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  1. Fantastic list, I'm filing it away for future use.

  2. Re:And this Fishman guy locks ME out of ... on Libertarian Candidate Excluded From Debate For Refusing Corporate Donations · · Score: 1

    Well, you don't have to give out *your* identity.

  3. nice

  4. Re:Hard to radically change the system from within on Libertarian Candidate Excluded From Debate For Refusing Corporate Donations · · Score: 1

    Gorbachev was a huge Communist Party insider, and it took him to dismantle the Soviet Union.

  5. Re:Isn't this what Libertarians WANT? on Libertarian Candidate Excluded From Debate For Refusing Corporate Donations · · Score: 1

    It's the public's airwaves.

  6. Re:What are they thinking?!? on WikiLeaks Tests Donation Pop-Ups For Leaked Material · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No kidding, Assange is playing a tight game. He stays in the news, out of jail, and relevant while challenging the very biggest dictators and criminals on Earth with little more than an internet connection.

  7. I've seen Brazil, it's like 90% illegal. As in the houses, utilities, economy. Rio has an unlicensed bus system by a loose affiliation of van-owners that is way more popular than the official one. There is not a single law there that a majority of the population obeys.

  8. Re:Bugs and Security Holes on What Happened To Diaspora, the Facebook Killer? It's Complicated · · Score: 1

    yup

  9. Re:Sugar coated... on What Happened To Diaspora, the Facebook Killer? It's Complicated · · Score: 1

    Ya know, it works. It got off to a rough start but the current software is stable. Whether you call it dead or not, it is still used and functional. It is alive!

  10. I Gave Up on Ask Slashdot: Best Cell Phone Carrier In the US? · · Score: 1

    I've gone to a smartphone run as a wifi-only SIP VOIP phone, it works where there is wifi (many places) and costs nothing. Cellular service in the U.S. is hopeless.

  11. It's all free to me. on Indian Minister Says Telecom Companies Should Only Charge For Data · · Score: 2

    I canceled service with ATT and use my iPhone as a SIP VOIP phone wherever there is Wifi. It's working ok for me, don't really need to be connected all the time, but if I do I'll get a prepaid data plan. Smartphone(iPhone 3G)+SIP client(Groundwire)+SIP service(Callcentric)+Google Voice(free local phone number and visual voicemail) is a rather good, almost free phone/data plan.
    I use an OBISoft device to hook another Google voice number through the phone lines in my house, so normal home phones (comfortable and inexpensive) work as VOIP phones.
    All I pay for is an internet connection at home and a small bit for SIP service. Ultimately I expect that to become unnecessary as well.

  12. The State is the Enemy on US Military Designates Julian Assange an "Enemy of State" · · Score: 0

    prove me wrong

  13. Alternatives on Why American Internet Service Is Slow and Expensive · · Score: 1

    I've given up my cell phone for a SIP phone (phone over wifi) and it's working out alright for my needs.

  14. mature galaxies aged 500million years on The Deepest Picture of the Universe Ever Taken: the Hubble Extreme Deep Field · · Score: 1

    Ancient galaxy clusters and galaxy collisions! This is all strong evidence that the universe doesn't have a beginning.
    http://bigbangneverhappened.org/

  15. Re:2 million second exposure? on The Deepest Picture of the Universe Ever Taken: the Hubble Extreme Deep Field · · Score: 1

    " So if you get an orbit every two hours,.."
    they could try looking up.

  16. Re:What I don't understand is on The Deepest Picture of the Universe Ever Taken: the Hubble Extreme Deep Field · · Score: 1
  17. Re:500 Million Years Old? on The Deepest Picture of the Universe Ever Taken: the Hubble Extreme Deep Field · · Score: 1

    They're calculating this based on the redshift, which has a remarkable correlation with distance. Another method of estimating distance is by angular size. The assumption that redshift of distant objects indicates they are moving away at near light-speed, along with the assumption that matter cannot travel faster than light, are the basis for the Big Bang Theory. These images are a strong counter-argument to that theory, because mature galaxies should not have existed at that time.
    http://bigbangneverhappened.org/

  18. Re:The Great Silence on The Deepest Picture of the Universe Ever Taken: the Hubble Extreme Deep Field · · Score: 1

    I find our current method of radio communication extremely inefficient. A signal much stronger than necessary for a decent antenna and signal processor is broadcast in all directions hoping to be heard by one or many devices. It's the electromagnetic equivalent of everyone shouting straight up in the air whether they are talking to their neighbor or the guys over the hill. A properly calibrated signal isn't heard much beyond the intended recipient. I expect that a much better form of communication will be discovered shortly, and we will realize we were monitoring the wrong signals. Either that or we find that nearly every signal is meaningful.

  19. Right on on Neil Young Pushes Pono, Says Piracy Is the New Radio · · Score: 1

    I'm all for it. Recorded music fails to capture the live experience, which is the only standard to use in a "blind" listening test. I love classical and jazz, but can't stand it off a digital system. All of these tests just compare one recording method to another, they're pitting one imitation against another and arguing over which is the better imitation, without any reference to what was real.

  20. Re:Awful headline. on Roundup Tolerant GM Maize Linked To Tumor Development · · Score: 2

    Yup. Animals are part of the life-cycle of the soil, and fit in just fine.

  21. Re:Did they study the health effects of starving? on Roundup Tolerant GM Maize Linked To Tumor Development · · Score: 1

    "If the effects are as big as purported, and if the work really is relevant to humans, why aren't the North Americans dropping like flies? GM has been in the food chain for over a decade over there - and longevity continues to increase inexorably," he said in an emailed comment.

    Actually, life expectancy is decreasing in North America.
    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-09/life-expectancy-in-the-u-s-drops-for-first-time-since-1993-report-says.html

  22. Re:Ideas on Dice Buys Geeknet's Media Business, Including Slashdot, In $20M Deal · · Score: 1

    all good

  23. Re:Oblig on Dice Buys Geeknet's Media Business, Including Slashdot, In $20M Deal · · Score: 1

    hear hear

  24. Re:Care to Elaborate? on Dice Buys Geeknet's Media Business, Including Slashdot, In $20M Deal · · Score: 1

    Or we could manufacture Dice's intentions and discuss that. And we did!

  25. Re:You say it like it is a bad thing. on 50 Years of Research and Still No Microwave Weapons · · Score: 1

    And apparently water hose beats microwave gun.