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  1. Re:more THAN on OpenOffice.org Design Contest · · Score: 1

    Grrrrr, it's "it's" not "its" (in this case.) Encourage others to get it right by using the right word yourself.

  2. Re:Encryption use != evil on PGP Ruled as Relevant For Criminal Case · · Score: 1

    Actually, in civil cases in U.S. federal courts, adverse inferences may from the assertion of Fifth Amendment rights. See Baxter v. Palmigiano, 425 U.S. 308 (1976).

  3. Re:Pah - You mean like this?... on LOTR: Two Towers Extended Edition Reviewed · · Score: 1

    You mean like this?

  4. Re:Excuse me for asking, but on Small Webcasters Sue RIAA · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's the broadcaster's/webcaster's responsibility to determine this, not the listener's.

  5. Why should the code be open source? on Maryland Plans Code Review for Voting Software · · Score: 1

    The voting machines aren't open source, so why should the code for this system be open source?

  6. OSQ on USS Ronald Reagan Commissioning Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    From episode 2F13 "Bart vs. Australia":

    Two marines take down the US flag, fold it, and eat it (presumably to
    prevent it from being desecration). The family get in the helicopter
    just in time as the Prime Minister calls, "All right, mates, let 'em
    have it!" The assembled crowd toss their cans of Fosters' at the
    helicopter.

    Homer: Hey, do we get to land on an aircraft carrier?
    Pilot: No, Sir, the closest vessel in the USS Walter Mondale. It's a
    laundry ship. They'll take you the rest of the way.

  7. Re:Aren't Sanford and Son from El Segundo? on A Night in the Hotel of the Future · · Score: 1

    Fred and Lamont lived in Watts, not El Segundo.

  8. Re:Taxonomy on Chimps Belong in Human Genus? · · Score: 1

    My Very Energetic Mother Just Sent Us New Plates.

    (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)

  9. Re:Bluetooth on Apple To Make "Music To Your Ears" Announcement · · Score: 1

    Maybe a headset powered by the earbuds' vibrations?

  10. Re:Denial on Apple To Make "Music To Your Ears" Announcement · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who is their spokesman, Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf (aka Baghdad Bob)?

    I think he prefers Comical Ali.

  11. Check out Jakob Nielsen's website on What Makes a Good Web Design? · · Score: 5, Informative

    useit.com. It's a great resource for usability information, including a lot of stuff on web usability and design.

  12. Even if you DID have a lawyer... on Beta-Testers and Intellectual Property? · · Score: 1

    you may need a new lawyer, because you have a malpractice action against the law firm that did the work.

  13. Decision doesn't answer the question on Chip Rosenthal Wins Unicom Domain Name Case · · Score: 1

    The court did not rule on the substantive issues - whether or not Rosenthal has the right to continue using the domain name, or whether his use of the name violates the California company's trademark. Rosenthal won because the California court did not have personal jurisidction over him - a procedural matter.

  14. Re:Put the fine to use on EU May Fine Microsoft · · Score: 1

    No one gladly pays a billion dollar fine.

  15. Get a clue... on Yellow Dog Linux 2.0 Review · · Score: 1

    It's a reference to "yellow journalism", the use of lurid features and sensationalized news in newspaper publishing to attract readers and increase circulation. The phrase was coined in the 1890s to describe the tactics employed in furious competition between two New York City newspapers, the World and the Journal. Read about it here in Encyclopedia Britannica

  16. Re:Entrapment? on Fallout From Def Con: Ebook Hacker Arrested by FBI · · Score: 1

    As others have no doubt said, it's *not* entrapment. Even if it were, the entrapment defense hardly ever works, because usually the accused can be shown to have a predisposition to do what he/she is accused of doing.

  17. Re:NPRQuake? Can I gib Noah Adams? on Sketch Quake Renderer · · Score: 1

    Here's what Noah Adams looks like.

  18. Redesign Contest on Slash 2.0 Released · · Score: 3

    Why not have a contest where people submit redesigns, the /. staff and/or registered users vote, and the winner's designed gets implemented?

  19. Re:get back to work :) on Do it Yourself 1U Half-Width Server · · Score: 1

    Is that the energy drink or the malt liquor?

  20. For folks in Mass./Boston on Fair Compensation For Non-Compete Clauses? · · Score: 1

    Remember, a non-compete is a contract, and like all contracts it requires consideration. A promised pay raise in exchange for signing the non-compete may not be sufficient consideration if it the raise is really given based on performance. Similarly, a promise of continued employment may be insufficient consideration if the non-compete is presented as a "take-it-or-leave-it" matter, rather than negotiated by the parties.

  21. Re:4th Circuit Decision text on Supreme Court Rejects Free-Speech Challenge · · Score: 1

    Thanks for posting the link. It's good to see that there are still some people left here willing to do the research and get the full story before posting.

  22. Re:If charged... on Student Suspended For Taking Teacher's Challenge · · Score: 1

    If the kid is charged with a crime, the teacher could in theory be charged with solicitation, the crime of encouraging or inducing another to commit a crime or join in the commission of a crime.

  23. Re: Patent infringement on BT Sues Prodigy Over Hyperlink Patent · · Score: 1

    If BT loses the suit because it cannot show that it holds a valid patent, the doctrine of res judicata would bar BT from relitigating that issue in future lawsuits.

  24. Stop Whining on Has Netscape's Browser Become Too Self-Serving? · · Score: 1

    Hey, Netscape has the right to try and make a nickel. If you don't like the browser, don't use it. Simple.