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  1. Re:Apple, really? on Laptop Design For Disassembly · · Score: 1

    Seriously? The current model MacBook is pretty easy. Just open the bottom and everything is there- no hidden screws.

  2. Electricity! on Stanford, UCD Researchers Say 100% Renewable Energy Possible By 2050 · · Score: 1

    Yes! Electricity the "fuel" of the future! Wait what??!

  3. BackTrace Secure? on Encrypting Phone Storage and Transmission? (2011 Version) · · Score: 1
    Since when is BackTrace a secure OS? I was under the impression that it was a live distribution with a bunch of penetration testing tools with Root as the default user. In fact I believe special configuration is required to even create a non-root user. Hardly an OS built for normal everyday use.

    I'm pretty sure the poster doesn't actually know what they need, want or are asking for, but best wishes.

  4. Re:um... bad title? on Alcatel-Lucent Shrinks Mobile Cell Tower To Small Cube · · Score: 1
    I'm surprised that radios themselves aren't just mounted to the antennas. That's what all the WISPs are using these days- PoE right up the tower.

    Nobody still does long LMR runs for WiFi.

  5. Re:lol on Xbox Live Labels Autistic Boy "Cheater" · · Score: 1

    Cheater.

  6. Expand Comment on Slashdot Launches Re-Design · · Score: 1
    Is there any reason not to make the whole abbreviated comment div the target area to expand the comment.

    It seems like the obvious interface choice

    Cheers,

  7. It's a sidebar problem on Slashdot Launches Re-Design · · Score: 1

    Actually the left side bar has a white background and is overlapping the content area. Elementary error, I expect it will be fixed within the week. But yeah, annoying!

  8. Re:Stupid Floating Headers on Slashdot Launches Re-Design · · Score: 1
    I tested Chrome on a plain page and the page down function leaves 95 pixels of overlap.

    My guess is that it's by design for this very reason.

    My guess is that the proper way to scroll with static headers or footers is to use JavaScript to control the behavior. That or there could be a CSS property but that's more convoluted. Anyway, I'm off to the options page to see what I can control. At the moment the left sidebar overlaps comments because of my username exceeds the normal box width. It appears none of the links on the left are anything I've clicked on since Slashdot moved to the everything-on-the-front-page model years ago. Not sure why they still exist as a primary page element.

    BTW the user name issue could be easily fixed by removing it from the persistent side bar as it is duplicated in the persistent header. Bleh

    The more I look at this the more it seems arbitrary and half baked. At least it's fixable!

  9. Re:Jews: 3,700 years of not living cooperatively on New Mega-Leak Reveals Middle East Peace Process · · Score: 5, Funny

    vi users? *Ducks*

  10. Re:Facebook of course on How Do You Store Your Personal Photos? · · Score: 1

    Well they've never lost any of my personal information

  11. Re:prehistory meets postmodernity on OLPC Halves Power Consumption For XO 1.75 · · Score: 1

    haha, a troll mod- somebody thought I was kidding.

  12. Re:My Cart on North Korean Domain Names Return To the Internet · · Score: 1

    I love the hit counter (home page, top right) - yesterday 17,000. Today, 60,000,000 ;) Good job team.

  13. Re:Google announces no MP3 / audio support in chro on Ars Thinks Google Takes a Step Backwards For Openness · · Score: 1

    MP3 patents started expiring in 2007 and will all have expired by 2017. *Sigh* I wish US patents expired in 5 years.

  14. Re:prehistory meets postmodernity on OLPC Halves Power Consumption For XO 1.75 · · Score: 0

    To be fair the kids also spend their time hunting rats and birds to eat. That's kind of fun.

  15. Re:prehistory meets postmodernity on OLPC Halves Power Consumption For XO 1.75 · · Score: 1

    Turn the crank. I thought maybe I would like to live disconnected from technology, and while I find it tolerable bordom set in easily after a few months. I live in Northern Mozambique where the other option is soccer with a plastic-bag ball or sitting. Turning a crank to use a computer is sure less mind numbing for these kids (although they are used to it).

  16. Re:Competition on For Mac Developers, Armageddon Comes Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    How visible is your app? How visible is his?

  17. Re:seems simple on 'No Refusal' DUI Checkpoints Coming To Florida? · · Score: 1
    When I last flew into Israel a military girl pulled me out of line at the airplane door. The took my stuff, my documents, put me in a large room for 10 minutes asked a few questions and then I was free to go. The culprit, a visa for Yemin from 8 years prior.

    The pulled me out of the departures check-in line as well, before any security. The scattered my luggages to various places to be tested, re-assembled 20 minutes later asked me to help re-pack and sent me to the gate directly with an escort, no x-rays, no other check-in.

    All my bags arrived. Everyone was kind courteous and helpful. Nothing was lost, but yeah, they were able to identify me in a crowd both ways. Anyway, I like those guys, and Aroma coffee is great!

  18. Re:Invalidate Private Keys on Playstation 3 Code Signing Cracked For Good · · Score: 1

    We'll need a new word for software that is broken INTO the jail.

  19. Re:one line to many cashiers on Scientifically, You Are Likely In the Slowest Line · · Score: 1

    The DMV just has a really really big Token Bucket

  20. Re:Costco on Scientifically, You Are Likely In the Slowest Line · · Score: 1

    This US Passport control issue calls for Grocery Line Neutrality!! (Of course this doesn't apply to wireless grocery lines)

  21. Re:Costco on Scientifically, You Are Likely In the Slowest Line · · Score: 1

    Just drop the packet already!

  22. Re:I always laugh when I see this on Facebook's Zuckerberg To Give Away Half His Cash · · Score: 1
    The going wage here is $3/day. Minimum wage is less than a 20 cents an hour in some sectors. Living beyond your means may mean having shelter (bamboo/mud hut).

    In international terms, much of poverty is not particularly the poor's fault and often it is very very difficult to defeat.

    Writing from Cabo Delgado in Mozambique.

  23. Hidden Node Problem on Bill Calls For Wi-Fi Base Stations In All Federal Buildings · · Score: 1
    802.11n still suffers from the hidden node problem so they'll be able to support only 30ish users per base station. Even if they use 5ghz and 2 ghz they'll only crack a few hundred users per site. In the mean time they will have exhausted the whole wifi spectrum.

    Maybe it's better if they update WiFi to use a TDMA protocol, make it a free standard and then think about using Wifi to help cell networks.

  24. Re:Pulling it between layers of abstraction. on Traffic Jams In Your Brain · · Score: 1

    The brain arguably is man-made.

  25. Re:OS Limited Rights on Adobe Launches Sandboxed Reader X · · Score: 1

    Touché. Still I think it makes more sense for the user to have more granular control over what a program is allowed to do.