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  1. What I would do on How Do I Prevent Lan Party Theft? · · Score: 1

    Here's what I would do, off the top of my head. Might need some tweeking.

    When someone wants to enter, they must lay all of their belongings out on a table and a digital photograph will be taken of them with their belongings. these photographs will be stored on an isolated system. Serial numbers of belongings would also be included.

    Nobody walks out the door with anything not in their photograph. If people trade things while there, they must both show up together when trying to leave so this trade can be verified by whoever's at the door.

    It might be worth requiring photo id, or a parents photo id to enter, in case anyone wants to do a "smash and grab" type of thing on the way out.

  2. Re:Useless on FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel · · Score: 1

    Yes.
    There's plenty of other methods for you to recieve this notification.

  3. Re:A good start. on FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel · · Score: 1

    Fair enough.

    If this is true, you would be the first person I've ever met who this happens to. I couldn't tell you how many times I've heard people boast about how they're "smarter than the collection agencies" after getting off the phone with a collector.

    For all we know YOU think you're slick with an attempt to throw creditors off of your trail with that response.

  4. Re:A good start. on FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel · · Score: -1, Troll

    Debt collectors should be excluded.
    If debt collectors are calling you it's because you're a deadbeat who doesn't pay their bills & you deserve to get harrassed.

    Campaigners and non-profits fall under the telemarketers category.

  5. Useless on FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel · · Score: 4, Insightful

    unless a consumer has agreed to accept such calls from a given caller/seller.

    Quit leaving that fucking hole in these things !

    Nobody ever willingly agrees to that shit, they're tricked into agreeing every single time.

    Nobody wants to fucking hear it, quit making laws that don't do anything other than calm people down for 5 minutes, you fucking assholes !

    God damnit, this shit is more irritating than the fucking telemarketers !

  6. Re:So... on RIAA 'Elektra V. Barker' Case Is Settled · · Score: 1

    We've tried that, it just leads to people complaining about things being taken out of context.

  7. Re:Editors? on Bottom of the Barrel Book Reviews — The Lost Blogs · · Score: 1

    I thought you were going for the "appropriate Star Trek episode" on this.

    It being all Shatnerific and whatnot.

  8. Re:Editors? on Bottom of the Barrel Book Reviews — The Lost Blogs · · Score: 2, Funny

    alright, who gave the blonde moderator points ?

  9. Re:Editors? on Bottom of the Barrel Book Reviews — The Lost Blogs · · Score: 0
    Maybe she was a hot blonde & he wanted to make sure to avoid the definate sexual harrassment lawsuit accidently saying

    then drip the hot fudge all over your hot body

    would bring.

    Given her behavior & the fact he left for something that should take just seconds, it's possible.

  10. Re:Amsterdam on Seattle Flushes $5M High-Tech Toilets · · Score: 1

    Probably blocking Slasdot referer headers but not empty referer headers. you should be able to just click your address bar and hit enter without the modification part.

  11. Re:Amsterdam on Seattle Flushes $5M High-Tech Toilets · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't be so sure, I've met some freaky people from Amsterdam.

  12. Wait a second on Bees Help Detectives Catch Serial Killers · · Score: 1

    So uh, anyone seen Muhammad Ali lately ?

    He's been kinda quiet, a little too quiet.

  13. Complicated Software on Some Eye-Popping Research From Siggraph · · Score: 4, Funny

    Once again someone's trying to write a bloated piece of software to overcharge for something our systems already do.

    See the following example for how I was able to increase the attractiveness of an already attractive Hooters girl using only Microsoft Paint. (exported via Fireworks for filesize optimization)

    http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/9474/hooters4si8.jpg

  14. The only solution on How Important Is Protecting Streaming Media? · · Score: 1
    In school I learned a few basic things.
    1. If you snitch on someone, you'll get your ass kicked & you learn not to snitch anymore
    2. If someone bullies you out of your lunch money you kick their ass as best as you can and they learn not to mess with you and move on to someone else
    3. If you steal the batteries out of the teachers assisted speaking device because you think it's funny & get caught your dad will kick your ass and you learn not to steal

    From these 3 simple things I learned in elementry school you can clearly see that the only viable solution is to make sure nobody can kick your ass.

  15. Re:Harder than the password on Password Resets Worse Than Reusing Old password · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah and the sad part is, I used to look over my list of passwords before chosing new passwords just to make sure my brain wasn't using some sort of phonetic pattern between passwords that would make guessing passwords easier if one was compromised.

  16. Harder than the password on Password Resets Worse Than Reusing Old password · · Score: 1

    I realized this years ago, it seems like it should be common sense to me & I'm actually baffled that anyone actually enters information like that.

    I never anticipated losing my password, so I always sign up for things with my REAL details and enter more random letters and numbers for the secret question than my password has in it.

    Worst case scenario I have to call the place up and tell them the details I used to sign up with, sometimes I get lucky and can send a password reset email to myself.

  17. Big Fish on US Failing To Prosecute Online Criminals · · Score: 1

    Too often people want to go after the "Big Fish", not realizing that the smaller fish aren't as smart thus making it easier to catch a bunch of them on one net & benefiting more people at once.

  18. Re:Faces on First Images From 50-km Enceladus Flyby · · Score: 1

    Not seriously, around the 300 mark there's ones that like a head.

  19. Faces on First Images From 50-km Enceladus Flyby · · Score: 0

    Does anyone else think they saw a few that look like the head of a cartoon character ?

  20. Re:Hmmm.. on Let Your Theme Song be Your Password · · Score: 1

    They don't call me girth for nuthin.

  21. Re:Hmmm.. on Let Your Theme Song be Your Password · · Score: 0

    I haven't browsed through a CD/record shop in almost 10 years. I don't have an MP3 collection either. I really don't listen to music unless the people around me are.

    When I did listen to music, I listened mostly to Rap. "The 10 Crack Commandments", "Cypress Hill", "2Pac", stuff like that. I really never cared for the lyrics, I just liked how it sounded.
    Well, except for The 10 Crack commandments, that was pretty funny.

    I had some sort of awakening experience at a rave when I was about 18, I just haven't had an urge to listen to music since. I have no idea why.

  22. Re:Hmmm.. on Let Your Theme Song be Your Password · · Score: 1

    I Googled it too.

    Hell I don't even know whether "yes" is the band or song name. I just googled for "really long songs".

  23. Re:I believe... on Lenovo Intros the Monstrous ThinkPad W700 · · Score: 1

    You must have missed the part about the Bluetooth Buttplug.

  24. Re:Hmmm.. on Let Your Theme Song be Your Password · · Score: 4, Funny

    You think that's scarry ?

    Imagine being the idiot that used their full 20:23 length digitally remastered copy of "Yes, The Revealing Science of God", who's on dialup, and has to enter their password in order to change it.

  25. Re:Takes all kinds on Genetic Glitch May Prevent Kids From Learning From Their Mistakes · · Score: 2, Funny

    when you peg doesnt fit the whole, try another hole

    Or another peg. I hear that operation is pretty expensive though.