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  1. the lazy on Make an RFID-proof wallet · · Score: 1

    People, like me, are lazy. I don't want to have to take my RFID card out of my wallet to scan at the front door of the office building to get in. I also don't want to take it out again for the security at the front desk. I also do not want to take it out for the elevator to get to my office's floor. I also do not want to take it out a 4th time to get into the office.

    Having RFID pass through your wallet makes things a lot quicker (at least for me). Nothing sensitive is stored on the RFID card, and if someone did manage to steal the contents, they wouldn't know what it goes to. Its like dropping my house key on the street when i'm 20 miles from home. No need to rekey the house, they dont know where I live.

  2. Re:This article is garbage on Australian IT Workers Concerned About Migrants · · Score: 1

    He may be better qualified, indeed. However, he may be less qualified, single, and able to survive off of a low income... while you have a wife and kids to take care of.

  3. Re:Dupe it up. on MSIE To Adopt Firefox Feed Icon · · Score: 1

    Your complaint of the dupe is a dupe of all the other complaints of the dupe. My complaint of your complaint is a dupe of people complaining of your complaint that dupes previous dupe complaints. My god, WHERE DOES IT END?!?!

  4. government control? on The Letter That Won US Internet Control · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ICANN is not a US government organization. It just happens to be on US soil (just like the UN).

    ICANN encourages government representation, which includes any country. They even have meetings all across the world, there's no excuse for these concerned countries not to participate.

    People seem to think that because ICANN agreed with the US on the .xxx tld, that the US made the decision. They just happened to agree that its unenforcable and stupid.

  5. Add/Remove Programs on Microsoft Launches Anti-Virus Public Beta · · Score: 1

    Anti-virus? You mean, they finally added the ability to uninstall Windows from "Add and Remove Programs"?

  6. who gets it on Texas Sues Sony BMG over Rootkit · · Score: 1

    $100,000 per violation. Does that mean that the texans who purchased one of these CDs each get $100,000 (minus lawyers fees and such)? I really don't suspect so. Who's getting this money?

  7. Re:just what we need..... on Meet the Man Who Will Save the Internet · · Score: 1

    I have Comcast, but I don't dare use their nameservers. I run my own.

  8. Re:How sure? on Man Cures Himself of HIV? · · Score: 1

    If you found out you had HIV, would you ask for a retest just to be sure it wasn't a mistake? Or would you be all cool about it: "Oh, that sucks. Thanks for your help doctor, I have a hot date I have to go cancel now. See you at my next checkup."

  9. download speeds on The exhaustion of IPv4 address space · · Score: 1

    With the IPv6 address space using more than 4 bytes, the packet headers will increase in size, there by limiting the data space. So with IPv6, less data can be transfered, which means slower downloads. I don't know about you, but I'm a speed freak (no, I'm not a drug addict). Unless they can find some way to compensate for this, I'll resist it as much as I can... and fail miserably.

  10. I don't understand on Samsung To Pay Out $300 Million In Anti-Trust Suit · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't they be allowed to charge whatever price they want?

  11. Re:what right? on Court Rules in Favor of Anonymous Blogger · · Score: 1

    Just because something isn't spelled out as a right, doesn't mean it isn't.

    Yes, and I have the right to pee on you while singing Marry had a Little Lamb...

    Don't think so.

  12. what right? on Court Rules in Favor of Anonymous Blogger · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I can't find anything in the first amendment which addresses a right to speak anonymously.

    Although I do agree with the court ruling.

  13. Re:One Small Problem on Fingerprint Payment System Gets Financing · · Score: 1

    Fairly easy to way to cut down on that...

    Have 1 correct finger for accepting a payment
    Have 1 alert finger, placed automatically in a position which is hard to screw up.
    Have the other 8 be invalid, and give an error.

    Perhaps treat the first alert as invalid, so they have to screw up twice in a row to make an alert go off.

  14. Re:Doesn't anybody see... on FCC Giving Veto Power to FBI Over VoIP? · · Score: 1

    Take your warrant to the service provider, have them tap you in.

  15. Re:Christ on a stick! on Seattle Axes Monorail Project · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't the leagues be the ones who pays for the stadiums? Either that or the teams... but most likely the leagues.

    Why do we pay to build a for-profit structure?

  16. Bad Dictionary! on Google Responds to Authors Guild Lawsuit · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apparently the dictionary contains the contents of thousands of books, and they just rearrange a couple words. I think we should all get together and start a class action law suite against the dictionaries of the world for illegally redistributing our work. While we're at it, lets sue them for slander. They called me a "dumb fuck bitch who eats babies on friday mornings". They were a little tricky about saying it, again some of the words were mixed up in different places, but we all know what they meant.

    Google... pfft, its dictionaries we need to worry about.

  17. 30 cents? on Ladies and Gentlemen Allow Me to Introduce the Cat Car · · Score: 1

    It costs well over 30 cents to raise a cat, and wait for it to die.

  18. Thanks Slashdot on First Cocktail 5,000 Years Old · · Score: -1, Troll

    Thank you for posting this very nerdy article. I like how it covers stuff that matters.

  19. seeking damages? on Verizon Fights Back Against Mobile Phone Spam · · Score: 1

    "... seeking 'monetary damages'"

    What kind of company seeks damages?

  20. evidence? on Evidence of 6 Dimensions or More? · · Score: 1

    The subject says there is evidence. The article only points out that there is a "gravitational tug", and then gives us a theory on why. Don't present something as evidence when it isn't.

    "My power supply stopped working, therefor the power company is sending me too much electricity." The power supply not working is the problem, not the evidence. The "gravitational tug" is the problem, not the evidence.

  21. Re:Supersonic security lines? on Japan Plans Test of 'New Concorde' · · Score: 1

    OK, seriously. Yes it's all well and good to go Mach 2 but this sounds like another pork barrel (rice basket?) project on the part of the Chinese.

    Who said anything about the Chinese? Talk about off topic...

  22. Re:Trademark yes, copyright no on FedEx Cracks Down on Box Furniture, Citing DMCA · · Score: 1

    How much do you have to have to justify a copyright? A word? No, that's a trademark. A phrase? Nah. A sentence? Not quite. A paragraph? A page? A book? A series? A library? At which point is there enough content to justify a copyright?

    I should copyright a sentence fragment on my site, and then sue everybody who says it for illegally redistributing my original work.

  23. Not seeing the problem. on FCC Reclassifies DSL, Drops Common Carrier Rules · · Score: 1

    The problem isn't that dsl is now an "information service". We need to have some of the same rules that are in "telecommunications" apply to "information service", so that the switch won't negatively affect competetion. Reclassifying it is fine, but if you're going to reclassify it, do it right.

  24. encryption? on Cisco Warns of Stolen Web Site Passwords · · Score: 1

    A company like cisco is unable to manage something as simple as encrypting stored passwords?

  25. suure on Microsoft Testing Rival to Google's Start Page · · Score: 1

    you just want microsoft to get slashdoted, we see you're plan!