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  1. Federal offense? on Hearing on Hollywood Hacking Bill · · Score: 2

    Woah, ok, its the slashdot flag of 1777 before new hampshire joined the union. SHHHH!! Dont tell the TIPS people.

  2. Dude, fuck it, it's is close enough. on Hearing on Hollywood Hacking Bill · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The american flag has been hung on ever piece of real estate on earth, its on the moon, its been painted on walls, draped over coffins, worn as clothing, burned, tatooed, planted in flowers to be visible from space, improvised from shirts, rags, and drawn in dust with blood. It is probably the most recognised symbol on the planet, second only to the cross. You dont need to get it perfect for people to recognize it and understand what it stands for.

  3. Re:Correction on OnStar Nav. System Used to Track Bank Robbers · · Score: 1, Troll

    "If you are breaking the law, then you have no rights."
    Fine. then the next time you jaywalk, im going to cut your eyes out with a broken bottle. Glad youre ok with this.

  4. Um, does the phrase massive lawsuit mean anything? on Stealware: Kazaa et al Stealing Link Commissions · · Score: 1

    Im not in favor of random lawsuits, but theyve got it coming.

  5. Re:"peer to peer" on Hearings On Bills To "Promote" Digital TV · · Score: 2

    Of course. But what a law says, and what a law means, and what a lwas winds up doing are three entirely different things

  6. "peer to peer" on Hearings On Bills To "Promote" Digital TV · · Score: 3

    Umm, dosent this broadly mean ANY computer connected to the internet?

  7. Exelent. on Examining the Antikythera Mechanism · · Score: 2

    Now that i have stolen your idea, i must sell the rights to disney!!! Mwahahahaha.

    Seriously, that is an interesting idea. Niven and pournelle had aliens that were almos the exact opposite of that, they had been bred to intrinsically understand science and engineering.

  8. Damnit. on The Coming Time for 802.11a? · · Score: 2

    I just got may 802.11b installed last week. Curse this need for the latest and greatist!!!

  9. "accelerated aging" on SpinCam: High-Gravity (100G) Camera · · Score: 5, Interesting

    A lot of the science fiction stories i read speak of living longer in zero/low g, since obviously theres less strain on most of the systems of the body. I wonder if this is finally evidence for this fun idea?

  10. Fuck you. I am a US citizen, with rights. on Effects of the Patriot Act on Librarians · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You are trying to take them away. THis is a direct violation of the bill of rights that governs behaveior in this country. You leave. Go to some country where there is no bill of rights ad make THEM into your serfs, asshole.

    Hell, im not even sure if this is a troll or not, im just pissed off. Ill give you mods a free pass on this one. ;)

  11. What i would do to combat this: anonymous cards on Effects of the Patriot Act on Librarians · · Score: 2

    To set it up, you get a card with a unique identifier. Hand the nice librarian 5,10,15 100 dollars, cash. You now have a credit to take out books up to the value on the card, that way replacemt is simple. If you dont bring the books back before some reasonable amount of time, say, double the lending period, the amount buys the library a new book, and you are SOL. You agree to this at the time of getting the card, end of story. If the book is the only copy the library has, and it is impossible to replace, too bad, have a seat and start reading, or hit the nice xerox machine. Yeah, there would be a lot of problems, but it think it might be worth it.

  12. Great!! on Crypto with Epoxy Tokens, Glass Balls and Lasers · · Score: 1, Funny

    Let me just install that on my laptop.....

    And this is humor, not a troll, lets see if youre smart enough to mod it that way.

  13. mod this up!!! on How The DMCA Is Enforced · · Score: 2

    i mean it.

  14. No, no no. on Keeping Kids Interested in Math? · · Score: 3, Funny

    DOnt let hre read what she wants and find her own interests. Force her to learn math despite the fact that she hates it. Eventually, she will grow up highly intellegnt and very angry, and take over the world!!

  15. Ive given thought to this. on Sacrificial Broadband? · · Score: 2

    The only difficulty is that i find it too damn usefull for answering those odd questions tha pop into my head. Whats the flying speed of an english sparrow? What time was that movie again? WHy are we invading Iraq again?

  16. Do you think you did anything wrong? on Talk To a Convicted Warez Guy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Lots of things are illegal, a lot of them arent wrong. A lot of them are. Which did you do?

  17. make your own!!!! on Magic Sand · · Score: 3, Interesting

    get some clean dry sand
    get old frying pan
    heat sand till it will scorch paper put on top of it
    get some wax/parrifin
    melt wax sparingly into sand, just enough to coat it
    let cool
    break up and repowder
    sand now stays dry!!!!

    THis might be redundant as i havent read the page yet.

  18. So, wanna bet how long their network lasts on USC To Students: No Sharing Files · · Score: 1

    Since the students arent being distracted by porn and music? IF they no longer have much use for the network, they wont have any problem in breaking it.

  19. Reliability problems. on The Next Spruce Goose · · Score: 1

    Ok, so it can only take off from a paved runway, which means its not amphibious. What happens when a engine fails when its crusing at 20 feet and an engine fails? There is no margin for error. What about rogue waves? It's crusing at 20 feet, and a 40 foot wave pops up? For that matter, how calm does the ocean need to be for the ground effect to work?

  20. Re:They wouldnt let you plug in a hub?!? on Portable Hubs? · · Score: 1

    YEah, but im being generous. Next im gonna splice into the payphone on the bar for a modem connection. Mwahahahahaah

  21. They wouldnt let you plug in a hub?!? on Portable Hubs? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Maybe the bar across the street would.
    I never ask if im plugging in somenting small and non dangerous, like my cellphone charger or laptop, and noone has ever had a problem with it. It also helps that i generally go to places im at regulary, and i always tip well. Wen i usually drop 30 buks an evening, and a pretty good tip on top of that, i dont think thryre going to worry about the 25 cents of electricty im getting.

  22. DOes this get charged to my phone? on Peer-to-Peer Cell Phones · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Or does it literally hop from phone to phone, and leave the base stations out of this?

  23. ive been using it. on Deploying Open Office? · · Score: 1

    It feels like its aobut where office 97 was. Kinda klunky, not all the functionalty of office 2000/xp, but find it quite useable. The only holdout for me is MsExcel, the only program that Microsoft ever did right(sorta). AS for useability, it works the same as MsOffice for all intents and purposes, and seems to lack all the crap that MS tries to shove down your throat, like bizzarre ways to format and the damned paperclip. I like it, and my issuse between this and Excel may disappear once i learn more of the functions.

  24. IT ink its fine that he kept his job. on Safely Cleaning LCD Displays? · · Score: 0

    SO long as no of the kids who destroy a computer get into trouble either.

  25. I quote- on 320GB Hard Drives announced · · Score: 1

    "40 megabytes of porn is enought for anyone" Bill Gates, 1980 or so.