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  1. Re:Come on Slashdot, seriously? on Torvalds Uses Profanity To Lambaste Romney Remarks · · Score: 1

    Thank you. And why you are pointing out facts.. 'However, the vitriol and obscenities are unprofessional at best.' = ' Remove him from the board of directors.

    --doh!

  2. Pretty smart. on Hotmail No Longer Accepts Long Passwords, Shortens Them For You · · Score: 1

    My bet is their customer base are people that prefer shitty passwords. Eventually they will add two factor authentication. Of course it will mostly be so they can blame the other party when the method gets owned. But they still won't have to anger users that prefer shitty passwords.

  3. Re:Hah! Take that, my bank! on Hotmail No Longer Accepts Long Passwords, Shortens Them For You · · Score: 2

    Oh sure. After I finished trying all 366 possible numbers you tell everyone your pin isn't a date! Just for that I'm going to rob someone else.

  4. Re:Can this be retroactively legalized on House Approves Extending the Warrantless Wiretapping Act · · Score: 2

    Do you know an overlord that has given up power after it was given? This vote was just a confirmation to show that nobody will give up power no mater how evil the overlord or the power.

  5. obligious musical reference on University Receives $5 Million Grant To Study Immortality · · Score: 1

    Life? What do you mean life? I ain't gotta life!

  6. HTML is XML. XUL was XML so how is this a change? on Firefox OS Will Win Big With Developers - Mozilla · · Score: 1

    OK. Mozilla no longer has to keep XUL up to date which means those awesome listboxen with sortable columns, and various other cool things I loved so much, are back to being a complete and total PITA to write. Outside of that, what has changed? XUL was XML and it required Javascript to do its client side interactivity. HTML5 is a sub of XML and it requires Javascript to do its client side interactivity.

    As far as it being an OS that developers like, the Mozilla guys seem to like it. Maybe they will write some really cool stuff with it.

  7. BIOS with key on Richard Stallman Speaks About UEFI · · Score: 1

    How hard will it be to replace a BIOS? If the OEM's are smart they will make it easy and not tell M$. Then they will be able to sell the boards after M$ has gone on to something else.

  8. New config setting? on Rights Holders See Little Point Creating Legal Content Sources · · Score: 1

    The industry-controlled kill switch is a popular idea all over the world.

    Maybe there will be a "Do what I'm thinking button" some day after all.

  9. I see the reduced centensing between the lines on Police Charge News of the World Editor Over Voicemail Hacking · · Score: 1

    A personal assistant and a chauffeur? How much does anyone want to be the personal assistant and chauffeur spend more time in jail?

  10. Re:I sincerely hope not on NVIDIA GeForce GRID Cloud Gaming Acceleration · · Score: 1

    I completely agree. Games are not something you play for 2 hours and never look back. Large game distributors would the only ones to benefit. I can see it being used in other ways though. Using multiple machines with a capable GPU could be pooled to speed up graphics for "the geek that has everything".

  11. Bandwidth is broken for a reason on American Cellular Companies Clamor For Fresh Spectrum · · Score: 1

    What does wanting more spectrum have to do with bandwidth issues? It is obvious, to me at least, that they want the additional spectrum for ownership and nothing more. They know it exists. The last thing the want is someone else getting to first. Or worse. It being handed to the public!

  12. Re:Pants on fire. on Heartland Institute Threatens To Sue Anyone Who Comments On Leaked Documents · · Score: 1

    I think it means exactly what I expect it to. I also believe it does not relate nor should it relate to petitio principii.

  13. Re:Still in Visual Basic on Security Tool HijackThis Goes Open Source · · Score: 1

    Not sure why was the summary written that way.

    They are anticipating the translation to Javascript + HTML5. Isn't that what Microsoft replaced VisualBasic with?

  14. Pants on fire. on Heartland Institute Threatens To Sue Anyone Who Comments On Leaked Documents · · Score: 3, Funny

    The best way to win in the court room is to prove a witness has a history of lying. This begs the question, "Who from Heartland could be a credible witness"?

  15. Gun running costs. on Universities Agree To Email Monitoring For Copyright Agency · · Score: 1

    Considering all of the news coming out of Canada, I'm wondering if it might not be a bad idea to get into the gun running business. This begs the question, "Would they sell them back, when our turn comes, at the same price".

  16. Re:Change Universities on Universities Agree To Email Monitoring For Copyright Agency · · Score: 2

    I remember college. I remember $27.50. I even remember not ever having $27.50 while in college.

  17. Re:Sorry to repeat myself but... on Is the Government Scaring Web Businesses Out of the US? · · Score: 1

    Haven't you noticed? The "U.S. government" doesn't do things without first receiving "campaign contributions" first.

  18. Note to self. on FOIA Request Shows Which Printer Companies Cooperated With US Government · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Never buy a used printer.

  19. Sorry to repeat myself but... on Is the Government Scaring Web Businesses Out of the US? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Put hosting in countries where the RIAA hides its money from the tax man, Switzerland, Luxumbourg, etc... Being a bully to a country that has dirt on you is a line they won't cross. I think.

  20. Re:Waste Product? on Small, Modular Nuclear Reactors — the Future of Energy? · · Score: 1

    "Originally reprocessing was used solely to extract plutonium for producing nuclear weapons. With the commercialization of nuclear power, the reprocessed plutonium was recycled back into MOX nuclear fuel for thermal reactors." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reprocessing

    "Over the course of 20 years, Chien Wai, a University of Idaho chemistry professor, has developed a process that uses supercritical fluids to dissolve toxic metals. When coupled with a purifying process developed in partnership with Sydney Koegler, an engineer with nuclear industry leader AREVA and University of Idaho alumnus, enriched uranium can be recovered from the ashes of contaminated materials." http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080821213606.htm

    You might also want to look into Partitioning and Transmutation

  21. Re:Waste Product? on Small, Modular Nuclear Reactors — the Future of Energy? · · Score: 1

    It can be recycled.

  22. Half way there. on SCO vs. IBM Trial Back On Again · · Score: 1

    First Half: Gurgle gurgle gurgle woosh squeek squeek cough... Dude, I just had this great idea!
    Second Half: Lets sue IBM again.

  23. Re:Sounds legit on SSD Latency, Error Rates May Spell Bleak Future · · Score: 1

    Hmmm. I must be thinking about alternative ferroelectric materials.

  24. Re:Sounds legit on SSD Latency, Error Rates May Spell Bleak Future · · Score: 2

    Wasn't there about 6 alternatives to NAND discovered last year? I think IBM announced 2 of them.

  25. Get copies of everything. on Ask Slashdot: Dividing Digital Assets In Divorce? · · Score: 1

    If children are involved, and I know this will be hard for your, make sure you get a copy of their pr0n too.