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  1. Re:Wristwatches are just plain convenient on Ten Things Mobile Phones Will Make Obsolete · · Score: 1

    in such places i make it a point to absolutely minimize my time therein.
    so i get to see my car dash clock real soon anyway.

    the time is also printed on the cash receipt.

  2. Re:Reporters aren't the only one with deadlines on Making an Open Source Project Press-Friendly · · Score: 1

    the beast needs to be "put down"
    it is obviously in deep pain

  3. Re:Fun on How To Make Electronic Displays With Mood Ring Ink · · Score: 1

    anyone crushing a 1962 ford fairlaine, or 1962 anything, otta
    have their nuts crushed.

  4. Re:Papers, please on How Do You Greet an Extraterrestrial? · · Score: 1

    not like their haven't been illegal aliens in the usa before... :)

  5. the universal greeting... on How Do You Greet an Extraterrestrial? · · Score: 1

    "Pull my finger..." :)

  6. Re:Also, imposters who aren't on A System For Handling 'Impostor' Complaints · · Score: 1

    i went to a small high school with about 1100 students in a city
    area of about 130,000 people.

    what are the odds of TWO *unrelated* teachers with the same name?
    and a name that sounds fake at that :)

    seriously, two Jane Smiths taught at my high school way back when.

  7. Re:Bull on Apps That Rely On Ext3's Commit Interval May Lose Data In Ext4 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    only userland knows WHICH data is critical.
    dude, ALL data is critical.

    no, this is a serious implementation stoopidity in ext4, et.al.

    blame the victim. eeesh. data rape is still rape.

    and saying programs should be calling fsync is absurd.
    i'm old enough to remember when programmers were admonished
    to NOT call fsync, or it would "slow down the system."

    sync/flushing data already written by userland standard i/o calls
    should never be a userland responsibility.

    [shaking head...]

  8. Re:phage medicine. on Sea Sponge Extract Conquers Resistant Bacteria · · Score: 1

    broad-spectrum not always good.

  9. Re:Respect on Sea Sponge Extract Conquers Resistant Bacteria · · Score: 1

    depending on his exam and her chest sounds, perhaps the antibiotic
    prescription was a preventative to avoid her slipping into a
    pneumonia condition from that flu. the prophylactic use of antibiotics
    is fairly normal.

  10. Re:Well on Linux 2.6.28 Promises Year-End Presents · · Score: 1

    slashdot comments murder the english language all the time.
    yet it makes me laugh.
    murder IS funny!

  11. Re:ISP's are against local serving on Making BitTorrent Clients Prioritize By Geography? · · Score: 1

    last time i tried, my ISP (rogers cable broadband in ontario,canada)
    refuses to provide "business" service to addresses not located
    in a area zone by the municipality as "commercial" in some way.

    i REALLY wish i could get the business class service :(

  12. Re:Can't use a regular phone? on Recourse For Poor Customer Service? · · Score: 1

    for security reasons i would HOPE the forces firewall their
    networks to the gills and not allowed wild voip connections, etc.

  13. Re:Call your credit card company.... on Recourse For Poor Customer Service? · · Score: 1

    funny, sounds just like a typical mac user to me! :)

    heh...

  14. Re:Concerns about LEDs... on Making Strides Toward Low-Cost LED Lighting · · Score: 1

    household lamp dimmers do not vary voltage, they use a cheesy triac circuit
    to chop the AC current. not much different in concept than PWM for leds.

  15. Re:LED = Luxury Goods on Making Strides Toward Low-Cost LED Lighting · · Score: 1

    however, we do NOT use LED lighting on our snowplows because
    they are not warm enough! warm incandescents tend to keep the snow
    melted off over the lamp area, LED lamps just let the snow build up
    until the lamp is no longer visible.

    this would apply to any truck or car too.
    but plows generally only go out when the weather (and visibility)
    is the worst.

    you'd be surprised how many people collide with snowplows (with
    ALL their many flashing lights, etc) because they claim to not
    seem them. (in truth they are just driving too fast.)

    my own personal experience indicates perhaps there is too much
    flashing light activity on a plow. nobody seems to notice turn
    signals for lane changes. the little flashing turn signal lamp
    i suspect disappears into all background noise of the many
    flashing beacons on the equipment.

  16. Re:penetration-testing? on Experts Hack Power Grid in Less Than a Day · · Score: 1

    does the interviewer provide the test bed ? :)
    if i'm wearing protection, did i really penetrate?

  17. Re:Any way to... on NSI Registers Every Domain Checked · · Score: 1

    Hello,
    I am Stella, er, SlashBot 410770 ;)

  18. Re:Any way to... on NSI Registers Every Domain Checked · · Score: 3, Interesting

    which "you"? it would require thousands of people hitting the db at the same time.
    individually no-one would be capable of doing it.

    unless you are orchestrating/controlling a Botnet to do a DoS attack. ...but those who have control over botnets wouldnt be so mean as to direct
    their efforts at NSI would they? :)
    after all, they are already considered terrorists and have nothing to gain :)

    a plain DoS would cost them money in lost business.

  19. Re:Any way to... on NSI Registers Every Domain Checked · · Score: 1

    if enough people are scripting bogus names,
    perhaps their database and/or db server will choke.
    THAT will cost them money to bring back online.

  20. Re:your wife's water just broke on CDN Forces Reactor Online Against Safety Regulations · · Score: 1

    >you rush her into the car, strap on the seatbelt, and start heading towards the hospital.
    >on the way there, the "check engine" maintenance light comes on

    except in this case the "light came on" 3 years ago,
    this is more than merely finishing the current short trip.

    wouldn't surprise me if AECL dragged their feet in doing the upgrade simply to force
    a political showdown with the safety board.

  21. Re:I don't think so. on ISP Inserting Content Into Users' Webpages · · Score: 1

    a disgruntled employee at an isp could very well insert porn/whatever into streams if the insertion
    process is already actively taking place.
    can the ISP *prove* an employee did NOT do it?
    (hey, reverse-onus is popular now days, use it to your advantage, THE MAN will...)

  22. Re:use firefox and adblocker! on How Much Are Ad Servers Slowing the Web? · · Score: 1

    >According to the HTTP 1.1 RFC, you're allowed to have 2 connections open to any 1 webserver (public facing IP).
    >This is the way most browsers are configured by default.

    except ads are usually served by OTHER servers than the site you are actually trying to view.

    so the limit of 2 connections can be effectively ignored if you concurrently open all the external sources
    referenced on a visited page. (well, of course, no more than 2 connections per externally referenced
    server :)

  23. Re:and if you have a slashdot account on Charging the Unhealthy More For Insurance · · Score: 1

    >The BMI is an indication of how FAT you are, not how HEALTHY you are.
    >That being fat also means you are more prone to certain health problems is a different issue altogether.

    different issue? but exactly the issue INSURANCE cares about.
    future outcomes and all that.

    being fat is highly correlated to future health problems. especially in the
    diabetes, arthritis and heart disease areas.

  24. Re:You are an idiot on Tech Writers Spreading FUD About GPLv3 · · Score: 1

    even if they make people terrified?

  25. Re:Shome mishtake shurely? on Mobile Carriers Cry "Less Operating Systems" · · Score: 2, Funny

    less is more! :)

    didnt realize /bin/less required its own operating system...