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Submission + - Timothy: error in title article Dutch Hotels ISP (slashdot.org)

Barryke writes: Due to title and text of this article, I see all kinds of people assuming this is required by dutch law, but it is not.

There exists no law or other statute that requires Hotels with Wi-Fi to register as ISP. Its just OPTA suing 10 hotels for being an ISP .. they are testing a vague law.

Please see my post here which explains better.

As for why the OPTA sues 10 hotels: the law is vague and the OPTA decided to trial this so it (the law) gets less vague.

Comment Re: Dennett (Score 1) 1027

Most people have belief in belief (as opposed to belief in deities) according to Daniel Dennett (one of the four atheist horsemen of the Apocalypse). The reason people believe is hardwired into our genes. It comes about as a result of our ability to imagine the future, coupled with something referred to as HAAD (hyper acute agency detection). HAAD is just a fancy way of saying that human survival was, at one time, dependent on folks jumping when they saw shadows they thought might be predators, even when they were just shadows. There's some really interesting work being done in the field of evolutionary psychology on this subject. Enjoy.

Comment Easy Answer (Score 1) 632

Can he build a high enough profile to protect himself from danger?" Not unless he were a former American President or VP who admittedly introduced torture into the war regime. I'd say he's got the half life of a gnat at this point. If I were him I'd make sure ALL those documents went public PRONTO. That's probably his best option. Enjoy.

Comment Re:....the Chess Players - Protect Your Mind !! (Score 1) 184

Thank you for your insightful observations on mind preservation. You have confirmed a suspicion that I have harbored for decades. I've now redoubled my dedication to sitting on the sofa eating Cheetos and daydreaming of daffodils. I expect to reach Mensa status by the time I'm ready to 'retire'. Enjoy.

Comment Good News (Score 1) 344

This little test will ultimately go down in flames. The propaganda he spews needs to be spread as far and wide as possible. So they'll either reopen the flood gates or find some other form of wingnut welfare to fund the dispersal of misinformation. The universe of people willing to be paid to be lied to isn't nearly large enough to feed the hunger of such greedy sociopaths. Watch and see. Enjoy.

Comment Re:Not sure in USA but in Spain... (Score 1) 945

Naw. I bought mine because they work. Whatever extra I paid for my Apple computers it has been worth it in savings from not having to deal with virus junk and O/S troubles. You don't have to be gay, pretentious or an Apple fanboy to desire a computing experience free from the hassle that is Windoz. Enjoy.

Comment The Solution is Easy (Score 1) 488

It will require that extremely overpaid newspaper 'talent' take the same kind of pay cuts forced on other workers wishing to save their industries. If the people who worked in these high profile reporting jobs were doing their business properly we wouldn't have been lied into war with Iraq over bogus WMD and 9-11 connection claims. Just look at all the in depth reporting they didn't do on Bernie Madoff over the last decade. A man supposedly buying and selling billions in stocks, but in retrospect we find out he never ever made a trade? How hard is that to figure out for chrissakes?? Enjoy.
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Spectrum of Light Captured From Distant World 32

An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from Cosmos: "Astronomers have made the first direct capture of a spectrum of light from a planet outside the Solar System and are deciphering its composition. The light was snared from a giant planet that orbits a bright young star called HR 8799 about 130 light-years from Earth, said the European Southern Observatory (ESO). ... The find is important, because hidden within a light spectrum are clues about the relative amounts of different elements in the planet's atmosphere. 'The features observed in the spectrum are not compatible with current theoretical models,' said co-author Wolfgang Brandner. 'We need to take into account a more detailed description of the atmospheric dust clouds, or accept that the atmosphere has a different chemical composition from that previously assumed.' The result represents a milestone in the search for life elsewhere in the universe, said the ESO. Until now, astronomers have been able to get only an indirect light sample from an exoplanet, as worlds beyond our Solar System are called. They do this by measuring the spectrum of a star twice — while an orbiting exoplanet passes near to the front of it, and again while the planet is directly behind it. The planet's spectrum is thus calculated by subtracting one light sample from another."

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