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  1. Re:Really? on Despite Gates' Prediction, Spam Far From a Thing of the Past · · Score: 1

    Now you're on to something...

    Under a new BAM-SPAM act, when Joe Jackass opens his packaged delivery, instead of finding his new dildo pump or whatever in the box, he's greeted by a slightly disoriented, but heavily armed, trigger-happy postal copper.

  2. Re:Honest question on Trying To Find White House Missing E-mails · · Score: 1

    My guess would be that at a minimum, traffic between any two or more government employees would be retained; or perhaps any emails (and subsequent threads initiated) with a .gov/.mil "From:" field.

  3. Re:Look at this and tell me on 3 Cups of Coffee Increases Hallucinations · · Score: 1

    What dose (i.e., mg (caffeine) per kg (body weight)) were these spiders exposed to? Do spiders make suitable test subjects for evaluating a chemical's effects on human beings? How would a spider perform if exposed to a massive dose of a nutrient essential to human health?

  4. Re:Warning: Power Corrupts on Congressman Wants Health Warnings On Video Games · · Score: 1

    ZOMG! This "Jimi Hendrix" ripped off Huey Lewis!? ZOMG!

  5. Re:Steps to creating life often missed by nerds on Researchers One Step Closer To Creating Life · · Score: 1

    1. Get woman

    Would there happen to be any ISO/ANSI publication, standard procedure, or anything of that nature detailing exactly how step 1 is achieved?

  6. Re:A very insidious scenario... on Mumbai Police To Enforce Wi-Fi Security · · Score: 1

    This is the first (and I hope the last) time I have heard such a scenario described as "insidious".

    Agreed. Overuse of this word occurs in a seemingly benign, yet harmfully annoying manner.

  7. Hippies are the disease... on Hippies Say WiFi Network Is Harming Their Chakras · · Score: 1

    ...DEFCON has the cure.

  8. Re:Soon to be worthless on How a Rogue Geologist Discovered Diamonds · · Score: 1

    Anyone that ever thought that diamonds had real value is nuts.

    They do have real value, as drill bits, saw blades, abrasives and heatsinks.

  9. For my lazy brethren: on Botnets As "eWMDs" · · Score: 1
  10. Re:wmd comparison on Botnets As "eWMDs" · · Score: 1

    Modern society would be crippled without any of the following: highways, electricity, sanitation, and potable water.

    Don't forget com^&}i#;%NO CARRIER

  11. Re:At least she didn't TELL EVERYONE HI on Student Faces Suspension For Spamming Profs · · Score: 1

    [...] --the chair might have you murdered, but no suspension.

    Ah, so you were in Steve Ballmer's class...

  12. Precautionary Extreme Overkill on Indiana Bans Driver's License Smiles, For Security · · Score: 1

    If a facial expression breaks their shitty spy-ware, how would it handle THIS? BSOD? (I hope...)

  13. Re:Anyone else find this scary? on Adobe Building Zoetrope, a Web "Time Machine" · · Score: 1

    Anyone else find this scary?

    I used to; not anymore. Social-net sites like MySpace are filled with people who are ignorant to, or genuinely don't care about, the ramifications of not just putting any/every aspect of their lives online, but tying it to personal identifiers ("a/s/l," real name, phone numbers). These high-quality targets for exploitation overshadow the online historic profiles of those with the foresight to use one or more pseudonyms and limit the amount of personal info they associate with their pseudonym(s).

  14. Re: Your sig. on Adobe Building Zoetrope, a Web "Time Machine" · · Score: 1

    If anyone knows why my comments recently started appearing with score 1, despite "Excellent" karma, I'd love to hear.

    I set "Karma Bonus" to 0, since IMO, it's tantamount to "Consistent Group-think Bonus," thus not deserving any bonus. Perhaps you forgot that you had the same insight and had removed this bias from your configuration.

    (Pro-tip: Likewise, setting Troll & Flamebait to +1 exposes far more moderation abuse than genuine trolls & flames, since (for example) at least one positive moderation is required to display these comments with threshold >=1.)

  15. Re:Insane on Australian Judge Rules Simpsons Cartoon Rip-off Is Child Porn · · Score: 1

    "Right-clicking"? I was triple-clicking my heels.

  16. Re:Overdue? on This Is the Way the World Ends · · Score: 1
  17. Re:How come we haven't nuked ourselves yet? on US Tests New Missile Defense · · Score: 1

    Of course, if your game has wackos instead of rational players, all bets are off.

    I'll see your wackos, and raise you a Kim Jung Il.

  18. I help... on RIAA's Oppenheim Tries To Protect MediaSentry · · Score: 5, Funny

    I use PeerGuardian to help protect MediaSentry from accidentally downloading any potentially copyrighted works from me. I'd feel awful if they inadvertently came into possession of illegal data on account of my negligence. Suppose I mis-named something that I copyrighted? I'd cry if I were forced to sue the fuck out of them for casual infringement.

  19. Re:Piracy tool? PUBLIC DOMAIN TOOL! on Amazon Fights Piracy Tool, Creators Call It a Parody · · Score: 1

    Amazon.com has all or nearly all of those books, some as DRM-Kindle ebooks.

    Absolutely, burning-for-fuel is the only suitable application for DRM-encumbered garbage.

  20. Re:Windows ain't done till... on Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Expected Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    "Vista sucks dick each day, 'til DRM goes away."

  21. Re:Barely been investigated? Well gee.. on Visual Hallucinations Are a Normal Grief Reaction · · Score: 1

    Here we have a class of chemicals that are, for the most part, physically harmless, that can be administered in a controlled setting and are all but guaranteed to produce hallucinations. Hell one of them, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), is even produced naturally in the human brain.

    This explains why zombies want to eat brains... so they can get back to "heaven"!

  22. Re:Weird take on why passengers are good... on Study Confirms Mobile Phones Distract Drivers · · Score: 1

    Next time you are talking on the phone, try not talking for maybe 10 seconds. Now try it in the car with a passenger. Notice that in the phone conversation the silence is very awkward and jarring? While in person it feels more or less normal.

    When I'm on the phone while engaged in driving (or any other real-time participatory activity), I habitually say "hold on" immediately whenever the caller/recipient stops speaking to await my response. This practically eliminates the inevitable "Hello? Hello?," and the pressure on me to respond before that ensues.

    Since I can usually respond within seconds, this does not cause the call to be unpleasant, as humans are trained to prepare for up to several minutes of waiting following a typical request to hold on, and my typical fast response comes as (I assume) a surprise/relief, yet they will continue to wait silently in the event that I actually need a minute or more to respond.

  23. Re:Ha! on Windows Drops Below 90% Market Share · · Score: 1

    [...] Vista isn't exactly setting the world on fire.

    True, but machines that meet Vista's hardware requirements are setting the world's desks on fire.

  24. Clamp meter on main hot-mains? on Saving Energy Via Webcam-Based Meter Reading? · · Score: 1

    I'm not familiar with UK AC wiring, but my circuit breaker box (CU) contains two incoming hot leads around which a clamp meter could be affixed. This could provide real-time data.

    You could do anything from using a relatively high-end meter with built-in data output, to breaking down a cheap-ass analog meter and tapping the meter's needle/armature contacts for your data.

    If you go this route, note that you'll need a pricier RMS meter to accurately measure AC watts with power factor accounted for, else you'll measure volt-amps, preferable only if you're billed for kVA/hrs instead of kW/hrs.

  25. Re:doh on AVG Virus Scanner Removes Critical Windows File · · Score: 1