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  1. Re:In Bush's America...... on Open Source Life? · · Score: 2, Funny

    How do you know that Wheat is safe to eat without Wheat 2.0 Update?

    Because we've eaten Wheat 1.0 for thousands of years.

  2. Re:Imagine the other potential uses.. on Nanotechnology Used To Kill Cancer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The real secret of life is both preventing cells from dying and preventing cells from dividing. Each parent cell has a limited number of times its children cells can undergo mitosis. Cancer is mitosis out of control. So finding out exactly under what conditions cells begin replication is the key.

  3. I don't think that this case merits precedent on U.S. Supreme Court: Public Anonymity No Right · · Score: 4, Informative
    Hiibel did not give a justification for remaining anonymous. Of course, I still don't quite know what made the police officer suspect that Hiibel committed or witnessed assault.

    Anyway, read the last two pages of the decision.
    Still, a case may arise where there is a substantial allegation that furninshing identity at the time of a stop would have given the police a link in the chain of evidence needed to convict the individual of a separate offense. In that case, the court can then consider whether the privelege applies.... We need not resolve those questions here.
    That said, I still don't like the decision, and I still don't quite like the actions of the police officer.
  4. Re:Green Economics and the Net on Confession For Two: A Spammer Spills it All · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That's very insightful. Given that spam is an overall economic bad, you can somewhat offset the production of spam by spending money for its removal. Or you could spend money so that it is never produced in the first place.

    Maybe we should treat other economic bads (e.g., pollution) in such a way: subsidize the non-production thereof.

  5. Re:skype == spyware on Skype VoIP Software Released For Linux · · Score: 4, Informative
    /home/bersl2/.gconfd
    /home/bersl2/.gconfd/saved_s tate
    /home/bersl2/.gnome2_private
    /home/bersl2/. qt
    /home/bersl2/.Skype
    /home/bersl2/.Skype/bersl 2
    /home/bersl2/.Skype/bersl2/config.lck
    /home/be rsl2/.Skype/bersl2/profile256.dbb
    /home/bersl2/.S kype/bersl2/index.dat
    /home/bersl2/.Skype/bersl2/ config.xml
    /home/bersl2/.Skype/shared.lck
    /home/ bersl2/.Skype/shared.xml
    Those are the only files I found that it could have modified or created, unless it has some kind of way of changing the associated times on files. So it's not permanent.
  6. I think that some people are missing the point on 'Open MS Passport': MyUID Goes Beta · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is a story because they have proof of concept and a basic framework. This gives them attention; right now they need people to flesh out and test the system. A story on Slashdot is a great way to attract attention.

    Now whether this project is ultimately useful is debatable.

  7. Re:comment from the peanut gallery on Yuji Naka Talks Sonic, GTA, Emulators · · Score: 2, Interesting

    OK, so that's what those Bsubs are on bt.s0nicfreak.com. Which is mysteriously down right now.

    I guess I wasn't curious enough to see what they were.

  8. comment from the peanut gallery on Yuji Naka Talks Sonic, GTA, Emulators · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Sonic X English dub sucks. Both organizations that have made fansubs up to this point, WolfPackProductions and Team Artail have not turned out any episode past 11. Goddamnit.

    And the back-in-the-day ABC series still was more dramatic and had more potential. Oh well, I should be happy with what I have now.

  9. This is not a replacement for tinfoil hats on RF-Blocking Wallpaper · · Score: 1

    You still need a good Faraday cage to block everything.

  10. Re:Control on Beastie Boys' New Album Silently Installs DRM Code · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't think this would be the artists' call to put copy protection on the CD.

  11. As mentioned in the last story about TV tuners on TV Tuners For The PC: Internal Or External · · Score: 3, Interesting

    pcHDTV

    Doesn't work with cable or satellite (not sure if this is a hardware or driver limitation) but can decode both NTSC and HDTV. Completely open platform, so completely open drivers.

  12. Re:You know that certs are worthless when on Are IT Certifications Meaningless? · · Score: 1

    Yes, I know, I'm excluding "child prodigies." But if you have that kind of insight, and you choose to apply it to system administration, you have a problem. Or more specifically, I would have a probelm.

  13. You know that certs are worthless when on Are IT Certifications Meaningless? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    13-year-olds can pass the test.

    I'm sorry, but that means that no actual thinking goes on. Nobody can put together multiple complex concepts to do much of anything at 13.

  14. Re:no-brainer on SATA vs ATA? · · Score: 1

    im not aware of an ata drive that even comes close to the 5 year warranty of wd's sata drives.

    Or, if it's your fancy, no PATA drive matches the Raptor 10k RPM SATA drive. Imagine two of those striped... yummy...

  15. Re:Not the first ones-- definitely not the biggest on France Considers Open Source · · Score: 1

    There was a story on that here. I guess most people thought that Brazil was just going for the MS discount. Now that we take governmental use of OSS seriously...

  16. Re:US Government not trustworthy on EU Pushes to Limit Internet Speech · · Score: 1

    No, you fight Hate and Ignorance with Truth. Not with censorship.

  17. Re:What ever happened to... on EU Pushes to Limit Internet Speech · · Score: 1

    This really demonstrates the "Old World" that is still in them.

  18. Re:Universal Constant on Terminal Emulators Reviewed · · Score: 1

    However I'd be willing to bet that there are a far greater number of individuals who are better informed and make better decisions by reading Slashdot.

    Before Slashdot, I was a Windows-using "power" luser. Now I actually know things about computers! And in only 18 months! Thanks for making my life better, Slashdot! [absolutely true story]

    But seriously, the other thing Slashdot does is tell me how I'm getting fucked in the ass next. I had no idea just how much businesses and governments are scum.

  19. Re:Greatness! on Mesh Compression for 3D Graphics · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is "funny" because Babelfish translated his message badly?

    Somebody shoot that moderator to put him out of his misery.

  20. Re:Isn't that a bit rash.... on Munich Votes for Linux Migration Plan · · Score: 1

    Outlook -> Nothing comparable

    Outlook -> Evolution

  21. Re:Ventilation? on 2.8TB in a Power Mac G5? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yes, but how much heat do you think 7 hard drives put out? Answer: a fuckload.

  22. Re:RAID 1 on Which RAID for a Personal Fileserver? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've done that once. This is why I've started to touch -- -i in every directory with important data. In case of accidental rm -rf *, you're not fucked. I forget where I learned that trick, but I'm sure it will be a life-saver someday.

  23. The San Andreas fault is nice and all, but on Is This The Big One? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What about the New Madrid fault? It's overdue for a 7+ magnitude earthquake, and it's in the middle of America.

  24. Re:Can anyone say why they don't release... on Slackware 10-RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    To my recollection, a torrent was set up for a 9.1 ISO at its release.

  25. Beautiful example on Lessig Legal Team Needs Your Copyright Stories · · Score: 4, Interesting

    MST3k

    So who owns it now?