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  1. break down the genre a bit on What Belongs In a High School Sci-Fi/Fantasy Lit Class? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Cyberpunk (Gibson, Stross et al)
    Classic old school sci-fi (Clarke, Heinlein etc)
    Modern Space opera (Ian M Banks)
    High Fantasy (Tolkein et al
    Schlock Fantasy (Dragonlance, Drizzt)

  2. Fuck. on Android Also Comes With a Kill-Switch · · Score: 1

    Ing. Hell.

    Who the fuck do they think they are?

  3. Re:*Yawn*, I think I'll stick with Ubuntu. on Windows 7 Beta Screenshots Leaked · · Score: 5, Funny

    (I'm poor, and it works, why would I upgrade?)

    You are the cause of the credit crunch! Support the economy with inappropriate consumerism

  4. Re:How's the speed? on The Mobile Internet You'll Be Using In 10 Years · · Score: 3, Informative

    Move to Europe - we have a choice of carriers all across europe who can offer this :)

  5. Re:Amazing on Google URL Index Hits 1 Trillion · · Score: 1

    Anyway, the real magic is how is their index that big when there's not that many websites?

    If you look at this page in slashdot, and find someone who's replied more than once, then you'll see more than one link to their profile - each link goes to the same page so more links than content - even in this simple example

  6. Re:How many? on Fifth Cable Cut To Middle East · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, how many fscking cables do they have and can they please tell us exactly how many have to go down before I can't ping a single thing in Iran? I don't wanna go through this on the next 12 cables . . . Surely your military advisers would give you a better answer than /. George...
  7. Patent applicants in the US on State of US Science Report Shows Disturbing Trends · · Score: 1

    Not trolling, but has anyone done an analysis of the patent applicants that file from the US? I wonder if this USA expertise is almost entirely based upon an influx of expertise from other countries, rather than relying on the US education system

  8. Re:thanks for posting the article on World's Smallest Projector · · Score: 2, Interesting

    My 25,000 shares of MVIS also thanks you. I'm betting big dollar that someday micro projectors will be in every music player and phone, much like almost every phone has a camera now (I made a similar bet on OVTI a few years ago and was not disappointed). You must be gutted. There's only a 9 month window over the last 5 years when you could have bought those shares and made any gains. Still, hold out for the future eh :)
  9. Re:Post-call Alarm "Emergency Mode", Boston, 112. on Worry Over VZW, Sprint Phones' 911 Alarm · · Score: 1

    112 is the European equivalent of 911 that is standard across Europe. Most phones will also unlock on 999 (the UK specific number)

    112 also works in the UK, even though many here would love to think we're not in Europe ;)

  10. Re:Slashdot... on Comcast Sued Over P2P Blocking · · Score: 1

    Don't feed the trolls. You must be new here
  11. Re:Why fix what isn't broken? on Caltech Creates Electronic Nose · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As a student at Caltech in Prof. Nate Lewis' Chemistry class, I feel obligated to ask why the correct spelling of "Caltech" from the article was converted into the incorrect spellings of "CalTech" and "Cal Tech"? I realize that we don't conform to the usual abbreviation for Tech schools but it's a "little t" for "Caltech" That's realise
  12. Re:If they get through with this .... on Canadian Mint Claims Rights To Words "One Cent" · · Score: 1

    hmm, you owe me $lots*10000

  13. Re:Remixing on UK Rejects Extending Music Copyright · · Score: 1

    Decent music though :)

  14. Remixing on UK Rejects Extending Music Copyright · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So I guess this means that fairly soon there'll be a huge right of people in the UK to remix old music to their hearts content and release it to the UK market only with no royalty implications, but when it is released internationally the original artist will still be able to claim royalties off of sales.

    Sounds like quite a good deal actually

  15. Re:There is a great song by Rage Against the Machi on eBay Bargains Soon To Be A Thing Of The Past? · · Score: 1

    official records suggest that more than 10% of the population can't afford enough food to support a healthy lifestyle. Darwinism for the lazy? Perfect
  16. Re:Intended for the military? on Cisco Develops Mobile Robots for Wireless Nets · · Score: 1

    Satcoms is high latency and expensive. If you can link everyone to the local mesh with their own coveragebot then it's a big improvement for local comms

  17. Re:Group Velocity Again on Speed of Light Exceeded? · · Score: 1

    Thanks for that - the clearest explanation of group velocity I've heard. /notes

  18. meta gaming and exploits on Ask CCP About EVE Online · · Score: 1

    A more interesting question is "when does meta gaming becoming an exploit" as in the alleged mass login and logout of the goon+ fleet in said war for JV1V.

    A lot of accusations have been flying around about a deliberately crashed node allowing the attackers to completely bypass the defences and I'd like to understand CCPs position on this

  19. Re:Skip the Zaurus... on Wi-Fi Penetration Tester In Your Pocket · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The successor product from Nokia, the N800, actually has 2 SD slots, and with a kernal patch can support the high capacity SD cards, giving you 16GB+ of storage

  20. Re:my nokia can do similar stunts. on Wi-Fi Penetration Tester In Your Pocket · · Score: 1

    Kismet + aircrack +??? = $3600

    Nice :)

  21. OSS version on Wi-Fi Penetration Tester In Your Pocket · · Score: 1

    This is based on the Nokia 770, so it's Linux (debian) based. What apps would we need to put together an put a frontend onto to make this a reality for either the 770 or the newer N800?

  22. Be well John Spartan on High-tech Cars Replacing Driver Skill? · · Score: 1

    It seems that with smarter cars, less willingnesss to take risk, the world described in Demolition man is becoming real :( /me jumps down the nearest manhole

  23. Re:Doesn't solve major problems on Open-source Overhauls Patent System · · Score: 1

    Software patents are not the only bad thing about the patent system. This is a good thing(TM) if it reduces licensing cost for new technologies since it will allow easier access to more manufacturers ==> competition which means cheaper goodies :)

  24. New career opportunity... on Open-source Overhauls Patent System · · Score: 1

    ...Getting paid by some corporate entity to hunt down prior art to all their competitors new IPRs. Kind of like an anti-patent attorney...

    If you get commission for every patent you kill, there'd be a fortune to be made.

  25. Business case on TiVo Plans RFID-Aware PVR · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Surely this will be an additional revenue stream for hotels as they can charge the same as existing PPV to allow hotel TiVO access to external content which is more appealing to the hotel guest?