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  1. Re:Your memory on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Note-Taking Device For Conferences? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Note taking for me is rarely for usage later - the act of writing a note forces your brain to comprehend the information you just recieved and put into your own wording, this will greatly help most people better remember the key points of a lecture.

    During my studies I wrote a heck of a lot of notes, but I don't think I've used any of them for anything.

  2. Re:Reputation on Ask Slashdot: A Cheap, DIY Home Security and Surveillance System? · · Score: 2

    Actually, since the house was emptied of everything, they are more likely to get a repeat visit since the thiefes know the house is going to be filled with brand spanking new everything. (apparently even some nice recording gizmos to boot)

  3. Re:Does fine print supercede large print? on Australian Consumer Watchdog Sues Apple Over iPad Marketing · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Danish watchdog is also preparing suit against Apple for the exact same - here in Denmark, the sticker definitely wont be enough.

  4. Re:Some key points on Disaster Strikes Norwegian Government Web Portal · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They should have called up their Danish brothers in arms - we had the exact same failure here some years ago. Skat.dk kept going down, so they added loadbalancers but the way they assigned keys ended up with collisions and gave users access to other peoples data.

  5. Re:Two minute justice resolution. on Chinese Writers Sue Apple Over IP Violations · · Score: 1

    So basically, I can let anyone upload any works to my homepage - as long as I make sure to explicitly state that I expect the uploader to indemnify me? And on top of that I can make money on it?

    I can see no problem with this...

  6. What kind of kick-ass compression? on IBM Optical Chip Moves Data At 1Tbps · · Score: 3, Funny

    1 terabit per second is 128 gigabyte per second - if they can fit 500 HD in 128 GB that compression is to me a much more important breakthrough...

  7. Re:Just Leave on Ask Slashdot: Best Practices For Leaving an IT Admin Position? · · Score: 1

    Absolutely, I've never just walked out - I've always done my best to help them transition, even when they did not deserve it; burned bridges tend to stay burned.

    However, once I walk out that door, I'm out - if they didn't plan for enough time to hand over my work, it's their problem. One point of note, we have at least one month notice on any job position held for more than 3 months (by law - Denmark).

  8. Re:Just Leave on Ask Slashdot: Best Practices For Leaving an IT Admin Position? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yep.

    If you really are that important, have them contract the work to you.

    And to siblings, it's not about saying screw you guys - it's a job, it's not your life, they will dump you the second you are redundant.

    Stay in touch with your workmates if you liked them enough, but the second you are off the clock, it's someone elses problem.

  9. Re:Don't they see the writing on the Google+ Wall? on Schmidt: Google Once Considered Issuing Currency · · Score: 1

    Because craigslist already fills this niche, and somewhat better...

    I don't want to buy my friends used stuff - and I wouldn't sell it to them, if I have something I'm not using and my friend can use it it's his for free.

    If I want to buy something used I go to the local equivalent of craigslist.

  10. Re:poor cost vs. reward on Rearview Car Cameras Likely Mandated By 2014 · · Score: 1

    Just put the money into a pool and have it paid out when someone screws up.

    Perhaps call it in-sewer-ants fund?

  11. Re:Autobahn on UK To Dim Highway Lights To Save Money · · Score: 1

    To me it's counter intuitive to turn the lights off outside rush hour.

    During rushhour when traffic is going naturally slow, I'd thought less light was needed - but during late night you would need more light to make sure you see whats ahead of you. (High beams might help, but if there is light traffic, you might not be able to use them).

  12. Re:I wish on Push Email Suspended On iPhones In Germany · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is a really old and actually valid patent.

    Just because you don't like it doesn't make it invalid nor wrong.

  13. Re:90% of max pulse? on Scientists Study How Little Exercise You Need · · Score: 1

    Sorry but no way.

    90-100% of your maximum heart rate will have you with tunnel vision within 1 minute and barfing your guts out within 4-5 mins; there is no way you could sustain 90% over a 5000m run.

    Are you sure you where meassuring your actual maximum heart rate? How did you go about determining your maximum heart rate? 220-age is just a rule of thumb at age 28 I could go 202 on my monitor which is the maximum on that machine - it takes a drill instructor to get you to your actual maximum, not just where you feel like quitting.

  14. 90% of max pulse? on Scientists Study How Little Exercise You Need · · Score: 1

    The way I read this is, they want me to go from normal heartrate to 90% of max in an instant? My maxpulse is probably in the 19x range (haven't tested for 3 years, but last time I hit 202). Getting to 150 is fairly easy in a short timeframe, 160-170 need a bit of workup - 180+ requires my body being under heavy load and then pushing for that burst; and there is no fucking way you go at 90% of your max pulse for 1 minute 10 times, without being in damned good shape - or your breakfirst is coming up...

  15. Re:Curtains on your windows? on Against Online Surveillance? You Must Be 'For' Child Porn, Says Legislator · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Isn't there something about the loudest proponent being closet cases? Perhaps someone, should check out his surfing habbits? Obviously, he wont mind since he is so into surveillance...

  16. Re:Alas, they have to buy spyware with the savings on All-IP Network Produces $100B Real Estate Windfall · · Score: 2

    Not so fast there. Here in Denmark, police will show up with their own hardware and ask to have a port replicated.

    Are you referring to the laws of logging? Those are incurred by the ISP and they can charge for police to lookup information; but when it comes to wiretapping police generally don't want the telco workers to know who is being looked over the shoulder.

  17. Re:Precedent on Superpoke Players Sue Google · · Score: 1

    So if the implications are too big, people been wronged can't be compensated? (Generally, not this specific case)

  18. Re:Implication on Defendant Ordered To Decrypt Laptop Claims She Had Forgotten Password · · Score: 2

    But since you are in possession of an encrypted file and you won't tell whats in it, you must have done something wrong; search and probing granted...

  19. Re:not a sterling example on Defendant Ordered To Decrypt Laptop Claims She Had Forgotten Password · · Score: 1

    There are several passwords I wouldn't be able to tell you - give me a keyboard and I can figure them out, but they are stored as muscle memory or whatever it's called.

  20. Re:Targeted advertising. on Facebook On Collision Course With New EU Privacy Laws · · Score: 1

    I think it comes down to if people are old (and educated?) enough to remember Stasi.

    I grew up in the 80s with East/West Germany next door and history lessons teaching us horrible things about what government can do with too much information.

  21. Re:You're being silly on White House Refuses To Comment On Petition To Investigate Chris Dodd · · Score: 1

    Since the US military is largely consisting of people from low income areas, wouldn't there be a greater number of persons in the military fighting for the revolution?

  22. Re:Piracy: Free Advertising on Angry Birds Boss Credits Piracy For Popularity Boost · · Score: 1

    What a load of BS.

    If Gimp was a viable alternative to Photoshop for professional users they would be using it. I use Gimp for my small modificationos of private pictures, but I sure as hell miss the more advanced plugins from Photoshop.

  23. Re:MOD PARENT DOWN... oops, it's the story on Dutch Supreme Court Sees Game Objects As Goods · · Score: 2

    Came here for this. Very first thought I had when reading the subject - don't pop a dutch in Eve :-)

  24. Re:No global warming in the past decade? WTF? on Don't Worry About Global Warming, Say 16 Scientists in the WSJ · · Score: 1

    How about weather forecasts?

    The national weather service here in Denmark just admitted they have had the worst predictions *ever* because their models simply doesn't match any longer.

  25. Re:No global warming in the past decade? WTF? on Don't Worry About Global Warming, Say 16 Scientists in the WSJ · · Score: 1

    Just one note for future discussions - when you are trying to make a very good observation/point - be extremely careful it's bullet proof, saying they are all in the past decade is clearly wrong and it allows the naysayers an angle of attack where they can clearly proove you wrong on something that has absolutely no relation to the point you are trying to make, but will absolutely kill your argument.

    (This is exactly the same method the police use to get conviction out of innocent people when they can't find the real purp - if there is the slightest error in your statement, it can be used against you.)