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  1. Re:And it took this long to "make the connection"? on Dental X-Rays Linked To Common Brain Tumor · · Score: 1

    A 4W handheld CB at 27MHz will light up a neon tube when you bring the antenna close to the bulb.

    Cell phones star at 800mhz and most in the US are at 1800-1900mhz. That means touching the tube.

  2. Re:One good one on Ask Slashdot: Finding a Trustworthy VPN Service? · · Score: 2

    Here is a list of several and the logging policies they admit to using. http://torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-providers-really-take-anonymity-seriously-111007/

  3. Re:Is it legal? on Ask Slashdot: Finding a Trustworthy VPN Service? · · Score: 1
  4. Re:Is it legal? on Ask Slashdot: Finding a Trustworthy VPN Service? · · Score: 2
  5. Re:Run your own on Ask Slashdot: Finding a Trustworthy VPN Service? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Why when there are so many services? And to answer the OPs question, look at the review here. http://torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-providers-really-take-anonymity-seriously-111007/

  6. Re:I've often wondered... on Dental X-Rays Linked To Common Brain Tumor · · Score: 3, Informative

    Because it is bouncing off your teeth and jaw so the cap would keep it in.

  7. Re:And it took this long to "make the connection"? on Dental X-Rays Linked To Common Brain Tumor · · Score: 5, Informative

    Mobile phones do not release Ionizing Radiation. They release Radio Waves. These are different things. Really... You can take off your tin foil hat to make calls again.

  8. Re:Time for the MPAA to gasp it's last breath... on Heavyweights Clash Over Policing Repeat Copyright Infringers · · Score: 1

    The funny thing is that Google has a larger market cap than almost all of the media companies. (Or perhaps than all of them depending on when you look) They need to just buy one and change the entire landscape. Can you imagine if just one got bought and opened up by Google? You know the money would be ROLLING in!

  9. Re:Tough? The book industry will love this! on Intel Aims 'One Tablet Per Child' Program at Developing Countries · · Score: 1

    You hit it there... With cheap iterations there can be no used book market as well. "Oh, sorry... That was last semesters edition..." New test and questions every year FTW! (Their win, not ours)

  10. Tough? The book industry will love this! on Intel Aims 'One Tablet Per Child' Program at Developing Countries · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They will still be able to charge stupidly high prices, because you HAVE to get it, but they will eliminate shipping and printing costs. They just need to get the schools on board to give them lists of students, and they sue anyone who didn't buy it via approved channels.

  11. Re:Hysterical word choices on Data Safety In a Time of Natural Disasters · · Score: 1

    The overly aggressive warnings to evacuate for Rita are why so many people chose to stay for Ike. It was a poor choice...

  12. Re:This is a ridiculous story on Data Safety In a Time of Natural Disasters · · Score: 2

    Not true. After Ike, most of the damaged computers I saw were from 3-6 inches of water. A few more were from small leaks, or blown wind. Plastic trash bags, and setting them on the desk would have saved almost all of them. Other than the one company that bagged all the computers and put them together on the same table in the middle of the room. The roof collapsed partially there, knocking them all off the table. :) Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug...

  13. Re:HDD Cage on Data Safety In a Time of Natural Disasters · · Score: 1

    That really depends on how well you plan. Or if you plan...

  14. Re:"Unsurvivable" weather warning? on Data Safety In a Time of Natural Disasters · · Score: 2

    Having been through a few of these, it is much better to think about your stuff. Think a lot about your stuff. Just do it well before the day of the hurricane.

  15. Re:Mutual backup. on Data Safety In a Time of Natural Disasters · · Score: 1

    ...along with any cloud provider like Dropbox?

    Lots of people were using MegaUpload for that... Now what?

  16. Re:Clouds on Data Safety In a Time of Natural Disasters · · Score: 3, Funny

    Damn right. I have all my critical data backed up to MegaUpload!

    (Only half meant to be funny)

  17. Re:Better phrasing on Should Failure Be Rewarded To Spur Innovation? · · Score: 2

    A good reason not to eat at places with abusive management. I have walked out of places because f the way they treat their employees.

  18. Re:Welcome to American business on Should Failure Be Rewarded To Spur Innovation? · · Score: 1

    (I'm still pissed about that one even after 10 years but at least it taught me to avoid working weekends since your boss won't really appreciate it anyway.)

    Since THAT boss won't appreciate it... Some do. Some do a lot. They usually also have very good teams.

  19. Re:Hope and change on Waterboarding Whistleblower Indicted Under Espionage Act · · Score: 2

    All their points are useless drivel that only server to rile up their supporters.

    This is the key. Once most people figure out that they really have a lot more in common with each other, and not with any politician, the politicians are screwed!

    I have a dream that one day in the voting booths of America the sons of Occupy Wall Street and the sons of the Tea Party will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. And kick all the jack asses out...

  20. Re:monkeys throwing darts... on 1981 Paper's Predictions for Global Temperatures Spot-On · · Score: 1

    Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying there's no scientific consensus. I'm saying there's no scientific controversy (not significant controversy, anyway).

    I disagree here... There is no question of what is happening. The controversy is how bad it is, and what we can do (if anything) to change it. Amusingly enough, most scientists agree that taxes will not cure global warming, but most politicians think it will. Who do you believe? ;)

  21. Re:monkeys throwing darts... on 1981 Paper's Predictions for Global Temperatures Spot-On · · Score: 1

    Really? This is a discussion about stuff in the 80s. This may come as a shock to you, but there wer not a lot of web links back then. And the stuff archived was the stuff that was proven, not the wild speculation that I am talking about. If you want the stuff, you may actually have to go to something called a library (not a software component) and look in something called Microfiche to find it. Google is not the sum of all knowledge.

  22. Re:monkeys throwing darts... on 1981 Paper's Predictions for Global Temperatures Spot-On · · Score: 2

    I also live in a Hurricane zone. The winning model is different almost every time. One year that was particularly active we started a model pool. No one got it twice.

  23. Re:monkeys throwing darts... on 1981 Paper's Predictions for Global Temperatures Spot-On · · Score: 2

    I actually know people at NASA. I know some back story on how that "consensus" came about. Most of the scientists only agree with about 60% of it. Which 60% varies a LOT, and the discussions were very spirited. They all agree there is global warming, and they all agree we are contributing. How much, and how, and what we can do to effectively change that is causing a lot of "discussion." But that part never makes the report.

  24. Re:monkeys throwing darts... on 1981 Paper's Predictions for Global Temperatures Spot-On · · Score: 2

    You are saying that this person's credibility is strained because a lot of other people were wrong?

    Yes. Exactly this. The problem is that all of the summaries, and archives and research are now so tainted by political agenda on both sides, that all of it is questionable. How can the non-professional know what is solid an what is tainted now? Not a good thing... Not a good thing at all. The truth should not be this hard to find!

  25. Re:monkeys throwing darts... on 1981 Paper's Predictions for Global Temperatures Spot-On · · Score: 1

    I will just look in my web archives from the 80's... Oh, wait a minute...