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  1. Blame Comcast on 24 Hours with G4 · · Score: 1

    From what I remember, Comcast bought G4 who in turn bought TechTV. Its just one more reason for me to hate that company.

  2. Re:Only solves 50% of the problem on Solar Power Minus the Light · · Score: 1

    What about cooling underground? There are probably a few places where this isn't possible, but most of the time deep in the ground, it is a lot cooler. I don't know if the ground could easily absorb the heat necessary though, and obviously would require different setups depending on the soil type at the installation site.

  3. My school uses a combination on Resources for Programming Course TA? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    We have an automated submission system that requires the program to compile for subnission. It also has the capacity to run the program and check its output (command line stuff only). It also ensures that the work is turned in on time and that it contains all of the files required (unless of course we are given an assignment giving us free reign on the class structure etc.) Though, the TA does go through all of the code levaing coments where appropriate and those comments have been a massive help. Overall I like my end of the system, and I can see how it could be likede on the TA's end. With those considerations, if you believe that you wouldn't waste more time setting a system up than you would save with it ,I would go for it.

  4. Re:DC on Why Aren't Powergrids Underground? · · Score: 1

    By the logic about your office and the whitehouse being on the same grid, youwould expect the pentagon's power to also be pristine, but that isn't the case from what I have heard (a prime time news show story on the pentagon).

  5. Re:Clearly the solution is... on Researchers Hack Wi-Fi driver to Breach Laptop · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Then you would have the problem of defining what a hacking tool actualy is. A definition inclusive enough to actualy be usefull would likely include tools that were not intended to be used for hacking and have legitamate uses.

  6. Windows vista on Microsoft Developing Robotics Software · · Score: 3, Funny

    Windows Vista Robot edition?

  7. Re:I know I am a bit hardcore with this, but on What Should One Know to be Truly Computer Literate? · · Score: 1

    You are right, I thought it was implied that you would also be taught what you wree doing and what it meant as you went along, but I gues I shouldn't assume.

  8. I know I am a bit hardcore with this, but on What Should One Know to be Truly Computer Literate? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I think everyone should be able to put together a system from hardware and install an operating system. We all know it isn't particularly hard to do (I'm talking about a self installing os like windows or suse, not one of those uber hardcore linux distros), but you gain an entirely different perspective on computing when you understand the basic concepts required to do so. It will at least demystify the basic idea of computing for the vast majority of americans. I am thoughly dissapointed in the concept of computer literacy. Using ms word and pressing the start button does not qualify as being computer literate. You wouldn't exactly call a first grader who reads word by word one word a second literate and ready for the world would you?

  9. Re:Wow on Virtual Land, Real Court, Real Money · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you notice the outdoors, slashdot isn't the site for you.

  10. .XXX, why not restrict them to a different port on Slashback: Sony Blu-Ray, Phone Records, Korean Cloners · · Score: 1

    I believe I read the idea somewhere else on slashdot, but why not simply restrict port servers to a special port? Then browsers could simply have an option to not allow sites using that port to send them a page. I do believe this would be significantly easier to impliment than .xxx, and would allow porn sites to keep thier domains. Of course my understanding of ports and thier functions might restrict me from seeing the problems with such a solution, or that this solution is simply too good to actualy become a law could easily prevent this from happening.

  11. Re:Where do you GET the Hydrogen? on "H-Prize" Announced · · Score: 2, Informative

    You may not be able to grow hydrogen trees, but you can grow hydrogen pond scum. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,54456, 00.html

  12. Will it actualy be usefull for the public on 802.11n Spec Still In The Air · · Score: 1

    Most people I know use wireless systems simply for the use of the internet. I realise that many people could use this speed for thier home network stuff, but it won't matter for a typical broadband connection. A typical broadband connection being a cable connection at 5 mbps, 802.11b more than suites the home user's needs. I have trouble seeing this as more than a petty excuse to sell more expensive hardware to an unknowing consumer.

  13. Not just content provider neutrality is at stake on Net Neutrality Bill in Congress · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Evcer think about the possibility that not just content providers would have an advantage/disadvantage, but also the consumer's general access? Would it not be possible for Internet providers to give machines running a particular operating system (cough Windows), have a particular processor(ahem Intel), or come from a particular vendor (acch Dell) because these systems are "More capable of network operation" or some other lie like that. Something similar to the Skype/Intel thing a few weeks back (Slashdot) http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/04/143024 3