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  1. Re:Why would I want this? on Hardware Firewall On a USB Key · · Score: 1

    Forget the WRT54G. Even the lowly Etherkiller does a better job. Sure, it doesn't provide NAT, DMZ, VPN, port forwarding, or even wireless card support, but once you plug one of these babies into your Ethernet card, it will "physically keep threats away from your PC"... at a fraction of the cost! You don't even need to keep it plugged in!

  2. Re:Why Water? on Aluminum Alloy Releases Hydrogen From Water · · Score: 1

    Hmm, so you're using aluminum to turn water momentarily into hydrogen, only to turn it back into water moments later through combustion? What did you need the hydrogen for then? You're RIGHT. Why not just burn water? Then it'll turn into steam, which we can use to power... oh wait. ;)
  3. Re:holy #$%& a subject! on A Robotic Cable Inspection System · · Score: 2, Informative
    A wireless thermometer is just a sensor. This robot *does do onboard signal processing to help it navigate. From the popsci article:

    Human operators can upload a basic mission plan, which the robot's circuit-board brain fine-tunes as it encounters damaged cable.
  4. Re:I'm your coffee answer man! on What is Your Favorite Way to Make Coffee? · · Score: 1
    Very impressive, but I'm a bit skeptical of the validity of some of the claims you made... especially this bit:

    Okay, I had a girlfriend
  5. Re:There is a reason the Founding Fathers hated IP on Justice Department Promises Stronger Copyright Punishments · · Score: 1

    You could argue that the piracy of IP started with the Declaration of Independence. Imagine if Thomas Jefferson had been arrested and sent to trial for infringing the copyright on John Locke's Second Treatise of Government.

  6. Re:Shortly after introduction 100kW battlefield la on 67-Kilowatt Laser Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Mount the laser cannon within a mirror, so the reflections can bounce straight back. IN your face, insurgents!

  7. dupe? on Ionic Winds Chilling Your Computer · · Score: 3, Informative

    I don't understand how this device, which uses an "electrostatic fluid accelerator," is different from this "electrostatic precipitator."

  8. Re:How to fix on iPod Generation Indifferent to Space Exploration · · Score: 1

    As a high school student, I think the sort of required busywork they give just makes students dislike the subject even more. But that isn't to say you're wrong... personally I think that's a great suggestion ;)

  9. Re:Worst list evahr on Some of the Best Game Levels of All Time · · Score: 1

    dont you mean de_dust?

  10. Re:Improved animations on What's Different About Vista's GUI? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Black and white?! Nice... it's, like, the exact same layout, but it looks more like art! omg!

  11. Re:Please invent on The True Cost of Standby Power · · Score: 1

    Unless there's some clever way to do these mechanically, these devices are going to consume standby power themselves.

  12. Re:You won't be seeing this at home anytime soon on New Data Transmission Record — 14 Tbps · · Score: 1

    Now of course, greater bandwidth is cool and all, but 14 Tbps is obviously impractical for actual use, even in specialist medical imaging applications -- for the simple reason you couldn't fill up your harddrive (or even RAM) as quick as that!

    You could probably find an application for it in the main Internet backbone.

  13. Forget liquid nitrogen on Thrust from Microwaves - The Relativity Drive · · Score: 1
  14. This made me laugh. on Microsoft Vista User Interface Guidelines Published · · Score: 5, Funny

    Be polite, supportive, and encouraging. The user should never feel condescended to, blamed, or intimidated.

  15. Re:California on California Passes Wi-Fi Guidance Law · · Score: 1

    why don't we just take the freaking safety labels off and let the n00bs get hax0r3d?

  16. Re:I learned everything I need to know on Fox News on Pluto Decision Meets with Frustration · · Score: 1

    Long ago Romans learned it was a god.

    Technically, the Romans didn't know Pluto (the celestial body) existed. It was discovered in the 1900s.

  17. hasnt this been around for a while? on Ripeness Sticker Coming to Supermarket Fruit · · Score: 1

    i'm sure i've seen one of these before

  18. Re:It's hard to believe... on Inside the Google-Plex · · Score: 1

    They need them for serving news, mail, maps, satellite imagery, images (which include cached thumbnails), video, and of course, text ads.

    this list is far from complete

  19. Re:I'm skeptical on Wind Powered Freighters Return · · Score: 1

    If you read TFA... the sail is supposed to assist, not power it. The engine should be running.

  20. hardware? on Microsoft Developing Robotics Software · · Score: 1

    having a unified software base is nice... but kind of hardware will it control? pretty much any standard motherboard couldn't control a robot right out of the box. it'd need motor controllers and servo outputs and stuff.

  21. Re:Get the Flock out of here! on Flock, the Web 2.0 Browser? · · Score: 1

    doesnt it seem like they're just building extensions into firefox and calling it something else? this isnt really something new:
    del.icio.us
    photobucket
    flickr
    sage rss reader

  22. Wow. on OSVids Shows Video Clips of Linux in Action · · Score: 1

    This is so exciting. What's next, videos of slashdotted sites loading?

  23. Re:But.. How? on Social Engineering Using USB Drives · · Score: 1
    from article:

    people started plugging the USB drives in, scouring through the planted image files, then unknowingly running our piece of software.
  24. label on U.K. Group Wants DRM'd Media Labeled · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The label will spell out clearly just how easy it is to copy media
    I'd suggest a color coded advisory system.

  25. Re:The Register's new market: tabloids on Online Revenge · · Score: 1

    I thought the register considered itself a somewhat legitimate news entity

    well, with articles like this...