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  1. Forget aluminum.. on Aluminum Foil Hats Will Not Stop "Them" · · Score: 1

    Material for a good hat requires 2 square yards of 3M Velostat, Part number 1706, 6 mils thick or 3 square yards 3M Velostat, Part number 1704, 4 mils thick. Lots of cloth or vinyl tape. A hat mad of vinyl rubber or leather (so the tape sticks) that will cover the whole head, and is large enough to accommodate the extra bulk of the material (8 sheets of Velostat). I like a old-style leather pilot's helmet which can be bought from motorcycle apparrel shops.

  2. Re:Rescience on MIT Professor Fired over Fabricated Data · · Score: 1

    Exactly. It's not scientific fact until it's been reproduced independently by peers. "Organic Synthesis" was the only publication worth a damn for chemistry for that reason. The other publications publish science "conjecture". Way too much of that.

  3. Re:Obvious answer? on Microsoft & Linux Should Co-Exist In China · · Score: 1

    It's called Inkscape. Fairly familiar with the program, are you?

  4. Boo f-ing Hoo! on Are Media Writers Biased Towards Apple? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Writers overwhelmingly use Macs because they can't afford the effort required to keep them running, or the downtime when they are stopped cold by viruses. They are certainly being "objective" in the choice of machine that they demand for their work. They can't afford to be "impartial" about their bread-and-butter. That should say something.

    I have two author friends. Both run Macs. The first one used a pc until he lost weeks trying to keep the damn thing running. No he doesn't have an"IT" guy to maintain a firewall, virus software, malware software, and daily windows fixes. He took my advice and bought a iBook. He never regrets it.

  5. It's the quantity, stupid. on Can Asbestos Help Us Understand Nanotoxicity? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Too much coal dust will kill you. Too much radiation will kill you. Too much Vitamin A will kill you. Too much tylenol will kill you. A large bale of marijuana will kill you, if dropped from sufficient height. And varying amounts of above substances can make you sick. We need to know safe acceptable limits whenever the population en masse will be exposed to new substances. Lots of tricky details to sort out, and no simple answers.

  6. No more mobile /. for me. on Designer on Slashdot Overhaul Plans · · Score: 1

    I used to read /. on my Danger Sidekick II mobile phone. Since the last /. redesign, the text renders as a single one-word vertical column.

  7. landolakes chick on Dilbert Hiding On Your CPU · · Score: 1

    All of you geeks have seen this, I'm sure. Remove butter, insert knees...

  8. Add AOL to Google Index on Google Wants a Piece of AOL? · · Score: 1

    Google's mission is to index the Universe, yet, correct me if I'm wrong, most of the AOL universe is closed to Google. They would like to change that, I would assume.

  9. Re:Yahoo Shutting Down Room's on Yahoo Closes Chat Rooms to Anyone Under 18 · · Score: 1

    I hate to get personal, but you are a poster child for why teenagers should get off the chat rooms and go outside in the fresh air. Perhaps crack a book or two. I recommend anything written in proper english.

    If Yahoo could actually enforce this ban, I would estimate 90% of their chat traffic would be eliminated.

  10. Google's Lobbyist on Campaign Financing Cyber Loophole · · Score: 1

    So now we know what Google's lobbyist has been up to.

  11. Virtual License for Desktop Windows? on Microsoft Adopts Virtual Licenses · · Score: 1

    As in, if you buy a computer without Windows, you don't have to pay for Windows! This could catch on big! I doubt it will happen anytime soon...

  12. The possibilities are endless... on Exoskeletons in IEEE Spectrum · · Score: 1

    I can see Bob Dole hawking his exoskeleton on TV. Ahhhhrgh, just scorched my retinas on that visual! Can't find the preview button, darned mouse...

  13. Re:Microsoft is no different... on Microsoft's Unique Innovation · · Score: 1

    I have an entire garden of crabgrass, pigweed, thistle, and dandelion; and the only plants that ever die, ever (emphasis on the ever) is those damned orchids my wife insisted I plant.

    I have an huge aquarium loaded with piranha; and the only fish that ever die, ever (emphasis on the ever) is those clueless koi that I have to keep replacing. Stupid koi!

    I tend the garden and aquarium myself, and my weed and ferocious fish approach is flawless. If you're not good at it, then you are either a) a real gardener or fish expert, or b)just stupid.

  14. Re:Microsoft is no different... on Microsoft's Unique Innovation · · Score: 1

    You make an interesting point. All we have to do is dump all our non-M$ crap, run 100% M$ software on M$-approved hardware, with M$-trained staff, and we'll have no problems.

    Why didn't we think of this before?

  15. Re:Does it really matter? on EU, UN to Wrestle Internet Control From US · · Score: 1

    Correct, which is why I'll be cruising the google-net dark fiber freeway!

  16. Solaris on Google & Sun Planning Web Office · · Score: 1

    The hoo-ha about openoffice was apparently an effective feint. I'm surprise that with 656 comments posted, no mention was made of Solaris. What Google needs in the long run is something *like* Solaris.

  17. Re:Slashdot EZ Post TM on USPTO Reexam Finds $521M Eolas Patent Valid · · Score: 1

    [X] Coralized!

  18. Re:yahoo's answer to gmail. on Yahoo To Update Mail Service · · Score: 1

    63 mln accounts or 63 mln users. Big difference. How many of those Yahoo! accounts are for spam.

  19. Re:World War III Here We Come... on How About a Nice Game of Global Thermonuclear War? · · Score: 1

    Hey Bush for brains...

    The terrorists are mostly Saudis, yeh that's right. And Bush is nothing but the Saudi's bitch. Ever watch Bush kiss the Royal Family's ass?

    I don't think Bush will nuke the Royal Cock that feeds him.

  20. Re:The modern political spectrum. on Chief Justice Rehnquist Dies at 80 · · Score: 1

    On the surface Libertarians appear to give power to the rich corporations. But just look at the state of affairs we have today. Our current goverment is run by the robber barons, Man, you have that argument bass ackwards. Libertarians promote Constitutional limits more than any party. More and more, legislators serve the wealthy. Contrast under Libertarian principles, where for example, corporations wouldn't just get a slap on the hand for pollution, they would have to PAY TO CLEAN IT UP.

  21. Join Google and write windows software... on Google's Turn To Be The Villain · · Score: 1

    ..deskstop search, Hello, Google earth, Picasa, and now google-talk URL:http://google.com/talk> .

    How about some linux/mac software?

  22. Re:shift to right on Senator Carper Calls for Tax on Online Porn · · Score: 1

    We have a two-party system: libertarians and everyone else.

  23. Re:Why are you complaining? on U.S. House Votes to Extend Patriot Act · · Score: 1
  24. Re:Just another "coincidence" on U.S. House Votes to Extend Patriot Act · · Score: 1

    No secret goverments? Now you are deluding yourself. I guess the Founding Fathers were a bunch of paranoid conspirasists, too. Things will have to get really bad, at the point of no return, before the majority will wish they acted sooner.

  25. Re:As usual on Six Bomb Blasts Around Central London · · Score: 1

    "Religion" is the ritual of worshipping your Master. And as Bob Dylan wrote, "You Gotta Serve Somebody". How many dead for the sake of the "religions" of Nationality, Self-Serving, Capitalism, Politics. Violent means to preserve your Master is not unique to Religious Fanatics.