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  1. Re:Specialty Software on Some Windows XP Users Can't Afford To Upgrade · · Score: 1

    Except, the feds now require it as part of Obamacare, and penalize docs who don't have it, effective 2014.

  2. Re:Easy solution...virtualization. on Some Windows XP Users Can't Afford To Upgrade · · Score: 1

    And who sets this all up for the doctor or dentist, and how much are they going to charge, and what is the maintenance charge to make sure it keeps working and the person who set it up is available to fix it in a day's time if necessary?

    Me Lots Lots more Mwahahahaha.

  3. Re:Security Theatre on TSA Log Shows Passengers Say the Darndest Things · · Score: 1

    Frangibles don't ricochet.They disintegrate when they hit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaser_Safety_Slug , leaving a very painful but shallow wound which would surely ruin a hijacker's day. Here's a good four shot derringer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COP_357_Derringer

  4. Re:Security Theatre on TSA Log Shows Passengers Say the Darndest Things · · Score: 1

    Better yet, a one-shot derringer with a frangible bullet (won't penetrate the metal skin of the aircraft).

  5. Weed out the mentally dysfunctional? on TSA Log Shows Passengers Say the Darndest Things · · Score: 1

    Then does the TSA hire them?

  6. Well, Sheldon and Leonard obviously haven't, ye... on How To Communicate Faster-Than-Light · · Score: 1

    Because Clause 9 of the Roommate Agreement http://wiki.the-big-bang-theory.com/wiki/Roommate_Agreement would require them to advise each other.

  7. Re:In my town.... on Ask Slashdot: How To Donate Older Computers to Charity? · · Score: 1

    > Nobody who knows nothing about PCs wants Linux, not even a tiny bit. Wrong . 30+ years experience in PC support & system administration here. Have an A+, too. My Win 7 laptop (Lenovo SL400 upgraded w/ faster HD & more RAM) sits 3 weeks idle while I use my Xubuntu-12.04 R60 lappie daily.

  8. Not valid outside of Northern California on National Security Letters Ruled Unconstitutional, Banned · · Score: 1

    The decision is effective only within the metes and boundaries of the Northern District of California. Until and unless the Ninth District grants review or if the Supremes intervene, does not mean anything in the rest of the Land of the Formerly Free.

  9. Re:I covered my dorm room with Pink Floyd... on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Block Noise In a Dorm? · · Score: 1

    Ah, but the ADA (Americas with Disabilities Act) gives you, Mister Student zmitch32, some useful leverage. http://www.popecenter.org/acrobat/vickers-mar2010.pdf may provide a useful suggestion.

  10. Me, too.

  11. Re:Um... on BioWare Launches "Gay Planet" For the Old Republic · · Score: 1

    Read ETHAN OF ATHOS (review) by Lois McMaster Bujold, the first author to avoid turning a *GAY* planet into a collection of one-dimensional characters.

  12. Re:Acceptable on BioWare Launches "Gay Planet" For the Old Republic · · Score: 1

    Reality is in short supply everywhere in Politics.

  13. Communicate, communicate, communicate on Ask Slashdot: Troubling Trend For Open Source Company · · Score: 1

    Every week, every copy of your freeware app prints your list of support options for the 'Community' version, along with a coupon for 'discount' on the first support call.

  14. Sheeting on Ask Slashdot: Server Room Toolbox? · · Score: 1

    10 mil polythene sheeting for when the plumbing in the overhead fails Several rolls of duct tape First aid kit

  15. Yes, there is... on Ask Slashdot: DIY 4G Antenna Design For the Holidays? · · Score: 1
  16. Freegeek.org on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Over 500 Used DIMMs? · · Score: 2

    http://freegeekorg/ is a 501(c)(3) which ethically repairs and recycles computers and components, benefitting schools and non-profits. The City of Portland and multiple non-profits donate equipment already.

  17. Folks, it's THIS simple on Ask Slashdot: the Best Linux Setup To Transition Windows Users? · · Score: 1

    1. Stopwatch how long it takes to get to the desktop AND settle down so you can get some work done
    2. Show them Win-8 and Linux-? and ask "Which looks more like what you're accustomed to?"
    3. Linux-? should be some variant of Mint as it includes the codecs needed in case they go to play their favorite Rickroll, it actually works, unlike *buntu.

  18. The result was underwhelming on Plan to Slow Global Warming By Dumping Iron Sulphate into Oceans · · Score: 1

    Or we can try this on a trial basis, and scale it up if it seems to be working.

    See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7959570.stm to discover how trials did not yield meaningful results whe using pure Fe, which does not have the risk of generating sulfuric acid.

  19. Ethanol to prevent irradiation damage on Injected Proteins Protect Mice From Lethal Radiation Dose · · Score: 1

    "A friend of mine, who worked in the emergency room, saw me in the waiting room. He took me aside, gave me 500 grams of pure alcohol, and told me to drink that. I drank it and washed it down with water. Then I called my wife and told her I was O.K. Later on, the doctors told me that the alcohol, which I drank on an empty stomach, helped me a lot". - Nikolai Gorbachenko, a Chernobyl plant radiation monitor in http://www.thebulletin.org/files/May-June%201996_Chernobyl-Kiselyov.pdf

  20. It is caffeine alone that sets my mind in motion. on Caffeine Linked To Lower Skin Cancer Risk · · Score: 1

    It is caffeine alone that sets my mind in motion. It is through the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed; that hands acquire shakes, that shakes become a warning. It is caffeine alone that lets me roll the dice.

  21. Re:Will it continue? on On the iPhone and Apple's Meteoric Rise To the Top · · Score: -1

    Kindly mod up as INSIGHTFUL

  22. Not so fast, bunky... on On the iPhone and Apple's Meteoric Rise To the Top · · Score: 1

    Samsung may have been under _your_ radar but they made some darned nice PalmPhones, e.g., the SHG-i300.

  23. Off-the-air DVR on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Watch TV In 2012? · · Score: 1

    http://www.amazon.com/Channel-Master-CM-7000PAL-Digital-Recorder/product-reviews/B0033TJPJW and http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-video-recorders-dvrs/channel-master-cm-7000pal/4505-6474_7-34142156.html describe an over-the-air DVR with no ongoing fees. If you have decent digital reception, you can get your locals that way, and distribute that signal over CAT-5 or coax to the other sets in the household.

  24. Other drugs to prevent irradiation damage on Injected Proteins Protect Mice From Lethal Radiation Dose · · Score: 1

    Folk wisdom may be wrong: http://www.clinicaladvances.com/article_pdfs/ho-article-200904-matthews.pdf points to the damage of the combination of chronic ethanol use and irradiation. A beer or six may be helpful, but I can find no proof of any benefit. I would take with a grain of salt the Australian claim that de-alcoholized wire can help: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16083915 as the resveratol crowd has suffered some reverses recently. The study from Oz could be good work, I'd just want to replicate it in a larger population before taking it as gospel. A Minnesota firm has money from Uncle Sam for 'BIO 300' http://www.humaneticscorp.com/ittrium/visit?path=A1xeb4x1y1xfcex1x65y1xfd4x1x65y1x125fx1x65 an anti-irradiation drug, and Phase 1 trials are underway for another drug http://www.dddmag.com/news/2012/03/phase-1-cblb502-trial-underway 'CBLB502' touted by Faux News http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/03/16/ex-rad-militarys-radiation-wonder-drug/ .

  25. Re:Darwin in action. on Black Death Discovered In Oregon · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well, Charlie was a neighborhood cat, who was well known to everyone on that street, and the sick man was in the habit of inviting Charlie in for dinner, but didn't care for the appetizer Charlie brought. The fever made Charlie atypically cranky, and Charlie chomped down... Three other folks from another household in that neighborhood are also receiving treatment, but don't have the blood-borne version, and they're doing OK. (I have neighborhood sources.) OBTW, no one has mentioned, this is in Prineville, in the High Desert of Crook County, Oregon, 2.5 hrs' drive ESE of Portland, where Facebook's data center is located and other data centers are in development.