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  1. Re:So, on FBI Releases Document Confirming Roswell UFO · · Score: 2

    > Where are the bodies?

    They vanished mysteriously from a locked and guarded room along with all the other evidence. That proves that aliens were involved.

  2. A link to the actual paper: on New Gasoline Engine Prototype Claims 3X Current Engine Efficiency · · Score: 4, Informative

    RADIAL-FLOW WAVE ROTOR CONCEPTS, UNCONVENTIONAL DESIGNS AND APPLICATIONS

    Some text to shut up the "lameness filter": No, it isn't anything like a Wankel.

  3. Of course it is. on Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? · · Score: 1

    Just try disbelieving Maxwell's equations. Your cellphone will quite working right away.

  4. More like kicking Gollum. on Bashing MS 'Like Kicking a Puppy,' Says Jim Zemlin · · Score: 1

    n/t

  5. Some actual facts: on Nuclear Risk Expert: Fukushima Fuel May Be Leaking · · Score: 5, Informative
  6. And we are supposed to believe that these... on Convicted Terrorist Relied On Single-Letter Cipher · · Score: 2

    ...bumblers are so dangerous that we must give up our liberty in order to be safe from them?

  7. Re:No, I have not read the story... on It's World Backup Day · · Score: 1

    Why, indeed. "Snarky blather" is what Slashdot is all about, innit?

  8. So putting something up on YouTube... on Congressman Wants YouTube Video Covered Up · · Score: 1

    ...now suddenly puts it in the public domain?

  9. Re:More Information Please? on Massive SQL Injection Attack Compromises 380K URLs · · Score: 1

    It makes a large difference if one of the URLs is a popular website or just something a 10 year old patched together using Frontpage.

    You make it sound as if those are mutually exclusive.

  10. Re:tao of physics?? on Pioneer Anomaly Solved By 1970s Computer Graphics · · Score: 1

    While a mundane explanation has always seemed most likely, why is is "good to know" that an exciting new discovery isn't going to happen?

  11. Too bad. on Pioneer Anomaly Solved By 1970s Computer Graphics · · Score: 1

    Oh, well. It was fun while it lasted.

  12. I seem to recall the US government... on Censorware Vendors Can Stop Mid-East Dealings · · Score: 1

    ...being ridiculed for attempting the impossible task of preventing the export of encryption software. How is this different?

  13. meh. on New York Times Paywall Goes Live, Loopholes Abound · · Score: 1

    Why bother?

  14. Re:Cool. on Flying Robot Bird Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Yes, I know. So where are the pictures?

  15. So where is the call for banning hydro? on Americans Favor Moratorium On New Nuclear Reactors · · Score: 1

    Eight more people died when the Fujinuma dam failed in the earthquake than were killed in the nuclear power plant "catastrophe". When is Germany going to start dismantling all dams?

    Not to mention the urgency of laws banning anyone from living withing 10km of the Pacific ocean...

  16. Cool. on Flying Robot Bird Unveiled · · Score: 1

    But why doesn't the video show it taking off and landing?

  17. Re:Well on Phony Web Certs Issued For Google, Yahoo, Skype · · Score: 1

    Of course governments can get any certs they want. Using force to take what they want is their business. However, you have to consider the threat model. Governments are not after your bank account details (yours already has them and others have bigger fish to fry). You'd be a fool to rely on SSL to hide subversive activities but it's probably adequate for buying electronic toys from Amazon (or at least governments aren't the threat there).

  18. Re:Well on Phony Web Certs Issued For Google, Yahoo, Skype · · Score: 1

    I think he means anything originating with Comodo.

  19. Re:Kind of a dumb issue on Firefox 4, A Day Later · · Score: 1

    Eventually they'll all converge on using the time in Planck units since the Big Bang as version number.

  20. Re:Back in (the) Black on University Switches To DC Workstations · · Score: 1

    This does not get rid of the power supply. Each machine still must convert the DC bus voltage to the various voltages it needs internally.

  21. Edison will triumph in the end! on University Switches To DC Workstations · · Score: 1

    He tried to tell you AC would fail. Take that, Tesla.

  22. So forget all about not panicking in emergencies. on System Measures Stress In Emergency Callers' Voice · · Score: 1

    Just dial 911 and scream HELP!!!!1!. Be sure and put lots of stress in your voice. Calmly report the location and nature of the emergency? No. Just shriek.

  23. Re:Didn't try to use the story to raise money? on Righthaven Copyright Lawsuit Backfires · · Score: 2, Informative

    I thought violation of copyright didn't depend on whether you were trying to make money off the unauthorized use.

    That can be one of the factors in fair use.

    And even if facts can't be copyrighted, a specific arrangement of them can be.

    USA copyright protects only creative expression.

    The phone book's pages are copyrighted, even if the names and numbers aren't. You can copy the information but you can't just scan the pages themselves and reprint them.

    See Feist v. Rural .

  24. "the story in question was primarily factual" on Righthaven Copyright Lawsuit Backfires · · Score: 5, Funny

    The ruling is irrelevant to most of the news media, then.

  25. "You're holding it wrong." on 2011 MacBook Pros Confirmed To Crash Under Load · · Score: 1

    n/t