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  1. Valid technology for "non-critical" firearms on A Look at Smart Gun Technology · · Score: 1

    I understand the debate related to the possible "failures" in critical situations... but aren't there other scenarios where this technology could be useful where it wouldn't really matter if there was a failure. Hunting? Target shooting? In those cases it seems that a system failure would be merely an inconvenience, not a matter of life and death.

  2. robots.txt on Google Redesigns Image Search, Raises Copyright and Hosting Concerns · · Score: 1

    I think it still exists?

  3. Re:Company owning itself on Microsoft Shareholders Unhappy After Annual Meeting · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes, the shares are "extinguished." So all the remaining shareholders now own a larger percentage share of the company, because there are fewer shares in existence. I just sold a bunch of shares back to a company... it was somewhat handy because they gave preference to odd lots (had 84 shares) so it helps to "clean things up" a bit. Also, they paid above the market rate (which didn't quite jump to the buyback value because they did not buy an unlimited number).

  4. Re:due diligence? on Trademark Trouble For RIM Over New "BBX" Name · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Almost as crazy as naming your product "iPhone" when there was already another phone with that name.

  5. People still dial telephones? on Ask Slashdot: Calculators With 1-2-3 Number Pads? · · Score: 1

    this field intentionally left blank

  6. Re:What was her password? on Massachusetts Attorney General, Victim of iTunes Fraud · · Score: 1
    hunter2

    doesnt look like stars to me

  7. What was her password? on Massachusetts Attorney General, Victim of iTunes Fraud · · Score: 1

    She should post the password she used so we can tell if it was likely to be a brute force type attack.

  8. Re:Gallium - probably too expensive on Alloy Could Produce Hydrogen Fuel Using Sunlight · · Score: 2

    The solar cells you're thinking of are based on GaAs. This is GaN. While they both contain Ga, they aren't particularly similar. The cost of Gallium isn't what makes GaAs based multi-junction solar cells expensive by the way, it's the cost of manufacturing.

  9. Sounds like you want Dolby Volume on The Loudness Wars May Be Ending · · Score: 1
  10. Re:5.0 is much better on Skype Forcing Mac Users To Upgrade Client · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The mac version does not have the compact view option for some lame reason. You also can't turn off display of profile pictures in the contact list.

  11. Could be better than the alternatives on New MacBook Pro Teardown Reveals 'Shoddy Assembly' · · Score: 0

    Perhaps this is what you get for your top dollar and the other manufacturers are even worse!

  12. Re:Oh Noes! on Activists Seek Repeal of Ban On Incandescent Bulbs · · Score: 1

    Maybe you need a brighter bulb.

  13. Re:Use LaTeX. on Sentence Spacing — 1 Space or 2? · · Score: 1
    There is also the ~ character which prevents enlarging the space and also prohibits a linebreak, eg. Dr.~Knuth

    The \@ code is for when a period is used after an upper case character and actually ends a sentence (rather than being used for an abbreviation), eg. I like BASIC\@. What about you?

  14. Re:GV is great-- here are two ideas on Google Voice Opens To All · · Score: 1

    Beg them for incoming fax handling. That would be HUGE.

    Isn't fax a dead technology?

  15. Re:Correct use of "censorious?" on Turkey Has Reportedly Banned Google · · Score: 1
    "marked by or given to censure"

    Right, but censure != censor...

  16. Correct use of "censorious?" on Turkey Has Reportedly Banned Google · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure that's what the word means...

  17. Re:One implication on Human Sperm Produced In the Laboratory · · Score: 1

    The sexual orientation is irrelevant. What is perhaps interesting is two people of the same sex conceiving a child. It would be similarly interesting if two heterosexual people of the same sex conceived a child this way (could just be friends or something). I'm not sure if this qualifies as opening a can of worms though. I also don't know much about genetics and the ramifications there...

  18. On the contrary... on US Warns Olympic Visitors of Chinese Cyber-Spying · · Score: 1

    Canada has an expedited process for information technology workers to enter the country... http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/special-tech.asp

  19. Re:Convincing one of safety of small vehicles. on VW Concept Microcar Gets 235 MPG · · Score: 1

    Yeah, you might be less safe, but you've gotta suck it up for the sake of humanity. We can't just go around driving bigger and bigger vehicles trying to be safer since everyone else is driving a bigger vehicle! The concept is ridiculous!

  20. Re:Yes on Microsoft Wants OLPC System to Run Windows XP · · Score: 4, Informative

    You need to have a windows license to use that. The IE eula requires it. See here: http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Legal_notices

  21. Re:A Cows Stomach on Methane-Eating Bacteria Could Combat Global Warming · · Score: 2, Informative
    Human body temperature: 37C

    Cow body temperature: 38.6C

  22. Re:Actual speeds etc. on Will ISPs Spoil Online Video? · · Score: 1

    Canadian dollars, though the two are getting pretty close to equal these days.

  23. Actual speeds etc. on Will ISPs Spoil Online Video? · · Score: 3, Informative
    You seem to have failed to include the bandwidths:


    Telus
    Down/Up/Cap/Cost
    6Mbps/1Mbps/60GB/$51
    3Mbps/640Kbps/60GB/$46
    1.5Mbps/512Kbps/30GB/$37
    256Kbps/128Kbps/10GB/$22


    Shaw
    Down/Up/Cap/Cost
    25/1/150/$100
    10/1/100/$49
    5/512/60/$39
    256/128/10/$30

    I believe I have the prices without any bundling. If you buy other services, then it can be a bit cheaper.

  24. Re:Fan burnout a result? on MacResearch Introduces OpenMacGrid · · Score: 1

    ...except that CPUs use more power when loaded (see here for instance).

  25. Re:Pulsars as GPS on How a Pulsar Gets Its Spin · · Score: 4, Informative

    This idea was used on the Pioneer plaque (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_plaque).