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  1. Re:Not much different than with a plane... on Pipeline Mass Transit? · · Score: 1

    I always thought those were for emergency purposes only -- such as when those O2 masks drop down from the ceiling.

  2. Re:PC Loadletter on Gnarly Error Messages · · Score: 1

    I believe it means something like Paper Cassette -- Load Letter sized paper, or perhaps Printer Cartridge - Load Letter sized paper.

  3. Re:new paypal scheme... on Judge Says Paypal's Arbitration Rules Unfair · · Score: 1

    No, I think you are missing the point:

    Step 1: Route money from paypal into gambling acct.
    Step 2: Transfer out of gambling site into Paypal acct.

    Notice that Step 1.5 is not 'gamble'. The idea is to just use the gambling site as a way-station for the cash. Unless they force you to convert 'in' money through gambling to 'out' money, it could work.

  4. Re:Command line version? on PGP Acquired From NAI · · Score: 2

    Combining Quintuple Agent, a password-memory program that also interfaces with gpg, and PgpEnvelope, a very nice text-menu-driven pine-compatible gpg / pgp interface will get you the same thing.

  5. Re:just use raid-5 on Digital Dark Ages? · · Score: 2

    Here's a faily simple solution: Buy two more HD's of the same size you currently have. Get removalable cartridge trays for them and put one cartridge bay in your machine. Store the cartridges off-site, such as at your work or a friends house. Once a week bring one home and put it in, and run a tar | gpg | split pipe. Use conventional encryption so there's no keyfile to lose. That way you have rotating off-site backups such that all 3 copies are never in the same place!

  6. Re:Perhaps good for us? on Overpeer Spewing Bogus Files on P2P Networks · · Score: 2

    I suspect that there is some law against that -- it would be somewhat like a indie label selling a CD labeled as a 'Metallica' album and instead putting their own music on it. I doubt they can (legally) ask OverPeer to try to drown out another label's files by spreading fake ones.

  7. Re:Let the market decide on TLD Registrar Wants To Charge $300 For .Pro Names · · Score: 1

    I'm sure they'll have a "we'll gladly take your money, but we aren't responible for anything" disclaimer.

  8. Re:Illegal to Have That Much On Hand on Microsoft's $40 Billion On Hand · · Score: 2

    No, it is the NPV of the appreciation of the stock AND the stream of dividends. The appreciation of the stock is sort of like a zero-coupon bond, IE you get all the return on maturity/sale.

  9. Re:It could be a valid business model... on General Public Realizes KaZaa is Spyware · · Score: 1

    Mojonation was a p2p that had that concept; you had 'mojo' that you earned / spent in the course of sharing / downloading. The project has closed though :

  10. Re:Why? on Instant Message, Instant Transcript · · Score: 1

    'school' could be a college dormitory, in which case the student isn't missing anything.

  11. Re:let competitors prioritize requests on Fruit Flies Making Inroads on Autonomous Computing · · Score: 1

    The first time someone is at the grocery and gets a failed outgoing call, they'll just ratchet up the priority and probably never turn it down again.

  12. Re:Just like Cd's on Authors Guild To Members: De-link Amazon.com · · Score: 1

    You are obviously discounting the amount of wholesale copying that occurs in many college term-papers and exams :>

  13. Re:Easiest way to ensure Napster's legality on Bertelsman Seeks to Buy Napster · · Score: 2

    Wouldn't some sort of wholely-owned subsidary structure shield the parent company from incurring liability past it's investment in Napster?

  14. Re:Full text of open letter: on CBDTPA Finds A Champion In the House · · Score: 1

    Wasn't Adam Schiff the D.A in the older Law & Order episodes?

  15. Re:I would sue, but.... on Beating the Spam Merchants · · Score: 1

    Quite a useful service, really. Just generate a new address every time you have to fill out a form that you aren't absolutely positive you'll always want contact with. The first time you get spammed from that unique address, just delete it from sneakemail. If by some chance the other end is 'good' and only sends you relevant mail that you asked for, no worries.

  16. Re:Always "Opt-In" on Spammer Sues List Broker · · Score: 2

    Intentionally opting in (to a default-opt-out) w/a bogus address just makes the good guy's (if they exist) life harder. If it is a default-opt-in, then perhaps it is ok.

  17. Re:No wonder on Washington State Debates Taxing Software Creation · · Score: 2

    e) Is having a serious budget underrun, around 1.6 BILLION dollars, and surely wants to get some of that MS money..

  18. Re:High Profile Use Case on Network Associates Gives Up Search for PGP Buyer · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If the government of the sender is in a position to arbitrarily torture/kill it's people, then the mere fact an unreadable message is being sent may be enough to warrant such action. The 'Rubber Hose' attack on crypto is still valid...

  19. Re:linux patch available on OpenSSH Local Root Hole · · Score: 3, Informative

    Looks like it is already availble in tarball and RH72 RPM format.

  20. linux patch available on OpenSSH Local Root Hole · · Score: 1, Informative

    So when does 3.1p (portable -- for other OS's) become available?

  21. Re:bullshit on LED Lights: Friend or Foe? · · Score: 1

    True, both directions can heat the filament, but I believe that in order for the current to 'turn around', it must briefly stop.

  22. Re:Requirements on Augmented Reality: Enhanced Perception · · Score: 1

    Ooh! Targeting crosshairs!

  23. Squid on Announcing Slashdot Subscriptions · · Score: 1

    So who is going to post an 'optimal' squid configuration for this? Is Slashdot correctly sending out expiration information about the site? Or, do they set everything to expire immediately to push up page views?

  24. Wunderground on End of the Free Internet · · Score: 1

    Just do like Weather Underground did and charge $5/year. Easy to afford, cheap enough for lots of people to subscribe, and doesn't face the user with paying $60/mon just to subscribe to 4 websites.

  25. Re:The free market at work on Intel's Answer to AMD's Hammer - Yamhill · · Score: 1

    I seem to recall something about companies not being able to selectively dilute their shares; they'd have to offer an equal number (proportionally) to intel.