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  1. Re:have kids on iPhone Alarms Hit By New Year's Bug · · Score: 1

    Basset hounds.

    More reliable and less work.

  2. Re:CS 101 on iPhone Alarms Hit By New Year's Bug · · Score: 1

    You my friend are sadly mistaken.

    Several way to get into college without a GED or HSD:

    1) Wait a few years and then go. The colleges like your money
    2) Be fucking brilliant and the colleges will accept you before you can drive
    3) Have a rich daddy. The colleges like his money

    Time to go.

  3. Re:Open your eyes and your mind on The Right's War On Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    NN is designed to prevent anyone (government or corporate) telling you what content you can access.

    Oh by the way isn't nice that the government tells that nice farmer that he can't dump all his cow shit in your drinking water. Oh no that's government regulation so that is wrong.

  4. Re:As the son of a politician on The Right's War On Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    We already do that.

    I pay my ISP A for the the speed/capacity I need and the provider (AKA website) pays for his ISP B for speed/capacity they need. Now the telcos want to have the ability to slow traffic at the peering points unless the provider who gets his capacity from ISP B also pays ISP A not to slow the traffic down.

    We both already pay for capacity it is just the telcos looking for more money.

  5. Re:We borrow money from China to fund corn... on Once-Darling Ethanol Losing Friends In High Places · · Score: 1

    Read Windup Girl lately?

  6. Re:security, the ultimate pretext on Apple, Google Diss the DoD Over Mobile Security · · Score: 2

    WTF are you talking about. Unix and Linux are used extensively on mission systems with in the DoD. You think they use Windows to manage the Missile systems you need to think again.

    You are correct in thinking that if a general wants something then he can probably get it secure on not but you are an idiot to think that Open Source is not used in the DoD. The politics can overrule the evaluators. Many times I have seen the evaluators say something is not a good idea and get overruled by the bosses.

  7. Re:Stupidest idea ever on Australia's Outback Could Get Web Via TV Antenna · · Score: 1

    Sprint Broadband used a system that was using TV frequencies at several locations in the West including Colorado Springs. I had a pizza box on my roof for several years connecting to an antenna on Cheyenne Mountain. Worked pretty well if you didn't mind the varying latency that the system introduced. Drove my game playing kid nuts.

    As a matter of fact the antenna is still up there. Just nothing to connect to.

  8. Re:Reaction on Nook Color Rooted — Will B&N Embrace the Tablet? · · Score: 1

    Thank you. Someone who realizes that the term free market applies not only to the vendor but also the consumer. Once a consumer purchases the product the vendor should no longer have any say on how the product is used.

    Sure void the warranty if my modification truly adversely affects the hardware but you shouldn't be able to use the force of law to prevent me from modify the product.

  9. Re:Yeah... on Nicaragua Raids Costa Rica, Blames Google Maps · · Score: 1

    You sir are wrong.

    Supply side does not work.

  10. Re:Yeah... on Nicaragua Raids Costa Rica, Blames Google Maps · · Score: 1

    Bush gave you a tax cut that everyone agreed would expire in 2012. Now you want to cry foul because the date is arriving. I would bet you also like to rail against the deficit. The Bush tax cut sure made that deficit one hell of a lot bigger and before you try to tell me that lower taxes make the economy better and the federal government take in even more money you need to check the facts.

    Kennedy tax cuts wound up in a huge deficit.
    Reagan tax cuts wound up in a huge deficit
    Bush tax cuts would up in a huge deficit.

    Yes I know spending went up too but a huge part of the deficit was reduced revenues.

    Face it supply side does not work.

  11. Re:Practical Applications? on Casio Unveils New Color Screen Graphing Calculator · · Score: 3, Informative

    Red-Green Color blind here.

    Purple doesn't exist and is a conspiracy against the colorblind. My daughter loves to pick out my shirts and I have at least four "blue shirts" that girls tell are lovely shades of purple.

    Brown is just a different shade of green.

  12. Re:Avoiding Cheating on Paper Writing on Colleges Stepping Up Anti-Cheating Technology · · Score: 1

    Except for those of us that can write an "A" level paper without brainstorming, outlining and doing several drafts.

    Not everyone needs to go through the same steps to learn, write or perform common tasks.

  13. Re:Section 107, bitches. on Copyright As Weapon In US Senate Campaign · · Score: 1

    You can publish something that's copyrighted if it complies with the Fair Use Doctrine. Here's a legal precedent related to republishing something from a website.

    Church of Scientology Case

    The Religious Technology Center ("RTC") is a formal entity of the Church of Scientology founded by Ron L. Hubbard. RTC claims to hold an exclusive license to certain unpublished works of Hubbard which have restricted access to only certain members of the Church.

    F.A.C.T. Net is a nonprofit educational and charitable company run by former Church members. F.A.C.T. Net maintains a library and archive information on the Church dealing with the Church's controversial status as a religious tax exempt organization; much of this information is available on F.A.C.T. Net's bulletin board on the Internet.

    RTC sued F.A.C.T. Net for copyright infringement for placing unauthorized copies of unpublished Church materials on the Internet.

    This case was brought in the federal District Court of Colorado where the court refused to grant a preliminary injunction that would have removed the F.A.C.T. Net materials from the Internet. In refusing to grant the injunction the court concluded that F.A.C.T. Net's use of the Church materials was fair use.

    The court's analysis of the four factors included:

    Purpose of Use - The court noted that the purpose and character of F.A.C.T. Net's use of the Church materials was not commercial in nature. F.A.C.T. Net's use was to advance an understanding of issues involving the Church that were subject to continuing public controversy. The court concluded that this factor weighed in favor of fair use since the purposes of criticism, comment and research all fall within the fair use doctrine.

    Amount and Substantiality of the Portion Used - The court stated that even if a work was copied in its entirety that such copying could still constitute fair use.

    Market Effect - The court decided that even though the Church materials were unpublished that F.A.C.T. Net's use of the materials would not effect any future publication of the materials. The RTC also failed to demonstrate any potential financial loss to the Church. The court concluded that this factor weighed in favor of fair use.

    In summary, the District Court of Colorado concluded that F.A.C.T. Net had made fair use of the Church materials; the use was non-commercial and the evidence presented by RTC suggested no financial harm, other than that possibly resulting from criticism, to the copyright owner.

  14. Re:Obvious abuse of power on Police Officers Seek Right Not To Be Recorded · · Score: 1

    And if the prosecutor chooses not to use the tape because it does not support his version of the event does the prosecutor get to with hold the tape. I don't think so.

  15. Re:Throw me a bone. on Proposed Law Would Require ID To Buy Prepaid Phones · · Score: 1

    When was the last time you heard of a drive-by stabbing? Just asking.

  16. Re:Wikileaks = Enemy on How Did Wikileaks Do It? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I would question who classified the video and why.

    Explicit guidance exists that you are not to classify something just because it is embarrassing. What national secret is protected by classifying this video? Security Guidance says that the use of the SECRET classification is to prevent harm to the security of the US.

    I believe an investigation needs to be opened into the misuse of classification for this video.

  17. Re:Cell Phone Booster on How Do You Extend Your Wireless Connection? · · Score: 1

    gotta have a signal first before the cell phone booster will work. I think the guy with the dual use phone has the right idea. I think t-mobile has a phone that will switch between wifi and cell for voice calls.

  18. Re: Subsidies on Google Applies To Become Energy Marketer · · Score: 1

    Well it could be argued that our involvement in the Pacific Theater of WWII stemmed from Japan not wanting us to monopolize the energy/raw materials available from the Philipines and Indonesia.

    And yes I have heard of Pearl Harbor.

  19. Re:Sh..... on $26 of Software Defeats American Military · · Score: 1

    You hit the nail on the head. Remember the Predators were designed before civilian encryption was common and with the military procurement system it is much easier to get money for new stuff than it is to upgrade old stuff. The new stuff is way sexier.

    Than being said I think it is pretty dumb to be designing the Reaper with out at least FIPS 140 certified encryption on all the links.

  20. Re:Unnecesary on "Loud Commercial" Legislation Proposed In US Congress · · Score: 1

    You do realize that skipping the commercials deprives the advertiser of the eyeballs that he is paying for and such is stealing from the advertiser.

    Some advertisers want to make it illegal to have the function to skip commercials.

    And you thought the RIAA was bad.

  21. Re:Birthright? on Broadband Rights & the Killer App of 1900 · · Score: 1

    I'll stop pretending that the so called socialized way is better as soon as you stop pretending the corporate way is always better, reference the privatization of our military. Have you read the reports that the Reagan era was hell-bent on privatizing everything military whether on not it was cheaper?

  22. Re:Conquer public library e-book lending formats F on Barnes & Noble's Nook, Reviewed · · Score: 1

    I borrow and read books from Overdrive all the time on my Sony e-reader. I love the free service. The only problem I have is when I travel I have no way to renew or get new books as I leave my computer at hoem.

  23. Re:The question is... on Ambassador Claims ACTA Secrecy Necessary · · Score: 1

    I understand secrecy during negotiations. It would be very cumbersome for every negotiating point to be debated in public.

    What would bother me and what we should demand is that the final agreed upon text/treaty be made public before any ratification efforts are made by the senate or whoever has to ratify the treaty in the effected country. The public needs to know what their representatives are voting on.

  24. Re:Is it really that necessary? on US Air Force Confirms New Stealth Aircraft · · Score: 1

    And thank you Ronald Reagan for the spares to keep them armed and flying even longer. Irangate anyone

  25. Re:Why are people getting so worked up on Where the Global Warming Data Is · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Actually in some parts of the country (USA) we view the labels Hippie and Liberal as compliments, usually applied by right-wing reactionaries to individuals that still know how to think for themselves instead of swallowing the pablum dished out by the right-wing controlled media (AKA Talk Radio) Yes, Rush and Sean are the media as much as they try to protest that they are not.