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  1. Re:No mention of FCC certification? on Group Kickstarting a High-Bandwidth Software Defined Radio (SDR) Peripheral · · Score: 1

    and accommodation for hams

  2. Re:300 mhz and up? on Group Kickstarting a High-Bandwidth Software Defined Radio (SDR) Peripheral · · Score: 1

    Meh; I've become an appliance operator as far as ham goes. I turn on my 2m rig only when the weather's nasty. I might like to do HF again, though, if I had the equipment.

  3. Re:Not NetBSD on You've Got 25 Years Until UNIX Time Overflows · · Score: 2

    One would hope that B-52s are already fixed for the 2038 time_t issue.

  4. Re:Where does extra energy go? on Mathematical Breakthrough Sets Out Rules For More Effective Teleportation · · Score: 1

    And how to deal with changes in angular velocity? Larry Niven had human-engineered teleportation limited to some fraction of the planetary circumference in order for equipment to deal with changes.

  5. Re:So Proud of Gun Ownership on New York Paper Uses Public Records To Publish Gun-Owner Map · · Score: 1

    Parent should be modded up to 11.

    That kind of list-keeping is illegal in several states, including where I live, and should be everywhere.

    Even the list of CCW holders is private and not available for this kind of abuse.

  6. Customer service worse than the wireless carriers' on Google Skunkworks Working on 'X Phone,' Reports WSJ · · Score: 2

    Unfortunately, if both my own experience and that of Consumerist submitters is accurate, Google is even less responsive to individual customers than the big wireless carriers.

    It's sad.

  7. Re:Reliability, reliability, reliability. Left han on Using Technology To Make Guns Safer · · Score: 1

    And that is why we're still a very long way off from relying on personal defense weapons that require electricity.

  8. Re:How do they 'encourage' us to stay home? on Stay Home When You're Sick! · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's high time for the creators and enforcers of policies like this to be held liable for endangering the public.

  9. Boasts on Nearby Solar System Looks Like Home · · Score: 1

    A red dwarf star boasts . . . about its longevity?

    Wouldn't the habitable zone be so close that an otherwise-habitable planet would likely be tidally locked?

  10. Re:Well, THAT was unexpected... on Critic Cites Revenge of the Sith As "Generation's Greatest Work of Art · · Score: 1

    I disagree strongly on both the artistic state of humanity and on Revenge of the Sith. I'll take The Verdict over it any day. I still say Paul Newman was railroaded on the Best Actor Oscar that year. Ben Kingsley didn't yet deserve it, even for Gandhi. The consolation prize Newman received later for The Color of Money was an insult.

    If that writer really wants to laud a Star Wars film, add two years to the retrospective and pick The Empire Strikes Back. It still beats any of the other five, in part because Lucas wasn't in the screenwriting or directing chairs.

  11. Re:800 devices supported on Netflix Gives Data Center Tools To Fail · · Score: 2

    They also haven't had a version of the Android player that's worked well on the LG Optimus V since v1.2 and that version won't work any more.

  12. Re:800 devices supported on Netflix Gives Data Center Tools To Fail · · Score: 1

    I read that as a lack of will on the part of Netflix, who is likely Microsoft's single largest user of Silverlight.

    They have the leverage to push Microsoft on this.

    But don't.

  13. Re:Didn't we have this figured out with FidoNet? on NASA DTN Protocol: How Interplanetary Internet Works · · Score: 1

    AC is a C.

    It worked with Fidonet. Store-and-forward is the viable way until we figure out FTL communication.

  14. Re:Cry me a river... on Gas Prices Jump; California Hardest Hit · · Score: 1

    Diesel's $3.95/gallon_US in the south central USA. I'm sure it's higher in the coastal areas.

  15. Re:What is openstack? on OpenStack Board Member Says Adding VMware Was a Mistake · · Score: 4, Funny

    You, too, can get rich with this product! I'll tell you how for only $9.99.

  16. Re:What would it take... on Senate Cybersecurity Bill Stalled By Ridiculous Amendments · · Score: 1

    Summary ejection from the office in question and banishment from ever again holding elected office.

  17. Re:Congradulations China on Chinese Crew Completes Manual Docking With Orbiting Module · · Score: 1

    Greenland?

  18. Re::3 on The Hobbit's Higher Frame Rate To Cost Theater Operators · · Score: 1
  19. Re:Time server? on Ask Slashdot: What Type of Asset Would You Not Virtualize? · · Score: 1

    VMware? There are settings at the ESX layer to prevent the VMware Tools from fighting with ntpd.

  20. Wasn't very broken, don't fix much on Slashdot Coming Attractions · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've been here a while and my opinion is that Slashdot was fine until ads and videos started to steal space at the top of the page.

    For the most part, it wasn't broken. Be very careful in what you fix. Gawker has gone to Hades with its redesign.

  21. Re:Japanese phones on Ask Slashdot: Any Smart Phones Made Under Worker-Friendly Conditions? · · Score: 1

    My LG phone was assembled in Korea. Its battery, in China.

  22. Re:A question of class on Mozart and Bach Handel Subway Station Crime · · Score: 1

    Robin Hood, Robin Hood
    Riding through the glen
    Robin Hood, Robin Hood
    With his band of men
    Feared by the bad
    Loved by the good
    Robin Hood, Robin Hood, Robin Hood

  23. Re:this is how I got my last job on Simulators Take the Humans Out of Hiring · · Score: 1

    Did your recruiter look like Troy McClure?

  24. Re:Bad apps crash. News at 11. on iOS Vs. Android: Which Has the Crashiest Apps? · · Score: 1

    DEF FN
    FN

  25. Re:Popcorn loaded, commence fanatical BS... on Linux 3.2 Has Been Released · · Score: 2

    Where'd you get fsck for btrfs?