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  1. Re:Exactly on Man Arrested for Using Open Wireless Network · · Score: 1

    If you leave your house unlocked with a sign on the door saying "please come in" then would it be considered trespassing if someone came in?

  2. Re:Insightful? on Why New OSes Don't Catch On · · Score: 1

    but for some people, the disadvantages would never be noticed as long as missing features aren't needed

    Like being able to easily go back and change something? Or modify someone else's work? Or embed graphics in it? Or email your document? Or make multiple copies?

  3. Re:Two questions on Leap Second This Year · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually you'd just set the NTP server you're syncing with one second ahead. I don't think that a once-every-seven-year event is going to be worthy of kernel changes, especially since your time is probably off by more than one second as it is.

  4. Re:Why do kids *need* email? on New Michigan Law Means Kids Can Opt Out of Spam · · Score: 1

    It's hard to implement a system like this properly...although now that you've given me the idea I might give it a try sometime.

    Remember, your kids won't be happy if you're able to go through their email without them having any way to keep at least some of their messages private. But I'm 15 so I am slightly biased in this area ;)

    It could be an interesting project for me to try out though...have you got any ideas on how I'd go about it? Modifying something like Hula perhaps? I don't know too much about working with mailservers, I've used Postfix and Hula, but that's it.

  5. Re:I hate the title on How to Do Everything with PHP and MySQL · · Score: 1

    If you must do it that way, you'd be better off using a cron job to get a copy of the output of the php script for the static pages.

  6. Re:Why do kids *need* email? on New Michigan Law Means Kids Can Opt Out of Spam · · Score: 1
    1. If you want them to have privacy why are you putting their full name in their email address?
    2. Kids don't want firstname@sirname.org as their address...I don't see you using your real name as your slashdot nick...unless....I feel sorry for your kids if they're called Roadkill :)

    And just out of curiosity, how would you set up a mechanism which doesn't allow you to "nailfile/chmod a+rwx diary"? Put in a request for the key, but the kid has a 48-hour period in which he/she can veto it? Let him/her know in advance and mark messages as hidden as necessary?

    Of course none of those would work if they're actively checking their email.
  7. Re:Why do kids *need* email? on New Michigan Law Means Kids Can Opt Out of Spam · · Score: 1

    But no-one would use it, it's too much of a hassle.

  8. Re:flash bios? am i thinking of somthing different on Why Do We Have to Use a Floppy to Flash BIOS? · · Score: 1

    Flashing the BIOS is updating the code on there, all you've described is clearing CMOS. And there are jumpers on the motherboard to do that without taking out the battery too.

  9. Re:I've only met one true Christian on Britain's First Jedi Member of Parliament · · Score: 1

    Most Christians I meet are judgemental, impossible to talk to about any topic: current affairs, politics, pop culture. Holier-than-thou, conservative, vindictive to non-believers.

    Most that I meet are the exact opposite...but I suppose it's because I'm still in high school. And not American.

  10. Re:Build the datacenter in alaska on Keeping a Data Center Cool on the Cheap · · Score: 1

    No it wouldn't...radiation, as well as the fact that there is nowhere to dissipate the heat into would be a big obstacle.

  11. Re:GPS coordinates on Google Adds Satellite Imagery for the World · · Score: 1

    If you click on the link button you'll be able to see the co-ordinates in the URL.

  12. Re:@#$@# Educators! on Felony Charges For H.S. Hacking · · Score: 1

    I know, it's things like that that make me glad I don't live in the USA.

  13. Re:@#$@# Educators! on Felony Charges For H.S. Hacking · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So you're saying that breaking the rules in high school should mean that a child should have the rest of their life ruined? You really think that getting the admin password is something that should make you lose your right to vote?

  14. Re:SPF in the real world on IETF Approves SPF and Sender-ID · · Score: 1

    Read the last sentence of his post.

  15. Re:I can't believe the guts of this lawyer on Apple Sued Over iTunes UI · · Score: 1

    The iPod is no more infringing than a portable hard drive is.

  16. Data? on Retro Machines Key to Rescuing Old Data · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Which storage media would last this long? What's the point of using old computers to get your data if the media is dead?

  17. Re:Tablets suck on IBM Tablet Announced · · Score: 1

    You can handwrite on your laptop now?

  18. Re:Don't buy into the fear! on How To Balance Life And Technology For Kids? · · Score: 1

    A lot higher than the chance that a child will be attacked by a paedophile.

  19. Re:Asus? on A Look Inside the Labs of Asus · · Score: 1

    If ATI released bad drivers for Windows would that mean that Windows isn't a platform suited for gaming?

  20. Re:Does She Need It? on iPod Gets The Royal Nod · · Score: 1

    Let me guess...you're Australian?

    (Not flamebait...I'm from Australia too)

  21. Re:*sigh* on Apple The Current Fastest Growing Brand · · Score: 1

    From what I've heard, you just need to change a compiler option and you're done.

  22. Re:This sounds dumb...but on U.S. Offers Glimpse at Manhattan Project Facility · · Score: 1

    So if Iraq were to nuke the USA, that would all be the fault of the US?

  23. Re:This sounds dumb...but on U.S. Offers Glimpse at Manhattan Project Facility · · Score: 1

    Asking them to remove the Emperor would have been like asking the Vatican City to remove the the Pope.

    They had accepted the terms up until we changed them to remove the guarantee of the Emperor's position.

  24. Re:This sounds dumb...but on U.S. Offers Glimpse at Manhattan Project Facility · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But Japan's request to surrender conditionally had been rejected by the Allies. They would have surrendered, had the item in the treaty guaranteeing the emperor's position not been removed.

  25. Re:Why do people feel the need to hide porn? on Making Small Steps Against Censorship · · Score: 1

    Doesn't make blocking an entire domain because people can host on it any more reasonable.