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  1. Re:Disappointing Video on Building a Telegraph Using Only Stone Age Materials · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Precisely. Even if all the rundown Walmarts had their inventories depleted, *someone* will be selling a used hammer on the market for some food. We have over produced so much crap in the last 50 years alone, we don't need to be making more of basic items such as common hand tools and PVC pipe found in a Home Depot.

    Don't forget. We're also very good at scavenging for resources as well. You think human beings are bad at recycling? In such a scenario, that's all we would be doing. Path of least resistance and all that...

  2. Start with the cell phone industry. on Interop Returns 16 Million IPv4 Addresses · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm guessing the best place to free up IP4 blocks is with the cell phone industry. They could roll out IP6 and eventually drop IP4 depending on the model of your cell phone (dual IP schemes in place for the transition). That industry changes so rapidly anyways and has the largest consumer share over the personal computer. Plus, cell phone devices centrally managed for the most part anyways. Shouldn't be too difficult of a task. At least, not nearly as difficult as flipping home users and SMBs over to IP6 in the same amount of time.

  3. Re:one sided? on US, China Working On Intellectual Property Rights · · Score: 1

    For the best really. Otherwise, China would still be a N. Korea like regime as under Mao Zedong.

    To this day, they are ruled by the authoritative CCP regime. However, letting capitalism flourish will repair the damage that communism has created. At the very last, the people have more freedoms than they did 20 years ago, and far more than 50 years ago. In fact, should Xi Jinping get elected as President which looks very likely from a straw poll (from within the party of course), this could be very good news for the Chinese. He's more pro-western and business friendly. He also has a personal ax to grind against Mao Xedong. After all, his father spent 16 years in jail at Mao's request. But I digress.

  4. Re:Ron Gilbert on Apple Announces iLife '11, FaceTime Mac, Lion, Mac App Store, MacBook Air · · Score: 1

    You think Apple is bad. Well shit man, you obviously never heard of Nintendo. Those guys are absolute Nazi's when it comes to controlling their own platform. And yes...more so than Sony if you can believe it!

    Apple is tame in comparison...for now.

  5. Re:Atmosphere on International Effort Brings an Open Standard For Docking In Space · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Soviet atmosphere mimicked that of Earths at sea level. 20/80 ratio at 14.7 psi. NASA on the other hand used a pure 100% O2 ratio, so 5psi was all that you needed. And in case you didn't know, your body doesn't need nitrogen as it's an inert gas anyways.

  6. Re:Sense (or Sense inspired) all the way on Details of Android 3.0, SIP, Video Chat · · Score: 1

    Oh hell, why not go all out CLI with your phone. Sheesh.

  7. Re:People send takedown notices almost randomly on Universal Sends DMCA Takedown On 1980 Report · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What do you bet they use a program to scour the net with the Shazam engine (or something like it), detect the music content, and automatically generate a form based takedown notice. All without ever needing a first person review.

  8. CCleaner to the rescue. on Un-killable 'Evercookie' Killed ... Sometimes · · Score: 1

    For Windows PCs.

    Install CCleaner. De-select the option to only remove files older than 24 hours. Flush all browser cache, temp files, and temp application items. Basically, select all except for the "Wipe Free Space" option. Reboot, run again to be sure.

    Evercookie should be nuked from orbit.

  9. Re:Why so many cops are pricks on 'Officer Bubbles' Sues YouTube Commenters Over Mockery · · Score: 1

    If someone used martial art or attempted something as simple as a headbutt; yes, they can be subdued with force. Now, I'm not sure what the hell went on in that car. But if it was something along those lines, the tasing could be perfectly legal.

  10. Re:Why so many cops are pricks on 'Officer Bubbles' Sues YouTube Commenters Over Mockery · · Score: 1

    Depends on who's choosing to be a Cop. Personally, I love it when a Cop is ex-military. Case in point: I've had to call 911 at 4am on a thug threatening everyone that walks through my Appartment gate for not giving him money. He stands there like a bouncer.

    Cop came and hunted him down in the complex. A second Cop came on-site from dispatch. They cuffed him and placed in the back of the patrol car. As I was watching from my window, I could see him reach for the officer (attempted choke-hold with arm while cuffed??? Not sure, couldn't see well from my angle). The Cop jumped out of the drivers side and tased the guy. After 10 minutes, he was threatening to kill the Cop and his family. NOT GOOD! He got his ass tased again.

    So ya, I love it when Cops take out the trash. If you ask me, that thug could have gotten a bullet to the head and I would have looked the other way.

  11. Re:2012, the year of IPv6 support? on NRO Warns They Are On Final IPv4 Address Blocks · · Score: 1

    Many. But mainly those that VPN from home. Chances are, they're already behind a router which NATs already. Anyone will tell you that you can't NAT NAT and expect a trouble free VPN and FTP connection back to the corporate office.

  12. Re:Someone help me out here on NRO Warns They Are On Final IPv4 Address Blocks · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Stop! Seriously, just stop. Nothing you can ever say or do will change human nature. Collectively, we are a bunch of procrastinating re-active MFers.

    Some friendly advice. Let it happen. Plan on how to pick up the pieces, not how to prevent the fall. Trust me. The sooner you come to terms with reality, the better you'll sleep. I know I do.

  13. Re:Parent - Interesting.... on Tesla Signs $60 Million Contract With Toyota · · Score: 2, Insightful

    True, the IC engine is the most efficient form of locomotion. Where it gets the bad rap is when it's being used to transport one person in 2 tons of metal. That's a lot of mass to be slinging around.

  14. Hybid RAV4 to meet new CAFE standards on Tesla Signs $60 Million Contract With Toyota · · Score: 1

    The 2011 RAV4s will be the last year of the V6. RAV4s are very popular. The V6 version tends to sell the quickest fetching full MSRP from the dealer.

    Toyota knows their own market. The new Hybrid i4 for 2012 is out of fear to meet the the new CAFE standards, not because of market demand.

  15. Harpoon it ouf of the way on How To Deflect an Asteroid With Today's Technology · · Score: 1

    This should be easy assuming it's not a solid chuck of iron and/or nickle.

    Step 1. Launch a multi-stage rocket from Earth to the rock in question. The the tip of this rocket will have a very long harpoon made out out tungsten carbide.

    Step 2. Impale the asteroid with the rocket thus delivering kinetic energy.

    Step 3. Fire off the attached retro-rocket and continue to push the asteroid off course.

  16. Re:What? on AOL Spends $1M On Solid State Memory SAN · · Score: 1

    Not that I've crunched the numbers or anything. But I'm willing to bet that a team DBAs outsourced to India and cheap hardware made in China provides a better ROI over an expensive team of American DBAs and a standard server configuration for the task.

    Sucks doesn't it?

  17. Re:Being a dog owner ... on Dogs Can Be Pessimistic · · Score: 5, Funny

    He's just marking his territory. Don't shampoo your carpet, they hate it when you do that. It just means more "work" to get up, find a spot, and proceed to take another shit and scoot around. Do him a favor and save his asshole from extended rug-burn.

  18. Re:got spyware? on Careful What You Post, the FBI Has More of These · · Score: 1

    Read about Ruby Ridge and the Waco Siege. Both didn't end very well. It was not handled properly. But buy the time you're dead, no "sorry" from the Feds will ever turn back the clock.

  19. Re:No Pirate, a Thief on Pirate Electrician Supplied Power To 1,500 Homes · · Score: 1

    Are you telling me that when a seafaring pirate boards another vessel (off the coast of Africa for example) to steal property, that's not theft??!

  20. Re:Flat pay isn't my concern. on Flat Pay Prompts 1 In 3 In IT To Consider Jump · · Score: 1

    I'd be willing to take a $10k-$20k cut in salary for a more secure job.

    Seriously, tell that to your boss. Tell him that you want to keep your job so much, you are willing to take a $15k drop in salary if that would help put you at the bottom of the list of people to layoff. Then, when the market improves and they start hiring again, you renegotiate your salary for a higher paycheck.

    Never in my life had a thought about this. But sure why not? Less pay is better than zero pay. Especially true when there are people standing in soup lines.

  21. Re:80% of employees are useless drones on Flat Pay Prompts 1 In 3 In IT To Consider Jump · · Score: 1

    I'm at #1. I get paid fair according to my skills and the average employment statistics. Not bad, not good either.

    I'm staying for two reasons. 1. I don't want to rock the boat in this climate, besides I've been with the company a long time. 2. I'm in the process of advancing my career to the next level. Gaining experience now is valuable for future advancement and negotiation of a pay raise.

  22. Re:As the economy improves??? on Flat Pay Prompts 1 In 3 In IT To Consider Jump · · Score: 1

    And they will continue for another 20, 50, 1000 years. Or, however long it takes to reach global market equilibrium in the market place with regards to supply and demand. Way back when, the American engine was running under full boost. Once labor and services had a quick path to be outsourced to other nations, that's when our boost ran out.

    Our standards of living have stagnated while 3rd world nations have had theirs improve. America is one of the richest countries, so naturally it will be one of the **last** industrialized nations to recover while we wait for them to catch up.

  23. Re:poorly implemented... on Finding Lost IT With RFID · · Score: 1

    Oh God, you have no idea how useful such as system in place would be for the home garage. Keeping track of tools is enough to sell me on the idea.

    Now if Craftsman or Snap-On (those are expensive) could embed RFID into their sockets and wrenches to withstand motor oil, I would never have to worry about losing that must-have 10mm.

  24. Re:Radio on Can We Travel To That Exciting New Exoplanet? · · Score: 1

    If you believe in extraterrestrial visitation, you'll notice that many sighting were made shortly after the first test of the atomic bomb on July 16th, 1945.

    We know that the bomb is based on converting mass into energy. All that energy radiates at the speed of light. But what if there's other forms of energy generated at a different dimension that transcends space, time and the speed of light. What if that bomb was detected on an alien scanner millions of light years away...instantly. This would be important because of two things. Plutonium doesn't really occur naturally in such concentrated amounts if I recall. Second, getting that same plutonium to go super critical requires engineering. So when that bomb popped, it acted as beacon with a unique signature saying "Hey, there's intelligent life over here".

    If all that turned out to be true (maybe, maybe not), Trinity was humanity making "First Contact".

  25. Old News. Time Warner already does this on Should ISPs Cut Off Bot-infected Users? · · Score: 1

    Time Warner (Austin, TX) has bee doing this going back at least 2003. I should know, I worked as TSR agent. If a customer calls in to troubleshoot a connectivity issue, their account might be flagged by security as a source of spam and viri activity. Once we re-activated their cable modem, they would be directed to http://www.rrsecurity-abuse.com/index.php. They would be then be forced to fill out an online form.

    THIS IS OLD NEWS!!!