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  1. Re:Carry backup. on Software Bug Halts F-22 Flight · · Score: 1

    Then use duct tape.

  2. Re:Waste of cash? on New Software Stops Mars Rover Confusion · · Score: 1

    and how much money and time did you donate to worthy causes last year.

  3. Re:Democracy on The World's First National Internet Election · · Score: 1

    True democracy cannot work because although a person may be smart, people as a rule, are stupid.

  4. Backups??? on SETI Finally Finds Something · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Only copies of her work was on the laptop. Someone should tell her that is she is not backed up she is fcked up. Oh and off site backups would be best, say a friends house.

  5. Life immitating Art. ( Armageddon (1998)) on Astronaut to Attempt Spacewalk Record · · Score: 2, Interesting

    When the Russian cosmonaught takes a hammer to the fuel systems saying "this is how we fix things in Russia". Or something to that effect.

  6. Re:Its not free, we pay taxes. on US Group Wants Canada Blacklisted Over Piracy · · Score: 1

    Actually the big problem is the inability to see a doctor for yearly checkups and when you start to get sick which then leads to the expencive emergency room stay. Not to mention the lack of prenatal and postnatal care which gives the US an infant mortality rate that is 50% larger than Canada and even greater than that of Cuba. (http://www.geographyiq.com/ranking/ranking_Infant _Mortality_Rate_aall.htm)

  7. Canadian Movie Piracy Claims Mostly Fiction? on US Group Wants Canada Blacklisted Over Piracy · · Score: 1

    Just to remind everyone, from Monday the 5 of Feb right here on /.. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/05/16 6216

  8. Re:Its not free, we pay taxes. on US Group Wants Canada Blacklisted Over Piracy · · Score: 1

    We pay a lot of taxes so that all Canadians can get medical treatment. So how do the 40 million Americans with out health insurance get adiquate, if any, medical care.

  9. Re:All the ISP's Fault on RIAA Admits ISPs Have Misidentified "John Does" · · Score: 1

    I run a small high security ISP and I don't keep any log enries older that 24 hours.

  10. Health Care on Interview With Jailed Video Blogger Josh Wolf · · Score: 1

    For the 40 million Americans that do not have it.

  11. Write your MP. on Canadian Copyright Group Wants iPod Tax · · Score: 1

    Write your Mp about this and explain to him that he/she was not elected so that they could enact a 'tax' that by definition makes both Them and you a criminal.

  12. He should not have resigned on Cartoon Network CEO Resigns Over Aqua Teen Scare · · Score: 2, Interesting

    He should not have resigned. He should have taken those responsible for this gross overreaction to task by produced a show about how stupid the response was. Using industry/military experts in bomb making, demolition, target selection and mission execution.

    And it goes with out saying that he would not use the talking head pseudo terrorist experts, read political appointees, that spouted as fact that is possible to successfully get the components of on and to mix binary explosives on a moving plane loaded with real people and a flight crew who would notice that one washroom was never available not to mention the thermos cases the components would have to be brought on the plane in.

    www.thebostonbomb.com

  13. Re:No Real Alternative to Java on Java's Greatest Missed Opportunity? · · Score: 1

    I find that java is great for web based application interfaces such as found in JTail (www.fishcroft.ca) and the game World Conquest (www.fishcroft.ca/conquest/)both of which are entire multi-frame applications that are launched as applets in the web environment.

  14. Why not outlaw talking while crossing the street. on New York To Ban iPods While Crossing Street? · · Score: 1

    'But what's happening is when they're talking to their spouses, children or friends, they're walking into speeding buses and moving automobiles. It's becoming a nationwide problem.'

  15. Re:My logs aren't going to be very interesting on ISP Tracking Legislation Hits the House · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Then they will just make it illegal to use proxie servers.

  16. Very Old News....say 1960's on Your House Is About To Be Photographed · · Score: 1

    Back in the 1960's a company when all over our city and photographed every house from the street. They then went back to each house and tried to cell them keychains with the picture of their house in a little viewer. They also made the photos availible in book form to house agents.

  17. Don't you wattch any movies? on Aqua Teen Stunt Costs Turner and Agency $2M · · Score: 1

    The terrorist bombs always have flashing lights so that the heros can find then just in time. Of course it should have had a countdown timer too. httpd://www.thebostonbomb.com is selling replicas of these WMDs, Weapons of Mass Distraction.

  18. Re:Confidential email on Confidential Microsoft Emails Posted Online · · Score: 2, Funny

    You must be mad...programmers don't play golf, or any other sport the exposes one to sunshine.

  19. Re:Some Myspace age data on Restrictions On Social Sites Proposed In Georgia · · Score: 1

    Myspace pages owned by bands are aged 100 years, they make up the last 4.28 %.

  20. Re:Some Myspace age data on Restrictions On Social Sites Proposed In Georgia · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Finding kids to molest is much easier at the local mall where the odds of finding a 'child' are better.

    MySpace Age Ranges By Gender
    As Indicated By Users

    Age Range % Male % Female % Total

    12 to 15 0.0007 0.0012 0.0019
    16 to 18 9.25 12.39 21.64
    19 to 21 11.64 12.29 23.93
    22 to 35 22.90 18.00 40.90
    36 to 55 3.48 2.66 6.14
    56 to 99 1.58* 1.53* 3.11

    Totals 48.85 46.87 95.72

    Based on sample size of about 40 million active users.
    An active user visits their page at least once every 2 weeks.
    Only about 1/3 of all MySpace users are active.

    * Most likely users in the lower age groups lying.
    A further analysis of their page data would determine
    a truer age for each user.
  21. Copyright tax on media, no need to pay twice. on Canada Responsible for 50% of Movie Piracy · · Score: 1

    In Canada there is a tax on blank media that is collected and turned over to the associations that represent the artists and producers. So I have this disk that I have already paid for copyrighted material on, all I am doing then is puting my choice of copyrighted material on the blank disk that I ahve already paid the copyright holders for via the default copyright tax on the blank media. I am not stealing anything. Why should I pay copyright duties twice.

  22. Re:Won't work. on Catching Spam by Looking at Traffic, Not Content · · Score: 1

    So you get a massive cell phone bill, do you just pay it or do you try to find out who was making all those calls on your phone.

  23. The only real solution to spam. on Catching Spam by Looking at Traffic, Not Content · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is to have the ISP charge for email usage in the same way as you get charged for your cell phone usage.

  24. Warning label on spunge: on Microwave Experiments Cause Sponge Disasters · · Score: 1

    Wet sponge before microwaving.

    Do not leave in microwave unattended.

  25. Simpler Way it called Parenting. on Using AI to Monitor Kids Online · · Score: 1

    Put the computer next to the kitchen or other parental high trafic area.