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  1. Could have easily been worse on The Panic Over Fukushima · · Score: 1

    I think a lot of the fear is because it could have very easily been a lot worse than it turned out.

  2. GameStation EULA collects 7,500 souls on Sony Sued Over PSN 'No Suing' Provision · · Score: 4, Funny

    I liked what GameStation did last year :)

    GameStation EULA collects 7,500 souls from unsuspecting customers
    http://www.geek.com/articles/games/gamestation-eula-collects-7500-souls-from-unsuspecting-customers-20100416

  3. Just read the numbers on Ask Slashdot: Image Recognition For Race Timing? · · Score: 1

    I've heard about systems in cities that read number plates and time you between their different locations to see if you are speeding, I'm guessing a system like this could be used, just a matter of if it is cost effective or not.

  4. Outlook... on Most People Have Never Heard of CTRL+F · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately in Outlook it forwards the email you are looking at, rather than it being for find, quite annoying when it seems to be the standard in every other app.

  5. Re:To paraphrase ButtHead on Is Sugar Toxic? · · Score: 1

    Nah; oxygen addiction is far worse. The withdrawal symptoms include death within minutes. Most people can survive a lack of food for days.

    But breathe it long enough and you will die anyway...

  6. So it is OK for machines to be prejudiced? on 'Smart' Vending Machines Triple Sales · · Score: 1

    So it seems because this machine isn't too "smart" it is ok for it to be prejudiced, that is, pre-judging you based on your appearance.

    Is there a point where machines aren't allowed to be prejudiced?

  7. It sped up earth's rotation? on Chilean Earthquake Shortened Earth's Day · · Score: 1

    So they talk about the "Ice-Skater Effect", even though they say that goes on "forever" wouldn't it wear off as buildings are rebuilt and new trees grow? What else is shifted closer to the center of the earth of any significant mass that they are aware of to come up with such a specific number?

  8. Re:How is this different? on Google Patents Country-Specific Content Blocking · · Score: 1

    American patent might not cover it but don't BBC also already do this for people inside/outside the UK?

  9. Re:Will be interesting, but... on Operation Titstorm Hits the Streets · · Score: 1

    Disappointing to hear...

  10. Re:What part of "use a proxy" can't he understand? on Police In Britain Arrest Man For Bomb-Threat Joke On Twitter · · Score: 1

    What, use a proxy to make a post under his account that his friends follow? Yeah the cops will never be able to find him then...

  11. Fail at Number One on Mark Cuban's Plan To Kill Google · · Score: 1

    The main problem I see would be that Google would be the most visited website, so you would fail at number 1 of 1000.

  12. Re:Average live median age? on TV Viewers' Average Age Hits 50 · · Score: 1

    Microsoft Excel has a pretty strict definition of "average".

  13. Re:Think about that. on Is Virtual Rape a Crime? · · Score: 1

    Funny how everyone say they could "log off" or "push a button", I know this is /. but don't forget they could just get up and walk away. :)

  14. Google Calendar in Thunderbird on Which Shared Calendar Package Would You Use? · · Score: 1

    Haven't seen this mentioned so I thought I would add it:

    http://bfish.xaedalus.net/?p=239

  15. Re:Makes perfect sense on Billion Dollar Handout To Upgrade TVs · · Score: 1

    The Australian government had made heaps of money selling off various spectrum in recent years to mobile phone carriers. I agree the US government obviously just wants to free it up so they can sell it.

  16. The losing team... on Zero-Gravity Sports League In Development · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The losing team should get tossed out of the plane (with parachutes of course), with the winners just getting flown straight home. Would make it a bit more dramatic for TV.

  17. Re:Passive solar heating, digital thermostat on Electronic Gadget Ideas for a New House? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Or get a solar pergola.

    My Mum's place has pergola that uses the same principle as this, deciduous trees/grape vines near the house that provide shade in summer but let light in in winter. In addition to this large windows on on the north side with curtains to work as demachina explained (unfortunately not automated though) but in addition to this, the floor behind them is tiled so it can soak up any sunshine on winter days and continue to release the heat after the sun has gone down.

    Made it though many winters comfortably without using any heaters.

  18. Re:Word to HTML to XML to HTML on Fulfilling the Promise of XML-based Office Suites? · · Score: 1

    I find in word saving as RTF then using AceHTML and saving as results in pretty clean HTML.

  19. Re:Don't go! on BSDCon '03 Nearly Here (OpenBSD 3.4, Too) · · Score: 0

    Is your employer MS?

  20. Re:Easy Solution on US Cell Phone Users Discover SMS Spam · · Score: 1

    I got a number last night and the lovely lady said to call or SMS, which ever suited me best. I plan on calling but I could just as easily SMS her and I haven't called before.

    Almost need a challenge/response system.

    I've had a few spamish SMSs but only from places that I have directly given my number to at this stage, phone provider, gym etc.

  21. Re:Stupid on Building A Better Inbox (Updated) · · Score: 1

    "Not now, but in the future, Mailblocks may permit third parties, such as advertisers, to furnish our members, through the Services and otherwise, with information from time to time."

  22. Re:What to do??? on RoadRunner Blocking Use of Kazaa · · Score: 1

    iiNet http://ii.net use a similar plan for dial-up users, they have a soft cap which level changes depending in which plan you are on. Once you go over that level your traffic is given a lower priority. They used to have different end of months for different people but they found that confused some customers, so they just changed it to the calendar month for everyone.

  23. Re:Losing billions? on NYTimes Looks at Warez · · Score: 1

    The "Losing billions?" subject made me think, when they are asked how much they are losing because of the pirated copies in circulation and then them responding with an answer like "10 billion dollars". The next question should be "how much do you spend to make the software difficult to copy?" because it would most likely be a comparatively low amount.
    It's not unlike leaving your keys in your car in a bad neighbourhood quite often I imagine. Sure it is illegal for someone to steal your car, but if you have something of value, you should make it difficult for others to take it away from you.

  24. Red Alert 2 on Net-Nexus Seoul · · Score: 1

    When I used to play Red Alert 2, I remember almost literally every second player was Korean. However I'm in Australia and the fact there is a reasonable ping time between Korea and Oz may have been a factor as I was less likely to play against people with a high ping time to me.

  25. Re:Adopt the standards. Gain customers on Web Designers Ignoring Standards and Support IE Only · · Score: 1

    ... and if those 5% of people can see your page properly but not your competitors who do you think is going to get the sale?