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  1. What code is he looking at? on Coders' Primal Urge To Kill Inefficiency -- Everywhere (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    He clearly isn't looking at the code I usually have to maintain.

  2. Highway sound barriers on Scientists Have Discovered a Shape That Blocks All Sound (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe useful as a highway sound barrier? Either as a replacement for the current walls to allow airflow, or in addition to.

  3. If any proof of how you voted can be in your possession, you can prove your vote to a third party and that party can bribe or blackmail you based on that proof.

    Read history so you don't repeat it.

  4. Re:How long on Secrecy of Voting Machines Ballots At Risk · · Score: 2, Insightful
    It isn't as straight forward as Mr. Moyer suggests. The order you enter the polling place and sign your name is not the same order you finish voting and place your ballot in the box. You have a pretty good guess during slow periods, but not during the rush.


    By the way, I encourage everyone to try their hand at working the polls for several reasons:

    • If you don't trust the system, get in there and keep an eye on them.
    • Most of the workers are getting on in years. As careful as they are, their eyesight and memories are starting to go.
    • When they are gone, we need someone who knows how the system works.
    • It's good for you.
  5. Re:Jokes are cool, But let's talk about farm robot on Man Finally Makes the Weed-Removing Robot · · Score: 1

    See also: Cotton gin

  6. Re:Arg!!! Stop lying to the sheep! on 26 Common Climate Myths Debunked · · Score: 1

    In the GRAND scheme of things, a warm millennium means nothing, the extinction of homo-sapiens means nothing, the explosion of the nearest star means nothing, and the heat death of the universe means nothing.

  7. Re:and before you all start whining... on Web Access Over Power Lines · · Score: 1

    Moving the cables underground simply brings them closer. A couple feet of dirt does not block electro-magnetic radiation.

  8. Re:Not possible on Opera's CEO to Swim From Norway to the USA · · Score: 1

    Note that he swam west to east. I don't think you could outswim the ocean current if you tried it in the other direction.

  9. Re:In A World Where... on Astronaut: 'Single-Planet Species Don't Last' · · Score: 1
  10. Slashdot proves Wikipedia works on Ex-Britannica Editor Reviews Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    So, the community, having been notified of problems with the Hamilton article has spent a bunch of time fixing it.

    The nice thing putting notes about disputed information in the article is that the situation is now clear to future editors. Someone with only part of the information is less likely to see the other side as a error and "fix" it.

    Unfortunately, someone plagarized Mr. McHenry's comments about the dispute.

  11. Re:There isn't an industry yet (circa 1903) on What's Next in the New Private Space Industry? · · Score: 1

    We call it "falling with style."

  12. New Section on Beat Spam By Not Using Email · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Time for a new /. Section:

    Lame Product Announcements

  13. Wrong analogy on The Poetry Of Programming · · Score: 1

    Programming is more like construction. Bridge building is a specific problem to solve, like sorting. Just like there are different bridge styles (suspension, cantelever, etc.), there are different algorithms for sorting (quick, bubble, etc.) And, just like there is different data to be sorted of varying amounts, bridges are built in different environments and different lengths.

    It also makes a difference if we are talking about large, production, highway bridges built by professionals, or plank-over-the-creek bridges built by the neighborhood kids.

  14. Tanner/Handwarmer on New Display Technology to Compete with LCDs? · · Score: 1

    So, with a wider gap you should get infra-red,
    and with a smaller gap - UV, right?

  15. Re:Previous Art, Anyone? on British Columbia Bows To Breast Cancer Patent · · Score: 3, Informative

    No, because they use a different method. The patent covers the method of detecting these two genes. If you can do the same with another method, you are free to do so.

  16. Prior 'Art' on Ask Eric Blossom about Software-Defined Radio · · Score: 1

    Isn't this simply a variation on a WinModem?

  17. Angular momentum on Going Up? · · Score: 1

    So the elevator pulls itself straight up. Doesn't it need to pull forward as well to increase its angular momentum?

  18. Another nice system. on PDA and Subnotebook Killer? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Xybernaut makes a similar system.
    They also sell a wearable.

  19. Re:Lindows = Inexpensive PC on LindowsOS Softens Microsoft-Compatibility Claim · · Score: 1

    RMS is going to be really pissed off. Someone
    could be buying systems with Windows preloaded,
    installing Linux, and having a fully functioning
    system without the GNU label.

  20. Worth more? Show me a quote. on Is it Wrong to Accept an Employment Counter-Offer? · · Score: 1

    The boss here was of the opinion that an offer
    from another company was your real value.
    Anything less is just speculation.

    (I say was because he recently retired)

  21. Re:Star Wars ~ The Matrix on Matrix Reloaded Trailer Online · · Score: 1

    Speaking of which, the movie got out 6 hours ago and we still don't have Taco's review.

  22. Re:footing the bill on Wireless, GPS-Loaded 'Bait Car' Traps Thieves · · Score: 1

    >What is the point of locking up some guy for trying to steal a car that was designed to be stolen?

    You think if this car had not been there he would have gone home and read /.?

    The man stole a car. The longer he is locked up, the longer it will be before he steals mine.

    Where do I sign up to have them use my car?

  23. Now what? on No More Rebooting? · · Score: 1

    Recycling the power will no longer cure the BSOD.

  24. Re:Economics of the past on New MPEG-4 Licensing Scheme · · Score: 1

    You already don't own your house, even if it's
    paid for. You pay rent in the form of property
    taxes.

  25. Re:Rising Sun - parallels on Our New Pearl Harbor · · Score: 1

    Bush? Last year?