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  1. Re:Just sayin'.... on Homeland Security Stole Michael Arrington's Boat · · Score: 1

    "DHS takes documents supplied by the builder and creates a government form that includes basic information about the boat, including the price.
    The primary form, prepared by the government, had an error. The price was copied from the invoice, but DHS changed the currency from Canadian to U.S. dollars."

    Technically, it doesn't mention her, but she was the agent dealing with him, hence it makes sense that she's doing the paperwork.

  2. Medicate? Insects smarter than given credit for? on Fruit Flies Medicate Offspring With Alcohol · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The larvae's parents have nothing to do with the larval use of alcohol. And the larval use of alcohol is accidental. The fruit fly larvae happen to have a tolerance for the alcohol and the wasp larva don't. They weren't seeking out alcohol. Summary is drivel, and if the quote came from TFA, it's drivel too.

  3. Re:Cool idea, but never happen... on NASA's Basement Nuclear Reactor · · Score: 1

    Just 3 years ago ROI was around 15-20 years in my area (PA)

    But AU gets eight more hours of daily sun than PA. Check today's forecast and you'll see it's true!

  4. Re:Just sayin'.... on Homeland Security Stole Michael Arrington's Boat · · Score: 1

    The mistake in monetary value costs him.

    I thought customs made the mistake in monetary value. She compounded it by refusing to fix her error immediately. If she waits long enough to fix her error, does the detained boat become "abandoned property" subject to public auction?

  5. Re:Would you like some cheese with that? on Homeland Security Stole Michael Arrington's Boat · · Score: 2

    Obviously, without the paperwork, she can't clear the boat. So that means lock it back up until the correct paperwork is redone... And you go to the bottom of the queue for wasting her time.

    Except she filled out the form with the wrong information. She wasted her own time and he doesn't deserve to go to the bottom of the queue for that.

  6. Re:"Destablization" on Microsoft, BSA and Others Push For Appeal On Oracle v. Google Ruling · · Score: 0

    He/she is off his/her meds.

    I'm guessing the paranoia meds conflicted with the transgender meds.

  7. Re:Nah, teach the little hacker about malice. on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With an Advanced Wi-Fi Leech? · · Score: 1

    You're seeing the result of /.'s broken conversation tree code. GP was responding to someone who was advocating installing malware to snag credit card info on the leecher's computer.

  8. If you've paid for a device in full, you're not under contract.

    A device that you've fully paid for doesn't make/receive phone calls without a contract.

  9. Re:Why can't I vote in private on White House Petition To Make Cell Phone Unlocking Legal Needs 11,000 Signatures · · Score: 1

    It's a petition, not a vote.

  10. This isn't the white house's job. on White House Petition To Make Cell Phone Unlocking Legal Needs 11,000 Signatures · · Score: 1

    Talk to your congress critters.

  11. Re:Why should they be? on Monsanto's 'Terminator' Seeds Set To Make a Comeback · · Score: 2

    I don't know about specific laws, but it seems like they're verging on classic super-villainy. "Our Terminator Seed pollen is spreading the recessive trait into the normal crops. Soon there will be a 40% reduction in available supply! Mass starvation and excessively high food prices. Muhuhahaha!"

  12. Re:Retailers went too far on The End Is Near for GameStop · · Score: 1

    Make games so good that people want to keep them and the resale market is less of a threat.

  13. Re:Big deal... on Billionaires Secretly Fund Vast Climate Denial Network · · Score: 1

    I voted for the one who was arrested for insisting a national presidential debate should have all the national presidential candidates present.

    Out of curiosity, who was arrested for that?

  14. Re:So about the world on Billionaires Secretly Fund Vast Climate Denial Network · · Score: 1

    If Al Gore, Leo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, et. al. are going to be held up as paragons of truth...

    Denialists are the only ones who say that. The rest of us think that actual scientists who have no conflicts of interest and who have actual evidence are the ones to believe.

    So Joe Sixpack and Betty Sue PETAmember think that scientists are the ones to believe instead of Al Gore, Leo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, et. al.? Somehow, I think your idea of "rest of us" is limited to nerds-only.

  15. Re:Buy local honey on Laser Intended For Mars Used To Detect "Honey Laundering" · · Score: 1

    Which is more profitable, keeping bees and only selling the honey they make, or keeping bees, cutting the honey with corn syrup, and selling double the product?

  16. Re:Web= text plus some dressing on Why Hasn't 3D Taken Off For the Web? · · Score: 1

    Science pages, education, 3d city maps, 3d building interior maps for architects or real estate agencies... Plenty more. Now that 3d object creation from multiple pictures is getting closer to usable, people won't need to program to handle it either.

  17. Re:Web= text plus some dressing on Why Hasn't 3D Taken Off For the Web? · · Score: 1

    The Internet is all text: gopher, FTP, etc. why would anyone want link able hypertext? Or images?

  18. Re:No reason for corporations to embrace it on Why Hasn't 3D Taken Off For the Web? · · Score: 1

    Webgl is not stereoscopic "movie 3d". It's like OpenGL, allowing 3d rotatable objects displayed in 2d.

  19. Re:It's not 3D, plus sucks on Why Hasn't 3D Taken Off For the Web? · · Score: 1

    You know what stereoscopic "3d" is, but not webgl? Hint: this isn't about stereoscopic views; everything is presented in 2d.

  20. Re:Been there, done that on Why Hasn't 3D Taken Off For the Web? · · Score: 1

    Didn't VRML already proof that noone needs content that is hard to create and carries no additional information?

    No, VRML proved that no one wanted to install a plugin to see objects /environments that they can rotate/explore on the one website that they saw with VRML elements. I've seen people impressed with webgl when it "just works" in firefox and chrome, but they wouldn't have bothered to find a VRML plugin (if one is even compatible anymore).

  21. Re:nobody cares on Why Hasn't 3D Taken Off For the Web? · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you had even read the summary, you'd know this is about 3d graphics a la OpenGL, not stereoscopic "3d" a la 3d movies.

  22. Re:Passing fad on Why Hasn't 3D Taken Off For the Web? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Article isn't about stereoscopy, it's about OpenGL style 3D (hence webgl).

  23. Re:How was it broken into again? on Ask Slashdot: Inexpensive SOHO Crime Deterrence and Monitoring? · · Score: 4, Informative

    My friend, you just suggested a shotgun trap, which is illegal. Like premeditated-homicide illegal. Sure, the criminals were breaking into the store, but the difference between a trap pulling the trigger and a human is all it takes for the store owner to go to jail.

  24. Release it as FOSS on Ask Slashdot: I Just Need... Marketing? · · Score: 1

    We'll market the hell out of it then. Think of it: an army of nerds all telling their friends and coworkers to use your program.

  25. Re:I have the answer on SSH Password Gropers Are Now Trying High Ports · · Score: 2

    Upon 10 failed attempts on a given account, drop them to a fake shell prompt and log them. Put the longest or most entertaining logs up on a public web page for mockery.

    Also known as "how to increase CPU and bandwidth usage on my server tenfold". It's like answering positively to a telemarketing call just to waste their time. It might seem like fun, but your number goes on a suckers list.