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  1. Possible legal ramifications on World's Longest Wi-Fi Connection · · Score: 3, Interesting


    Wireless networking might just be a multiple violation of the law in Egypt.Details here and here.

  2. Rub a dub dub? on Waterproof Books · · Score: 3, Funny

    "If you masturbate in the bathtub, that's part of the idea -- even though it doesn't say it in the promotional material," Mohanraj said. "If you get distracted, it's not so bad to drop the book in the bathtub."


    This product should do well on slashdot. Thinkgeek, how about it?

  3. Re:Kudos to the Euros! on To the Moon and Beyond · · Score: 1, Troll

    Well, I don't think anyone else has been to the moon. So it would be a first I suppose.

    Oh, you mean that hollywood flick starring Niel Armstrong? How many Oscars was that?

  4. Re:Egypt... on Roblimo Abroad: Pushing Linux' Prospects In Jordan · · Score: 1

    Yea, I know. Rome wasn't built in a day though. I get frustrated too, but I try. We need more clued-in people.

    Anyhow, cheers even if you keep out of it :)

  5. Re:Egypt... on Roblimo Abroad: Pushing Linux' Prospects In Jordan · · Score: 2

    On the off chance you haven't seen this look here :-)

  6. If you want to save some cash on Personal Jet Pack for X-mas! · · Score: 2

    there are alternatives...

  7. Re:Not that crazy... on The Pentagon, MMORPGs, and Catching Osama · · Score: 2

    I don't pay taxes; I'm not American, ma'am :)

  8. Re:Not that crazy... on The Pentagon, MMORPGs, and Catching Osama · · Score: 2

    So they should study beowulf clusters and the scientific community too?

    Fine with me; anything that will burn off those defense dollars I'm happy with.

  9. Swiveling screens.. on Sharp C-700 English Conversion Pictures · · Score: 2

    are nice but not necessarily innovative. I've got one of these, and if the sharp works this well it's a dream to use.

  10. How much time effort and funds are invested here? on Speech Synthesizing the Linux Kernel for Arts Sake · · Score: 2

    I'd like to know because it'd be interesting to see how much people are willing to waste to be 'original'.

    And as for all the posts here going on about this being performance arts, go get a law degree; you seem to be good at arguing for arguments' sake; no matter if you don't specifically agree with what you yourself are saying.

    This is almost the kind of wanton displays of plenty and wealth that one sees from developed nations that makes one think of hungry Somali children or AIDS-stricken Thai youth.

    Pardon the melodrama; it is not intended.

  11. Re:i cant copy my own dvds? on MPAA Countersues 321 Studios · · Score: 3, Funny

    Your two-year-old can eat DVDs?

    With dVDs and CDs being non-biodegradeable, I think we need to employ your children on a far larger scale.

  12. Free software on Mandrake Appealing to Community, Again · · Score: 2

    Browsing through the posts at +5, slashdot is beginning to look more and more like people forgot there's more to free than beer.

    Sad really.

  13. Hmm? on Next-Gen Pop-up Ads · · Score: 2

    I tried the popup in question on espn.com and mouseovering took me nowhere...

    Anyone with more success?

  14. Re:Congratulations Mr. Marthouse, You've Invented. on The End of Solotrek · · Score: 2

    Hm, so relinquishing control of direction of the vehicle of transportation is the only safe option.

    You might be right, I'm not qualified to judge there one way or another, but driving cars seems (statistically) to be safe enough for most purposes these days. Yes, having to drive on roads is a step in the direction of having predetermined flight paths, but you can still go to the office the short way or the long way.

    I come from Egypt, and trains here are so darn unsafe it's almost safer to strap yourself to a 747's left wing and hope for the best. Even cars are safer.

    When taking all factors into consideration, I think only statistics can tell you what is safer; the guided train or the wild automobile ride.

  15. Re:Wow.... on Unintended Aural Consequences of MP3 Compression · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I put up a post strikingly similar to yours.

    Why don't you just post your submission right here and we'll comment on it in place?

  16. Re:has the RTF spec been kept up to date? on Is the New Microsoft Office Really Open? · · Score: 2

    I don't know if the spec has been kept up to date or any such thing, but it does occur to me that it is not a real alternative to begin with; you lose formatting features, most notably to me is the lack of footnotes and end notes, along with a million other things.

    Yes, these limitations could be overcome by changing the way you structure your document, but it is just easier to go back to saving in .doc.

    This is what I personally expect will sink MS Office's XML feature: the loss of formatting features.

  17. FTP? on Web Enabled Spacecraft · · Score: 2

    Am I the only one having a hard time swallowing that bit?

    Sounds like some clueness reporter pulled a TLA out of a hat or something...

    Unless the FTP is being used as a sort of batch command transmission vehicle... A little like the IPN protocol specifies. A sort of connectionless command line over a connected protocol.

  18. Jar Jar on LOTR: The Two Towers · · Score: 2

    I understand Jar Jar Binks has finally been dropped from the plot; not even a cameo.

    Might make a half-decent flick after all.

  19. Re:It will show up sooner or later on The Vanishing HailStorm · · Score: 1

    So Microsoft Bob is coming back?

    *shudder*

  20. products vs. services on Red Hat In The Black for Q3 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Red Hat said about 70 percent of its revenue comes from direct sales of products to its customers, but over time, it expects 65 percent to 70 percent of sales to come through indirect sales channels such as its partnerships with IBM, Oracle, Dell and Hewlett-Packard.

    Hmm. So either way, 65 to 70% of the revenue is coming from shipping products; I find that interesting in light of the fact that RedHat appears to me to be uniquely positioned to be the biggest player in the support arena; this must surely be the cash cow par excellence?

    How about an Ask Slashdot session with a RedHat exec?

  21. Re:why this this is probably a Bad Thing on ElcomSoft Verdict: Not Guilty · · Score: 2

    ELMSOFT?!? No really, this DMCA thing is going too far now; siung a dinky little Irish website design company?!?

    Jeez!

    It's the new millenium folks, and we can now code copyright protection circumvention devices in HTML. Step right up.

  22. Re:Can we moderate stories now? on AOL Awarded Millions in Spam Case · · Score: 3, Informative

    Fair enough; the post made it to newsforge, so if you'll pardon me (little weary) I'll link to it there... In the meanwhile, we have a volunteer in the legal profession doing a write-up in english of the piece of legislation and its ramifications.

    Thanks for your interest; I know grousing about submission rejections is poor form, but this one really smarts...

  23. Re:Can we moderate stories now? on AOL Awarded Millions in Spam Case · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I wholeheartedly agree.

    I have to sit here and look at dupes like this, and have my own submission rejected; a submission about a new law in Egypt slapping a 3 year mandatory jail term on anyone using encrypted e-mail, and a new law also criminalising wireless networking.

    Oh I wholeheartedly agree.

  24. in unrelated news... on NWN Linux Client Not So Delayed after All? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Alan M. Ralsky not Getting as Much Spam Mail as Previously Thought

    Goodie. Is this the beginning of a backtracking tradition on /.? If so, will the eds please print a retraction of all the pathfinder stories?

    Yes, we know they were faked; we use photoshop too.

  25. Warning: on Scientists Don't Read the Papers They Cite · · Score: 2

    Anyone responding to posts with 'RTFA' will be considered guilty of recursion weithout a terminating condition.