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  1. A question on Police Launch Drones Over LA · · Score: 1

    So how long until the telescreens are installed?

  2. Here's a problem on U.S. Army Testing Personal Cooling Suits · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sure, these vests might work great while in-vehicle. But they're worn under-armor; what happens when a soldier has to exit the vehicle quickly? Sure, the hoses are quick-release, but now he's got yet another layer of clothing on in the desert heat, a layer that probably doesn't help his maneuverability. Perhaps there's a better solution.

  3. Well this renders space experimentation useless. on NASA's Shuttle Plans · · Score: 1

    Other than at the ISS, we won't have any platform for performing experiments in space, now that we're reseparating the cargo from its users. Wonderful idea, NASA.

    What we've basically created are resupply modules for the ISS. I don't see how this is in any way a Shuttle replacement.

  4. Re:Let's think about this for a second... on Traffic Studied Using Computer-Linked Cars · · Score: 1

    Crap. I meant to reply to CrazyJim.

  5. Re:Let's think about this for a second... on Traffic Studied Using Computer-Linked Cars · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't that just be analogous to using mapquest to find the quickest route before leaving home?

    Or are you saying that there should be a computer to find everyone's quickest route on the fly? I think that wouldn't work, because, say, on an Interstate, most people are going in the same direction (away from the city). If there's a traffic-causing disturbance (say, an accident), everyone is going to need to bypass that accident on the way home. The computer would need to be really intelligent to take into account the fact that EVERYONE is going to need to get off the interstate at point A and get back on at point B, or else all it would be doing is shifting the traffic off the interstate and onto a detour of sorts.

  6. Let's think about this for a second... on Traffic Studied Using Computer-Linked Cars · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If EVERYONE has a computer in their car to help them avoid traffic jams, then it would be absolutely pointless. The traffic would become more widely distributed, sure, but it'd shift away from highways that are designed to hold traffic, and into residential areas that aren't. You're going to have traffic somewhere, so whether it's on the highway or on another road is immaterial. Thus, these computers are pointless for anything more than data-gathering.

  7. Re:In other news... on How Company Employees Use The Web · · Score: 1

    That's because it's fucking annoying to run as a limited user. You can't install shit. It's not worth the trouble, if you know what you're doing.

  8. Re:Doesn't add up on $1.5 Million Bar-code Scheme Bilks Wal-Mart Stores · · Score: 1

    You're missing the point. They did this to the tune of $1.5 million. This isn't a simpleton cashier or two who let things slide - they had to have a scheme for dealing with this.

  9. This is good. But... on Dutch Fine Spammers, AOL Reports Drop in Spam · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Are spam crimes really being enforced correctly? Some would say no. Shouldn't government be focused on combating spam itself by catching each and every spammer, rather than making an example out of a few? It's the same as the RIAA and music; no one worries about getting caught because the odds are so low.

    Until we have a centrally-implemented system that tracks every spammer by IP and reports them to ISPs, we won't be making any real progress.

  10. 2 comments and already done? on Inexpensive Dashboard PC · · Score: 0, Funny

    i wish my server was a c64 like this guy's

  11. Re:why would anyone buy this on Acer Plans A 16 lb. Notebook · · Score: 4, Funny

    you call that an advantage? I've never owned an Apple product since the AppleII, and even I think this is ludicrous.

  12. why would anyone buy this on Acer Plans A 16 lb. Notebook · · Score: 2, Insightful

    when you could just get a 17" powerbook?

  13. Another specialization on Specialized Knoppixes for Fun and Profit · · Score: 2, Informative

    In the Overclocking community, we use Overclockix, a distro specified for testing new overclocks and also using distributed computing apps without a hard drive.

  14. t3h C14 pwnz j00 on Photoshop Fails At Counterfeit Prevention · · Score: 1

    The inner workings of the counterfeit deterrence system are so secret that not even Adobe is privy to them. The Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group provides the software as a black box without revealing its precise inner workings, Connor said.

    Wow, I'm sure Adobe has NO idea what's going into its own products, they just copy and paste government code in like THAT without even looking at it.

  15. Wow, must be some advanced scanning features on Photoshop Fails At Counterfeit Prevention · · Score: 1

    Digital artist Kiera Wooley circumvented the restrictions simply by cutting and pasting a bank-note image from another graphics utility into Photoshop.

    how else would you open an image of currency?

  16. Re:Let's hope this doesn't get too widespread on Turning A FX5900 Into A FX5950 Ultra, Tool-Free · · Score: 1

    actually, you can't really tell if a chip's been overclocked simply by looking at it. unless they have some sophisticated diagnostic and some memory built into the chip to tell them how high it's went, they wouldn't be able to tell unless it's overclocked so high that it overheats markedly.

  17. Re:Let's hope this doesn't get too widespread on Turning A FX5900 Into A FX5950 Ultra, Tool-Free · · Score: 1

    I'm doing the exact same thing, but still having no multi is a pain in the ass on my friend's box.

  18. Re:a few issues on Turning A FX5900 Into A FX5950 Ultra, Tool-Free · · Score: 1

    Obviously, but they're not the same thing. It's like saying a Linux box is the same as a Windows box because they're exactly the same electronically.

  19. Let's hope this doesn't get too widespread on Turning A FX5900 Into A FX5950 Ultra, Tool-Free · · Score: 3, Insightful

    or NVidia will be forced to take the approach AMD did. AMD got tired of newbie overclockers buying $90 XP2500s and easily overclocking them into $500 XP3200s, so they locked the multiplier, one of the methods used to overclock AMD chips.

    Thus proving, the many ruin things for the few.

  20. a few issues on Turning A FX5900 Into A FX5950 Ultra, Tool-Free · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually, you got some things wrong. Firstly, the things that determine XP vs MP and Mobile vs Regular aren't jumpers; they're bridges. You have to connect them electronically by means of a pencil or rear window defroster kit.

    And, the 2500+ runs default at 1833MHz.

    /overclocker

  21. Re:Please Think Before Exposing Paranoia on Feds Thwart Extortion Plot Against Best Buy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Joe Private Citizen doesn't have other people's credit card numbers and information stored on his website.

  22. Re:here's what the chips are used for: on Transmeta's New Smaller, Faster Chips Announced · · Score: 2, Interesting

    i suck at teh html. LINK

  23. here's what the chips are used for: on Transmeta's New Smaller, Faster Chips Announced · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/gingerbreadvillag e/

  24. best way to see what you can and can't say: on What You Can't Say · · Score: 1

    Post it on /. and see if you get modded down!

  25. Re:Focus Groups on Pricing and Internet Architecture · · Score: 1

    Providers:Ron Popeil as 3G:Hair In a Can?