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  1. Obligatory on Human-Robot Love and Marriage · · Score: 1, Funny

    I for one welcome our new sexual-robotic overlords.

  2. Re:So did the jury ... on Juror From RIAA Trial Speaks · · Score: 1

    The jury's job is to determine if she broke the law, not determine if the law makes sense. Your absolutely wrong. Its called Jury Nullification:

    "Today in the United States, juries are instructed by the judge to follow his instructions concerning what is the "law", in his opinion, and to render a verdict solely on the evidence presented in court. If it reaches a conclusion contrary to those instructions, but based on its own beliefs as to what the law is, whether it has been properly applied, or whether it should be the law, this is known as jury nullification. It finds its most common expression when verdicts are rendered based on passion, prejudice, sympathy or bias. It has been asserted that the jury has the power to "nullify" a law it believes is unjust, by, for example, refusing to find the defendant guilty, in spite of the evidence, if it believes that a guilty verdict would be unjust. Important past exercises of this de facto power include cases involving Slavery (see Fugitive Slave Act of 1850), Freedom of the Press (see John Peter Zenger), and Freedom of Religion (see William Penn). Modern American jurisprudence, however, is generally intolerant of this practice, and a juror can be removed from a case if the judge believes that the juror is aware of the power of nullification."
    (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury)
  3. Re:Negative value reorganization of moderation? on Novell to SCO - Pay Up · · Score: 1, Troll

    Thats funny, cause with my customized mod options, your post ended up at -8. Gratz, your a douche.

  4. Re:I Will Do It on OOXML Critic Fired From Finnish Standards Board · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No, Im pretty sure that being bought off is a requirement to hold chair on a committee. So, get millions from Microsoft, then they'll consider you.

  5. Why the concern? on Firefox 3 Antiphishing Sends Your URLs To Google · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why is everyone so concerned about a company having their URL history? I mean, they already have your searches(google), your email(gmail) and your documents(google docs), what does it matter?

    What will this mean? Probably that google will continue to improve their search engines, their advertising programs and other services, and they will all stay free.

    Damn, go smoke some more pot, your not paranoid enough.

  6. Just wait till they find out... on OLPC Announces Buy-2-Get-1 XO Laptop Sale · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...they cant play world of borecraft on it. Then they'll really be moaning on the web.

  7. Dont bother with TFA. The summary says it all. on False Ad Clicks Cost Google 1 Billion Dollars A Year · · Score: 2

    Stupid articles that dont contain any actual information. Got me all excited to know how google filters the false clicks.

  8. This has been the case for a long time on Workers Cause More Problems Than Viruses · · Score: 3, Informative

    It brings to mind the old saying 'loose lips sink ships'. Ive only had a few years experience as a sysadmin, and it was drilled into my head quite early that the one thing you can never secure is the user. Lets come up with a real story now please.

  9. Um,... it has to be said. on One Less Reason to Adopt IPv6? · · Score: 1

    Duh? Seriously....

  10. Re:lets go after the innocent on Mandatory Keyloggers in Mumbai's Cyber Cafes · · Score: 1

    ...which still puts the passwords through the clipboard. No thanks.

  11. Re:Bullshit on Radiation Absorbing Mineral Found In the Arctic · · Score: 1

    Wait just one minute! Didnt this happened on Commando Cody and the Radar Men From Mars? Seems and awful lot like TV serial drama plot to me...

  12. Re:Why all the hate for Intel? on Server Benchmarking Lone Wolf Bites Intel Again · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Pre-Nvidia, VIA was the bomb. Course, in my experience, it was the motherboard itself more so than just the chipset.

    Ive had Soyo and MSI boards last me literally weeks, while I still have an old KT series gigabyte trucking along just fine.

    Its about the package, not just the processor.

  13. Not Another Network Timeout Batman! on Realtime ASCII Goggles · · Score: 1

    already slashdoted by the folks who have been using ASCII output on mplayer for years...

  14. Re:The Answer is Yes on Can Open Source Give Comfort To the Enemy? · · Score: 1

    Who the hell modded this insightful?
    Its the same ignorant bullshit that people use to validate racism. Someone needs to pay attention to how they spend their mod points.

  15. this story needs to be tagged... on Star Wars Fan Puts Himself in Carbonite · · Score: 1

    Blasphemy! Taking an cast from the original molds and defacing it in that manner is absolutely insane. Now, how long till someone checks the whois on his webhost and egg's his house? I take no responsibility if someone actually does that btw...

  16. Re:Cost vs SSD? on New Water-Cooled Hard Drives Coming · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but with 500GB single disk capacities(not single platter, duh) SSD would be the pricier option by many orders of magnitude.

  17. Re:Its not the number of passwords that is the iss on Using Face Recognition Instead of a PIN Number · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Minimum requirements such as character types and length are there to force complexity(to a certain degree). It has nothing to do with how the program is coded.

    Also, if you allowed 50 character passwords, I would imagine you password reset/failure support calls/tickets would rise considerably because people forget them.

  18. Interesting, but Ill decline on Using Face Recognition Instead of a PIN Number · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Its an interesting concept. I will agree with that.

    Essentially, it uses your face to access your information in a database, which could include bank, credit card, medical, or pretty much anything else desired.

    However, all a person then needs to commit fraud is to capture these scans and feed it back to the software...

    Ill keep my zero liability credit cards and my 4 and 6 digit pin numbers thank you.

  19. Re:Sure, Elton, sure. on Elton John Says Internet is Destroying Music · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, and....
    - No one ever listens to the radio now that albums are available.
    False
    - No one ever buys music now that audio cassettes can be dubbed.
    False
    - No one ever buys movies now that VHS cassettes can be dubbed.
    False
    - No one ever buys music now that CD's can be duplicated.
    False
    - No one ever buys movies now that DVD's can be duplicated.
    False
    - No one ever buys media now that they can download it on the internet.

    Is there a trend here or is it just me?

  20. Re:Uh... on AT&T Deal With eMusic Excludes iPhones · · Score: 2, Funny

    In other news:

    People are in shock that you can buy music from walmart.com and put it on an Apple iPod.

  21. Prior Art on Music From DNA Patented · · Score: 2, Informative

    I cannot find a source, but I too can attest to this being done many years ago. My 9th grade Biology teacher played it for us in fact. And now Im 21.

    Prepare to meet prior art you two.

  22. Is this still true if... on Web Contracts Can't Be Changed Without Notice · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Is this still the case if the contractor states in the contract agreement that they reserve the rights to do exactly this?

    I remember in many TOS or EULA type documents that they often state something of the following:
    "We reserve the right to change these terms at any time without notice."

    Does this negate all those agreements?

  23. Re:What about.... on Nielsen's First PlayMetrics Results Announced · · Score: 1

    Thats true, the DS is rather popular, but I think it misses the scope of this study.

    DS or PSP owners almost always also own a console also. And, as far as that goes, consoles are still played more by several orders of magnitude.

  24. Re:Oh fuck. on Seagate to Drop IDE Drives by Year End · · Score: 0, Troll

    You can then buy a non-seagate(read: crappy) hard disk from any other manufacturers.

    I honestly think this is a good move. I mean, if you cant get an Parallel ATA Disk anymore, just get a SATA controller. You can keep your computer, fanless or otherwise.

  25. Re:No, not really on Truck-Mounted Laser Guns · · Score: 1

    Its possible, but its incredibly inefficient. The only thing they have managed to do is analyze currents and movement in the air(with yet another laser) so that they can modify the actual weapon beam to be less succeptable. Its called adaptive optics. Not to mention, the laser here is called a "megawatt". And, from the story its mounted on a 20 ton truck? Yeah, im sure they will have plenty of those to go around go cover major targets when they have a range of "a few kilometers".