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  1. Re:Root kit on Man Cures Himself of HIV? · · Score: 1
    or maybe the virus is just using the Sony rootkit

    No. It was the Juan Gomez rootkit.

  2. Re:No, it's giga*bit*. on Samsung Develops 16Gb Flash Memory · · Score: 1

    You mean this article?
    Samsung builds foundation for 32 GByte Flash cards

    http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050912_0001 00.html

  3. Re:First suggested right here on Slashdot on Wi-Max Deployed in Katrina Disaster Area · · Score: 1

    This is /.

    Now you'll simply be ignored.

  4. Big Fan on Wi-Max Deployed in Katrina Disaster Area · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "The company considered installing wireless broadband in rebuilding, Smith said, but it found that it could recover most of its fiber network. The technologies will be used eventually. "I'm a big fan of WiMax," he said."

    These products operate in the unlicensed 2.4GHz ISM band, or the licensed 2.3 GHz WCS, 2.5/2.6 GHz ITFS/MMDS, and 3.4/3.5 GHz WLL bands. Guess who owns the licensed spectrum - that's right, Bell South....big fan indeed.

  5. Re:Bill & Monica... on Kuiper Object Discoveries Formally Announced · · Score: 1

    "A cigar-shaped object with a moon"

    That's no moon......

  6. Re:It's remarkable how wrong this is on Researchers Say Human Brain is Still Evolving · · Score: 1

    "Civilization has removed the engine through which drives the evolution of the species."

    Civilization makes us more human. With civilization comes the nobility of purpose. There's a place for everyone in a civilized world.

  7. Re:slashdot on Chief Justice Rehnquist Dies at 80 · · Score: 0, Troll

    It falls squarely under: shit happens

  8. Re:Funny, isn't this the American Way on Kutztown Students get Felony Charges · · Score: 1

    Public schools can be the most oppressive abusive places for intelligent folks that aren't afraid to think for themselves.

    It's about respect ... and some school systems display utter contempt for disruption to their plans of mediocrity...

  9. Steps to provide UN goverance of the Internet on Senator Carper Calls for Tax on Online Porn · · Score: 1

    Reuters reported on July 14 that the Working Group on Internet Governance, was unable to reach an agreement on who should manage the Internet and how the job should be done. They did, though, come up with four models for overseeing the Internet that ranged from maintaining the status quo of U.S. management with private sector involvement to putting the assignment of all Internet domains under the auspices of the UN. Reuters stated: "At issue for the world body is who runs the Internet and how it can better serve the world." See - UN panel fails to agree on how to govern Internet: http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?t ype=internetNews&storyID=2005-07-14T221350Z_01_YUE 480002_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-TECH-INTERNET-UN.XML

  10. Re:Personal Experience on Owner of the Word Stealth 'Protecting' Rights · · Score: 1

    Good comments.

    How do you request sanctions against a lawyer?

  11. Re:Extinction? on Megafauna Extinction Due to Climate · · Score: 1

    "Yes, species die off." --- Too bad bigots aren't a species.

  12. Re:Instead of Ultra Wide Tooth on Ultra-Wide Band And Bluetooth Working Together · · Score: 1

    INCISOR has already addressed this. vholton@click.co.uk "The Bluetooth SIG's intention to employ UWB in their next generation products is a very positive step in allowing consumers to connect seamlessly between PCs, phones and consumer electronics equipment. This is an extremely positive move" said Stephen Wood, UWB technology strategist, Intel.

  13. Re:Ultra Wide Tooth on Ultra-Wide Band And Bluetooth Working Together · · Score: 2, Funny

    Notes from one of my own white papers - thank you

  14. Ultra Wide Tooth on Ultra-Wide Band And Bluetooth Working Together · · Score: 3, Informative

    UWB's combination of broader spectrum and lower power improves speed and reduces interference with other wireless spectra. In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has mandated that UWB radio transmissions can legally operate in the range from 3.1 GHz up to 10.6 GHz, at a limited transmit power of -41dBm/MHz. Consequently, UWB provides dramatic channel capacity at short range that limits interference. When used as intended, the emerging short- and medium-range wireless standards vary widely in their implicit spatial capacities. For example: IEEE 802.11b has a rated operating range of 100 meters. In the 2.4GHz ISM band, there is about 80MHz of useable spectrum. Hence, in a circle with a radius of 100 meters, three 22MHz IEEE 802.11b systems can operate on a non-interfering basis, each offering a peak over-the-air speed of 11Mbps. The total aggregate speed of 33Mbps, divided by the area of the circle, yields a spatial capacity of approximately 1,000 bits/sec/square-meter. Bluetooth, in its low-power mode, has a rated 10-meter range and a peak over-the-air speed of 1Mbps. Studies have shown that approximately 10 Bluetooth "piconets" can operate simultaneously in the same 10-meter circle with minimal degradation yielding an aggregate speed of 10Mbps [3]. Dividing this speed by the area of the circle produces a spatial capacity of approximately 30,000 bits/sec/square-meter. IEEE 802.11a is projected to have an operating range of 50 meters and a peak speed of 54Mbps. Given the 200MHz of available spectrum within the lower part of the 5GHz U-NII band, 12 such systems can operate simultaneously within a 50-meter circle with minimal degradation, for an aggregate speed of 648Mbps. The projected spatial capacity of this system is therefore approximately 83,000 bits/sec/square-meter. UWB systems vary widely in their projected capabilities, but one UWB technology developer has measured peak speeds of over 50Mbps at a range of 10 meters and projects that six such systems could operate within the same 10-meter radius circle with only minimal degradation. Following the same procedure, the projected spatial capacity for this system would be over 1,000,000 bits/sec/square-meter.

  15. Relax on Texas Considers Putting RFID Tags in All Cars · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's not like passive RFID really works... There are were problems with the ePC class 1 tags that causes a phase lock loop on readers, giving a 15% fail rate even on good tags. Now add the intrigue of a functional environment, oh and interoperability standards established by the Texas Department of Transportation.

  16. Re:Communication Is The Key on Project Management Methodology for IT Operations? · · Score: 1

    Simply automating existing processes may be "paving the cowpaths". Rethinking the existing processes will require business process reengineering (BPR) and information modeling prior to defining requirements. Communicate steadily with stakeholders and customers throughout the project. This will help to manage their expectations and requirements over time. Design project development so that requirements and expectations can be reconfirmed at regular junctures. Periodically check to see that stakeholders and customers understand and support changes, delays, and new developments

  17. 42 on Significant Advance in Quantum Computing · · Score: 1

    "Apparently scientists have been able to create circuitry that mimics the behavior of atom pairs by using superconductors" -- And found the answer to the life, the universe and everything is 42.

    "I checked it very thoroughly," said the computer, "and that quite definitely is the answer. I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."

  18. Re:You can't sell shit to a cow farmer on China Walks Out of Wireless LAN Security Talks · · Score: 1

    "WAPI is insecure, doesn't scale, late and undeployable." I feel that way sometimes too. Learn to speak Chinese: Are you harboring a fugitive- Hu Yu Hai Ding

  19. Real RFID on Visa To Push Swipeless Credit Cards · · Score: 2, Informative

    The global credit card company will offer PayPass, its RFID-enabled contactless payment system, to fans at the Seattle Seahawks and Baltimore Ravens stadiums this fall. http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/142 0/1/1/

  20. Re:Wow - you had me at "US denies patent". on U.S. Denies Patent on Part-Human Hybrid · · Score: 1

    I've just recieved a patent for masterbation. All you wankers will have to pay royalies or face the penal code.

  21. Re:I love the hypocrisy of the bible thumpers on Hatemongering Becoming A Problem On Orkut · · Score: 1

    A Legalist religion is a religion, ANY religion, that when confronted with a conflict between love, compassion and caring, and conformity to doctrine, will almost invariably choose the latter regardless of the effect it has on its followers or on the society of which it is a part.

  22. Re:As a member of one of those "hatred" communitie on Hatemongering Becoming A Problem On Orkut · · Score: 1

    "...if I dare to save them from the hell fire by telling them that what they do is wrong? Huh. Is that what saves 'em? You go! Get a show - save the world.

  23. Re:How is it a problem? on Hatemongering Becoming A Problem On Orkut · · Score: 1

    Just a Merry Minute: You are saying that it is inevitable? The whole world is suffering with unhappy souls, The French hate the Germans, The Germans hate the Poles Italians hate Yugoslavs, South Africans hate the Dutch, AND I DON'T LIKE ANYBODY VERY MUCH!! But we can be tranquil and thankful and proud For man's been endowed with a mushroom-shaped cloud And we know for certain that some lovely day Someone will set the spark off AND WE WILL ALL BE BLOWN AWAY!! - The Kingston Trio

  24. ID World's Species With Genetic Bar Codes on Identifying World's Species With Genetic Bar Codes · · Score: 1

    It's going to be tough to ID Chimera. It is amazing that our souls--our eternal essences, with all their hopes and dreams and visions of an eternal world--are contained within the temporal bodies. No wonder suffering is part of the human condition. --Marion Woodman from the essay Soul Moments, Handbook for the Soul edited by Benjamin Shield