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  1. Re:Cancerous Police state much? on Australia's Geekiest Man · · Score: 0

    Because to stay rich, and become richer, they need you and Joe S. to submit and obey. If being tagged keeps you in line then, yes, they want that.

  2. Re:No open source voting? on Open Source Electronic Voting Progress Limited · · Score: 0
    But that makes the total vote count greater than the total voters. It think it goes more like this:

    while (!end_of_day()) tally_votes();

    if (democratic > republican) {temp = republican; republican = democratic; democratic = temp; }

  3. A good thing to have on New 4100 Lumen Flashlight Can Set Things On Fire · · Score: 0

    for when you're stranded on a life raft and need to flash an SOS up to the space shuttle or weather satellite.

  4. Re:Not dead yet! on NPD Group Says "Wait! HD-DVD Isn't Dead Yet" · · Score: 0

    Not dead yet (they're still selling them) just mortally wounded, lying on the ground, bleeding to death.

  5. viva la UHF on 700 MHz Auction Begins Tomorrow · · Score: 0

    So if I buy the spectrum, and can do with it as I wish, can I broadcast analog UHF TV signals?

  6. Re:Word of the Day... on Wal-Mart Pushing Suppliers For RFID · · Score: 0

    Sheesh, before I clicked the link I thought this was some pun regarding Sony.

  7. "options" on How to Say Goodbye to Old Hard Drives? · · Score: 0

    Well to start with you could always use your hard drives to make electricity or create a decorative wind chime. There are also many different options to ensure that your data doesn't fall into the hands of the enemy.
    I'm guessing making decorative wind chimes out of it would qualify.
  8. Re:No you have a choice. on US Courts Consider Legality of Laptop Inspection · · Score: 0
    B.1 Go back where you came from.

    B.2 Encrypt and transmit your data to a server you can reach from anywhere.

    B.3 Format the laptop's drive and ship it to yourself in the U.S.

    B.4 Return through customs without laptop.

  9. Re:They can't deal with what they already provide? on Comcast Promising Ultra-Fast Internet · · Score: 0

    It's simple. You'll only get those speeds when downloading the Blu-ray you buy from Comcast.

  10. Trust your data to "the cloud"? on Microsoft and Google Duke It Out For the Future · · Score: -1, Redundant
    Yeah, right.

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    4.4 You acknowledge and agree that if Google disables access to your account, you may be prevented from accessing the Services, your account details or any files or other content which is contained in your account.

    11.2 You agree that this licence includes a right for Google to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.

    11.3 You understand that Google, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b)make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this licence shall permit Google to take these actions.

    4.2 Google is constantly innovating in order to provide the best possible experience for its users. You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the Services which Google provides may change from time to time without prior notice to you.

    (Google Terms of Service)

    No thanks.

  11. Re:Holy Crap on BBC Creates 'Perl on Rails' · · Score: 0

    It wasn't intended for "normal, english-speaking humans". It was intended for Slashdot.

  12. Re:how, exactly on Texas Science Director Forced To Resign Over ID Statements · · Score: 0

    I think it goes like this "Oh, I can't explain how life began. I think God must have done it".
    I don't think the ID people are saying they don't know how life began. They are saying "We know how life was created, Genesis tells us how. Science must be wrong."
  13. How about something smaller... on Portable Nuclear Battery in the Development Stages · · Score: 0

    it could power up to 25,000 homes

    So can they make something 1/25,000th as big to power one home? I'll bet there's a bigger market for that.

  14. Re:And what about? on FSF Reaches Out to RIAA Victims · · Score: 0

    Do it as in Europe - losing side pays for everything, and they will stop pretty quick.

    If we did that then all of the defendents would immediately settle for the $3500 and not go to court. Could you afford to pay for the RIAA's lawyers if you lost?

  15. Re:This study brought to you by... on Study Warns of Internet Brownouts By 2010 · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ...or brought to you by Comcast, to justify their throttling.

  16. Gimme slots on TB-Sized Solid State Drives Announced · · Score: 0

    Skip the ATA interface, and the PCIe. I predict in a few years we'll see DIMM-like slots on our motherboards for terabyte flash memory modules next to our DIMM slots for RAM.

  17. does not compute on Study Says P2P Downloaders Buy More Music · · Score: 0

    So if P2P is up, why are CD sales down?

  18. That small? on Nanotech To Replace Disk Drives Within Ten Years? · · Score: 0

    Nanowires (which replace electrons/capacitors)

    YIIKES! I didn't realize they were making nanowires small enough to replace electrons!!!

  19. done that on Picture Passwords More Secure than Text · · Score: 0

    I did something like this myself about 5 years ago. I put up a window with a 16x16 grid and drew a pattern onto it with the mouse. Order did not matter but each pixel contributed some number of random bits to the password. The random bits assigned to the pixels was generated from a short text "password" (salt) at the start, so knowing only the figure was not enough. The result is a password with lots of pseudo-random bits, yet it was easy to remember the pattern.

  20. Re:Mobile phones + do no evil? on Verizon Might Deliver Google Phone · · Score: 0
    Are these two concepts even remotely compatible?

    Not with Verizon in the equation.

  21. Israeli?? on Scientist Are Working to 'Steer' Hurricanes · · Score: 0

    My money's on the Israeli team. Their technology must superior. I never hear of hurricanes hitting Israel.

  22. Finally! My dream on GMOs Perfected Down to the Chromosome Level · · Score: 1, Funny

    So will we finally be able to splice the THC gene from cannabis into the E.Coli that lives in our guts so that once we're "infected" we are perpetually high?

  23. information is illegal? on In the UK, Possession of the Anarchist's Cookbook Is Terrorism · · Score: 0

    How much time do I get for possessing Fahrenheit 451?

  24. Re:I'm surprised.... on Google Earth Flight Simulator · · Score: 0

    That's because this is a honeypot. Anyone actually simulating flying into buildings has their IP address reported via Google to DHS.

  25. Makes you proud on Malaysia Uses Anti-Terrorism Laws To Stop Bloggers · · Score: -1, Troll

    Once again America sets the example of freedom for other countries to follow.