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  1. Re:pretty continua on Black Holes Don't Trap Information Forever · · Score: 2, Funny

    (proposition of formula describing the structure of the Universe)

    "I have a truly marvelous proof of this proposition which this text box is too narrow to contain."

  2. Re:pretty continua on Black Holes Don't Trap Information Forever · · Score: 1

    Who says? Maybe they're at the other end of time watching all the first posts, goatse porn, AYBABTU, flames, trolls and lame jokes pouring out of an evaporating black hole like hot grits over Natalie Portman's pants...

  3. Yup on Use BitTorrent To Verify, Clean Up Files · · Score: 1

    ...yesterday I used BitTorrent to repair an Ubuntu Studio iso that I downloaded from my local ftp firehose. The MD5SUMS mismatched, so I fetched the matching torrent file, fired up KTorrent and pointed it at the dir I downloaded the iso into. Only 1 block needed repairing, saving me a helluva long download.

  4. And so I say... on Unexpected Slashdot Downtime · · Score: 1

    Slashdot was dying...

    Long Live Slashdot!

  5. Re:Muhahahaha on Iron Man's New Villain — an Open Source Terrorist · · Score: 1

    Microsoft: Attack of the Clones

    Linux: Teenage Mutant Ninja Penguins

    FTW!

  6. Re:Weapon on Mysterious Sound Waves Can Destroy Rockets · · Score: 1

    Like some guy in Iraq or Afghanistan aiming a weird device at an Apache helicopter and shouting CHAAAAA-AKSA! followed by the Apache turning into a fireball? Quite possible, that with the Harko--err Haliburton protecting the CHOAM--er US stranglehold on the region's spi--err oil reserves.

    I believe that a beginning like that will be a delicate time...

  7. Re:tinfoil hat on Sweat Ducts May Act As Antenna For Lie Detection · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's just a high tech upgrade to "Society", the MMORPG we've all been playing since birth. Just replace "chain mail" with "bullet-proof vests" and "swords" with "batons" and "Tasers" and you get it. To stir up the game the DM (called PM in the UK, President in the US) sometimes orders police vans armed with tear gas grenades and water cannons out onto the streets. There are relatively few NPC's in this game (among them hobos, Travellers, illegal immigrants and wild animals) since most of us are forced to subscribe by paying taxes.

  8. Re:Cyber?? on US Cyber Command Wants Greater Attack Mentality · · Score: 1

    $ make war
    make: *** No rule to make target `war'. Stop.
    $


    Best advice given by a computer. Ever.

  9. Re:Not going to work.... on Blocking Steganosonic Data In Phone Calls · · Score: 1

    Because, they can tell when you send an encrypted e-mail. This may or may not be an engrypted Slashdot post.
    Think about it. Old tricks are (very often still) the best tricks.
  10. Re:SSL? Freenet? on China's Battle to Police the Web · · Score: 1

    Do a "sed -e 's/Chinese/American/g'" and it's still true.

  11. Re:PGPfone, where are you? on Wikileaks Publishes FBI VoIP Surveillance Docs · · Score: 4, Informative

    Twinkle?
    It handles encryption using ZRTP/SRTP and can do point-to-point (IP2IP) calls like good'ole Speak Freely.

  12. Re:Let me just say on British Astronomers Turn To Interstellar Spam · · Score: 1

    We'll soon have an invasion: "Take me to your Litre!" Considering the stuff of the matter, I bet they'll say "Take me to your Dealer!"

    Booze and buds don't go well together IMLE. Doritos do, bigtime.
  13. Re:its against US law on Linus Denounces NDISWrapper, Denies It GPL Status · · Score: 2, Informative

    Since "you" is ambiguous referring to an AC, I will post my $.02 worth of searching.

    FCC Rules on FOSS and Software-Defined Radio
    Cognitive Radio Technologies and Software Defined Radios

    As far as I can gather the main problem is that part of the licensing requirements is that "security measures" that need to be in place to prevent use of the device outside the specifications for which it is licensed.
    With the boundary between driver software on the computer vs. firmware on the device shifting ever more away from the device, it becomes harder to implement these security measures.

  14. Acronym? on Microsoft Singularity Now "Open" Source · · Score: 1

    My first try:

    Since It's Not Gnu Us Linuxers Are Redmonded I Tell Ya.

  15. The price is Just about right... on United Tech Bids $2.6B for Diebold · · Score: 1

    ...I thought when reading the headline without glasses, $2.68 is a fair price for this company, but I bet there are some of us who don't even want to spend more than a dollar on it, given their track record so far.

  16. Re:Was that a blog, or an ad for Sony? on Sony Says Eee PC Signals "Race To the Bottom" · · Score: 2, Funny

    In South Korea, only old people brag about their network connection speeds. (^_^)

    BTW, I'm on a trunked long-distance wireless link with 8 other households, and get 150Kbps down/20 Kbps up on a good day.

  17. Re:News Flash: bitter ex communist hates communism on Tetris Creator Claims FOSS Destroys the Market · · Score: 1

    Your reasoning is a classic example of the broken window fallacy. IOW (FTA) TANSTAAFL.
  18. Re:We need a name for the combined company. on Yahoo Sued for Spurning Microsoft · · Score: 1

    s/regular expression/search and replace command/

  19. Re:It can't possibly work either on Gravity Lamp Grabs Green Prize · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the explanation, you're a genius! This explains where all that dark matter came from! Finally, we can put that issue to rest.

  20. Re:It can't possibly work either on Gravity Lamp Grabs Green Prize · · Score: 1

    Oops, I think the hole I bought yesterday ate the Wikipedia link I wanted to send. I think I'm gonna send it back for a refund.

  21. Re:It can't possibly work either on Gravity Lamp Grabs Green Prize · · Score: 1

    Simple, just use a portable black hole. Place the hole under the lamp, then after the weights are all the way down, move the hole aside (or put it in its shipping box), put the weights on top again and replace the hole. Just don't let the weights break through the base of the lamp, as that is unlikely to be covered by warranty for either the lamp or the hole.

  22. Re:Don't tell Chef but on Scientology Given Direct Access To eBay Database · · Score: 1

    Yeah, so economics fails the first law of thermodynamics, which is why it will be eliminated from the equation soon enough.

  23. Re:What about urinalysis? on Disney Takes Another Stab at the House of the Future · · Score: 1

    ...and subcontracted to McAfee or Kaspersky Labs or Symantec?

  24. Re:How about a normal size house of the future? on Disney Takes Another Stab at the House of the Future · · Score: 1

    Ah, I believe you're thinking of Mason's Law, which says that average US house size doubles every 10 years.

  25. Re:But will they learn from past mistakes ? on Disney Takes Another Stab at the House of the Future · · Score: 1

    That will be fixed in Home Of Tomorrow SP1, as soon as they figure out how to prevent sewer overload from processing all those minidumps.