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  1. Re:I have a phone in my pocket on Once Vehicles Are Connected To the Internet of Things, Who Guards Your Privacy? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    maybe for you but not for the rest of us. and there's no law to carry cell phones

    Technically, there's no law saying have to drive a car either...

  2. Re:Is this really a problem? on FBI: $10,000 Reward For Info On Anyone Who Points a Laser At an Aircraft · · Score: 1

    I think it's mostly idiots with something like this: http://www.wickedlasers.com/ A $5 red laser diode is probably not going to be noticed.

  3. Re:Important reminder on GM Car Owners With OnStar Now Can Be Their Own Rental Agencies · · Score: 5, Informative

    Erm...no, it's covered by RelayRide's car insurance.

  4. Re:Two choices... on Ask Slashdot: How To Deal With Refurbed Drives With Customer Data? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Depends on the data on the drive. If there's instructions for building explosives, child porn, or something similarly problematic (depending on your current locale) on there, and you don't do a industrial grade wipe, it could be an issue for you later...

  5. Re:They all do it. why just apple? on Some Critics Suggest Apple Boycott Over Chinese Working Conditions · · Score: 1

    Mod up!

  6. Re:Online ruled out? on How Do You Store Your Personal Photos? · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure about others, but Crashplan is very nice in that you can (for free) backup your data to another person's hard drive over the net (and it's encrypted). I have 400GB of data backed up to computers at two different family member's houses nightly. So I'm not using the cloud, I'm using well known systems.

  7. Re:But but on Cooks Source Magazine Apologizes — Sort Of · · Score: 1

    Erm...actually, the New Testament was written in Greek...then translated to Latin.

  8. Heart of Gold? on Chips That Flow With Probabilities, Not Bits · · Score: 1

    Wow - just expand this idea infinitely, and we could have an infinite improbability drive. Think of the possibilities!

  9. Re:Oh on Why Toddlers Don't Do What They're Told · · Score: 1

    My 2 year old understands that vocabulary. Either I have an incredibly gifted child, or you drastically underestimate the cognitive ability of children...

  10. Re:I Wonder on Laptops Can Be Searched At the Border · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Interesting - nobody ever drops a laptop while on a business trip and brings it back with them to get it repaired in the States? That's certainly what I would have done...

  11. So they stay in business? on Why are Businesses Willing to Spend More for Software? · · Score: 1

    It seems to me that companies are more willing to pay lots of money to developers than little because they want the developers (and the developer's company) to be in business for the long haul. If they are paying peanuts, there's a good chance the developers won't be in business for long. Then the company that bought the developer's product will need to pay lots of money to have their employees or other contractors figure out the product and maintain it.