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  1. 2 Martians talking: on NASA Proposes Warming Mars · · Score: 1

    Martian1 "Did you read Slashdot this morning.?"
    Martian2 "Yea, those stupid, stupid earthlings...Time to send another smallpox, plague and cholera space probe to them again so they don't have time to think about screwing with other worlds."
    Martian1 "How about having it hit that big house in Washington, where the agressive leader lives. That would also likely end his idea of a mission to mars."

  2. Buy farm land in northern Canada on A Countdown To Global Catastrophe? · · Score: 1

    Just to be safe.

  3. Good source of extra income on Spyware Removal is Big Business · · Score: 2, Funny

    My daughter and I will be doing spyware removal as a summer job in an affluent suburb of Chicago. (I teach HS chemistry.)

    IPO will be next fall. ;)

  4. What nobody admits to writing malware? on What Do People in the IT Field Do for Side Jobs? · · Score: 1

    Someone is writing those trojans, viruses, spyware, et. al.

  5. Removing spyware on What Do People in the IT Field Do for Side Jobs? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    and spam from people in the neighborhood.

  6. Now is the time to sell any AOL stock... on AOL Dumping Some Broadband · · Score: 1

    ..that you might be holding onto. By the end of 2005 they will be gone. How AOL purchased but never really "owned" Time Warner will be one of economic history's great term paper topics.

    Netzero (and Juno?) will be the winners in dial-up.

    Oh, and MS will get out of the Net provider business.

  7. NetZero and Juno will eat up AOL on AOL Subscribers Finding Greener Pastures · · Score: 1

    My 80 year old dad, who is not technology adept, was paying $22 per month for AOL dial up. I switched him to Juno, he saves money and the service is fine.

    I wonder why AOL is still alive.

    From the city of liberalism in the suburbs of Chicago
    BJ, Oak Park, IL

  8. RFID in Schools? on Using RFID Tags to Make Teeth · · Score: 1

    Anyone know of a school using RFID for student identification?

  9. First Law of AI on The Singularity Blinds Sci-Fi · · Score: 1

    Get rid of all dangers to system = humans

    We, my friends, are the only great danger to this planet.

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  10. when is "property" really property? on Shirky on Spectrum Ownership · · Score: 1

    1. If I use a certain frequency with a great amount of radio energy I can make it a "rival" situation; i.e. others are excluded. This happened with CB radio when certain truckers used 1 kWatt booster amps. I'm happy that signals strength and frequency usage is governed by laws.

    2. Many people can use the property of a public park, a large lake, or the oxygen in a city.

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  11. robotics for space and sea!!!!! on Farewell To Eyes Above And Below · · Score: 1

    1. Why not put some big $$$ in robotics to repair HST?
    2. Why not put HST and International Space Station together? Compromise orbit.
    3. Why not send robots to the bottom of the sea?
    4. Why not send robots to our moon and Mars?
    5. Why do physical humans have to do everything?

    Give the automatons a chance at the actions

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  12. but if I record off my friend's stereo system... on Disney Suggests Mandating DRM On All Media · · Score: 1

    in a soundproof room and then cut my own mix CD how does DRM stop me? for video use a digital camcorder

    then i put it on a P2P network hosted from Pakistan or on my clandestine 10 Kilowatt WiFi pirate network 12.1 miles from the LA coast.

    "Under the sea, that's where Disney will be, under the sea."

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  13. Boss says for me to order one... on World's First Linux Computer In A CF Card · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...as long as I can get it to run Windows XP Pro instead of Linux. Does it have a mouse port and joystick port? Can I use it to play MP3s?

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  14. No kidding SP2 kills XP on Windows XP SP2 Still Rough Around the Edges · · Score: 1

    Happened on 2 computers for me. XP home and XP pro. I highly recommend NOT using the automatic download and update service. It will give you grief, I promise.

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  15. slashdot user name no more... on North Korea Opens Official Website · · Score: 1

    apparently password changed, or something

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  16. could this be used to remotely strangle.... on Sculpting Interface Prototype · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...or for fondling something/someone.

    Just curious.

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  17. www.howifuckedup.com is available on 32,000 "Why I'm Tired" Emails · · Score: 1

    This might be a much more interesting site.

    Or mymostembarrassingmomentwas.com might yield some really good stories.

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  18. Microsoft pays Dell (VAR) to .... on Is Dell Just Testing the Market? · · Score: 0, Troll

    market a Linux distro with a flaw/bug that will make users reject it.

    Conspiracy Theorist and former Nader supporter

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  19. 4 passport photo, please on When 8 Megapixels Just Isn't Enough · · Score: 1

    Don't worry about the size. I'll scan them and correct the distortions.

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  20. But the computer's record will be short-lived... on World's Fastest Supercomputer To Be Built At ORNL · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...because a day later Palm users will massively interconnect to form the World Fastest Clustered Computer Environment. The OS? Linux, of course. .}

  21. Wouldn't you need a biometric for e-voting on Evoting in the News · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Would you need a fingerprint scan to verify that you only vote one time?

    How would the Voter Verifiable Audit Trails (VVAT)work? Could I check online to see that my vote was recorded correctly?

  22. Could I make $ doing spyware removal? on Spyware Becoming Worst Tech Support Problem · · Score: 1

    Would people pay $25 per hour for me to do this for them? I'm a high school chemistry teacher wouldn't not mind the extra income. I would not feel guilty charging the same for family and friends.

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  23. I need some spyware for Linux... on Spyware Becoming Worst Tech Support Problem · · Score: 1

    ...what do I do? Oh and if you have a virus or worm could you let me know too?

    [Caution this is a semi-joke; I'm pretty sure Linux is still pretty virginal. But I'm looking for that one final reason to change from Windows to Linux.]

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  24. The old Look and Feel problem? on Excel Clone for Linux Now in Beta · · Score: 1

    I recall Lotus had a lawsuit against As-Easy-As or some such company. They claimed that copyright protected against keystroke compatibility, look and feel to user and file spec being identical. Will this ever surface again?

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  25. SCO = Sure Can Outrage on Netcraft Interviews Brian Behlendorf · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nuff said
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