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  1. Re:That is easy to explain on Minisode Network Condenses TV Shows to Under Six Minutes · · Score: 1

    I bet I could chop out 3/4 of any book you choose and still tell the basic story as well as these minisodes do. We don't have time for any of this character development crap, we need to get it down to 100 pages.

  2. Re:Signatureless, no change. Contactless, problem on Are Contactless Payments Really Secure? · · Score: 1

    More and more places are putting the card reader on the customer's side of the counter, so the cashier doesn't even have a chance to look at the signature on your card. Sometimes the card reader will ask you to show the card to the cashier, but I've never had to do it, and never even tried to give it to them.

  3. Re:Giving out your phone number is risky... on Recognizing Your Own Handwriting As A Password · · Score: 1

    Well, it depends. If there's two very nice handwriting selections, and one ugly illegible one I'm sure I can identify the illegible one as my own. But how similar are the alternate choices going to be? If the list was long enough and contained examples close enough to mine to provide any sort of security, I doubt I could pick out mine quickly or accurately. I'll acknowledge that there are people who are very good at identifying writing styles, but I'm not.

  4. Re:1st Amendment on Permit May Be Required For Public Photography in NYC · · Score: 1

    If the film crews can take their pictures without getting in the way of people going about their business, they should be able to do it without a permit. If they need to close off streets, block access and put up lighting equipment, scaffolding and cameras, then they should need a permit.

  5. Re:music's not his to give away. on Music Industry Attacks Free Prince CD · · Score: 1

    It's not the recording industry that's complaining, it's the record store industry. They think they have an inherent right to their position in the distribution stream, and they're already upset about Amazon and Walmart stealing their business.

  6. Re: Different Strains? on Integrated HIV Successfully Cut Out of Human Genome · · Score: 1

    Don't underestimate Fox in Socks, that book is brutal.

  7. Informant? on "Spam King" Pleads Guilty in U.S. Federal Court · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Vitale and Moeller sent e-mails on behalf of the informant to more than 1,277,000 addresses of subscribers at AOL

    Do we have any ammunition to go after the real problem here, people like "the informant" that hire the spammers?

  8. Re:deja vu? on Jeremy Allison On Why DRM Will Never Work · · Score: 1

    One of the Pep Boys

  9. Re:Developer Perspective on What Kids Really Think About Kids' Games · · Score: 2, Funny

    Zelda teaches you it's perfectly alright to smash people's jars, boxes, pumpkins and pretty much everything else that will break.

  10. Re:Idiots on What is the Best Console Controller of All Time? · · Score: 1

    And they do eat batteries like mad...

  11. Re:If slashdot was a cooking forum... on Which Shared Calendar Package Would You Use? · · Score: 1

    You should not eat your chickens before they're hatched.

  12. Re:Visicalc on PC World's 50 Best Tech Products of All Time · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, they said the big draw of the Apple II was it ran Visicalc. So they recognized its importance, but not enough love for its own spot on the list.

  13. Re:Where can I get it? on Parasites Makes Us Dumber or Sexier · · Score: 2, Funny

    Best bet is to eat an egg salad sandwich from a vending machine in a filthy truckstop bathroom.

  14. Good on Sony Says Nobody Will Ever Use All the Power of a PS3 · · Score: 1

    I was worried how I was going to afford a PS 4 in 5 years or so. Nice of Sony to tell us that the PS 4 will be completely unneccesarry, and all I have to save up for is the PS 3

  15. Re:The Usual Accident on Revisiting the Physics of Buckaroo Banzai · · Score: 1

    Or falling off the toilet and hitting their head on the sink.

  16. Re:Battlestar Galactica toy doesnt belong on there on The 10 Most Dangerous Toys of All Time · · Score: 1

    Seems like every line of toy had something that would shoot. And then a few months later, someone would sue and they'd stop selling the one that shot. Was really annoying

  17. Re:Riiight on White House Clamps Down On USGS Publishing · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The USGS is an organ of the United States government. You're right that it should be answerable to its employer. Its employer is the people of the United States, not Mr Bush.

  18. Re:Embrace and extend comming soon on MSN Music Purchases Not Compatible with Zune · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It sounds like the BBC got it wrong. None of the quotes from Microsoft say Zune won't play PlaysForSure, they all say that other PlaysForSure devices won't play content specifically bought for the Zune.

  19. Re:more like... on Man Arrested for Wireless Piggybacking · · Score: 2, Insightful

    More like the coffee shop has newspapers available for customer to read, and this guy comes in to read the newspapers but never buys anything. Rude, but not exactly illegal.

  20. Re:Not so surprising. on The Power of Accidental Discoveries · · Score: 1
    Because these stories aren't so much about important accidental discoveries. But interesting accidental discoveries. They wouldn't draw as much interest with
    1. Polyethylene - Discovered during petrol purification. Now used everwhere
    2. Polypropylene - Discovered during petrol purification. Now used everywhere
    3. ...
  21. Re:Slashdot new layout crashes my Opera 9 on The 100 Best Tech Products of 2006 · · Score: 2, Informative

    I initially had this problem but upgrade to the latest weekly (build 8455) and it now works fine. (The page is still ugly, but its ugly on all browsers)

  22. Re:New layout? on The 100 Best Tech Products of 2006 · · Score: 1

    And they decreased the indentation for replies. Now its even harder to keep track of what a comment is replying too. Good work, slashdot!

  23. Re:They can always use word. on OpenDocument Plans Questioned by Disabled · · Score: 1

    But if Word has ODF support and Word has text reader support, then ODF has text reader support. Users with disabilities can open all the ODF files they want in Word and use whichever of the plugins they need to view the documents.

  24. Re:Method of Travel? on No Time Travel, Sorry · · Score: 1

    The best option is to watch a supernova while cooking a foil jiffy-pop container in the microwave.

  25. Re:University expenses on FCC Demands Universities Comply With Wiretap Law · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, this will come right out of your checkbook as tuition prices go up.