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  1. Re:Why even bother with Hybrid Cars on Google Spends Money to Jump-Start Hybrid Car Development · · Score: 1

    While this is most likely a troll - I'll bite and support this argument. Check out this article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19049079/print/1/displ aymode/1098/ It is all about Honda discountinuing their hybrid accord. Why would they want to do that at a time like this? You tell me.

  2. Re:Military commissions on The Life of the Chinese Gold Farmer · · Score: 1

    Here is an interesting link to back up this claim (for the US at least)

    http://opensecrets.org/bigpicture/millionaires.asp ?cycle=2004

  3. Re:"without their consent" on Is Videotaping the Police a Felony? · · Score: 1

    But this isn't a "traffic stop" per se, is it? I wouldn't consider it that! K

  4. child chad? on RIAA Drops Tanya Andersen Case · · Score: 1

    EDITORS: Could you please fix the typo?

  5. Re:Who gets to fix it? on DNS Stressed From Financial Maneuverings · · Score: 1

    If ICANN doesn't take action, who will? Who can? I don't think the World Health Organization is interested in helping.
  6. Re:American Physical Society Free online access on Free Global Virtual Scientific Library · · Score: 1

    You could try the Arxiv (http://arxiv.org/). In some fields, authors post first on the arxiv before submitting to other peer review journals.

    Also, you can read almost all the "current" issues without a subscription. It depends on the journal though. What discipline are you interested in?

  7. American Physical Society Free online access on Free Global Virtual Scientific Library · · Score: 4, Informative
    I was wondering about this last year. Michele Irwin, International Programs Administrator at the APS Office of International Affairs provided this information:

    In 2006, the American Physical Society established a program that provides free on-line access to its journals for non-profit institutions located in eligible countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. This program is made available through the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI), http://www.inasp.info/peri/free.shtml. PERI provides researchers in developing and transitional countries with access to international, scholarly literature from a wide range of disciplines.

    The APS began its participation in PERI by offering access to countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Now that this pilot program has operated successfully for one year, the APS is in the process of expanding access to other developing regions.

    The APS also supports the electronic Journals Delivery Service (eJDS), which is administered by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), http://sdu.ictp.it/ep/ejds.html. This service is aimed at providing access to scientists at institutions in developing countries that do not have access to sufficient bandwidth, thus, making it impossible or too difficult to download material from the Internet. Through eJDS, scientists receive individual mathematics and physics journal articles via e-mail.

    In addition to the programs above, the APS is also one of many publishers that are partners in the Iraqi Virtual Science Library (IVSL), https://www.ivsl.org/. IVSL provides free access to scientific journals to institutions in Iraq. The Society has also established multi-institutional agreements (consortia) in many countries to help broaden access to institutions that might otherwise be unable to afford or gain access.
  8. Recent Apple anouncement on The Economist, DVD Jon On Apple's DRM Stand · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one wondering what Apple (formally Apple Computers) has up their sleeves? If I remember correctly, the main thing that kept them from being a music label was a contract with Apple (of Beatles fame). Now that the two have made up (see yesterday's /. story), what is to stop Jobs from making good on what he thinks should happen? Typical Steve style, too, with hype before the announcement.

    KAW

  9. Re:IANAL. on What Questions Would You Ask An RIAA 'Expert'? · · Score: 1

    Incidentally, you should ensure that UMG is fully aware of what the news will make of all this after a verdict is rendered. "Single mother loses home, life savings to music industry" would make a great headline, ...

    Isn't that esentially what the RIAA wants? FUD? Isn't their goal is to use FUD to stop P2P networks?

  10. Summary? on Legend of Zelda - Twilight Princess Review · · Score: 1

    Anyone else notice the summary was about half the article? So much for snippets...

  11. Re:Bias in small claims court judges on How To Sue the Auto Dialers · · Score: 1

    I had a similar situation when my car got towed. The subdivision that towed my car was in violation of several towing rules. For example, if you tow someones car, you have to have signs that are of specified dimensions, or wait certian amount of time, etc, etc. Since I am a student also, $250 is a lot of money. So, I took it to small claims court and lost (they counter sued for $250 for "tresspassing", which surprised me). The judge basically said, I don't care. Sorry.

    If you RTA mentioned you can see how hit and miss the small claims court system is. In my case, I wanted to have the experience of small claims court in case I needed it later. All in all, the other guy hired a lawyer and spent two hours in court, so I feel a little better about it.

    For what it is worth...

    K

  12. 'to Google their tax dollars' on Online Budget Database Planned by White House · · Score: 1

    so much for http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/14/115 9243

    Maybe google should send Bush a warning letter?

    K

  13. Re:Mocking? on Apple vs Microsoft- Who's the Copycat? · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Dear Aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all.

  14. Re:Fight your own battles. on Tech Workers of the World Unite? · · Score: 1

    ...a high level of innovation and metal agility

    Like a coppersmith?

  15. Re:Article overclocking! on A 4.1 GHz Dual Core at $130? · · Score: 1


    ... Cue Clippy ...

    It looks like you're typing a letter.

  16. Re:Innoculations? on Vintage Diseases Making a Comeback · · Score: 1

    BBC only keeps mp3s for 7 days (see http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/downloadtrial/faq.shtml #q2 ) I couldn't find the transcript anywhere, do you know if it is available? Kristopher

  17. Re:How about having an open mind? on Wal-mart's Wikipedia War · · Score: 1
  18. Nice article.. on Computer Buying Experiences at B&M Stores · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But I think it is posted on /. just to start a flame war /queue BBsucks, CCsucks, etc

  19. Re:I want to know how they did it! on MIT Hackers Appropriate Caltech Cannon · · Score: 1
  20. Re:It's not just Explorer. on New Phishing Flaw in Internet Explorer · · Score: 1

    I admitt that firefox showed some funny stuff, but it ended showing the secunia site but with the secunia url. What version are you running? I have version 1.5.01. Is the non-mac based firefox show this anomoly?

    K

  21. Science Friday on U.S. Supreme Court Hears eBay Case Wednesday · · Score: 1

    There was an informative Science Friday discussion last friday. Check it out here. http://sciencefriday.com/streaming.html

  22. Re:Passing savings on? on Apple Launches 1 GB nano, Slashes shuffle · · Score: 1

    I thought that was only economic utopia, not reachable in the real world.

    Don't you mean itopia?

  23. Re:transgaming on Wine vs Windows Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    ... However, it uses an absolutely offensive amount of ram while it does so.

    Wow, they even implemented that windows feature...

  24. Troll -1 on US Keeps Control of the Internet · · Score: 1

    Can you modd a topic Troll -1? It seems everytime this comes up it gets over 500 comments. I'll say 650. Anyone else care to wager?

  25. Funny, really.... on Blizzard's Warden Thwarted by Sony's DRM Rootkit · · Score: 1

    Lets see, the sony article was just yesterday, and since we all know that the warden takes three-four days before closing an account.

    Ha Ha Ha Ha! Sunday will be a bad day for a lot of people! Perhaps Cmdr TACO does have a sense of humor.