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  1. Re:So, the deal with patents and prior art ... on Prior Art On Verizon Patents · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But if the "prior art" is not exactly prior art, but is a different way to implement the same functionality, then can't Vonage use this alternative approach to replace the Verizon IP that they are infringing?

  2. Re:Secure... on British Military Deploys Skynet · · Score: 1

    Well, given that this is the Brits, who discovered (overnight, by a single person) RSA encryption five years before RSA, I'm sure they will have something sufficiently robust and obscure.

  3. Atomic physicists? on Anti-Matter's Potential in Treating Cancer · · Score: 1

    Atomic physicists work on electron structure of atoms -- not on subatomic particles. You'd think being a techie site that Slashdot wouldn't get its science wrong so often; but it seems the fucktard editors always let the side down.

  4. Re:On the one hand... on Open Access For Research Gaining Steam · · Score: 1

    On the one hand, peer review and editing (things which closed journals often provide) are important.

    Oh, I don't know, slashdot seems to manage just fine with incompetent, dupe-posting editors...

  5. Re:Autism rates on Possible Cure For Autism · · Score: 1

    All the epidemeological evidence points toward no causal link between MMR and autism. They may seem to be related, but that's just because of the timing of the vaccination and the emergence of autism symptoms. So, if you're beating yourself up for getting your son vaccinated, please get over it. Seriously. Trying to get through life with that kind of guilt is hell, and you don't have to do it.

  6. Re:Not really . . . on Hubble Camera Lost "For Good" · · Score: 1

    If you want to look at massive stars beyond z > 6 (ie, the First Stars), the majority of their radiation will arrive at Earth in the IR. That's one of the reasons the JWST works in the IR.

  7. Re:No emotional motivator for COBOL on Modernizing the Common Language - COBOL · · Score: 1

    I agree, corporate script kiddies like yourself should steer well clear of COBOL.

  8. Re:yeah, so am I on Bush Claims Mail Can Be Opened Without Warrant · · Score: 1

    Yep, you're dead right. I meant to reply to the parent of your post. Apologies!

  9. Re:yeah, so am I on Bush Claims Mail Can Be Opened Without Warrant · · Score: 1

    Tell me, do you get paid to carry this much water for Bush, or do you just like the feel of his dick that far up your ass?

  10. Re:Lot of biased Flak against the 'non-scientific' on When Celebrities Speak on Science · · Score: 1

    Don't confuse science with the corporate brothel that is medicine/pharma. You're judging the whole on the basis of the fact that you work for the Man himself. Not all in science are as driven by profit motives, as they are in health tech.

  11. Re:Michael Crichton's latest novel vs global warmi on When Celebrities Speak on Science · · Score: 1

    Good example of bullshit. Bush, being president (therefore operating at the federal level) was restricted by laws that required he ask (which he did) that Louisiana request federal assistance. Louisiana did not. Surprise, surprise, the feds didn't march in.

    Good example of bullshit. Blanco requested federal assistance before the hurricane hit, despite misleading claims to the contrary by the Bush administration. See http://www.snopes.com/katrina/politics/blanco.asp.

    So, why didn't the feds march in sooner? Any suggestions?

  12. Re:Thank God for the second amendment on UK Teachers Say Censor The Internet · · Score: 1

    Ah, but the second amendment didn't stop US Citizens from having habeas corpus stripped from them, did it now?

  13. Re:Why not go after the lawbreakers? on UK Teachers Say Censor The Internet · · Score: 1

    Well, at least the UK still has habeas corpus, and doesn't have a policy of torturning anyone it feels like.

  14. Re:How much evidence do we need? on Giant Ice Shelf Snaps · · Score: 4, Informative

    How many vast Ice sheets have cracked recently?

    I believe that the Larson A and B ice sheets, in Antarctica, broke up within the past decade.

  15. Re:Argh!!! on Professor Comes Up With a Way to Divide by Zero · · Score: 1

    In a real programming language such as Fortran, you just would use atan2(rise, run). Not only will this properly handle cases where run == 0, it will get the result in the correct quadrant, whereas atan(rise/run) gets it wrong when rise and run are both negative.

  16. Re:35,000 views? on TSA Now Investigating Boarding Pass Hacker · · Score: 4, Informative

    But the man who introduced fire to the world was burned at the stake.

    Bollocks he was. He (Prometheus) was chained to a rock, and an eagle would come every day and tear out his liver. Then, in the night, his liver would grow back. Sheesh, don't you kids learn any mythology anymore?

  17. Not open or save? on Microsoft Issues Zero-Day Attack Alert For Word · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, Microsoft are basically telling us to stop using Word? Sounds like great advice to me -- cheers, Bill!

  18. Re:Intimidating Stars on Justin Long No Longer A Mac · · Score: 2, Funny

    And Gary Oldman as SCO Unix, hitting everyone with a baseball bat while high on drugs and listening to classical music. Mmmmm.

  19. Re:Is the Harm Really that Great? on Ask a "Star" of HBO's Voting Machine Documentary · · Score: 1

    as we all know does not include me -- either for Florida or Ohio. And I'm sure I'm not alone. Nice try, though.

  20. Re:Typo on Ask a "Star" of HBO's Voting Machine Documentary · · Score: 1

    Brillant!

  21. Undervolting on smcFanControl — Cool Your MacBook Pro · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I think it would be even better if you could unvervolt the MBP. My 2.26GHz Pentium M Sonoma system used to run very hot (95C) under full load (e.g., mprime); by undervolting from 1.35V to 1.18V, I've cut that down to 75C. Not only does this solve a heat problem; my fans are also quieter (since they are under less stress), and I have a substantial power saving to boot (recall, power consumption scales as voltage squared).

    1000 posts. Hmmm, maybe I should get out more...

  22. Re:Well duh on The Daily Show as Substantive as Broadcast News · · Score: 3, Insightful

    IIRC, 50% of Americans think that Saddam Hussein was involved in 9/11. 50%. That's unbelievable. Why do they think this? Because that's what Fox told them.

    If Fox tells the cattle (deliberately, IMHO) that Foley is a democrat, they'll believe them.

  23. Re:Well duh on The Daily Show as Substantive as Broadcast News · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But why did they put "Mark Foley (D)" at the bottom of the screen? When Foley is a congressional Republican? Are you retarded or something?

  24. Re:I for one... on Quad Core Battle, Intel Yorkfield vs AMD Altair · · Score: 1

    Funny you should say that, but I plugged an Antec PSU into a Tyan S2895, and the fucking mobo actually caught fire -- a little yellow flame, and lots of smoke.

  25. Re:It used to be your rights end where mine begin on Traveler Detained for Anti-TSA Message · · Score: 1

    It's rather worse, actually. The UK has pervasive surveillance, and they also have a nasty habit of prosecuting anyone who attempts to defend himself from a criminal attack. So, you get neither privacy nor the safety that was offered for giving up the privacy.

    Funny thing, but those cameras stopped me from being assulted. In the sense of "if the police weren't watching on that camera there, we'd kick the shit out of you". So in that case, I *did* receive a benefit from surrendering some of my privacy.