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Comment Top bar is over text (Score 1) 2254

by PadRacerExtreme (#35013030) Attached to: Slashdot Launches Re-Design
The top green bad (Slashdot/Search/Feedback/Submit Story/Options/Account//Log out is on top of the text of the page. This is with Firefox 3.6.13 on Fedora 8 with Flashblock and Adblock Plus. If you load the a page, the green bar is on the top. Then hit space or page down to move down a page of text. The bar is covering the top of the line, so I loose 2 lines of text and need to scroll back up 2 lines every time.

Comment Fedora 9? (Score 1) 419

by PadRacerExtreme (#28608821) Attached to: VLC 1.0.0 Released
Anyone know how to install on Fedora 9? If you find the install instructions (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-fedora.html), I try to install the rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm and it says I need a Fedora 10 machine.

rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm

Retrieving http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm

warning: /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.hIiu76: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 49c8885a

error: Failed dependencies:

system-release >= 10 is needed by rpmfusion-free-release-10-5.noarch

I am sure I am missing something obvious....

Comment Can turn off (Score 1) 259

by PadRacerExtreme (#26728969) Attached to: Google Maps To Add 'Friend' GPS Tracking
According to the story at CBS News the person can turn it off on their phone at will. The video shows a test with a family. The reporter says the kid can disable it when ever they want and the parents say don't tell the kids that!
Some interesting results, one try showed the dad in the middle of the river!
The Courts

Child Online Protection Act Appeal Rejected 251

Posted by timothy from the hi-professor-bollinger dept.
TarrVetus writes "The Associated Press reports that a federal appeals court in Philadelphia has ruled that the Child Online Protection Act will not be revived, upholding a 2007 decision that the unimplemented 1998 law is unconstitutional. The law, which made it a crime for websites to allow children access to 'harmful' material, was declared a violation of the First Amendment because of existing elective filtering technologies and parental controls that are less restrictive to free speech than the 'ineffective' and 'overly broad' ban."
The Internet

Broadband Access Without the Pork? 412

Posted by timothy from the yessir-that's-the-mandatory-federal-barbeque-fee dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Like many consumers nowadays, I find more of my time spent on the internet and various wireless devices (e.g. mobile phone). This has gotten to the point where I basically do not use a landline or cable television anymore, and they are essentially pork on my broadband bill, which further subjects the consumer to all sorts of clandestine fees that aren't disclosed until the first bill arrives and add a non-trivial sum (in my case, nearly 100%) to the monthly rate. However, it seems that all broadband access providers have this stipulation, that an internet customer must first have a basic phone or cable TV service in order to sign on for the internet service. Are there any ISPs that can get around this and still deliver broadband internet service at a competitive rate?"
The Courts

US Supreme Court Allows Sonar Use 374

Posted by samzenpus from the dolphin-earplugs dept.
gollum123 writes "The US Supreme Court has removed restrictions on the Navy's use of sonar in training exercises near California. The ruling is a defeat for environmental groups who say the sonar can kill whales and other mammals. In its 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court said the Navy needed to conduct realistic training exercises to respond to potential threats. The court did not deal with the merits of the claims put forward by the environmental groups. In reinstating the use of sonar, the top US court rejected a lower federal judge's injunction that had required the US Navy to take various precautions during submarine-hunting exercises. The Bush administration argued that there is little evidence of harm to marine life in more than 40 years of exercises off the California coast. It said that the judges should have deferred to the judgment of the Navy and Mr Bush. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts said overall public interest was 'strongly in favor of the Navy.' 'The most serious possible injury would be harm to an unknown number of the marine mammals,' Chief Justice Roberts wrote. 'In contrast, forcing the Navy to deploy an inadequately trained anti-submarine force jeopardizes the safety of the fleet.'"

Comment Re:I'm only going to say (Score 1) 1912

by PadRacerExtreme (#25627299) Attached to: Discuss the US Presidential Election

Well said. I voted democrat in 2 local elections today. The funny thing was that their platforms overall were more conservative than the republicans they were running against. WTF?

Plus, it fits with my anti-incumbent strategy since congress has been such a disaster.

Based on your post, I assume you believe GW is the disaster? This is quite different from congress which has been democratically controlled for the last 2 years....
United States

Discuss the US Presidential Election & Health Care 1270

Posted by CmdrTaco from the we're-on-the-homestretch-now dept.
Yesterday we discussed the war and how foreign policy will matter in your decision next Tuesday. Today our series of election discussion pieces continues with Health Care. With an obesity epidemic, a failing economy, and ballooning health care costs, which candidate has the best answers to making sure that Americans are able to stay healthy without America being bankrupted in the process?
Cellphones

How Mobile Phones Work Behind the Scenes 220

Posted by timothy from the they-all-suck-to-different-degrees dept.
adamengst writes "We seldom think about how our mobile phones actually work, but in this TidBITS article, Rich Mogull pulls back the covers and peels away the jargon to explain why text messages work when voice calls are dropped, why your battery lasts longer in some places than in others, why you're not allowed to use phones on airplanes, why you can be notified of a voicemail message when your phone never rang, and more."
Transportation

Ford To Introduce Restrictive Car Keys For Parents 1224

Posted by kdawson from the no-you-cannot-borrow-my-keys dept.
thesandbender writes "Ford is set to release a management system that will restrict certain aspects of a car's performance based on which key is in the ignition. The speed is limited to 80, you can't turn off traction control, and you can't turn the stereo up to eleven. It's targeted at parents of teenagers and seems like a generally good idea, especially if you get a break on your insurance." The keys will be introduced with the 2010 Focus coupe and will quickly spread to Ford's entire lineup.
Power

Mimicking Electric Eel Cells 71

Posted by kdawson from the positively-shocking dept.
An anonymous reader writes "A team of US researchers has asked the following question in the new field of systems biology: 'Do we understand how a cell produces electricity well enough to design one, and to optimize that design?' They believe it should be possible to build artificial cells replicating the electrical behavior of electric eel cells. In fact, such artificial cells could deliver better performance — as much as 40% more energy than real eel cells, a computer model suggests. They could be used to power medical implants and other small devices."

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