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  1. Re:and whos fault is it? on Hatch Pushes INDUCE Act · · Score: 1

    Blah. You are fucking up our rights because you are cheap idiotic theives.

    Hey, I'm not cheap.

  2. Google Search: Orrin Hatch insane on Hatch Pushes INDUCE Act · · Score: 4, Funny

    Results 1 - 10 of about 2,850 for Orrin Hatch insane. (0.13 seconds)

  3. I don't think this bill goes far enough! on Copyright Bill could Stifle Innovation · · Score: 2, Interesting

    We can't be content with merely banning devices that can illegally copy copyrighted material.

    We need to ban any device that can potentially play illegal media!

    No child is safe while televisions and music players exist which could possibly corrupt their minds with illegally copied media!

    Ban all Media Players now!

  4. Flash! John Preskill killed in drive-by shooting. on Hawking Gracefully, Formally Loses Black Hole Bet · · Score: 1

    MC Hawking could not be reached for comment.

    /jk

  5. Or the XL1S on Which Digital Video Camera for Amateur Video? · · Score: 1

    The Canon XL1S has an underwater housing.

  6. I rather like the Canon XL2. on Which Digital Video Camera for Amateur Video? · · Score: 1

    You can find a description here.

    I like the fact that I can use different lenses, including certain Canon still camera lenses.

  7. Re:Blinkx website privacy page. on Blinkx and You Won't Miss It · · Score: 1

    After reading the rest of the site blinkx seems pretty tame privacy-wise. I believe I incorrectly inferred that they collect search data.

    They have a nice interface too.

  8. Re:Blinkx website privacy page. on Blinkx and You Won't Miss It · · Score: 2, Insightful

    After reading this...

    blinkx works by comparing relevant information to deliver results, but never uses the original documents. The only actual hard information blinkx collects is your e-mail address when you decide to download the blinkx client.

    And then this...

    This site recognizes the home server of visitors, but not their e-mail addresses. This site also uses "cookie" technology so that we can better understand how to improve the experience of visiting our website. Also, blinkx tracks the Internet address of the domains from which visitors are coming and uses this data for statistics and analysis on the levels of success of our web programs, but the name of the visitor remains anonymous.

    They are pretty much saying that they *only* collect your email address and all of your web browsing data, but don't worry since they don't have your "name".

  9. Blinkx website privacy page. on Blinkx and You Won't Miss It · · Score: 4, Informative

    Our Commitment To Your Privacy

    Your privacy is important to us and blinkx makes every endeavor to ensure that all of our products protect your privacy.

    Most importantly, BLINKX NEVER REMOVES, COPIES, FORWARDS, AMENDS OR OTHERWISE MOVES ANY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION from your COMPUTER (INCLUDING YOUR E-MAILS AND DOCUMENTS). YOUR INFORMATION STAYS ON YOUR COMPUTER.

    blinkx works by comparing relevant information to deliver results, but never uses the original documents. The only actual hard information blinkx collects is your e-mail address when you decide to download the blinkx client.

    We use the information you directly provide about yourself purely for this blinkx beta program. We do not share this information with outside parties and for no other commercial matters. When we receive email correspondence, we use return email addresses to reply with the information requested. Such addresses are not shared with outside parties.

    Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please send us an email at feedback@blinkx.com
    blinkx's Website

    This policy only addresses our activities from our servers. Other websites (including those that we link to and third party websites or services that we co-brand) may have their own policies, which we do not control, and thus are not addressed by this policy.

    This site recognizes the home server of visitors, but not their e-mail addresses. This site also uses "cookie" technology so that we can better understand how to improve the experience of visiting our website. Also, blinkx tracks the Internet address of the domains from which visitors are coming and uses this data for statistics and analysis on the levels of success of our web programs, but the name of the visitor remains anonymous.

    The names and contact information of persons who request information about blinkx, its subsidiaries, its products and/or its services are added to our data base, so that they may be contacted in the future regarding blinkx's products, services or future opportunities. This contact may occur by e-mail, telephone or mail, as blinkx deems appropriate. We do not sell or rent any information about our visitors, and we have no plans to do so in the future.

    We use industry-standard efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your personally identifiable information, such as firewalls and secure socket layers where appropriate. However, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet.

    You acknowledge that acceptance of this privacy policy, as updated from time to time at this location, is a condition to your use of our website and you agree to be bound by all of its terms and conditions.

    If you have any questions regarding our policies please e-mail blinkx's webmaster at feedback@blinkx.com

    blinkx home page

  10. Add a camera and a wi-fi connection... on Korean Bipedal Robot Kit · · Score: 1

    And you have the most freaking cool toy ever.

  11. Re:What a shame... on Lysergically Yours · · Score: 1
    I wish I could provide a reference, but I remember Dr. Hoffman was quoted talking about hydergine and how similar it was to LSD.

    In fact, he said that a low daily dose of LSD (30-50 micrograms) would have the same cognitive enhancing effects as hydergine itself.

    So, really LSD was the first synthetic nootropic drug, but hydergine was more marketable since it didn't have the stigmata LSD accquired.

  12. No mp3s on labels? on glabels: Ready For Prime Time · · Score: 3, Funny
    Damn, that sucks.


    I was so looking forward to dusting off the old CueCat and listening to some tracks with it.

  13. Re:What will that fix? on Cingular To Offer Mobile High-Speed Internet · · Score: 2, Funny

    If by fix you mean AT&T Wireless will no longer be the worst customer service you have ever had, then yes, Cingular will fix that.

  14. Nothing bites like a Trilobite. on New Electrolux Trilobite 2.0 Vacuum Robot · · Score: 1
    Nothing bites like a Trilobite.

    Let's hope they choose a different ad company other than the one that gave us "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux."

    And it's true, Electroluxes do suck, but in a good way.

    One of at least two times I can think of where sucking is a good thing.

  15. New headline. on Alien Swarm Add-on for UT2004 Showcased · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Black Cat Games creators of Alien Swarm, have themselves been swarmed by Slashdotters.

  16. And I thought I was the only one who played this. on Remote New Zealand Volcano Sees Dinosaur Alert? · · Score: 1
  17. A whole movie? on "A Sound of Thunder" Movie This Summer · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's what the Man himself has to say.

  18. Ok, here's some numbers for that. on Solar Cells Get Boost · · Score: 1
    Depending on the size of your vehicle, it takes between 15-25 kilowatt-hours of power per hour of use. If you used your car an average of 2 hours per week, you would need to store between 200-350 KWh of power in those batteries. To get that much power in an hour from 50% efficient solar cells would require around 600 square meters of solar panels. in other words, your solar panel would need to be a square 75' on a side.

    If you allowed for a four hour charge, you would only need a panel of 150 square meters, or the roof of a large garage.

  19. Re:Would this be possible? on Things You Can Do With A Giant Fresnel Lens · · Score: 3, Informative

    Something like this?

  20. Re:$99 for the cheap fresnel... on Things You Can Do With A Giant Fresnel Lens · · Score: 1
    A steam engine can get a theoretical 22% efficiency so from a one square meter frenel focusing around 80% of the light striking it, you could get around 200 watts of power on a good day.

    YMMV

  21. Re:I want a video of this on my t-shirt... on Video T-shirts · · Score: -1, Troll
    Abu Gharib take note.

    Any sufficiently advanced torture is indistinguishable from Japanese entertainment.

  22. Optical density? on Nanobacteria Discovered? · · Score: 3, Insightful
    When the tissue was broken up, filtered to remove anything more than 200nm and the filtrate added to a sterile medium, the optical density - or cloudiness - of the medium increased.

    This, the researchers argue, means the nanoparticles were multiplying of their own accord.


    Wouldn't this also occur if the sub-200nm chunks broke up further after filtration?

  23. Like WEP is secure? on Safe and Insecure? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    And MAC addresses can be spoofed.

    Open or closed, your wireless access point has plausible deniability.

    Keeping the connection open just makes it much more convienent to access for the vast majority of people who are doing nothing illegal.

  24. Let me guess... on Transmeta To Add 'NX' Antivirus Feature To Chips · · Score: 4, Funny

    The "no execute" function is a subset of a call from a governor.

  25. They have the tools. on Forget MTV, I Want My Internet! · · Score: 3, Interesting
    I think when the students start to put together their Dragon processors, wi-fi, and mesh networking, internet access may cease to be a problem.

    Execution for doing so may persist for a while though.