send it over the Internet." [Internet collapses] "Oops, my bad."

  14. Great! More wasted packaging! on Coming Soon: Self-Heating Coffee · · Score: 2, Funny
    This is just what we need to go with all the ridiculous packaging that is added to almost everything that we buy nowadays. However, this coffee idea goes one better, we get extra chemicals to toss into the land fill as well. When will people wake up to the idea that all this "fast food" comes at a price (in addition to the price tag).

    The only real use I can see for it is when hiking or as part of an emergency kit.

  15. Re:already done on Coming Soon: Self-Heating Coffee · · Score: 1
    But then again, people trust WolfGang Puck's name

    The only thing that I associate with WolfGang Puck's name is his crappy bake-at-home pizzas. I make my own pizzas at home, I'll carry on making my own coffee too.

  16. Re:A way around it all. on Labels Trying New CD Copy Prevention Systems · · Score: 1
    As long as it can be heard (or seen), it can be re-recoreded at near identical quality.

    Not true. Take a look at Macrovision: "Macrovision copy protection does not affect video quality when content is viewed, but prevents or degrades copies made on DVD, D-VHS and VCR recorders." I think it plays with the luminence settings that are too subtle for the television to detect but plays havoc with a recorder.

  17. Check your preview program first on Apple Offers Mac OS X 10.3.7 Update · · Score: 1

    I have installed the upgrade and all appears to be ok. However, when trying to read the hi-res Firefox ad (mentioned in a recent /. article) at http://www.mozilla.org/press/nytimes-firefox-final .pdf my preview program just consumes tons of memory and hangs. I have no idea whether it would have worked before the upgrade. Perhaps someone could try it out?

  18. Re:PHEW! on Firefox New York Times Ad Hits the Presses · · Score: 1

    At least it is getting the word out. It does look good but looking at the low-res copy in the link, it is not immediately apparant that it is free. I know that it mentions open source but most people will have no idea what that means.

    I tried to look at the high-res pdf but last night's upgrade to Mac OSX may have screwed my pdf viewer :-(

  19. Re:Cost? on PC Photo Printers Challenge Pros · · Score: 1
    You haven't followed the links (well, this is Slashdot).

    When you take into account the ink and paper cost, it is often cheaper to get prints made in the high street, or using online services

    From the article "According to PC Pro, producing a print 8x10in on an Epson R800 printer using top quality paper costs £1.87. At Jessops the same image would cost £2.50 and at Snappy Snaps £9.99. A 10x7in snap at Boots would cost £4.99."

    The quality of real prints on proper paper (eg. Fuji Crystal Archive) is hard to beat at home.

    " Mr Ross said that a new generation of printers produced images with brighter colours and that were less likely to fade than many High Street developers or even some professional wedding photographers."

    It looks good to me. The future is bright and rosy!

  20. Write once, run everywhere on Cross-Platform Java Sandbox Exploit · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A virus writer's dream!

  21. Re:Some registrars will protect you on New Rules Make Domain Hijacking Easier · · Score: 1
    I've always been very happy with domainpeople. In light of the above I have just checked my domains (I can't remember when I last logged in there) and they are all marked as locked.

    I can now go on vacation without loosing sleep, thanks domainpeople!

    Really, this is all about forcing people to put real data into their domain registration records. Meanwhile, I think that I'll knock up a Perl script to run through my dictionary and apply for all the good domain names; I'm bound to get some!

  22. While I'm at it, here's some more on Sydney 419 Scammer Jailed · · Score: 2, Interesting
    These are all my favourite anti-scam 419 sites pulled from my bookmarks file (I hope that they are ready for the /. effect!)

    Got Mike. Mo meets a pretty woman is a classic.
    Scan-O-Rama
    Insolitology
    Tastes like gold
    Ebola monkey man. Well worth a read, very funny.
    Quatloos, The Brad Christensen Exhibit. Check out ROSEMARY KABBAH -- Romancing the Pickle Taco.
    and last but not least 419 Eater which has a personal recommendation on the front page.

    Enjoy!

  23. Here's a little more info on Nick Marinellis on Sydney 419 Scammer Jailed · · Score: 4, Informative
    The article is a bit sketchy, he actually took over 5 Million Australian dollars from scamees including 571,302 Australian dollars from a Saudi sheik. The latter article make for interesting reading.

    One of my favourite anti-spam sites (including the name) is What's the bloody point?? I especially like bait number 8 featuring Miss Maureen Adje Charlse only surviving daughter v Norman Gorman Smith-Bidet III & Gonad McDangle.

  24. Re:Who will notice? on Mozilla Releases Firefox 1.0 RC1 · · Score: 1

    I forgot to say. This is using the Mac version.

  25. Re:Who will notice? on Mozilla Releases Firefox 1.0 RC1 · · Score: 1

    I will for one. RC1 freezes when trying to open myebay :-(