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  1. Re:I deeply dislike the end-run aroudn the courts on Valve Removes Right For Class Action Claims From EULA · · Score: 1

    I am surprised Valve, any company really, doesn't have this included in there TOS from the get go, given the damages a class action lawsuit can bring to a company. The majority of customers don't care and can't even be bothered to read the agreement. There is hardly a downside, this clause can only improve their bottom line.

  2. Re:I hope you like your change. on White House Edited Oil Drilling Safety Report · · Score: 1

    By "Set up" i meant there are a number of significant barriers to getting a third party elected. The main parties have done a good job at boxing out minority groups. Media coverage ignores them. Ballot laws are an obstacle for them to get listed. Our voting system of all or nothing makes voting third party a waist of time. Third party candidates aren't aren't even invited to the debates. The libertarian party has been struggling with this for a long time. It is far easier to change the ideology of the majority parties. There goals aren't set in stone and have changed considerably from when they were started.

  3. Re:I hope you like your change. on White House Edited Oil Drilling Safety Report · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The U.S. isn't setup for more than a two party system. Starting a new party would be a wast of time, no one other than a handful full of local politicians would get elected. The liberal party is your closest bet, That would still be a long shot as our culture is setup on the good old boys mentality. It is easier to influence a smaller group than the whole country. it's all about who you know, younger generations join the groups they best connect with. Friendships are made, and influence is a matter of fact. you are who your friends are. Change takes time and the tea party knows what they are doing. Historically, are major party's have changed ideology considerably.

  4. Re:Not the same on Panasonic's 16-Finger, Hair-Washing Robot · · Score: 1

    Unfortunitly my gass pump does. They are now putting tvs on top of the pumps to annoy you with ads often at a high volume. One of the worst new developments to make a few extra advertising dollars. I avoid those gas stations when ever posible. Yet, I worry they will soon be everrywhere.

  5. Re:google ads on Google Sues Dodgy Advertisers · · Score: 1

    I forgot about forum spam. I read a lot of that too.

  6. google ads on Google Sues Dodgy Advertisers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Google's ads have been pointless for a long time. I don't understand how they make as much revenue as they do with ads that no one, or at least not anyone I know clicking on them. The ads are mostly spam and scams. Their text format is bad too. I rarely click on ads but those that I do are usualy non flash banners, or I'll unknowingly read a paid for review. A few key word lines of text doesn't have the click me afpeal that oither ad options do. It is about time they cleaned up their advertisers and made them more relevent.

  7. Re:Average on School District Drops 'D' Grades · · Score: 1

    Quick warning here, by correcting yourself you significantly reduce the odds of entertaining replies, thus reducing the odds of a coffee-spew-on-screen, thus reducing the number of new monitors needed. You sir, are wrecking the economy.

    Broken Monitor fallacy. Let me guess, you got a C in economics.

  8. Re:Nonsensical ... on It's Time To Split Up NSA Between Spooks and Geeks · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Oh, so you want a government/agency you can trust. Sorry, all out of that.

  9. Re:Rules of war on Robot Warriors Will Get a Guide To Ethics · · Score: 1

    It's my understanding that anyone who shoots at you is a legitimate target.

    Not if you are someplace where you have no right to be in the first place.

    Granted, but now that your there it's kill or be killed. Legitimacy be damned.

  10. Rules of war on Robot Warriors Will Get a Guide To Ethics · · Score: 1

    - such as a war zone from which all non-combatents have already fled, so that anybody who shoots at you is a legitimate target............ It's my understanding that anyone who shoots at you is a legitimate target.

  11. Re:Ain't That True on The Reality Distortion Field Is Real · · Score: 1

    So its a public service to inspire creativity.

  12. Not just Windows on TiVo Desktop Plus 2.6 Now Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    Their site lists Mac OS X as well as a few portable devices. Apple iPod Creative Zen Nokia n80 Palm Treo PSP Toshibe gigabeat Vision:M

  13. Re:Perhaps I'm just not clever enough.... on Wikileaks Releases Early Atomic Bomb Diagram · · Score: 1

    Using an atomic bomb in a civil war! I would like to think do one would be that stupid.

  14. Re:6 MILLION! on UK ISPs To Face Piracy Deadline · · Score: 0, Troll

    Any law that is violated by a sufficiently large percentage of it's population is an unjust law. We might as well do away with Drug laws, speed limits, and legalize gambling. It might be dangerous but it gunna be fun.
  15. Voices on Hearing Voices? Could Be the Lasers · · Score: 4, Funny

    I knew I wasn't crazy.

  16. Re:Hm... on Biofuels Make Greenhouse Gases Worse · · Score: 1

    If your goal is to "let that place dry up" then let me assure you, we are working on it as fast as we can.

  17. Legal on U.S. Confiscating Data at the Border · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't they be liable for copyright infringement.

  18. Re:Good luck on Smartphones Patented — Just About Everyone Sued 1 Minute Later · · Score: 2, Informative

    There are probably lawyers behind all these crazy patent apps. Just trying to rake in the fees.

  19. New Social Software on Facebook Retreats on Online Tracking · · Score: 1

    Is there a stand alone program with the same features as these online sites? Something with custom privacy settings. A merger of email, chat, and file sharing doesn't seem that far fetched. Wasn't ICQ a lot like this? Its been a long time since I have seen the program.

  20. Antarctica Propaganda on U.S. House Says the Internet is Terrorist Threat · · Score: 1

    In Antarctica the streets are made of gold. It is the beginning and the end. Antarctica is the only land in the world where wars aren't fought. A peaceful place where you are truly free.

  21. Re:I wonder if this isn't an intended byproduct... on Format Standards Committee "Grinds To a Halt" · · Score: 1

    Extend, embrace, extinguish. With MS setting the standard we don't need the committee anyway.