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  1. Re:Axe job on Security Lessons Learned From the Diaspora Launch · · Score: 1

    Diaspora is the current Open Source equivalent of Paris Hilton... subject to such high expectations.

    Wait... what?

    Sorry. I agree with most of what you said, but I couldn't let that slide.

  2. RFC Standard on Race Pits Pigeons Against Poor UK Rural Broadband · · Score: 1

    "there isn't a benchmark for pigeon data speeds"

    There is, but it used a 64-byte packet. Likely because the standard calls for the packet to be hand written on a piece of paper in Hex. While I'm usually in favour of sticking to standards, I think in this case I'll make an exception.

  3. Re:Cost analysis on Left-Handed Gamers Getting Left Behind? · · Score: 1
    Preview fail (and I did preview):

    If the revenue from left handed market < cost of developing for left handed people then it makes sense from a business perspective.

  4. Cost analysis on Left-Handed Gamers Getting Left Behind? · · Score: 1

    If the revenue from left handed market cost of developing for left handed people then it makes sense from a business perspective. Keep in mind that there's probably left-handed people who buy it and play it right-handed anyway if they really want it, so the market they're cutting out may not be as big as you'd first assume.

  5. Re:Thank you for legitimizing bittorrenting on UK ISPs To Pay 25% of Copyright Enforcement Costs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Canada has a blank media levy (from the 80s era of mix tapes I believe, but that's not explained in this article) that a judge ruled gives us carte blanche to download (but not upload) music to burn to those media. Maybe the *IAA pushing for levies will backfire on them.

  6. Apples to Oranges on Why Broadband Prices Haven't Decreased · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This just in: Providing a service doesn't follow the same price changes over time as providing a product. There's much more support and infrastructure maintenance/upgrading involved.

  7. Re:100% reliable? on New Crypto Attack Affects Millions of ASP.NET Apps · · Score: 1

    They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time it works, every time.

  8. Re:Have the eyebleach handy on Google Instant Announced · · Score: 1

    It seems to be censored, but I can still imagine some unwanted results possibly popping up at inopportune moments. "Honestly Dear, I was in the middle of searching for gigantic asteroids and that just popped up on the screen. Hun...?"

  9. Have the eyebleach handy on Google Instant Announced · · Score: 1

    For when you're searching for "big black couch" to refurnish your rec room.

  10. Re:Bruce Willis on Asteroids Flyby — 2010 RF12 & 2010 RX30 · · Score: 2, Informative

    (Tiny Lister alone makes it worth watching.)

    By not being in it? It was Michael Clarke Duncan playing the gigantic black guy in Armageddon.

  11. Philosphers? on Stanford's Authoritative Alternative To Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure that an article on quantum computing is best peer reviewed by 120 philosophers...

  12. Re:That's why on AMD Hates Laptop Stickers As Much As You Do · · Score: 1

    It also comes with this cool light on the back in a funny shape that's not really useful, but I'm sure I'll figure it out its purpose someday.

    You didn't even really try to hide the sarcasm, and yet you still managed to get a couple bites...

  13. Re:Last I checked... on Senate Trying To Slip Internet Kill Switch Past Us · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and somebody with an ISP (and DNS) in Ireland connecting to a server in England doesn't have their traffic go anywhere near the US. The steam forums would be full of Europeans complaining about the lag. The US could try to leverage ICANN to pooch root DNS, but alt DNS already exists and it wouldn't take long for the world to adjust to a USless Internet.

  14. Last I checked... on Senate Trying To Slip Internet Kill Switch Past Us · · Score: 1

    Wasn't the internet built so that it doesn't have a single point of failure? By the US government/military? I'm sure they can shut down the "tubes" within and linking to the US, but there's DNS, hosts and switches outside of their control.

  15. Re:They had to name it ping, didn't they? on Apple Announces New iPods, iTunes 10, Social Network, AppleTV · · Score: 5, Funny

    A mapquest clone called traceroute?

  16. Re:Le sigh on FCC Fights To Maintain Indecency Policy · · Score: 1

    Anybody who files an indecency complaint with the FCC should be required to swear

    But then won't they get fined themselves?

  17. Re:Cost of USB 3.0 vs lightpeak on Everything You Need To Know About USB 3.0 · · Score: 1

    Backwards compatibility is the other big factor after cost. If USB3.0 is backwards compatible (which I assume it is) that's going to be a huge advantage. Why get something better but more expensive when I still have a camera, printer, external HDD etc. etc. that can't use it when I can get something almost as good that will work for all those (and my new USB3.0 versions of them as I replace them).

  18. Re:Tell Spamhaus that. on Legal Threat Demands Techdirt Shut Down · · Score: 1

    I'm not American and I don't think the American court system should have any jurisdiction over non-American websites either. I'm just commenting on this situation.

  19. Re:Jurisdiction on Legal Threat Demands Techdirt Shut Down · · Score: 1

    Ok, I can see how that person should be able to sue for damages in the UK courts then (which the defendant could probably ignore unless he plans to travel to the UK in the future), but I still don't see how that should get the site that's no where near UK jurisdiction shut down.

  20. Jurisdiction on Legal Threat Demands Techdirt Shut Down · · Score: 1

    IANAL, but isn't there any kind of jurisdiction regarding stuff like this. Why is a law needed for, "Courts that have no jurisdiction here can't have jurisdiction here."? From the ISP's perspective: 1. The ISP is American (I assume), and 2. The client is American, and 3. If the client and/or ISP haven't broken any American laws why should they use a UK cease and desist for anything other than toilet paper? If the client and/or ISP HAVE broken American laws, the person should sue using the American court system.

  21. Re:Wikipedia is the source? on UVB-76 Explained · · Score: 5, Funny

    It cites a way-back-machine archive of a Russian language geocities page that's no longer available. I've seen more credible citations carved into bathroom stalls.

  22. Magic system on Co-op Neverwinter RPG Announced For 2011 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I like the way the combat system works for magic, as it alleviates the players trying a fight/rest/fight/rest type of dungeon crawl. Outside of that I much preferred 3.5. I was thinking of trying a hybrid campaign where we used the 3.5 rules for everything except magic, which would use the 4th ed turn/combat/daily magic use.

  23. Pointless on Calling Shenanigans On Super SATA's Claimed Audio Qualities · · Score: 1

    The people who visit sites like pcpro and /. already know it's BS, and the people who would fall for the BS aren't the type of people who frequent those sites or look for hardware reviews online. We're preaching to the choir as it were.

  24. Re:Yes and no on Is RFID Really That Scary? · · Score: 1

    Because reading a book while you walk through a crowd is less suspicious than looking around while walking through a crowd?

  25. Cash? on Intel Buys McAfee · · Score: 1

    I understand trying to make the distinction between buying with stocks, but the way the summary is worded it made me picture dump trucks full of $100s being dumped on McAfee's front lawn.