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  1. Re:What y'all cheering for? on RIAA Will Finally Face the Music In Court · · Score: 1

    And this is why we should have never allowed the south to have access to the internet.

    Trust me, ignorant idiots exist across the world. There's no lock in the southern states for THAT...

    On-topic, while I'm not expecting it, I'd LOVE to see if Congress might have a hearing or two after this case is over...

  2. Re:Where there is smoke.... on "DonorGate" Is Latest Scandal To Hit Wikipedia · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Your comparison is wildly off the mark. If a politician sees a hooker, that has very little to do with his ability to govern the state.

    If a guy can't be faithful to someone he's married for life, what makes you think he'd be MORE inclined to faithfully fulfill his job duties in a shorter time period?

  3. Re:Freedom on Is RIAA's MediaSentry Illegal in Your State? · · Score: 1

    You don't need a license for forensics but you do for investigation because you work in the public and effect the public.

    Actually, in Texas, you need a license for forensics, too...

  4. Re:Terror Fears? on Counterfeit Chips Raise New Terror, Hacking Fears · · Score: 1

    The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

    Don't fear fear, use fear....whether yours or others...

    Strangely enough, using it is the only way to avoid it...

  5. Re:No myth here on IT Labor Shortage Is Just a Myth · · Score: 1

    So just how DO you get a bash prompt to appear on a Windows box?

    How about Win-Bash?

  6. Re:Can you say "better than being tasered?" on Homemade Robot Patrols Atlanta Streets · · Score: 1

    Apparently it's ok for a stranger to give you lung cancer, as long as they don't get you wet.

    But it's ok for people to sit at a bus stop with car exhaust spewing in their face in volume?

    I'll take hell for my smoking when you're ready to dress down every Hummer owner you see. Until then, bite me.

  7. Re:Is it just me... on British Astronomers Turn To Interstellar Spam · · Score: 1

    or does this sound like the beginning of a Douglas Adams story?

    ...only if you're having trouble with your lifestyle....

    No worries, though, a small dog will take care of it for us...

  8. Re:1st Amendment on Bill of Rights for the Digital Age · · Score: 1

    Going to need a 1st Amendment right, obviously, to freedom of speech in all cases that do not cause tangible harm to others--e.g. libel and slander, producing kiddie porn, etc.

    ...with the qualifier that "tangible harm" won't mean "they piqued my sense of moral outrage", or you'll have all SORTS of fruit loops abusing this...

    Just 'cause someone has a booger hanging is no reason not to point it out to 'em.

  9. Re:Big Mistake on The Universe Is 13.73 Billion Years Old · · Score: 2, Funny

    And it is called the "Big, Bada Boom".

    ...so you're saying that Dark Matter is just another name for the Fifth Element?

  10. Re:Black holes should radiate anyway on First "Observation" of Hawking Radiation · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It works like this: there are always opposite particles (say, positron-electron pairs) that spontaneously appear at the subatomic level.

    ...and you wonder why the ID crowd looks annoyed when they're not allowed to use the same "well, it just appeared!" argument...

  11. Re:... On a Computer! on Aussie Cops Want Powers To Search Any Computer · · Score: 1

    Need a warrant to get FedEx to say if they shipped any filing boxes to Outer Elbonia? - well, get a warrant for the ISP to tell you if there's been any file transfers to Outer Elbonian addresses.

    ...and hope the "bad guys" have never heard of SSH...

  12. Re:D&D actually a lifeleech spell? on D&D Co-Creator Gary Gygax Has Passed Away · · Score: 1

    Believe it or now, I found my old copy of PoR at the house....5.25" disks intact, and even has the copy-protection wheel!

    I'm tempted to mount it now....

    Thanks for the years of imagination, Gary!

  13. Re:Doomed business model? on Anti-Botnet Market is Black Eye for AV Industry · · Score: 1

    Maybe he meant:
    1: Outlook cannot accept any incoming connection requests.

    That makes more sense....

    Otherwise, it would have had him at HELO... ;)

  14. Re:Not forced, no technical reason on Dell Documents Reveal Microsoft's Pre-launch Vista Errors · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It isn't supported, at least last I looked. I chose the card because it had the best quality in the price range at the time of purchase.

    That's like sayin' ya bought a WinModem 'cause it was cheap, and it's the fault of Linux that it's not supported...

    Out of curiousity, what make/model is your TV card?

  15. Re:Doomed business model? on Anti-Botnet Market is Black Eye for AV Industry · · Score: 1

    1: Outlook cannot accept any incoming packets.
    2: Outlook can send out to hosts x,y, and z on port 25.
    3: Outlook cannot send out on port 25.
    4: Outlook can hit the POP3 ports on hosts a,b,c.
    5: Outlook can hit the IMAP port on host d.
    6: Outlook can hit the HTTP port on host e.
    7: Outlook is disallowed from any further communication out.

    Call me crazy, but wouldn't rule 1 bork rules 2,4,5, and 6?

  16. Re:Was that a blog, or an ad for Sony? on Sony Says Eee PC Signals "Race To the Bottom" · · Score: 1

    You are trolling, right?

    Far from it. Working in a computer shop, I've had a LOT of their equipment through the place. It's a considered opinion, one some here disagree with. Good.

    Someone mentioned their "superior" displays earlier, and I almost shot Dr. Pepper outta my nose. They don't make them themselves...

    I can't STAND proprietary formats. Another gripe of mine, discussed by others earlier.

    Their legacy support, while MARGINALLY better than the early 2000s, is still rock-bottom. If you look, they dropped product line after product line, too, with little warning. High-end products like AIBO? Check here to see how AIBO enthusiasts had their parade pissed on... once again, by Sony's legal department.

    The RIAA stuff drives me crazy, too. Their lobbyists criminalized my being deaf.[DMCA]

    Simply stated, Ford does NOT try to take my car if I use it for purposes OTHER than what Ford thinks I should. I'll gripe about ANY company that thinks it can dictate the use of its products after the sale is completed without a signed contract.

  17. Re:What's with the summary? on IBM Optical Chip Zips Huge Files Using Little Power · · Score: 3, Informative

    A hundred watts, that's all good and well, but what does it have to do with zipping huge files? Or am I reading impaired?

    My bet is on someone using the word "zip" somewhat like Ballmer used "squirt", i.e., to send quickly...

  18. Re:Was that a blog, or an ad for Sony? on Sony Says Eee PC Signals "Race To the Bottom" · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's Sony for you: All marketing, no brains.

    Seriously, does Sony really think we can take pronouncements like this as gospel when their top lawyers can't even listen and answer properly?

  19. Re:Quick correction on Military Steps Up War On Blogs · · Score: 1

    So by limiting the opinions someone is exposed to then you are also limiting the opinions they can build off of the exposure or in effect censuring how their thought process' could have developed.

    You can't be ex-military or "brat".... Look up "scuttlebutt" [or click the link]. Trust me, you'll hear all SORTS of wild theories.

  20. Re:Filtering on Utah Wants To Give ISPs That Filter a "G-Rating" · · Score: 1

    Why in the world shouldn't parents be allowed to have their children access an internet that won't make objectionable material easily obtainable?

    Because that kinder, gentler Internet doesn't exist.

    I saw nudity on German TV when we were stationed over there. Our neighbors kids would play in their front yard....in the buff. My mind never exploded.

    It's a tit, Ms. Soccer Mom. It's not the big deal you think it is.

  21. Re:This just in! on Antidepressants Work No Better Than a Placebo · · Score: 1

    No, not really. A malady, mayhaps, but far from a disease.

  22. Re:Smart Judge on Judge Rejects RIAA 'Making Available' Theory · · Score: 1

    You just commented on it.

    I can observe the grass is green without being directly impacted by it.

  23. Re:Smart Judge on Judge Rejects RIAA 'Making Available' Theory · · Score: 1

    It's mostly due to the perception of the american public that anything that doesn't directly affect them is not terribly important--hence, the American Idol winner, the winner of the presidential election, and the price of gas are 'news'

    Not to split hairs, but how does American Idol directly impact the public, especially those of us that refuse to watch it?

  24. Re:Life span of garment? on Researchers Develop Self-Cleaning Clothes · · Score: 1

    As to the mechanism that makes it "bleach," my guess is that, once the breaking of the water bond takes place, two -OH radicals tend to combine to form hydrogen peroxide.

    H2O2? Makes me wonder, will these clothes lighten your body hair as a result?

  25. Re:Here's a question: what if it's not there? on CERN Scientists Looking for the Force · · Score: 1

    Good grief - theists are such asshats.

    Funny, I never found anything about the guy who coined the term "God Particle" being a theist. A top physicist, maybe. Nobel prize winner? No doubt. But a theist?

    No, snarky theists are too busy yelling at snarky atheists... who are busy yelling at snarky theists...

    No need for religious discussion here.