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  1. Exactly... on WMF Vulnerability is an Intentional Backdoor? · · Score: 1

    Mod this comment up to a +8!

  2. Here's the problem with fishing... on RIAA Sets Their Sights on Russia · · Score: 1

    "If you teach a man to fish...", he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

  3. Her Lawyer's Blog on Fighting RIAA Without an Attorney · · Score: 2, Informative

    There are court documents on her case here (as well as other cases):

    http://www.recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/

  4. Program==Commercial on The Mythbusters Answer Your Questions · · Score: 1

    Think about this: (I think it was) Gene Youngblood, who said "The show is the commercial for the commercial.

  5. Re:But I like my microphone! on Digital Content Security Act · · Score: 1

    "video", it said "video"

  6. Re:Jesus H. Christ on CD Ripping Services Compared · · Score: 1

    This would have been a good first post.

  7. ID Numbers? on No More Internet Anonymity · · Score: 1

    What if we just imbed a serial number in each cpu...

    oh, wait...

  8. not news... on Cyber Attacks on US Linked to Chinese Military? · · Score: 1

    This has been going on since the mid nineties.

    go ahead and google "titan rain"

  9. Here's How... on Computer Jobs -- How to Resign Professionally? · · Score: 1

    It's best just to grab your stapler, set the place on fire and go.

  10. How many? on Introverts Have More Brain Activity? · · Score: 1

    Q:How many introverts does it take to change a light bulb?

    A:

    Q:How many?

    A:

    Q:Alright, Jeez, I'll just do it myself.

  11. Re:Why Skype is Bad on Skype Makes U.S. Retail Debut · · Score: 1

    Also, be aware that Skype, (developed by those who brought you Kazaa) is, like Kazaa, a p2p app and rather rudely uses your resources. In addition to that, it's proprietary and conflicts/is incompatible with the emerging SIP standard. More info:

    Beware Skype's Hype http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1517548,00.as p

    Skype: Hazardous to network health? http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/092605 tolly.html

  12. Re:MOD parent UP... on CEOs Who Invite Email From All Employees · · Score: 1

    Well, seeing the joke and thinking it's funny are two different things, eh?

  13. The dark underbelly of PayPal on Schneier: Make Banks Responsible for Phishers · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised you haven't found this by now:

    http://paypalsucks.com/

  14. Re: Slashdot EeziPost (TM) ...gee,that was Eezi! on Music Industry Threatens to Pull Plug on Apple · · Score: 1

    X] Another: [ ] Dupe [X] Apple iTunes Article [X] WTF [ ] $editor is a dork

    [ ] Frist psot [ ] link to GNAA [ ] Link to goatse [ ] $random_drivel

    [X] I Haven't RTFA, but... $random_opinionated_comment

    [ ] Slashdotted already!. I bet their server runs on $topic_item too

    [ ] Soul_sucking registration required

    [ ] Mod Parent [ ] up [ ] Down

    [X] Fsck: [ ] SCO [ ] Micro$oft [ ] DMCA [ ] DRM [ ] MPAA [X] RIAA [ ] Google [ ] Bush [ ] You all

    [ ] I for one welcome our new $topic_item overlords

    [ ] Imagine a beowulf cluster of those

    [ ] In Soviet Russia, $topic_item owns you!

    [ ] Meh!

    [ ] Netcraft confirms $topic_item is: [ ] dead [ ] dying

    [ ] But have the inventors thought of what will happen if $random_amateur_insight

    [ ] Once again the USA is clamping down on my [ ] Amendment rights.

    [ ] You insensitive clod

    [X] But people who download music from P2P networks are more likely to buy the album

    [ ] Cue DVD Jon-type crack in 3..2..1

    [ ] Torrent, anyone?



    [ ] Clever Sig [X] Lame Sig

  15. Amateurs on The Quintessential Sentry Gun · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here's how the pros do it. This is from

    http://www.mediacen.navy.mil/pubs/allhands/jan00/p g48.htm

    Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) The Phalanx CIWS combines a 20mm Gatling gun with search and tracking radar to provide surface ships with terminal defense against anti-ship missiles. The system underwent operational tests and evaluation on board USS Bigelow (DD 942) in 1977 and went into production in 1978 with the first systems installed aboard USS Coral Sea (CV 43) in 1980. The original versions used rounds made from depleted uranium that have since been replaced by tungsten rounds. Caliber: 20mm/53 Rate of Fire: 1,000-3,000 rounds/min. Muzzle Velocity: 3,650 ft./sec Range: 6,000 yds. Manufacturer: Hughes Missile Systems Company

  16. Re:Just freakin' perfect. on The Quintessential Sentry Gun · · Score: 1

    For the sentry gun to werar, yes.

  17. Re:No details emitted on Mini-ITX Computing For Everyone · · Score: 0

    Don't you mean ridiculous?

  18. Re:zaaaaap on Statically Charged Man Ignites Office · · Score: 1

    Basic electricity: Lesson 1-- Two atoms are walking down the street. They bump into one another. The first atom says, "Are you OK?" The second atom says, "No--I think I lost an electron." The first says,"Are you sure?" The second says, "Yeah, I'm positive!"

  19. Re:ObTime Cube on Evidence of 6 Dimensions or More? · · Score: 1

    You damned Spacelanders--always trying to tell us there's more than 2 dimensions!

    http://www.alcyone.com/max/lit/flatland/

  20. Re:Interesting on US Copyright Office Considering MSIE-only website · · Score: 1

    Like so many, you're making the mistake of speaking of "the government" as if if were a sentient being, when IMHO it's usually more like a swarm of Australopithecus convened around an accidental fire caused by a random lightning strike.