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  1. Re:Just because he can... on Weird Al To Release Songs As He Records Them · · Score: 1

    %100 of people know the discussion is redundant.

  2. Re:first post on Weird Al To Release Songs As He Records Them · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the Wierd Al, geeze!

  3. Flowcharts on How Do I Talk To 4th Graders About IT? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Flowcharts, and keep it simple. Visual aids really help.

  4. Re:what's the point? on Scientists Closer To Creating Artificial Noses · · Score: 1

    Moths have very good smell and can detect female moths from miles away with only a few molecules.

  5. Re:a better link on Toshiba Battery Charges In 10 Minutes · · Score: 1

    You trust Sony to not over inflate the numbers?

  6. Re:What Has Changed? on How Big Should My Swap Partition Be? · · Score: 1

    GB is context sensitive(due to HDD manufacturers), no programmer/engineer/nerd worth their salt asks for redundant information for the sole reason of making it easier for the novice to understand.

  7. Re:Hey so you catch it, and then what ? on Removing CO2 From the Air Efficiently · · Score: 1

    Shove the CO2 the same place you just extracted all those fossil fuels, after all thats where the excess came from in the first place.

  8. Re:Natural device? on Removing CO2 From the Air Efficiently · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually methane from bovines is expelled in the form of burps, very little methane is farted out.

  9. Re:Here's a tough one. on The 23 Toughest Math Questions · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why?

    "Because calculators are a pain in the ass."

  10. Re:It's Time to Give Back Now on Ray Beckerman Sued By the RIAA · · Score: 1

    /. the **AA websites?

  11. Cost. on Breakthrough In Use of Graphene For Ultracapacitors · · Score: 1

    More or less than traditional batteries when production is at commercial levels? Will they be prohibitivly expensive to have electric cars using these?

  12. Re:So if it.. on Shadow Analysis Could Spot Terrorists · · Score: 4, Funny

    taste and smell..

    "Excuse me,natalie portman, you have been selected for a random terrorist check, step behind the screen while our terrorism expert tastes you. "

    "Does she taste like hot grits?! "

  13. Defeated on Shadow Analysis Could Spot Terrorists · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Defeated by a simple 2 inch lift in one shoe.

  14. Re:Videogames are not addictive. on Defining Video Game Addiction · · Score: 1

    In this case, it's a rather moot point whether it's an obsession or an addiction. When a person can't leave the game to bathe, eat, work or possibly have sex that's a serious problem regardless of what label you put on it.

    That is escapism and is a symptom of other larger problems. Escapists are trying to be distracted by real world problems. If it wasn't videogames it would be television or stamp collecting or disco dancing. It still is not addiction.

    I am a smoker, I also was a long time wow player, wow was easy to give up I just had to be tired of it. I got sick of it, and stopped. Cigarettes on the other hand I was sick and tired of those long ago. Yet I still have to smoke. Being a proper addict gives you perspective on addiction.

  15. Videogames are not addictive. on Defining Video Game Addiction · · Score: 1

    They just aren't, they might be an activity that people get passionate about, obsessive about but they are not addictive. Any obsessive behaviour is labelled as addictive and it is just plain wrong.

  16. Re:no wonder its slow on Nvidia Claims Intel's Larrabee Is "a GPU From 2006" · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, he ran out of pink.

  17. Don't get it. on Too Human Meets Mediocre Reviews · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If game players "just don't get it" then you have made a bad game.

  18. Re:And this is surprising because? on RIAA Gets Nervous, Brings In Big Gun · · Score: 1

    In P2P file sharing, copyright infringement is taking place. It is almost certainly NOT fair use.

    I think most /.'ers want "Fair use" to be extended to include any copying/distribution that is profit free.

    I know I do.

  19. Re:Thank you for your efforts. on ABA Judges Get an Earful About RIAA Litigations · · Score: 1

    Difference is shoplifters deprive the store of something, downloaders do not physically remove anything from its rightful place.

    If someone said would you like to make a copy of my ferrari at 0 cost I would have to consider that.

  20. Re:Thank you for your efforts. on ABA Judges Get an Earful About RIAA Litigations · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is exactly what they do, ever heard of shoplifting?

  21. Re:Yes and No on Software Price Gap Between the US and Europe · · Score: 1

    If thats the case, why do US versions of the very same software have huge price disparitys in Australia ?

  22. Re:I would care... on Wii Gets Custom Firmware, Purported PSP Emulator · · Score: 1

    sure bowling is cool but why the hell wouldnt I go out and...you know bowl for real. [end rant]

    I dunno, maybe because you don't like rent a foot fungus?

  23. Re:Who really gets paid? on EU Proposes Retroactive Copyright Extension · · Score: 1

    In order to do that they have to make a contract often called a "lease".

    Builders certainly do receive compensation for as long as they wish, if they handle the transaction correctly - its called renting, and the builder retains ownership of the property while receiving a perpetual income from it.
     

    This is not quite correct. "Under normal circumstances, owners of property are at liberty to do what they want with their property, including dealing with it or handing over possession of the property to a tenant for a limited period of time. However, if an owner has surrendered possession to another (ie the tenant) then any interference with the quiet enjoyment of the property by the tenant in lawful possession is itself unlawful." Ownership is transferred to the tenant for the duration of the lease.

  24. Re:Hmm on Viacom Vs. YouTube, Beyond Privacy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The "law" is increasingly siding with "rights owners."

    So?

    So the law should be neutral, it should not side with either party. Thats how you are supposed to get fair rulings.

  25. I never bought on Moon May Have Once Had Water · · Score: 1

    I never bought that massive collision thing, something about it just doesn't seem right. Now there is some proof it isn't.

    Worth watching developments of the LCross next year.