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  1. Re:I'm lost on Gmail in the News · · Score: 2, Informative

    Tagging things with a label but leaving them in an "inbox" makes it hard to find the good stuff.

    Not sure if you wanted to leave them in the inbox, but if you just want mailing lists filed off into only their own labels, then you can also set "skip Inbox", to get mail-folder-like abilities.

  2. Re:The wristwatch has had its day... on Casio's Credit Card Watch · · Score: 1

    Same here. My watch batteries died a couple months back, and I realized I didn't need it - just use the cell clock, and then there's the added benefit that I don't keep finding the strap annoying while I'm at the keyboard - for months I'd been habitually putting the watch on in the morning, going to work, then taking it off when I start typing. Much better without it.

  3. Re:Bullshit on Russia, China World's Biggest Spammers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    More correctly, the vast majority of spam you recieve in the US is in English, and targeting an American audience.

    At my last job, I adminned machines in Seoul. 95% or more of the spam was pure Korean, targeting Koreans.

    The spammers know their audiences, and target accordingly. The other-language spam you get is errors.

  4. Re:art? on Ming + PHP5 + AI = Pretty · · Score: 2, Funny

    I always thought it was the sign of a great night out. That or a traffic cone.

  5. Re:In Rod We Trust on The Spinning Cube of Potential Doom · · Score: 1

    Actually, it struck me far more like a game of Paranoia than an episode of the Simpsons.

    "Trust the Computer. The Computer is your friend. Only commie mutants hate the Computer, Citizen."

  6. Re:Or in other words... on Automakers Try To Keep Repair Codes Secret · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if you're trying to be humorous, but in case you aren't - look at his username, and his website.

  7. Re:Splinter Cell 3 : Black Ops Box Office on Night Vision Goggles vs Pirates · · Score: 1

    I'm not boasting at all. Just stating that I may be more comfortable staring somebody down because I happen to be as big as I am. The offtopic mods are pretty accurate though - this is way off topic. Just wanted to clarify.

  8. Re:Splinter Cell 3 : Black Ops Box Office on Night Vision Goggles vs Pirates · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You assume some things wrongly.

    First, that I'm kidding. Your ass would be out of there.

    Secondly, that I'm intimidated easily. You can try jumping me if you want.

    Now the second item may not be for everyone - not everyone is 6'4" after all. The first, however - the theater is on the side of the polite, firm patron, if it's any quality at all.

    If it's not quality, I don't repeat the mistake of going there.

  9. Re:Splinter Cell 3 : Black Ops Box Office on Night Vision Goggles vs Pirates · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The solution is to politely but firmly ask that they stop, and tell them that you will have no problem going to get an usher if they continue.

    Don't be rude, don't be a psycho. Just be firm.

    If enough of us do it, politeness and manners can once again be the norm at the theater.

  10. Re:A summary (and what I do) on The Urban Geek As A Mugger Magnet? · · Score: 1

    Yup, they'd shoot you then loot the corpse.

    Quite the improvement, so long as you're insanely fixated on physical belongings that provide you with your sole sense of self worth.

  11. Re:Spam And Viruses on University Capitulates, Switches Off Spam Filters · · Score: 1

    Then I would suggest using a file transfer protocol, not a bodged-on addition to Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.

    And while you may not know anyone stupid enough to both do it AND admit to it, it happens, constantly, all the bloody time. I work in a tier-2 support center for a major company, and it happens ALL THE TIME despite people knowing better.

  12. Re:Ok well on Cartoon Guide to Federal Spectrum Policy · · Score: 1

    Just for future reference, when somebody closes a comment with "Good times, good times", they're being humorous.

  13. Re:how about VOX on Voice Over IP Goes Global, The DNS Way · · Score: 1

    I've always understood VOX to mean "Voice Operated Transmit" - IE: not having to press the transmit key.

  14. Re:Ok well on Cartoon Guide to Federal Spectrum Policy · · Score: 2, Funny

    spews noise with 2000 watts of power through a massive antenna
    That's why God invented the straight pin.

    Stick one of those through your cable and watch the circuits fry.

    Ah, the days of CB radio "wars". Good times, good times.

  15. Re:Cheaper maybe... on 13 Energy Drinks In 3 Sessions · · Score: 1

    Habituation, not addiction.

    When you stop using caffeine, your body rapidly undoes the adjustments it had made to accomodate for it. People who are addicted are addicted for ever. Their bodies never revert from the need, they just manage it.

  16. Re:Nice picture of a giant fresnel lens in action on Things You Can Do With A Giant Fresnel Lens · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wonder if it would be possible to have a reflector added in to that, so that you can heat the bottom of the frying pan, for a nice even heat. I'm guessing that most mirrors would absorb too much energy themselves, though, and heat up too much.

  17. Re:LNUX at $1.94 - Where's the bottom? on Groklaw Turns One · · Score: 1

    Actually, interestingly enough if you look at SCOX and LNUX on the one year comparison, they pretty much dance to the same beat.

  18. Re:Communications medium was used for communicatin on Flash Mob Gang Warfare · · Score: 1

    What would make it Internet notable, to my mind, is if they didn't actually coordinate to get together and rumble, but if one group managed to track down the other via the internet, and brought the fight to the other guy's doorstep.

  19. Re:Slashdot effect street fight!!! on Flash Mob Gang Warfare · · Score: 1

    You underestimate the force-absorbing power of a gamer-gut.

  20. Communications medium was used for communicating? on Flash Mob Gang Warfare · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Say it ain't so!!!

    This is not newsworthy. People traded insults and got into a fight. So it happened over the internet - so what?

    Communications can be good or bad. The internet isn't going to prevent some punk from talking shit about some other punk.

  21. Re:Great... on The Security Risk of Keyboard Clicks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And the blind users tell what the randomized order is... how?

  22. Re:jammers? on 802.11 WiFi Denial of Service Exploit Discovered · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They do refer to that in the alert - that's what the "high powered saturation" method is.

    This sounds more subtle, working with the data side of the network and confusing the nodes, rather than just squashing the RF.

  23. Re:Glass? on RFID Implants for Spanish Revelers · · Score: 1

    You've just proven that Slashdot needs a "Insightful yet disgusting" moderation option. ;)

  24. Re:Price? on The Ultimate All-In-One Storage Solution · · Score: 4, Informative

    In the "discussion" blocks down below there's a price link.

    Rack materials cost is currently estimated to be $121K for 96TB. Node materials are a just under $1450. This price does not include markup, assembly or burn-in from the system integrator and thus will increase by another 5-7% to approximately $130K/rack.

    The weight of a fully-loaded rack is estimated to be 1500 lbs. That figure may rise depending on what hardware is required for rack cooling.

    Power is estimated to be 5500 watts. This too will depend on rack level cooling equipment.

    These figures assume no external 1G Ethernet NICs.

    For a breakdown of all the above, see the attached spreadsheet.

  25. Re:Petabox is ready! on The Ultimate All-In-One Storage Solution · · Score: 1

    It's not all that usual, true - most "ready" devices these days don't provide even a partial working unit, just finalized specs. ;)