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  1. Re:Certifications on A Tale of Two Tests: Why Energy Star LED Light Bulbs Are a Rare Breed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yea, fuck those ROHS, UL, and FCC certifications!

  2. Re:so... on BitCoin Value Collapses, Possibly Due To DDoS · · Score: 1

    The fact that all it takes for a major market crash is to DDOS a couple sites and there is no real security for the currency against such abuse.
    Whose going to buy in and invest, knowing a couple guys for the Lulz could deflate their investment?

  3. Re:unregulated on BitCoin Value Collapses, Possibly Due To DDoS · · Score: 1

    Damn those trade regulations on market collapse!

    It's a good thing this is completely novel and markets have never collapsed before, also everyone just got really depressed around late 1929 for absolutely no reason and jumped out office windows.

  4. Re:We don't know on Apple Bans Sale of Comic Book On All iOS Apps Over Gay Sex Images - Update · · Score: 1

    Well it is a rather "adult" comic series with sexual acts not uncommon.

  5. Re:Far Cry 3 needs some major help on Hackers Swipe Unreleased Game From Ubisoft · · Score: 1

    I have to agree, I really felt the game peaked too soon, I never gave a shit about the story and the open world bit was just uninteresting unless I was hunting for an animal that I needed to make an upgrade with, for which I got almost all of them in just a few hours of play.

  6. Re:Who's Steven Segal on New Revenue Model For Low Budget Films: Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    Baywatch: The Movie

  7. Re:Obligatory on The Search Engine More Dangerous Than Google · · Score: 0

    I miss SS2, Bioshock is just too dumbed down.

  8. Re:Why not Houston? on Google Fiber's Austin, Texas Rollout Confirmed · · Score: 1

    Houston has a lot of exclusivity deals, lived all over the place and they have all had a monopoly provider.

  9. Re:What am I missing? on Fox, Univision May Go Subscription To Stop Aereo · · Score: 1

    It's actually up to advertisers, they will only pay for the often lower Nielson ratings instead of in-house ones.

  10. Re:semi serious question on New Seagate Hybrid Drives Hampered By Slow Mechanical Guts · · Score: 1

    Well MOST people here won't be running six drives.
    If you're drawing say 400watts under load the an extra 20 from the HDD won't mean jack.

  11. Re:Solved! on WA State Bill Would Allow Bosses To Seek Facebook Passwords · · Score: 1

    At-Will does not mean they can violate federal labor laws.
    I'm in Texas which is at-will, that does not mean they an fire someone for being black.

  12. Re:semi serious question on New Seagate Hybrid Drives Hampered By Slow Mechanical Guts · · Score: 1

    In all seriousness, I never really got that, HDD uses like a whopping 20w, compared to the rest of the computer that's nothing.

  13. Re:Solved! on WA State Bill Would Allow Bosses To Seek Facebook Passwords · · Score: 2

    Well it says they cannot ask during the interview phase, but in theory they could hire you then immediately investigate you for misconduct.

  14. Re:Copyright = right to control permission to copy on Judge Rules That Resale of MP3s Violates Copyright Law · · Score: 1

    > Unless you take that "data" and assemble it into an identical file (or tape) there is no copy

    WTF do you think happens in RAM?

  15. Re:Copyright = right to control permission to copy on Judge Rules That Resale of MP3s Violates Copyright Law · · Score: 1

    Yea, in theory you could use it to deny practical use to anyone for anything.

  16. Re:Copyright = right to control permission to copy on Judge Rules That Resale of MP3s Violates Copyright Law · · Score: 1

    Blizzard sued using that argument against some modder who was doing somthing with WoW. They said he was violating copyright by making a cope in RAM.

  17. Re:Copyright = right to control permission to copy on Judge Rules That Resale of MP3s Violates Copyright Law · · Score: 1

    > This is probably covered by fair use exceptions though

    It's not... Blizzard sued using that argument against some modder who was doing somthing with WoW. They said he was violating copyright by making a cope in RAM.

  18. Re:Copyright = right to control permission to copy on Judge Rules That Resale of MP3s Violates Copyright Law · · Score: 1

    I thought it was Blizzard who used that in an actual argument about someone using WoW as a client server or something.

  19. Re:Copyright = right to control permission to copy on Judge Rules That Resale of MP3s Violates Copyright Law · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Technically you make a copy too when you play the file, it'll COPY it off the HDD and into your computer's or phone's RAM.

  20. Re:What? on Raspberry Pi Goes On Sale In US, Sells Out · · Score: 4, Informative

    That's the Model B, this is about the Model A, the cheaper version that was initially touted and got a lot of headlines for just that.

  21. Re:Ut oh. on North Korea Declares a State of War · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well China has recently voted in favor of sanctions against NK; previously they did not.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21710919

  22. Re:T-mobile signed me up for a premium warranty on Another Way Carriers Screw Customers: Premium SMS 'Errors' · · Score: 1

    But he's saying it's about the store reps... I would not have paid or agreed to anything without seeing what I will be paying...

  23. Re:T-mobile signed me up for a premium warranty on Another Way Carriers Screw Customers: Premium SMS 'Errors' · · Score: 1

    Why did you pay it at the time of purchase?

    HEY WTF is this activation fee?! it's supposed to be free from the promotion.

  24. Re:Wrong... on IRS Spent $60,000 Producing Star Trek Parody · · Score: 1

    And no skirts on Uhura and Yeoman!