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  1. Canada Has One Major Advantage... on Michael Moore's New Film Leaked To BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    If the line is too long, they can go to America for health care.

  2. Re:Jesus, bring on the Intelligent Design wakos! on Human Genome More Like a Functional Network · · Score: 1

    You may be missing the historical context. For years, Darwinists pointed to Junk DNA and assumed it based on their views of dead-ends. Intelligent Design would have encourage looking for uses in what may appear to be Junk DNA. That's why it is a big deal.

  3. And states do it to municipalities on More States Rebel Against Real ID Act · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...at lest in my state. Unfunded mandates, as they are called, are definitely nothing new. And states are no saints in this matter if they are anything like New Jersey. (sorry, have to call out my home state)

  4. Re:Boo f***ing hoo on Microsoft May Be Investigated By Attorneys General · · Score: 3, Informative

    You don't have to. But if you wanted the choice it would be unfeasible for you. You are missing the overreaching concern. It isn't about what you in particular want but about choices for everyone in the context of a monopoly.

  5. There will be a copy of the source code on Navy Now Mandated To Consider FOSS As an Option · · Score: 1

    ...loaded on the missile directed straight at you.

  6. Re:FP? on OpenOffice.org for Mac OS X Alpha Released! · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You did get the first post. And based on the disclaimer, I assume you didn't write that post on OpenOffice using a Mac.

  7. Any Philosopher Worth His Salt on The Drive For Altruism Is Hardwired · · Score: 1

    Any philosopher worth his salt could have told you something similar to this. No one does something they don't like to do. Period. You always do want you want to do.

    It is a tautology. That you find pleasure in helping people isn't a surprise because people help others. But not all the time. So being lazy or unhelpful is in the mix too.

  8. They're Waiting for the Summer Interns to Start on Microsoft Too Busy To Name Linux Patents? · · Score: 1

    Once the summer interns come in, they'll get on this right away.

  9. Where do you draw the line? on Site Claims to Reveal 'Tattle-tales' · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When you risk getting informants or cops murdered in reprisal killings. That seems like a good line to draw.

  10. Re:No, people still believe in communism on Russian Journalists Quit Over Censorship · · Score: 1

    Let me differentiate between his negative critique and his recipes for improvement.

    The medicine he offered was worse than the original sickness. He also underestimated the benefits that come from capitalism.

  11. No, people still believe in communism on Russian Journalists Quit Over Censorship · · Score: 1

    Like Hugo Chavez or Rage Against the Machine (maybe their just socialists). But I would say no one serious believes in Marxism anymore. History has laid bare its false claims.

  12. I second this on Experts Now Say JFK Bullet Analysis Was Wrong · · Score: 1

    This special was very illuminating. The main takeaway for me, besides the magic bullet, is that most analysis has Gov. Connolly in the wrong position vis a vis JFK.

  13. He Also Kills Puppies and Kittens on Bush Causes Cell Phone Ban · · Score: 1

    Welcome to Slashdot.

  14. Why Parties Should Want Later Primaries on For Democrats, Florida Primary May Not Count · · Score: 1

    If primary season is over too quickly, you are very likely going to end up with buyer's remorse. I don't think John Kerry was the majority's first choice within the Democratic Party. But before you knew it, Dean stumbled, Kerry is the victor.

    This will happen much more often in the future unless this is changed. Or...they start campaigning in early 2007. I'm sick of the election already. Only 1 and a half more years of this.

  15. No Beer and No T.V. Make Homer Something Something on US's Slow Embrace of Information Technology · · Score: 1

    T.V. embraces us with a mind-numbing warm glow. Comptuers enrage us and make us want to break things.

  16. Re:-1, Pandering, Preaching to Choir on Security Isn't Just Avoiding Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Now, that's +5 Funny, -1 Pandering.

  17. anthropic principle? on Security Isn't Just Avoiding Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Is the lack of Windows security finely-tuned to allow life or something?

  18. -1, Pandering, Preaching to Choir on Security Isn't Just Avoiding Microsoft · · Score: 1

    I'd support this new category of mod points.

  19. Re:The King James Version of the Bible on The Unauthorized State-Owned Chinese Disneyland · · Score: 1

    The translation was authorized by King James around 1608 or so. I'm just going off of what I've heard.

  20. The King James Version of the Bible on The Unauthorized State-Owned Chinese Disneyland · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I believe Oxford owns the copyright to the King James Version. America pretty much ignored that and it is in the public domain in this country. That would probably be the biggest IP disrespect in the history of mankind.

    I think IP respect between countries is necessary for economic ties between countries and for the greater good, but a country doesn't have to abide by another country's laws if they don't want to. However, agreeing to being in the WTO may change responsibilities.

    The WTO did not exist in the 1700's when we chucked the copyright of the KJV.

  21. Re:Absolutely Necessary on Soldiers Can't Blog Without Approval · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's why posts should be reviewed. Just in case they inadvertently let something slip.

  22. Absolutely Necessary on Soldiers Can't Blog Without Approval · · Score: 5, Informative

    To Whom it May Concern:

    Today we are going to be traveling along road X and going to destination Y around noon. Boy, it is going to be hot. While there, we are going to be picking up an informant. He would be in big trouble if he is found out.

  23. Nuclear Energy + Old Lightbulbs on Mercury Contamination Vs. Energy-Efficient Lightbulbs · · Score: 1

    I use and like the new lightbulbs, but if the mercury is an issue I would suggest just moving the problem to the source. It seems that most people who have thought about the issue are warming up to nuclear power as a CO2 friendly source for our power needs. Yes, there are downsides, but it seems like the least bad option.

  24. Logic? on Quantum Physics Parts Ways With Reality · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I found the following summary on the web from its conclusion:

    "We have experimentally excluded a class of important non-local hidden-variable theories. In an attempt to model quantum correlations of entangled states, the theories under consideration assume realism, a source emitting classical mixtures of polarized particles (for which Malus' law is valid) and arbitrary non-local dependencies via the measurement devices. Besides their natural assumptions, the main appealing feature of these theories is that they allow us both to model perfect correlations of entangled states and to explain all existing Bell-type experiments. We believe that the experimental exclusion of this particular class indicates that any non-local extension of quantum theory has to be highly counterintuitive. For example, the concept of ensembles of particles carrying definite polarization could fail. Furthermore, one could consider the breakdown of other assumptions that are implicit in our reasoning leading to the inequality. These include Aristotelian logic, counterfactual definiteness, absence of actions into the past or a world that is not completely deterministic. We believe that our results lend strong support to the view that any future extension of quantum theory that is in agreement with experiments must abandon certain features of realistic descriptions."

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    I may be a simple man but a breakdown in Aristotelian logic? What are they going to use to argue against logic? I would assume logic.

  25. Probable Cause for Warrant/Evidence in Court on Open WAP = Probable Cause? · · Score: 1

    If I am reading the summary and the article correctly and if your wirless network is open and bad stuff is traced to it, there is probable cause for obtaining and sharing that evidence in court.

    It weighs against you. But if you can show you were in the middle of a wilderness trip when illegal stuff was downloaded, I doubt you will be found guilty.