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  1. Perl 6 mailing list on State of the Onion 11 · · Score: 1

    The summaries ended in 2006...
    http://dev.perl.org/perl6/list-summaries/

    Does that mean the future is over?

  2. already on All US Border Crossings Now Require A 'Terrorist Risk Profile' · · Score: 1

    I always assumed this was already done. And even before 9/11.

  3. fix it! on Your Ex-CoWorkers Will Kill Facebook · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Corey makes some good points. Facebook is better than MySpace. Maybe we can take his suggestions and make something better than Facebook. Different types of relationships (ie not just bidirectional friends) would be a start.

  4. Afghan workers die in US-led attack on USAF Launch Supersonic Bomb Firing Technology · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E54953AF-C2F1-45F9-BB35-55EE40359FE1.htm
    We bombed guys working for us!
    Time to slow down the bombing.

  5. Dr. Evil on Sun to Create Underground Japanese Datacenter · · Score: 1

    Data center - right!
    Its going to be Dr. Evil's lair.

  6. Connection on Shake a Secure Bluetooth Connection · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How about plugging them into each other with USB, etc.
    They could exchange tokens.
    Then future Bluetooth communication would be pretty secure.
    Oh wait, that's too sane.

  7. Re:city-wide wifi has its uses on EarthLink Says No Future for Municipal Wi-Fi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nice to see footnotes in a Slashdot posting.

  8. Re:For the non-mathematicians on A New Theory of Everything? · · Score: 1

    SUV = SU(3)xSU(2)xU(1).

    Where SUV is the standard model from Ford.

  9. Re:Desktop on Google's Android Cellphone SDK Released · · Score: 1

    I meant it would be nice to be rid of X Windows. Sorry bout that.

  10. Offsite or no email on White House Ordered to Preserve All Email · · Score: 1

    I recall reading that this administration was already using an obscurely named .com site for email for this
    very reason. The other effect of this rule -- future presidents won't use email but IMs or IR blasting, etc.

  11. Re:a million bucks isn't what it used to be on Even the Masseuse is a Multimillionaire at Google · · Score: 1

    If you are, say, 40 and going to live to 100. You have 60 years.
    5M / 60 = 83,333 a year. Not bad. Plus the 40K interest which would be less each year.

  12. Desktop on Google's Android Cellphone SDK Released · · Score: 1

    Looks like a reasonable OS for a desktop.
    Would be nice to be rid of X.

  13. Re:a million bucks isn't what it used to be on Even the Masseuse is a Multimillionaire at Google · · Score: 1

    Plus you should re-invest some income to keep up with inflation. Because $40K in 20 years will be worth even less.

  14. Re:What would happen if... on NIST Opens Competition for a New Hash Algorithm · · Score: 1

    Automate the testing (of the algorithms).

  15. pension on House Narrowly Avoids Having to Debate Impeachment of Cheney · · Score: 1

    If he's impeached does he get his pension?

  16. daemon on New Network Neutrality Squad — Users Protecting the Net · · Score: 1

    I was hoping they had a daemon we could volunteer to run.
    All the daemons would create a mesh which would be used to measure ISPs speed automatically.
    Any unfairness would be quickly spotted.
    Who knows maybe the mesh could even be used to escape a limiting ISP?

  17. Re:Who's Who of Computing on MIT Sues Frank Gehry Over Buggy $300M CS Building · · Score: 4, Funny

    They have their mail address encoded as:
    mailto: webmaster@csail.mit.edu

    That's world class brains for ya!
    No way a spam harvest bot is going to decode that.
    That's why they get the big bucks.

  18. Re:Why Chicago? on Microsoft Plans $500 Million Chicago Data Center · · Score: 1

    Its near the middle of the country. The datacenter will be in the suburbs or further out (I bet) so land cost isn't a big deal.

  19. Re:Json again on Redmond's Heavy Guns Go After OpenSocial · · Score: 1

    The Facebook API let's you (the developer) pick between JSON or XML.

  20. Re:Google has been trying very hard to hire folks. on Google's Young Brainiacs Go Globe-Trotting · · Score: 1

    The article mentioned first Word Processor too.

  21. No body on Hans Reiser Interview on ABC's 20/20 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In a reasonable system there is no way somebody can be convicted of murder without a body.

  22. Re:Why not both? on MS, Mozilla Clashing Over JavaScript Update · · Score: 1

    They are only talking about an upgrade to javaScript ... to EC4.
    It only makes sense for all browsers to support it.

  23. mutual blogging on Breaking Open Facebook With FOSS · · Score: 1

    I think the best part is... it's a blog that people actually read. When I post stuff on my
    Facebook profile nearly all of my (Facebook) Friends! They sometimes comment - that is great.
    When I had a blog before it seemed that nobody read it. Of course, the downside is that I
    have to read their posts too :)

    Its this mutual blogging that's the best for me.

    I am sure it could be done with RSS and FOAF. I would love to get out of Facebook's garden.

  24. Perhaps the candidates possible apointees on Call for a Presidential Debate on Science · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Each candidate could send the person to the debate who they would appoint as National Science Adviser.

  25. Re:Host on Call for a Presidential Debate on Science · · Score: 1

    Why not, he knows his stuff. Most famous science guy in the country.