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  1. Nothing to do with 'the freeway' on Where Are the Flying Cars? · · Score: 1

    This is not to enable typical freeway drivers to take to the air, it is to allow qualified pilots to be able to drive their plane to their final destination from the local airport. I thought at least the old timers read the summary....

  2. Re:Puh-leeeeze! on Intel Chief Evangelist Comments on Linux Scheduler · · Score: 3, Insightful

    An 'Evangelist' is this instance is someone who is a promoter, not a follower. So you are wrong on that count as well as the already noted 'site' 'sight' thing. You might want to steer away from criticizing others for a while...

  3. ether lord - lost in translation on Copier Auto-Translates Japanese to English · · Score: 3, Funny

    Our those which achieve the main thing of the ether of title in order to know never clearly that remnant because of the remainder which it should find!

    Since I could never have created the above err, prose, myself, I typed the following answer into babelfish and translated it into Japanese, and for good measure, back into English.

    Clearly that remains for those of us who have achieved the title Ether Lord to know, and for the rest never to find out!

  4. Re:Encryption? on First 'Quantum Computer Chips' Demonstrated · · Score: 1

    tick... tick... ewwwww.

  5. Re:Irrelevant. on Do You Need a Permit to Land on the Moon? · · Score: 1

    Yes, and it will be so much more fun spending your prize money in prison for performing an illegal launch.

  6. Re:It seems to me... on AMD Releases 900+ Pages Of GPU Specs · · Score: 1

    I would say that the buzz about Google came %99.98 from the relevance of their search results as compared to what came before; alta-vista, etc., and %.02 from geek awe over Linux infrastructure.

  7. Re:What constitutes Solar Power? on Solar Craft Flies Through Two Nights · · Score: 1

    Not many clouds above 50,000 ft. That's where this thing flies.

  8. Surfing the Med on Turned Off iPhone Gets $4800 Bill from AT&T · · Score: 2, Insightful

    From the grandfather article:

    "In countries outside the plan, charges can run from $5 to $20 per megabyte, said Ben Wilson, editor of iPhone Atlas, a Web site owned by the online news company CNet."

    I'm guessing that the middle of the Mediterranean is outside of the covered countries. It also says they were checking a total of seven different email accounts. 7 accounts * 20$/MB could add up pretty quickly, 35MB per email account would do it.

  9. Re:Behind? on Space Debris Narrowly Misses Airliner · · Score: 1

    I would guess that when the pilot saw flaming debris in front of the plane the pilot banked to the side and then saw more debris falling in the area that was behind the previous course.

  10. Overview of her Project on High Schooler Is Awarded $100,000 For Research · · Score: 5, Informative

    From her biography on sciserv.org:

    "Her Littrow spectrograph splits light, like a prism, and uses a camera to record the resulting Raman spectra - a specific vibrational fingerprint of the molecular compound being investigated. Using a laser as her light source, Mary tested several household objects and solvents and compared her results to published wave numbers. Despite the shortcomings of the inexpensive laser, she found she could make relatively accurate wavelength measurements with her homemade device."

  11. Horse on Giant Rabbits To Feed North Korea · · Score: 1

    Horse the Band. Wow.

  12. Re:Only UNLICENSED VOIP to be made illegal in Indi on VOIP to be Made Illegal in India · · Score: 2, Insightful
    VoIP in the US is not taxed.
    We are not yet actively paying the tax, but the FCC regulations have been in place since June '06 and the day is approaching. Unless Congress does something to block it. From what I have read I agree that the current regulations do not affect P2P VoIP like Skype to Skype.
  13. Re:Sorry, I'm confused. on VOIP to be Made Illegal in India · · Score: 1
    Not that I've read TFA, but what's "licensed" VOIP?
    It would be an ISP that is licensed by some government body in India to provide VOIP services. From what I've heard it seems that India really likes to license and tax things. There was a story a few months ago where Indian ISPs were going to be taxed for generating "Light Energy". http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/10/173221 7
  14. Re:Only UNLICENSED VOIP to be made illegal in Indi on VOIP to be Made Illegal in India · · Score: 2, Insightful
    [...]like we have in the US where the FCC regulates and taxes VOIP providers.
    When did that start happening?
    In June. http://news.com.com/FCC+approves+new+Internet+phon e+taxes/2100-7352_3-6086437.html
  15. Only UNLICENSED VOIP to be made illegal in India on VOIP to be Made Illegal in India · · Score: 5, Informative
    Another exciting headline that unfortunately has little to do with the truth.

    In the linked article it states that goal of the proposed legislation is that call centers are not going to be allowed to continue to use unlicensed VOIP. That is a huge difference from the Slashdot headline claiming that India is banning VOIP.

    India is quite happy to have them use domestic Indian VOIP providers thereby allowing the government to tax and regulate them. Much like we have in the US where the FCC regulates and taxes VOIP providers.

  16. Article Summary is Flamebait on Microsoft Issues Zero-Day Attack Alert For Word · · Score: 2, Informative
    Hey, I like to bash Microsoft as much as the next guy, but there is a pretty bad rewrite going on here.

    Microsoft DOES NOT suggest that

    users 'not open or save Word files,' even from trusted sources."
    as stated in the summary.

    What they do say is :

    Do not open or save Word files that you receive from un-trusted or that are received unexpected from trusted sources.

    That is nothing more than standard precautions that one should take anyway. If you aren't expecting an attachment, don't open it. If you are expecting it, and it is from a trusted source, go ahead.

    Nothing to see here, move along...

  17. Re:Easy way on How To Tell If Your Cell Phone Is Bugged · · Score: 2, Informative

    RTFA. The newer phones can be programmed so that the display/activity lights do not give them away.

  18. Re:Holding breath., on Google Doubles its Profits · · Score: 1

    Microsoft isn't donating its corporate fortune, Bill Gates is donating his personal fortune. One does not reflect on the other.

  19. 8xx verses 2xx on High performance FFT on GPUs · · Score: 2, Informative

    Note that you can only use the 2xx Opterons in 1 or 2 CPU (2 or 4 core) motherboards. If you want to have 4 CPUs with 8 cores you need to use the 8 series Opterons. The Opteron 880 dual core currently starts at over USD 1,600.00 each, which makes your configuration start at about 7,500 just for the MB and CPUs. Then add the registered RAM, server case, big juicy power supply, drives, video, monitor, a UPS to protect all of that... It sounds sexy but realistically its going to be close to $10K if you build it yourself.

  20. Re:Thanks, Warner Bros....I *guess*... on Warner Bros. to Sell Movies Over BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    Quoted Dyolf: "but the movie won't play without an internet connection."

    There are a lot of things wrong with this idea, but that isn't one of them. You had to have a broadband connection to get the movie in the first place and the format only allows the movie to be played on a computer... Where exactly is the limitation there?

  21. Re:xccr.com 227664 on The Soda Situation - Succulent Drinks w/o the Sweets? · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Hmmm,

    I was sucesfully ignoring this.

    Ok, http://xccr.com/images/readme.txt gives some intersting info. Is this really some game that has been hanging around since 2004 as the file dates would suggest?

  22. Re:They're easily confused. on TSA Software Bug Creates Airport Bomb Scare · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Seriously, why do you bother? I mean, your trolls are so bad that its pitiful. Read the users guide; trolls are supposted to be refined.

    Do you really get amused by posting this junk?

  23. Re:o/t on When an Algorithm Takes the Wheel · · Score: 1

    I know it dates me, but it's still one of my favorite albums. And she's also a telephone...

  24. Re:Transfer Pricing issue on The IRS Hits Symantec with a $1 Billion Tax Bill · · Score: 1

    Thanks for taking the time to post that. Made it a lot more clear!

  25. Re:Intrusive. on When an Algorithm Takes the Wheel · · Score: 2, Informative

    Modern ABS systems will allow you to completly lock the wheels at slow speeds, like below 5mph. This also helps on loose surfaces like gravel.