It may be, but it's damned impressive technology. Have you seen the demo? A guy with an accent asks at normal (faster than normal for most people) speed for a statistic requiring some deductive reasoning (the population of the capital of the country with the Space Needle) and is given only the required answer.

I really don't mind a slashvertisement for a sweet bit of technology like this. It's informative as to the industry state-of-the-art. It helps me track the progress of AI. And it's cool.

We just don't know what the future holds. You may want to run fiber or a new wireless standard may make that moot. You may want to swap out your heating unit without much expense, or install a battery. I wouldn't focus on individual new technologies, but give the house an electrical and mechanical infrastructure that makes it easy and cheap to make changes. I would also install extra, easily accessed conduits for new cables or pipes of whatever kind.

It's not about this case. I have no sympathy for the man. None. But if they can indict his cash they can indict mine, and I want every legal protection (in particular the fourth amendment) to apply. If the constitution doesn't apply in every case it doesn't apply at all.

Anything handed to IEEE will become like Firewire, and anyone who doesn't agree is clueless. That's what you're saying? Or were you just looking for spurious correlations and pretending they're significant to look smart?

Maybe you could think about what you say instead of milking other idiots for that sweet Slashdot karma.

These interfaces live or die by the quality of chipset support. Implemented properly (and given freedom to standardize for industry support) this can become a must-have port along the lines of serial, parallel, and yes the original USB. If the chipset interface isn't robust or has native security problems then it will become the next firewire: There by force and overshadowed by alternatives.

What I hope Intel does is create a high-quality set of specs and hand it to IEEE in the form of a high-quality Request for Comments.

It's apparent the admins decided to "roll back" beta by implementing its "features" slowly, frog-in-the-water style. Not only is it just as bad as before, it's an insult to my intelligence! How short do you think my memory is? Not only am I a consumer now but a fool as well?

I am Slashdot!

The poll is nice as a sidebar item. I can completely ignore it if I so choose, but it's there if I'm curious or interested. Putting it at the top of the page forces me to look at the same (effectively a) story over and over until it changes. It gives admins even more control over what stories I see, and I don't like that one bit. Put it back you power-hungry cretins!

The root of the problem is people using Wikipedia as a research resource in its own right. It's very helpful for uncontroversial facts but horrible for anything even slightly politically charged. Wikipedia is filled with power hungry POV pushing scum in denial. The solution isn't to fix Wikipedia, it's far beyond fixing. The solution is to take anything you read on Wikipedia with a whole shaker of salt. Do real research.

The EFF still has some pull. That's my take on this. Enough people listened that their support, or lack thereof, made a substantial difference to political support behind the bill. And that's damn good news.