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  1. Re:Good question on Study Says $2.3B in Net Radio Royalties by '08 · · Score: 1

    how can you buy off thousands of internet radio stations running out of people's basements?

    Hot pockets?

  2. ya on Can Outing an Anonymous Blogger be Justified? · · Score: 0

    Someone just lost a lot of credibility. (the paper) I hope it was worth it.

  3. Re:Good business idea on Study Says $2.3B in Net Radio Royalties by '08 · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you have a crowd of credible amateurs giving your product exposure in a new medium with excellent youth market penetration, the best thing to do is shut it down. After all, they should be re-imbursing the labels for...um...the free product advertising? Oh, wait, that's actually a terrible idea. And from those peerless innovators in the recording industry - who knew?

    Maybe the only rational explanation is the Broadcasting Industry and the Labels are one in the same. They sure act like it.

  4. huh? on Study Says $2.3B in Net Radio Royalties by '08 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Are they trying to make money or shut down internet radio? I was under the impression that most internet radio stations were run for fun, not profit.

  5. Re:Swami says... on British Military Deploys Skynet · · Score: 1

    About as long as it will be until the average slashdottie stops thinking of the world in terms of the B movies he's seen. In other words, don't hold your breath...

    Cmon, they weren't all B movies. Termanator 2 was very good in my opinion. The Terminator series is more realistic than most movies that get into such subjects. Although I dont think you can hook a laptop up to an ATM and withdraw money.

  6. well.. on British Military Deploys Skynet · · Score: 1

    Well can it re-assemble itself after the Chinese hit ti with a lazer?

  7. why do anything? on Alternative to Groove? · · Score: 1

    Keep using the old stand-alone version.

  8. Re:snake oil on Auto-Parallelizing Compiler From Codeplay · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "All you really need to do is take the code you want to run across multiple CPUs and put beginning and end tags on the parts you want to run in parallel" The compiler isn't going to know if you're doing something stupid or not. In other words: use at your own risk. The old adage of "garbage in, garbage out" still applies.

    But how are you supposed to know exactly how something is going to run under this? Even with a good understanding of what your trying to do and (hopefully) what exactly the compiler is doing you still might get some weird results under certain situations. It might work buts its still going to take lots of trial and error, or at least a lot of verification.

  9. Re:so.. on Auto-Parallelizing Compiler From Codeplay · · Score: -1, Troll

    They aren't all inane....

  10. so.. on Auto-Parallelizing Compiler From Codeplay · · Score: -1, Troll

    So this makes you numb from the waist down?

    (my apologies to the handicapped people out there)

  11. well on Connecticut Wants to Restrict Social Networking · · Score: 1

    I suppose we could give everyone on the internet a user name and password, then the government could have a database of every user and their age. Websites could connect to the database to verify information. Of course we would have to get all the other countries to go along with it or your website would have to turn people from other countries away. Would it be worth it? I say no.

  12. diatoms on Sea Creatures to Provide Basis for New Electronics? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Diatoms, is there anything they cant do? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomaceous_earth

  13. Re:oblig on Audit Finds FBI Abused Patriot Act · · Score: 0

    semantics

  14. oblig on Audit Finds FBI Abused Patriot Act · · Score: 1

    The Constitution was not made to protect criminals but to prevent the Government from becoming criminals.

  15. Re:Yes ... and? on Sweden Admits Tapping Citizens' Phones for Decades · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The software to encrypt your information is free. If you don't use it you have to assume that people are reading your information...

    Yes, but using such software can bring unwanted attention. Especially if the government is looking for stuff like that as I am sure the Swedish government is.

  16. strange on Sweden Admits Tapping Citizens' Phones for Decades · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Strange country they got there. On one hand they have the Pirate Bay, wich runs with impunity, on the other this.

  17. well on Virtualization Is Not All Roses · · Score: 1

    Doesn't the extra layer of complexity = slower when all things are equal?

  18. straight? on Tour of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center · · Score: 1

    Straight? Thats not what I heard.

  19. hybrid on Apple and LG plan Flash Laptops · · Score: 5, Funny

    The new drives are like hybrid cars

    So they get 50mpg?

  20. deja vu on Apple and LG plan Flash Laptops · · Score: 1

    I've got Deja Vu

  21. $29.95 on Wikipedia May Require Proof of Credentials · · Score: 1

    I wont post a link, but what about those degrees for money? I could be a doctor for just $29.95!

  22. Re:blog == article? on Five Things You Can't Discuss about Linux · · Score: 1

    Well I was half kidding. I read someone on wiki refer to a small magazine as a "rag" that wasnt good enough to be cited. This guy seems paranoid and sensationalist, but I dont think you need to have a degree in journalism to have a valid opinion. Hell a lot of "real" journalists are just that, sensationalist, paranoid, or just plain dumb. Oh and I do dislike the word blog, and all the other damn buzzwords.

  23. great idea! on Five Things You Can't Discuss about Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This guy is full of insight. From the article:

    though selling ads for you HR internal website would be a creative way to get more income for your department

    Maybe they could sell ad space in the office too. Desks, cubicle walls, bathroom stalls. Businesses owners are sitting on top of a huge captive audience. Ka-ching.

  24. 3 steps on Five Things You Can't Discuss about Linux · · Score: 5, Funny

    1: Question authors background
    2: ???
    3: Karma!

  25. Re:blog == article? on Five Things You Can't Discuss about Linux · · Score: 0, Troll

    Since when do blog postings automatically mean they're news?

    You must be a wikipedia editor. Your right unless your article is published by a massive multinational corporation your opinions arent valid.