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  1. Re:I hope P.B. win this trial on The Pirate Bay Is Making a "Spectrial" of It · · Score: 1

    Thats nice, are we slashdotting random cute kittens now? What did that kitten ever do to you?

  2. Re:So use vizualisation of some kind on Average User Only Runs 2 Apps, So Microsoft Will Charge For More · · Score: 1

    It would, if one wasn't stuck with the first OS.

  3. So use vizualisation of some kind on Average User Only Runs 2 Apps, So Microsoft Will Charge For More · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If one is stuck with that one could run a free OS in one of those vizualisation applications and run their mediaplayer, webbrowser etc in there, while leaving two spots for windows-only applications.

  4. Re:Sweet... on German Bundeswehr Recruiting Hackers · · Score: 1

    I thought the poster was talking about the Bundesliga, the (football) league, and that it was a mistake.

  5. Re:Sweet... on German Bundeswehr Recruiting Hackers · · Score: 2

    The Bundeswehr is german military.
    Did all you beer and football confused people not pay attention in school, or was the second world war only lightly touched upon?

  6. Re:Obligatory on Obama's Proposed Space Weapon Ban · · Score: 1

    That simple truth has never worked to demonstrate what it is supposed to. The reason is that it is true for everything. If you outlaw rape, only criminals will rape. If you outlaw toys, only outlaws will have toys. Well yeah, at that point one cannot own a toy without being a criminal.

    You need to find a different phrase.

  7. Re:Restricted browser on EU Could Force Bundling Firefox With Windows · · Score: 1

    And how would that be any different? There would still be a list, and IE would still be on top of it. Or do you suggest this browser has no list? People would have to enter the right URL or code? But, then there would be a list of such codes, and IE would still be on top.

  8. Re:That gets a lot done on Social Networking Spurs Activism Against Repression · · Score: 1

    Maybe that's why the Vet was fighting, but it sure as shit wasn't the reason the United States of America sent him there.

    Who said anything about the US of A sending him there?

  9. Re:correlationisnotcausation on Dutch Study Says Filesharing Has Positive Economic Effects · · Score: 1

    If you stop saying that something bad IS bad, it is more likely to become the norm. Therefore, keep saying "correlation is not causation" until people get it.

  10. Re:Always the dutch .... on Dutch Study Says Filesharing Has Positive Economic Effects · · Score: 4, Informative

    The reason that you cannot find a reference is because it did not happen.

    First off, the Dutch were not a part of any slave trade in Europe and slaves were not generally kept there (in the Netherlands).
    A quick search led to page three and four of
    http://books.google.com/books?id=jvno7nJsMycC&pg=PA3&dq=Dutch+Golden+Age+%22slave+trade%22#PPA2,M1

    Second, the canals were either being dug or already finished (1480 instead of a more slave-possible date like 1650, for example) around the time that the colonization of the Americas was in progress, and it was after that colonization that the colonists started trading in slaves.

  11. Re:The real question on UK Police To Step Up Hacking of Home PCs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A direct consequence of this is that it only takes one (or more?) people in law enforcement to believe that you try to keep something from them to be sentenced two or five years prison.
    No one will ever know it if you just forgot the password.
    Have you ever forgotten a password?

  12. Re:...as many Chinese citizens seem to like it tha on With Olympics Over, China Re-Censors Internet · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I disagree with your reasoning. You quote things, then say they are true for every Muslim. Like an individual Muslim cannot have their own opinion on any subject.

    The same can be said for Americans, but that still doesn't make it correct.

    The American president says that same-sex marriage is wrong, guns are an important right, privacy is not (he should be able to look at everybody he wants in great detail, without their knowledge), America brings democracy where ever it goes and if he thinks your middle eastern village has a terrorist in it, he should be able to bomb it.
    You know that being American actually means something. It is not just a name. Being American means that you consider these things a virtue.

  13. Re:...as many Chinese citizens seem to like it tha on With Olympics Over, China Re-Censors Internet · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You seem to complain about media laying blame for whatever bad thing at the feet of Americans, but immediately you do the same thing with Muslims. If you think that 'the other side' is doing something wrong, then I hope you see that you are making the same mistake as they are: making a complex situation easy for yourself by blaming the people you do not associate with for anything that you perceive is wrong with that situation.

  14. Re:The first thing that comes to my mind is... on Blizzard Introduces One-Time Password Devices For WoW · · Score: 1

    My bank (ING bank, I know it is Dutch but I don't know if it operates international) has used a (as far as I can tell from the Blizzard press release) similar but more advanced device from almost the beginning of its online banking service. I don't know why other banks don't since it is such a simple yet very useful thing.

  15. Re:maybe on Web-Based Assistant Changes the Face of Dutch Politics · · Score: 1

    'A danger with voting guides, however, is that the question and terminology are vague. "Spending less on defense" can mean anything from a 1% reduction in the budget to getting rid of the military.' That is why the actual point taken by the political parties is explained in more detail. If you don't take the time for that extra mouseclick it is indeed too vague.

  16. Re:Voting Compass on Web-Based Assistant Changes the Face of Dutch Politics · · Score: 1

    Apparently you did not pay enough attention to the Stemwijzer.nl site, which compared your vote to the political parties as well [what would be the use of it without this function] and also gave explanations from these parties. Yes, no and 'dont know' never suffice so you will never see a voting site with just those options.