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  1. you will be missed on Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot · · Score: 1

    Just wanted to say thanks and you will be missed best of luck to what ever you decide to do thanks for creating a place that made feel part of a community even if I just mainly lurked around

  2. Re:WTF is up with open source names on Drizzle Hits General Availability · · Score: 1

    OH man GIMP we have a graphics person here and back when we had a smaller IT budget he needed photo shop but we did not have the money for it so I without thinking first said well GIMP works well and I can show you how to use it well everyone is staring at me and it all comes crashing down the graphics guy has metal braces on both legs and needs crutches to move around .... So red faced I say I did not name it that no I do not know why it is called that ...somehow we suddenly had the money to buy a copy of photo shop

  3. Boing boing and the Wash Post have them on Is Wired Hiding Key Evidence On Bradley Manning? · · Score: 1

    this is more than 25% am I missing something here

    http://firedoglake.com/merged-manning-lamo-chat-logs/

  4. Re:Woo hoo on Microsoft and Apple Rumble Into Middle Age · · Score: 1

    Note the CO-author part. My wife is the person who handles punctuation, spelling and all that.

  5. Woo hoo on Microsoft and Apple Rumble Into Middle Age · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sorry but that's my wife quoted as the co author of the Digitally Daunted book I am the other co author and well to have that on slashdot is CRAZY cool and I am going to waste Karma on that

  6. Re:Dubious claim on Compromising Wired Keyboards · · Score: 1

    how is this going to work just think about how many keyboards are in a 20 meeter area try to filter out just one and I am guessing the faster you type the harder this type of filtering would be there would be all kinds of over-lapping signals

  7. Re:Wikipedia link to E8 - Still makes nooooo sense on A New Theory of Everything? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here is a video by NewScientist that tries to explain it to I hope this is not a dupe

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-xHw9zcCvRQ

  8. Re:Encrypt Everything on Comcast Confirmed as Discriminating Against FileSharing Traffic · · Score: 1

    The way I understand a man in the middel attack is that it will also work on encrypted trafick as the Ip header (maybe the wrong term) is not encypted just the data portion so insted of redireting the trafic to a difrent site that are just ending the session by spofing bouth ends of the conversation and ending the session.

  9. Maybe Da Vinci removed them on High-Res Scan of Mona Lisa Reveals Its History · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Maybe he did not like the way it looked and removed them himself is there any way to know I am not a painter but could this not be a possibility?

    God way to sell his service though and how does one get permision to scan somthing like this?

  10. Re:Bullhockey on Why Can't I Buy A CableCARD Ready Set-Top Box? · · Score: 1

    What about the new switched digatal cable thas suposed to be coming down the road will this still work on the Cable cards in place now or will a new upgrade be needed I have read this is a limatation of the new TiVo (SP?)

  11. DEC Alpha Multia 166 on A Brief History of Slashdot Part 1, Chips & Dips · · Score: 1

    DEC Alpha Multia 166 oh man that was the first web server I ever built. I also used Red Hat ahhh good times good times I ran it on the brand new highspeed internet in Alexandria VA Jones cable (bought by Comcast) only one of 300 using it. The cable modem was heaver than the DEC hudge! I still have it in a box some where bouth the cable modem and the DEC

  12. better article here I think on Germs Taken Into Space May Come Back Deadlier · · Score: 1
  13. Re:Ask yourself this... on Students Put UCLA Taser Video On YouTube · · Score: 1

    So in you mind the punishment for "being some where you are not supposed to be" is the tased 5 times yelled at and made to look like some kind of animal in front of your peers.

    And feel free to come to my residence and refuse to leave because In Virgina I have a right to kill you (this is also to point out that the punishment does not fit the crime) being an ass is not a reason to be Tased or Killed

  14. Benefit to mankind on NASA To Determine Hubble's Fate · · Score: 2, Interesting

    As the whole world has benefited maybe we could pass around the hat to get this funded

  15. Re:cardholders are not liable for fraud?? WTF on Privacy Pitfalls in No-Swipe Credit Cards · · Score: 1

    Ok maybe I did not say it correctly.
    If you think you are not paying for CC fraud then you are mistaken it is not a direct charge but No WAY is the bank paying for it. The CC company take on average 3-5% of every transaction so do you think the merchant just pays this No it is built in to the cost of every thing so if you pay with cash you pay this fee ( I do recall a while back some Gas stations used to give you a discount for cash But I have not seen it in a long time ) Uggg oll well I guess the Moderators of this missed the point of what I was saying. (More likely I did not represent my self well that's what I get for posting before coffee) Every time one of these things comes to light The CC companies say well you are not responsible for fraud and every one goes AHHH OK well no problem then, instead of being pissed that the CC companies are not doing a better job of protecting our information.

  16. cardholders are not liable for fraud?? WTF on Privacy Pitfalls in No-Swipe Credit Cards · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ahhh this is complete BS because do you really think the CC companies just say ok we will pay for this NO we all pay for it they pass the cost on to us all. Not to mention all the time we will spend on hold trying to get a rep on the phone to clear up all the mess. We should be compensated for our lost time.

  17. Re:more then the background check... on Backyard Rocketeers Keep the Solid Fuel Burning · · Score: 1

    Your comment on Gasoline really strikes a nerve with me I live in a town home community where most of the folks here for some odd reason have large gas lawn mowers (I have en electric as the lawn is no more that 20 square feet) and they store gas in the mower and in containers in there HOUSE! This seems stupid to me are there no laws on this sort of thing well my rant is done

  18. time to play grumpy old man on P2P Defendant Destroys Evidence, Case Defaults · · Score: 2

    I rely don't get it every one is giving tips on how to break the LAW she was under an order to provide evidence she is lucky she is not in jail for this. Disobeying a judges order is a serious offence even in a civil trial now I don't agree with the heavy handed way the RIAA is handling all theses cases and 200 songs in the grand scheme of thing is rely not a big deal.

    grumbel grumble damn kids GET OFF MY LAWN

  19. New songs list please on New Guitar Hero 2 Info · · Score: 1

    I want to know what the new songs will be! man this game is the only reason I bought a sony well that and Katamari

  20. William 'She Bangs' Hung had a choice on Star Wars Kid Cuts a Deal With His Tormentors · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That is the main difrence the kid had this put on him not buy his own choice

    I still think got lemons bla bla you know

  21. Have they found any thing on Lenovo Under U.S. Probe for Spying · · Score: 1

    I could be way off here but would they order an evestigation if they had not found somting unusal in the newly orderd systems

  22. presidential appointee on NASA Science Under Attack · · Score: 5, Informative

    this guy is a hack and defintly has an agenda

    more info on this guy here

    http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2006/02/george_d eutsch.html

  23. I have wasted time and money on this on Dealing with Digital Music and Vendor Lock-In? · · Score: 1

    I first started down this road when I got a free Rio 256M after buying a bunch of 3com switches (I dropped it on the subway platform a week later) this device supported MP3 and WMA files as I wanted to get as much on it as possible I started to rip all my CD to WMA (yes yes I have red all the arguments on it sounding like crap but is ok for me) I then went looking for a new device I stupidly chose the Sony MiniDisk format the box said it supported WMA but you have to convert to there format first and it did not work so well but I could get 4hours on 1 MiniDisk but the interface sucked and it was slow so I saved up and got a creative Zen Touch 20G 10,000 tracks I love this thing fast and supports all subscription services. Ok to my point I did do a lot of research on all this before buying but every one has an opinion and well you cinda have to pick what you like best and some times that means wasting money on crap and all you hear now is buy a IPod I refuse to do this because it took me 3 years to finish ripping all my CDs to WMA and I still am not done I used to work at a record store and I have allot of CDs I have no idea if this is helpful but I am happy with my purchase I have no ides why any one would want an FM tuner on there player because FM in Washington DC sucks! Maybe it is better elsewhere.

  24. faraday cage on You Need Not Be Paranoid To Fear RFID · · Score: 1

    I wonder if this could be used to protect your house from this type of drive by snooping and could you use your existing home wiring to implement this

  25. Re:News at 11... on Computer Jargon Too Difficult for Office Workers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    OH my god Learn somthing new you must be crazy I want you to do it for me and no I am not going to watch and learn how to do it my self