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  1. Re:Asimov on Palau May Get Satellite Power In the Next Decade · · Score: 1

    But energy from space can go to space again, the problem with the greenhouse effect is that it makes it harder for the energy to leave than to enter. With fewer greenhouse gasses the energy that gets beamed down can leave just as easily, too.

  2. Re:Well, Screw Democrats then on Clinton Would Crack Down On Game Content · · Score: 1

    Isn't that what lawmakers are for? Reviewing and changing laws that exist when necessary?

    Do you think they can pass a change to the first amendment without the public going berserk?

  3. Re:.kid domain? on Australia Plans to Censor the Internet · · Score: 1

    That or use certificates like those that are used for all kinds of security and trust measures.

  4. Re:Well, Screw Democrats then on Clinton Would Crack Down On Game Content · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Because the laws that exist (namely the constitution) don't permit such restrictions? Also because these politicians probably want any rating higher than E10 to mean it can't be sold to anyone, including adults?

  5. Re:Socialism on Clinton Would Crack Down On Game Content · · Score: 1

    Option three: Pandering to the religious south and/or incompetent/ignorant parents. Maybe just ignorant politicians, too. There are politicians so ignorant on the matter they want to pass laws that already existed for years (politicians wanting to create mandatory ratings in Germany a year or two after they were introduced).

  6. Re:Socialism on Clinton Would Crack Down On Game Content · · Score: 1

    So games containing porn aren't allowed to be sold to minors... I don't see how that would be a change. No other form of restriction exists for movies, MPAA ratings are just as unenforceable as ESRB ratings (if the MPAA really had that power do you think selling unrated DVDs would even be legal?).

  7. Re:Preference on Flash Vulnerabilities Affect Thousands of Sites · · Score: 1

    I don't think preventing downloads was his goal, just getting it to work.

  8. Re:Disparity on RIAA Writes Its Own News For Local TV · · Score: 1

    That one person must have WAY too much money considering CD prices...

  9. Re:I'm going to sell the FBI Phrenology Biometrics on FBI Prepares Vast Database of Biometrics · · Score: 3, Funny

    and perhaps even the unique ways people walk

    So we're going to see the Ministry of Silly Walks?

  10. Re:Synthetic Muscles would be nice... on NASA's Invention of the Year Award Goes to Synthetic Muscles · · Score: 1

    Only if you have enough metals in your nutrition... Which would currently kill you.

  11. Re:They should have named it "Myomer"... on NASA's Invention of the Year Award Goes to Synthetic Muscles · · Score: 1

    Pah. Add a nanolathe and we'll start talking. The DGun is completely optional.

  12. Re:First amendment? on New Jersey Judge Shields Anonymous Blogger · · Score: 3, Informative

    (what about states?, by implication they also cannot infringe the national constitution)

    If we go by what's written, the first amendment only limits federal powers and a later amendment (I don't remember those numbers) points out that what the federal govt can't do is left up to the states.

  13. Re:A Space Ship to Visit the Space Alien on Could An ExtraTerrestrial Find Earth with a Telescope? · · Score: 1

    Depends. We're spending a lot of money to get pictures of the different planets in our solar system despite most of them being completely unsuitable for habitation or even terraforming. If we saw another civilization we'd send some probes there out of sheer curiousity.

  14. Re:I've got an idea on Could An ExtraTerrestrial Find Earth with a Telescope? · · Score: 1

    That, or we might already have destroyed ourselves in some way by the time the signals get anywhere. Same for the other civilizations, who's to say that even if we get their signals, that they are still alive by the time we read them or even worse, get there?

  15. Re:January 2009?!?! on Many Analog TV Watchers Aren't Aware of Upcoming Switchover · · Score: 1

    The US has a lot of inertia, once a technology is established, especially when it's one that requires more than one party to upgrade their equipment, changing to another one will take forever.

  16. Re:$50 is not "a few bucks" on Many Analog TV Watchers Aren't Aware of Upcoming Switchover · · Score: 1

    That'll go down as production ramps up. You can get these things for a few Euros in Europe (you can even get bunny ears with built-in DVB-T receivers) and Europe is usually much more expensive than the US.

  17. Re:Good time.. on Many Analog TV Watchers Aren't Aware of Upcoming Switchover · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I don't know about you but I avoid eating anything fatty when I'm on the PC because I have to touch the mouse and keyboard and when my fingers are covered in fat I'm not willing to do that. Besides that, I'm not able to eat or drink while playing any videogame because I can't afford taking my hands off the controls for that long (even ignoring the dirty finger issue, just moving stuff to my mouth takes time and might make me vulnerable to attacks in the game).

  18. Re:Disparity on RIAA Writes Its Own News For Local TV · · Score: 1

    Because I don't buy 8 CDs but might consider one CD that contains enough good music?

  19. Re:They're saying "if it's good it must be pirate! on RIAA Writes Its Own News For Local TV · · Score: 2, Funny

    Naah, you heard them: If the recording quality is good it's definitely genuine!

  20. Re:cue "politics as usual" on WTO Rules on Internet Gambling Case · · Score: 3, Informative

    Doesn't the bill only block transfers to foreign online casinos?

  21. Re:SLASHDOT SUX0RZ on Yahoo! Slammed Over Piracy By Chinese Court · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    www.manridingabike.cx?

  22. Re:OH NOZ! on Yahoo! Slammed Over Piracy By Chinese Court · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dunno but from what I've seen Yahoo China has a "warez search" option.

  23. Re:Old news on Mathematicians Solve the Mystery of Traffic Jams · · Score: 1

    Indeed. I've seen demonstrations of the effect back in 2000.

  24. Re:Games that shouldn't have been... on Games That Could Have Been · · Score: 1

    You didn't like Sonic Rush?

  25. Re:where are all the Linux server exploits .. on Anti-Virus Effectiveness Down from Last Year · · Score: 1

    It's no major feat to trick a PEBKAC into running something as root.