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  1. Nice troll on Voting Machines Wreak Havoc in Maryland Elections · · Score: 1

    I didn't realize Al Sharpton read Slashdot.

  2. It was a nerd test on The Physics of Superheroes · · Score: 5, Funny

    You passed.

  3. Re:Hasn't Google already justified it? on Wikipedia Won't Bow to Chinese Censors · · Score: 1

    Google is merely a search engine, where as Wikipedia is expected to be held to some kind of standard for factual accuracy. The idea of the Chinese government modifying and censoring the information on Wikipedia is antithetical to what encyclopedias are for. They don't want to perpetuate falsified or strategically-omitted information.

  4. No need to wait on Blu-Ray and HD-DVD Playback Under XP · · Score: 1

    VHS is already available. You don't even have to mess with menus. ;)

    Unless you wanted something more modern, in which case you'll probably be waiting... forever. :\

  5. Re:What you need to watch HD-DVD on Blu-Ray and HD-DVD Playback Under XP · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Apparently so. I ran it on this machine and it tells me a P4 3.0GHz is not sufficient...

  6. Another soul on 611 Defects, 71 Vulnerabilities Found In Firefox · · Score: 4, Funny

    Touched by His noodly appendage.

  7. Re:No it's not. on Wireless HDMI Prototype Announced · · Score: 1

    I did it myself for the cost of the speaker wire and wall plates...

    Not sure where your monthly HDMI 'fees' and thousands of dollars come from.

  8. Re:It's true! on Wireless HDMI Prototype Announced · · Score: 1

    The speakers are powered by the speaker cable. These are the rear ones I'm referring to though, the rest is tucked away in an entertainment center cabinet.

  9. It's true! on Wireless HDMI Prototype Announced · · Score: 3, Insightful

    My wife's only complaint with my home theater set up was all the wires and how best to hide them. She was totally against me using surround sound because of the wires. Finally I ran the wires under the flooring (it's complicated) and then it was no problem. So in reality these guys have a good point.

  10. Re:irresponsibility=profitable in every country on Another 150,000 Years of CO2 Data · · Score: 1

    Replace the corporations with the government and you will have as much or more corruption, with the added benefits of bureaucratic inefficiency and lack of accountability. The government is already plenty responsible for a good portion of pollution.

  11. Hmm? on Another 150,000 Years of CO2 Data · · Score: 1

    I don't believe the Libertarians have any kind of anti-environmental stance. In fact it appears from their site that they want the government to be held accountable for its more than fair share of pollution...

  12. Re:An Inconvenient Agreement: Bill O'Reilly & on Another 150,000 Years of CO2 Data · · Score: 5, Informative
    Well there's that, and the fact that we get our ethanol from corn which is not nearly as useful for producing ethanol as Brazil's sugar cane is. And of course, our corn lobby is actually pretty big and have consequently placed nice restrictions on importing ethanol from such countries as Brazil as well as getting sugar cane into the business of producing ethanol. So it's not exactly 'big oil', though their lobby is plenty powerful on its own.

    As usual, what's good for the environment/consumer/voter takes a back seat to politicians' special interests.

  13. Yet on Hardware Hacking a Voting Machine in 4 Minutes · · Score: 1

    We trust these same individuals to count our paper votes by hand or fed into a machine? Why?

  14. Just my guess on Hardware Hacking a Voting Machine in 4 Minutes · · Score: 1

    But I think there is an assumption that the people running the polls will not allow a team of hackers to sit there at the Diebold machine prodding and prying at it, soldering logic boards onto it, and all the other funky stuff they've been doing to Diebold machines to make them mess up. I could just drive a truck into it, that would be even easier than hacking it!

  15. Re:CB channel 9 for 802.11 on First Responder Networks 5 Years After 9/11 · · Score: 1

    In an emergency, especially those such as a destroyed building, Internet is probably the last thing you'd want to rely on.

  16. Mac startup sound on Vista Startup Sound to be Mandatory? · · Score: 1

    OS X doesn't have a startup sound per se, it's part of the boot loader. It happens whether I'm going to boot into OS X or Windows. I believe you can bypass this by holding the mute key (if you have one) during startup but I don't have mine with me to test. Also there are third party utilities to turn it off.

  17. Yup on Steal This Film · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's so important that they have it that they will set up sites dedicated to getting the content and connect with thousands of other peers who want it, but then they claim that the people who created this content have no right to ask for money for it. Parts of the DMCA are definitely in need of repair, but the underlying copyright schema is an ownership/creator interest that has existed forever. I'm no model citizen in that regard, I've downloaded the stuff myself, but I'm don't kid myself that I'm doing 'the right thing' and that the copyright owners are waging some kind of immoral war against me.

  18. Re:Of course they are... on Consumer Reports Creates Viruses to Test Software · · Score: 2, Funny
    Testing security only emboldens the terrorists!

    And think of all the furry kittens that would die!

  19. Re:The UK Terror plot: what's really going on? on Are Liquid Explosives on a Plane Feasible? · · Score: 1

    LOL. You types amaze me. If it weren't for the fact that the World Trade Centers didn't exist anymore you wouldn't believe a word of it would you? Actually I guess I give you too much credit, you still think that was Bush and Blair too, huh?

  20. Re:The UK Terror plot: what's really going on? on Are Liquid Explosives on a Plane Feasible? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So why exactly is this guy's blog any more valid than the other things we've heard out of the vast media machine? Occam's Razor alone puts this towards the bottom of the credibility list. "The government is just trying to scare you!"

  21. Re:Then from Carter forward, it's unconstitutional on Judge Rules NSA Wiretapping Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    Correct. If you read my posts you'd see I was glad...

  22. Re:It goes back... on Judge Rules NSA Wiretapping Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    Please don't accuse me of ethical relitivism when you are apologizing for warrantless searches. Just because it wasn't part of FISA at the time doesn't make it right.

  23. Re:At least tell me you aren't from Britain on Judge Rules NSA Wiretapping Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    Who said I was trying to justify anything? I just think it's funny when Europeans generally tell us how much more free they are.

  24. Re:Correct, but... on Judge Rules NSA Wiretapping Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    On the contrary, FISA itself issued a ruling in 2002 that said the president had these powers. Carter used them during Vietnam and Clinton used them as well. Who knows who else used them.

  25. Re:Correct, but... on Judge Rules NSA Wiretapping Unconstitutional · · Score: 2, Informative