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  1. Right... on RIAA Protests Oregon AG Discovery Request · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nevermind our tactics, just give us the convictions (oh, and the penalty money too) we seek!

  2. What does "stolen" mean? on DOJ Doesn't Like the Idea of A Copyright Czar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    > ... would allow a copyright owner to collect statutory > damages for each copyrighted work that is stolen. So if I buy a Metallica CD, and someone swipes it, Metallica gets the money when the thief is caught? Bizarre.

  3. How they monitor your usage on Microsoft Giving Away Vista Ultimate, With a Catch · · Score: 1

    Probably the same technology that Bill developed for tracking the forwarding of email!

  4. Time to get some sleep. on Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180 · · Score: 1

    I first read the headline as, "... Activist Dies at 180"

  5. Re:I'll tell Gwyneth about base load on Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180 · · Score: 1

    > Solar irradiation at the Earth's surface ...

    Irradiation!!?? xomg! Nooooooo......!

  6. Re:call scotty on Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180 · · Score: 1

    Just don't cross the beams, m'kay?

  7. Re:I am going to let children die. on Dvorak Slams OLPC As 'Naive Fiasco' · · Score: 1

    > Perhaps the best way to ensure extended suffering in the third world is to keep spoon feeding them
    > rice. That way we can ensure that generation after generation will require handouts! Oh Dvorak,
    > thank you for showing me the way!

    Isn't it weird that so many Slashdotters think that the way to improve Africa is not to just keep giving out handouts, but when it comes to America's welfare state induce slavery to poverty, nobody thinks we should let the consequences of foolish living fall where they may!

  8. Well, isn't it obvious? on Nokia Claims Ogg Format is "Proprietary" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They don't like open standards.

  9. Re:A Navy perspective. on US Military 'Hacked' by Emails · · Score: 1

    And besides, the word is "chequered".

  10. Re:shut er down! on US Military 'Hacked' by Emails · · Score: 1

    LANL is in the firing mode right now. What would they do with 100,000 employees when they can't even afford the 8000 they got now?

  11. Re:Sloppy Journalism on US Military 'Hacked' by Emails · · Score: 1

    Well crap. I posted that "HTML formatted" when I wanted "Plain Old Text".
    ---
    LANL and ORNL aren't "military" labs.
    They are Department of Energy labs. ORNL doesn't even deal with weapons.

    > ...even drug dealers can get
    > classified information out of Los Alamos

    Jessica the Q wasn't a drug dealer. It was her roomate.

  12. Sloppy Journalism on US Military 'Hacked' by Emails · · Score: 1

    LANL and ORNL aren't "military" labs. They are Department of Energy labs. ORNL doesn't even deal with weapons. > ...even drug dealers can get > classified information out of Los Alamos Jessica the Q wasn't a drug dealer. It was her roomate.

  13. Re:Why new? on Congress Creates Copyright Cops · · Score: 1

    .. and trans-fats.

  14. Re:C=64 Music on Commodore 64 Still Beloved After All These Years · · Score: 1

    My first computer was an Imsai 8080. We "peeked" and "poked" by flipping switches on the front panel!

  15. What future of reading? on An Acerbic Look At the Future of Reading · · Score: 2, Funny

    At least here on Slashdot, everybody just comments, nobody reads.

  16. Re:DRM, ogg, CDs, fair use, licenses on MP3 Format Still Gathering Momentum · · Score: 1

    > ... one of the many ways that adobe is keeping flash proprietary
    > is that they only support proprietary audio and video codecs for flash.

    Are you sure?
    It seems like when I upgraded to the latest version of flash last time, it made itself the MP3 player for my web browser. Damn Flash!

  17. Re:Blatant Misuse of the English Language on $999 For a Complete DNA Scan, Worth it? · · Score: 1

    It's a headline, fer crying out loud! Headlines are notoriously not grammatically correct, and ofttimes ambiguous. "British Left Waffles On Falkland Islands" for instance.

  18. What surprises me... on The First 100 Dot Coms Ever Registered · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...is that an old-line mining and manufacturing corporation like ALCOA was on that list.

  19. Misspelling on $999 For a Complete DNA Scan, Worth it? · · Score: 5, Funny

    > $999 For a Complete DNA Scan

    The word is "scam", not
    "scan".

  20. Re:Wrong State!!! on New Neutron Scatter Camera to Detect Smuggled Nukes · · Score: 1

    New Mexico? What? Why would the United States Department of Energy put a top secret laboratory in a foreign country?