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  1. Re:CGI wishes on Photographers, You're Being Replaced By Software · · Score: 1

    Examples (pretty) please?
    Just curious to see what the fuss is about.

  2. old refurbished iPad + Skype + Wifi on Ask Slashdot: Skype Setup For Toddler's Room? · · Score: 1

    Or, iPod touch + Skype + Wifi, in a plastic casing, and you could wall-mount it fairly easily.

  3. Re:Night vision on Chinese Boy Claims To Have Cat-Like Night Vision · · Score: 1

    I'll have to second that.

    I've always had an uncanny ease to move about in near darkness but never thought much of it. A few years ago when I got my right eye corrected through laser surgery, the doctors couldn't believe how wide my pupils could open up; makes sense.

  4. Re:Bad Example on Augmented Reality's Disruptive Potential · · Score: 1

    Here is another take: you put up (virtual) anti-homophobia posters on the walls of the Vatican, or, you setup a (virtual) gallery of banned artworks before prominent government buildings in China.

  5. Re:Obvious on Using Tablets Becoming Popular Bathroom Activity · · Score: 1

    >> Isn't reading still the most popular bedtime activity?

    > I though it was sleeping. I'm way out of touch these days..

    I most certainly had something else in mind. ;)

  6. Re:You know, I've got to say one thing for NASA on Humanoid Robot Wakes In Space, Tweets · · Score: 1

    What's your point?
    Oh, and the posters are laminated, just so you know. ;)

  7. No problem; who reboot's anymore?! on Researchers Report Spike In Boot Time Malware · · Score: 1

    I don't even remember the last time I've rebooted; I must be safe! ;)

  8. Re:Many apps require location services by design on Apple: "We must Have Comprehensive Location Data" · · Score: 1

    Undercover uses the (cached) location details of your device to send to its servers whenever it gets a chance, to help (re)locating it if/when lost/stolen.

  9. Re:two-way links on Hypertext Creator: Structure of the Web 'Completely Wrong' · · Score: 1

    what about blog trackbacks (or were they called pingbacks?), but for any/all documents.

  10. Re:What does it do? on Apple AirPlay Private Key Exposed · · Score: 1

    I'd love to see/gain the ability to direct sound from the operating system out to the Airport Express, (instead of only from iTunes itself,) such as when watching a movie on a DVD or even a video on YouTube.

  11. Re:I have mod points on IBM Charged With Bribing Korean, Chinese Officials · · Score: 1

    somewhat offtopic, but, I used to get 5 mods points every few days, without fail.
    now, perhaps at least since the new look/interface, no more.

    (perhaps I should dig into the options and see what I can find.)

  12. iPhone 'hot spot' extend option? on Getting Past Censorship With Unorthodox Links To the Internet · · Score: 1

    Can you extend a wifi network originating from a mobile device such as a mifi or iPhone (w/ iOS 4.3)?

  13. Little Snitch (mobile) ? on ACLU's Mobile Privacy Developer Challenge · · Score: 1

    Where are the interactive firewall apps?

  14. Re:Looks pretty bad here. on Slashdot Launches Re-Design · · Score: 1

    Yes, indeed, I cannot get enough of the added suspense and general sense of mystery now sprinkled about every page, and by this I mean that no matter which option I fiddle with I am unable to get rid of the 'stories' navbar that is cutting off a portion of every post/comment on the left margin. I love puzzles as much as the next cave dweller but this is a bit much; might be a way to promote the use of the 'quoted' text, since those are the only ones I can see properly. (Using Iron here.)

  15. impact on the "growth of children's eyes" on Nintendo Warns 3D Games Can Ruin Children's Eyes · · Score: 1

    Do they end up larger or smaller in the end?

  16. Re:The Draft on McDonald's Hacked and Customer Data Stolen · · Score: 1

    What if his dad was trying to be funny?

  17. Re:Wait, what? on Facebook Buys a Private File Sharing Service · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't that make for an awesome privacy policy implementation?

    You'd need to renew or extend the sharing, else it eventually all expires.

  18. Re:who's responsible? on Aussie Student Responsible For Twitter Exploit · · Score: 1

    The twit?

  19. No predator(s)? on Plants Near Chernobyl Adapt To Contaminated Soil · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Could it be that whatever fauna that survived, adapted and/or now thrives might do so under conditions perhaps harsher due to radiation, yet plausibly improved by a potentially reduced presence of any predator species, whom may not have fared as well, or may have been displaced?

  20. Re:oh darn on Craigslist Removes Its Controversial Adult Section · · Score: 1

    In Sweden, prostitution is not illegal, but being a pimp and frequenting a prostitute are illegal. Imagine the wonderful nature of your transaction of: "if you stiff me, I can call the cops, and they'll arrest you, and I walk away." Clients won't screw their prostitutes in this case. The same with pimps. "Go ahead, slap me... I'll call the cops, and they'll haul you away, and I can admit openly that I'm a prostitute, and I won't get taken away."

    How about making prostitution a SAFE profession, rather than demanding it be illegal to stop people from doing it? If you're concerned about their health from the sex alone, either physical and/or mental, then when shall we expect an intent to make promiscuity itself illegal?

    reminds me of a documentary where a camera crew was tagging along to an early morning bust of illegal (Mexican) workers at a few plants in California; targeting 'the worker' (instead of the corporations) seemed a clear proponent to imposing and sustaining horrible working (and even living) conditions onto the workforce

  21. Open bar on Study Claims $41.5 Billion In Portable Game Piracy Losses Over Five Years · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Notice how *some* people will get utterly smashed when attending an event with an open bar? They're quite eager to consume far more than they might usually have...

    I still don't see how that could possibly represent a tangible "market" with any credibility. However many servings were had (for free) has no relevance to sales you could've had on a normal night.

  22. Re:Implications on China on Google Offers Encrypted Web Search Option · · Score: 1

    It may not be perfect or up to date but you could access the cache page (via SSL) and still get to access (reference) material.

  23. Fake Conference? on Starting an International Cybersecurity Conversation · · Score: 4, Funny

    This just totally feels like those fake conferences that were posted about recently, where people would book hotel/voucher packages online only to find out the conference itself did not even exist!

    Wouldn't that be sweet irony?

  24. Re:Backup on The MPEG-LA's Lock On Culture · · Score: 1

    So sorry, I wasn't clear enough. I was just mildly amused at your use of the verb "backup", rather than the expression "back up". One being "making a safe copy of" and the other "putting your sources where your mouth is".

    no worries; not even sure it's funny enough to mention.

  25. Re:just give up already on The MPEG-LA's Lock On Culture · · Score: 1

    Please provide sources to backup your statements. Thanks.

    Optical media, or will a floppy do?