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  1. Re:But if you do want to rent. on Open-Source DRM Ready To Take On Big Guns · · Score: 0

    "the bandwidth for high quality video really isn't there yet"

    Do you know why, perchance? It's because corporations aren't expanding it. If we had socialized internet, like, say, Japan, we could have 1 GiB up 1 GiB down with no caps for home users. The bandwidth can be created, the corporations are too busy taking our money for inferior service to do it.

  2. Re:Moral of the story? on Qantas Blames Wireless For Aircraft Incidents · · Score: 0

    Obviously you've never seen a window.

  3. Re:Are you unfamiliar with cell contracts in the U on iPhone Antitrust and Computer Fraud Claims Upheld · · Score: 0

    That's correct, but the pricing is inflated far beyond that.

  4. Re:Maybe the media is what he wants. on Palin E-mail Hacker Indicted · · Score: 0

    Actually, the press can publish anything they want. The first amendment guarantees freedom of the press. Trying to prevent (or preventing) the publishing of information, no matter how it is obtained, is called prior restraint, and it is illegal, not to mention unconstitutional.

    Now, what Palin could do is sue for libel, but she won't win. Public figures have a minuscule chance of winning such suits, not to mention she has no leg to stand on, as the news didn't lie about her.

  5. Re:Get with the times... on Odd Planet Confuses Scientists · · Score: 0

    It's a planet entirely populated by ragdoll people.

    The planet's core is also entirely comprised of PS3's.

  6. Re:Scary on Microsoft Adding jQuery To Visual Studio · · Score: 0

    As a stage crew worker, I take offence to that.

    A hammer and duct tape integrate things much better than Microsoft does.

  7. Re:Are you unfamiliar with cell contracts in the U on iPhone Antitrust and Computer Fraud Claims Upheld · · Score: 0

    The prices of all products are artificially inflated to produce more profit. They don't actually cost anywhere near that much to make.

    It costs around four dollars to actually make an iPhone or other Cell phone, but they sell them at high prices to make gallons of money.

    Mass production works wonders on the price of items, however this isn't necessarily reflected in the consumer pricing.

  8. Re:fp on iPhone Antitrust and Computer Fraud Claims Upheld · · Score: 0

    Also life-altering.

    Wouldn't he have to wear a colostomy bag for the rest of his life?

  9. Re:Hmmmm on Safe Stem Cells Produced From Adult Cells · · Score: 0

    Earmarks.

  10. Re:Further Research on Safe Stem Cells Produced From Adult Cells · · Score: 0

    No, he needed to bind his brother's soul to some armour.

    None of you saw what I did there, congratulations.

  11. Re:Cool on New Nintendo DS to Include Camera, Music · · Score: 0

    You do realize that Japan isn't western, right?

    If not, L2Geography.

  12. Re:Hopefully on Safe Stem Cells Produced From Adult Cells · · Score: 0

    Well, if Obama gets elected, we probably won't need this to end it.

    However, if McCain gets elected, he might somehow construe this to be unethical or wrong.

    It's really too much to hope for this to get finalized before the election.

  13. Further Research on Safe Stem Cells Produced From Adult Cells · · Score: 0

    We need to find a short blond kid missing an arm and leg.

    It's the only way we'll ever get any farther.

  14. Re:GET SOME PRIORITIES ALREADY! on GTA IV On PC Goes Exclusive With 'Games For Windows Live' · · Score: 0

    Actually, Nero watched people burn while fiddling. He felt it needed an epic soundtrack, just like GTA IV.

  15. The question is on Red Hat HPC Linux Cometh · · Score: 0

    Will Fedora get any of this functionality?

    Judging by the current state of Fedora/Red Hat affairs, I think it's a valid question.

  16. Re:'must' on Internet Filtering Lobby Forms · · Score: 0

    Amendments to the constitution are part of the constitution.

    It's a formal addition or alteration, unlike reinterpretation by the courts or laws of congress.

  17. Re:'must' on Internet Filtering Lobby Forms · · Score: 0

    Wait, "freedom"?

    Obviously you don't live in America, the Patriot act specifically forbids any of this "freedom" you seem to think exists. Thinking differently than the president on any issue makes you a terrorist.

    I mean, it's not like we have a constitution that gives free speech that's being ignored by the current administration or anything.~

  18. Re:This is actually quite educational on Judge Munley is So Out of My Top 8 · · Score: 0

    I really think harm should be defined as physical. People's feelings get hurt when I tell them that their religion is bullshit.

    In fact, while discussing religion with a friend, I was approached by a police officer, who told me that if I did not stop, I would be arrested for disturbing the peace.

    He apparently got his feelings hurt and decided the best way to make himself feel better was to threaten me. Now, if harm was defined as physical, he wouldn't have a leg to stand on, as the only possible damage I could cause would be to a person's feelings.

    Note: I am a non-theist.

  19. Re:This Just In on Palin Email Hacker Found · · Score: 0

    What part of "a tripcode contains no identifying info" did you not understand?

    It just makes people able to verify which person posts are coming from, not who that person is.

    It's usually just a random string of numbers and letters.

    Also, RULES ONE AND TWO.

  20. Re:Transformers... on LHC Shut Down By Transformer Malfunction · · Score: 0

    Doesn't the timecube theory sound EXACTLY like time zones? It's basically saying "when it's 10AM in New York, it's dawn in California."

  21. Re:Hell yeah on Drop-In Replacement For Exchange Now Open Source · · Score: 0

    Linux might actually be more compatible with Microsoft, oh noes!

  22. Re:Big on EFF Sues NSA, President Bush, and VP Cheney · · Score: 0

    I think people forget that the second amendment really doesn't do anything any more, as we can't fight the military realistically.

    They have bombs and delivery systems. We have what, rifles, shotguns and pistols?

    Not that I'm against it, I'm strongly pro-gun.

  23. Re:You wish... on FISA and Border Searches of Laptops · · Score: 0

    Why not just password your computer?

    It's not like they can force you to give them the password, and you can encrypt the hard disk. Perhaps even keep all important files in a truecrypt archive?

    That said, it would be suspicious. Deliciously suspicious.

  24. Re:print page on A Photo That Can Steal Your Online Credentials? · · Score: 0

    Browser security is an oxymoron?

    Apparently they aren't using firefox.

  25. Re:I can haz ur eebay de-tails? on A Photo That Can Steal Your Online Credentials? · · Score: 0

    4chan already blocks archives embedded within image files. Including Jars. Your point is mootle.