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  1. Cool! Like helping 10 monkeys type Shakespeare! on Darwinian Poetry: From Bad to Verse · · Score: 1


    Every they type nonsense they get slapped until
    they come up with a version that ressembles
    Hamlet.

  2. no support for Mozilla anyways on Buy.Com Debuts Music Download Site · · Score: 1

    Appears like I won't be buying music there.

    > Thank you for visiting BuyMusic.com.

    > In order to take full advantage of BuyMusic.com's
    > offerings you must be on a Windows Operating
    > System using Internet Explorer version 5.0 or
    > higher. Download Internet Explorer Here.

    Pretty lame.

  3. Re:Stop being a crybaby and pay for the damned mus on RIAA Obtains Subpoenas Against File Swappers · · Score: 1


    If you want to put Big Name songs on your custom wedding DVDs, just toss in the original music CD as a side gift. Then your use of the song might be considered fair use.

    But still I wouldn't want to test that in court ;)

  4. Re:All your fancy freedom rhetoric aside on BitTorrent Community Running For Cover? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    > Taking the tracker down is #1 priority if
    > you're shutting down a torrent movement. Anyone
    > downloading the torrent can connect to the
    > tracker, the tracker is definitely easiest and
    > first to die

    So all you need is to develop a "jumping tracker"
    that hops from host to host.

  5. freebies? on Patent Granted for Ethical AI · · Score: 1

    the kind of vending machine that gives freebies
    to the homeless?

  6. Re:HV and metal plates on Those Amazing Antigravity Machines? · · Score: 1

    There is no vacuum. In atmosphere, electrons
    get braked too quickly to hit the anode with
    great speed. Hence no x-rays.

  7. Re:It's like sex... on "Quick 'n Dirty" vs. "Correct and Proper"? · · Score: 4, Funny

    > Either way, you have sex. But which one would you rather tell your mother about (or rather, put on your resume)?

    Sex on your resume is ALWAYS bad. See Bill Clinton.

    (Unless you are a porn star of course)

  8. Here's some reasons on Restrictive Sales Practices on the Web? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Credit card clearinghouses charge more money to US companies for clearing international credit card transactions. Hence a lot of US retailers do not accept foreign credit cards for online orders.

    Fraud is more likely to occur on international shipments where the receiver is harder to track down.

    Foreign people's credit information/scores are not easily available to US companies (this applies to financing options).

    Music businesses may not yet have acquired the rights to distribute the music outside of the US. Local monopolies hamper global distribution.

    There are issues with international shipping and customs. Customs may confiscate or return shipments. Export restrictions may prevent exporting certain technologies and goods. ...extend this list at will...

  9. +5 Pathetic on July 6th - Website Defacement Day? · · Score: 2, Funny

    1) Register domain with a discount webhoster

    2) Upload a stupid hacking-contest website written in bad english

    3) Make frontpage news, trigger homeland security defense program

    4) ...

    5) Profit?!?!

  10. Re:Our tax dollars at work... on July 6th - Website Defacement Day? · · Score: 1

    I think the US might just preemptively bomb all countries that might pose a threat.

    May I suggest nukes for increased effectiveness. These work great against all sorts of integrated circuitry, as well as against the biomatter operating it.

  11. Share MP3s to help the disabled on Hacking the XBox · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dear author,

    could you please describe in detail how I could share my MP3 music collection over the net to help the deaf, the blind and the disabled and to cure terminal diseases? If it requires overcoming sophisticated CD copy protection mechanisms would you please be so kind as to describe how to crack them. thank you.

    Tomorrow we shall investigate how to hack the government's bank accounts to help the poor.

  12. Kazaa does not apply hashing on KaZaA Wants to Be An Official Content Distributor · · Score: 3, Informative


    And hence the downloads degrade nearly every generation. IMHO Kazaa is the most comprehensible source for incomplete and corrupted files.

  13. Re:Managing bandwidth on Managing Bandwidth and Bandwidth Costs? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yeah, but you probably want to put out a branded version of BitTorrent with a nicer user interface.

    The current UI looks like puked out in 2 days ;)

    Also it might make sense to provide a BitTorrent version that installs through ActiveX. The download version should be offered for Linux, Mozilla and Opera users.

    Christian

  14. Grill my balls on Honda Crash Detection System · · Score: 1

    So you better don't pass by in front of a Honda (at a stoplight or a pedestrian crossing for example) ... IF YOU STILL WANT TO HAVE CHILDREN LATER.

  15. Self Proctology!?!? on Gemstar Ebook Crashes, Burns · · Score: -1, Troll

    SATAN! This would be excellent journalism - on sites like stileproject.com

  16. Re:Screwed for International traffic? on The Australian Broadband Disaster · · Score: 1


    IMHO it is not lawful to charge more than twice for twice the amount.

    This is screwing with people. period.

  17. Port Helix, get some AMD OPTERON hardware free on Port Mozilla, Collect $3696 · · Score: 1

    from www.helixcommunity.org

    AMD is looking for developers interested in porting the Helix DNA to AMD's recently launched 64-bit Opteron CPU. AMD has development hardware available for those that are willing to contribute their work. If someone can nail this, they are welcome to keep the loaner system. Please contact Conor Malone (conor.malone@amd.com) for details on this offer.

    I'd rather do that, than porting Mozilla. Mozilla is like 10 times bigger than Helix.

  18. Embedded Linux on Web Server Packed into RJ45 Connector · · Score: 1

    So who will port embedded Linux to that thingy? ;)

    Also think about the possibilities of such a device.
    Plug it into a corporate network as a "bug". Record
    data and have it send the data to an external site.

    It's the ultimate spy gear.

  19. What we want is: on Sony's MMORPG "Sovereign" Dead · · Score: 0

    Open fucking source it!
    .
    .
    .
    Profit!

  20. Double standards on House and Senate Reject E-mail Surveillance · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Then, on the other hand they're spying on international communication lines as much as possible (Echelon, Echelon II, etc...). Of course that's perfectly legitimate for them because it hardly affects privacy of the American people.

  21. Why should you believe their lies? on Israeli Firm Claims Unbreakable Encryption · · Score: 1


    In the article, their founder is clearly talking bullshit.

    > "All other encryption methods have been compromised in the last five to six years."

    Yeah, right. That is enough for me to assume that all his other claims are bullshit too.

    Christian

  22. Totally relevant on Priest Brews in Washing Machine · · Score: 1

    This is incredibly relevant to hardcore slashdot readers. Most of us are actually drunk bastards.

  23. Re:I have one of those on Sprint DSL's Security Hole Easy As 1,2,3,4 · · Score: 1


    If you really want to know that "secret"
    password, try soldering out the EEPROM
    or FLASH chip on the modem, read it out
    with an interface and scan the resulting
    hexdump for the password.

    I doubt the modem stores a hash of the password
    only. My bet is that you will find it as
    plaintext.

    Afterwards you can solder that eeprom back
    in place and hope the modem still works ;)

  24. Re:I'm hijacking this thread for a sec on RC Car Craze: The Spam Connection · · Score: 1


    May I suggest you try burning some of these calories stored in fat tissue. Try using gasoline or kerosene as combustion accelerator. I guarantee ya, you will be a HOT CHICK. Just don't do this indoors because burning fat produces poisonous fumes.

    Enjoy.

  25. Any buyer's guide out there? on RC Car Craze: The Spam Connection · · Score: 1

    Is there a website that compares different makes and models of these micro RC cars?

    I'd like to see a comparison chart of speed, battery life, ergonomy, range of the RC transmitter, etc.

    I want to make an educated buy ;)