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  1. prior art exists (tm) on Sewage Plants Struggle To Treat Fracking Wastewater · · Score: 1

    particularly, from large chemical plants to (what I have studied lightly) film processing operations. and the usual rule is, if your effluent does not meet certain parameters, you either pre-treat on site or you pay for us to do it and we also charge you whatever we like to run and maintain it. this is determined at time of connection, and contracted, and generally there should be a periodic review of conditions.

    meaning in practice, if you have a large fracking field, you have a pretreat system. if you have one well in Herman Township, and one well in Backtracks Township 15 miles away, you have a settling pond and pay whatever municipality a big chunk 'o' change.

  2. they don't understand law, either on 41 Months In Prison For Man Who Leaked AT&T iPad Email Addresses · · Score: 1

    the ATT servers were not secured. the data was figurately lying out on the street, in the old days there would be a black or brown binder holding a galloping shitload of greenbar paper, and if you flipped the binder open, it would say, "LIST OF iPHONE USERS DATA." that is thus insecure data, hence public. ATT's trash blowing across the street. the guy should not have been prosecuted, he should have been given a code for free wi-fi at McDonalds for two weeks.

    take note... data wants to be free. if it isn't locked away, it will become so. just like houses and banks, if you lock your stuff up, it isn't free to all any more.

  3. oh, Lord, there's a weekend coming on Windfarm Sickness Spreads By Word of Mouth · · Score: 1

    I feel gravely ill, boss, I need to go home.

  4. moto still employs people? on Google Will Cut 1,200 More Jobs At Motorola Mobility · · Score: 2

    by now the echoes in the buildings should have died down with all the cuts.

  5. can they bring that to Windows 8? on Kinect Can Detect Clenched Fist · · Score: 1

    when, if the webcam sees a clenched fist and angry, set face, it reverts to Windows XP???

  6. system capture on Texas Bills Would Bar Warrantless Snooping On Phone Location · · Score: 1

    "oh, but I can't show you the data, it's classified." meaning "I can't turn this boat on a dime, and frankly, it would spill my drink if I could."

  7. that would assume Texas' opinions carry weight on Texas Bills Would Bar Warrantless Snooping On Phone Location · · Score: 1

    assumption being wrong.

  8. nice fit, Texas, but no lollipop on Texas Bills Would Bar Warrantless Snooping On Phone Location · · Score: 1

    Federal law trumps state law. this was nothing more than a hissy fit.

  9. maybe Paul will lose his voice and go away on Rand Paul Launches a Filibuster Against Drone Strikes On US Soil · · Score: 1

    in which case a filibuster would have done some good, for once.

    all the Administration would have had to do is pass out a two sentence news release... "The Government is committed to securing our citizens' safety, as demanded in the Constitution. If we find enemy combatants in action within the nation's borders, we'll deal with them as on any other battlefield."

    but then, the GOP is committed to NO for Obama's 8 years in office, so they're the drones boring in Congress. total warheads.

  10. telephone books on Ask Slashdot: Monitor Setup For Programmers · · Score: 3, Funny

    if you want the big screen above the laptop, put it on a stack of telephone books. if that confuses you, ask an old person ;)

  11. the FCC has all the authority it wants on FCC To Investigate Cell Phone Unlocking Ban · · Score: 1

    the way you gain authority, remember, it to use it. a court or a mob may signal if you overreach. but since all radio wave communications is regulated by the FCC, as well as commercial broadcast, and considering that the operation of cell phone systems is licensed in the public interest, convenience, and necessity, ol' Frank Charlie Charlie can do whatever they want, up to and including seizing equipment, levelling a fine every time carrier comes on, and jailing people found in violation of regulations.

  12. Win 8 shows decline of the WinTel fiat on HP Continuing To Flee Windows Reservation With Android Tablet · · Score: 2, Interesting

    fact is, you have seriously different needs and input technologies between desktop and mobile systems. Win 8 attempts to make them into one system. I can't reach over my desk to touch a screen that doesn't have touch capability anyway, and Live Tiles just clutter things up. Microsoft insists on directing the user to the MS vision, when we liked earlier versions of Windows because we could make the machine "ours". that vision gets in the way. which is why there are Android and IOS/MacOS alternatives gaining on the Redmondonians every hour.

  13. this is not the peepshow scanner they have on Helena Airport Manager Blocks TSA From Taking Full-Body Scanner · · Score: 4, Informative

    the millimeter wave (aka microwave, aka popcorn button) scanner in Helena is newer equipment that does not provide the peepshow images, folks. as such, TSA must deem it too nice to have in Helena. maybe they should do their grope act in New York and Phoenix and other large, visible places instead of out in the hinterlands. show their nonsense act for what it is.

  14. fork it on LG Acquires WebOS Source Code and Patents From HP · · Score: 1

    reverse-engineer all the shiny you want into Bang-n-Whiz all you want after you run off in your own corner with Whizbang 1.5

  15. The Curse is transferred on LG Acquires WebOS Source Code and Patents From HP · · Score: 4, Funny

    HP must be breathing a sigh of relief. I hope LG didn't pay much, because they'll now need to hoard every penny they find.

  16. China will soon have a plan for clean-up... on Growing Public Unrest Leads China To Admit To 'Cancer Villages' · · Score: 5, Funny

    as soon as they hack the EPA.

  17. unconstitutional on its face! on Illinois Politician Wants a Kill Switch For Anonymous Speech Online · · Score: 1

    Article 11 (interstate commerce) and Amendment 1 (free speech, free association) rulez the Illinois foolz

  18. apparently therapy is working for him now on RIM Co-Founder Drops His Stock · · Score: 1

    because this is a sign that the delusions of grandeur and visions and voices are disappearing

  19. I have a watch-like device already on Apple Said To Be Working On a 'Watch-Like Device' · · Score: 1

    it's the newfangled geezer pocket watch, and Siri tells me it also does fancy useful stuff when I ask it things. win-win, Apple's had it out for years now.

  20. hell, just disconnect and pull in the cables on Egyptian Court Wants To Block YouTube For a Month · · Score: 1

    all these tin-star dictatorships that don't like information... let them just turn back their top-level domains and block the world. let them sink beneath the waves. the rest of us will be happier.

  21. hell, yes, name them on What To Do When an Advised BIOS Upgrade Is Bad? · · Score: 1

    the basic issue is this... the vendors are pretending to support their slop, but don't. so let us all know who to avoid.

    and you're right, BIOS should be removeable. alternatively, there should be an external-force component so even if the BIOS goes to Mars one-way, the flash can be reloaded through some sort of tool... say, a USB dongle... that could be standardized and put on the pegboard for $20.

  22. hello, anonymous? got targets on Sony Rootkit Redux: Canadian Business Groups Lobby For Right To Install Spyware · · Score: 1

    spend some time up in .ca land, leave a message.

    thank you.

  23. hey, how do we know if the software is paid for? on Software That Flagged HBO.com For Piracy Will Power U.S. 'Six Strikes' System · · Score: 1

    I think it should be flagging all the ISPs to prove that all these instances of MarkMonitor are legit.

    is Darl McBride involved in this business?

  24. Darl? Darl? I know not. poof! on SCO Wants To Destroy Business Records · · Score: 1

    the devil comes, the devil goes, the names are disposeable, the evil is not.

  25. I have a cheaper plan... on SCO Wants To Destroy Business Records · · Score: 1

    perhaps they could, like, you know, let everybody else in the world take a whack at their crap...I'm sure they could get enough volunteers, especially if Darl stood at the head of the line as a test dummy.