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  1. Oh yeah, it's affected me... on How has the USA PATRIOT Act Affected You? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Oh, and it's AFFECTED, not EFFECTED.

    Let's see... They gave me shit about my laser pointer at the SFO airport when the PNS airport did not...
    I couldn't take my keychain knife with me on the plane anymore... and I know that if I ever use a library, it will GREATLY concern me that the FBI can find out what I checked out now with one less hoop to jump through than before.
    Damn you Ashcroft and Bush! /sarcasm
    This will be tagged as flamebait.

  2. Re:Weekly Reader on Does Redskins Loss Presage A Kerry Win? · · Score: 1

    I was thinking the same thing. Are there any other indicators? I remember reading something about the last name not ending with an N means no re-election...

  3. Re:Really fast on DMCA Limited by Sixth Circuit Appeals Court · · Score: 1

    If it makes it to the main slashdot page only once, do you really have to count it as a duplicate?

  4. Re:How about "LASER" Max Volume? on The Universal Off Button · · Score: 1

    I've seen a site where a guy did that. Apparently, it worked pretty well. The beam divergence and unavoidable refraction makes it easy for the light to be seen by the IR sensor.

  5. Re:Changing the battery? on Man Stalks Ex-girlfriend With GPS · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's not rocket science to set it up. Some of the nicer motorolas can run a little java applet and have GPS units built into them. All they do is install the applet and point it at the right servers to update the maps. I'd find that way easier to do (and then attach it to the outside of the car) than to get into the car's electrical system and tap the power. Faster, too.

  6. Re:or just get a TiVo on Step By Step: Building a MythTV PVR for $635 · · Score: 1

    The point is it can do a lot of cool unix-ish things that would bring the TiVo's processor to its knees. Assuming you could do them at all... TyStudio is bad enough. (It's OK, but it noticeably slows the TiVo interface down.)

  7. Re:SSN + No encryption = ??? on Apple Launches iTunes Affiliate Program · · Score: 1

    No problem. We've got the deflector dish. The swiss army knife of starship gadgets. It might be enough to punch through the Reality Distortion Field surrounding this offer!

  8. Re:OS X mplayer with Tivo support? on Media Streaming for Dummies? · · Score: 1

    Look into tystudio/tyeditor. You have to install one more thing on the TiVo, but it lets you browse through the shows on the tivo in question and download the mpegs point-and-clicky like. (You have to run the X11 version unless they've made an OSX Native version by now)

  9. a little of the opposite... on Classroom Bullies On The Internet · · Score: 1

    I'm LOOKING for my 5th grade bully on the internet. Anyone know a Marc Jones from central florida? He'd be around 28-30 by now... Mr. Corrente for a fifth grade teacher...

  10. Re:Take the cable if you take my laptop... on Kensington Laptop Locks Not So Secure · · Score: 1

    Just invest in a small pair of bolt cutters. Make sure you take five or six little nicks out of it before you make the final cut.
    Pay cash, just in case. :)

  11. Re:So if a lawyer owns the Sun... on Lawyers In Space... · · Score: 1

    No. RTFA. He explicitly addresses that.

    He's actually got a pretty good sense of humor about it.

  12. Opening Narration on High Definition TiVo Bash Software Hack Claimed · · Score: 4, Funny

    In 2004, a crack hacker unit will be sent to prison by a civilian court, for crimes they just barely understood themselves. These hackers promptly escaped from the maximum security MPAA holding room to their mothers' basements. Today, still wanted by Jack Valenti, they survive as coders of fortune. If you have an encrypted video stream, nobody else will touch it, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the HD TeAm!
    click click click click...

  13. Smart plan on High Definition TiVo Bash Software Hack Claimed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Maybe that's a good way of doing it. Make sure you don't have any money to be sued for by the MPAA, but have money going to someone who might arrange your legal defense.

  14. Re:Um, wow on Patriot Act Used to Enforce Copyright Law? · · Score: 1

    All this legal stuff started long ago. What do you think? That the legal process against him started last week? Ducks in a row. I's dotted, t's crossed, etc...

  15. Re:I'm writing this from Antarctica on Reading Slashdot From Strange Locations · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I don't know much about satellites and their orbits. Is that likely?

  16. What next? Seriously... on Canadian Music Industry Drills Dentists · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Magazines? Some organization could form to 'protect' the copyright holders like Time or People or whoever, against doctors offices and other waiting rooms for having their copyrighted printed materials available for public viewing. I'm sure there are others... Oooh. The video stores at the mall that sell movie DVD's and have the movies playing from start to finish on the TV's!

    Who else shall pay the price for common sense???

  17. Don't Buy the DVD's on Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Don't buy the special edition DVD's and make a point of it to let them know why. Greedo does NOT FIRE FIRST!

  18. Re:One man's experience on Experiences with Laser Eye Surgery? · · Score: 1

    No problem there. The human eye is unable to focus perfectly on blue light.

  19. Re:SG-1 Continuity? on Stargate Atlantis Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    --To me, what makes SG1 work:
    Richard Anderson (O'Neill)
    Amanda Tapping (Samantha Carter)

    Gack! You're a shipper. You're automatically disqualified from having an opinion!

  20. Re:small width laser beam not more real... on Modding Laser Tag Gear? · · Score: 1

    Hey, that gives me an idea. I haven't played much, but how sensitive are the vests? I could put a little magnifying lens in front of the laser and use that to spread the beam WAY out. or some other method of diffusion...

  21. Re:West Wing episode 4.10 "Arctic Radar" on Star Trek XI: Romulan Wars? · · Score: 1

    Looks like YOU should be the one looking at Bajoran foot videos.
    I hear those Dabo girls have some HOT sandals.

  22. Re:West Wing episode 4.10 "Arctic Radar" on Star Trek XI: Romulan Wars? · · Score: 1

    Yes, I thought of the fluidic space, but I was thinking of it as a freaky parallel universe or other dimension. Yaay, semantics! :)

  23. Re:If "Enterprise" has proved anything... on Star Trek XI: Romulan Wars? · · Score: 1

    We may very well have one hell of a "Magic Reset Button" in store for us.

    I think his name will be Daniels.

  24. Re:West Wing episode 4.10 "Arctic Radar" on Star Trek XI: Romulan Wars? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Funnier is that for a supposed fan, Josh is an idiot as always when he forgets that only 2 episodes in all of Star Trek take place or involve another galaxy.
    Where no Man has gone before (TOS) and Where no One has gone before (TNG)

    Now if you'll excuse me, I have some Bajoran feet to admire.

  25. Re:Oh hell no on Star Trek XI: Romulan Wars? · · Score: 1

    So you were planning on seeing this when WHO sees it? Maybe Berman or Braga releases a review?