... And only 92 days (solid!) to do the initial backup of the 1 Tb of data.

Oh, except that it'll fail after 4 days with an error: "You've exceeded your 50Gb storage limit." (And that's assuming you're paying the big bucks for such a large limit, rather than the 2 Gb default.)

Well, duh, because he just told you, so it's no longer obscure. The whole idea is that others DON'T know what the method is. Even if you do figure it out though, you still have more levels to get through. Password, etc.

Security through obscurity is not sufficient, but it can be an important part/em of an effective security solution.

A calorie is a unit of energy. Fiber may flush chemical energy out of the system before it has a chance to be broken down and harvested by the digestive system.

It's been estimated that 120 billion people have ever lived on the earth. Since 6 billion of them are alive now, ...

Only 95% of all humans EVER have died. That means that just going by that statistic (and not its context), I have a 5% chance of never dying.

The problem is that it's not ASCAP who sold you the ringtone. The carrier that sold it to you has no authority to grant you rights to public performance of that ringtone.

What ASCAP wants is to get a piece of the money from the sale^H^H^H^H licensing of that ringtone.

No, they probably can't just "back out of it", but if it really gets that bad for them, they can probably throw enough money at her to convince her to settle. Better that (for them) than to get kicked out of the courtrooms completely.

Here's hoping she and her lawyers stick it to the RIAA instead of accepting a life of luxury on their tab. But quite frankly ... I know which one most people would choose, and it's not the one that would be beneficial to the rest of society.

How do you print on A3 at 141% if your printer only supports A4?

Well, duh. But they are free to the recipient.

I get the impression that I'm nearly the only slashdotter who rarely if ever ingests caffeine. I can't abide the taste of coffee, and most caffeinated soft drinks taste awful to me (okay, I can stand Dr. Pepper, but I think I've drunk it once in the past 12 months).

While I do enjoy a morsel of chocolate from time to time, I really don't drink caffeine. I almost chose "Chocolate" as my poll response, but the thought of it enrobing coffee beans turned me off. (Have I mentioned that I can't stand the taste of coffee?)

Might I also point out that I wake up fresh in the morning, generally stay up until between midnight and 2:00 am, and don't get headaches when I don't get a daily fix? I'm so glad I never had occasion to pick up that addiction.