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  1. From the article, I can't tell on USPS Service Kiosks Taking Pictures of Customers · · Score: 1

    if it's the stamp machines, or the self-serve kiosks that are imaging us. If the latter, I can see the need. Those things can be used to mail packages and can hold lots of cash, credit card info, etc. Rather like ATMs, and no one objects to those imaging us.

  2. That program had a big problem on USPS Service Kiosks Taking Pictures of Customers · · Score: 1

    Insufficient human checking of the stamps. You could put all sorts of stuff on those stamps...

  3. Anthrax attacks,unabomber,White Power on USPS Service Kiosks Taking Pictures of Customers · · Score: 1, Insightful

    whackos. Etc, etc, etc.

  4. Re:In 100 years... on Illegal File Trading Draws Two P2P Raids In Europe · · Score: 1

    I dunno. Look at the history of AT&T. They went after patent violators with crowbars.

  5. Does this mean that Wikipedia is a on Usenet Psychic Wars With Wikipedia · · Score: 1
  6. Legs on Face Recognition Needs 3 Areas Of Human Brain · · Score: 1

    and the butt. The way they walk. Don't get me wrog, boobies are nice, but not a determinant of attractiveness.

  7. Best UK Political Post on Face Recognition Needs 3 Areas Of Human Brain · · Score: 1

    Evar on /.

  8. Re:Desktop Search? on Microsoft Releases Toolbar Suite · · Score: 1

    Well, Linux doesn't have searching in the OS. Neither does FreeBSD. Does that make Windows better? Or is it just more cruft running in kernelspace?

  9. seven different 8 character passwords on Password Security Not Easy · · Score: 1
    (with numbers and mixed cases) really too much to ask?

    Yes. It is. I'm supposed to remember which password goes with which account/username on which one of 4 systems I may have to access at work, plus root and regular user on the home box? Then there are the user/pass combos for here, k5, husi, tnr, the atlantic, wash post, ny times, salon.com, and a couple of other ones.

    That's something like 16-20 user/password combos. Fortunately I can use the same username across multiple sites. But I use different passwords.

    Oh, and those passwords are all on different change cycles. Some 3 months, some 6, some never. So not only do I have to remember the old passwords, I have to remember the new ones as well.

    Hell yes, I keep a cheat cheet in the wallet.

  10. I talk to mine all the time on Are You Talking to Your PC Yet? · · Score: 1
    and it talks back.

    Which is weird, since it doesn't have a mic or speakers.

    Right now it's telling me that it's time to go home and clean the guns.

  11. What no one has mentioned yet on Former CIA Head Calls for Limiting Access to the Internet · · Score: 1
    is that any effective, non-vigilante, spam controls are going to depend on the internet being non-open in the way he describes. This also applies to controlling DDoS attacks, and any other Bad Activity (TM) out there. If we want to stop spam, DDoS, and other anti-social behavoir on the net, it has to be non-anonymous.

    But if we want to allow freedom to post anonymously, thus preserving other freedoms by bringing abuses of governments and corporations into the light of day, we have to allow anonymity on the net.

    So we have a choice. Something to remember the next time we want to praise a government for 'outlawing' spam.

  12. Unoin Carbide claims on Bhopal Disaster Revisited [updated] · · Score: 1

    The leak was the result of sabotage.

  13. Alternatively... on What Do You Look For in a Big Iron Review? · · Score: 1

    It has to fit the overtightened lug nuts on my car, but not be too large for use in close-in self defense/LARTing situations.

  14. 11 hours and 20 minutes on ROTK:EE Trailer Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    My ass gets numb just thinking about that. Might be good for a NYC to Tokyo flight, however.

  15. It's not a language on Delphi Renaissance · · Score: 1, Insightful

    it's an IDE. Delphi uses Pascal, but the compiler can also handle C++.

  16. It's Pascal on Delphi Renaissance · · Score: 5, Informative

    Which makes it harder to write bad code. PLus, it's Borland. Borland, IMHO, writes better compilers than MS, and better libraries too.

  17. Re:Of course we can't compete! on Report: Broadband In US Homes Nearly 20 Percent · · Score: 1, Insightful
    Tell you what. Roll out your own broadband service in your area. All you have to do is get easements from every property owner whose property your lines cross, lay cable to everyone who wants it, setup the servers, and presto, you're now a broadband ISP.

    Of course, it will cost money, which has to be recouped, and you'll need to build up some funds to pay for future expansion and upgrades. But I'm sure you can do it for a low cost. Say, $40/subscriber.

  18. Look at on What is the Tech Jobs Situation in Late 2004? · · Score: 1

    Northrop Grumman, SAIC, Booz Allen, and the other Big Arms Merchants. They're hiring like maniacs. If your TS is recently expired, and easily renewable, it should be no problem.

  19. Better than it was a year ago on What is the Tech Jobs Situation in Late 2004? · · Score: 1
    At least in DC.

    If you have a clearance, especially TS, you won't be unemployed for long at all. TS you won't be unemployed any longer than you want to be. But you can do well without a clearance if you have the skills. Say, flash+asp+php+Cold fusion, with some Apache and Perl. Or lots of experience with C/C++ and Python on two or more platforms.

  20. To an extent, they did. on Apollo 12 at 35 · · Score: 1

    There were maximum height and mass requirements.

  21. Re:I dont think its such a bad idea on TiVo to Sell Your Fast-Forward Button · · Score: 1

    Most cable companies offer a basic basic service that is just the over-the-air channels.

  22. And, is it Little Endian on Four Linux Vendors Agree On An LSB Implemenation · · Score: 2, Funny

    Big Endian, or Middle endian? The article doesn't seem to say...

  23. I don't have any trouble on Firefox News Roundup · · Score: 1

    possibly because I have all the ads blocked.

  24. Interstate commerce on FCC Claims Regulatory Power Over Home Computers · · Score: 1

    Section. 8. Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power To...regulate Commerce ... among the several States, and it has chosen to have the FCC handle the regulation.

  25. Context on FCC Claims Regulatory Power Over Home Computers · · Score: 1
    The lawsuit which the article is about is over the broadcast flag. The PC stuff involves what is done after the transmission is received, and is a bit dodgy.

    As far as ISPs go, ever run tracert? Packets cross state lines frequently, even on communications going from one part of a state to another.