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  1. Re:Real ID on REAL ID In Its Death Throes, Says ACLU · · Score: 1

    "Innocent until proven guilty" makes our country great, first of all. It would be much better if the feds mandated some sort of "this is your proof you are a citizen so you can vote" than "everyone needs a fed ID so we can track your every move."

  2. Re:Real ID on REAL ID In Its Death Throes, Says ACLU · · Score: 1

    I don't care to argue semantics anymore. It's better to not ascribe to a title for yourself. Anyway, whether one is called a hacker or a cracker doesn't have anything to do with human rights or law.

    The religious definition of marriage originally meant a man and his "unions" with one or more women. By your logic our laws should allow a man to marry as many women as he wants, but not for a woman to marry as many men as she wants. How enlightened. Furthermore, sheep nor the sky nor differential equations are citizens of any government.

  3. Re:Real ID on REAL ID In Its Death Throes, Says ACLU · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Face it. Marriage means more than what it used to. Words change and evolve and the states have the right to pass laws. Homophobes need to stop getting worried about what other people are doing with their genitalia and start paying attention to political issues that actually matter.

    P.S. In a general sense, marriage has meant any sort of union for nearly the entire life span of the word. Don't believe me? Check the dictionary.

  4. Re:It's a shame. on REAL ID In Its Death Throes, Says ACLU · · Score: 1

    ...but that's not how our world works.

    That doesn't make it a good thing.

  5. Re:Pick your poison on REAL ID In Its Death Throes, Says ACLU · · Score: 2, Insightful

    More anarchy, crime, terrorism, fear... or stronger government.

    Our government perpetrates more anarchy, crime, terrorism, and fear than any "enemy combatants."

    ...but that's for political theorists, not technical writers.

    No, its not for political theorists. It is for the governed to decide how they will be governed. You don't need a degree in Political Science to know the difference between right and wrong.

  6. Re:Real ID on REAL ID In Its Death Throes, Says ACLU · · Score: 1, Informative

    Totally bad. There is no problem to which Real ID is a solution. We already have state IDs. And federal Social Security numbers. And passports. I can't see any benefit to Real ID.

    The feds got slapped on this one and it is making me laugh so hard. It would make me even happier if thy get their ass kicked.

  7. Re:mangband? on What Are The Best Free Games Online? · · Score: 1

    MAngband seems pretty cool from the little I've played. I like the real-time mechanics when playing a melee class, but I couldn't imagine playing a spellcaster... it's a neat idea, but without a large player base, it's pretty much like playing solo Angband.

  8. Re:Nethack on What Are The Best Free Games Online? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Or Angband.

  9. Re:Private Lives Private on The Implications of a Facebook Society · · Score: 1

    The flip-side of that is that there could be some unforeseen selection and the human race will have to become drunken Facebook users to survive...

  10. Re:Another aspect is... on Nintendo's Iwata Says Old Console Cycle Dead · · Score: 1

    No, actually I have them hooked up to my 10 in. mini-TV in the living room of my cheap rental. Insecure much?

  11. Re:Another aspect is... on Nintendo's Iwata Says Old Console Cycle Dead · · Score: 1

    I am aware I am not representative, but I still play my SMS, NES, and SNES as my main consoles. There're still games I never got to play when I was young, and, by Jove, I just can't get enough of those 2D platformers... Mario Bros. 3 for life :)

  12. Re:Arguing with you for free on Paying People to Argue With You · · Score: 1

    People quit smoking all the time and it's easy. It's more important how long it lasts i.e. the rest of a life or 10 minutes.

  13. Don't Forget... on Paying People to Argue With You · · Score: 1

    There is more to life than your physical health.

  14. Re:An Argument on Paying People to Argue With You · · Score: 1

    But if they're smoking too, then what's the basis for saying their judgment is better?

    To answer with a question, what is your basis for concluding that smoking is caused by a lack of good judgment? There is more to life than being physically healthy.

  15. Re:Religion on Paying People to Argue With You · · Score: 1

    LOL. You, yourself have ceased to think logically about "religion," by which I assume you mean "Christianity" and more probably "American Protestant Christianity" in this context. By "God," you probably mean "higher power" or perhaps "deity" or "deities" depending on your (lack of an) argument.

    And you didn't even need the help of a man in a funny hat!

  16. Re:Great read. on Censoring Maniac Mansion for the NES · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I was going to reply, but then I realized there was no way you could have RTFA and come to that conclusion.

  17. Troll! on Bypass Windows With Fast-Boot Technology · · Score: 1

    That is utterly ridiculous!!11!! We can get them in black now too.

  18. Re:Great read. on Censoring Maniac Mansion for the NES · · Score: 1

    P.S. There is a NES ROM of a Maniac Mansion prototype floating around in thar tubes. It's mostly uncensored, but aside from that I don't recall it being much different from the original.

  19. Great read. on Censoring Maniac Mansion for the NES · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I read this a year or two ago - it's really funny and nostalgic. OTOH, it shows to what length Nintendo of America would go to back then to project the image of the "Family Computer." Way farther than taking blood sprites out of Mortal Kombat.

  20. Re:I for one welcome ... on Bot-avatar Pesters Second Life Users (For Science!) · · Score: 2, Funny
    Now, that would be a cool idea for a bot net experiment =oP

    I'm down.
    1. Steal top secret gov't research.
    2. ???
    3. Build mesh networked pan-handling robot emissaries.
    4. Profit!
  21. Welcome to Kindergarten on Volcanoes May Have Caused Mass Extinctions? · · Score: 1

    I know the circumstances of the dinosaur's extinction are controversial, but this is what they tought me way back in elementary school...

  22. Re:I wonder how far this could be applied on Wikipedia Wins Defamation Case · · Score: 1

    Considering France's stance on p2p and compatibility between personal digital music players, I am not surprised by this ruling. I greatly admire them for their open-minded approach to these sorts of tech issues.

    Plus, their wines and cheeses are delicious ;)

  23. Re:Why not both? on MS, Mozilla Clashing Over JavaScript Update · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Purely for syntactical reasons. At the risk of ticking somebody off, I really dislike VB's syntax.

  24. Re:Either way... on MS, Mozilla Clashing Over JavaScript Update · · Score: 1

    Heh. Thanks. I was actually having a little trouble wording that...

    I don't know much about ECMA besides that they were responsible for the js standards... Looking at their list of standards, it appears they are responsible for a few more yuckies such as the CLI and the Windows C API. On the other hand, it appears they control the Eiffel standard as well.

    I wonder what their reputation in other industries is like...

  25. Re:Ug. on MS, Mozilla Clashing Over JavaScript Update · · Score: 1

    Yes, definitely it would be a bad idea for webpages to have the full power of those languages behind it: JavaScript is scary enough. Really, I am thinking of something more syntactically pleasing than js... something tailored specifically to presentation would be great. A lot of non-UI js code already could (and probably should) be replaced by calls to web services. Hell, a whole new protocol for this sort of "internet application" stuff would be SO nice and so much easier to secure.

    Some one really needs to step in and cut out these security liabilities, but I doubt Mozilla or MS is going to do that anytime soon :(