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  1. Re:Really.. on Gravity Wave Detector Ready For Business · · Score: 1

    My bet is the first to provide fairly solid evidence of gravitational waves gets a Nobel.

    My vote goes to Kip Thorne. He recommended building these things a long time ago and is still a key member of the project.

    Black Holes and Time Warps is a very good book (for the layperson) on the topic.

  2. Parent is not "offtopic" on Sun Releases New Servers, Blades & More · · Score: 1

    It's a valid point. There is a problem with this story. I would say this is funny.

  3. Denver's has a 'special feature' though on Check Traffic Congestion Online · · Score: 1

    I live in this congested city, and although the real-time map is cool, the fact that they link the data collectors to the on-ramps is fucking awful.

    Many times during rush-hour, I have seen traffic backed up for a mile or more trying to get on a relatively fast moving highway because a data collector isn't seeing any moving traffic for some unknown reason.

    After a while people get the idea and just drive through the light, but you still get the occasional asshat who sits there for the ten minutes it takes to change.

    Sometimes technology just can't integrate with old processes efficiently.

  4. Re:hmmm on E-commerce Sites to Collect Sales Taxes Nationwide · · Score: 1

    From the article:

    Wal-Mart.com has a new tax explanation section that says: "Sales tax is charged for orders shipped to states where sales taxes are applicable. The amount of sales tax charged is based on current state and local tax rates. Gift-wrap and shipping and handling charges may also be subject to sales tax in applicable states. Sales tax will be refunded for returned items."

  5. What about gas? on E-commerce Sites to Collect Sales Taxes Nationwide · · Score: 1

    Gas and depreciation on your car probably makes up for the tax difference in a lot of cases.

  6. Do they really serve the logo? on CNN Doesn't Like Being Spoofed · · Score: 1

    If Spo0fed was doing things the way fakednews.com is, they only redirect images from cnn.com's actual site.

    If that is the case, wouldn't the best course of action be to block spo0fed.com's ip address?

    I don't think a link can be infringement, especially if it links to a public site.

  7. You can see how this works... on CNN Doesn't Like Being Spoofed · · Score: 2, Interesting
  8. Nice MPEG's on Comet Kudo-Fujikawa Reaches Perihelion · · Score: 1

    Especially this one. The solar flares are awesome.

  9. Any other 2.4 ghz devices? on Improving Indoors Wi-Fi Reception? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    like phones or a oft-used microwave?

  10. Re:Microsoft? on LinuxWorld Exhibitors' Responses to Slashdot Questions · · Score: 4, Informative

    They didnt.
    See here

  11. 'real' football. on Superbowl XXXVII · · Score: 1

    Yes, I have the game on.
    However, it's just background noise. The gf and I are currently sitting on the couch and studying conversational Brazilian Portuguese.

    It will be so nice to live in a country that plays real football.

    Tchau.

  12. Re:Danger Sidekick through T-Mobile on Selecting a PDA/Cellphone Combination? · · Score: 1

    I really want one.
    On a lark, I checked out a review, and I now need a new cell phone.

    That plan rocks too.

  13. Re:Ask Slashdot: What the hell is Six Sigma? on Six Sigma-fying Your IT Department? · · Score: 5, Informative
  14. GPF on Brain Surgery Robot Running Linux · · Score: 1, Funny

    If they drop a sponge inside you and sew you up, is that a GPF (General Protection Fault)?

  15. Your old HD is safe. on Data Mining Used Hard Drives · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can get creditcard numbers faster on kazaa.

  16. Nope on DirecWay Satellite Configurations and LAN Configurations? · · Score: 1, Redundant

    From the readme:

    2-Way/DirecWay

    I only have the 1-way service (In Australia, Bigpond charge rediculous
    amounts for 2-way ($450/month as opposed to $80/month for 1-way)
    The code is in place as a best guess for a 2-way service,
    but there are a few things that must be done before it can work.
    These include Tune the transmitter, add packet headers to the
    packet before sending to the satmodem, and set dpc->flags |= DPC_2WAY
    Again let me know if you implement this and I will link to / include your work.

  17. Sourceforge project on DirecWay Satellite Configurations and LAN Configurations? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here.
    Next time, google.

  18. MOD PARENT UP on Ark Linux · · Score: 1

    Read it.

  19. $10 and I'm in on Barcode-Controlled Home? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    All I really need is available at my local radioshack, as discussed here

  20. Re:Google's dead :( on Barcode-Controlled Home? · · Score: 1

    Google wont even serve me the images.
    Did it ever? Nope, thought not.

  21. Cache on Barcode-Controlled Home? · · Score: 1, Informative
  22. Re:What outage? on More Info on the October 2002 DNS Attacks · · Score: 1

    Imagine that we could't read slashdot for a whole week!
    Websites wouldnt be "unreachable". All you would need is slashdots ip address.

  23. Re:It would take about a week on More Info on the October 2002 DNS Attacks · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes. And unless you are running your own DNS, your ISP in all probability does this for you.
    If you run your own DNS, you should cache it.

  24. It would take about a week on More Info on the October 2002 DNS Attacks · · Score: 2, Informative

    DNS info is cached and times out in about a week, so if you had updated just before the attack, you wouldnt notice for a week.

  25. No guide fee pvr on RCA PVR Will Use Free Guide+ Program Guide · · Score: 3, Interesting

    dishnetwork has em.