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  1. Re:Who cares how fast the browser is? on Opera Dominates CNET Survey of "Underdog" Web Browsers · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure the parent poster wasn't talking about the Witch browser. It's rarely used and even more rarely spoken about.

  2. Re:Trackball on New Logitech Dark Field Mice Operate On Glass · · Score: 1

    Trackballs are nice until you try to play an FPS with one.

  3. Re:Will they re-route if usage peaks? on An Electricity-Cost-Aware Internet Routing Scheme · · Score: 1

    Power grid DDoS? Gross.

  4. Re:No increased cancer in 50's radar techs on School Uniform To Block Cell Phone Emissions · · Score: 1

    No increased birth rate, either. 5 Megawatts to the groin does NOT a happy camper make.

  5. Re:Book valley detection on HP Restores Creased Photos With Flatbed Scanners · · Score: 1

    Epson scanners with DigitalIce do this too.

  6. New tag on Taxpayers Fund AIG Lawsuit Against US · · Score: 1

    May I suggest the "GTFO" tag?

  7. Re:You know? on Maker Faire Storms Newcastle · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'll just *assume* that the profanity was put on the wrong side of the verb by accident.

    Otherwise... Ouch?

  8. To Throttle or not to Throttle on Morality of Throttling a Local ISP? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'd do what the boss says. He signs your paycheck. When traffic shaping STILL doesn't work, show him that you're still hitting the pipeline cap, and suggest more bandwidth again.

  9. Re:The first rule of ERP... on Does Your Vendor Issue Gag Orders? · · Score: 1

    Let's talk about SAP, baby
    Let's talk about you and me
    Let's talk about all the good things
    And the bad things that may be

  10. Cloning/Spoofing RFID on Automation May Make Toll Roads More Common · · Score: 1

    I'd like to point out that the current toll pass systems are vulnerable to cloning.

    http://technologyreview.com/Infotech/21301/?a=f

  11. Re:Still having issues on Slashdot.org Self-Slashdotted · · Score: 1

    So it was YOU!

  12. Re:Oh for crying out loud on Students Call Space Station With Home-Built Radio · · Score: 1

    And a 5W transciever. And dealt with doppler shift, and hopefully even built a servo-controlled directional antenna controller.

    Though, TFA doesn't specify.

    And yes, I have hit the ISS repeater with a 5W Handheld and a yagi. I even got a few APRS packets bounced off of the ISS, too. It was interesting to say the least.

  13. Re:Where are the FUNCTIONAL RF-blocking covers? on WarCloning, the New WarDriving? · · Score: 1

    For driver's licenses, you can go to Lowes: they have little gift card tins just big enough to fit their gift cards (which are standard credit card size)

  14. Re:BEER of course on Why Do We Name Servers the Way We Do? · · Score: 1

    Since when does a hard drive upgrade require a reboot?

  15. Re:Renaissance on Why Do We Name Servers the Way We Do? · · Score: 1

    I name all of my computers after Renaissance artists. My brother's XP computer is RAPHAEL, our XP desktop is MICHELANGELO, and my Ubuntu laptop is DAVINCI

    Lemme guess, you do all your coding on your laptop?

  16. Re:rock on Why Do We Name Servers the Way We Do? · · Score: 1

    So it looks like you've got naming covered from A to Z!

  17. Re:Apple IIe on AMD Phenom II Overclocked To 6.5GHz · · Score: 1

    Ok, so you got it up to 0.010 Ghz?

  18. Re:Profit? on Unboxing a 1984 Atari Peripheral, 25 Years Later · · Score: 1

    4. Get Slashdotted so that works still appear but pictures (and ads!) don't

    No, That's just AdBlock Plus.

  19. Wait.. on State Dept E-mail Crash After "Reply-All" Storm · · Score: 1

    Wait.. So, a mass email was sent out warning people not to use the "Reply All" button. Then people used the "Reply All" button to respond, asking to be taken off the list.

    Then there's the requisite conversation going on between list members trying to figure out 'wtf' is going on, and demanding people STOP emailing them, (using "Reply All", of course)

    All of this along with the "Out of office replies" from a percentage of staff, for each one of these "Reply All"s.

    /Happened on campus once. It was fun to watch.

  20. Re:You shouldn't make on A TV Show Based On MAKE Magazine · · Score: 1

    I would harly call ptorrone's posts self-promoting, more like self-defending...

    I don't see why all the negativity towards a magazine that brings electronics/mechanical/etc hacking to the masses in this throw-away society with the hopes of reusing things before they hit the landfill.

    /Disclaimer: I'm NOT related to MAKE Magazine or any of its employees.

  21. Re:This happens a lot, but there is a workaround on Amtrak Photo Contestant Arrested By Amtrak Police · · Score: 1
    As far as legalities are concerned, always keep a copy of "The Photographer's Right" in your camerabag. It's a handy little guide outlining your rights (in the USA) to take photos, and what you can and cannot do.

    As for being forced to delete photos...

    Sometimes agents acting for entities such as owners of industrial plants and shopping malls may ask you to hand over your film. Absent a court order, private parties have no right to confiscate your film. Taking your film directly or indirectly by threatening to use force or call a law enforcement agency can constitute criminal offenses such as theft and coercion. It can likewise constitute a civil tort such as conversion. Law enforcement officers may have the authority to seize film when making an arrest but otherwise must obtain a court order.

    "The Photographer's Right", Bert P Krages II, Attorney at Law

  22. AirTran apologizes for removing Muslim passengers on Overzealous AirTran Boots 9 Passengers Off · · Score: 3, Informative
    "AirTran apologizes for removing Muslim passengers":

    AirTran Airways apologized Friday to nine Muslims kicked off a New Year's Day flight to Florida after other passengers reported hearing a suspicious remark about airplane security. One of the passengers said the confusion started at Reagan National Airport just outside Washington, D.C., when he talked about the safest place to sit on an airplane. Orlando, Fla.-based AirTran said in a statement that it refunded the passengers' air fare and planned to reimburse them for replacement tickets they bought on US Airways. AirTran also offered to take the passengers back to Washington free of charge. "We apologize to all of the passengers -- to the nine who had to undergo extensive interviews from the authorities and to the 95 who ultimately made the flight," the statement said. "Nobody on Flight 175 reached their destination on time on New Year's Day, and we regret it."

    As reported by the Associated Press (via yahoo.com) (via fark.com)

  23. Re:Cache? on Why Mirroring Is Not a Backup Solution · · Score: 1

    Nope, as AcquaCow pointed out, they had web spiders blocked.

    Death by robots.txt?

  24. Last items on the Technocrat RSS Feed on Technocrat.net Shut Down · · Score: 1
    1. Auto Industry Bailout
    2. New Credit Card Regulations
    3. Food Stamps hit record high in Oregon
    4. China's first mass-produced hybrid car...
    5. A better global economic architecture
    6. Food Bank pressure increases in US
    7. Congressional report claims "Atmosph...
    8. Beat the Clock
    9. Your New Electric Car Might Have an "In...
    10. Safer Partying Through Technology
    11. Self Defence Helps Beat Pirates
    12. California Enacts Stricter Diesel Regulat...
    13. Virginity Pledge. Does it work?
    14. Making the Hidden Web Visible
    15. High Altitude Glaciers Thinning?
    16. GM to Idle 20 Plants

    Transcribed by hand from firefox's cached RSS feed for your informed pleasure. And yes, the first one is "Live Bookmark feed failed to load.".

  25. Yay hamsters! on 10 Years of Baldur's Gate · · Score: 1

    "You and me and Boo, hamsters and rangers everywhere, rejoice!"