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  1. M.A.S.K. is the IP rights holder to this tech... on New Russian Weapon Hides In Shipping Container · · Score: 1

    M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand)

    Thunderhawk - Chevy Camaro G3 and Fighter Jet Plane
    Rhindo - Semi Tractor with Missile Launching Capacity
    Gator - Jeep CJ7 with included detachable battle-boat
    Condor - Motorcycle that can switch to single occupant helicopter weapons platform
    Hurricane - A 1957 Chevy which turns into a six-wheeled attack tank
    Piranha - Motorcycle with submarine sidecar

    Without these weapon systems, we could NEVER have expected container mounted missile systems.

    Kenner should sue!

    (oh, and live action footage of vehicles transforming into battle mode can be seen via liveleak at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0dd_1187202294 )

  2. I type Shenanigans on the OP on Correcting Poor Typing Technique? · · Score: 4, Informative

    80 WPM means 6.5 characters per second - bull sh!t.

    http://imlocation.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/how-fast-do-people-type/

    "Notice that that out of the three thousand four hundred and seventy five applicants, not a single one could manage 120 WPM. And only the top 5% of applicants could manage 70 WPM or higher."

    So - this OP is claiming to be in the top 5% of people who work in professional typing jobs?

    Someone needs a re-test.

    http://tinyurl.com/yb8zf95

  3. Re:Not needed on Is Internet Explorer 6/7 Support Required Now? · · Score: 0

    DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
                            "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"

  4. Re:Not needed on Is Internet Explorer 6/7 Support Required Now? · · Score: 0

    This very page on ask.slashdot.org/comments faisl W3C Markup Validation Service with 23 errors, 5 warnings comparing it to HTML 4.01 Transitional. More failures if you move to strict as well.

    "Let he who is without errors cast the first validation test case..."

  5. Two Words - Digital-Fucking-Camera on Pen Still Mightier Than the Laptop For Notetaking? · · Score: 0

    Snap a quick shot of the board, and you can drop it in your notes after class.

  6. Are the shirts for - on Uniforms For the Help Desk? · · Score: 0

    Desk side techs? Or Helpdesk (aka Phone and E-mail Support) techs?

    As long as management provides 1 shirt for each day of the week, plus a backup - then it shouldn't be a problem.

    Usually - techs that provide desk side support and are not direct employees of the company receiving services wear shirts with their company name. This makes sure they aren't stealing soda's or ink pens and paper.

    VERY IMPORTANT, ya know...

  7. The needs of the many, oughtweigh... on New Star Trek Trailer · · Score: 0

    The needs of the many, oughtweigh...the ego of the Shatner

    It's easy how he's handling continuity - he's blowing apart the timeline. Everything is on a different path, due to temporal interfearance. And - that's the way it should be.

    Don't you watch heroes? DUH!

  8. T-Mobile people are smarter - on Is Anyone Buying T-Mobile's Googlephone? · · Score: 0

    We pre-ordered our devices and had them shipped to us, rather than waiting in the outdoors, and at the stores.

    Mine arrived the day before official release.

    It's activated and wonderful.

    And, unlike the iPhone - my 3G ROCKS!

  9. Drop the 'Professional Experience' on The Stigma of a Tech Support Background · · Score: 0

    You worked during school - yipee!

    Most comp-sci graduates I interview don't put 'Burger King' on their resumes.

    "Help! This interviewee just reverse-pick pocketed me! I have all this extra money!"

  10. Re:It is not a crime to go missing. on Cell Phones, Missing Persons, and Privacy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If that was true - then you could get by with a pager. You can get them - they are cheap. And, a simple analog pager would allow you to be -5 old fogey

  11. Re:Challenge? Why on Teen Phone Phreak Targeted by the FBI · · Score: 0

    Charge him as an adult.

    Put him in with the general population.

    He'll be wishing he hadn't cried/called WOLF so many times.

    Besides, there's nothing to see in jail anyway.

  12. NASA is faking a moon landing for a video? on New Radar Maps of Moon · · Score: 0

    NASA is faking a moon landing for a video?

    Didn't we get enough of this during the Apollo program?

  13. Watermarking to Replace DRM on Watermarking to Replace DRM? · · Score: 0, Funny

    Watermarking to fail like DRM Can anyone imagine Steve Ballmer getting fully behind this proposal? "Watermarking watermarking, watermarking watermarking" while he does the Monkey Dance.

  14. To Prank Your Friends with this System... on Nissan Turns to Technology to Stop Drunk Driving · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ... is to swab the gearshift sensor with alcohol - and TA DA; no car for you!

  15. To the tune of... Candle in the Wind on Elton John Says Internet is Destroying Music · · Score: 0

    Goodbye Elton J
    You had the nerve to hold yourself
    While those around you grew
    You crawled out of the 'would-work'
    And then posted on a board
    'I'm such a Luddite'
    And you said we should stop the Internet

    Well it seems to me your $220 seats
    Sell out on totaltickets.com
    Never knowing which side butter clings to
    As your cash rolls in

    And I would bet the buggy whip manufactures
    Feel the same as you
    Your talent and ideals burned out right before
    Your relevance also did

    Music Business got rough
    The message trolled you posted
    Hollywood had a superstar
    Now pain was the sound you inflict
    Close Down The Internet -
    Oh my God, just look at you!
    You made your cash, now you want
    To choke off Marilyn, and bands that came since then

    Goodbye Elton J
    From the music fan in the Ethernet
    Who thinks you something as more than da hypocrite-
    And less than a Stone Aged Pal

  16. Re:When will old PCI die? on Seagate to Drop IDE Drives by Year End · · Score: 0

    PCI-e was limited to 1 (2 in a SLI-world) slot so that it would be Graphics Cards Only. I believe this was part of a plan to avoid sharing bandwidth since the PCI-E would not be sharing a bus as it needs not hit the bridge.
    However - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI-e/ tells us of glory on the horizon. "Most new Gigabit Ethernet chips and some 802.11 wireless chips also use PCI Express. Other hardware such as RAID controllers and network cards are also starting to make the switch. Sound cards and other cards providing relatively slow interfaces are still mostly based on PCI as of 2007, but are expected to switch over in the following years."

  17. No - on Are Cheap Laptops a Roadblock for Moore's Law? · · Score: 0

    Cheaper Portables will not change the "Bigger/Faster/Louder" of laptop consumption. The BFL is ingrained into our culture - even if it is as simple as keeping up with The Joneses. The $100.00 laptop, unless it matches or exceeds current functionality will not siphon off demand for portable powerful personal processing.

  18. Congress, RIAA and Uni prep for Arms Race on University of Kansas Adopts 'One Strike' Copyright Infringement Policy · · Score: 0

    So - Congress is after the schools to conform to the RIAA

    The RIAA wants the schools to conform to the laws passed by Congress.

    The schools will be graduating the future leaders who will take RIAA jobs and seats in Congress.

    Wash-Rinse-Repeat.

    And in the end, the winner will be decided by follow-the-dollars.

  19. Ocham's Razor can cut through your cell phone fog on Where In the US Can You Get Just a Cell Phone? · · Score: 0

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Cell+phones+f or+elderly
    http://cellphones.about.com/od/topcellphones/tp/ce ll_senior.htm
    http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_33 /b3947040_mz006.htm
    http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/28/lgs-cellphone-f or-the-elderly/
    All phones and leads on phones with exactly what you require. And, no foreign import issues.
    "Ocham's Razor essentially states that all things being equal, the simplest explanation is usually correct."

  20. Enough FUD - the documentation is available - on Warning On Office 2007 "Try-Before-You-Buy" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    From the web site that is allowing you to try MS Office 2007 - there is a FAQ ! http://us1.trymicrosoftoffice.com/faq.aspx?culture =en-US "How do I uninstall the trial ..." is the question that would address this issue. -- The premise for this slashdot story is analogous to "My great grandpa got his arm broke hand cranking one of those Ford horseless carriages. So you should be wary of the 2008 Ford products, or your arm could wind up busted."

  21. Re:That's the article... on Analyst Says Blu-ray DRM Safe For 10 Years · · Score: 5, Funny

    My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with a girl who saw Ferris HACK DRM at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.

  22. Best Line from the Article: re: online criminals on Microsoft to Release 6 Security Updates Next Week · · Score: 0, Insightful

    "Online criminals have used flaws in Excel and other MSFT Office products in limited attacks"

    2nd best line "Typically the attacker will e-mail the victim a maliciously encoded Office attachment."

    So - the entire thrust of security boils down to DON'T OPEN ATTACHMENTS YOU ARE NOT EXPECTING, EVEN FROM 'TRUSTED' SOURCES.

  23. The History of Mobile+Homephone Re:Why $10 extra? on T-Mobile Announces WiFi Meshing Cellphone · · Score: 0

    History on this:
    GTE had a product called Tele-Go back in 1994.

    Back then they were introducing a new telephone base unit that connects a wireless personal communications service (PCS) handset to the regular phone service when it is in range. In effect, it turns a wireless phone into a more run-of-the-mill cordless phone that uses less expensive local phone service around the house.

    As a PCS service, the Tele-Go now will allow callers to dial "a number, not a place," as the PCS saying goes, to reach subscribers wherever they may be within the wireless service area. Perhaps more to the point for many consumers, the new base station will let subscribers be billed only for normal service on calls received at home, rather than for a more expensive, per-minute cellular call.

    So - when you come home - your cell phone talked to the "Enhanced Cordless Base-station" ECB - which executed a Forwarding of your mobile number to your land-line. So, while home, a mobile call would ring ALL of your home phones. You'd answer, and yak away - not paying an additional price.

    When you (and the mobile phone) left home - the ECB would detect it, and cancel the call forwarding. Now, your mobile calls would ring your mobile handset, and your home land-line calls would ring at your home.

    The pricing for this service back in 1994? $15 to $25 a month for the mobile phone and the ECB and no included minutes. And then they just paid for the ACTUAL minutes used while away from home, between $0.20 and $0.30 per minute. No equipment to purchase, and no contract. And, if the phone breaks, simply call your sales rep - who drives out to you and swaps your handset.

    (Note: I had this job for like, 6 months or so. I do not currently sell or represent any telecommunications company. At the time, I thought it was a neat service - since it's goal was to get cellular/PCS technology into those who previously could not afford it).

  24. Grandma's are young now adays... on Granny Sues RIAA Over Unlicensed Investigator · · Score: -1, Troll

    If the grandma was knocked up at 14 years old (*as is common down south*) - And, her daughter was knocked up at 14 years old (*grandma is now 28*) - So, the grandma is 28 or so - and able to use a computer. :-)