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  1. Re:If you steal a laptop on O'Reilly Author's Laptop Rescued By 'Twitter Posse' and Prey · · Score: 1

    Most theives are pretty dumb. I thought that would be obvious.

    On another note, this is the first time I've heard of Prey. It sounds like a pretty awesome utility to have on any laptop or phone. I work for the IT department at a university and we get reports of stolen laptops all the time. Advising users to preemptively install something like this might help. Does anyone know of any drawbacks to installing Prey?

  2. PivotViewer? on Vintage Collection of Tech Failures · · Score: 1

    Anyone else look at the first page and think that "Experience in PivotViewer" was the first example of tech failures? I was looking all over the page for a "page 2" or "next" link.

  3. Re:Vote NDP! on Wikileaks Says Public Forced Canadian DMCA Delay · · Score: 2

    It's up to the party leaders to allow their members to vote freely or not. It's tradition for the leaders of the parties to allow free voting on bills introduced by private members, but this is not always the case (for example, the Liberals voted the party line on the long-gun registry). The reason party leaders can so tightly control their members votes is because the party leaders decide who gets to be in their party. We don't have primary elections like in the US where anyone can run in the Democrat or Republican primary to get their name on the ballot in the general. The party leaders decide who gets to run for them. As far as I know, this system is the choice of EACH PARTY. If the NDP wanted to hold primaries to determine who would run under the NDP name in each riding, I don't think there's anything stopping them... but they don't do this, because it would mean they couldn't control their members' votes.

  4. Re:Not so bad to have different systems. on Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements? · · Score: 1

    Don't call me Sherly.

  5. Re:Worst Formatting Ever on Newspaper Plagiarizes Blog, Taunts Real Author · · Score: 3, Funny

    Agreed. I also found his blog to be TOO readable, so I didn't read it. I like to challenge myself with my reading material. That's why I stick to Where's Waldo?

  6. Re:Intl. Distribution on Canadian Songwriters Propose $10/mo Internet Fee · · Score: 1, Troll

    We already can legally download music thanks to the tax on blank CD-rs. We don't need another tax on internet subscriptions to be able to download music legally, thanks.

  7. Re:Not much to do on Ask Slashdot: Is There a War Against Small Mail Servers? · · Score: 1

    3) and 4) are not real solutions unless you're running a micky mouse operation. Even option 2) is sketchy. OP doesn't say if his connections have static or dynamic IPs. I would assume (perhaps incorrectly, but if so, change ISPs) that since they're BUSINESS lines, they'd be static IPs. If the ISP is blocking port 25 on your business line, call them up and get them to open the port. Isn't this what you're paying them for?

  8. How dare they? on Out of Egypt Censorship, US Tech Export Under Fire · · Score: 1

    Domestic use of DPI still perfectly acceptable.

  9. Re:More evidence of MPAA thuggery on MPAA Threatens To Disconnect Google From Internet · · Score: 5, Informative

    at least not without the help of a Republican president.

    Who is it that's sitting in the White House, pushing for an internet kill switch and is already taking control of domains suspected of activities related to possible copyright infringement?

  10. Re:Scottie's here! on DoE Develops Flexible Glass Stronger Than Steel · · Score: 1

    I came here looking for this post and now I can leave satisfied.

  11. Re:You have nothing to fear. on Oracle Releases MySQL 5.5 · · Score: 1

    It's the first good sign I've seen from Oracle since they announced they'd be aquiring Sun.

  12. Re:1,64? on Doubling of CO2 Not So Tragic After All? · · Score: 1

    The celcius coordinates of 1,64 correspond to some point on the celcius scale?

  13. Re:1,64? on Doubling of CO2 Not So Tragic After All? · · Score: 1

    Sorry,

  14. Re:1,64? on Doubling of CO2 Not So Tragic After All? · · Score: 1

    Ohhh, right. Okay, I put 1,64 into maps.google.ca and it's the middle of the Indian Ocean. So only the Indian Ocean is warming? Why should I care?

  15. 1,64? on Doubling of CO2 Not So Tragic After All? · · Score: 1

    Is that a range between 1 and 64 degrees?

  16. Re:Get rid of the artifact? on US Objects To the Kilogram · · Score: 0

    1 gram has always been the mass of 1 cubic centimeter of water at melting temperature, as far as I can remember. 1 kilogram would be 1000 of these. Who needs the artifacts?

  17. Re:Let's just encrypt everything all the time on How To Protect Against Firesheep Attacks · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just terminate the SSL at your load balancer. This also allows you to offload the SSL work to a machine(s) dedicated to do so and keep that work off your web servers.

  18. In other news on Sharp To Quit Making Personal Computers · · Score: 3, Funny

    Microsoft to stop making automobiles.

  19. Why so long? on FTC Bombs Massive Robocall Operation · · Score: 1

    Why does it take so long for them to shut these things down?

  20. Re:How long is your run on "Green" Ice Resurfacing Machines Fail In Vancouver · · Score: 1

    Actually, the water coming out of the machine is hot. It needs to be hot so it doesn't freeze instantly when it hits the ice. It needs to remain liquid long enough to flow into all the grooves in the ice and create a smooth level surface. But this heating is likely done by filling the machine with hot water (i.e., from the building's hot water heater) rather than using the machine's propane/whatever to heat it.

  21. Re:conferenct? on Sprint Revealed Customer GPS Data 8 Million Times · · Score: 1

    It's in Connectictuct.

  22. Spineless CRTC on CRTC Issues Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And of course the big ISPs get what they want, all they have to do is tell us first. How is this net neutrality?

  23. Re:not very controversial on Advice On File Sharing For a Swedish MP? · · Score: 1

    The song "Happy Birthday" is in the public domain. Furthermore, I don't believe singing any song in public is copyright infringement, so long as you're not doing it for commercial purposes such as performing a concert. (IANAL)

  24. Re:Not prior art on Amazon Patents Customized 404 Pages · · Score: 1

    Or a trojan that gets downloaded and installed from the error page which infects the user's PC, looks through the browser history and browser cache and serves up ads^H^H^Herror messages based on what it finds?

  25. Re:Is this really needed? on Dell's World of Warcraft Laptop · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is your 1.5 GHz Ram running a 1.21 Jigawatts?