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  1. Re:I don't see the problem on Pakistan Tries To Ban Encryption · · Score: 1

    In that case please send me all your personal information...

  2. Never mind this nonsense on Beyond HDTV · · Score: 1

    Someone has a plan to auction off free over-the-air TV channel bandwidth to cell phone companies in exchange for billions needed to balance the budget. Isn't there some Federal obligation to provide access to those that don't want to pay for cable or is all bandwidth for sale? Grr.

  3. Re:Lotus Elise on The End of the Gas Guzzler · · Score: 1

    As much as I like sports cars, I would point out that any Lotus is not suitable transportation for most people. Very tight interiors and you can't carry anything. More like a fat motorcycle. People have said that you don't so much as get in a Lotus as put it on. Then there is the famous Lotus reliability and ease of repair...

  4. A new record on New NASA Data Casts Doubt On Global Warming Models · · Score: 1

    How many times can you use "alarmist" in one article?

  5. Re:Goes for cameras too. on Why Your Dad's 30-Year-Old Stereo Sounds Better Than Yours · · Score: 1

    Sorry, maybe not everyone. I've been hanging out with the grandchildren too much!

  6. Re:Goes for cameras too. on Why Your Dad's 30-Year-Old Stereo Sounds Better Than Yours · · Score: 2

    Not silly, but maybe an old-guy rant. Never worked on film cameras, just solid-state stuff. You could get a decent photo from 110 format, but disk had no redeeming value except, well, nothing. I remember going to a talk where the benefits of the disk system were explained. Lots of theory about how the system covered more of the photographic space. When I finally got one, I realized that every picture was of uniformly mediocre-to-poor quality. At least with a 110 camera you could get pretty good photos part of the time. My "beloved" Kodak no longer exists.

  7. Goes for cameras too. on Why Your Dad's 30-Year-Old Stereo Sounds Better Than Yours · · Score: 4, Insightful

    After working at Kodak for 26 years in electronic imaging and hearing nothing but "IMAGE QUALITY", I am now faced with a world where everyone is taking crappy pictures with crappy cell phone cameras. Why did we bother?? As in the stereo world, cost and convenience trump what used to be important.

  8. This is an insult to Hobbits everywhere! on McCain Decries "Hobbits," Accused of Ringbearing · · Score: 2

    I thought Hobbits where the good guys. He meant to say trolls. Yeah, that's it. A big ugly mountain troll. Hobbits aren't real anyway.

  9. Re:What's next? Google Sex Beta? on Google Announces Google CDN · · Score: 1

    After millions of years, Sex2.0 is still in beta? This is worse than Duke Nukem.

  10. Re:Designed by non-parents on Car Window Touchscreens · · Score: 1

    I distinctly remember my father threatening to kill us if we drew pictures on the fogged windows in the car. Nice memories!

  11. The horror! on Car Window Touchscreens · · Score: 2

    Fingerprints!!!! The reason touch screens failed when they were introduced 25 years ago.

  12. This is amazing news! on Canadian Government Muzzling Scientists · · Score: 1, Funny

    George Bush is now the president of Canada.

  13. It was 98F here a few days ago. on Microsoft Suggests Heating Homes With "Data Furnaces" · · Score: 1

    I assume this server heating system would also function during the summer?

  14. Amongst our weaponry are... on Sun CEO Explicitly Endorsed Java's Use In Android · · Score: 2

    Estoppel by record—This frequently arises as issue/cause of action estoppel or judicial estoppel where the orders or judgments made in previous legal proceedings prevent the parties from relitigating the same issues or causes of action,
    Estoppel by deed (often regarded as technical or formal estoppels)—Where rules of evidence prevent a litigant from denying the truth of what was said or done
    Estoppel by silence—Estoppel that prevents a person from asserting something when he had the right and opportunity to do so earlier, and such silence put another person at a disadvantage.
    Laches—estoppel in equity by delay. Laches has been considered both a reliance-based estoppel, and a sui generis estoppel.
    With apologies to Cardinal Fang.

  15. Re:Cave? on Amazon, Google Cave To Apple, Drop In-App Buttons · · Score: 1

    So Apple is really the Pope app.

  16. Foolish mortals! on Obama Administration Tests the Waters With Ocean Power Startups · · Score: 2

    My cyber-warfare-enabled endangered snails will bring this project to its knees! or something about not doing it on porpoise just for the halibut. Never mind.

  17. Re:Cyber Weaponry? on The Code War Arms Race · · Score: 2

    You forgot the iCyber aspects of the cyber story.

  18. Re:My favourite silly one is houses on Predictions of the Future...From the 1960s · · Score: 2

    My house was built in 1928. The Monsanto vision gets one thing spectacularly wrong. People now regard plastic as cheap and ugly rather than sleek and futuristic. Everyone wants granite counter tops and real wood. Real ceramic dishes instead of space-age Corelle. If I suggest remodeling the bathroom using plastic and fiberglass? Well, just forget it. I've learned how to repair cracks in plaster walls and am working on a claw-foot tub...

  19. Re:Absolute Garbage on Developer Panel Asks Whether AAA Games Are Too Long · · Score: 1

    What online mode? Is this the Cerberus network option?

  20. Re:AAA games? on Developer Panel Asks Whether AAA Games Are Too Long · · Score: 1

    Thank you. I don't know what it means either. AAA is also a credit rating and the American Anthropological Association. Somehow I managed to get through Mass Effect 2 without that knowledge.

  21. Re:apple lawsuit on BiPod Flying Car Makes (Short) Test Flights · · Score: 1
    I looked up subluxation and this is scary stuff:

    "If you wait until your body sends out pain or other clear signals, it may too late. You need to stop subluxations before they have a chance to do major damage and before they become difficult to correct. You -- and your entire family -- need to visit a chiropractor regularly to make sure you can all lead a healthy, subluxation-free life."

    I haven't had an adjustment since I had my neck wrenched around as a small child. Not fun and didn't fix anything.

  22. Re:Go with tried and true on Ask Slashdot: Best Offline Storage Method For Large Archives? · · Score: 1

    You are kidding right? Use 8-in floppies that can store 180k per disk.

  23. Only $500000? Phfft! on Gov't Funded Electric Car Company Goes Out of Business · · Score: 1

    That amount of money is nothing. The Rochester, NY Fast Ferry project lost the city millions. "Ferry service had a brief but unforgettable run in Rochester in 2004 and 2005, first as a private venture then as a city-backed endeavor. Both efforts failed and lost millions in taxpayer dollars. " And this:"In 2008, the Fast Ferry was voted "Best Misuse of Public Funds" in City Newspaper's 'Best Of' Awards." See http://rocwiki.org/Fast_Ferry

  24. At least Aptera is still going... on Gov't Funded Electric Car Company Goes Out of Business · · Score: 1

    But wait: http://www.allcarselectric.com/news/1063329_aptera-answers-our-questions-shares-no-new-information At least Tesla is still making the roadster, but wait: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/06/tesla-stop-production-electric-roadster-focus-model-s-sedan.php At least there's the Corbin Sparrow or the Sinclair C5 or ??? http://jalopnik.com/5809904/whats-historys-most-awesome-failed-electric-car I'm an electrical engineer and this is depressing. Oh yeah, and there are still no batteries good enough!

  25. Is this the guy? on Bitcoin Trademark Troll Now Sending Bogus DMCA Takedowns · · Score: 1

    From http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2006/02/6222.ars : "So who is this Michael Pascazi? He was once president of a firm called Fiber Optek, which in 1999 won a US$4 million contract to construct a fiber-optic infrastructure along from Hartford, Connecticut to Springfield, Massachusetts. Fiber Optek attempted to purchase the failed Global Crossing company in 2002 before going bankrupt itself, a victim of the dotcom implosion. Pascazi went on to study law. He also claims to be starting a biotechnology company, although details about this are scarce."