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  1. Re:FAA's side on this on Drone Pilot Wins Case Against FAA · · Score: 1

    They already have rules like these. Model airplane flyers have abided by them for years. What the FAA is trying to do is ignore those standing rules because there's money involved and they want their licensing fees.

  2. FAA's side on this on Drone Pilot Wins Case Against FAA · · Score: 1
    The FAA's entirely overreaching position on "commercial drones"

    I understand wanting to regulate full-sized military-style drones, but going after small commercial entities flying go-pro carrying quad-copters is a bit much.

  3. Re:Liberal tears make the best lube on Congressman Accepts BitCoin For His US Senate Run · · Score: 2
    Yup. I'm on his mailing list. I didn't win the AR-15 he allegedly gave away, but the emails are often humorous:

    Dear patriot,
    Well, I did it again.
    Every gun grabber called my office yesterday screaming and crying because I posted this to our website.
    Yes, I find liberal tears to be the best gun cleaner.
    Now that's funny.
    But you know what would really have gun grabbers dabbing their eyes with their petticoats?
    If I were to run this campaign for U.S. Senate.
    So let's give them something to cry about.
    Today is the last day to accept donations for this period, so I need you to act NOW...

  4. The answer on Google Supercomputers Tackle Giant Drug-Interaction Data Crunch · · Score: 1

    is 42.

  5. Re:Quality entertainment on Ask Slashdot: Mac To Linux Return Flow? · · Score: 1

    Which is why you may not see any. Corn doesn't have nuts.

    Well, not any more.

  6. Another example of feature creep on Google Redesigns Image Search, Raises Copyright and Hosting Concerns · · Score: 1
    GIS worked just fine before they decided to "improve" it. Now I cannot turn "Safe search" off, and now I cannot quickly search for a particular image size.

    If I'm really fast, I can get to the links at the (ever moving away) bottom of the page and find my way back to the old GIS, but only if I'm fast enough.

    Please, Google, put these coders on a project that NEEDS improvement, and give us a useable GIS back. Thank you.

  7. Re:One word: Lawsuits on Moscow Plane Crash Caught On Passerby's Dash Cam · · Score: 5, Informative
    Not that you asked me, but I'm using the Roadhawk DC-1: http://www.roadhawk.co.uk/roadhawk-dc-1-car-black-box-camera/prod_18.html

    The Roadhawk is the best implementation of a black box camera I have seen. It has enough on-board backup power to write the necessary EOF so that the actually crash video isn't corrupted (that's where the dod-tec apparently fails). It stores incident (accelerometer triggered) video files in a separate folder so that aren't eventually written over. It creates 60 sec. standard MP4 video files that can be played anywhere, yet those same files when read with Roadhawk's Windows software also show accelerometer graphs, speed of travel, and GPS maps. "Incident" files get written as 20 sec MP4 files with the triggering incident at the 10 second point in the file. Yes, they sell to US customers also.

  8. Re:The problem is presentation, not recording. on Supreme Court Blocks Illinois Law Against Recording Police · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think most cop shops are afraid of something happening like occurred with the video of Rodney King's beatdown, in which the news snipped off crucial sections in which King repeatedly lunged at police. In addition, they tended not to mention his 100+mph evasion attempt, his prior criminal record or his extensive drug use. We all know how that turned out.

    So the beating was justified then? Wow.

  9. Re:It's got Office and that's good enough for some on Surface RT vs. iPad: a Comparison · · Score: 1
    It's a problem if your clients are not smart enough to do that. Last week I had a presentation with an "embedded video" and all they brought on their USB drive was SHORTCUT to the video file that lived on their office server. They of course blamed my platform (MacBookPro running Windows 7) and made certain the entire audience knew it was my fault.

    As I write this I'm playing a PPT sponsor loop at a fundraiser, and half of the fonts used in the presentation are missing. No one has noticed yet.

  10. Re:It's got Office and that's good enough for some on Surface RT vs. iPad: a Comparison · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...if it means I don't have to fart around with reformatting at teh last minute in Keynote, Page and Numbers on an iPad, or any of the other feeble attempts at Office compatibility to do a presentation, then that's just fine by me.

    Just wait until you try to open an Office document that uses a font outside the small subset of fonts included with the Surface. Hell, just opening a PPT on any laptop other than the one it was created on often requires last minute editing to get everything on the screen.

  11. This is nothing new on Pennsylvania Fracking Law Opens Up Drilling On College Campuses · · Score: 4, Informative

    State University systems can own thousands of acres of land not actually being used as campus land. A large portion of the University of Texas's income comes from leases operated on UT-owned land. In fact, there is an entire entity solely dedicated to handing this for UT: University Lands. It's unlikely that Pennsylvania is looking to lease Campus Commons areas. More likely they are simply making it possible for unused land owned by the system to bring in funds for the State University System.

  12. "Ad-supported internet" on Ad Group Says Internet Accounts For 5.1M US Jobs, 3.7% of GDP · · Score: 1
    Ads don't support the internet. Users support the internet. Content attracts the users. Ads support SOME of the content.

    Of course an advertising organization would twist this.

  13. Re:Even murderers get released on bond on Innocence of Muslims Filmmaker Arrested, Jailed · · Score: 2

    If you've violated probation, you've shown to the courts that you cannot be trusted. No bond is the correct action here.

  14. Re:Oh please, get a life. on Witness Ridicules 'Hands-On' Reviews of Surface · · Score: 2

    You had to cut&paste from Office to tell us this?

  15. Triage on Ask Slashdot: How To Evacuate a Network · · Score: 1
    Replaceable: Ignore it.

    Irreplaceable: Load it and get the hell out.

    Next time: Planning and preparation.

  16. I've been conned on The eBook Backlash · · Score: 2

    ...into thinking that it is much easier to a nice selection of books with me in a tablet than it is to carry them any other way.

  17. Keep your friends close on Why is the EFF at the RSA Security Conference? (Video) · · Score: 1

    and your enemies closer.

  18. Going to Mars is an ego trip on White House Wants Devastating Cuts To NASA's Mars Exploration · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes, I know we would advance technology by solving the problems inherent in making the trip, but there is still plenty to explore (and plenty of science we don't yet know) here on Earth that can be done with much less money.
    Mars exploration makes good headlines, but it's not the best use of our limited budgets for science and exploration.

  19. Re:Perspective on The iPhone Is a Nightmare For Carriers · · Score: 1

    As far as I can tell at ATT's wireless site, they don't care where you got the phone so long as their sim card fits and the phone works on their network.

  20. Re:Perspective on The iPhone Is a Nightmare For Carriers · · Score: 2

    Can you provide a link to a carrier's site that confirms this?

    No, but how about the phone's manufacturer: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone/iphone4s

    Scroll down to where it says "Or get iPhone unlocked and contract-free".

  21. Re:Sigh on Apple's iBooks EULA Drawing Ire · · Score: 1, Informative

    For me, the breaking point came when my next-gen iPod couldn't use the $1 cables I'd had with my previous-gen iPod, and now I was expected to buy Apple-branded chip-locked cables for $50. FIFTY DOLLARS!

    Old FUD is still FUD.

  22. Re:He needs an upgrade. on Stephen Hawking Looking For Personal Techie · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, worst case would be having Majel Barret record the voice. Or would it be worst? Imagine, one of the most famous scientists of all time speaking in the voice of one of the most famous computer systems of all time?

    If he can get Majel to record the voice, then he will have once again turned our understanding of the linearity of time completely upside down.

  23. Frequency ranges??? on Television White Space Spectrum Approved For Use By FCC · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm certain someone knows exactly what frequency ranges are being discussed, but apparently no one (including the FCC) really want to make that information available. "White spaces" is a marketing term that doesn't inform.

  24. I live in a world... on Ticketmaster Customers, Get Ready For Your (Tiny) Class-Action Payout · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ...where a commercial enterprise has to DECLARE that they operate with the intent to make a profit.

    No wonder our financial system is nearly in ruins.

  25. Re:It's a great thing for professional AV folk on $350 Hardware Cracks HDMI Copy Protection · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    That's funny, because I often legally project source material from commercial HDCP-protected BD-DVD sources. I do have the proper gear for this task. What I don't have is a graceful way to switch between pre-show PPT sources and the BD-DVD sources. You may live in a sandbox where HD-SDI is the standard, but most of us are still working with multiple clients in multiple venues where media distribution methods are far from standardized. "Cameras and decks all have..." was my first clue of that.