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  1. Re:what ads? on The Next Ad You Click May Be a Virus · · Score: 1

    You mean virusblock?

  2. Re:Could be a victory on Judge OK's MediaSentry Evidence, Limits Defendant's Expert · · Score: 1

    People seemed to be worried that Mediasentry could now go to town all over Minnesota, so what's germane here is that there is not some imprimatur from the court guaranteeing MediaSentry can collect evidence in the manner it has in other cases.

  3. Re:Could be a victory on Judge OK's MediaSentry Evidence, Limits Defendant's Expert · · Score: 4, Informative

    There was no ruling that it was legal. There was a ruling that it did not violate any of the three particular laws the defense argued it violated.

  4. Re:Good News For Once on French Three-Strikes Law Ruled Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    It is not possible for a law to effect me, the origins of my being are deeper than legislation.

  5. Re:My office mate from India on Microsoft's Bing Refuses Search Term "Sex" In India · · Score: 1

    It's common almost everywhere. In fact, it is far more common for friends to touch each other in all kinds of ways than it is now. I was born in the early 70s, and I dimly remember the quite different American expectations of the time regarding men and women, and homosexuality for that matter. It was still normal then for male friends to walk next to each other each with an arm draped over the others shoulder. Heck, manly professional football players would slap each others asses during games for all to see. As the nineties drew on, everyone sort of clammed up and very anxious not to "be gay" and all that stopped.

  6. Re:Oh, this sounds like a good idea... on Should Auditors Be Liable For Certifications? · · Score: 1

    Not to mention, since when does "conforms to a particular security standard" equal "impregnable"?

  7. Re:I can bring food on Survey Finds Airport Wi-Fi More Important Than Food · · Score: 1

    Anyvon who dreams to poison precious sandvich, perpare to meet Sascha.

  8. Not Clearly Related on Thai Gaming Sites Ordered Shut Down After Suicide · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The article and summary heavily imply that the suicide caused the ban, but I read nothing to indicate that these are simply two events that happened in Thailand, one after the other. Indeed, the thrust appears to be against gambling, with additionally mentioned a call for psychological counseling for the bereaved.

  9. Re:Simple solution on Smile! Urine Candid Camera! · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's really a long time to hold it. Have you considered therapy?

  10. Re:I thought that would happen on Judge Reviewing Pirate Bay Trial Bias Is Removed · · Score: 1

    Because the ones flapping their gums are the fundamentalists of their kind to whom it matters that other people believe what they do. Just the same way that it with religious fundamentalists. The reasonable non-domination-minded atheists and believers are off doing their thing and not trying to convert the world plus dog.

  11. Re:The babe from Firefly? on Sarah Connor Chronicles — Why It Died · · Score: 1

    It wasn't that hard to understand. The idea behind there being locations resembling the Wild West was that those remote settlements were people, often extremely poor, trying to escape the domination of the inner worlds, which had, you know, economic and industrial infrastructure. Without ties to the core worlds, they had to do without that existing infrastructure, and were only able to scrabble together a certain level of sophistication. They had records of goods and technology from the past, and a lot of 19th century tech was what they could manage. Other locations in the series are the other end of the spectrum, both seeming technological utopias and slum sprawls reminiscent of Blade Runner. Serenity is to be found in the fringe most often, because that's where there is less scrutiny from the authorities, and that's how Mal likes it.

  12. Re:800x600 available now on Where Are the High-Res Head-Mounted Displays? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but that resolution has been available for ten years or so. Whupteedoo.

  13. Re:My faviorite "Bidenism" on Biden Reveals Location of Secret VP Bunker · · Score: 1

    That's hilarious. If Biden said that he's a freaking comedic geek genius. And that's despite screwing up what job FDR had in 1929 (governor of New York).

  14. Re:When your lawyer withdraws, you're probably gui on Jammie Thomas May Face RIAA Trial Alone · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I care just as much that the RIAA not behave outrageously towards guilty defendants as for innocents. If a tactic or procedure is not kosher, it's not kosher no matter who's in the box.

  15. Please, think about the Wiildren! on Guitar Hero 5 To Allow Duplicate Instruments, Easy Switching · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's all nice and fine, but will you finally let us use our Rock Band instruments in your game, Activision?

  16. Re:Balls Out on Hosting a Highly Inflammatory Document? · · Score: 1

    You're wrong, he died in bed of an apoplectic stroke. You're thinking of Martin Luther King, who was assasinated, but is not the person being referred to here. Martin Luther technically nailed to the door, not the wall, but wall does sound more badass.

  17. Re:drill it on Portables Without Cameras? · · Score: 1

    My thoughts exactly. If the camera is obviously destroyed beyond functionality, there should be no problem.

  18. Re:Travesty? on Klingons Cut From Final Star Trek XI Movie · · Score: 2, Interesting

    A far earlier explanation appears in Star Trek roleplaying games from the 1980s. According to them, Klingons genetically modified the crews of starships operating on the frontiers. So crews operating near the Federation looked humanized, near the Romulan Empire romulanized, and the ones patrolling the Mickey D's were supersized. Well, I made that last one up. But anyway.

  19. Re:Will solve a lot of legacy problems on Windows 7 To Include "Windows XP Mode" · · Score: 1

    Digitizing refers to rendering things into digital form. The GP is appartenly digitalizing his photos, which is an apt description of handling them so much in the process of scanning. Most occasions of digitalizing however are considered porn.

  20. Re:Is it so hard to understand? on Nintendo Penalizing Homebrew Users? · · Score: 2, Informative

    And tell me, just what part of "DOESN'T EUROPE HAVE THE EQUIVALENT OF THE MAGNUSON MOSS WARRANTY ACT?" makes you think someone should not post a REPLY describing that Act, or are you so blinded with rage that you failed to read and comprehend the line of discussion that began with that very question?

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  21. Casual Games Booming on Nintendo and the Decline of Hardcore Gaming · · Score: 1

    Reading only the summary, it sounds more like a case of casual games flourishing, not hardcore games declining. You might assume the one must be at the expense of the other, but that's not a given.

    Having just now read the article, the author just makes the assertion that hardcore is on the wane... there's no evidence offered. Towards the end he says, "Hey! Look! Casual Wii games are hot and no one wants Hardcore Wii games". Well yeah. There are buttloads of crappy Wii games. But it's the crappiness people avoid. Not the hardcoranity. Of course Wii is so big that you can pronounce all of hardcore everywhere in terminal downfall. Give me a break.

  22. Re:Well, is he? on RIAA Brief Attacks Free Software Foundation · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Russia old would consider you!

  23. Re:Link for Geographic Restrictions on eReader.com Limits E-book Sales To US Citizens · · Score: 1

    That's why I said living abroad instead of travelling. The point is that citizen is the wrong choice of word... it has nothing to do with what country you are a citizen of.

  24. Re:Link for Geographic Restrictions on eReader.com Limits E-book Sales To US Citizens · · Score: 1

    Exactly right. This is not something companies have a choice over... if you don't own the distribution rights in a particular country and sell anyway, whomever does own them will eat you for breakfast.

    Oh, and the restriction mentioned would be to residents, not citizens. A US citizen living abroad would be restricted just like anyone else in their country of residence, while foreigners in the United States would not be.

  25. Not the Important Issue on Cold War Standoff Over ISS Toilet · · Score: 1

    This is completely asinine and not worth quibbling over. What is really important is to make sure that the Ruskies do not breath a molecule of our precious oxygen!