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  1. Re:SpiderOak? Rosegarden? on OpenSUSE 11.3 Is Here · · Score: 1

    So that's why there are so many Internet Explorer users.

  2. Re:SpiderOak? Rosegarden? on OpenSUSE 11.3 Is Here · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How is "Firefox" supposed to make you think of browsing the web?

  3. Re:Who cares? on Consumer Reports Can't Recommend iPhone 4 · · Score: 0, Troll

    They test everything? Really?

    About 12 million firearms are sold annually in the US. Which ones has CR tested?

  4. Re:Right on White House Tackling the Economics of Cybersecurity · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Well, based on their publication Social Contract 2.0: A 21st Century Program for Effective Cyber Security, p. 29 (.PDF)

    For example, an anti-virus vendor who might report a lot of C2 URLs based on all the malware could become upgraded to a they get would be Platinum Certified Threat Reporters. A large company with robust internal capabilities might be achieve Gold level.

    they certainly don't represent speakers of coherent English.

  5. Re:Black hurricanes on BP Robot Seriously Hampers Oil Spill Containment · · Score: 4, Interesting

    According to the National Hurricane Center (sorry, .PDF), hurricanes themselves won't affect the spill much one way or another. But they will seriously interrupt the recovery process, such as it is.

  6. Re:My 300 baud modem shivered... on Sending Data In Bursts of SMS Messages · · Score: 1

    Ma Bell initially wanted you to lease a DAA even with an acoustic coupler! Then came the Carterphone decision & PUB 43408, which really opened the PSTN up to all sorts of nifty things. Ah, the good ol' days.

  7. If this bothers you, look at the US House on NY Governor Wants To Expand DNA Database · · Score: 5, Informative

    The U.S. House wants to collect DNA from people merely arrested. And they'll pay the states to do it.

  8. Re:May Gd grant him the mrcy What a waste of 50 ch on Utah Attorney General Tweets Execution Order · · Score: 1

    As a taxpaying atheist, I should get my fair share of those 140 characters too!

    By my reckoning, the theistic portion was 37% of the tweet, the remaining 63% a simple statement of fact. What would you consider to be your fair share?

  9. Re:To hell with the needle, and the haystack. on DHS Wants To Monitor the Web For Terrorists · · Score: 1

    Nisi scire Latine potes.

  10. Re:According to US Senator Harry Reid ... on Harry Reid Pushes Nevada As "Saudi Arabia of Geothermal Energy" · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes, Angle is not the candidate the Republican Party wanted. But the latest poll I know of shows Reid trailing.

  11. Re:Naturally on Harry Reid Pushes Nevada As "Saudi Arabia of Geothermal Energy" · · Score: 1

    Don't worry. Once the Yellowstone Supervolcano erupts, what remains of Wyoming will take over from Nevada.

  12. Re:According to US Senator Harry Reid ... on Harry Reid Pushes Nevada As "Saudi Arabia of Geothermal Energy" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Reid, the Senate Majority Leader, is in danger of losing his long-held seat. He needs the pork badly, and the administration is more than willing to help him out.

  13. Re:How many people... on X Prize Foundation Wants AI Physician On Every Smartphone · · Score: 1

    Where do you live that a 30 mile trip is only a 15 minute drive? Next to an autobahn on-ramp?

  14. Re:"unpopulated" on NASA Astronomers To Observe Hayabusa's Fiery Homecoming · · Score: 1

    Yes. Hayabusa makes it all the way back intact, only to land on a large, unexploded bomb.

  15. Re:Well, just you just keep on driving on Cloth Successfully Separates Oil From Gulf Water · · Score: 1

    I know. Poetic license. But Transocean has drilled (also in the Gulf) at a water depth of over 10,000 feet. Scary.

  16. Re:Well, just you just keep on driving on Cloth Successfully Separates Oil From Gulf Water · · Score: 1

    5000 feet? No problem. Why, just last September a rig called the Deepwater Horizon drilled a hole at a record-setting 30,000 feet.

    Oh, wait.

  17. Re:I get 2 sponsored links right now on BP Buys "Oil Spill" Search Term · · Score: 1

    For those who don't know, Mike Sandman has lots of hard to find things for POTS phone installation and support. Among other things, I replace older PBX systems with asterisk, and sometimes he is the only source for the parts I need.


    Having said that, my favorite Sandman product is the Taseler(tm).
    "You'll have the best dressed and most respectful children in your neighborhood, or Your Money Back!"

  18. Re:Seriously? on Man Builds His Own Subway · · Score: 1

    bicycles may not be a particularly Green way to move thousands of tons of cargo.

    Maybe not, but I believe you have just solved the unemployment problem.

  19. Re:Ah Yes Evil Capitalism on Students Show a Dramatic Drop In Empathy · · Score: 1

    It is sad that, as I post this, your comment has solely been moderated the cowardly "overrated."

  20. Re:Feel empathy for the students and their debt on Students Show a Dramatic Drop In Empathy · · Score: 1

    Is there a qualifying process, or is admission open to everyone?

  21. Re:Couldn't they at least provide a meter? on Earthlink Announces It Must Honor Comcast Cap · · Score: 1

    More important is how much Earthlink claims I've used.

  22. Couldn't they at least provide a meter? on Earthlink Announces It Must Honor Comcast Cap · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to TFA, they won't notify if you approach the limit, and the only way to find out your current usage is to call them. Now that's handy.

  23. Re:Are the Supremes likely to hear it? on "Innocent Infringement" Defense May Reach Supreme Court · · Score: 1

    Ah, I see. I assumed that "innocent infringement" was already well defined. Yes, I hope the Court takes up the case. Thank you.

  24. Are the Supremes likely to hear it? on "Innocent Infringement" Defense May Reach Supreme Court · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Are there sufficient legal issues here for the Court to even take up the case?

  25. Re:We'll know it's pretty good when it's outlawed on Secure Communication Comes To Android · · Score: 3, Informative

    As far as I know, the Justice Department's position hasn't changed much since this 1998 policy FAQ.

    Anyone have any later statements from them?