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  1. Re:Low-to-middle-income families watching cable... on FCC To End Exclusive Cable For Apartments · · Score: 1

    A while ago, my family was helping out another family in Elizabeth, New Jersey that was having some hard times. When we went to their place, we were surprised to see they had cable tv, since our family decided against it because of the cost. When we asked them about it, they said that it was for the kids, to give them an option besides going outside into the streets. They were concerned about the crime and gangs in their neighborhood, and they couldn't afford to move to a better neighborhood.

    So, that's one family's take on it. I can see their point.

    -molo

  2. Re:Drop a millisecond on Network Monitoring Appliance Looks Below 1 Microsecond · · Score: 3, Informative

    Some applications are natively sensitive to latency and jitter. Consider VOIP or teleconferencing, or algorithmic stock trading.

    -molo

  3. Re:Not OSL. on OSI Approves Microsoft Ms-PL and Ms-RL · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think one of the most stringent set of license requirements in the community is the Debian Free Software Guidelines. After reading the MS-PL and MS-RL, it seems that it would meet the DFSG. I'm sure there will immenently be debate on the debian-legal list where this will be hashed out in much more depth. If both OSI and Debian accept the license, I'm pretty sure it will be safe to use, modify and distribute software under this license.

    -molo

  4. Re:Time is money on Canonical Chases Deal to Ship Ubuntu Server OS · · Score: 1

    We had a similar problem. The issue with RHEL is that release 0 is OLD (but stable). Newer chipsets aren't recognized. And when you buy the boxed CDs, you get release 0 even if updates have been available for a long time. To get the driver support needed, we had to download RHEL4 update 5 from the Redhat Network. Then things sailed along quite smoothly. Hope this helps.

    -molo

  5. just a ploy to visualize the slashdot effect on Logfiles Made Interesting with glTail · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Notice in the movie that one of the sites being monitored is fudgie.org, which is what is linked to here. This looks like a ploy to visualize the slashdot effect. :) Wonder what that must look like. Might tax the renderer pretty hard. I guess that is one way to get load testing done!

    -molo

  6. Re:MS Paint on Name Your Favorite Bloat-Free Software · · Score: 1

    Screenshots should be saved as PNGs. JPEGs make all the nice hard edges go away. And MSPaint does support saving to PNG now.

    -molo

  7. Brown Brothers Harriman on See Who Is Whitewashing Wikipedia · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Here's one that I found a while back. Brown Brothers Harriman, an investment bank, removed information linking them to Nazi Germany around 1940. They also removed information linking them to Prescott Bush, grandfather of G.W.Bush.

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    The IP addresses can be confirmed to be from BBH with whois:

    OrgName: Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
    OrgID: BBH
    NetRange: 204.136.16.0 - 204.136.31.255
    CIDR: 204.136.16.0/20
    NetName: BBHNET
    -molo
  8. From the Horse's Mouth on Google to Unite Mapping Mashups · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here is the documentation on mapplets.

    -molo

  9. Re:Life in NYC just got harder.. on New York Plans Surveillance Veil For Downtown · · Score: 1

    If you don't like it here, please move away so that rents will go down for those of us who actually do want to live here.

    -molo

  10. Cliff, come on.. on Creating a Business in the US on an H1-B Visa? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Cliff, please explain why this is a good "ask slashdot" question. This is obiously something that should be referred to a lawyer. It is hard to believe that this was the best question you had in the queue.

    -molo

  11. Bittorrent? on A New Approach to Mutating Malware · · Score: 1

    Hundreds of connections to many clients on the same set of ports? Sounds like someone is running a bittorrent client. They would have to only do this on a certain set of ports or something. Would block too much legitimate traffic otherwise.

    -molo

  12. Indian Point reactor in New York similar on Google Blurring Sensitive Map Information · · Score: 1

    There is similar blurring (but different algorithm, not just pixelization) at the Indian Point nuclear power generator north of NYC. Possibly done by NYSGIS?

    Google Maps

    -molo

  13. Re:If we care.. on Why the .XXX Domain is a Bad Idea That Won't Die · · Score: 1

    (just look at the ESPN.com headline yesterday about the 17 year old who's in prison 10 year mandatory for getting a blow job from a 15 year old)

    Wow. Now that is a case for Jury nullification if I ever saw one.

    -molo

  14. Re:And RFID Passports in the USA a Reality Now... on RFID In Government Issued ID? · · Score: 1

    Okay, so my wife got a new passport after changing her name. How does one go about checking to see if a new passport includes RFID? X-ray it? Then once it is identified, how can we defeat the RFID? Does throwing it in the microwave really work?

    -molo

  15. Re:Cookie Monster on Firefox 2.0 Officially Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah, I was disappointed to see this gone from the UI, but it is still available via about:config . The key is network.cookie.cookieBehavior, default value is 0 (all cookies allowed). Change this to 1 (no 3rd party cookies). More info from the MozillaZine knowledgebase.

    -molo

  16. Re:Quite some time. on Scientists Make Item Invisible to Microwaves · · Score: 1

    How does a submarine navigate? Known starting point and a stopwatch.

    -molo

  17. Cyprus in Europe? on New Mouse: Mus cypriacus · · Score: 1

    Cyprus is closer to Lebanon and Turkey then to Europe. I don't see how this qualifies as a discovery "in Europe", except that the non-Turkish controlled area joined the EU. That is a political distinction and not needed for bio research.

    -molo

  18. MNG Support? on Mozilla Firefox 2 RC2 Released · · Score: 1

    Can anyone tell me if MNG support will _finally_ be included?

    -molo

  19. Re:Fight fire with fire on Identity Thieves Steal Homes · · Score: 1

    This is why you get title insurance. If anything goes wrong or is disputed about your rights to the property, the title insurance company is supposed to compensate you. My parents had to use their title insurance because they were sued by a neighbor over a driveway easement, which came with the property. Joy.

    -molo

  20. Re:The problem is not the bomb itself on Iranian Heavy Water Nuke Plant Goes Online Today · · Score: 2, Informative

    secular democratic power who have never actually stated they have nuclear capabilities.

    Israel is anything but secular.

    -molo

  21. Re:Illegal spying: Britain and U.S. governments on UK Terror Bust Caught With Wiretapping · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Never heard of the Crusades then? The current battles are being branded as the "modern crusades" by people looking to drum up outrage. Also don't forget the Ottoman empire's invasion of Vienna, and the Umayyad dynasty's conquering of Spain. This all hapenned well before the 1850s discovery of producing kerosene from petroleum.

    -molo

  22. Re:Completely insufficient. on Google Offering Live Traffic Maps via Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    Check out [http://www.sigalert.com/map.asp?Region=Bay+Area SigAlert]. It has free maps on the web, with average speed statistics. Also, for a fee, they can text you about traffic on your commute routes. Pretty impressive, all thanks to CalTrans data.

    -molo

  23. Re:slashdot already did it... on Scientists Blocking out the Sun · · Score: 2, Informative

    No. Global dimming is due to absorption/reflection of the sunlight in the atmosphere (more absorption than reflection). This is increasing due to pollution. The energy still reaches the earth's atmosphere. The purpose of this proposal is to prevent a portion of the energy from hitting the earth, quite a bit different.

    -molo

  24. Re:What did parents do before this? on Verizon to Launch Mobile 'Chaperone' Service · · Score: 1

    Sounds like it would have been easier to pay tuition for a private school in their previous home. However, local government/police should really do something about that playground.

    -molo

  25. Re:Private versus Public on Legal Actions of School Against a Proxy's Host? · · Score: 1

    Minors can't enter into valid contracts.

    -molo