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  1. Propaganda piece of an article on Debunking the Google Earth Censorship Myth · · Score: 4, Informative

    This article is BS. As anyone how bothers to see there are places on google earth that are blurred or cut out and replaced with green fields.

    Here are two examples.

    http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&q=52.109911,4.326597&ie=UTF8&ll=52.109912,4.326596&spn=0.00456,0.009549&z=17&iwloc=addr
    http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&q=53.2232,5.754861&ie=UTF8&ll=53.223199,5.754862&spn=0.01778,0.038195&z=15&iwloc=addr

  2. Re:Since looking farther = further in time on "Dark Flow" Outside Observable Universe · · Score: 1

    So far we have seen stars (gamma rays) in the distance of 12.8 billion light years away. That is really close to the edge of the known universe. So we are going to see the light from 13.7 billion light years in the end, but it is hard to know when it reaches us.

    A gamma ray that was detected 12.8 billion light years away from us.

    http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/20/gamma-ray-burst-from-the-edge-of-the-universe/#more-18387

  3. Re:Legal consequence? on 4,000 Anti-Scientology Videos Yanked From YouTube · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In short, they are terrorist.

    Church of Scientology is a terrorist group. They can be called that correctly. They terrorize people, make threats and even silence people.

    This is not the first time that CoS has done this. But it is a time for the U.S government to arrest the top of CoS and ban the cult. They are dangerous and have been for a long time.

    CoS is also structured like a military organization, they have troops, generals and so on. I guess that they have the weapons too.

    I guess that CoS troops (plenty on Slashdot already) with mod points will rate this as a flame bait.

  4. Re:I have a feeling on Is the US Ready For the Switch To DTV? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This was a problem in Iceland, when they did first start broadcasting in digital. The idiots at 365 Media (that runs most of the private tv stations in Iceland) did turn the digital transmission to 100% when it first started. The end result was that the digital signal did create snow and other issues with the remaining analog signals on 2500Mhz band that they are using and also normal uhf analog broadcasts.

    In the end they did drop the signal strength down enough so it did not create issues with the analog broadcast.

    Iceland is going to go all digital in 2010. Too late in my opinion. Some areas have had 99% of all tv stations go digital already.

  5. Re:CNN link to someone doing it. on People On No-Fly List Can Sue In District Court · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This says it all.

    "Since airing a story this summer about how Correspondent Drew Griffin began getting told he was on the watch list -- coincidentally after he wrote a series critical of the TSA's Federal Air Marshal Service -- CNN has received dozens of e-mails and iReport submissions from viewers who also have found themselves on the watch list."

    Some one in the U.S needs to sue TSA for corruption and illegal activate. Ending up on a terror watch list just for criticizing TSA is nothing but corruption.

    Something is rotten in TSA.

  6. Re:A proposal on Level of IPv6 Usage Is Vanishingly Small · · Score: 1

    IPv6 doesn't need a dhcp server. That is the nice part. ISP part of IPv6 is even better, the routers of IPv6 only need a radvd ipv6 tool or something like it. Because of that, a hookup is going to be easy for the user. Just plug in and it should work.

    IPv6 address come in two types, Link & Global. Link has the same usage as 192.168.1.x in IPv4 and Global is IPv6 address that goes out to the internet.

    I use IPv6 and so far it has not been giving me any problems since I did start to use it.

    Google has a IPv6 address, it is located here, http://ipv6.google.com/

  7. Re:Obama Should Love NASA on Obama's Evolving Stance On NASA · · Score: 1

    Next time you get sick, don't go to a doctor. Because by your logic, it is waste of time and money.

    You are going to make many worms happy in the future.

  8. Re:Obama Should Love NASA on Obama's Evolving Stance On NASA · · Score: 1

    Actually it can. Unnecessary deaths in the U.S because of the private insurance company didn't want to pay for a treatment that would extend your live for more then 10 years is better then other other option.

    Die because the insurance company that you have didn't want to see a drop in profit. It was cheaper to let you die then to pay for a treatment that could save your live.

  9. Re:Obama Should Love NASA on Obama's Evolving Stance On NASA · · Score: 1

    Social security can prevent you from dieing because you didn't afford the doctor or the meds to treat you.

    So before you call social security a scam, you should think about that for a while.

  10. Re:My experiences on What's the Problem With iPhone 3G Reception? · · Score: 1

    The 3G system used in Sweden is actually a standard called CDMA2000, it is not compatible with 3GSM or 2GSM. 3GSM is hopefully going down to 450Mhz in the end, but it might take few years to do so. If there is a market for it.

    The real shame however is that GSM-450 (sometimes called GSM-400) never got off the ground in Europe, that would have paved the way for 3G on 450Mhz in the future. That also would have make the lives of the user easier. But then the user only would have needed one mobile phone, not two like it is today.

  11. Re:My experiences on What's the Problem With iPhone 3G Reception? · · Score: 1

    Poor 3G coverage has more to do with the frequency they use. In this case 3G uses 2100Mhz (2,1Ghz). That frequency has few problems, small coverage and poor coverage inside a house. I have seen the same problems with my phone and that isn't iPhone, it is a Sony Ericsson.

    3G coverage would have been less problem if they had choose to use lower frequency spectrum, like 1700Mhz, 1800Mhz, 1000Mhz or even 900Mhz (however, GSM uses 900/1800Mhz in Europe). 3G on 900Mhz is on the way, but not until after 5 years or something.

    I have turned 3G off on my phone too, as I don't want communication break up when I am using the phone.

  12. Re:I'll judge them in 3 days. on YouTube Yanks Free Tibet Video After IOC Pressure · · Score: 1

    What I don't understand why Google is just killing every video that get a copyright claim. In this case, for example I am pretty sure that OIC didn't take the video or own the sad copyright. Fair use also applies if the video did use some clips from other videos.

    The original author of the video in question should file a counter notice and then sue OIC into the ground.

  13. Simple solution on DHS Allowed To Take Laptops Indefinitely · · Score: 1

    There is a simple solution to the DHS problem. Don't go to the U.S with a laptop. If you go with a smart phone (GSM) then just take out the memory card if possible.

  14. Re:Blame the Canadians, of course! on Canada Comet Lengthened the Ice Age · · Score: 1

    I am not American, but it is a super volcano anyway.
    For the record, I do live in Europe.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Caldera

  15. Re:Blame the Canadians, of course! on Canada Comet Lengthened the Ice Age · · Score: 1

    America has super volcano, we can blame them for the near extincion of the human race next time around.

    (I don't live in Canada, but U.S should take some blame anyway)

  16. Ministry of Truth on Foreign-owned Hotels To Install Firewall In China · · Score: 1

    China has Ministry of Truth in place. I think that is pretty obvious by now. Giving the media spotlight this is going to give China I can't say that they are playing there cards well. China, as a country might fall apart in the next 20 years because of how they handle the media today.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Truth

  17. Re:I want a GSM phone.... on Your Computer and Cell Phone Are Lying To You · · Score: 1

    Thanks! I will test this when I get Sony Ericsson X1 GSM phone.

  18. I want a GSM phone.... on Your Computer and Cell Phone Are Lying To You · · Score: 1

    I want a GSM phone that tells me if I am using GSM 850/900 or a GSM 1800/1900 network. Same goes for 3G phones.

    Why ?

    Because when a GSM phone is on a GSM 850/900 network it uses max 2W of transmitting power, but only 1W at GSM 1800/1900. With that information I can tell if my phone is using more battery or less.

  19. Space is International territory on NOAA Requires License For Photos of the Earth · · Score: 1

    Space is by definition a international territory. As such the laws that NOAA sites don't apply in space (they do in the U.S but not in space). Furthermore this would never stand up in court if they where to test it, that is my opinion. But I am not a lawyer and I don't live in the U.S.

    U.S don't own space, even if NOAA seems to think so.

  20. horrible on Spam King and Family Dead In Murder-Suicide · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This is horrible. He kills his family because he has to go to jail.

  21. C band on Alternative Uses For an Old Satellite Dish? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Get a C band LNB and point to the next C band sat that is out there.

    Plenty of C band channels out there. A good list is here.

    http://www.lyngsat.com/america.html

  22. Re:More teenage angst on Newly Discovered Young Galaxy Creates 4,000 Stars Per Year · · Score: 1

    Actually, I am using the Euro standard while you are using the U.S one.

    The wiki says, like every other text valid book on the subject.

    "The Andromeda Galaxy (IPA: /ænËdrÉ'mÉ(TM)dÉ(TM)/, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224; often referred to as the Great Andromeda Nebula in older texts) is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years away[4] in the constellation Andromeda."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy

  23. Re:More teenage angst on Newly Discovered Young Galaxy Creates 4,000 Stars Per Year · · Score: 1

    How says that we aren't already colliding with Andromeda galaxy ? After all, the light we are getting is 2.5 million years old at current time.

    The collision might have started long time ago, we would not even notice from our point of view of space.

  24. Re:Possible new 'Terrorism' target? on Superconducting Power Grid Launches In New York · · Score: 0

    A terrorist, the one you think of lives in caves or other primitive surroundings. They usually just send out threats on the internet via proxy, usually somebody how has 56kbps dial up in the middle east.

    What you should worry about is the crazy people in your home country.

    Also, far as I can see the worst thing that can happen if someone tries to damage this cable is that DHS ends up with one electrified terrorist and maybe one or two months of repair work to be done.

    Lets just hope that they put in place some real backups in the case the cable fails, for whatever reason.

  25. Re:mm on In Iran, Blogging May Be Punishable By Death · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Actually, Iraq had fairly good womens right given that it was a Muslim country. Even if Saddam did rule there.

    Today however it is a different story, the womens are being threatened by religion fanatics how kill them if they don't cover there face up or work. The list goes on in this matter.

    What you are speaking about is Afghanistan, before 2001 it didn't have women rights at all. In many parts of it still doesn't. Even today women rights are almost close to zero, even in the main capital of Afghanistan.

    Human rights in Iraq are no better then when Saddam did rule there, thanks to corruption and a broken government that is currently in place there.

    U.S can do good, but it can also do bad. Like any other power on the planet. The problem with the U.S is the corporation greed that is currently in place there. Sad to say, this greed has also infested Europe and EU. It is taking it's time on destroying the EU from the inside, but I hope that it is stopped before it does a big damage.