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  1. Re:Yay, another tokamak on China to Build World's First "Artificial Sun" · · Score: 1

    Unlimited electric power would go a long way towards making other types of energy available. Think about how you could sink more power into getting oil out of say, tar sands, then you get out of the use as fuel. You take a hit in exchange for portability, but it wouldn't matter if you had free electric power.

  2. Re:Point of interest on Intel Loses Market Share to AMD · · Score: 1

    If you can drop the process size, you up your production capacity. Smaller chips, right?

  3. Re:Felony - misdemeanor - makes more sense on Slashback: GPLv3, Firefly, iTunes · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hey, guys, I suggest you check out the student handbook hosted on the school site. If this kid gets a felony for refreshing, what happens when they get slashdotted? Here.

  4. Re:Try a University on Has Corporate Info Security Gotten Out of Hand? · · Score: 1

    Heh, this may be useful. Thanks.

  5. Try a University on Has Corporate Info Security Gotten Out of Hand? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Heh, my Christian University is a lot worse than that. We have mandatory antivirus (which seems to run scans at the most inconvienent times. Cancel them and you get kicked off the network.) We also have to run all traffic through a HTTP proxy, because they block all outgoing port 80 traffic. The HTTP proxy logs all traffic which is then sent to our deans and hall directors, as well as kept on record forever. In addition, it blocks such disgusting websites as Ebaumsworld, and hackaday (hacking is illegal, kids). It can be loads of fun trying to get programs without proxy support to work. We also get AIM file transfer (for my non-geek friends from home) disabled, along with bittorrent and pretty much every non HTTP protocol. They even have a packet shaper which detects traffic on the wrong ports and blocks it, so forget about using a proxy. Internet access at schoool can be much worse than at a workplace... Thank the gods for PGP and dial-up!

  6. Re:REAL Scarcity would mean HUGE price increases on Earth's Copper Supply Inadequate For Development? · · Score: 1

    OPEC sells oil in USD. Only Iraq used to sell in Euros, and that ended after the invasion.

  7. Re:Use less energy on Alternative Energy Confusion · · Score: 1

    Just raise the price then. If it really is scarce, then make the pricing match.

  8. Re:why do they have SSNs for customers? on Marriott Discloses Missing Data Files · · Score: 1

    But SSNs are also prefixed by state, so it wouldn't be very hard if you knew about when someone was born and where. Also, I think they probably issue sequentially.

  9. Jurisdiction on Yahoo & Google Testing Pay-Per-Call Ads · · Score: 1

    The constitution doesn't affect people. It restricts the government, not Google.

  10. Re:My question: on Sony DRM Installs a Rootkit? · · Score: 1

    I'll put up 100. That gives us 300... Any others?

  11. Re:The British are going to help you... on Missing Lab Mice Infected With Plague · · Score: 1

    CEO of microsoft is more like it. Throws chairs at the mention of google, screams developers and jumps around, etc.

  12. Re:4 out of 5 swinging dicks recommend... on Laser Cannons Coming to an F-16 Near You · · Score: 1

    Uh. Iraq has no superpower arming it like the Afgans had the USA arming them. Same with 'nam and Korea to a degree. With the Soviets providing arms and the Chinese troops, the war was a lot harder to win.

  13. Re:Brainwashed! on The Decline of Science and Technology in America · · Score: 1

    I suppose if I must explain further. Assuming one, a right handed person hitting another from the front in the right cheek, he has to use his left hand (unclean). This is not an attack, but an insult. The culture of the time is just lost in the translation. Jesus was being a bit of a troublemaker. If a Roman soldier backhands you to insult you, if you turn the other cheek, he must either punch you or back down. Either way you win (him recognizing you as a worth opponent, or wimping out and backing down.) If someone sues you, takes your clothes, and you give him your underwear too, in the culture of the time, it's to his shame. Basically, you are shaming the man who would sue you and take your clothing. The mile thing is based on a rule that the Legionaries couldn't force a man to carry something all day. Rather than piss off a single man a whole bunch, the idea was to limit the amount of forced labor to carrying the soldiers pack one mile. Any more, and the soldier could be reprimanded. If you offer to carry the pack 2 miles, that puts the Roman in the position of forcing the Jew to not do work for him. Quite funny.

  14. Re:Brainwashed! (sorry about my poor formatting) on The Decline of Science and Technology in America · · Score: 1
    Uh... you don't seem to understand what you are talking about.

    1. LDS tends to consider itself a Christian Church. While some of us may disagree, we probably shouldn't spout it as a fact.

    2. Capital punishment isn't exactly absent from the Bible. It is even proscribed as a just punishment in several cases.

    3. Turn the other cheek has to be one of the most misunderstood phrases from the Bible. You are taking something completely out of context historically and in the work in which it appears. It doesn't mean to sit there and take abuse, it means to force your abuser to fight you like a man, rather than just backhand you like one would a subordinate.

    4. The Bible teaches that those who work hard will prosper. Have you actually read it?

  15. Re:Brainwashed! on The Decline of Science and Technology in America · · Score: 1

    Uh... you don't seem to understand what you are talking about. 1. LDS tends to consider itself a Christian Church. While some of us may disagree, we probably shouldn't spout it as a fact. 2. Capital punishment isn't exactly absent from the Bible. It is even proscribed as a just punishment in several cases. 3. Turn the other cheek has to be one of the most misunderstood phrases from the Bible. You are taking something completely out of context historically and in the work in which it appears. It doesn't mean to sit there and take abuse, it means to force your abuser to fight you like a man, rather than just backhand you like one would a subordinate. 4. The Bible teaches that those who work hard will prosper. Have you actually read it?

  16. Re:Good luck... on Aussie Speed Cameras in Doubt Because of MD5 · · Score: 1

    Usually an SUV has a much higher center of gravity than your average hybrid. It also weighs quite a bit more. When one of these is poorly maintained (suspension, brakes, etc.) it tends to roll, and take a long time to stop. It also is much harder to manage at high speeds.

  17. Not warriors? on Xbox As An Indie Movie Studio · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How dare you insult the memory of Church (God rest his soul).

  18. I don't believe in it on Butterfly Unlocks Evolution Secret · · Score: 1

    There's no such thing as in-laws for a slashdotter.

  19. New slogan for the election season: on Government Pressure on ESRB · · Score: 1

    CLINTON LIED!

  20. Re:Put the blame where it belongs. on Government Pressure on ESRB · · Score: 2

    Well, what do you think he is going to do next? As a soldier, I would probably be inclined to think that he will be back on the battlefield another day, trying to kill me again. Thus, I would be likely to shoot his ass as a preventive measure. If he were to surrender, that would be a different matter.

  21. Re:Noise on PC Case Made Completely of Fans · · Score: 1

    Run DC fans on AC. You would need a rectifier.

  22. Re:Noise on PC Case Made Completely of Fans · · Score: 1

    That, and the power consumption on the 12v rail would be a killer. IDK what power supply could handle this and a p4 or amd 64 at once.

  23. Re:How about a love gun on Rail Guns Closer to Reality · · Score: 1

    I hate to say it, but the only way to get peace is with a knife. Men must continue to die in order to preserve peace.

  24. Re:He didn't commit a crime in the US on World's Biggest Hacker Held · · Score: 1

    IIRC, double jeprody is permitted in the UK.

  25. Reality destortion field, anyone? on Trust in a Bottle · · Score: 1

    I wonder if this has anything to do with Steve Job's secret? If so, is it a natural, unconscious thing, or has he already discovered this?