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Nooooooooo! Patents are baaaaaaaaaaaaad!
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Well, to use it effectively, they should race them for 3 miles.
Or they could just not do it at all and just use it for landing things.
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I don't have a newsletter, so that would be kind of difficult.
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Wile Lee Wonga and the MMOGolate factory?
That is the most terrible joke I have heard in my entire life, so I have no idea why I laughed so hard.
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I hope you mean
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computer = findVulnerableComputer();
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or seen porn.

If we wanted to know what an employee was spending time on, the most useful thing would probably be to track web access, as generally that's how people goof off (that's how I'm goofing off right now).

So, was quitting a good choice or a bad choice?
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Sir, I think you pwned him.
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So... you're saying you can predict what software will be used 15 years from now, when the first-graders enter the business world? Assuming they don't skip a grade, and go through 2 years of college, plus 1 extra year for whatever.


Dude, you're retarded. Even if everybody still uses Microsoft stuff, it will be radically different from what we use today. What is most likely to happen is that we will use more F/OSS software, and if we teach them on F/OSS, they will have the skills to adapt to whatever comes next.
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But if they use a thin client from a server, high-end games or even games a few years old will really suck. They also can't install it if they don't have root access.
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Ok, lets go through these one by one:
1) they want to turn all the poor people in africa to consumers that buy coca-cola
Britain wants to change this, that is the open market thing, and is one of the reasons africa looses so much money, we are trying to make it fair trade, where we can, and will, buy african goods. Britains will loose some money (From lower prices due to higher availability) but we can cope
2) they want to avoid laws against poluting the environment because they will lose money
We will loose money with the fair trade, were still pushing for it, and one of the problems is due to the lack of availability of non-oil based cars, and the american 'need' for huge cars
3) they're just interested in how they're gonna get richer and that's just it.
We are interested in becoming richer, but we are finally realising, if we help africa, africa may later in time, help us
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Communist 'cause I'm Left Handed!
That's the hand to use...well, never mind.

From: A Desultory Philipic, Paul Simon.

You know, as someone who almost went to Viet Nam (lottery number 412), I have only one thing to say, especially to those writing from .edu domains.

You guys are being McNamarra'd! Big Time! It's all new and exciting to you guys, but I've seen all this ...fertilizer...before!

I'm sure it feels great to be on the winning side in the election, but the end result of Iraq is going to be the end result of Viet Nam: casualties. And the greatest damage is going to be done to the tender part between the ears.

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You think Rove is the leak? Then why didn't the Dems bring that out during the election? Would that not have been a slam-dunk? Yeah, you are right, Mr. Tin-Foil-Hat: America bombed it's biggest allay just to cover up something that hasn't happened. Welcome to my Foe list. Please go to democraticunderground.com with your bullshit theories. Moron. Yeah, you!
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Get your ass in gear then, and sic a werewolf or a vampire on this lady! What good is an "irrational belief" if it does you no good!

"Sorry, her irrational belief was torn to shreds by a delusional thought!"

Poetic Justice, I say! Hell, Justice for ALL POETS!

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Get your ass in gear then, and sic a werewolf or a vampire on this lady! What good is an "irrational belief" if it does you no good!

"Sorry, her irrational belief was torn to shreds by a delusional thought!"

Poetic Justice, I say! Hell, Justice for ALL POETS!

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-1? WTF, mods? It should be at least a 3 Funny.
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I am sure glad I got to click on a tigerdirect affiliate link!
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I have too. But it doesn't implicitly say go faster than the posted speed posted limit.
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I hope you have a good lawyer.
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You're mixing truth, that the SV economy is _finally_ starting to add jobs, with a big generalization, that the NYT is the publisher of half-truths.

I'm not fan of the NYT either, but I could easily state the same of our state-controlled/influenced news channel: Fox News!!!

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You're mixing truth, that the SV economy is _finally_ starting to add jobs, with a big generalization, that the NYT is the publisher of half-truths.

I'm not fan of the NYT either, but I could easily state the same of our state-controlled/influenced news channel: Fox News!!!

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In fact, if open source started doing implants, it's more likely that the authors will be testing the devices out. Therefore, there will be more on the line for open source authors.

They could write software on emulated body parts, (well, it is a computer) and then once it works pefect there, they can try it on the real thing.
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I agree I myself am in that 18-24 demographic and more and more I'm seeing people just being kinda tired of the same old same old. Only so many ways you can your gaming experience better with today's controls. The DS was exciting because it tried something new. It wasn't well used at first, but I have been hearing good things about many games that have yet to be released in the US. I am watching the big N closely. I really hope whatever their crazy plan is, works.
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If you didn't notice, he said in the article he had a job, and he obviously has friends (or at least had them, a few killed each other).
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From Andrew in Alaska: "To be honest, I sympathized much more with the shooters than the shootees. I am them. They are me. This is not to say I will end the lives of my classmates in a hail of bullets, but that their former situation bears a striking resemblance to my own. For the most part, the media are clueless. They're never experienced social rejection, or chosen non-conformity'Also, I would like to postulate that the kind of measures taken by school administration have a direct effect on school violence. School is generally an oppressive place; the parallels to fascist society are tantalizing. Following a school shooting, a week or two-week crackdown ensues, where students? constitutional rights are violated with impunity, at a greater rate than previous."

Amazingly, we (yes, I am including myself) are the kind people that get ignored. People don't realize that in some schools, it's like Lord of the Flies. There are the "normal" people, and then the geeks, nerds, goths, dorks, weirdos, metalheads, skaters, and punks who get tramped on. And when we say stop, nobody listens - so some of us break. It's not that hard to see, but nobody's looking.
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Pfft. Power cables are for the weak. I use solid blocks of gold.
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1. You think of this awesome idea.
2. NO PATENTS.
3. Some big mega-corporation comes and takes your idea, and makes their own software that implements it.

Modded Troll? Come on, someone with some mod points come over here and fix this.
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Maybe we should just make everything we want to give away for free as Public Domain and not fret about all these complexities anymore.

Bad idea. If you make your source code public domain, then people can do *anything* with it - like modify it slightly and then sell it as their own. They don't have to distribute the source code, they don't have to give you credit, they don't have to do anything they don't feel like doing. For all practical intents and purposes, your saying, "Here. I did all this work. Now go make money off of it, and keep every penny."
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Unless you get a BSOD instead. I'd take a popup over a forced reboot any day.
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1. Start a company that distributes spyware.
2. Get bought out by Microsoft.
3. Profit!!!

Oh, nevermind. Sorry. I hadn't even glanced at the posts yet.
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...read the title as "Microsoft In Talks To Buy China"?
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Why don't they just *start the bidding* at their reserve price?
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Eh, same thing. All controller shoulder buttons are also trigger buttons, because that's the motion you have to make to press them.

If you can give me an example where this is not the case, go ahead.
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In other News, the mathematical operations known as division and fractions has been outlawed due to the use of the "/" character. A Spokesperson for one of the corporations wthat pushed for this restriction says "Sure, there are other operators for division, and the forward slash is used in other places, but we don't care, it is infringing upon our desire for revenue."
Casio, Texas Instrument, and a number of other manufacturers of pocket calculation devices are planning to appeal.
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Don't only IE users get to do that?



HEATHEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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And of course for shooters it feels more realistic too.

...You're comparing a controller shoulder button to firing a gun?

I would type my laugh out as a bunch of HAs, but the Lameness Filter would give me trouble.
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With one of those robot-voice-soundey thingies, like Stephen Hawking!
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Poo. My sig broke. It's supposed to say:
What subliminal message?

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traditional 3D gaming not an option [for blind people]

Actually, you're wrong.
Okay, it's not traditional. But it's freaking awesome.
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Bias IS a filter. Bias is a lessened ability to see both sides

It doesn't necessarily mean they don't see all sides, they might just not like one (or more) of them.
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You can't do that, my brother uses the name "Carr" for his D&D characters!!! It would be embarassing for people to think he's named after something like that!
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Fusion plants didn't melt down, that was the Nuclear plants. The Fusion plants were stable.

Of course, we all know the tornadoes were the best.
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GODJIRA~~~~!
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The BBC has recently altered very badly, with rare exceptions, much of its news coverage is just government mouthpiece level. Note, for US citizens you may think the UK goverment is "liberal" but to anyone in the UK who may fit the "liberal" description it perceived as right wing. It should be noted that those at the top have far more of an effect on bias than individual presenters, journalists. Look at the pattern with R Murdoch various media interests - they all show a distinct (in UK eyes) right wing bias. Which is why non mainstream news information is so useful, be it blogs (e.g. those with an interest in the Iraq conflict will recognise "Riverbend") to individuals / small groups acting as independent journalists but via collating portals that allow them to reach a large audience (e.g. indymedia about the only way to get uncensored footage of police violence / provocation in anti government protests). Accept all reports have a bias, be aware of the bias, read / see a few different reporte of the same situation and then you are in a better position to make your own conclusions.
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...I would be timid to sell an OS for Losers too.