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  1. Synthesis: the act of putting different representa on How Small a PC Is Too Small? · · Score: 1

    Synthesis: the act of putting different representations together, and of grasping what is manifold in them in one act of knowledge. http://www.bright.net/~jclarke/kant/concept1.html

    why do they have to have screens or physical input devices..
    little projector
    http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/toshiba-pocket- projector-for-cellphones/
    little keyboard
    http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/5731.html

  2. OH MY GOD do you realize what this means for dogs on Scientists Powering Batteries with Soda, Tree Sap · · Score: 1

    Due to the necassary chemical reactions, now everyone will be able to blame their IPOD!!!!

  3. terrorists wet dream! on Flying the Airbus A380 · · Score: 1

    Combine them! crash the plane into a city! Oh, wait a second.....

  4. right.. and those services on Washington State Encourages Internet Sales Tax · · Score: 1

    should be funded by the means necassary to get the package to the door (i.e. the commerce that occurs in the state)

    UPS (who delievers in the state) pays what should keep up the roads required to deliver through state fuel taxes.

    the purchaser (recipient) pays property taxes and income taxes for the state services (police, courts)

    if the state is unable to make their economic model work- it needs to evolve... but it should be a self-contained financial entity..

    Now.. if a state decides to charge a higher gas tax, UPS will charge more-- and the consumer pays through higher shipping expenses, and VOILA, local brick and mortar merchants have a level playing field

    splain this one.. if I buy a car in deleware- then why should pennsylvania collect sales tax on the entire sale.
    registration? sure- sales tax? why....

    taxes should be fair to the citizen and the state, and if one state can make something more attractive! and work for that state, than another state
    should endeavour to make it work for them- or have their system fall by the wayside... this approach would encourage states to compete taxwise economically.

    be stodgy- bleed revenues... be enlightened, benefit...

  5. shoplifting in the US on Violated Copyright Law — Now What? · · Score: 1

    many states allow a business to charge convicted shopifters an amount far in excess of the amount stolen, in order to recup their costs in having security monitor the store.

    there are usually limits, but it's always far and aware more than the amount of the merchandise stolen....

  6. Where's the value? on Washington State Encourages Internet Sales Tax · · Score: 4, Interesting

    what exactly, did the state of the purchaser do, or provide to deserve 'their share'
    seriously.. I pay property taxes to my community, which benefit my community..
    if I don't like them, I can move- and pay taxes (or not) elsewhere...

    I can see a state requiring businesses to pay sales tax based on their location- you sell from delaware, you have no other locations, you charge no taxes..
    benefit to deleware? lotsa companys move to delaware for real.. and increase the states revenue in other ways (new UPS center, new fedex center, new airports, new train hubs)

    you sell fron NYC, you pay NYC taxes, all the way down to the city level......

    but, if I sell from delaware, and sell to WA, how is the states infrastructure involved that they deserve anything?
    if I am a bad merchant, which states attorney general/BBB is going to be contacted?
    (hint, the seller's state)

    it should be evolutionary taxation, 50 little economic centers- stodgy states can charge the high/heavy taxes and just have funds from heavy handedness and spend it on tax collection/enforcement, enlightened states can charge no sales tax, and enjoy increased revenues from having more citizens, employed in more jobs....

  7. but the problem is on College Demands RIAA Pay Up For Wasting Its Time · · Score: 2, Insightful

    sometimes you need a

    -1 no shit

    and sometimes you need a

    +1 no shit

  8. protection... on RIAA Balks At Complying With Document Order · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    what do they call it when they offer the universites a hold harmless payment to universitys for cash?

  9. yep.. I lived in california, and hourly on Google's Second-Class Citizens · · Score: 1

    a long long time ago... I know it's a common state law..

    I also know there is no such law in my current state, ergo- it's not federal mandate..

    the only such laws in my state (NJ) are for employed minors.

  10. provide a citation please on Google's Second-Class Citizens · · Score: 1

    cause it is not a federal law...

  11. next slashdot poll on NASA Confirms Solar Storm Near 2012 · · Score: 4, Funny

    which do yuo prefer to look at

    aurorae/auroras

    or

    areolas?

  12. sorry- on iFilm Infringement Could Blunt Viacom's YouTube Argument · · Score: 1

    posted same link twice.. meant one to be

    http://www.nycgoth.com/more/sex_industry/
    "and pre-op transsexuals; she-males are in high demand among the Sex-for-Cash crowd"

  13. ok on iFilm Infringement Could Blunt Viacom's YouTube Argument · · Score: 1
  14. You should have my head full of useless facts on iFilm Infringement Could Blunt Viacom's YouTube Argument · · Score: 1

    shemales for hire make the most in the sex for cash industries....

  15. Yet, it does fit the OP requirements.. on So You've Lost a $38 Billion File · · Score: 1

    Gods above man.. the OP asked for feedback when 2-3 became available.

    I pointed out 6TB exists today!

  16. When you can manage to fit over 2-3 terabytes on So You've Lost a $38 Billion File · · Score: 1
  17. from the state? on So You've Lost a $38 Billion File · · Score: 1

    costs to reissue a check?

    $100? sure... try losing an unemployment check some time... paperwork out the fanny.

  18. facts... on University of Wisconsin-Madison Bucks RIAA · · Score: 1

    http://amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_/104-4934940-1178315 ?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=spies+like+ us
    dvd 9.49, used and new from $3.00
    combo, two movies, one case SLU & nothing but trouble $8.47 used from 5.72
    AUDIO CD available used only, who? 2 available starting at 69.95
    repro 11X17 poster, 9.99
    vhs, not available new, available starting at 40 cents...

    Sorry to drag messy facts into light....

  19. but officer! on Archive.org Sued By Colorado Woman · · Score: 1

    I don't look at speed limit signs!

  20. does your script open the DVD case? on Archive.org Sued By Colorado Woman · · Score: 1

    you can't get to the point of inserting a legal DVD into your machine without passing a copyright notice in print along the way...
    thats where your analogy/defense falls apart.

  21. no, I'm obligated to have a door on Archive.org Sued By Colorado Woman · · Score: 1

    your analogy sucks.

    in the real world, the way I keep your 'robot' out is I build a fence or I keep my door closed.
    that is the convention in the 'real world' to keep 'photo robots' out.
    on the internet, proper useage is defined by conventions and standards that are well known.
    if you want to play in it's sandbox, you play by it's rules

    robots.txt is the rule.. if you can't supply it- you don't belong in the box.

  22. Re:Yeah--No Kidding! on Don't Google "How To Commit Murder" Before Killing · · Score: 1

    sounds like it would make a great movie!
    http://imdb.com/title/tt0103772/
    John Correli: Did you kill Mr Boz, Miss Tramell?
    Catherine: I'd have to be pretty stupid to write a book about killing and then kill him the way I described in my book. I'd be announcing myself as the killer. I'm not stupid.

    Nick: Writing a book about it gives you an alibi for not killing him.
    Catherine: Yes it does, doesn't it?

  23. but we do! on New Hydrogen Storage Technique · · Score: 1

    what about all those folks that convert turkey farm offal into fuel?

  24. want a nice intermediary? on Legislators Ponder BlackBerry Pileups · · Score: 1

    before we get to self driving cars.. how about an 'autofollow' that let's me tag a car to follow.

    my ex-boss's minivan already has a cruise control that slows down to match the vehichle ahead.. it won't engage unless you are a safe distance behind the driver ahead, and if they slow down carefully, so does the minivan if they slam on the breaks, the car kills cruise and starts beeping madly...

    how much harder would it be to (for freeway driving, when exits are multi-miles apart) follow the car ahead?

  25. unsafe driving on Legislators Ponder BlackBerry Pileups · · Score: 1

    we have 3 categories in NJ

    careless, reckless, and unsafe (newest) unsafe means no insurance points, just more cash straight to the state.

    no. what that woman did was reckless.. it shows a clear contempt for the dangers of the road, and the fact that she has a 2 ton mass hurtling down the road.

    that said, I text while driving, and expect I'll pay for it someday...