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  1. Re:I for one on FDA Considers Banning Acetaminophen-Based Pain Killers · · Score: 1

    They aren't. They can however make a determination, just like the BATFE can decide that certain firearm parts that are not US made aren't "sporting", but identical parts made in the US are.

  2. old/weird cars? on GPS-Based System For Driving Tax Being Field Tested · · Score: 1

    So I guess they will have exemptions for older cars, cars that have value in original condition and adding/changing something will reduce value, etc.

    For example - what would happen to the value of my all original '65 Porsche 356 if a hole was cut in the dash, another in the body for the antenna, etc? Not to mention running whatever they design off of a 44+ year old 6v electrical system...

  3. Re:Paradigm on States Push Makers' Role In Disposing of Electronic Waste · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So aim for hte low hanging fruit - excessive packaging....

  4. keep in mind... on Comic Artist Detained For Script Containing 9/11 Type Scenarios · · Score: 4, Funny

    Keep in mind that these are the same folks that tried to take away a Congressional Medal of Honor 'cause its sharp and pointy...

  5. Re:new security products and services? great. on Kaminsky On DNS Bugs a Year Later and DNSSEC · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Better than generating fear to reduce the rights of your citizens...

  6. Re:1244 pages on A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux 2nd ed. · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the link, desk copy ordered and it may be useful in my course...

  7. Re:Ubuntu needs an icon on A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux 2nd ed. · · Score: 1, Funny

    Dunno, I saw some "fan art" of the Ubuntu logo once. 3 nice female rear ends of varying shades, stuck up in the air forming the basic shape of the logo ... quite "inspriational" if you know what I mean...

  8. Re:It's only copyright on Atari Sub-Sub-Contractor Used ScummVM For Wii Game · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Releasing the compile or whatever to run the code isn't required - it is just the code that is required.

    Otherwise I could buy a license for Redhat or Novell for zOS (or use Debian's port to the s390, etc) and "they" (RH, Novell, Debian) would need to give me an IBM mainframe since that is the only way I could run the code?

    So where's my free mainframe?

  9. Re:GPL Grey Area on Atari Sub-Sub-Contractor Used ScummVM For Wii Game · · Score: 1

    Correct, output of a GPL program isn't GPL. The Affero (or whatever) GPL 3 does do this, but not the plain ol GPL. What apparently happened here is they ported the VM (which is GPL code) to a new platform, and shipped copies of it without attribution or an offer of the code.

  10. Re:Most people won't care, but at Orlando... on Verified Identity Pass Shuts Down "Clear" Operations · · Score: 1

    Its the firearms that let you do that... see my other posts in this thread about it...

  11. Re:There goes my argument... on Verified Identity Pass Shuts Down "Clear" Operations · · Score: 1

    Well, traveling with a firearm just about lets you do that... I have a buddy who does a lot of work travel. He says his best investment has been the action of a old single shot shotgun.

    Puts it in a locking case (about the size of a shaving kit bag), which goes in his luggage, which then gets locked with a *real* lock. Checks in, declares the firearm (since the action is the gun per ATFE), re-locks his luggage, and gets a quick escort thru TSA screening.

    The great part is the one time his baggage was "lost" was the look on the TSA guys face when he asked "You calling BATFE or should I?"

    I believe your NFA goodies would work the same way (or at least, I hope they would)

  12. Re:There goes my argument... on Verified Identity Pass Shuts Down "Clear" Operations · · Score: 1

    Yeah, you'd think a concealed carry permit would work just as well... fed and state background checks, finger prints, photos, etc.

  13. Re:How does this bill make a difference? on Bill Ready To Ban ISP Caps In the US · · Score: 1

    But, if you are out of town for a month or you have no power for 3 weeks due to hurricane damage, you have a *really* low electric bill. But your ISP bill stays the same...

  14. Re:Gandhi isn't always right on Iran Moves To End "Facebook Revolution" · · Score: 1

    Actually, look at what happened in Athens, Tenn. in 1946. Voting shenanigans, p-o'd GIs take over national guard armory and kick ass.

    Just read somewhere that there are about 5.5 guns per 100 citizens in privately held hands in Iran, so I think some military or police involvement would be needed, but it is possible.

  15. Re:Gandhi isn't always right on Iran Moves To End "Facebook Revolution" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And that is why here in America we have the 2nd amendment. The founding fathers realized that at some point, a second revolution would be needed...

  16. Re:Teachers wrong here on Student Who Released Code From Assignments Accused of Cheating · · Score: 1

    Often. But then you have folks like me - I work in academic technology for a community college, and I teach a intro level Linux class as an adjunct. Why do I teach? It certainly isn't for the extra $1900 per semester (that helps though). I teach the class because I'm the only one interested in teaching something besides Microsoft. Took a few years to get the department head to agree to it, but I have a full course every term, and I may be teaching a second course soon.

  17. OLPC? on California To Move To Online Textbooks · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So are they gonna provide students a method of using these electronic resources, like a OLPC?

  18. Re:More to it than that. on IBM Wants Patent For Regex SSN Validation · · Score: 1

    700-xx-xxxx was for the railroad retirement society... but yes, otherwise for states and/or territories (puerto rico, guam, etc)

  19. Re:Make darn sure the Feds don't mind! on Best Way To Build A DIY UAV? · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't think that if ballons are OK that a pre-programmed autopiloted powered plane would be out... but that is probably too common sense for the .gov

  20. Re:Router level solution on US Military Looks For Massive Spam Solution · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Whats the difference between legitimate listserv messages and spam in your scenario?

  21. hosts file? on Dealing With ISPs That Use NXDomain Redirection? · · Score: 2, Informative

    A logon script here loads a hosts file that null-routes a lot of known bad (spyware, etc) sites.

    Could you do the same for your internal hosts so that when on the VPN it doesn't even need to do a DNS lookup?

  22. Re:ick, softraid on How To Store Internal Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    Only failure we had on our old course delivery system was the raid controller letting the smoke out... Early 2000 vintage Dell. Fortunately part of our recovery plan includes rsyncing to an identical box, so we were up and running quick with only a few hours of data loss...

  23. Re:And not illegal to handcuff him on Man Arrested For Taking Photo of Open ATM · · Score: 1

    And that is the difference (in my mind anyway) between "cops" and "law enforcement officers"

  24. Re:Easy solution on How To Store Internal Hard Drives? · · Score: 2, Informative

    +1 - relatively cheap (just paid $350 for 3 1tb drives and a sata controller for a 2tb raid-5 array) and easy to do.

    Just remember to use a redundant raid - remember the 0 in raid-0 indicates how much data you'll still have if you suffer a failure

  25. Re:Wow. on The Road to Big Brother · · Score: 1

    For sufficiently large values of 2, that is correct...