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  1. Dupe? on Some People Just Never Learn · · Score: 5, Informative

    Apparently the editors have this genetic deficiency as well: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/08/1414258

  2. Re:Um, what? on Bionic Contact Lens May Lead to Overlay Displays · · Score: 5, Informative

    I believe TFA was referring to placing peripheral components such as wireless reception on the part of the lens that is not used by the eye for viewing.

  3. Re:More than just ink... on HP & Staples Collude On $8,000/Gallon Ink? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Little did you know that you were actually getting the equipment free with the purchase of the cable!

  4. Re:Actually relevant on Saturn's Moons Built From Ring Material · · Score: 1

    Considering that a moon is defined as a naturally occurring satellite orbiting a planetary body the phrase "that's no moon" is still irrelevant.

  5. Sunset Clause on Internet Connection Tax Held Off for A Few More Years · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Funny how Congress attaches expirations to the things that protect us from taxation but you don't see these things on the ugly stuff like the DMCA or PATRIOT Act.

  6. Re:Apple did it first! on Microsoft Forces Desktop Search On Windows Update · · Score: 1

    Just for the record, WDS will only index the Documents folders and Outlook email by default. Anything further must be explicitly configured for indexing. Network path indexing is only available after the user explicitly installs the plugin UNCFATDMS.

  7. Re:I Bought the DiscBox on Name-Your-Cost Radiohead Album Pirated More Than Purchased · · Score: 1

    I too, bought the discbox. The price was a bit hard to swallow but I have principles. My principle is to put your money where your mouth is. I have long preached that CDs are practically worthless in material value, vinyl carries intrinsic material value and that artists should include a free download with the purchase of a hard copy. My current MO is to download music I think I might be interested in. If I like it I try my best to A) Buy the vinyl and preserve it and B) See the artist(s) live.
    Radiohead has stepped up to the plate and provided a means for me to enjoy their music in precisely the fashion that I desire. That alone is worth the expense of encouraging further efforts of the same ilk.

  8. Re:End of the World? on Switch to Digital Television Picking up Steam · · Score: 1

    I'm probably the only one to tag the story "timewavezero"

  9. Re:In the movies? on History of Slashdot Part 3- Going Corporate · · Score: 2, Informative

    Pretty sure that was the LinuxWorld Expo, IIRC.

  10. Re:About Tags on Rob Malda Answers Your Questions · · Score: 1

    I strongly concur with this point of view. The headlines and summaries tend to be rather sensational or misleading. The tagging invariably offers insight on the true nature of the article as well as the overtone of the discussion to follow. It has made my Slashdot reading far more efficient and enjoyable. I no longer find myself reading through the drivel of flames and baseless speculation. IMO, Slashdot's tagging is the biggest leap forward for the site that I have witnessed in these past 10 years (yeah, I lurked without an account that long; it's my MO for any discussion site).

  11. Re:Price changes have two base reasons on HMV Canada Cuts Music CD Prices · · Score: 1

    Actually, your horseshoeing analogy is a tiny bit flawed although it still holds merit in your argument.
    You are correct in that horseshoers are in low supply because the demand has gone down dramatically.
    OTOH, horseshoing is a very expensive esoteric skill. The supply of horseshoers continues to shrink while the demand stays relatively static which drives the price of the work higher and higher.

  12. Here, In Winston-Salem on Chicago Cancels Municipal Wi-Fi Plan · · Score: 1

    Here, In Winston-Salem, the Municipal WiFi project is getting off the ground and into testing as of this very week.
    http://www.muniwireless.com/article/articleview/63 31/1/23/

  13. Re:Slashdot front page... on RIAA Secretly Tries to Get ISP Subscriber Info · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just yesterday I was discussing the current state of affairs with a coworker. I mentioned the NSA/AT&T wiretapping and realized this person hadn't seen or heard the 1st thing about this topic. A topic that has been discussed to death on Slashdot and kept on the front page for a cumulative time of several weeks.

  14. Re:Delete? Not quite yet... on UK Woman Charged As Terrorist For Computer Files · · Score: 1

    If possessing certain types of knowledge becomes illegal in and of itself, that's when we'll need the Anarchist's Cookbook the most.

    Funny, that crazy meth-proliferation-think-of-the-children-act made it illegal to possess or disseminate any information pertaining to the production of methamphetamine. I hardly see the difference.
  15. Re:30% is still a fair amount for nonenvironmental on A Concrete Solution To Pollution · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Do a little research on Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. Fact is, LEED works well as a motivation for Owner and Contractor to spend more money on energy efficient and environmentally friendly construction methods.

  16. Re:Makes no sense on Athens Breeding "Super Mosquitoes" · · Score: 1

    Your food availability hypothesis falls apart in face of the fact that mosquitoes do not require blood for sustenance. The blood is only drawn by female mosquitoes for the eggs. Male and non-gestating female mosquitoes have the same diet as most butterflies. IOW, the food supply is not a factor.

  17. Re:Why a young audience? on Netscape.com Loses Its Identity · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    yz, congrats to the beer goggles that allowed me enter bizarro world and read the word "more" where there was, in fact, the word "less". Christ.

  18. Re:Why a young audience? on Netscape.com Loses Its Identity · · Score: 0

    Welcome to bizarro world.

    Here in normal land:

    100% of $10 = $10
    10% of $200 = $20

    and, wait for it...

    $10 $20.

    gasp

  19. For Dummies on What Should People Understand About Computers? · · Score: 2, Informative

    It may not have been updated but I read a book of the "For Dummies" variety several years ago that covered exactly the material you describe. I was reading it from an already very advanced POV, too.

  20. Re:size vs heat in 50 years on Branched Nanotubes Offer Smaller Transistors · · Score: 1

    The evolution of design has proven to have a telescoping timeline in which subsequent discoveries and implementations take shorter and shorter periods to be realized.

  21. Re:I already saw it on CNN on Fuel Loss May Cut Short GlobalFlyer's Journey · · Score: 1

    Why do I find it difficult to believe that the fueling crew mistakenly took the guage at face value and that the discrepancy wasn't immediately obvious? 2600 pounds is a heck of a lot of surplus fuel to cart away without some red flags popping up.

  22. No pre-flight test? on Fuel Loss May Cut Short GlobalFlyer's Journey · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They saw this early on. This indicates a problem that could have been found with a couple short test flights. Surely they had test flights, I mean, I wouldn't climb aboard a flying gas tank unless the thing had undergone some degree of flight testing prior to being loaded down for the long haul.

  23. Re:Is it an open protocol? on Replacing TCP? · · Score: 1

    http://www.rateless.com.nyud.net:8090/codes.html

    at the bottom it reads:
    "We are planning to release Rateless Codes for free, non-commercial use, in open source under the GNU Public License."

  24. Not much meat... on Microsoft Codec Required For Blu-Ray Players · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Not much to that article.

    What prevents the OSS community from developing it's own codec and getting approved the same way M$ has done?

  25. Re:Just so no one else has to say it... on Missing Open Source Security Tools? · · Score: -1, Troll

    Actually, that is a perfect example of begging the question.

    Statement: "There are many great open source security tools out there, Nmap, Nessus, and DSniff, just to name a few."

    The above statement begs the question: "...what open source security tools are missing?"

    He even explains why: "...with the world of security constantly changing"

    So sit down and shut the fsk up!