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  1. Re:Same content, alt sites on US Military Blocks Websites To Free Up Bandwidth · · Score: 2

    I doubt anyone would get court martialed. At worst, they'd get an Article 15. Unless maybe they'd already gotten 2 other article 15s for watching porn. Then maybe they'd get court martialed.

  2. Re:Idle... on Mystery of the 'Chupacabra' May Be Solved · · Score: 1

    Weren't there reported chupacabra sightings that were proven to be coyotes with severe mange in 2004? It's even been listed in the wikipedia article for years. It must have taken a lot of work and quite a visionary leap for this biologist too look at wikipedia and come up with this "theory".

  3. Re:A big chunk? on Duke Research Experiment Disrupts Internet Traffic · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If they had, you probably wouldn't even know about it because you wouldn't be reading slashdot. You'd probably just be calling your ISP asking them why your internet connection isn't working.

  4. Wow on Duke Research Experiment Disrupts Internet Traffic · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So you really can crash the internet?

  5. Re:ok i'll say it on EVE Player Loses $1,200 Worth of Game Time In-Game · · Score: 1

    Pfft? No corp will give you a frigate? The corp I used to run would give out cruisers, no prob. I was in a PVP corp for a while where we used chain armor reps and one of the guys refused to fly with people who didn't have a full set of slave implants. So he gave out full sets to anyone who didn't have them. He hooked me up with a bunch of extra faction mods too.

  6. Re:This is bad for China. on China's Firewall Stymies Google; Users Confused · · Score: 1

    While I didn't read the first two, I did read the last one, you know, the main topic for this article which said "That seems to be what happened last night when there was a relatively small blockage. It appears now that users in China are accessing our properties normally." A small outage that lasts one evening is definitely what I'd call a hiccup. Yes, China has a horrible history of censorship, but they've been steadily improving by a considerable margin. The fact that they're playing ball with Google at all shows that.

  7. Re:This is bad for China. on China's Firewall Stymies Google; Users Confused · · Score: 1

    Nice way to not even read the summary. It was more a hiccup in Google's block detection than China Blocking them. Interesting my ass.

  8. Re:A challenge to game designers on Do Home Computers Help Or Hinder Education? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They did that back in 1987. Math Blaster was awesome! I just haven't seen developers going in that direction in a while.

  9. Darn Newfangled on Do Home Computers Help Or Hinder Education? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Kids are spending too much time on those darn newfangled computer thingys and it's rotting their brains. I say we ban them all!

  10. Re:Double or Politics? on Indian Government Threatens RIM, Skype With Ban · · Score: 1

    Even worse, they're "Indian Politicians". They make most of ours look like paladins of virtue and justice.

  11. Re:This is all from the Mumbai terror attacks on Indian Government Threatens RIM, Skype With Ban · · Score: 1

    Which in turn would only hurt the very stupid criminals, and the law abiding citizens. Any smart criminal would be sure to disable the system before they use it as a getaway vehicle. And, there will always be ways to get around things like that.

  12. Re:Journalist? on Police Seize Computers From Gizmodo Editor · · Score: 1

    Yes, but is it really stolen if you call the owner and offer to give it back? And then you do give it back as soon as they ask for it? They have to convince a jury that this was theft. I'm kind of curious as to how many found items the police actually put up adds about and how many just get cataloged and thrown in storage. Or where they put the adds if they do put them up.

  13. Re:A better test file. on New Method Could Hide Malware In PDFs, No Further Exploits Needed · · Score: 1

    Funny, noscript blocked the whole thing for me.

  14. Re:Also.. on Sprint Unveils HTC Evo 4G Super Phone · · Score: 1

    http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/htc-evo-4g-nexus-one-and-droid-face-off-on-the-charted-field-o/ It has multitouch and a bigger battery than Droid & Nexus one, but that doesn't tell how long the actual life will be.

  15. Re:To keep him alive. on Wikipedia Censored To Protect Captive Reporter · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've seen several times where a media organization printed something that resulted directly in people being killed. They don't usually care as long as it sells. In this case, it was someone they knew so they did their best to keep it under wraps. A similar case where they hyped something because one of their "own" witnessed it is that airplane that landed in the Hudson. It was all over the news for months and the pilot even ended up getting an invite to meet the President. The same thing has happened many times before with little to no coverage.

  16. Re:Unleash the hounds! on Judge OK's MediaSentry Evidence, Limits Defendant's Expert · · Score: 1

    So what state did they operate from? Are they licensed in that state and could that have a bearing on this case?

  17. Re:More exciting than the play offs on Camara Goes On Offense Against the RIAA · · Score: 1

    Let Father Lindstrom lead us in our worship at Joe Louis Cathedral on this holiest day of the year, Friday, June 12th.

  18. Re:Linked article isn't accurate on 9th Circuit Says Feds' Security Checks At JPL Go Too Far · · Score: 1

    While I was in the Air Force, I had a security clearence and had to go through the same background checks. I told them from the beginning I had smoked pot before and had no trouble. That's not the issue. The issue is if you lie about it. If you lie about anything and they find out about it, that's when you fail the check. There are other things as well. If you have people you talk to from certain countries. One person I worked with failed his check because his ex wife was from one of those countries. He did eventually get his clearance, but he couldn't work for a while. Doing the check for everyone may seem excessive, but anyone who works in the same building that classified information is kept in could potentially pick up classified information.

  19. Re:Anti-monopoly? on Russia Launches Anti-trust Probe of Microsoft · · Score: -1, Redundant

    In Soviet Russia, You monopolize Microsoft.

  20. Re:Thank goodness on Cloud Computing, Music Lockers, and the Supreme Court · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but it's helping their consumers as much as it is them.

  21. Re:awww poor casinos on Casinos Warn iPhone Card-Counting App is Illegal · · Score: 1

    Not my aunt, I don't know what it is, but she always wins when she goes to the casino. She goes pretty regularly and I've never seen her go without winning at least $200 just on slots. It's crazy.

  22. Re:Non Removable Again? on MacBook's "Unremovable" Battery Easy To Remove · · Score: 1

    When I went on to Walmart, they replaced the seal on the watch when they replaced the battery. It's no diving watch though, just a regular Fossil and a different seal may be required.

  23. Now if only on Sony Pledges More Accurate Laptop Battery Figures · · Score: 1

    They'd make laptops that don't die after a year of normal use. I speant about $2K on a Viao AR-260 early last year. It only rarely left my apartment and was never dropped or abused. About 2 months after the 1 year warrenty expres, it just dies. Won't even power on.

  24. Re:Most jobs are boring on New Grads Shun IT Jobs As "Boring" · · Score: 1

    Dude, haven't you heard? Chicks dig base jumpers!

  25. Re:I warned them on Google Sued Over Privacy Invasion On Street View · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The real question is "Is the road actually all their property?". Apparently, this "Private Road" has a street sign and has several other houses on it which would be an indicator to me that it's public. Unless the peope sueing own all the land sirectly around the road and have it gated or clearly marked "No Trasspassing" where someone in a car could easily see it, I can't see how they have a case.