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  1. Re:MySpace generation on Teens Share Passwords As a Form of Intimacy · · Score: 1

    They didn't have email verification? That's a stupid move...

  2. Re:Printers were a bad idea on Kodak Files For Bankruptcy Protection · · Score: 1

    That model doesn't provide for network scanning. They wanted to use the same networking technology for printing and scanning. Sounds fine to me. I use a hackintosh at home, though. Works fine with both and IP address changes don't matter.

  3. Re:don't buy Kodak printer on Kodak Files For Bankruptcy Protection · · Score: 1

    Well, worse, they showed a demonstration of a Linux print on a blog post, promised the driver was coming soon, and then never delivered. Never released either beta or source. That was almost four years ago.

  4. Re:Printers were a bad idea on Kodak Files For Bankruptcy Protection · · Score: 1

    Are you talking about the "photo printers" that spit out 4x6 prints or the newer all-in-one inkjet printers? I happen to really like the full-size ones, but never heard anything good about the dock'n'print style printers.

  5. Re:Printers were a bad idea on Kodak Files For Bankruptcy Protection · · Score: 1

    It may not make a lot of money, but it sure made me happy. I'm a happy Kodak printer customer and I've referred a dozen or so people to them. I never print pictures, either. It's just a good, reliable printer for me. It would be sad if I stopped being able to get ink for that printer. Their drivers aren't perfect, but they're much more reasonable than HP, and they use Bonjour, which is kind of nice.

  6. Re:Yeasty "evolution" on Multicellular Life Evolves In Months, In a Lab · · Score: 1

    The elephant in the room is that they selected from a sample that possibly contained multiple genetic variations already. They just bred the ones that already exhibited the trait they were looking for. Why does that mean mutation or evolution.

  7. Re:And they wonder why people pirate on Ubisoft Has Windows-Style Hardware-Based DRM For Games · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think you're missing the ENTIRE point of this being a thread on Windows DRM. I'm saying that as many computers as I've had in the last 10 years, there's no way I could buy a game today with this DRM and still be able to play it in 20 years, because of the DRM and count of hardware changes.

  8. Re:And they wonder why people pirate on Ubisoft Has Windows-Style Hardware-Based DRM For Games · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Right. When I buy a game, I want to be able to use it for 20+ years, whenever I feel the desire. How many computers have you had in the last 10 years? If you count hardware changes as small as a swapped out graphics card, I'd say at least 5+ computers in the last 10 years.

  9. Re:It would be good to have optional GUI on Windows Admins Need To Prepare For GUI-Less Server · · Score: 1

    That's just your outlook.

  10. Re:SSL Security Ignoring version? on Mozilla Announces Long Term Support Version of Firefox · · Score: 1

    I haven't verified this, but I found this tip online:

    Go to Tools > Options > Advanced > Encryption Tab

    Click the "Validation" button, and uncheck the checkbox for checking validity

  11. Re:SSL Security Ignoring version? on Mozilla Announces Long Term Support Version of Firefox · · Score: 1

    Why don't you import the keys used for signing into Firefox? That should take care of it.

  12. Re:inb4 on Researchers Show How Cellular Complexity Can Evolve · · Score: 1

    We make complex things. We are intelligent (to varying degrees). Our own ego says that nature can't do better than us by blind guessing.

  13. Re:Check the logs? on Could a Dirty Rag Take Out a $2 Billion Satellite? · · Score: 1

    They tried to get a form check requisition going, but couldn't get the necessary signatures in time for launch.

  14. Re:So... How old was the researcher? I guess 45? on New Research Shows Cognitive Decline Begins At 45 · · Score: 1

    I was surprised to see you were the first that posted this. My cognitive decline began in my mid-20's. I'm smarter than I was then, but I'm slower.

  15. Re:inb4 on Researchers Show How Cellular Complexity Can Evolve · · Score: 1

    Right, but it's still a baffling thought to imagine increasing orders of complexity with no intelligent input. Still baffles me.

  16. Re:Not so fast on New Research Shows Cognitive Decline Begins At 45 · · Score: 2

    Maybe not, but basic mathematics has

  17. Re:inb4 on Researchers Show How Cellular Complexity Can Evolve · · Score: 1

    Not quite. You'd conclude that vehicles were created by intelligence, which would be true (for some manufacturers).

  18. Re:inb4 on Researchers Show How Cellular Complexity Can Evolve · · Score: 1

    A creationist would probably argue about this being proof against macroevolution, since such increasing complexity violates the 2nd law of thermodynamics. The fact that the most efficient design is seen across multiple species would be turned into an argument that the Maker's mark is on all creation, and not an argument for divergent evolution.
     
    Oh, wait. You wanted this to be a rhetorical question. The fact is, that many forms of creationism are still based on a rational mind trying to apply logic science - with the exception of allowing for supernatural intervention. And of course that alone is reason enough for many to ridicule the conclusions AND the thought process.

  19. Re:To which company do you refer? on SOPA Makes Strange Bedfellows · · Score: 1

    I never said it would be a DSL company that supports SOPA. But you may have other reasons for not supporting the DSL provider.

  20. Re:Comcast? on SOPA Makes Strange Bedfellows · · Score: 1

    In order to get dial-up you have to pay for a landline, thereby supporting a DSL company that you may or may not like. Not sure how dial-up gets you away from this.

  21. Re:Do something on SOPA Makes Strange Bedfellows · · Score: 1

    2TB satiating the most obsessive pirate? My legitimate DVD rips (well, legitimate ignoring DMCA not letting me rip my own DVD's) are well over 800GB. And that's compressed at H.264 (2mbps).

  22. Re:Fucking ground this fleet. on World's Largest Passenger Plane May Be Unsafe, Some Say · · Score: 1

    Not me - I always see them. See them ignoring every traffic rule in the book, that is. Just because you can fit between two cars on the interstate does not mean you should pass between them, for example.

  23. Re:Complete Non-sense! on World's Largest Passenger Plane May Be Unsafe, Some Say · · Score: 2

    I see the problem... Your in-flight wi-fi was powered by dial-up, and they forgot to disconnect the phone cord ([NO CARRIER]) before taking off.

  24. Re:In completely unrelated news... on Ants Turned Into 'Supersoldiers' · · Score: 1

    Interesting, since they're family owned and aren't sold on a stock exchange.

  25. Re:Engineering on What a Black Box Data Dump Looks Like · · Score: 1

    And don't forget the cell phone user who veers into your lane for an offset head-on collision.