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  1. Re: DMCA reform on Anti-Piracy Firm Sends Out Wave of Takedown Notices For Using the Word 'Pixels' · · Score: 1

    Are false claims considered libel _anywhere in the world_ ? I' ll bet Columbia and Vimeo have bank accounts in Great Britain for example.

  2. Re: Drop rate on NASA's New Horizons Focuses On Pluto's Largest Moon Charon · · Score: 1

    During the fly-by New Horizons will be pointing its cameras and instruments at Pluto and the various moons, which means _not_ pointing the antenna at us. Later the probe will play back the recordings for transmission, but right now it's busy

  3. Re:The Revolving Door Argument is Thin Anyway.... on FCC Chairman: a Former Cable Lobbyist Who Helped Kill the Comcast Merger · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But Apple did exactly that when they brought John Sculley over from Pepsi. And it worked well at first. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J... As to Chairman Wheeler, sometimes poachers do make the best gamekeeprs.

  4. Re:FINALLY on Storing Data In Synthetic Fossils · · Score: 1

    If you include DIY instructions, then Hell Yes! Now where do you bury your fossils so that they can be found again?

  5. Dummy Accounts on Netropolitan Is a Facebook For the Affluent, and It's Only $9000 To Join · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If this does amount to anything, tabloids and paparazzi will find the fees to be a trivial investment. Just one lead will easily pay for itself.

  6. Re:It's official on Amazon Patents the Milkman · · Score: 1

    Well, as a milkman you should have licensed one of my exclusive inventions: a semi-autonomous semi-intelligent propulsion system that not only pulls your vehicle but remembers the entire route and all the stops. It even runs on unprocessed biofuel and produces salable fertilizer as waste! May I present: Equus ferus caballus

  7. Re:Tell them you're not based in the US... on Ask Slashdot: What To Do About Patent Trolls Seeking Wi-fi License Fees? · · Score: 1

    It's that extra 20% that makes the difference.

  8. Mayan Calendar (Seriously) on Ask Richard Stallman Anything · · Score: 1

    I'm sure plenty of people here actually want to know this: When the Mayan calendar runs out/flips over/restarts next month, how will this affect the calendar in EMACS?

  9. Re:BIG data? on Users Abandon Ship If Online Video Quality Is Not Up To Snuff, Says Study · · Score: 1

    " But let's not get carried away with the italics now people... this way madness lies."

    It leads to ALL CAPPS!

  10. The title is really "Time Fuze". Just a slight difference...

  11. This is not the only such mimicry on Volcano May Have Killed Off New Bioluminescent Cockroach · · Score: 1

    Some female fireflies mimic the flash patterns of other species to lure in and prey on the males.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly

  12. Aha! A Private Sector solution! on Automated DMCA Takedown Notices Request Censorship of Legitimate Sites · · Score: 1

    There are three questions to consider:

    Are false accusations of infringement libelous?

    Besides The US and the UK, can these false accusations be viewed in any other countries anywhere else in the world?

    Does Microsoft have any money?

    Actually, I'm surprised this hasn't been tried before.

  13. Batpoles! on Ask Slashdot: What Would You Include In a New Building? · · Score: 2

    And a shark tank. And a big sign that says "Out of Order Do NOT Use"

  14. Re:Pretty Soon... on Apple Tells Retailers To Stop Selling Certain Samsung Devices · · Score: 1

    Samsung's lawyers are warmed up- and when the first shipment of iPhone5s reaches customs they will pounce.

  15. "Seeing a lot more than your face" on British Airways Plans To Google Passengers · · Score: 1

    That's a risk they'll just have to take.

  16. Re:As long as... on What Would a Post-Email World Look Like? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Kevin Costner could deliver your messages by hand.

    And seriously, things might have to go that wrong before email goes away.

  17. There is private property on the Moon! on NASA To Future Lunar Explorers: Don't Mess With Our Moon Stuff · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Richard Garriott purchased the Lunokhod 2 rover from the Russians "as is where is."

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunokhod_2

      So Russia at least does recognize these objects as property.

  18. There are such places. on Tidal Heating Shrinks Goldilocks Zone Around Red Dwarfs · · Score: 1

    Io and Callisto are the same distance from the Sun, but Io is a _lot_ hotter. If you get far enough from a red dwarf sun to be too cold, the tides are a lot weaker.

  19. This is step 8 right here: on Last Bastion For Climate Dissenters Crumbling · · Score: 1

    We never denied Global warming.

    We always said it was Clinton's fault.

    Because he didn't stand up to the Chinese at Kyoto.

    It's Obama's fault, too, of course.

  20. Re:Already done, and the US lost on Tensions Over Hormuz Raise Ugly Possibilities For War · · Score: 1

    I _really_ want to see the scenario that sent a modern submarine after the USS Olympia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Olympia_(C-6)

  21. Re:How about consistent measurement units in summa on Mars Rover Opportunity Surpasses 30km Driving · · Score: 1

    Or just over 28 versts.

  22. This will add up over 100% on World Internet Traffic To Top 966 Exabytes In 2015 · · Score: 1

    Because so much of the P2P _is_ video.

  23. This map is incomplete on Appeals Court Affirms Warrantless Computer Searches · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't there be a 100-mile circle around every airport?

  24. Re:Last time "insert activity here". on Shuttle Discovery Docks With Space Station · · Score: 1

    Besides the Shuttle and 2 Soyuz there are 3 uncrewed supply vessels: 1 Russian Progress, 1 Japanese H-II, 1 ESA ATV "Johannes Keppler" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unmanned_spaceflights_to_the_ISS (scroll down to fights 47-49)

  25. Turn off the wi-fi on Tech-Unfriendly Cafes Say No Kindles Allowed · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If they don't want these people hanging out, why go to the trouble of luring them in?