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  1. Confirm the transaction with the person on Largest Ever Online Robbery Hits Swedish Bank · · Score: 1

    Maybe you'd have to carry a cellphone and they'd autodial you with a message asking you to confirm the transaction ("Please press 1 to confirm $500 to Alxei in Moscow, Press 2 to inform the police..."). Hopefully the transactions don't all occur at 3AM. Now if the crooks have your account info AND your cellphone then you are probably more concerned about how you are going to escape from your kidnappers.

    My credit card company has called me to confirm heavy activity or big purchases that veer from my normal spending pattern. I'm grateful that they do.

  2. Re:not really an incentive on Largest Ever Online Robbery Hits Swedish Bank · · Score: 1

    What could the bank have done differently? The customers were entrusted with the keys to their accounts and they were tricked into handing them over. If you gave your ATM card and PIN to a stranger what could the bank do to protect you?

  3. Re:How about suspending accounts? on Largest Ever Online Robbery Hits Swedish Bank · · Score: 1

    Losing customers that just cost you millions of krona? I'd tell them "Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out!" Some customers aren't worth keeping.

    I wouldn't leave my bank if it enforced rules against careless customers. I'd want them to. The careless customers are endangering the bank's security and financial health.

  4. Shoot the messenger on MySpace Sued by Families of Online Predator Victims · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I hope they sue the highway department also because the bad guys used the public road system to meet these girls.

  5. Fooling it on Listening Robot Senses Snipers · · Score: 1

    "identify it as a hostile or friendly weapon"

    After installing this system, sales of US military rifles jump in Iraq.

    "Sarge, it says here that it was someone with an M40."

  6. 1000 sq ft? on Solar Power Eliminates Utility Bills in U.S. Home · · Score: 1

    At 1000 sq ft I could save money on AC in the summer just from the shade the panels would provide.

  7. Re:At $500,000... How long to pay back the cost? on Solar Power Eliminates Utility Bills in U.S. Home · · Score: 1

    Who said they'd sell it at $100,000 for very long? Look at the prices for computers with a "whopping" 16K of RAM back in the 80's and compare them to today's systems and prices.

  8. Re:How long does this take? on Pluto Probe Snaps Jupiter Pictures · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately high speed cable internet connections are not available beyond the orbit of Jupiter.

  9. Re:RIAA arrests? on RIAA Arrests Pro Artist for Making Mixtapes · · Score: 1

    Wasn't that a Monty Python skit? "Lemming, Lemming of the BDA!"

  10. RIAA arrests? on RIAA Arrests Pro Artist for Making Mixtapes · · Score: 1

    "RIAA arrests pro artist..." Sounds like the RIAA now has its own police force. I'm waiting for the AMA cops to bust me for self-medicating with aspirin.

  11. Re:Context on Columbine RPG - How Real Is Too Real? · · Score: 1

    I think the constant "LOL" chatting and ability to respawn are what take the edge off of most FPS games. It's hard to take it seriously when the guy you just killed says "good shot!".

  12. Re:Just install them in airports on Anti-Missile Defenses For Commercial Jets · · Score: 1

    If they are that low why not just use an optically guided, or even guided by wire, missile?

  13. From Cod? on Cod Enzyme Kills Bird Flu · · Score: 1

    Cod? I really wish they had isloated this from doughnuts instead.

  14. Re:Faster Porn? on Seagate Claims 2.5" SCSI Drive is World's Fastest · · Score: 1

    God bless that man. Finally, a big businessman who sees the truth and speaks it too.

  15. Re:the edge of the plate spins 50 meters a second! on Seagate Claims 2.5" SCSI Drive is World's Fastest · · Score: 1

    30 hp more if it has a sewer pipe exhaust. Nothing excites the ladies more than a car that sounds like the muffler fell off of it.

  16. Re:the edge of the plate spins 50 meters a second! on Seagate Claims 2.5" SCSI Drive is World's Fastest · · Score: 2, Funny

    As a person with an astronomy background I prefer to use parsecs/hr (0.000000000005833401930 pec/hr)

  17. Re:Omission from TFA on Seagate Claims 2.5" SCSI Drive is World's Fastest · · Score: 1

    They spun the laptop at 15000 rpms opposite the drive so the platters never actually moved.

  18. Keyboards and Mice on Why Your SNES Turned Yellow · · Score: 1

    Nothing ages as badly as keyboards and mice. Not only do they get that yellow aging funk described in the article but they also have your bacteria, skin oil, worn keys, coffee spills, crumbs, etc. After 5 years they start to resemble archeological artifacts. Get an old keyboard that was used by a guy with a beard and you'll really cringe.

    This article doesn't explain why snow turns yellow though.

  19. Get out your chemistry set on Cancer Drug May Not Get A Chance Due to Lack of Patent · · Score: 4, Interesting

    According to the article dichloroacetate is relatively easy to obtain. "The compound, which is sold both as powder and as a liquid, is widely available at chemistry stores." I'm sure a pharmacist trained in the art of mixing compounds could formulate it to doctor's specs.

    If worse comes to worse you raid your old "Super Advance Kiddee Chemistry Set" and dose yourself.

  20. Re:entertaining! on Home Theater Transformed Into Star Trek Bridge · · Score: 1

    I'll bet you anything that his cabinets are full of homemade tribbles too.

  21. Re:Wait a second... on Could HP Beat Moore's Law? · · Score: 1

    They need these chips to enforce bogus DMCA restrictions on thier ink cartriges...ooops, I meant make smarter ink carts that can keep track of how much ink is left.

  22. Re:Discoverer? on Global Warming Exposes New Islands in the Arctic · · Score: 1
    Sorry, I should've had my "sarcasm" tags set. I know those islands had their true nature hidden by ice.

    However, since this is based on the article in question and if you read the article you'll see this:
    There is no consensus on how much Greenland's ice will melt in the near future, Dr. Alley said, and no computer model that can accurately predict the future of the ice sheet. Yet given the acceleration of tidewater-glacier melting, a sea-level rise of a foot or two in the coming decades is entirely possible, he said. That bodes ill for island nations and those who live near the coast.

    If you dispute the article that is another matter. I'm just referring to it.

    As far as what the definition of an island is, that sounds like the dispute over what a planet it. There doesn't seem to be a clear cutoff. The simpliest definition is a body of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water. I would guess this would have to be the case at low tide. This is like what the definition of a peak is, does the ridge have to drop a certain altitude between peaks? Minimum distance? Etc.

  23. Re:Discoverer? on Global Warming Exposes New Islands in the Arctic · · Score: 1

    If the ocean rises even 2 ft I look forward to discovering many of the new islands that will be created off the the new coast of the US. Islands like Miami, Cape Cod, New Orleans, Washington DC, Central Park NYC...

  24. Re:Moo on The Twilight Years of Cap'n Crunch · · Score: 3, Funny

    You need physical proof. I think someone should break into Woz's home and search for a hidden stash of black turtlenecks.

  25. Re:Talk about evil on The Twilight Years of Cap'n Crunch · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry, I did not get that. Please repeat that.

    Ok, you said "GO TO HELL"