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  1. Re:Sauce for the goose on GPS Tracking Without a Warrant Declared Legal · · Score: 0

    No, that's not the Equal Protection Clause. That clause, part of the 14th amendment, ostensibly applies the "all men are created equal" idea to actions by the States, not just actions the Federal Government.

    I believe you are thinking of the Full Faith and Credit clause of Article IV. But even this is a little different than you think: Full Faith and Credit means that states must (in most cases) respect the individual court judgments and other acts (e.g. marriage) that occur in other states. For example, if I am found liable for a certain amount of money in Wisconsin, and all of my cash is in a bank account in Minnesota, Minnesota must cooperate with Wisconsin to make my money available to the Wisconsin court.

    It does not mean that one federal circuit must apply the law that another federal circuit has applied in a different case. In fact, there are tons of examples of different applications of law in different circuits. Now, of course, if the SCOTUS finds these differences particularly egregious to the Constitution, it may step in and overrule a particular circuit's decision, based on whatever part of the Constitution the decision offends.

  2. Sour Grapes? on T-Mobile Sues Starbucks Over Free Wi-Fi Deal · · Score: 0

    Look it up before you use a phrase you don't quite understand.

  3. boingboing rehash on Re-Imagining Apple · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    it's nice that slashdot provides a review of everything i read on boingboing 2 days ago.

  4. suck my cock until i'm dry. on Bulk Data Storage For The Common Man? · · Score: -1, Troll

    that will get your data safe. either you know how to protect data or you don't. jesus fucking christ. please.

  5. Cannot be installed with navigation system? on iPod Your BMW Officially Launched · · Score: 0

    Who in their right mind spends the money on a new Beemer and doesn't shell out the extra grand or so for a navigation system?

  6. Re:Not asking for the case to be thrown out.. on IBM tells SCO to Put Up or Shut Up · · Score: 0

    Right, but it could end a significant part of the case.

  7. Re:Windows on Mac Trojan Horse Disguised as Word 2004 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    This is funny because he means that Windows is not a secure OS. Oh wait, this kind of "joke" is already in every thread on Slashdot. Oh wait, comments maligning this kind of "joke" are already in every thread on Slashdot.

    Shit.

  8. Re:I wonder... on The Self-Tuning Guitar · · Score: 0

    If you properly stretch the string, you can stabilize the tuning in less than two minutes. No need to wait a day or two. (I'm not a pro, but have played many shows on stage in the past.)

  9. Re:vocalists on The Self-Tuning Guitar · · Score: 0

    It's likely that Britney needs it, but I'm pretty sure Justin can hit the notes on his own most of the time. Check out *nsync's version of "O Holy Night" if you don't believe me.

  10. Re:ESR = lunatic. on ESR's Open Letter to McNealy: Set Java Free! · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well said.

  11. did anyone check the html source? on A Deep Space Primer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    the jpl's web peeps use tags?

  12. Re:Article Text on Review: KDE 3.2 · · Score: 1

    It is really cool to press the "Windows" key in your keyboard and see KMenu pop up in your screen.

    Exaggerate much? A bit useful for some maybe, but "really cool"?

  13. Re:The girlfriend thinks computers are like her? on The Impact of Technophobes · · Score: 1

    yer fun-nee

  14. Re:But.. But... on Rewrites Considered Harmful? · · Score: 1

    Awesome - send me the Cyrix right away - my address is in my slashdot bio - I'll be watching the mail for my prize!

  15. Re:I'm skeptical on Lie Detector Glasses Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    Hehe, good point, but I would assume most people can think of one incredibly horrible thing they've done that they would never admit to a stranger.

  16. Re:I'm skeptical on Lie Detector Glasses Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    One of the best ways I've heard of to establish a controlled baseline:

    1. Ask the examinee: "What's the worst thing you've ever done?"
    2. When the examinee answers, ask them: "Are you sure that is the worst thing you have ever done?"
    3. If they answer yes to step (2), you know they are lying and you have your baseline measurements.
    4. If they answer no to step (2), go back to step (1).
  17. Re:Just a few... on 2003 Vaporware Awards · · Score: 1

    maybe .NET is useless to non-Windows programmers, but using C# with .NET has halved my coding/testing time.

  18. Re:But.. But... on Rewrites Considered Harmful? · · Score: 1

    In reference to your signature, you are aware that buses and trains also start at their respective stations, right?

  19. Re:about the roof... on Cube House · · Score: 3, Funny

    don't be to quick to not proofread your signature

  20. Best: Einstein, Picasso on Best and Worst Books of 2003? · · Score: 1

    Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time, and the Beauty That Causes Havoc by Arthur I. Miller

    An incredible book (although released in 2002) that features these two revolutionary characters developing simultaneously in very similar circumstances.

    Most amazing is the comparisons of how each interprets space and time and how they apply this interpretation to their science/art. It becomes apparent that both Einstein and Picasso were working on the same basic problem.