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  1. Re:Doesn't Matter on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Scrub Pirated Music From My Collection? · · Score: 1

    There's nothing you can actually be charged for even if the RIAA could influence Apple or Google or Amazon.

    IANAL, but I know a lawyer who said you could be charged with receipt of stolen goods. Yeah yeah I know, copyright infringement != theft, but he was confident that charge would be workable, and that the only reason the RIAA hasn't used it is because it isn't worth it compared to going after the uploaders.

  2. Re:Heh... on Google Introduces Domain Blocking To Search · · Score: 1

    Experts-Exchange can be annoying...but if you scroll down their page past all the B.S., I find that most times a solution is in fact posted, visible to everyone. I have found it quite useful.

  3. Re:"CULT" is just hate speech on Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology · · Score: 1

    Also, cults tend to keep their inner workings and beliefs secret. Unlike a "real" religion, which will take every opportunity to teach you all about their ways.

  4. Re:Characterizations on CRIA Files Massive Canadian Suit Against IsoHunt · · Score: 1

    These people are devious, selfish, resourceful, and have no respect for the law.

    The above statement is about: A - record labels B - people who download music illegitimately C - people who distribute music illegitimately D - EVERYONE EXCEPT US MUSICIANS

    A - she is cute at best, certainly not a hottie
    B - i've heard better voices in my hometown local music scene
    C - who the fuck cares what Gene Simmons thinks?
    D - if you think every non-musician is "devious, selfish, resourceful, and have no respect for the law"......then your comments are not worth reading.

  5. Re:The tools used to build StoneHenge on Do Tools Ever 'Die?' · · Score: 1

    Tell that to the BBC...

  6. Re:Stupid fixed-position crap on Slashdot Launches Re-Design · · Score: 1

    thanks! that floating header was annoying

  7. Re:Evil commenting on evil on Why Sony Cannot Stop PS3 Pirates · · Score: 1

    For me, piracy is a form of boycotting sony, for treating me like a second-class citizen.

    Keep all of that in mind before thinking people who pirate games are just "cheap".

    You are using their products, so you aren't boycotting them. You are just flipping the middle finger at them by not buying legit versions.

  8. Re:Alternatives on Adobe Launches Sandboxed Reader X · · Score: 1, Informative

    Ok now I'm being a Foxit shill lol But when you say Foxit "honestly...isn't much better" than Adobe Reader, well that is just way wrong IMHO. The bloat of Reader is incomparable.

  9. Re:Adobe Reader, now even slower! on Adobe Launches Sandboxed Reader X · · Score: 1

    Are you a Sumatra shill? You replied twice to this thread with virtually the same comment...once was probably enough.

  10. Re:Prior Art on High-Tech Microphone Picks Voices From a Crowd · · Score: 1

    ease-dropping on restaurant conversions

    I'm not quite sure what to make of that.

  11. Re:American Kids can't write in cursive on Wired Youths In China & Japan Forget Character Forms · · Score: 1

    Frankly, cursive is stupid, and people who use it today are just trying to make themselves look erudite.

    I use cursive sometimes because it is faster than printing block letters (for me) and is legible (to me). I am not just trying to make myself look erudite. Stop being so obnoxious with your opinions.

  12. Re:Again? on Leonard Nimoy Retires From Star Trek · · Score: 1

    FYI, that "Yeah, well..." line is from the Big Lebowski himself

  13. Re:Come to Verizon! on Verizon CEO Says "We Will Hunt Heavy Users Down" · · Score: 1

    -1, Ontopic

  14. Re:I'm torned - going offtopic on New Malware Overwrites Software Updaters · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I completely neutered my copy of Adobe.

    Just curious, instead of going to all that trouble, why wouldn't something like Foxit be simpler and easier with similar results?

  15. Re:When? on When Will AI Surpass Human Intelligence? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "simulations of the human brain accurate down to the individual neuron could easily achieve this"

    aye, there's the rub

  16. Re:Confirmation bias. on Studies Find Harm From Cellular and Wi-Fi Signals · · Score: 1

    Good enough for me. You just sound so authoritative that I don't need any citations...

  17. Re:An Alternative on Will Your Super Bowl Party Anger the Copyright Gods? · · Score: 1

    [rant]And if the team you cheered for won... don't say "we won". If you didn't leave a drop of blood or sweat on the field... you were not a part of that victory. You're a witness, that's it. Watching something someone else did is not an accomplishment and no reason to be proud. The team won. You watched. [/rant]

    If I'm an American citizen and America's military wins a war, am I allowed to be proud of that even though I "didn't leave a drop of blood or sweat on the field [of battle]? Sheesh, get off your high horse.

  18. Re:Money well spent? on Military's Robotic Pack Mule Gets $32M Boost · · Score: 1

    I would much rather see robotics technology pushed forward then provide a handout to mule breeders.

    Agreed. First we push the technology forward, and only after that should we provide handouts to mule breeders.

  19. Re:Religious issue on Neurons Created Directly From Skin Cells · · Score: 1

    Last time I checked, the babies weren't given a choice.

    You're right, we should let babies make more decisions about their lives...

  20. Re:Perfect explanation on Neurons Created Directly From Skin Cells · · Score: 1
    I guess it depends on who you believe.

    from http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/circumcision/PR00040:
    • Decreased risk of urinary tract infections. The risk of urinary tract infections in the first year is low, but these infections may be up to 10 times as common in uncircumcised baby boys. Severe infections early in life can lead to kidney problems later on.
    • Prevention of penile problems. Occasionally, the foreskin on an uncircumcised penis may be difficult or impossible to retract (phimosis). This can also lead to inflammation of the head of the penis.
    • Decreased risk of penile cancer. Although cancer of the penis is rare, it's less common in circumcised men.
    • Decreased risk of sexually transmitted diseases. Safe sexual practices remain essential, but circumcised men may have a slightly lower risk of certain sexually transmitted diseases — including HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
  21. Re:Of course it can. on Can Curiosity Be Programmed? · · Score: 0

    let me be the first to say... what the hell are you talking about?

  22. Re:Good news for Slashdot crowd on Environmental Chemicals Are Feminizing Boys · · Score: 1

    citation needed

  23. Re:glad i waited on IEEE Approves 802.11n Wi-Fi Standard · · Score: 1

    if only the WRT160NL had gigabit for wired ports

  24. Re:Cloud Computing on Chrome OS Designed To Start Microsoft Death Spiral · · Score: 1

    So you're saying I should not have posted my SSN in my lastest facebook update?

  25. Re:Looks pretty good on features and price on Neuros LINK Mixes Quiet, Aesthetics, and Ubuntu · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The keyboard looks like it might be this Adesso model: http://www.amazon.com/Adesso-Wireless-Keyboard-Optical-Trackball/dp/B000JJM7S0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1249910929&sr=8-1 If so, my experience with it is that it is crap. Every time I woke the PC up from a sleep state, I had to re-sync the keyboard with the USB dongle. Typing sporadically dropped keystrokes, and the trackball was jittery. Overall it felt very cheaply made. Just my two cents.