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  1. What would happen if a US citizen mirrored him.... on Microsoft Censors Chinese Blogger · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...on the same site? What happens if the Chinese govt. decides that a US blogger is violating their laws?

  2. If I wear a t-shirt that I designed.... on Public Park Designated Copyrighted Space · · Score: 1

    ...and an ATM or CCTV camera takes my picture, can I sue them for copyright infringement?

  3. Maybe some metallica lyrics... on Sen Hatch Would Like To Destroy Filetraders' PCs · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't respond to my own posts...but my intention was to post some metallica lyrics to his page (via the comments section). Problem is....just about every song they've written would sound like a veiled death threat...oh well....

  4. Post something copyrighted to his web page. on Sen Hatch Would Like To Destroy Filetraders' PCs · · Score: 1



    Now his computer is a prime target.... :-)

  5. Snailspam washington! on Internet Based Attacks in a Physical World · · Score: 1

    Of course its automated.

    OOooo.... SNAILSPAM Washington! There has to a be a list of all the congressmen's address....I think they'll 'get' it after that! (Crap...I'm gonna get blamed for this aren't I..)

  6. Oh really? on Internet Based Attacks in a Physical World · · Score: 1

    Merge an online directory lookup with your junk mail script. Now junk mail bomb a single zip code. Sounds to me like it scales.... I doubt the whole USPS, but for one or two post offices? Easy!

  7. What's the diff? Still did the crime. on The Virus Did It · · Score: 2, Insightful


    Most people, if you kick their dog, won't kill someone.

    What's the difference between someone with a mild 'illness' like a hair trigger temper and a true ilness (NGRI)?

    Should I plead 'hair trigger temper' and get anger management counseling?

    Seems like both make a person unable to function in normal society doesn't it?

  8. Haiku on U.S. Sides with Record Labels Over DMCA Subpoena Powers · · Score: 1

    Take this one step further. Copyright a haiku. Have someone else spam it all over the place. Anyone who doesn't delete it, and all -backups- -copys- etc.... is an infringer right? So now you can subpoena basically any ISP / company/ whatver you want. Now that I think about it, doesn't even have to be haiku..free verse should work fine. (C)2003 Inanaeboy (Free right is given for this post/poem to be used only in the context of Slashdot and disucssion therein)g

  9. Number portability is NOT here yet... on Life on the Road with 3G · · Score: 1

    not for cellular at least....

    http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Factsh ee ts/portable.html

  10. Umm at least joe blow might pay for bandwidth on 2gbps Wireless Network Rollout this Summer · · Score: 1

    Which is more that I can say for most of US here re: slashdot.

  11. Ahh...why bother with RW on Could CDRW Disks Replace Videotapes? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    .13$ a CD-R, and you get to keep it forever.

  12. Re:Paper. on Anoto-based Pens From Logitech · · Score: 1

    One little device I've seen clips to the top of the sheet of paper with a couple of small sensors. The two sensors track a little band on your pen (a sticker) and triangulate to locate the pen. Works ok, as long as the band is pretty far down the pen, the further up it is the less accurate the capture (becuase you angle then pen in different directions)

  13. Just because it works with a mouse... on Anoto-based Pens From Logitech · · Score: 1

    //
    Clearly it's technologically feasible...optical
    mice can work on most surfaces these days. If so I can use a bluetooth enabled version for all of my device types //

    I don't know about you, but I lift my pen off the paper when I write. Ever try that with an optical mouse?

  14. Wrongo on T-Mobile Sidekick Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Cingular is GSM as well. They share capacity with voicestream. Well...at least here in NYC they're GSM....

  15. Old News on Wireless Net on the Zaurus · · Score: 1

    T-Mobile actually bought the assets of the original company. I forget the name....

    I think they had almost every Starbucks covered.

    The original company folded like a 10 high poker hand.

  16. What about Sprint? on Wireless Net on the Zaurus · · Score: 1

    GPRS is pretty young, give it some time. They'll improve the service.

    Plus, sprint now offers 1xRT service, (BTW, this is not 3g as most ppl define it).

    I've only played with it briefly at the Sprint store, but Sprint's phone service is pretty good around here (NYC/LI).

    They're also offering a 3 mos. discount right now.

  17. How is the money shared out? (Pay you to d/l?) on Canada to Raise Tariffs on Recordable Media · · Score: 1

    //The sad thing about all of this is that most of
    //the independent labels with bands worth pirating
    //wouldn't see a dime from this outrageously high
    //tax, and I severely doubt that, say, Qbert, DJ
    //Seishi, or Courtney Love will get their fair
    //share. Do artists ever get a cut from the RIAA?

    Here's the interesting bit. The money is doled out to the copyright holders right? So...any holder of a music copyright is eligible to collect some of this. Suppose each 'song' you distribute gives you one 'credit' towards the pool of money. If I distribute one million copies of my song, I should be entitled to a tidy sum of money. (Note: It shouldn't matter if I sell this or not, just that I distribute it) Everyone write some songs, then distribute to your friends. We can -all- make a claim at some cash! Don't forget to copyright those tunes you hum in the shower! Download from my site and I'll give you half the proceeds!

    // If i had a hammer, I'd a hammer in the mornings
    // If I had a .sig, I'd put it at the ennnnnd
    (C) ME! 2002

  18. That's nice. Hope you don't love slashdot... on Announcing Slashdot Subscriptions · · Score: 4, Insightful



    Consider that if we all used an effective ad blocker, that'd be the end of adverts as an effective means of funding this site. And that'd mean we all pay, or byebye slash dot.

    Or don't you realize that bandwidth doesnt grow on trees.

  19. Logo? on Testing Technology on a Veritable Army of Children? · · Score: 1

    Visual Logo?

    http://www.media.mit.edu/starlogo/
    http://el.www.media.mit.edu/projects/ybl/
    http://www.atlantic.net/~caggiano/logo/index.htm l

  20. What about a nice exercise in free markets on Testing Technology on a Veritable Army of Children? · · Score: 1

    Set up somekind of PDA buying and selling network. Like Dopewars only more kid friendly. Allow the kids to setup as 'companies' or 'countries' according to a couple of options, you could allow the kids to loan each other 'eCash', work for themselves or as groups.

    A great example of this from my youth involved a berry patch. A bunch of the kids decided to pool together what they picked. Another picked alone. When they shared it out, it turned out that the kid holding their bucket ate like half of 'em. That was the end of socialism in my home town.

  21. Imagine a Beo.... nevermind..... on Testing Technology on a Veritable Army of Children? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What the heck was I thinking....

  22. Old news. Havn't you people seen a Bloomberg? on Panasonic Dual-LCD PC · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you've been to a financial firm you see 2 and 4 monitor getups all day long. I use one from 9-5 every day.

    Consider the total real estate available to me. I have an 18" LCD with a total area of about 168 square inches (usable). Plus a pair of 14" LCDs for nearly 200 square inches. The point being, for a large spreadsheet the 18" is clearly superior. If however, you need to watch two things at once (2 web pages or 2 spreadsheets or 1 and 1 whatever) the two smaller screens are FAR superior. It all depends what you're using the screens for.

    http://www.bloomberg.com/corp/profservice/profes si onal.html

  23. CD-Now certainly thinks so on Universal Music Prepares for Copy-Protection Complaints · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just take a quick look at cdnow.com they advertise 'Fast and the Furious' on CD.

    'CD $18.97 List $ 18.97 Add to Cart'

    Sounds like a good place to start complaining.
    I'm sure Amazon is doing the same (pesky work firewall).

    It would seem to me that this is false advertising on their part. But hey....what the heck do I know?

  24. On the other hand.... on Ebola + HIV = Great Gene Therapy? · · Score: 1
    Some time ago, some scientists thought they knew what they were doing with a rabbit Virus.


    Then it got loose. I'll admit that it's a different order of magnitude, but the world has a very poor track record with biological controls.


    I might also point out the spread (unexpected) of genemod corn....


    Take a look.
    http://www.time.com/time/international/1995/9512 11 /environment.html


    http://ucbiotech.org/~news/articles/100201.htm

  25. Re:perfect for NYC on This is IT? · · Score: 1

    I -dare- you to ride one anywhere in NYC on a normal day. (Except the Parks of course) You'd be killed, either by traffic or by angry pedestrians.