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  1. Re:I wouldn't quite go so far with that analogy on FCC Rural Phone Subsidies Reach As High As $3,000 Per Line · · Score: 1

    I live on a paved road in the country... it is in near perfect condition. But it was last repaved 20 years ago. Why does it still look so good? Traffic is a very small fraction compared to anything urban. Sure, the occasional large John Deer tractor, or semi, or dump truck travels it... but "a few" cars per hour is nothing compared to the hundred or so per minute that some urban areas see.

  2. Re:Rural Rich? Bullshit. on FCC Rural Phone Subsidies Reach As High As $3,000 Per Line · · Score: 1

    So if I own 5 acres and a double wide trailer out in the boonies, but I rent it out and it isn't my primary residence, my renter has to pay thousands for phone service?

    Or is it "someone's primary residence" ? In which case the super rich still won't pay 'cause they have a grounds keeper, house keeper, etc. who is using the place as a primary residence.

  3. Re:ESPN 3D is ending as well on BBC Gives Up On 3-D Television Programming · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And a common standard... otherwise it is VHS vs. Beta again.

  4. Re:bullet? on In a Security Test, 3-D Printed Gun Smuggled Into Israeli Parliament · · Score: 2

    The plastic bullet/cased 762 I mention in the other reply can easily kill - not out to hundreds of yards like a metal bullet in the same chambering, but plenty far out. A small rod approximately .3 inches in diameter, weighing 4 or 5 grams, with a pointed front end moving at mach 2 or so is not something I would want to have pointed at me.

  5. Re:bullet? on In a Security Test, 3-D Printed Gun Smuggled Into Israeli Parliament · · Score: 1

    German training ammo in 762x51 (aka 762 NATO aka 308 Winchester) has both plastic (mostly... the base is metal) case and bullet. A special bolt and bolt carrier was used in the G3 (HK91) to fire it as training ammo.

    Interestingly enough, the Israelis produced a brass cased *wooden* bullet in the same caliber for training purposes, using war captured German Mausers.

  6. Re:Do people feel threatened by 3d printers? on In a Security Test, 3-D Printed Gun Smuggled Into Israeli Parliament · · Score: 1

    it sounds like there's a group of people who feel threatened

    You could've finished the sentence there.

  7. Re:of course... on In a Security Test, 3-D Printed Gun Smuggled Into Israeli Parliament · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Well, not just profiling. Having competent, highly trained (and properly trained) security personnel. Sure, Israel is a small country, with a fraction of the air travelers and air ports that the US has. But with the amount the US is spending on the TSA, I'm pretty sure they could do a good job funding an Israeli style system.

  8. Re:Apply to Boeing, Raytheon, etc. on Ask Slashdot: Exploiting 'Engineering And ...' On a Resume? · · Score: 1

    And on the drones, think about getting your flight instructor ticket. Our flight program here at hte community college I work for is exploring offering drone training, and I heard the other day from someone else that teh FAA is thiinking about a drone certification. If you can get in on hte early education side, you'll be set.

  9. CentOS v Redhat = same thing? on When GPL Becomes Almost-GPL — the CSS, Images and JavaScript Loophole · · Score: 2

    So.... is RedHat Linux non-Free since you can't redistribute their proprietary images/icons/wallpapers/etc ? After all, isn't CentOS the same code base, compiled the same way, with the same configurations, etc. but without RedHat's logos, etc?

  10. Re:Legal statutes on FCC Considering Proposal For Encrypted Ham Radio · · Score: 1

    Just like owning a gun is a right, but in some areas you do have to be licensed. And they are all taxes, some more heavily than others.

  11. packet radio? on FCC Considering Proposal For Encrypted Ham Radio · · Score: 1

    So... is it not possible to send/receive encrypted content when using packet radio?

  12. Re:If ever there was a role for drones... on U.S. House Wants 'Sustained Human Presence On the Moon and the Surface of Mars' · · Score: 1

    Anything of any shape can generate lift in a non-vacuum, assuming it has enough velocity.

  13. Re:Wi-Fi toothpick on Wi-Fi Light Bulbs Shipping Soon · · Score: 1

    112 years enough?

    http://www.centennialbulb.org/

    Even survived 6 hours of down time...

  14. Re:Tech specs on Google Floats Balloons For Free Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    I would imagine that you'd need some sort of specialized antenna to reach 20km, no matter what signals are being sent or what is encoded in them.

    Still no mention of actual frequencies/protocols/etc

  15. Re:Unintended uses on Prosecutors Push For Anti-Phone-Theft Kill Switches · · Score: 5, Interesting

    On the other hand, you could use it to nuke your own phone if the police had seized it and were using it to find evidence against you...

  16. Re:copyrights and academic freedom on Professors Say Massive Open Online Courses Threaten Academic Freedom · · Score: 1

    Depends on the school. The college I work for has been known to grant release time so instructors can create content for a new course, or overhaul an old one. Basically, instead of teaching 4 or 5 classes a term, they teach one less but receive the same pay. I think in that case, the content would be owned by the college/school.

  17. Re:Apps on What Keeps You On (or Off) Windows in 2013? · · Score: 1

    And now that Steam is available that will keep growing. It started with 100 titles, up to 126 already.

  18. Re:windows vm for tax software & work related on What Keeps You On (or Off) Windows in 2013? · · Score: 2

    Personal tax software? I've done turbo tax online from my linux desktop for 4 years now, no issues.

  19. Re:Off the mark, missed the target. on Ask Slashdot: How Best To Disconnect Remote Network Access? · · Score: 1

    The IT side and process control side should each pick someone to go and learn how the other side works for a while. A quick tutorial on basic networking concepts, a second on network security and infrastructure set up, and then actually being the PFY or Intern for a few days. The IT designate would go to process control and do similar.

    Basically, each side has to have someone who at least has an idea as to what goes on on the other side.

  20. Re:That explains things on Book Review: Creating Mobile Apps With JQuery Mobile · · Score: 1

    Sane shotgun (why do this? because I can!) but new ammo to put in it.

  21. Re:How? on WY Teen Cut From Science Fair For Entering Too Many · · Score: 1

    Just wait until Morgan Freeman gets going....

  22. Re:Fortunately on DRM: How Book Publishers Failed To Learn From the Music Industry · · Score: 1

    Check your local library - mine has an "e-branch" which includes unlimited access to a Safari subscription, just gotta plug my card number in for access...

  23. Re:This is an advocacy piece on DRM: How Book Publishers Failed To Learn From the Music Industry · · Score: 1

    I bought a few new, but then discovered the local used places :)

  24. Re:You probably don't need the advanced math! on Ask Slashdot: How Important Is Advanced Math In a CS Degree? · · Score: 1

    I'm in the same spot as the questioner... the Comp Sci program at my local state U is part of the college of engineering, so in order to get in, you have to have the same first 2 years/pre-reqs as a chemical, civil, mechanical, etc. engineer student - so Physics w/ Calc, Calc w/ Diff Eq, etc.

    Once you are in the program, it is a couple of programming classes, networking, database design and sql, etc. Heck, one of the 4th year electives is Linux Administration, which I teach here at "the other college in town" (a community college) even though I "only" have an AS degree and a couple of decades of experience in the IT field (programming and Linux stuff).

  25. Re:Did they fix upgrade-in-place? on Linux Mint 15 'Olivia' Is Out · · Score: 1

    True, and that is what I used to do when I used slackware.

    But Mint is based on Debian and Ubuntu. Mint has apt in it.

    *Why* should a distro with such a great package manager force you to reinstall for every upgrade?