So it's going to run Linux?

Seems as if slashdot has entirely missed the point. The goal isn't to maliciously take down AT&T's networks, it's to demonstrate that either 1) AT&T is charging for services it's not capable of offering, or 2) that AT&T claims that the iPhone/3G users strain the network is hogwash.

I'm curious, how do you determine your meta-mod status?

I find it sort of ironic that the people who are most convinced that cops are corrupt power-mongering jerks tend to be the most likely to put themselves into a contentious position with police.

Most of the time, if you see a person who you this is Bad and Has A Gun, you would tend to stay out of their way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_TfBbR6L0M (canadian idiot)

Since quite a few are asking, I figured I'd provide the pertinent sections of TFAs.

According to an update in the Boing Boing article, Watts got out of the car to ask what was happening -- presumably because his car and/or person was being searched. When the officers refused to answer and told him to get back in the car, he asked the question again. At which point he was attacked, his property was seized, and he was asked to waive his Miranda rights.

Sounds like the unfortunate combination of a pissed off officer and a less-that-sympathetic citizen compounded by detectives/officers who get pissed when prisoners refuse to talk. I can empathize with both parties (first and second, not third -- right to remain silent means right to remain silent,) but -- assuming the accuracy of Watts' story -- the assault charge is probably trumped up. Convincing a judge of that is a whole different story.

actually, if you're primarily using the netbook at locations with an electrical hookup (ie, if battery life is not as large an issue) then using WDE would probably be the best approach.

Another solution would be to get a cheap VPS or shell hosting account and ssh -D 2020 host -X then run firefox from the shell acct. and treat the netbook like a thin(ner) client.

worksheets for pay = less worksheets = either less meaningless work or work with more meaning or both. In any case, stopping the proliferation of worksheets (even if just a little) is a good thing imho.

Insofar as there is nothing nefarious about lobbying period.

no, that's why google comes up with lots of great stuff that you don't even know you're paying for.

primarily because it hasn't. Corporations have been considered people for ages.

I feel like I have a good case-study to answer this question. I did policy debate for the past three years, which has meant hulling a printer around the state/country. When it wasn't being hulled to tournaments, it would go back a forth from school in friend's cars quite often. The files we regularly printed off on it were generally 50 - 100 pages long, sometimes longer, and sometimes (saturday morning updates, etc.) much smaller. Every now and again I would print off a book (300-500 pages) on it.

I'm using it at college now and I still haven't had a problem with it.

It works perfectly on osx and windows. I run linux, and installing the cups drivers is a bit of a pain but after the first time (during which I documented my own procedure) it hasn't taken more than 10 minutes.

Even if you were right, I'm sure there's plenty of searching and pattern matching in video games. Especially searching.

Regardless, video games are not nearly as interesting an encryption.

No. The lines hold legal meaning, and have nothing to do with the way in which one writes on those lines.

"Print name here" means "indicate the person to whom this form is pertinent"
"sign name here" means "indicate that you agree to these terms and make a sign that verifies your identity"

For example, If someone is being all nice and ritzy and filling out a form for me (someone selling me a car, insurance, etc.,) they can write my name on the "print your name" line. But only I can sign on the "sign your name" line. It has nothing to do with the font that is used on those lines.

Cursive, every time.

Unless you're left handed. Writing cursive left handed sucks, and made my hands ache after just a paragraph. I could write pages in print, but cursive was painful