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  1. Woz has fun with leaked iPhone T-shirt (photos) on 4G iPhone Misplacer Invited To Germany For Beer · · Score: 1
    Update: Steve Wozniak shows sense of humor as well as solidarity with Apple engineer Gray Powell, recently had himself photographed drinking a beer, staring into an iPhone and wearing a T-shirt that reads: "I went drinking with Gray Powell and all I got was a lousy iPhone prototype."

    Story:

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20003345-37.html?tag=mncol;posts

    Picture:

    http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim//2010/04/23/wozGRAY_270x360.jpg

  2. There's an app for that on Former Nurse Charged With Aiding Suicides Via Web · · Score: 1

    Yup, there's an app for that: iSuicide.

  3. Re:All US bills still same size, color on Treasury Goes High-Tech With Redesigned $100 Bills · · Score: 1

    I suppose there are $5/$10/$20 readers, though usually at the post office (and hence easy to change from the government's perspective).

    You're omitting one of the largest markets for omni-bill readers: casinos. These readers will accept $1 through $100. (I dunno about $1000)

  4. Re:Rather Large Image for the Article on NASA Solar Satellite's First Sun Images · · Score: 1

    If I didn't know what it was ahead of time, I'd have presumed it was an extreme close-up of Goatse.

  5. Re:Why NOW? on SETI To Release Data To the Public · · Score: 1

    True; still they could have "opened" the algorithms for comments, etc.

  6. Re:Meh on SETI To Release Data To the Public · · Score: 1

    They found nothing in what...50 years?

    According to TFA it's been 25 years: Throughout the institute's 25-year history (we are a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to scientific research, education and public outreach), we have analyzed these raw data with custom algorithms operating on semi-custom hardware. Now we are transitioning to readily available hardware and servers because technology has caught up to us -- hooray!

  7. Why NOW? on SETI To Release Data To the Public · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Why NOW? They should have done this from the beginning!

  8. I never could understand Java on "Father of Java" Resigns From Sun/Oracle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally long super volatile import Ellison break instanceof native abstract class Glosling.

  9. My parents visited University of South Carolina on Scientists Turn T-Shirts Into Body Armor · · Score: 5, Funny

    My parents visited the University of South Carolina and all I got was this stupid t-shirt.

  10. +1 for unintended irony on Vivek Kundra On US Government Inefficiency · · Score: 1

    At the time of this post, the quote at the bottom of the page was: "What sin has not been committed in the name of efficiency?"

  11. Re:Venus on New Results From Venus Express · · Score: 2, Funny

    The problem with Uranus is: no one can go near it because of the toxic gases.

  12. Re:Circumvention on PlayStation 2 Game ICO Violates the GPL · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/United_States_Code/Title_17/Chapter_9/Sections_906_and_907 Huh? What does the "Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984" ("mask work;" semiconductor chip product) have to do with computer software/DMCA?
  13. Re:Which 25 universities? on MPAA College Toolkit Raises Privacy, Security Concerns · · Score: 1

    I've noticed that some articles elsewhere used 40 universities in 25 states.

  14. Re:Xubuntu on MPAA College Toolkit Raises Privacy, Security Concerns · · Score: 1

    Here's the link: http://universitytoolkit.com/ Note that it's in beta. Hell, they can't even get the name of the "MPAA" correct--the website uses "MPA" (sic).

  15. Re:hold on a sec... on Mark Cuban Calls on ISPs to Block P2P · · Score: 1

    You've got my vote for the best reply!

  16. Re:Man Sized? on Man Sized Sea Scorpion Fossil Found · · Score: 1

    It's all extrapolation. I bet it had a 46cm claw and a tiny disproportionate 4cm body with weedy legs, making it the early equivalent to the modern programmer and not the scary hideous gargantuan portrayed by the media. He would have a tiny schwanzstucker, too.
  17. Re:Miro is a video domain trademark already on Miro Turns 1.0 · · Score: 1

    The U.S. Trademark Office has numerous registrations for "miro."

    One such was filed April 10, 2007 and it's registered to Participating (sic) Culture Foundation (http://www.pculture.org/) in Worcester, Mass.

    BTW, the English translation for "miro" is "I see, I watch."

  18. Re:Honestly? on House Narrowly Avoids Having to Debate Impeachment of Cheney · · Score: 1

    The U.S. Congress had already passed two resolutions in the 1970s against Turkey for what they did to the Armenians.

    Anyway, what about Bill Clinton turning his head while in Rwanda over a million people were chopped up by machetes? Where was Pelosi and the Democrats then?

  19. Re:Stuff that matters on House Narrowly Avoids Having to Debate Impeachment of Cheney · · Score: 1

    Slashdot has been running for almost 5 years, and over that time, I have always been the final decision maker on what ends up on the homepage. 5 years? (Time to update the FAQ)
  20. Re:Honestly? on House Narrowly Avoids Having to Debate Impeachment of Cheney · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Turkey--and you can thank Pelosi for that one.

  21. 2935.041 - Detention and arrest of shoplifters on Man Arrested for Refusing to Show Drivers License · · Score: 1

    2935.041 Detention and arrest of shoplifters - detention of persons in library, museum, or archival institution. (E) The officer, agent, or employee of the library, museum, or archival institution, the merchant or employee or agent of a merchant, or the owner, lessee, employee, or agent of the facility acting under division (A) , (B), or (D) of this section shall not search the person detained, search or seize any property belonging to the person detained without the person's consent, or use undue restraint upon the person detained.

  22. Re:Bean counter: ROI and/or TCO on System Admin's Unit of Production? · · Score: 1

    Or maybe he wants to replace *nix with Microsoft--which, as we all know, has a greater ROI/lower TCO. [/sarcasm]

  23. Bean counter: ROI and/or TCO on System Admin's Unit of Production? · · Score: 1

    Since he is a bean counter, perhaps he's thinking along the lines of Return On Investment (ROI) and/or Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). It helps to ask him more questions--find out what he *really* wants and what his long-term objectives are (e.g., cutting staff).

  24. Re:their website on How-Not-to-Hire-U.S.-Workers Law Firm Fires Back · · Score: 3, Informative

    The email address of Allan TeDesco, Chief Operating Officier is: atedesco@cohenlaw.com

  25. Re:Paul, are you well? Update the errata! on MySQL Cookbook · · Score: 1

    Paul emailed me on Sunday, acknowledging all of my errata submissions over the past few months. So he *is* well and he has updated the errata. (And I found out that the MySQL Cookbook 2nd Ed. really does have zero errata--incredible for a technical tome of 975 pages!) Ahh, all is right with the MySQL universe!