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  1. Re:This may be a crazy idea on Proposed Standard Would Address Video Buffering · · Score: 1

    I guess when I said I wanted fiber, I should have been more specific.

  2. Re:Knee-Jerk Reaction on Egyptians Find New Ways To Get Online · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Emergency powers always sound reasonable, even prudent, when the laws enabling them are written prior to an actual emergency. What really matters is who's in power when the Reichstag goes up in flames.

  3. Man bites dog on 60% of AOL's Profits Come From Misinformed Customers · · Score: 1

    Wait, a print magazine is covering the impending demise of an internet company which is failing to adapt to its business model becoming obsolete.

    P.S. Yeah, I know AOL is/was not the internet but you can get there here from there (at 56Kbps).

  4. Re:If 75% of subscribers don't need it... on 60% of AOL's Profits Come From Misinformed Customers · · Score: 5, Funny

    He'll be okay.

  5. Re:My grandmother is one of them... on 60% of AOL's Profits Come From Misinformed Customers · · Score: 1

    Your laptop has a... er... what did they call those things... oh, yeah... a "modem?"

  6. Re:Non-human intelligences on Should Dolphins Be Treated As Non-Human Persons? · · Score: 1

    Human anatomy, while distinct from other apes in a few areas, is mostly unremarkable from the neck down.

    Speak for yourself.

  7. Re:Here's a top 3 on Top 10 Things You CAN'T Have For Christmas · · Score: 1

    Interesting order.

  8. Re:very disappointing, but perhaps inevitable on Wikipedia Pages Now On Amazon — With Product Links · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...there's an occasional feeling in my field that our research doesn't really concern the public; it benefits them indirectly, but reaching out to the layman ourselves is a waste of time.

    I find that attitude, which is prevalent in many fields, very troubling.

  9. Re:Stockpiles?...of cyber weapons? on Schneier Recommends Nuclear-Style Cyberwar Hotlines, Treaties · · Score: 0

    A room full of nerds and a case of Mountain Dew?

    Also know as the eighth circle of hell.

  10. Re:Post-landing videos and photos on X-37B Robotic Space Plane Returns To Earth · · Score: 0

    The current Space Shuttle fleet has been used to launch secret military satellites on several occasions (likely more often than publicly known). The secrecy of the mission/cargo is different from the secrecy of the craft itself.

  11. Re:Post-landing videos and photos on X-37B Robotic Space Plane Returns To Earth · · Score: 0

    Okay, so we've got official video on YouTube, pictures posted to Facebook, a press release announcing the return and press coverage all over the place. Can we please stop referring to this as a secret space plane. There may be secret (read: black project) space planes out there, but this isn't one of them.

  12. Re:No problem here on Proposed Final ACTA Text Published · · Score: 1, Insightful

    No, because there were no State Constitutions. There was only one State Constitution (MASS) predating the US Constitution.
    Most states still had Charters.

    Um, no. The Wikipedia article you linked to lists the effective date of the current constitution of each state; however, many of the early states have rewritten their constitutions over time. According to Yale Law School 10 of the original 13 colonies adopted constitutions in 1776-7, on recommendation of the Continental Congress.

    The words "The Constitution" everywhere else in The Constitution refer to the Constitution of the United States (as proposed).

    The words "The Constitution" only appear twice in the Constitution. First in the presidential oath of office and again in the clause at issue. The term "this Constitution" appears 12 times, including 4 times in Article VI alone.

    While the wording does require careful reading, it clearly should be read as "the Constitution [of any State] or Laws of any State."

  13. Re:Needs to be a Foursquare Check-In Point on Mount Everest Gets 3G Service · · Score: 0

    Looking forward to the "Top of the World" badge.

  14. Re:Get rid of the artifact? on US Objects To the Kilogram · · Score: 0

    While today's technology may not allow us to get a perfect count, the margin of error would likely be smaller than the margin of error in comparing the masses of two of the artifacts.

  15. Re:only if you know you're in-route to a home-run. on Rounding the Bases Faster, With Math · · Score: 0

    The guy on first, what's his name?

  16. Re:THey should house a server farm in it on Boeing 747 Recycled Into a Private Residence · · Score: 0

    That's $50K + S&H.

  17. Re:Creepy. on Google Maps Adds Drone Imagery · · Score: 0

    2007

  18. Something else for 10/10/10 on 10/10/10 — a Nice Day To Celebrate the Meaning of Life · · Score: 0

    No pressure, but here's what you're supposed to be doing on 10/10.

  19. Re:Is Slashdot advertising now? on Linux Kernel Exploit Busily Rooting 64-Bit Machines · · Score: 0

    How else are they supposed to complete with Gawker?

  20. Old news on Cell Phones Powered By Conversations · · Score: 0
  21. Re:Open hardware? on Apertus, the Open Source HD Movie Camera · · Score: 0

    I'd like to agree with you, but you seem to think "HTML5 video" is a codec.

  22. Re:Location on UVB-76 Broadcasts New Voice Message · · Score: 0

    There's always some dumb f**k who insists on pushing the big red button just to see what happens.

  23. Re:Left out the best part on Iran Unveils Its First UAV Bomber · · Score: 0

    On top of that, they lack the ground/air/satellite based communications infrastructure necessary to operate a UAV/cruise missile remotely; which is the only way they could put bombs on target without detailed aerial imagery of the flight path. In the end this is only slightly more advanced than a V-1 and that's assuming the stories and videos are legit. Given Iran's tendency to announce bogus advances I wouldn't be too worried about this thing unless they also have access to a really big slingshot.

  24. Re:Left out the best part on Iran Unveils Its First UAV Bomber · · Score: 0

    That's why there are no homosexuals in Iran, they've all been treated with honour and human generosity.

  25. Re:Timeless saying applies here... on 1978 Cryptosystem Resists Quantum Attack · · Score: 0

    Cash is actually the superposition of hookers and blow.