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  1. Re:Surveys... on U.S. National Do-Not-Call Registry is Law · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I still can't believe that a legislature actually passed a reasonably effective and useful law, despite the opposition of lobbying groups!
    Amazing what Republicans not in the pockets of trial lawyers do when they run the show.

    Seriously though, does someone have the actual vote counts on this bird. I'd love to know who is not going to be relected when it is brought up as a issue in '04, '06, or '08

  2. Re:analogous to water/electric company IMHO on Bad Behavior on the 'Net - Who Pays the Bandwidth Bill? · · Score: 2, Informative

    You know, there is a soultion for email, its called the MX records, say your primary acount is at foohost.com, but you hit a bandwidth throttle/cutoff. You could contract with a friend/other provider to allow a small mail machine in their datacenter, just provide a backup MX record to fallover to the other provider and you are set. If you only have it as a MX record, your web traffic won't touch the other box. I'd call a small local ISP and talk to one of their systems dudes to see if they would allow it.

  3. Any program of the horde series on Funny and Irrelevant Program Names? · · Score: 1

    IMP, turba, and my favorite, the http2nntp gateway called troll.

  4. Re:But... on Slashdot Subscribers Now See The Future · · Score: 1

    no that's what is supposed to happen, but about:foo doesn't do anything

  5. Re:But... on Slashdot Subscribers Now See The Future · · Score: 1

    I thought chef's dad said it was freee-fitty

  6. Re:A real answer on What Percentage of Internet Traffic is Pr0n? · · Score: 3, Funny

    She would want it that way, perhaps it could pay for the village (and all the associated bereaucrats) to raise a child.

  7. Re:Wow. That's stupid. on BSA Accuses OpenOffice Mirrors · · Score: 1

    Anyone want to take this to court? We can sue the BSA and get the DMCA limited if this works, a win win situation.

  8. Re:The choice is theirs on Baby Bells Promise Broadband Stagnation · · Score: 1

    The Gov't secures rights of way for the common good, streets, telephone, water, sewer, elecrtic, cable TV. There is absolutely nothing stoping me from forming a new utility and running my own transmission equipment, just secure the permits and start digging or setting poles. Now it gets silly to run seperate poles, but I do not have the right to invade Bell, Comcast, or Edison's poles to run my lines. They paid for them, its their property. Now cable is a special case in some municipalities, they have offered lucrative "franchise" contracts for the cable plant that some cities built. But that is stupid city administrators, not the corps fault. Those agreements come up every few years, get your councilman to vote for something other than AOL/TW, Comcast, Cox, or Adelphia or build their own cable TV system like Glasgow KY did.

  9. Re:OT: Signature line question on Baby Bells Promise Broadband Stagnation · · Score: 1

    Nope thats it, but about:foo doesn't have the same effect

  10. Re:Time for municipalities to take it back. on Baby Bells Promise Broadband Stagnation · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yes it is full internet access (well they are blocking outbound Kazaa now, but that's not important). They are actually our competitors but they are a public utility who ran Telescrips cable out of the market by killing them on price/chanels/service. The cable modems came along as a result of the need to monitor electric usage (wired meters) they had a fiber loop around the city and decided to backhaul inet access on it. They turn a healthy profit as well, both on cable modem and tv service.

  11. Re:Time for municipalities to take it back. on Baby Bells Promise Broadband Stagnation · · Score: 1

    Anecdotal evidence to the contray is here.

  12. Re:The choice is theirs on Baby Bells Promise Broadband Stagnation · · Score: 2, Insightful

    When and where did the US gov pay for Ma Bell's switches and copper? Evidence please

  13. Network Infrastructure on RAMdisk RAID? · · Score: 1

    The University of Kentucky's KLAT2 project used a FNN to get insane bandwidth without worrying about gigabit cards and switches. I'd suggest you take a look at it.

  14. Re:I doubt it on NASA Gives Up On Pioneer 10 · · Score: 1

    Ohhh yeah, don't guess that would work, but the "dark-side" array for the moon might be useful

  15. "relay" for deep space on NASA Gives Up On Pioneer 10 · · Score: 1

    Might be a good idea for future missions, but more than likely its batteries finaly died or couldn't produce enough current to thaw out the transmitter array, so I doubt it could leave a signal trail. But the staggered launch on the same vector would be a great idea for future series. Imagine a transmitter followed by a train of repeaters launched on the same vector every year.

    Is there a "radio" hubble or one in planing that tries to duplicate the hubble's mission of getting to orbit to try and avoid earthbound interference. Imagine a listening array on the far side of the moon to try and listen in on even fainter signals than we can pick up with the VLA or Aracebio[sp]

  16. Re:Umm... I'm confused on Safe and Free from Patriot II · · Score: 1

    Really. Far better to have no rights and 75% of your wealth confiscated, than to have to avoid terrorists and only have 50% of your wealth confiscated. Fucktard. So much promise and then you had to ruin it with the fucktard, you have potential, tone it down a little and get an account, we'd be glad to have a free thinker join the anti-liberal front here at slashdot.

  17. Re:This law applies to everyone on Safe and Free from Patriot II · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I call a State Governor giving shady land deals to people who let his wife cheat at the cattle futures market the beginings of some serious wrong-doing. I could care less who Clinton was/is banging on the side, but I do care about him lying about it under oath while being investigated for more serious offenses.

  18. Re:Majority on Safe and Free from Patriot II · · Score: 0, Troll

    Do you have a job....doing something other than sustinence farming, then good luck finding one after your tax plan rolls through.

  19. Re:This law applies to everyone on Safe and Free from Patriot II · · Score: 1

    Ummm, I seem to remember the Klintonista regime not being the most forthcoming (or truthful) when they were under investigation (Destruction of evidence, tampering with evidence, perjury), with honest to God subpeonas and warrants. Yes the patriot act and patII are oversteping the constitutional bounds on Executive branch power, but call a spade a spade.

  20. Re:So you're saying my vi clone. . . on Compiling Under Wine · · Score: 1

    As long as it doesn't get to your lungs, you are pretty safe, which is why I can't figure out why people can work in offices while removal is ongoing, or in my case, attend school during it.

  21. Re:So you're saying my vi clone. . . on Compiling Under Wine · · Score: 4, Funny

    what is your project's name...emacs *ducks for asbestos-lined safe room*

  22. Re:My advice to my 12-yr-old self? on Advice You Would Give to Your 12 Year-Old Self? · · Score: 1

    see above.

  23. Re:your sig on Advice You Would Give to Your 12 Year-Old Self? · · Score: 1

    Nope thats it, but about:foo doesn't produce the same result.

  24. Re:Advice.. on Advice You Would Give to Your 12 Year-Old Self? · · Score: 1

    Wait, enoron and Worldcomm were great ideas, so was VA Linux at $20, just make sure and sell at $240/share. Does anyone have a roll of the VA toilet paper^W^Wstock around?

  25. Re:My advice to my 12-yr-old self? on Advice You Would Give to Your 12 Year-Old Self? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Okay, someone needs to make a delivery to the local mental institution.....