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  1. Re:Apropos lowest retail cost on Study Finds 3D Printers Pay For Themselves In Under a Year · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm wondering. Say I look at online photos of some really expensive shower curtain rings, make my own 3D rendering based on those photos, then print some for myself (and maybe for some friends who come over). Am I guilty of pirating? Will lawmakers see that as "stealing"?

    Or how about if I copied the design of some really cool & expensive smartphone case and just printed one for myself instead of buying one. Will that be stealing?

  2. Re:The big question on E-Voting Source Code Made Public In Estonia · · Score: 1

    The part where they will be testing an "experimental feature where the voter can check via a physically separate channel (smart phone) if his or her vote has been registered correctly" sounds like a good start. When you get verified reports of people's votes getting changed along the way, you launch an investigation and trace how/where it happened.

  3. Re:the myosin tugs at sharper angles on 50-Year-Old Assumptions About Muscle Strength Tossed Aside · · Score: 1

    Wow! A post on the art of trolling got a +4 Insightful!

  4. Re:2 kilometers isn't very far away. on Watch a Lockheed Martin Laser Destroy a Missile In Flight · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The 2km limit is likely due to the heat lost due to the atmosphere.

  5. Re:Did this one havce a GPS unit hidden in it? on Watch a Lockheed Martin Laser Destroy a Missile In Flight · · Score: 1

    The final application doesn't need GPS units as sharks can find their way without GPS guidance.

  6. Re:First post! on AT&T: Don't Want a Data Plan for That Smartphone? Too Bad. · · Score: 5, Funny

    Holy UID Batman! If you never got first post when you were just competing against 1,501 other users, I don't think you'll ever get it now.

  7. Re:How much is 28 Megawatt? on Facebook's Oregon Data Center Uses As Much Power As Entire County · · Score: 2

    You're right, 28MW is not a lot. I've seen a 20MW diesel generator, and the engine is just a little bigger than a construction dump truck.

  8. Re:WTF: Why not compare the nook Tablet? on A Kindle Fire Review For Those Who Plan To Void the Warranty · · Score: 1

    My WTF moment was the mailto link in the submitters name. I haven't used or even those in at least 6 years!

  9. Re:And more importantly on Man With 10 Million Air Miles Gets Plane Named After Him · · Score: 1

    I agree with GP.

    Maybe there's a magic number that needs to be reached. I fly 104 times a year, and none of the checks bother me anymore. (the man in the article flies 200 times a year - he can probably move around the airports with his eyes closed)

  10. Re:Years long... on NASA Picks Up Rainstorms On Titan · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Just a random thought; a day in Titan lasts almost 16 Earth days. If humans evolved in Titan instead, would that mean that we'd spend the equivalent of 16 Earth days awake also, and maybe almost the same amount sleeping?

  11. Re:BCC still existed? on The Death of BCC · · Score: 1

    Wrong. How did this get modded Informative?

    The BCC'd recipient sees all the non-BBC'd recipients, whether the other recipients are in the CC or To field.

  12. Re:Possible hoax on The iPad As a Shape-Recognition System · · Score: 1

    the iPad can track up to 11 touches

  13. Re:#7. They Have Too Many Natural Predators on 7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail · · Score: 1

    You're worried about zombie lions and tigers? Worry about zombie flies, zombie mosquitoes, zombie bacteria!

    We're all doomed!

  14. Re:Cue the fanbois on Experts Explain iPhone 4 Antenna Problem · · Score: 1

    Nope, THIS is the proper way to hold an iPhone 4.

  15. Mod parent up on In Israel, Potential Organ Donors Could Jump the Queue · · Score: 1

    I agree. This is a very good idea!

  16. Re:You get what you pay for? on Jobs Says No Tethering iPad To iPhone · · Score: 0, Redundant

    > my biggest gripe is no multi-tasking

    This is always the first thing I read in any story related to the iPad.

    But has it really been confirmed that multi-tasking will not be enabled in the iPad? [citation needed]

  17. Re:Large scale Apple managed LAN? on Large-Scale Mac Deployment? · · Score: 1

    oops, bad link to ARD. here it is:
    http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/

  18. Re:Large scale Apple managed LAN? on Large-Scale Mac Deployment? · · Score: 1

    There's also Apple Remote Desktop. Here's a very interesting blog from someone who works at Microsoft's Macintosh Lab - used for testing MS products on Macs.

    http://davidweiss.blogspot.com/2006/04/tour-of-microsofts-mac-lab.html

    They manage the Macs using KVM switch boxes and Apple Remote Desktop.

    The screen shot of ARD displaying 50 machines at the same time on an Apple 30 inch display is way up there in the coolness factor!

  19. Re:From the advent of the personal computer on Big, Beautiful Boxes From Computer History · · Score: 1

    I find this one very interesting also. However the caption lacks any information or keyword that might allow one to search for more information on what that device is.

    Or maybe my Google-fu just failed me? Any of the experts here know what that thing is?

  20. Re:Decline of the Landline on The Decline of the Landline · · Score: 2, Funny

    > It may be OK for the landlines to be removed from service (lotta copper there, to recycle),
    > but only AFTER the wireless networks are robust enough for people to stay connected in emergencies.


    No no no... it's never OK for landlines to be removed from service. It's the only way to get in or out of the Matrix! We don't stand a chance against the machines without it!

  21. Re:Of course we don't need running shoes on Do We Need Running Shoes To Run? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I met a guy once who hunted elk by walking them to death. It took he said about three days; an not much running.

    This has got to be one of the most interesting hunting method I have ever heard! Genius or funny, probably both. :-)

  22. Re:just curious on Smart Self-Service Scales · · Score: 1

    in the photo, there's a tube protruding behind the monitor (behind the "Mettler Toledo" brand/logo) - near the end of the tube is most likely where the camera is, looking down at the fruits being weighed.

  23. Re:Server on Google Open Sources Browser Sync · · Score: 1

    I am wondering, do you download the encrypted data from the server before decrypting locally using your pass phrase, or will the server ask for the pass phrase and decrypt it for you? The latter is a stupid solution and beats the purpose of encrypting anything because those who operate the server can still see your decrypted data - but if a service provider is to offer such service, most users may not care much which among the 2 solutions above the provider is using.

  24. Re:Pharphetched naming on New 'Phlashing' Attack Sabotages Hardware · · Score: 1

    yes the idea is not original, but the one GP posted is way way better than the one you linked to.

    bravo to GP if it's original composition and not copy/pasted from somewhere else.

  25. Re:Slashdot acquired by SCO on Yahoo! Buys del.icio.us · · Score: 1

    speling = spelling