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  1. Re:Voting is a joke now on The State of Electronic Voting In the 2008 US Elections · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Was there ever a time when you could guarantee that every vote counted?

  2. Re:grep -R on (Useful) Stupid Unix Tricks? · · Score: 1

    That just means you're getting old. The -R option is a newcomer. Certainly SVR4 grep didn't have it.

  3. Re:Fuck the FCC on Supreme Court To Rule On TV Censorship · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Do you think the "fairness doctrine" is an attempt to regulate free speech?

  4. Re:No one uses boring avatar names on IBM's Teri-is-a-Girl-and-Terry-is-a-Boy Patent · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Unless the names are xXDeath_StalkeretteXx and KillMurderess_415, assigning a male avatar is probably a safe bet.

  5. Re:Excuse? on Can the US Stop the Illegal Export of Its Technology? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Don't confuse information with technology. Most of the prosecutions were for exporting goods, not IP.

  6. Re:proved? on Distributed.net Finds Optimal 25-Mark Golomb Ruler · · Score: 1

    Hey Bert, we need to talk about that Principia Mathematica thing.
    Your pal, Kurt Godel.

  7. Small Parts, Inc on Where to Find Axles, Gears For Kinetic Sculpture? · · Score: 1

    Lots of cool stuff here

  8. Re:I'd try... on Recovering Moldy Electronics? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'll second this. I used 91% IPA from Walgreens to clean some heavily smoke-damaged electronics gear (including a Dell XPS). Left no residue and dried quickly.

  9. Re:Fun, but not installable from this CD on BSDanywhere Announces First Release · · Score: 1

    Don't worry about the liner notes - they stopped including the list of donors after 3.6, referring you here instead.

  10. Re:Police state bullshit. on Every Email In UK To Be Monitored · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you're still posting a week from now, it will be informative. If you're never heard from again, it'll be insightful.

  11. Rouge: the next /. malapropism? on San Fran Hunts For Mystery Device On City Network · · Score: 1

    As in, "This begs the question, did a rouge sysasdmin plant virii that caused us to loose control of our boxen?"

  12. Re:Wow 10 years! on Vegas Star Trek Experience Closing Down · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had never heard of this, but then again I have never actually gone to Vegas.

    Neither have I. This may provide a clue as to why it's closing.

  13. Re:Means to an end on The Inside Story On the San Francisco Network Hijacking · · Score: 1

    This is San Francisco, which would like to rename a sewage treatment plant after George W Bush. I'm guessing the feds aren't in any big hurry to jump in.

  14. Re:Get off on a technicality on Porn Found On L.A. Obscenity Case Judge's Website · · Score: 1

    I'm betting the judge does too. Often.

  15. This seems a bit harsh. on Nevada Governor to Bill Fossett Widow For Search · · Score: 1
    Do we bill airlines for rescue/recovery when their planes crash? Seagoing cruise lines?

    Why stop here? Heart attack on a public street requiring EMTs? That's a billin'. Cops respond to a home invasion? Hey, them SWAT teams ain't free.

  16. Re:2 million records, or people? on Backup Tapes With 2 Million Medical Records Stolen · · Score: 1

    The Jackson Hospital System is Miami-Dade county's public health care system, and is U of M's teaching hospital. It could easily have treated 2 million individuals over 9 years.

  17. Slashdot is dying. on Why Good Data Can Be Hard to Find Online · · Score: 2, Funny

    Alexa confirms it.

  18. Re:It's Started on Study Confirms ISPs Meddle With Web Traffic · · Score: 1

    Well said. Very well said.

  19. Here's where it gets tricky on In Australia, Bosses May Get Power To Snoop On Emails · · Score: 1

    Your employer may require you to consent to monitoring, but not your correspondents outside the company. If they discover that their email is being monitored, lawsuits might ensue. The proposed law seems to cover the employer's ass here.

  20. Re:Keys to profit on VeriSign Jacks Up .com, .net Prices To the Max · · Score: 1

    Monopolies ordinarily omit step 2.

  21. Re:Overly Complicated on Ohio Investigating Possible Vote Machine Tampering Last Year · · Score: 1

    Sequoia'a threat succeeded.

  22. Re:expect anything different? on LANCOR v. OLPC Case Continues In Nigerian Court · · Score: 1
    According to the Boston Globe>,

    The founder of Lagos Analysis Corp., Ade Oyegbola, was convicted of bank fraud in Boston in 1990 and served a year in prison. .Maybe that's not despicable enough, but it sure puts a dent in LANCOR's credibility.
  23. Re:Vendor Name? on Your Worst IT Workshop? · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, that would be "by Dummies."

  24. Re:You make it sound on Judge Backs Amazon, Raps Feds Over Book Records · · Score: 1

    ...government agents standing in popular bookstores making a show of taking down the names of anyone who buys my book. When the government forces Amazon to give over customer records it infringes the first amendment through this chilling effect
    This is where you're losing me. What would a purchaser of your book have to be afraid of? Gitmo? Waterboarding? Termination with extreme prejudice? Tax audit?

    Do you know any victims of Chilling Effect Syndrome?

    I would be ashamed of myself if I didn't buy your book because "the government will know about it."

    That, incidentally, is the whole point of the first amendment: You can speak|publish|worship freely, and government can't stop you.

    You speak of "chilling effects." I'm guessing that if you had actually written a book and "government agents" were stationed at bookstores to take names of those who bought it, you would outsell J. K. Rowling.

  25. Re:Takes a load off IT. on Colleges Outsourcing Email To MS Live, Google · · Score: 1

    Well, 2014 may be a bit premature, but the declining birth rate is definitely going to affect higher ed. There is a buyer's market looming.