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  1. Re:Why is this only an emergency feature??? on Apple Patent To Safeguard 911 Cellphone Calls · · Score: 1

    My Nokia phone already has a "battery is nearly empty mode". It shut down all useless stuff (camera, music player, any other program that might be running except phonebook/sms/call/standby and GPS) and dims the display (which is OLED in my case so already quite power friendly). It went to it once and it gave me a large amount of standby time including a few calls.

  2. Re:Why wouldn't they charge for tethering? on Will AT&T Charge Extra For MMS & Tethering? · · Score: 1

    Because the 60mb PDF I just opened would not fit on my handset (Screen and internal memory). On my laptop I can use much more bandwidth then on my phone, so it costs more for the provider. $30 is still a lot though!

  3. "lose it" on Hosting a Highly Inflammatory Document? · · Score: 1

    Just put it on a CD/USB key and leave in a public place near a large news outlet. Repeat after a month or so if nothing came of it.

    And why is the article tagged xs4all? It's not that that it isn't part of a large telecom called KPN.

  4. Re:No. on Court Orders Breathalyzer Code Opened, Reveals Mess · · Score: 1

    I always thought the reason for the non-zero max was that it is always possible to have some alcohol content in you even if you haven't been drinking. And measurement errors. The rule should be: Not drinking before driving. The upper limit is only to weed out measurement errors and other reasons you might have a higher BAC.

  5. Re:Alienware are overpriced anyway on Alienware Refusing Customers As Thieves · · Score: 1

    Buy business systems, not the consumer crap. Goes for every manufacturer.

  6. Re:It's a laptop on Alienware Refusing Customers As Thieves · · Score: 1

    And you can get the cooling right (and quiet)

  7. Re:100 miles to the nearest commuter train, on Your Commuting Costs By Car Vs. Train? · · Score: 1

    Why a mountain bike for city traffic? You get dirty, lights have to be detachable and you have a worse view then a standard European city bike. And you cannot take a case of beer on your mountain bike.
    Also, for $1500 you can get a city bike with front suspension and all gadgets you like. I pay a tenth for a second hand because it will get stolen or breaks down in a year anyway so it's to expensive for me.

  8. Re:wheeled and stable vs dynamically legged robots on Robots Take To the Stairs · · Score: 1

    Asimo walks with ZMP (zero moment point). That means he is in static balance every moment (AKA he can stop all his joints (dv = 0) and he won't fall).

  9. Re:Not the programming on The Problem With Cable Is Television · · Score: 1

    And if you where to become poor and your children freaking smart then they wouldn't be able to go to school because YOU fucked up.
    Or you have to get medical attention because someone stupid dumped toxic waste in your backyard and you cannot afford the medical bill. You cannot go to court, because nobody pays for it.

  10. Re:Carputer on Options For a Laptop With a Broken Screen? · · Score: 1

    The idea is that you read those patents to DIY it. As long as you don't sell it you're fine.

  11. Re:What caused Adobe to back off? on Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 Released, Supports ODF Out of the Box · · Score: 1

    Monopoly behaviour -> Using office to gain strength in the PDF creation business or some variant thereof as far as I heard.

  12. Re:The real question on Robo-Arm Signatures Are Legal, Gov't Buys One · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You might be able to use a mechanical solution between the shaft of the motor and the driven shaft. Think of a spring-damper system that dampens the step movement to a smooth path.

  13. Re:How about Orion? on Better Living Through Nukes? · · Score: 1

    Send nuke on Trident missile into orbit (I saw that on Deep Impact so it must be true), catch missile, use nuke.

    Bonus points if you are rotating for artificial gravity at the same time

  14. Re:Can't pay for your car? Ride a bicycle! on Cellular Repo Man · · Score: 1

    No, then your blood boils

  15. Re:ME ME ME! on Slashdot Launches User Achievements · · Score: 1

    No. You do get a pink ponie however.

  16. Re:Can't pay for your car? Ride a bicycle! on Cellular Repo Man · · Score: 1

    Do it two weeks and you won't sweat any more.

  17. Re:Sesame Street & the Importance of Bilingual on Shouldn't Every Developer Understand English? · · Score: 1

    I dead body the house... Right

  18. Re:Not always going to work on RIP the Campus Computer Lab, 1960-2009 · · Score: 1

    Not even that, we just got our offline licenses for matlab (yeah now I don't have to waste one and an half our sitting in the train)

  19. Re:Computer labs aren't only computer rooms... on RIP the Campus Computer Lab, 1960-2009 · · Score: 1

    If an university is a bit decent they provide laptops against cost at the first year and have dozens of replacements ready (and an image with the important software). You just have to keep backups. I've turned in my laptop a few times and I just got another one for loan.

    As for software failure, just plug it in at the "pump-stations" scattered around the place and you have a fresh image with all things you need(matlab/maple/proE/office etc)

  20. Re:Computer Labs are still useful on RIP the Campus Computer Lab, 1960-2009 · · Score: 1

    Matlab and stuff can be downloaded from free over a VPN connection to my university. Just run it on your own machine.

  21. Re:European Model... on iPhone 3G Finally Available In US Contract-Free · · Score: 1

    Every phone I got with a contract was simlock free. Only the prepaid one I had had a simlock.

  22. Re:cars are for driving on Tesla Releases First Official Photos of Model S Sedan · · Score: 1

    Most controls should be doubled on the steering wheel anyway.

  23. Re:Which country? on ISS To Become Second Brightest-Object In the Sky · · Score: 1

    Everyone knows it is made in Taiwan. Russian, American, Canadian all made in Taiwan

  24. Re:MacBook Pro? on Quick Boot Linux Hopes To Win Over Windows Users · · Score: 1

    Even the latest update to powerdevil for OpenSuSE did this standard (with no config option yet to disable it again)

    Only my drive is dead slow so I hate hibernate

  25. Re:why? on Audio Watermarks Could Pinpoint Film Pirates By Seat · · Score: 1

    It all depends if the movie sucks or if people want to see it another time.