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  1. Re:Morocco tried to block YouTube once... on Pakistan Blocks YouTube · · Score: 1

    Turkey is a secular democratic republic, but someone on youtube insulted the founder of the republic and the site got blocked for two days. Censorship is legal, however, for such a progressive sounding government. Look up "turkey" and "article 301".

  2. Re:It's stupid anyway. on Pakistan Blocks YouTube · · Score: 1

    Christians have subjected themselves to bouts of iconoclasm in the past, the major one I'm guessing would be the Reformation. Its more the Hadith that outlaws the images however, than the Koran itself.

  3. Re:Lets bring these people up to speed on Pakistan Blocks YouTube · · Score: 1

    US citizens don't read that many books. We're not doing great, but we're not quite THAT bad yet. Reading certainly isn't a bad thing, but I doubt it would solve this problem.

  4. Re:Shortly after that on Hacker Could Keep Money from Insider Trading · · Score: 1

    I knew it was cyberpunk and guessed it was Gibson, but I wasn't able to land it that well. Well played if you did it without a search.

  5. How longs it going to last? on Yahoo Offers All-You-Can-Eat Storage and Bandwidth · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Will this service continue after Yahoo is bought? Is it just something to cause their price to go up before they are bought by claiming more customers?

  6. Re:How about a do not mail list? on Do Not Call Registry Set to Become Permanent · · Score: 1

    Right, so when your friends do the same what happens? They call you, leave a message, you call them back, leave a message?

  7. Re:Haven't we had enough of dynastic Presidencies? on Best Presidential Candidate, Democrats · · Score: 1

    Right, I mean, look at the Adams.

  8. Re:Business Open Source Use Up 26% in One Year on Business Open Source Use Up 26% in One Year · · Score: 4, Insightful

    At my uni they make us pay for Vista, XP, Office, Server 2003, etc by adding it to our tuition... and still no one uses it. Fixed that for ya boss.
  9. Re:So he taunted... why difference does it make? on Physicist Calculates Trajectory of Tiger At SF Zoo · · Score: 1

    Its not about the Zoo's fault, its about the guy not deserving to die. Maybe experience something he could recover from, but die?

  10. Re:Mod Parent Flamebait on Pope Denounces Some Biotech as Affront to 'Human Dignity' · · Score: 1

    Talking about silly attacks, take a look at yours. Don't pigeonhole this guy into representing us atheists or I will start saying Fred Phelps represents you.

  11. Re:Me lose brain? Uh-oh on Scientists Discover Way To Reverse Memory Loss · · Score: 1

    Get back to us when you hit 50. Me, I can stand 100 years with a wheelchair, though I'm not keen on being dependent on family. Took care of my grandmother gladly, but knowing the sacrifices I had to make for that, I wouldn't want someone to do it for me.

  12. Re:Vista Annoyances- it is like they read my mind on Windows Vista Annoyances · · Score: 3, Informative

    Best use for linux in my experience is the wireless "internet and email only" laptop. Only potential tripping point is which wireless card you decided on. Take my word for it however, I and my friends all became linux fans because that is all we use on our laptops, even if we use windows on our desktops for gaming.

  13. Re:A LOT of air on the prices on The True Cost of SMS Messages · · Score: 1

    Why, has the wife been expanding lately and you've lost interest in compression?

  14. Re:So what's best? on DRM-Free Music Spells Trouble? · · Score: 1

    Because you could sell your CDs at shows, whereas you couldn't with an online medium. Hawking CDs at a show, from what I've seen, is pretty lucrative and more successful than hawking a T-Shirt. Even if someone isn't a big fan of your band, but gave you a listen, they might be inclined to buy a CD out of a sense of owing you something or social decorum and give it to someone else.

  15. Re:Batshit insane on Fox News / EA Spar Over Mass Effect 'Controversy' · · Score: 1

    Alright, I never played the game, but your telling me the story is better than ANY movie in the last 30 years? Empire Strikes Back, Pulp Fiction, Lord of the Rings, Taxi Driver, hell... Hotel Rwanda? I doubt that very much.

  16. Re:" ... impossible to imagine ..." on Maryland Scraps Diebold Voting System · · Score: 1

    But then I can finally start getting paid to go vote.

  17. Re:Hmm... on Is Tech Bringing Us Closer Together Instead of Allowing Us to Sprawl? · · Score: 1

    Richard Stallman?

  18. Re:Heavy Foot on Microsoft Threatens Startups Over Account Info · · Score: 1

    Drop Microsoft! Just drop them.! Don't copy that floppy.
  19. Re:Amendment IV to the Constitution on US Policy Would Allow Government Access to Any Email · · Score: 1

    Or you could look at it from a practical standpoint: There are tons of people we would not have to cover in the baby boom, as well they'd be the most resistant to change.

  20. Re:Could be worse on World of Warcraft Gold Limit Reached, It's 2^31 · · Score: 1

    Thats what it does in Star Wars Galaxies. I know a few folks who hit that limit and rolled over, though I forget what the limit is.

  21. Re:City By The Sea on Proposed CA Bill Would Create Domestic Offender Database · · Score: 1

    It really is sad how much you don't get it. The human mind isn't so cut and dry by a long shot. Freakin' depressing.

  22. Re:Why such hate? on Bobby Fischer Is Dead At 64 · · Score: 1

    Isn't it hypocritical to see this modded 5 Insightful on Slashdot?

  23. Re:Evolution is a theory too on Texas Creationist Museum Facing Extinction · · Score: 1

    Look at all the guys on our side who jumped on the bandwagon however.

  24. Re:wouldn't scattered light still be light? on Nanotubes Form The Darkest Material Yet Created · · Score: 1

    Alright you can stay, just don't use the bathroom. You've lost those privileges.

  25. Re:Was there really anything.. on BioShock Receives Record-Breaking 12 AIAS Nominations · · Score: 1

    My biggest problem with that is, it was amazing but the rest of the game wasn't as amazing, all the way to a lackluster end. It felt like they blew their load on the demo or something.