joekampf - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:Retail theft, and not the kind you're thinking (Score 1) 990

by joekampf on Monday October 29 2007, @08:23PM (#21165333) Attached to: Best Buy Customer Gets Box Full of Bathroom Tiles Instead of Hard Drive

You get my point, but you defend credit cards because you seem to be able to handle them. The fact is most people can't. And I still contend that you are spending more than you would if you paid cash. As far as the pin stealing thing, you get your money back. Same as a credit card. You go through the same process as if someone stole your credit card. Personal finance is 80% behavior.

FCC Declares FOSS Insecure for Software Radio-> 0

Submitted by subluminal on Friday July 06 2007, @09:39AM

subluminal writes "A new rule by the FCC taking effect today would place a greater burden on FOSS to prove its security. U.S. regulators, it seems, believe the inherently public nature of open-source code makes it more vulnerable to hackers, leaving 'a high burden to demonstrate that it is sufficiently secure'."
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Microsoft's Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000-> 0

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mikemuch

on Friday July 06 2007, @09:25AM

mikemuch writes "While it's not as crazy-looking as a combination of the SafeType Keyboard and Zero Tension Mouse would be, Microsoft's offering in the field of ergonomic input devices is a decent start, as ExtremeTech's review of the Natural Desktop 7000 shows. The 2.4GHz wireless mouse and keyboard combo makes a start towards fighting carpal tunnel syndrome by getting your wrists out of the "pronated," or flat, position, and throws in stuff like zooming, 4-way scrolling, and the claim of longer battery life."
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Steorn's free energy demo delayed 0

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Lisandro

on Friday July 06 2007, @09:16AM

Lisandro writes "Steorn announced that the demo for its Orbo free-energy technology, which was to be presented at Kinentica Museum in London, complete with a live broadcast with 4 cameras over Internet, has been postponed. Steorn's CEO stated that 'technical problems arose during the installation of the demonstration unit in the display case on Wednesday evening. These problems were primarily due to excessive heat from the lighting in the main display area. Attempts to replace those parts affected by the heat led to further failures and as a result we have to postpone the public demonstration until a future date.' Slasdot covered the original announcement in a previous story."

H1-B: Cut the Cap!-> 0

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Chris Lindquist

on Friday July 06 2007, @09:11AM

Chris Lindquist writes "The debate over keeping or raising the current cap on H1-B visas rages on. CIO magazine's publisher Gary Beach proposes another solution: Cut the cap by 50 percent next year, sunset it to oblivion by 2014, and replace guest worker programs with efforts to promote technical education for US students. His rallying cry? "Cut the Cap!""
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SFLC and others opine on new FCC Rules for SDRs 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 06 2007, @09:10AM

An anonymous reader writes "A story at CNet and White paper published by the Software Freedom Law Center about new FCC for Software Defined Radios that go into effect today. Opinions are mixed; the CNet article is skeptical but the SFLC indicates it's likely a step in the right direction."

Prince to give new album away for free 0

Submitted by

Bert the Turtle

on Friday July 06 2007, @09:02AM

Bert the Turtle writes "The artist formally known as Prince is planning to give his newest album away for free with a major British newspaper and to thousands of gig-goers. Spokespeople for the entertainment industry have suggested that this might incur sanctions. Some more details here"

Microsoft States GPL3 Doesn't Apply to Them 509

Posted by Zonk on Friday July 06 2007, @08:52AM
from the they-is-special-you-understand dept.

pilsner.urquell writes "Microsoft yesterday issued a statement proclaiming that it isn't bound by GPLv3. Groklaw has a very humorous rejoinder to the company's claim. From that article: 'They think they can so declare, like an emperor, and it becomes fiat. It's not so easy. I gather Microsoft's lawyers have begun to discern the GPL pickle they are in. In any case it won't be providing any support or updates or anything at all in connection with those toxic (to them) vouchers it distributed as part of the Novell deal ... These two -- I can't decide if it's an elaborate dance like a tango or more like those games where you place a cloth with numbers on the floor and you have to get into a pretzel with your hands and feet to touch all the right numbers. Whichever it is, Novell and Microsoft keep having to strike the oddest poses to try to get around the GPL. If they think this new announcement has succeeded, I believe they will find they are mistaken. In other words, not to put too fine a point on it, GPLv3 worked.'" EWeek has further analysis of this proclamation.

Mozilla Firefox, eBay-edition released-> 0

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snecklifter

on Friday July 06 2007, @08:43AM

snecklifter writes "eBay have released a modified version of Firefox. According to the site: "Keep an eye on your eBay trading wherever you are on the web when you install the Mozilla Firefox eBay-Edition. It's a free tool built with eBay users in mind that will help you get more out of your buying and selling." There is also an extension for those running a vanilla version. More on the features here."
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DIY Booklet server 0

Submitted by

Sam Elliot

on Friday July 06 2007, @08:42AM

Sam Elliot writes "This guy found the coolest way to reuse his old iBook G3 with a broken screen He practicly choped the iBook in half and wrapped it in a hardcover from and old book... It came out really good looking. Read the how to here"