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  1. Re:Why? on Microsoft Unveils Windows 7 File-Sharing Beta · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How in the name of God is this a Troll? MS has DRM in Windows 7 and Vista, is a big target for hackers, and alternative do exist. Seriously mods.

  2. Re:Why? on Microsoft Unveils Windows 7 File-Sharing Beta · · Score: 1

    I said more than likely contains DRM (As Vista and Win7 do), I know we don't know for sure. The only other point I made was that it will be a big target for hackers...duh it will be a big userbase. Seriously man no need to be a dick.

  3. Re:Why? on Microsoft Unveils Windows 7 File-Sharing Beta · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why would I use something that will be the target of hackers, more than likely screened or DRMed, and potentially logged,when free, even desktop alternatives exist? No thanks!

    SQUAWK! SQUAWK! DRM! SQUAWK!

    Damn right I'm squawking. Especially when there are many services like this that are DRM free.

  4. Why? on Microsoft Unveils Windows 7 File-Sharing Beta · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why would I use something that will be the target of hackers, more than likely screened or DRMed, and potentially logged,when free, even desktop alternatives exist? No thanks!

  5. Re:Not just MS. on Draconian DRM Revealed In Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    to clarify, I mean DRMed HD shows.

  6. Not just MS. on Draconian DRM Revealed In Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    I wish I could just blame them, but the various industry organizations have infiltrated the people at Apple as well. The new Macs with MiniDisplay port can't output DRM encoded files to non-compliant monitors, like many of the monitors and Tvs out there today. This is just the first step folks.

  7. Re:Log-splitting bumpkin, huh? on Abraham Lincoln the Early Adopter · · Score: 1

    My how times have changed... wait not really.

  8. Saw this on Superbowl Sunday. on Rabbit Ears To Stage a Comeback Thanks To DTV · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The house I went to was tech savvy enough to realize our over the air HD picture was far less blocky and pixelated than the one provided by his HD cable package. If you can get locals with antenna, I would suggest it for any major sporting event. The difference is really amazing.

  9. Sign me up! on IBM Files Patent For Bullet-Dodging Bionic Armor · · Score: 5, Funny

    I get so much shit thrown at me at the daycare everyday I could really use this.

  10. Well what did she expect? on Microsoft Sued Over Vista-To-XP Downgrade Fees · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I mean it's never free to upgrade. Vista -->XP, of course MS needs to charge for an upgrade of that magnitude!

  11. Re:One way to get more registered voters on Iowa Seeks To Remove Electoral College · · Score: 1

    Right now I would say it is the tyranny of the few.

  12. Re:One way to get more registered voters on Iowa Seeks To Remove Electoral College · · Score: 1

    That is why there is a clause to only enforce the law if other states get on board as well.

  13. Re:One way to get more registered voters on Iowa Seeks To Remove Electoral College · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That is why I dislike the senate so very much. States should have representation based on population. Period. Montana should not be worth the same as NY, Texas or California.

  14. Re:One way to get more registered voters on Iowa Seeks To Remove Electoral College · · Score: 1

    Whoooops!

  15. Re:One way to get more registered voters on Iowa Seeks To Remove Electoral College · · Score: 1

    That is why I dislike the senate so much. States should have representation based on population. Period. Montana should not be worth the same as NY, Texas or California.

  16. Re:Who or what is the target for WebOS? on Palm Pulls the Plug On Palm OS · · Score: 1

    Yeah this is bizarre to me too. This has become a crowded market between WinMo, Mobile OS X, Symbian, and Android. I mean WebOS looks amazing, but the competition is stiff. Will Palm follow Apple and not license the OS? Do they really have the ecosystem and monetary muscle to support a totally new OS in a wide field? Or will they license it, thus going up against OSes backed by far more reliable giants? I really hope the Pre saves Palm, but I'm really not sure how it can.

  17. Vive Cuba ! Linux? on Cuba Launches Own Linux Variation · · Score: 1

    or just Fuck Capitalists Linux? So many choices!

  18. Re:Nice, but: What the hell runs on BeOS/Haiku? on BeOS Successor Haiku Keeps the Faith · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There is an exisiting FF port, 2.1 I think.

  19. User Error on How To, When You Have To Encrypt Absolutely Everything? · · Score: 1

    I would strongly suggest you don't encrypt everything. Users forget passwords all the time, right now if they forget their workstation password you can reset it. What if they forget the password for their work related data? Its gone forever. If you do decide to ahead with it be VERY overt that people may lose their work/jobs if a password is forgotten.

  20. So he is suggesting Firefox is inferior? on Firefox Exec Says Windows Bundling Is a Bad Idea · · Score: 1

    I mean logic would dictate that if he doesn't believe in bundling affecting share, and both products are free, and Firefox only has 20% of the market- he must therefore believe that users are choosing IE over FF, right? That is absurd.

  21. Apple doesn't want desktop OS on iPhone on The Incredible Shrinking Operating System · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Apple does not want to run the same version of Mac OS X that is designed for 1024 X 768 and above on a 480 x 320 device. That would be insanely unusable. Icons would been teeny, menus unnavigable, a total UI nightmare. If they mean the underpinnings of the OS, well that is already a reality.

  22. Just got back from buying their retail product. on Kaspersky Customer Database Exposed · · Score: 4, Funny

    Great timing eh?

  23. It was a nightmare for regular users in 2000... on A Trip Down Distro Memory Lane · · Score: 4, Interesting

    and look how far it has come. Seriously, despite some remaining imperfections Linux has turned into a really pleasant desktop experience. I remember when installing Linux was a nightmare, with dozens of configurations, tons of unsupported hardware, and the need for highly advanced skills just to make it usable. Now it is rare to have to mess with the details- for the most part it just works. I'm primarily a Mac user, but I do a lot of stuff on my Ubuntu install as well, I am just shocked at how far Linux has come and quite interested in what is to come.

  24. Re:Should Executions be Like Jury Duty, Rotating? on Utah Mulls a Database of Bar Customers · · Score: 1

    Of course the gaping flaw in that theory is that you could wind up with a guy who used a spiked condom to sodomize three children to death and have him get off because you had a hippy on call that day.

    Just to play devil's advocate I would argue the same situation applies to jurors.

  25. Re:Should Executions be Like Jury Duty, Rotating? on Utah Mulls a Database of Bar Customers · · Score: 1

    I didn't say abolish the trial. That is what a lynch mob did.