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  1. Re:Summary is completely false on Legal Tender? Maybe Not, Says Louisiana Law · · Score: 2
    HB195 Act 389 - Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 389.

    1864.3. Payment by check or money order required

    A secondhand dealer shall not enter into any cash transactions in payment for the purchase of junk or used or secondhand property. Payment shall be made in the form of check, electronic transfers, or money order issued to the seller of the junk or used or secondhand property and made payable to the name and address of the seller. All payments made by check, electronic transfers, or money order shall be reported separately in the daily reports required by R.S. 37:1866.

  2. Re:Any info about the patents in question? on Patent Troll Says Anyone Using Wi-Fi Infringes · · Score: 1
    At the bottom of TFA it lists the lawsuits. Each a PDF, and inside it lists corresponding patents they allege are infringing, here is an example:

    Each of the Defendants has infringed and continues to infringe one or more claims of the ‘559 Patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. 271(a) by using, in this judicial district, wireless local area network products (“WLAN Products”) to provide wireless network access to their customers, guests, employees, and/or the public, and/or in their business operations, where such WLAN Products practice the methods of, by way of example and not limitation, at least claims 6, 7, and 8 of the ‘559 Patent.

    Claims, 6, 7 8 from U.S. Patent No. 6,714,559 (“the ‘559 Patent”) titled “Redundant Radio Frequency Network Having A Roaming Terminal Communication Protocol.”:

    6. A method of beginning a data exchange over a wireless communication channel between a destination device and a sending device comprising: waiting, by the sending device, a period of time that is at least as long as a predetermined time period and detecting no communication on the wireless communication channel; attempting, by the sending device, to initiate communication to the destination device; and if the attempt to initiate communication to the destination device proves successful, transmitting, by the sending device, a series of packets wherein each two consecutive packet transmissions are separated by no more than the predetermined time period. 7. The method of claim 6 wherein the destination device comprises a polling device. 8. The method of claim 6 wherein if the beginning of the period of time during which no communication is detected coincides with the end of a detected transmission, attempting to avoid collisions by delaying a random period before attempting to initiate communication to the destination device.

  3. Re:Finally! on Stunning Time Lapse of the Earth From the ISS · · Score: 1

    MODIS Rapid Response has 2.5 hour lag images from both Terra and Aqua.
    Don't forget to check out their interactive mapping service while there.
    And a link for all their services.

  4. Re:the video was spectacular on Stunning Time Lapse of the Earth From the ISS · · Score: 1
  5. Re:What could possibly go wrong? on IBM's Watson To Help Diagnose, Treat Cancer · · Score: 1
    More likely, it'll become what Google already has. An external memory device.

    The results of four studies suggest that when faced with difficult questions, people are primed to think about computers and that when people expect to have future access to information, they have lower rates of recall of the information itself and enhanced recall instead for where to access it.

    Why remember that X is caused by Y when you can just input Y into a computer and it gives X?

  6. Patents for the "rock-like" material on Start-Up Claims Immortality For Data With 'Stone-Like' Disc · · Score: 1

    The longest DVD archival life achievable today is provided with the new MDISC—a revolutionary optical disc technology developed by Dr. Barry Lunt and Dr. Matt Linford of Brigham Young University and manufactured by Utah-based Millenniata, Inc. –

    The material is probably mentioned in one of these Patents

  7. Australian Slide to Unlock patent on Apple Blocks Sale of Galaxy Tab 10.1 In Australia · · Score: 2

    This looks like the patent here Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image .

    It's already in the process of being rejected due to a re-examination, "Claim 1 is not novel (and lack an inventive step) in light of the prior art document"

    Although it doesn't help they have 21months before it will lapse due to the rejection.

  8. Re:Happy up Here on Space Invaders: The Movie · · Score: 1

    That sucks, try this one instead (probably should've linked to it first anyway) http://vimeo.com/3281558

  9. Happy up Here on Space Invaders: The Movie · · Score: 1

    Hoping it'll be something like This

  10. Re:Roundabouts- good, sometimes on Roundabout Revolution Sweeping US · · Score: 1

    The is one main roundabout where I live in North Queensland. 2 lanes each way in a very dominate direction. So much so that the traffic always "forgets" that it's supposed to give way to others on the round about and almost never stop when you enter from the side.

    In the wet/rain/drizzle there is ALWAYS an accident there. But that's from drivers being douches, not because of the design of the roundabout.

  11. Re:Invisible? on Massive Botnet "Indestructible," Say Researchers · · Score: 3, Interesting
  12. Serialization on Google and MIT Enable Task Transfer Among Devices · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "The app works by taking a photo of your computer's screen, and, using pattern recognition algorithms, it ascertains what program you are currently running and the document you have open."

    That sounds like a post from TheDailyWTF.. print it out on a sheet, then take a photograph then paste it into a word doc. Why don't they actually do something innovative, like creating a cross platform VM that uses shared memory across multiple devices, so that apps and memory can move seamlessly across them?. Or maybe just implement some kind of serialization into apps. But nooooo.. They had to go and use SCREEN SHOTS and OCR.

  13. Re:Thank you on Patch For The Witcher 2 Removes DRM Shortly After Release · · Score: 2

    I bought the game on GoG($45 USD) because it was $30 cheaper than the Steam version($75 USD) on the Aussie store. DRM free was just the icing on the cake.

  14. Re:Specs on Intel Unveils 10-Core Xeon Processors · · Score: 4, Informative
  15. Not all judges recommended disconnects. on Australian Court Gives Green Light To Disconnect Pirates · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Parts 436 - 442 from the full ruling show that at least one judge(remember there were 3) understands that cutting internet off is a bad idea.

    The Court does not consider that warning and termination of subscriber accounts on the basis of AFACT Notices is a reasonable step, and further, that it would constitute a relevant power to prevent the infringements occurring.

    Such punishment or sanction would be collective because the termination or suspension of a subscriber account would affect not just the person who infringed, but all those who access the internet through such account or use such account as a phone line via VOIP.

    The law knows of no sanction for copyright infringement other than that imposed by a court pursuant to Part V of the Copyright Act. Such sanction is not imposed until after a finding of infringement by a court. Such sanction is not imposed on anyone other than the person who infringed. Such sanction sounds in damages or, if criminal, possible fines and imprisonment, not removal of the provision of the internet.

  16. Re:Looked into this idea last year on Sonar Keyboard Logs You Out To Protect Your Data · · Score: 1

    Blah, teach me not to proof read. With bluetooth we also looked into automatically unlocking when back in range hence the range comment. But the point stands, the range is notorious to be accurate. It could lock straight away, or it could stay unlocked 15m away while you are at the photocopier. Not to mention some devices go into low power mode turning off bluetooth, which makes the computer think it's gone and locks it.

  17. Looked into this idea last year on Sonar Keyboard Logs You Out To Protect Your Data · · Score: 1
    I was tasked to find a solution for this kind of problem last year for my workplace. Basically it came down to a couple of different technologies.
    • RFID - Range too small, you basically have to have the keycard sitting on the desk. Free software to do it though.
    • Bluetooth - Easily enough to do with software, but getting an accurate bluetooth range is difficult. It's quite possible someone walking along in a room next to the room the computer is in could cause it to unlock without them ever being aware.
    • Sonar - The most promising of the bunch. TFA uses an actual keyboard, whereas these guys make a device hooked to a usb adapter.
    • Automatic screensaver lock - Enforced through policy, 5min lock. Cheapest easiest.

    In the end we went with the automatic lock, the cost and bother of using other methods didn't justify having to use them. We set all the easiest to access computers to 1min, and every other computer to 5mins.

  18. Network Access Protection on Microsoft's New Plan For Keeping the Internet Safe · · Score: 1

    Not like it's a particularly "new" plan.. and oh look, it even has built in support for RADIUS.....

  19. A Taste of Armageddon on Robot Jet Fighter Takes First Flight · · Score: 3, Interesting

    From there, robotic jet fighters could prove to be valuable assets in a modern military that is increasingly automating its approach to war.

    Dont say we didn't warn you.

  20. Opting out on Google Adds To Mozilla's Push For 'Do Not Track' · · Score: 1

    Opt out of major advertising networks: http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp Opt out of doubleclick/google ads: http://optout.doubleclick.net/cgi-bin/optoutgoogle.pl

  21. Dear Santa: Better Animations? on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Announced for November 2011 · · Score: 1

    Dear Santa, all I wish for Christmas is for Bethesda to hire some better character animators (and fire the one that did the Jumping animations), and support alt-tab, if they need help, please direct them to BioWare. Thanks.

  22. Re:Performance-tuned Java? on Oracle To Monetize Java VM · · Score: 1

    you don't have lots of beginner/intermediate level programmers introducing memory holes left, right and center.

    Hehe, sure sure, just wait till they start adding action listeners to things, you'll be leaking memory in no time.

  23. Re:It's surprising that they expected this to work on NASA Releases Failure Report On Outback Crash · · Score: 1

    Executive Summary. Page 5

    "Subsequently, the launch vehicle was accelerated in an attempt to catch up with the balloon for a second release effort. Upon reaching the airport fence the CSBF team recognized that the mission would have to be terminated and the LD attempted to maneuver the launch vehicle to a safe position after observing that spectators were in harm’s way"

  24. Re:It's surprising that they expected this to work on NASA Releases Failure Report On Outback Crash · · Score: 1

    I couldn't tell from the parts I read or the photos provided with the report, that the crane had driven all the way to the fence in question, those people weren't "in the flight path", the danger was brought to them

    Vol 1
    Page 40 - "Key Event 39: At about PET=105 sec, the launch vehicle arrived at the perimeter fence and stopped. The LD realized that the mission would have to be aborted, but because spectators were in the flight path, did not order an abort. After several seconds at the fence, the LD ordered the vehicle to be backed away from the fence. Spectator locations during this event are shown in Figure 21."

  25. Re:Is it just me.... on NASA Releases Failure Report On Outback Crash · · Score: 1

    A swing set doesn't cost $2 million.