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  1. Dropped to make cheaper on Sony drops Router Functions from PS3 · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you RTFA, you'd find they dropped it because it was too expensive to manufacture, so I would think they are removing at least 1 if not 2 of the gigabit ports, what does your average consumer need 3 gigabit ports for anyway?

    I'd much rather see a more affordable PS3 than a do-everything PS3.

  2. Info Direct From Vital Security on Spyware Floods in Through BitTorrent · · Score: 2, Informative

    More info from Vitual Security here and here.

  3. Coral Link on Adding 2 Extra Drives to a G5 · · Score: 0, Troll
  4. Freenet on Dissidents Seeking Anonymous Web Solutions? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Freenet is the only solution I can think of, although it seems much slower than the common internet, and I'm not up to date on what content's available, but this is what freenet was made for.

    http://freenet.sourceforge.net/

  5. Re:How will Google's indexing be restricted? on Google Steps Up Fight for the China Market · · Score: 5, Informative

    Google's already been accussed many times of working with the Chinese to censor the Chinese version of Google. Censorship is a prerequisite for any company offering information to the chinese it appears.

    Here's one example http://www.pandia.com/sw-2004/48-google.html

  6. Re:Commercial availability? Or something? on What Would You Ask For in Copyright Law? · · Score: 1

    The Copyright Office in the US has finally decided to take a look at this, unfortunately comments had to be in by May 9, 2005.

    http://www.copyright.gov/orphan/

  7. Already Sensible on What Would You Ask For in Copyright Law? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm probably in a minority, but I think America's Fair Use Clause is already pretty sensible, it states:

    "Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include --

    (1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;

    (2) the nature of the copyrighted work;

    (3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and

    (4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work."

    The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.

    If we'd actually enforce this doctrine and not pass things to circumvent it, like the DMCA, I think oftentimes we'd find the law on our side. How does Australian law differ from these provisions?

    I think alot of the bickering about IP rights comes from industries using money to skew the issues and interpret the law in their favor, and no strong voice stating what the law actually is or moving that it should be enforced fairly.

  8. Re:eMac on The Ten Worst Products of the Year · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'd also point out you can get an 80 GB drive with the emac if you wish, and a DVD burner is also available, their review of the eMac makes it seem that these options aren't available.

  9. News Link from Valve on Half Life 2 Available, Delays Not Valve's Fault · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here's the news link direct from valve:

    http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=news& id =344

  10. So.... on Distributed Proofreaders Posts 5,000th E-book · · Score: 4, Funny

    ....I guess the slashdot editors aren't members?

  11. The Original Enterprise Flew on USS Enterprise Finally Flies · · Score: 4, Funny

    .....just with wires.

  12. Same-Sex marriage allowed in The Sims 2 on On Gay Characters In Videogames · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The issue of gays in videogames will get a lot more mainstream soon, one example is that the website for "The Sims 2" says that members of the same gender will be able to marry each other.

    http://thesims2.ea.com/about_faq.php

  13. Only for 10.3 on Apple Fills Your Tuesday With Updates · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just a note, these updates appear to only be for OS 10.3

  14. Do it yourself archiving? on Internet Archive Opens Crawler Code Under LGPL · · Score: 1

    Guess this solves this guys problem.

  15. Re:The MX-500 on Recommendations for a Universal Remote? · · Score: 1

    Fixed your link. MX-500.

    And the MX-600 appears to have more range.

  16. Arcade Games on Why Should It Take Two Hands To Play Videogames? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Many Arcade games could be easily modified to be used with one hand since they only featured a control stick and an action button. Simply put the button on top of the control stick, voila, a one handed controller.

    But with modern day games, the closest you'd come to a one hand remote would be something like a remote control, because there are so many buttons on your Xbox/PS2/Gamecube controller.

  17. Security Update not just for 10.3 on ... And the Hits Just Keep On Coming · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm running 10.2.8 and still got the security update via Software Update.

  18. Notify RSA on RSA-576 Factored · · Score: 4, Informative

    In order to win the prize, you must submit your result to RSA, they don't actively seek out winners. That's why RSA's page hasn't been updated.

    They can submit their answer here.

  19. The Fish on First Nintendo IQue Reviews · · Score: 2, Informative

    A translated link, using The Fish for the German article is here.

  20. Double the cost, still too big on Linux-powered Mobile Cocktail Mixer · · Score: 4, Informative

    The original bar monkey only cost $235 dollars to build, this mixer costs for 400 euro or $480 or so US.

    From the pictures of the mobile cocktail mixer, while it is smaller then the bar monkey, I still wouldn't call it "mobile". It's 15 inches * 27 inches * 15 inches. Looks to be built using a large toolbox and mentions 14 pumps so probably heavy.

    Nice idea, but still needs improvement.

  21. Link to the ebay auction on Plush Game Consoles Revealed · · Score: 4, Informative

    The ebay auction mentioned in the article is here.

  22. No Thanks on Plush Game Consoles Revealed · · Score: -1, Redundant

    These "plush mods" would seem to me to make the consoles useless as you stitch fabric over top of things like the disc drive opening, power button, etc.

    Unless these "mods" are removeable, no thanks. I didn't spend money on a console not to play it.

  23. Cell Phone tracking covered before on /. on Track People Using Their Mobile Phones · · Score: 4, Informative
  24. So what? on Flares Injure Mars Odyssey · · Score: 3, Informative

    From the article:

    "Even if the instrument provides no additional data in the future, it has been a great success at characterising the radiation environment that a crewed mission to Mars would need to anticipate," said Jeffrey Plaut, project scientist for Mars Odyssey.

    It appears the radiation instrument has already given NASA enough data. The Odyssey's true purpose now would be to rebroadcast signals to and from probes planning to land on Mars itself soon.

  25. Re:Password was *sniffed* on More Info on Debian.org Security Breach · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why assume it was a cleartext password? It could of been encrypted, captured and crack via brute force or some other method.