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Comment Re:Get a clue. (Score 1) 5

Second, if you wanted to stop it, why didn't you do this a year ago? Now is probably a bit late.

This petition didn't exist a year ago, it went live on the first of this month. I personally hadn't heard of it until about 30 minutes ago.

Submission + - Slashdot Effort to Stop ACTA (whitehouse.gov) 5

ChinggisK writes: Earlier today a Slashdot AC posted a thread regarding the ACTA treaty that is to be signed this weekend. Sounds to me like a good way to stop whining and make something of an effort about this.

The Obama administration has made it possible to create petitions which, if they get sufficient signatures, will be responded to and potentially acted on. I've created one at http://wh.gov/4PW which I encourage all to read and sign if they agree with it. We can defeat this!


Comment Re:So much misinformation in these comments... (Score 1) 585

Ooo, I have a question! Can you direct me to a good source (no paywall please) that discusses how well the biblical portions of the dead sea scrolls match up with modern scripture (i.e. have they changed due to copying errors and such)? I frequently see some people saying that they are almost identical and others say they are completely different, I'd like to see some evidence of what the truth is.

Comment Interesting... (Score 4, Interesting) 159

I found this to be the most interesting part of the TFA:

"The Anonymous ‘collective’ has risen from an amorphous group of individuals on the Internet to the current state of a potential threat to national security. Due to the nature of Anonymous, they believe that they are a leaderless collective. However, it has been shown that there is a defined leadership group," the document reads. "A thorough assessment of each UNSUB’s online activities, speech patterns, and general writings was collected by the FBI. Each UNSUB was individually assessed by members of the SBU (sic) and a psychological profile created from these datasets."

(emphasis mine)

This is what some people on /. have been arguing for some time.

Regardless, the document itself (linked to in the first article) is kind of fun to read.

Communications

"Wi-Fi Refugees" Shelter in West Virginia Mountains 627

The 13,000 sq mile U.S. Radio Quiet Zone is an area in West Virginia where all wireless transmissions are banned because of the large number of radio telescopes located there. (This official page shows a map of the Zone; an old Wired article is fascinating reading.) These high-tech telescopes have attracted unlikely neighbors, people who claim to have Wi-Fi allergies. In recent years, scores of people have moved to the area to escape the "damage" that electromagnetic fields can cause them. From the article: "Diane Schou is unable to hold back the tears as she describes how she once lived in a shielded cage to protect her from the electromagnetic radiation caused by waves from wireless communication. 'It's a horrible thing to have to be a prisoner,' she says. 'You become a technological leper because you can't be around people. It's not that you would be contagious to them — it's what they're carrying that is harmful to you.'"
Network

Why We Don't Need Gigabit Networks (Yet) 359

AmyVernon writes "Most computers today can't support gigabit connections and current Wi-Fi networks can't offer those speeds either. The first trial of Sonic.Net's gigabit network was a speed test on a generic laptop that showed off 420 Mbps down; the laptop couldn't handle a full gig. Plus, few applications need those speeds. It's hard to justify such a huge investment in a network that will have few subscribers and few applications that need it. Of course, that can change, and then these networks will be vital. This story has a good analysis of where things stand and what has to change."

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