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  1. Re:Links, such as these: on That Link You Just Posted Could Cost You 300 Euros · · Score: 0
  2. Here's a PERFECT link for NNI on That Link You Just Posted Could Cost You 300 Euros · · Score: 0
  3. Phonescoop on Ask Slashdot: Best Cell Phone Carrier In the US? · · Score: 0

    http://www.phonescoop.com/ Great site for comparing phones and carriers. We used it a lot when I worked customer service for various carriers.

  4. Re:The summary says Nintendo... on Patented Gestures Detailed · · Score: 0

    nlm

  5. Re:Yeah, I want a Sony Pony too on Ask Slashdot: How Should Sony Compensate PSN Users? · · Score: 0

    Your 2 free games will be 8-bit releases from the late 1970's. WE think McDonalds is a FINE restaurant. We at Sony are pleased to announce we have just hired Jocelyn Wildenstein as our new Social Events representative. There is a fine mansion that has just become available in Abbottabad Pakistan. Take your pick of these fine yachts. http://madmariner.com/files/images/NEW_ORLEANS_KATRINA_MARINA_DAMAGE_011008_AP-P0.jpg (salvage costs are your responsibility). Your Thai play toy is eager to meet you. ( she has AIDS, herpes and Hepatitis )

  6. Does'nt work in Firefix 3.6.3 on Beautifully Rendered Music Notation With HTML5 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The point of a DEMO is to show your tool in action. Sound, notes appearing magically, not just static screen shots.

  7. Re:Yea on Maybe the Aliens Are Addicted To Computer Games · · Score: 1

    Since no one else did it, I remind you of Carl Sagans point. "I don't know, Sparks. But I guess I'd say if it is just us... seems like an awful waste of space."

  8. Up to Xbps on FCC Asks You To Test Your Broadband Speeds · · Score: 1

    The thing everyone misses when they gripe about their ISP and the down/up speeds is that the ISPs all advertise bandwidth "up to" the rate they are selling. NO ISP can guarantee bandwidth as there are too many factors beyond their control that affect it. No ISP advertises a set value, its always, "up to" Xbps. The "up to" is usually in the fine print or an * but that is our responsibility to notice under current laws.

  9. Worlds First? laboratory meat on Scientists Create Artificial Meat · · Score: 1

    I thought Louise Brown <url:http://history1900s.about.com/od/medicaladvancesissues/a/testtubebaby.htm> was the first laboratory meat

  10. Re:Brainless! on Pain-Free Animals Could Take Suffering Out of Farming · · Score: 0

    We already have them...in Congress.

  11. That Darn Cat! on Man Accuses Cat of Downloading Child Porn · · Score: 0

    For you youngsters who are confused. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059793/

  12. Its legal if the govt says so on School System Considers Jamming Students' Phones · · Score: 0
    Perhaps this school system can go the route of the Maryland Correctional system.

    The Associated Press Wednesday, July 15, 2009; 8:27 AM Maryland's top corrections official is scheduled to testify in favor of legislation to allow states to get permission from the federal government to jam illegal cell phones in prisons. Gary Maynard, who is the secretary for the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, is set to testify before a Senate committee on Wednesday. Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski also is scheduled to appear. She is a co-sponsor of legislation that would allow states to petition the Federal Communications Commission to use jamming technologies in prisons where illegal cell phone use is a significant problem.

  13. Re:So like where is the rest of the stuff? The goo on Jammie Thomas Moves To Strike RIAA $1.92M Verdict · · Score: 2, Informative

    From her attorneys brief asking for the appeal: The second Gore factor is the factor commonly expressed in ratios of punitive to actual damages: "the disparity between the actual or potential harm suffered by the plaintiff and the punitive damages award." Campbell, 538 U.S. at 418. Although the Supreme Court has declined to state a bright-line rule about the maximum permissible ratio, it has repeatedly held that "few awards exceeding a single-digit ratio between punitive and compensatory damages, to a significant degree, will satisfy due process." Id. at 425. Even if, on occasion, awards with two-digit or even three-digit ratios are permissible, the damages award in this case, with its four-digit ratio looked at by album and five-digit ratio looked at by song is nowhere close to constitutionally permissible. "In sum, courts must ensure that the measure of punishment is both reasonable and proportionate to the amount of harm to the plaintiff and to the general damages recovered." Id. at 426.

  14. Re:Let's make this into a game on Universal Lands Rights To Asteroids Movie · · Score: 0

    TIC-TAC-TOE: The Movie.

  15. Re:Really scraping the bottom of the barrel here on Universal Lands Rights To Asteroids Movie · · Score: 0

    This movie is the result of writers block and too much alcohol.

  16. Chinas motives on China Bans Gold Farming · · Score: 0

    The government justifies its ban on virtual currency trading as a way to curtail gambling and other illegal online activities.

    Will the other illegal online activities include, dissent against the govt or telling the world about human rights violations? Looks like its another way to pass a law to restrict their populace.

  17. while they are at it on Lenovo Tinkers With Larger Delete and Escape Keys · · Score: 0

    they could also add they letters "ANY" to the space bar. Help desks the world over will be eternally grateful

  18. Q-Ships on Luxury Yachts Offer Pirate Hunting Cruises · · Score: 1

    From http://www.safetyatsea.net/09 Apr 2009, NAVIES should take a page from history to battle piracy by resurrecting the Q ship tactic from the 20th Century's two world wars, a security professional has told Fairplay. Kim Petersen, security chief for TranSystems, said heavily armed decoy cargo vessels could halt piracy cold: "What is needed is some game-changing action by US forces, and for part of the answer we need only look to the allied response to the U-boat wolfpacks ... Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship

  19. Re:WTF! on Boingo Awarded a Patent For Hotspot Access · · Score: 1

    As of 5-19-2009 Haliburton filed a request for reconsideration of their patent application being rejected on 2-19-2009. http://portal.uspto.gov/external/PA_1_0_15H/view/BrowsePdfServlet?objectId=FUWRR4H6PPOPPY4&lang=DINO The NON-Final rejection of all claims, 53 page pdf http://portal.uspto.gov/external/PA_1_0_15H/view/BrowsePdfServlet?objectId=FRDIGQCZPPOPPY5&lang=DINO I would think for this nonsense they could have just skipped straight to the FINAL rejection.

  20. It could have been worse on Frozen Block of Urine Crashes Through House · · Score: 0
  21. It probably refers to the first man, Adam on The Beginning Of the End · · Score: 1, Insightful

    So every married man since has had to deal with a mother-in-law.

  22. Bankruptcy? on $1.9 Million Award In Thomas Case Raises Constitutional Questions · · Score: 0

    After the appeals and such run out, she may or may not be able to file bankruptcy. IANAL, but i found these bits of info interesting. 1)The jury found Thomas-Rasset's conduct to be willful, which means that statutory damages under the Copyright Act can range from $750 per infringement up to $150,000. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/jammie-thomas-retrial-verdict.ars 2)Debts arising from copyright infringement judgments are generally dischargeable in personal bankruptcy proceedings unless the creditor (i.e., the copyright owner) can prove that the judgment constitutes a debt for a "willful and malicious injury" within the meaning of 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(6). Moreover, because the legal standards for "willful and malicious injury" differ from those governing "willful infringement" under the Copyright Act, even a willful infringement judgment may be dischargeable in bankruptcy. http://w2.eff.org/IP/P2P/RIAA_v_ThePeople/P2P_bktcy_memo.pdf

  23. Cleve-Land on Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video Take 2 · · Score: 0

    "What a strange name for this planet."

  24. Big Bang on Most Extreme Gamma-Ray Blast Yet Detected · · Score: 0

    so they finally found it, eh?

  25. The point of the article is the last line on Small Asteroid On Collision Course With Earth · · Score: 1, Informative

    Objects of this size would be expected to enter the Earth's atmosphere every few months on average but this is the first time such an event has been predicted ahead of time.