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  1. Re:No One on Limits On Growth of Energy Use and Economies · · Score: 1

    It only takes one person to predict it correctly...

  2. Re:why? on Disempowering the Singular Sysadmin? · · Score: 1

    Maybe I should read the article.

    Silly man, if you want to read articles then you should go elsewhere...

  3. Re:In Car technology I want on In-Car Technology Becoming More Important Than Horsepower · · Score: 1

    If you choose to listen to Pandora on your iPhone, so be it. It would still be better to know that maybe you need an extra couple feet while I pass you, rather than know nothing at all.

  4. Re:This Is Completely Misleading on Mac App Store Apps Already Hacked · · Score: 1

    But it implies that all apps can be hacked, which is clearly misleading. Saying "Some Mac App Store Apps Already Hacked" would be more accurate, but much less sensational.

    The way you are reading it, it should say "All Mac App Store Apps Already Hacked" but they never said all. The way it is written only implies that Mac apps in the store have been hacked, which is correct.

  5. Re:I wonder... on TSA Pats Down 3-Year-Old · · Score: 1

    I have the need to travel, and I have children. I don't agree with what happened, I was offering another viewpoint to enhance discussion on the topic.

  6. I wonder... on TSA Pats Down 3-Year-Old · · Score: 5, Interesting

    What would happen if there was a suicide bomber that was caught with a child, and the child was the one with the bomb... Would we willingly subject our children to being searched after an incident like this?

  7. Re:Oh common.. on Real-Life Gadgets For Real-Life Superheroes · · Score: 1

    How do you know they are? Unless you can prove, without a doubt, that you are acting in self-defence because there is actual, imminent and certain life-threatening events, you should not be firing a gun at someone with the intent to kill.

    It's easier to prove when the other person isn't alive to discredit your story.

  8. Re:Easy to do, awesome on Pirate Electrician Supplied Power To 1,500 Homes · · Score: 1

    Still in your parent's basement I see...

  9. Re:Flipping magnets... on Magnetic Processors - Computing's New Future? · · Score: 1

    All I know is I hope they are BIG magnets... I cant wait to have a magnet next to my hard drive, might just have to lay it on top of the processor... The extra magnetism should help speed up my hard drive beyond any speeds known to man...

  10. Re:Wow.. on USB Disco Dance Floor · · Score: 1

    1 letter, 1 number

    C4

  11. Re:The real world just got a whole lot scarier on Microsoft Collaborates On Child Porn Buster · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Russia, child pr0n hunts you down?

    Hows that work?

  12. Oblig... on Return of the Mac · · Score: 1, Funny

    I welcome our Mac overlords...

  13. Re:Definition of portable on A History of Portable Computing · · Score: 2, Interesting

    To expand on your comment... The military definition of portable is if two people can move it with vehicles, to include but not limited to a truck, crane, plane, etc..

  14. Re:I have a better idea on How To Talk To Aliens · · Score: 1

    ""However, not every one of them is inhabited."
    With you so far.
    "Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds."
    Does not necessarily follow from the preceding statement."

    It doesn't have to follow the preceding statement. What he said is true, even though there are an infinite number of worlds, but not all are inhabited, and infinite amount of space, there has to be a finite number on how many worlds are actually inhabited. Considering there must be (to our knowledge) specific conditions to sustain life, and those conditions are very fragile, only a finite number of planets will have those conditions.
    For all we know, the ratio could be 1-100,000,000,000,000 for inhabited-uninhabited, or it could be 1-100... The more we find (if any), the more that number will change, and the more we can guess as to how many other occupied worlds are out there.

  15. Re:I see Flicker at other refresh rates.... on Flickering Curiosity? · · Score: 1

    You know, I hate EVERYONE in this thread... once I started reading it, I started to notice the flicker on my monitors... *bangs head on table* MAKE IT STOP!!!!!

    Maybe its just time for a smoke break... It could be too much work, trolling /. takes it out of you

  16. Re:The most important problem... on 1.4mm Thick Gigabit Ethernet Cable · · Score: 2, Informative

    While WIFI would be good to expand on, some of us must use cable no matter what comes out. I work in a building where we can't have any wireless device, cell phones, pda, pages, tape recorders, etc... So cable like this can come in handy, especially when we are so limited.

  17. Re:Shielding? on 1.4mm Thick Gigabit Ethernet Cable · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Im guessing they took that into consideration and have developed it to withstand physical damage and such. From the looks of it, it can be closed in a door and have no damage, and walked on with no damage. Hopefully you are wrong and they got this right so I can finally run cable from room to room and be able to close my door.

  18. Re:The ringtone craze on Short History of Cellphone Ringtones · · Score: 1

    "Yes, I do know people who have a ring tone for everyone in their phonebook. Perhaps it is useful to them other than being a fashion statement (since caller ID also identifies incoming callers) but is it really worth paying for?"

    Yes it is worth paying for to me... not my whole phonebook, but for a select few people like my wife and brother, they have their own ringer so I know to answer it... If my default ringer goes off, I just hit the button to shut it up until I feel like seeing who called, and since its in my pocket most of the time, I don't want to have to dig it out to see if it's important enough to answer

  19. Re:Unprecedented on UK Government Launches Virus Alert Service · · Score: 1

    They will alert you if theres something that can be done, but if there is a problem with no fix you won't find out about it? I would rather know of the problem even if there is no fix so you can at least try to avoid it...

  20. Re:ms package is anti-spyware, not anti-virus on UK Government Launches Virus Alert Service · · Score: 0, Troll

    It doesn't matter, all it does is search for IE, and if found, tells you that you have internet security problems...

  21. Re:in case anyone didn't know on Regulators Lose Piracy Battle · · Score: 1

    "thats what real geeks would do, but i have yet to find any who have anything to do with slashdot"

    Plenty of geeks have a lot to do with /. but they are only allowed to read and talk

  22. Re:They do it well on Dell Enters HDTV Market with Plasma Display · · Score: 1

    Dell buys in bulk, so they get everything at a discounted price, throw it together, and sell it to the consumer. I'm sure they buy the cheapest they can, while still getting a decent bang for their buck, and if the consumer sees big numbers for a low price, thats all that matters.

  23. Re:Could happen to you... on iDownload Tries to Silence Spyware Critics · · Score: 1

    Also, the EULA states:

    "Third Party Software - During the process of downloading and/or using the Software, you may also be offered the possibility to download software from third party software vendors pursuant to license agreements or other arrangements between such vendors and yourself ("Third Party Software"). Please note that the Third Party Software is subject to different license agreements or other arrangements, which you should read carefully. By downloading and using this Third Party Software you accept these Third Party Software license agreements or other arrangements and acknowledge that you have read them and understand them. iSearch disclaims to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, any responsibility for or liability related to the Third Party Software. Any questions, complaints or claims related to the Third Party Software should be directed to the appropriate vendor"

    They install the third party software on your computers without you knowing, then state that you accept the third party's program liscense and agreements and have read it and understand it... even though you dont know its there...

  24. Re:Freedom of Speech on First Arrest Made in U.S. For Spimming · · Score: 1

    It's fine if they want to send you spim IMO, but they should at least limit it. If people don't want to get spim, they shouldn't get it. Like how the phone company lets you have an unlisted number, or you can "opt out" of spam emails...

    lol, who am I kidding, we're screwed

  25. Re:This isn't really a problem on Microsoft Warns of Impossible to Clean Spyware · · Score: 1

    Just download the patches, dont install them, burn them to CD, reload from image, install patches...