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  1. Magnetic Reversal?? on Antarctic Craters Reveal Asteroid Strike · · Score: 1, Interesting
    I wasn't aware that one could affect the pole reversal in any substantial way, even with someone as large as a meteoric impact.

    Impact affects the strength of magnets! Impact on geologic magnet is awesome. Was the reversal instantaneous? If not, how long and what happened to the planet during that time?

  2. Television is the Opiate of the Masses! on Television On Your Cell Phone · · Score: 0
    WWE and Springer everywhere!

    On the Other Hand!

    Vigilantism can become the law of the land. Anybody laughing and cheering while viewing a man-made disaster, i.e. 9/11, on his phone can be judged, juried, and executed on the spot!

  3. Cartoon Land!! on Hydra vs. Shredder · · Score: 0
    Endless comments about Star Wars' movie titles and not one about these null and void computer names.

    These names are straight out of 80's Saturday mornings.

    G.I. Joe and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

  4. Practice Paranoia! on Wiretapping the Web Easier Than Ever · · Score: 0

    Don't say anything on the phone/email you would not shout! If you are being monitored and start using PGP, all you will do is make the monitors work harder. They will get what they want somehow.

  5. Battlefield Earth!! on What's the Worst Movie You've Ever Seen? · · Score: 0

    Nothing good about either the movie or book.

  6. And Justice For All! on Blaster Variant Creator Pleads Guilty · · Score: 0

    Robert Morris, Jr. sold his company (Viaweb) to Yahoo! for $50 Million and is a professor at MIT. Also, first worm writer, and first person to be indicted under the Computer Abuse and Fraud Act of 1986.

    Mitnick has his name on old t-shirts and faded bumper stickers.

  7. Bad Call, Your Honor! on Jerry Falwell Wins Dispute Over Fallwell.com · · Score: -1, Troll
    (IMHO) The ruling is anti-free speech.

    Jerry Falwell is a religious zealot thinly disguised as an ultra-conservative Christian.

    www.fallwell.com is confusing to people who profess spelling as creative exercise.

    9th circuit court would have allowed www.fallwell.com

  8. Who are these guys? on Kansas AG Rejects Settlement Discs · · Score: 1
    Never heard any music by most of these "artists."

    Notorious BIG was on Court TV.

    I thought Devo was the 1970s.

  9. WOW! Knowledgeable Experts on Hackers, Public Differ Greatly On E-voting · · Score: 1

    Who would expect experts to know more about a subject than the general public?

  10. Voter Fraud Forever! on Australian Voting Software Goes Closed Source · · Score: 1
    Voter Fraud will occur somewhere! Whether it is dead Democrats in Texas or state penal "residents" in Illinois. A relentless "patriot" will find a way to advance his cause.

    When (if at all) will the software be checked during a vote recount?

    The software check will probably be a checksum. This will not validate the voters.

  11. Attention-Seeking Geek on 70% Of 2004 Virus Activity Down To One Man · · Score: 3, Informative
    And now the rest of the story!

    "...one of Jaschan's schoolfriends revealed the worm author's identity to Microsoft."

    http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/articles/netskyher o.html

  12. No Memory!!! on Sony's "iPod killer" Fails to Draw Blood · · Score: 0

    Betamax is a better format than VHS but was overpriced (high priced royalty?) for consumer use. The Betamax marketing & sales now work in the mailroom and weren't asked.

  13. Crick Croaked on DNA Pioneer Francis Crick Passes Away · · Score: 0

    Semantics should have stayed on the reservation making blankets and beads.

  14. Hooter's! on Visiting Every Latitude and Longitude Intersection · · Score: 1

    Picture with waitress(es) at every Hooter's. Receipt for Beer and Hotwings optional.

  15. Not for the NIGHT/Bright Days on Experiences with Laser Eye Surgery? · · Score: 1

    Driving at night is a pain, city driving has rings around lights. Sunlight keeps me in sunglasses. NoNo longer need glasses, did not like contacts.

  16. Contact Protocols on SETI Predicts We'll Find ETs by 2020 · · Score: 1
    MJ-12 has contact protocols.

    Simply phrased "Shot first, greet later!"

    Times were simpler then. The world wanted to either be like or destroy the USA. Now, the world wants to the USA, or destroy itself.

  17. Secret Outages?? on DHS Says Cellular Outage Reporting is Terrorist Blueprint · · Score: 1
    Will customers be required to sign a secrecy oath and not report their cellphone is not working?

    Customer Service Reps could just answer all outage complaints "It's scheduled maintenance."

  18. Stay Friends on Does Your Company Pay For Broadband? · · Score: 1
    Our company lays off people that do not socialize.

    We even hired back two guys that had left for "better" jobs. Their new employers fizzled and those two were hired back.

  19. Up to date on Setting Up The Greenpeace Ship w/WiFi · · Score: 0

    Now we will know what Greeenpeace saves when it is saved.

  20. WHAT!! No Common Sense? on "Licensing" of Already Delivered Software? · · Score: 1
    Time & Past time to see a Lawyer! Much of the advice on Slashdot sounds like the usual stuff coming from students of university and college survey law class. They were listening!!

    Lawyers are overpriced and their use should be tempered with common sense. Find a good contract lawyer.

    Write-off the first six as prototypes/examples?? Ouch!!

    Do you have sense of self-preservation? Your customer has a stronger business sense than you and your partner!!

  21. Email Privacy NOT on Distributive Worm Blocking · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This will scan all email for viruses AND everything else.

  22. Creative Perspective on Stallman vs Ken Brown · · Score: 2, Interesting
    "Software is a creative work (RMS agrees), the disposition of which rightfully belongs in the hands of the creator or their employer (RMS turns red and starts screaming, because useful creations like a home improvement TV show, how-to book, or software program, morally belong to the collective). I believe the decision to donate code for the public good is an altruistic act, not a moral imperative, and a choice deserving admiration, not expectation."
    • http://findu.com
    Another software writer's perspective on software writing. Not quite off-topic, more of a sidebar.
  23. Department of Public Works on Open Maps? · · Score: 1

    See your local government (city, county, etc...) The Mapping companies get it from them. If not free, cheap and you can mark and copy all you want.

  24. Batteries Hate the Environment on Battery Development Off The Beaten Path · · Score: 1

    This is not a eco-friendly technology. Recharging a battery is a slo-o-ow death. Recycling produces a weaker battery that costs more than a new product. My techno-fantasy: A recycled power product that cost as much (or less) and performs as well as a new item.

  25. No Focus on Area 51 Hackers Map Buried Surveillance Network · · Score: 1

    All off-subject now. Old sensors -> missing desert rats -> government ineptitude. The agents provocateur are well trained and doing their jobs well.