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  1. Re:Nobody wants it, yet we get it on FBI Can Inspect Bank Records w/o Court Orders · · Score: 1

    Also most regular people don't bother to vote. Maybe...
    it's due to the parent post you replied to
    What's the diff? They both WILL screw us over at every opportunity!

  2. Thought ! on Proper Disposal Of Old PCs? · · Score: 1

    have you tried the trash?

  3. Re:Something to look forward to! on Spider-Man 2 Preview Online · · Score: 0, Troll

    The Matrix Trilogy [in real life]...

    [1]- Steal the idea from an actually creative person who unfortunately doesn't have enough money to fight corporate lawyers
    [2]- Find somebody who can act like it was their idea. Oooh oooh, I know, let's find a brother duo since that is all the rage lately.
    [3]- Make one actual movie [the first one] and then just splice extra footage into another 2^n [pr/s]equal movies.
    [4]- Pray that in a couple of days, something actually newsworthy will happen elsewhere thus enabling everyone to forget.
    [6]- Rinse. Repeat.

    Hmmm, me thinks the Matrix 4 - Retributions would be a real crowd pleaser.

  4. Great ! on Radio Credit Cards Move Closer · · Score: 1

    I can see it now, virtual pick-pocketing. Just bump against the mark's wallet area and scan away. Nexxt go back home and crack away. Boy is this gonna be a good Christmas!

  5. What A Good Idea on Spamholes Fighting Spammers · · Score: 1


    So you write a program that sends a few select messages through the 'spamhole' to known good addresses, such as the spammers own, which not only verify that the relay is operational, but also trigger a mechanism to send the spam load through said relay.

    This way, the spammer only has to send minimal messages to test relays, which then in turn do the dirty work automatically :)

  6. Burn the Couch on NYT on RFID · · Score: 1

    Obviously, the solution is to light the couch on fire. This should destroy any type of RFID tag and thus render your couch untrackable.
    Logically, it follows that you can simply burn everything you buy with RFID tags and thus maintain your privacy.

  7. Outrageous on U.S. Court Blocks Anti-Telemarketing List · · Score: 1

    You have to wonder what congressperson or senator is living in this judge's hot little pocket?.

  8. 5 Hour Break on Seamless Video Walls · · Score: 1


    Tell me about it... I have a 5 hour break in between classes and it takes me about 30 minutes to get home and then another 30 to get back because there is no way I'm staying on campus all day.

  9. Easy Answer on Is Linux as Secure as We'd Like to Think? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Most people who can use Linux don't double-click first and look at the attachment later...

  10. When Will It Stop on Low-power FM Transmitters Banned in UK · · Score: 1


    Unless I'm going crazy, there are low power radio transmissions entering the Earths atmosphere 24/7. Are they going to make these illegal too? When will it end? When there is no longer anything to make illegal? Good god people. Electromagnetic radiation is something that has exisited in nature long before some "wise guy" invented it. Fruck, how long until the combination of Oxygen and Hydrogen making up breathable atmosphere is patented? Wasn't there a movie where air had to payed for? Next time there is a high solar activity, I'm suing the Sun.

    [Loser] No your honor, I didn't realize that I was breaking the law...
    [Honor] Order... Order... I will not let this illegal behavior continue in this court... Contempt... Contempt... By talking you are continuing to contempt this court... if you continue, you will pay dearly... now how do you plead?
    [Loser] Uhh, I guess I will...
    [Honor] Order... Order... there it is again. Plaintiff, constrain this defendent. Now, one last time Loser, how do you plead...

  11. The Amazingly New Atmosphere Detector on Titania Nanotubes for Hydrogen Sensors? · · Score: 3, Funny


    It's simply amazing and can detect hydrogen from 1 ppm to 4%. Luckily there is just enough floating around to guarantee success every time. Amaze your friends, take it outside, show-off as you brilliantly hold the detector in hand and proclaim, "Yes, we are not in a vacuum."

    Did I mention that your friends would be amazed?

  12. It's Called Auditing on Honeytokens: The Other Honeypot · · Score: 1


    Already been done.

  13. Security on Online Voting In 2004 To Require Windows · · Score: 1


    Do not worry. The system is guaranteed to "securely" place whomever collaborated along with its introduction into office!

  14. Re:What the.. ? on Xbox Linux Made Possible Without a Modchip · · Score: 1

    I used to drink only Molson Golden like religion. Then one day I noticed the Molson Canadian. I tried it, it was good and offered a new taste. However, before too long I had to switch back due to the sweetness of the Molson Canadian.

    Like when you go from Dark Rum to Spiced Rum... the first 1-2 drinks are really good but then all you can taste is the sweet spice. Too much. Gotta go back!

  15. Big Question on Brokerage Instant Messages Must Be Saved · · Score: 1

    Does the ruling solely cover IM on work systems
    or does it also include SMS and those little
    personal messaging devices as well while at work?

    Everybody will simply start using their phone
    or find another non-controlled means of
    communication.

  16. Re:You're asking the wrong crowd on Black Box in Speeder's Car Helped Conviction · · Score: 1

    Makes me want to keep my 1987 Dodge Colt :D

    I would agree with you there however you can bet that your Dodge will soon be outlawed due to new emissions standards or whatever new laws they come up with to make sure that everyone who wants to legally drive on the roads that they themselves pay for will need to have a vehicle from a major corporation which has the proper survaliance equipment hidden somewhere in the body.

    I was thinking how much I would love to keep my Mustang forever too!

  17. Re:Should Linus be afraid? on SCO Might Sue Linus for Patent Infringement? · · Score: 1

    In fact, I'd apply this standard to myself: If my life's work was attacked this way and I would not fight to protect it, then I would have no life's work. Since you asked, for the last four years I've served as a senior software developer as a contractor for the US Air Force. That portion of my life's work is protecting your sorry ass right now. So Fuck Off.

    You are protecting me how exactly? The only threat I can think of was 9-11 and your software didn't seem to work there.

    My advice is to defend himself from attack by a company that appears poised to ask a court to enjoin him from distributing Linux. If Linux is enjoined and Linux is his life's work, then what has he accomplished? He made an illegal program that no one can use without breaking the law.

    There's the heart of the problem. The mind who is fearful will prematurely take the offensive without using itself.

    I never claimed Linus owes me anything. He doesn't.

    Very good, now that you realize that try to comprehend this... nobody owes you anything!

  18. Re:Call it flamebait if you must... on Washington State Restricts Anti-Cop Videogames · · Score: 1

    You need what to be a police officer. Oh yeah, a high school GED will do it. That and a few months of police academy. This is because anyone with more education knows better. Is it any wonder that police are un-smart. And would you want to work part-time as a fake-cop security guard [how demeaning] when there are much easier ways to get the money, and if it's from a "criminal" then how can that hurt anyone?

  19. Re:640 x 480 on New Sharp Zaurus SL-C760/C750 Linux PDAs · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...but I would have to go with the Zaurus SL-C700 [same size screen] because it is running linux.

  20. 640 x 480 on New Sharp Zaurus SL-C760/C750 Linux PDAs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    is very good, starting to come around in size finally.

  21. hard to believe on E3 - John Romero's Newest FPS, Via N-Gage · · Score: 1

    it's hard to believe a site hosting a directly-linked file on slashdot's front page is still around.
    props to nokia.

  22. drm equates to commercial viability on Linus on DRM · · Score: 1

    Cat got your tongue? (something important seems to be missing from your comment ... like the substance or any point!)

  23. Only $350 Dollars on NES PC · · Score: 1


    ...or you could just buy a PC from Walmart for $200 that comes with everything you need in full size and upgradeable.

  24. funny is... on Sporting Event Featuring Commercials · · Score: 1

    reading all the posts from people who seem to think that knowing anything about the superbowl or football in genereal makes them weird so they have a battle to see who can appear to be the biggest ignorant idiot and then give out all kinds of advice on something they just admitted to knowing nothing about !

  25. Great Laugh ! on "Red is Dead" Optical Mice LED Change · · Score: 1


    thanks for the great laugh today
    it was one of those good ones that make you hurt

    no pain, no humor gain