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  1. Re:Streisand Effect? on Pirate Bay Closure Sparked P2P Explosion · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Are you saying making those illegal and having consequences when caught have absolutely no effect on if people will do them?

    Of course they have an affect. Countries with legal prostitution and drugs have lower use rates of both.

  2. Re:No surprise there... on For September, Book-Related Apps Overtook Games On iPhone · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hundreds of quality games, and tens of thousands of crappy ones. Good luck finding the good ones, and BTW, no refunds.

  3. Rename it! on Arbitrary Code Execution With "ldd" · · Score: 3, Funny

    They should rename it iddqd in honour of this new feature.

  4. Re:shucks on Yahoo Offered Lap Dances At Hack Event · · Score: 1

    I notice you thing being a human being excludes you from being a sex object. I'm not one to judge, just remember: Baaaaa means no.

  5. Re:Please People, You're Spreading Misinformation on AT&T Suggests To 300K Employees To Lobby the FCC · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So what does the union do when you don't vote their way? Stop charging you dues?

  6. Re:How about just disabling Microsoft? on Firefox Disables Microsoft .NET Addon · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And you think Windows is user proof? They can't even use the web browser without getting infected with god knows what.

  7. Re:Could happen on The LHC, the Higgs Boson, and Fate · · Score: 1

    If it's left on the surface, then it has escaped the black hole.

  8. Re:Yep on Toyota Claims Woman "Opted In" To Faux Email Stalking · · Score: 1

    So free publicity is a punishment now?

  9. Re:Zealots caught in Gnu/Stallmans trap on Doubts Raised About Legal Soundness of GPL2 · · Score: 1

    Really? Why is that?

    Because they are paid to dislike it.

  10. Re:Could happen on The LHC, the Higgs Boson, and Fate · · Score: 1

    So information CAN escape a black hole. I knew one of us was wrong. Glad it wasn't me.

  11. Re:Its not just PlayStation Store on Improving the PlayStation Store · · Score: 1

    This non-consistent pricing is not only in PlayStation Store - Steam prices also change heavily based on location

    That's true of pretty much anyone selling anything in multiple countries. Personally I don't see what's so great about Microsoft points. Instead of having a separate price for each region, you have a separate exchange rate for each region. How is that less confusing?

  12. Re:Could happen on The LHC, the Higgs Boson, and Fate · · Score: 1

    "Information (except its mass, charge, and spin) can't escape a black hole, period.

    Information cannot be destroyed, period. One of us is wrong.

  13. Re:MITM attack on browser downloads on SSL Still Mostly Misunderstood, Even By the Pros · · Score: 1

    The only way to be sure is to build your own PC and install "Genuine" media, which could be tampered with too, since it's packaged and printed overseas. Someone at Microsoft would catch on to that though, I hope.

    That's what signed code is for. Then all you need to trust is that the guy who signed it is trustworthy and wasn't compromised.

  14. Re:What goes around, comes around... on Ted Dziuba Says, "I Don't Code In My Free Time" · · Score: 1

    An ideal job is one you enjoy. If you enjoy coding in your spare time, then coding is your ideal job.

  15. Re:personally on Barack Obama Wins the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Fair enough. So what are his accomplishments on the international scene?

    Opening a dialogue with Burma and getting the military Junta to let Suu Kyi speak to western diplomats. Talking to Iran rather than threatening Iran. That's all I got before the coffee kicks in.

  16. Re:And why should they care? on MIT Axes the 500-Word Application Essay · · Score: 4, Funny

    The world needs more diverse, creative types who can communicate with everyone else. - people who can write. They serve as a bridge between the fierce logicians of the world to whom everything is a computation.

    And to invent the jump to conclusions mat.

  17. Re:Heat Death on Universe Has 100x More Entropy Than We Thought · · Score: 1

    Cold Death is the big freeze. The results are similar, bot they're not the same thing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_death_of_the_universe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Freeze

  18. Re:Not trying to troll... on De Icaza Responds To Stallman · · Score: 1

    And the minute that effort starts getting really successful, Microsoft will sue.

  19. Re:Troubleshooting skills. on Stargate Universe · · Score: 1

    Would I find this book about imaginary technology in my college library?

    Yes, actually. "The Physics of Star Trek" by Lawrence M. Krauss.

  20. Re:Only 42"??? on Stargate Universe · · Score: 3, Funny

    You need to get yourself a girlfriend.

  21. Re:Hulu? on Stargate Universe · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What they can't count is how many people have torrented the show.

    Then how do they come up with all those estimates about how much piracy is costing them?

  22. Re:I'm sure they've got a Plan B on Company Uses DMCA To Take Down Second-Hand Software · · Score: 1

    I weasled a "one time courtesy" out of them, after which I promptly imaged the machine with Acronis.

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't putting that image on another machine deactivate Windows? Granted that's probably easier to get reactivated than AutoCAD.

  23. Re:bad idea... on Porn Surfing Rampant At US Science Foundation · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Psych issues cause problems with porn, not the other way around.

  24. Re:Ah, so you are for free immigration? on G20 Protesters Blasted By "Sound Cannon" · · Score: 1

    Sure, you're against all illegals. The fact that 99.9% of them are Hispanics is just a coincidence...

  25. Re:Classic Cars on '09 Malibu Vs. '59 Bel Air Crash Test · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Only 74,000 miles? Could have been restored.