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  1. Faulty logic on How Streaming Music Could Be Harming the Planet (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Help me to understand this statement:

    âoeHowever, if we listen to our streamed music using a hi-fi sound system it's estimated to use 107 kilowatt hours of electricity a year, costing about $20 to run. A CD player uses 34.7 kilowatt hours a year and costs about $7 to run.âoe

    Am I to suppose that one would not also listen to said CD on the same âoehi-fi sound systemâ? What is the carbon footprint for burning straw men?

  2. Re:Sic semper tyrannis on NRA Joins ACLU Lawsuit Against NSA · · Score: 1

    Not to wade too far off into this morass, but the US Code (10 USC Â 311) defines two classes of militia: (a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard. (b) The classes of the militia areâ" (1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and (2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia. The unorganized militia consists of a large swath of the US population.

  3. Re:Hmmm... on How Plagiarism Helped Win the American Revolution · · Score: 2

    I think one other factor of the time that is being lost in our discussion is that printing a paper was a laborious and time consuming task back then, and the attribution information may have been lost to the second or third had recipients further down in the colonies. There was no cut and paste, unless you note the comment above with regards to smaller papers buying boilerplate from a larger paper. I think of this not as plagiarism so much as a primitive precursor to the AP.

  4. Re:It goes without saying on Amiga Returns With Lackluster Linux-Powered Mini PC · · Score: 1

    That is one ugly mac Mini knock-off.

  5. Re:Babylon is in Central/Southern Africa? on Recent Discovery Contains Oldest Depiction of the Tower of Babel · · Score: 1

    I would have to agree that it is probable for a ruler to take credit for the whole building a a structure when he might have only repaired or improved it. We see that in Egypt and other parts of the world as well. It might also lie in the ruler's believe that he is the reincarnation of past great rulers, thus it was in his estimation, his creation.

  6. Re:Tax planning and rich people on White House Proposes "Wealthy Tax" · · Score: 1

    Or we could just acknowledge that corporations don't really pay taxes, they just pass those costs down to the consumer as they would an increased expense in manufacturing or materials.

  7. Re:Some people don't understand entertainment on Tesla Sues BBC's Top Gear For Libel · · Score: 1

    I can empathize. As an American, I'm very glad to be able to watch the real Top Gear on BBC America. I tried to watch the American spin off and didn't make it through the whole episode.

  8. Re:Explains why Aaron Barr left in a hurry on Contents of Leaked HBGary Emails Reveal Wrongdoing · · Score: 2

    I thought he ran after he shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel.

  9. Re:Stop hosting your own mail on Ask Slashdot: Is There a War Against Small Mail Servers? · · Score: 1

    I concur. Not only do you avoid any of the blocking issues, but you are also guaranteed near 100% that your customers will never have any of their mail to you bounce. Your mail server may go down, but Postini will just queue it until your server comes back up. And on top of that, you don't take a bandwidth hit for all of the SPAM, etc.

  10. Re:Conditioning on Kids Who Skip School Get Tracked By GPS · · Score: 2

    This fits well with the boiling a frog metaphor. Indoctrination not only has to occur at an early age, but it has to be implemented incrementally across generations. By the way, where are all the hippie protesters fighting the 'man'? Now they are the 'man' and they don't like kids doing things they did when they were that age. I guess civil liberties aren't as important as they once though.

  11. Re:Congressional ignorance on FBI Releases File On the Anarchist Cookbook · · Score: 1

    I'm glad to hear that you haven't shared my experience. In my state we have two pretty established senators, and in my opinion, one been encamped in Washington a little too long. The other may have a few more years of good service. My district has a new congressman who is a bit of a firebrand, and based on his performance locally, I expect him to be the type to read everything and ask heated questions. He still calls into the local talk station and gets an ear-full from constituents, so I have high hopes for him.

  12. Re:Congressional ignorance on FBI Releases File On the Anarchist Cookbook · · Score: 1

    I have to concur with this thought. In writing to my senators and such over the years, I have noticed that they (or whichever staffer actually responds) have often not bothered to actually read the letter that I sent them, much less the actual legislation that I am writing about. They depend too much on someone else's opinion, expert or otherwise, to determine what their understanding of a particular matter will be.

  13. Re:Is there really a market for this? on Apple Announces iLife '11, FaceTime Mac, Lion, Mac App Store, MacBook Air · · Score: 1

    But for the Mac? When roughly all Mac users are dual booting Windows anyway?

    I'm curious to know where your "roughly all Mac Users" statistic came from.

  14. Re:MS - get you're game on on Apple vs. Google TVs · · Score: 1

    What was the name of that web appliance Microsoft failed with a few years back??? WebTV? But more to the point of your post, what would work in that arena would be for one of the tuner manufacturers such as Elgato to make a version that worked on a 360 (or PS3). There's not reason that it would have to come from Microsoft.

  15. Re:What? on Former CIA Head Calls for Limiting Access to the Internet · · Score: 1

    >I must be behind the times. Since when bone-headeadness is a problem with this administration?

    He was appointed by the prior administration.

  16. Re:So what? on Could Google Be SCO's Next Big Target? · · Score: 1

    Since we're all geeks here, I don't that too many of us are being swayed positively by the coverage. I sort of like hearing how goofy that all of the stuff that SCO is doing is. It's sort of like being in elementary school and listening to the kid that makes up all of the big stories have to keep on getting more outlandish to cover up his original lie.

  17. Old yet functional on What's the Oldest Hardware You are Still Using? · · Score: 1

    I have a Vaxstation 3 that works great as a combination space heater / end table.

  18. Re:Wonder if they used this? on SCO's Plan Examined · · Score: 1

    I'm not usually one to post, but I have one question that I just can't get out of my head. We know that this "history" was pulled from http://www.levenez.com/unix/, which clearly states at the bootm of the page "You can freely use this diagram for non-commercial purpose. ". IANAL, but aren't they using it for commercial purposes? And if copyright is implied, then aren't they violating the restrictions that have been clearly placed on the original site. I guess I'm just confused...

  19. Re:Microsoft tactics. on SCO Threatens Red Hat and SuSE · · Score: 1

    If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, or quacks like a duck, then it must have been ripped off by Apple or Microsoft sometime in the past.