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  1. Re:Obvious astroturfing is obvious on The Old Reader Will Stay Open To the Public Thanks To US Corporation · · Score: 1

    When they announced the "shutdown" I jumped over to inoreader.com and I couldn't be happier. Better features, faster, decent android app.

  2. Enterproid Divide ? on Ask Slashdot: Equipping a Company With Secure Android Phones? · · Score: 1

    How about Enterproid's Divide App It basically carves out an "Enterprise" section to an individuals phone. Space is encrypted and you can enforce Exchange mobile security policy. In function, when you log into the app it looks like a whole new Android Launcher with secure apps for phone, calendar, email, sms, etc. Give it shot. J

  3. Why not a datebase for Pay for Click Sites on Drop-Catching Domains Is Big Business · · Score: 1

    I have a quick solution. Why not create a list of websites via a submission button in the web browser that would further limit people form going to a site that has been identified as a pay for click site? This could work much like the P2P blocking programs such as PeerGuardian which may already do this and I don't even know.

  4. Re:No surprise here move along on ISPs Offer Faster Speeds, Why Don't We Get Them? · · Score: 1

    Why do people continue to use Bittorrent as a meter for download speeds. Bittorent has so many variables that it cannot be accurately used. There is no one source first off. Yes it may be the same bittorent file but the people you have connected to might be completely different. Lets say you start a file at 9AM and there are 100 people to download the file, each with 30K upspeed available. Then at 6PM you have 300 people to connect to but each has only 5k upspeed available to you. Same bittorent, differnt time of day, hell, these people could be the same but are downloading themselves. Please Do NOT use bittorent to gauge download speeds.

  5. Re:will this hurt game development? on 360 Hacked To Play Backups · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I doubt this would sincerely come across most developers minds. If past game systems are any indictation it doesn't seem to have any effect. One of the least hackable systems in last generation of systems, the gamecube, had the fewest developers. Also most companies will try to hit both markets if at all possible.

    The article also concludes that MS will most likely find a way to detect this firmware via LIVE and force a Firmware upgrade or boot you from LIVE.

  6. Re:No way on Nintendo Revolution Renamed 'Wii' · · Score: 1

    I'll rain on your joke one step further.

    The sounds Wii (We) are illogicaly difficult in Japanese as well.

    Wii would almost certainly be changed to Rii(Ree).

    I guess it could be a katakana Wa with mini kakatakana i.

    But either way. Seems like a strange naming move from nintendo.

  7. People are so afraid.... on Should We Be Afraid of TPM Chips? · · Score: 2, Funny

    It seems slashdotters are so afraid of these chips they won't even comment on them.

  8. Re:tips following clean room standards (?) on Making Your PC Dust Free? · · Score: 1

    I've heard swiffer Sheets work really well. A cheaper alternative is Dryer sheets.

  9. Affirmative Defense on Record Labels Release Software To Combat Piracy · · Score: 1

    Could people use this as an affirmative defense if caught? I found that my child had downloaded copyrighted material but I used "your tool" to delete it. If they are providing a solution to files that have already been downloaded then are they forgiving us for our past sins?

  10. Re:s/creating/destroying on Scientists Create New Human Embryonic Stem Cell · · Score: 1

    Why restrict if there is a loop hole that some but not all researchers can wiggle through. If you are ok with them wiggling through why not allow them to do so without the hassle and without screening smaller lab researchers who will not be able to find /use the loophole.

  11. Re:s/creating/destroying on Scientists Create New Human Embryonic Stem Cell · · Score: 1

    I would argue that an embryo is precisely an equivalent to someone on life support. Left outside of an uterus there is absolutely no hope that this embryo will sprout into a full blown human.
    What people fail to remember is that these embryos in most cases are not being created solely to be destroyed and used for research. These are embryos that have been created for other purposes (In vitro fertilization) and would otherwise be discarded.

  12. Re:If it ain't broke... on More New Details on NASA's CEV Launcher Studies · · Score: 1

    Actually you are completely wrong. There were 3 apollo astronauts killed during the "Apollo Mission" or 1/17 of the total number of apollo astronauts since there were 17 missions. Seeing as there has been 114 Shuttle missions to date and only 2 accidents that makes the shuttle Far superior in terms of accidents. I am not saying that the shuttle is safer, I just want people to remember that there were accidents during the space race of the 60's. http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/SPACEFLIGH T/Apollo_1/SP49.htm

  13. Of Course this brings the question on Rats 'Cripple' NZ Web Access · · Score: 1

    Since we have "bugs in our code" will people start saying I have "rats in my connection"?

  14. What a waste. on A Link Between Autism and Thimerosal? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The link between thimerosal is shaky at best. There have countless studies looking at populations like the swedes who removed ALL thimerosol from their vacines and still had the same number of autism cases. Autism is not going to be an easy fix. Parents of autistic children focus on mercury and other contaminates because there are pathological similarities between mercury poisoning and autism. Someone is eventually going to bring up the research who found a strain of rats that were deathly allergic to thimerosal so I want to touch on this too. This population of rats was screen for their allergy to thimerosal. It would be like taking a population of dogs who were allergic to cats, and breeding those dogs which had the worst allergies to the cats, Repeat indefinetely as rats/mice can breed every 2 weeks or so. Also this research will not allow any one else to use these mice as they are a patented strain of mice and the last I heard he wasn't going to allow outsiders to use them because he wanted first crack at all possible research from them. This crusade against thimerosal is based on peoples ignorance and inability to erlationally look at the evidence. It is a quick way to blame for a illness that no one is at fault for. 30 yaers ago people blaimed distant mothers as the cause of autism.

  15. I'm Pretty Sure this won't be the Official Logo on Revolution Details By End of Year · · Score: 1

    I'm Pretty Sure this will not be the Official Logo.
    Slightly off topic but too absurd not to post

    http://www.cafepress.com/larevolution

  16. Re:In case of slashdotting on Aquarium Full of Oil For PC Cooling · · Score: 1

    Antifreeze or Ethylene Glycol is a di-alcohol which will still conduct electricity. The reason it is used in engines is due to its Increased boiling point and decrease freezing point. So it freezes in lower temps than water. It also boils at a higher temp meaning less overheating since it wont boil off. Oil has no alcohol units on it so it will not conduct electricity.

  17. Re:Call me crazy, but... on Yahoo Introduces Competitor for iTunes · · Score: 1

    So the iPod will play any AAC file (protected or unprotected), any regular MP3 file, and any regular uncompressed PCM file. The only reason Real needs to jump through hoops is because they want their stupid DRM format to work.

    AAC is a DRMed file. What the Parent was saying was that if Apple doesn't open up the AAC DRM scheme then there is no way for another service to use the Ipod because the music industry will not allow a service that does not use DRMed files.

    Yahoo is never going to be allowed to sell Mp3s without protection. Its not that Yahoo doesnt want to because then it would allow them the ability to sell to Ipod users, Apple has done what it has always done and been closed off and monopolistic.

  18. Re:Business Model? on Supreme Court Takes Hard Look at P2P · · Score: 1

    I like your second analogy better. If we compare a fileswapping service to a mail deliver service i.e. UPS then why shouldn't the application in cyberspace be equivalent in reality. 99% of UPs packages are probably Legal. If UPS figuers out that 1 % is illegal then should they be required to screen 100% of their packages in order to help promote criminal activity? Realistically alot of these p2p service are probably closer to 1% legal content but even so should they be allowed/required to peer into you "package" to see whats inside? I don't think so. Sure they could change their TOS to make it legal for them to do so, but then that scares away the 1%legal content that doesnt want someone peering into their lives and ideas. Just some thoughts Justin

  19. Re:Good news! on UK Doctors Cure Type 1 Diabetes · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If you are at risk for developing diabetes then you probably have diabetes type 2 in your family, not type 1 which this would cure. Type 2 can be different because although your body is still producing insulin, your body's cells are effectively ignoring it. As for you question. The reason of the shortage is for a multitude of reasons. One being the lack of organ donors, and of those donors those that will match perfectly enough for the stem cells to becmoe integrated. Also if a pancrease has on the orders of millions of cells I would suspect that only a few hundred of them are of the stem cell derivative hence the shortage. Just a postulation. Justin

  20. Re:They do it well on Dell Enters HDTV Market with Plasma Display · · Score: 1

    FTA: " Dell has put together a good panel (from Samsung) with a good video processor (from PixelWorks)" Hope that answers your question

  21. Too bad on What Do You Charge for Tech Support? · · Score: 1

    Thats not that bad of an idea. If there was a decent computer for $300 then you could guarentee a fix, just give them the new computer upon arrival. Install their monitor and tell them to start a-new.

  22. Re:Very few on Indoor Tropical Island · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm guessing the the plural form is Tsunamis.

    But I guses you could make the argument that since octopus become octopi and radius becomes radii, Tsunami becomes tsunamus(the plural form)

    I kid, I kid!!

  23. Re: morals on 3D Election Results Map by County · · Score: 1

    The point of a law is that it protects its citizens from harm. Laws many times are derived from our morallity; murder and robery. But what about speeding. I would sincerely doubt that Americans are morally against speeding. Why do we have laws against it? Because it stops people from getting hurt physically and monetarily(through increased insurance premiums).

    I think our government should be creating laws that helps our productivty and other means to keep our economy movinng forward.

    If drugs hurt worker productivity - illegal. Increase in funding of school leads to better productivity and economic growth- legal and deserves funding. Let everything else that does not stimulate our economy be forced into the non-profit or for-profit segment of our economy.

  24. Battery Not Included on The Future of PC-Audio: Interview With Keith Kowal · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I like that everything is becoming wireless but as that happens more and more batteries are needed and to make matters worse those damn batteries die. Whats the point if you have to charge those items or replace the batteries every now and again. This kind of defeats the purpose of the simplicity of a wireless device. Why cant the industry standardize on a common induction system so I can just place all my wireless devices on a pad and have them charge automatically.

    Bah,

  25. Re:The Linux Mirror Project... on SuSE Linux 9.2 Professional Released · · Score: 1

    I have a few of these lying around if anyone wants one.. I believe I have 3 extras but I could be wrong. I kept forgetting I had already signed up for it over the two months I was waiting and then all of the sudden.. BAM>. 4 copies arrived over a week span.

    It might cost you stamp but that would be it.