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  1. Re:Do we really have to revive the 90s web on Digg Backs Down On DiggBar · · Score: 1

    Because you haven't installed this script.

  2. Re:And what do we do with the CO2? on Removing CO2 From the Air Efficiently · · Score: 1

    This extraction of CO2 from the atmosphere is all well and good, but are there any reliable and cost-effective ways to store it or dispose of it?

    I can think of several.

  3. Re:Why would China want to fix this? on China To Run Out of IPv4 Addresses In 830 Days · · Score: 1

    Because it's a lot easier if they can use a few big routers. NAT requires stateful tracking, which in turn would require a single point of failure.

    It's a LOT cheaper this way.

  4. Re:Will they take MSIE out as well? on Windows 7 Trades Email and Photo Apps For Downloadable Ones · · Score: 1

    They're not taking out ftp.exe as far as I can tell, so you should be okay.

    Don't tell me that you actually use IE to download firefox ;)

  5. Re:good start on FSF-Sponsored gNewSense 2.1 Released · · Score: 3, Funny

    I tried to mod your post, but unfortunately there's no -1 Wooooosh.

  6. Re:We failed already on ODF Editor Says ODF Loses If OOXML Does · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not necessarily. If anything, PDF is a great choice for distributing final copies of documents - it has exactly the right number of features, ts specs are published, and there are plenty of good tools (both open-source and commercial) for creating and reading it.

    Acrobat, on the other hand, is a bloated pile of garbage.

  7. Re:Dvd isnt going anywhere anytime soon on Toshiba Paid Off To Drop HD-DVD? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I heard exactly the same reasons used as justification for why DVD players will never overtake VHS players.

    Price differences drop over time, especially when the only real differences are a laser and a bit of software.

  8. Re:external usb drive enclosures on How to Say Goodbye to Old Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't go for an enclosure, given that he has more than a couple to go through.

    Something like this would probably go down a lot better.

  9. Re:Why not charge by the GB delivered? on Comcast Hinders BitTorrent Traffic · · Score: 1, Informative

    Wouldn't this be a monumental pain in the ass to administer and enforce?

    It's already been done, and seems to work quite well.
  10. Re:Heh! on Proposed IPv6 Cutover By 2011-01-01 · · Score: 0
    That's standard practice for IETF publications. From RFC2119:

    1. MUST This word, or the terms "REQUIRED" or "SHALL", mean that the
          definition is an absolute requirement of the specification.

    That said, this is one standard I don't see anyone sticking to.
  11. Re:use a line printer on DSS/HIPPA/SOX Unalterable Audit Logs? · · Score: 0

    Why is this funny? We used this at my old work, and it worked great.

    The only real concerns are ease of sabotage (although normally the printer will be behind a locked door), equipment failure and fire - and the last ones are relevant for any logging system.

  12. Re:I wish they would raise annual fees on The Man Who Owns the Internet · · Score: 0

    Disagree completely. Raising domain registration fees would just lower the signal-to-noise ratio:

    From the summary:
    "Since 2000 he has quietly cobbled together a portfolio of some 300,000 domains that, combined with several other ventures, generate an estimated $70 million a year in revenue."

    If those figures are to be believed, that works out at USD$233 per year per domain, on average. That's not even taking into account the fact that there are probably a large proportion of domains which make many times that.

    I own several domains, none of which turn a profit (one for my personal site and mail, another for a group of friends, another is a linux-related site, and one for my parents). Raising prices would simply drive out the good sites, leaving commercial sites and a bunch of google adsense blogs, forcing any others to take on advertising or perish - all while putting even more money into the pockets of registrars.

    Is that what we really want?

  13. Re:Call me an idiot... on MySpace Agrees to Share Sex Offender Data · · Score: 0

    Fortunately, it hasn't shifted the bell curve. It's lopped off the lower third and isolated it from the rest of us.

  14. Re:The big fight LIVE! on Microsoft Says Free Software Violates 235 Patents · · Score: 0

    First they ignore you
    Then they laugh at you
    Then they fight you
    Then you win.


    -Gandhi.

  15. Re:But... on Yahoo! Photos to Shut Down · · Score: 0

    You can use your Y! account - The login page for flickr takes you through to login.yahoo.com. Linky.

  16. Re:What about nuclear submarines? on Russia's Floating Nuclear Plants Under Fire From Greens · · Score: 0

    Actually, they are. New Zealand has, in fact, lost ANZUS support for our stance on them.

  17. Re:Come on, really? I'm not impressed on P2P Program to Match Files to Product Origin · · Score: 0

    It sounds as though what you really want is MusicBrainz, which creates acoustic fingerprints, rahter than relying on the filename. It worked for 95% of my music, and for the rest, I had no trouble looking up the cd details and adding it myself.

  18. Re:Well... on Dealing With Venom on the Web · · Score: 0

    This has already been solved. Go to http://slashdot.org/users.pl?op=editcomm , and add a -2 modifier to 'Funny' posts.

  19. US Centric Alert! on Wednesday Is Pi Day · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It's only actually 'Pi Day' for a limited number of people (Specifically, those in the United States). The rest of the world uses little-endian (dd/mm/(yy)yy) or, as is more appropriate for us geeks, big-endian (yyyy/mm/dd).

  20. Re:Sorry Skinflute.. We are a Democracy. on Avoiding the Word "Evolution" · · Score: 0

    Thomas Edison didn't invent the light bulb

    And even if he did, it doesn't help the grandparent's case much
  21. Please tag as on Possible 25 Million Year Old Frog Found · · Score: -1, Redundant

    'jurassicpark'

  22. Re:Got ta say..... on YouTube Hands Over User Info To Fox · · Score: 1

    Copyright infringement is NOT THEFT. It is copyright infringement. We have a name for it for a reason, and that reason is to distinguish it from theft, in which you deprive another of the thing which you are taking. When you make a copy of something you are NOT taking it. You are copying it. Note too that copying and taking are not the same thing, which is why we have different words for them. I could be off-base here, but it seems that the worth 'theft' is almost justified here... After all, he is depriving Fox of the chance to be the first to publicly release the material.
  23. Re:Only affects windows users on Bird Flu Pandemic Could Choke the Net · · Score: 1

    The thought of having to put down an entire town of battery-farmed Tuxes frightens me.

  24. Re:Omission from TFA on Seagate Claims 2.5" SCSI Drive is World's Fastest · · Score: 1

    Spinning your computer equipments that fast would cause serious damage to components. It would not work anymore, and using it would be virtually impossible. Not if you're spinning at the same speed! Try holding onto the cambelt of your car while sitting in an office chair.
  25. Re:Article summary wrong (surprise) on Gilmore Loses Airport ID Case · · Score: 1

    How soon before being required to show ID when checking into Hotels/Motels? As it stands at the moment, very few hotels will allow you to check in without a credit card or photo ID + cash bond.

    But then again, that's just to protect minibar revenue and against vandals, rather than the will of Big Brother.