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  1. Re:jerk on Georgia Cop Issues 800 Tickets To Drivers Texting At Red Lights · · Score: 1

    Won't get into the legality here (because I don't know it), but in the UK part of the reason drivers are ready to start moving immediately is that a green light is preceded by a flash of the yellow light (while the red light is still on). So it's Green -> Yellow -> Red -> Red/Yellow -> Green. This is partly (I assume) because manual transmissions are more common in the UK than not, so giving everybody a half-second warning to shift into gear and get ready to go is helpful.

  2. Re:Great writing on Woman Successfully Grows Ear From Arm · · Score: 1

    A re-vered reconstructive plastic surgeon and his re-eared patient...

  3. Re:Thomas Jefferson said it best: on The Short Arm of the Law · · Score: 1

    Maybe you missed it, but he's not officially inspirational anymore. (Last paragraph.)

  4. Re:In Soviet Russia on Slashdot.org Self-Slashdotted · · Score: 5, Informative

    I believe you mean: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. The caps matters. In other words, Buffalo from the city of Buffalo that are pushed around by (other) buffalo from the city of Buffalo in turn push around (still more) buffalo from the city of Buffalo. And you thought this was unrelated to the recursive dupe comment.

  5. Potential Failure on Exchanging Pictures To Generate Passwords · · Score: 0

    And if you do have to share a key in the open, just be obscure... like, "hey remember the first name of that girl we both [redacted*] at that beach party?"

    "Dude, I don't."

  6. Re:Time-consuming? on California Can't Perform Pay Cut Because of COBOL · · Score: 0

    Finding similar lines of code and replacing certain numbers in them? If only there were some way to speed up the process . . .

  7. Re:LOL relative temperatures on Undervolting a Laptop · · Score: 0

    Quick - what's the opposite of circle?

    !circle

  8. Re:I'm sure he wouldn't want to come. on FedEx Cracks Down on Box Furniture, Citing DMCA · · Score: 0

    Heck, I just started buying a large coffee cup full of half and half at the corner gas station the other day because I figured out it was cheaper than buying a container of half and half. Careful with the expiration date, man :-)

  9. Re:To paraphrase a legal scholar... on Spammers Lose Court Battle Against Univ. of Texas · · Score: 0

    Your rights end at my router, hubs, server, bandwidth, computers, etc.

    Tinker v. Des Moines: "The freedom of expression does not end at the schoolhouse router."

    (For the record, I agree with the Texas decision, but if you're paraphrasing legal scholars, you can't stop before Tinker...)

  10. Just Think on Blu-Ray DVDs Hit 100 GB · · Score: 0

    of how much this will increase the bandwidth of Station Wagon Net! How many 100GB discs do you think I could pack in...?