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  1. Re:Boom. on "Home Batteries" Power Houses For a Week · · Score: 1

    It's really interesting for me to read about so many places in the USA having power outages. I've lived in south africa most of my life, and there were only power outages where Iived starting about a year/a year and a half, ago. Since moving to the UK I've not had any power outages. why is American electricity so unstable?

  2. Re:This doesn't help on A New Libel Defense In Canada; For Blogs Too · · Score: 1

    With our economy the way it is, I'd not be surprised if "libel tourism" was actively supported, just taxed more.

  3. Re:Easy response on Target.com's Aggressive SEO Tactic Spams Google · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I did the same thing, but when I went to the bottom of the page found this from google trends:

    16th most popular search in the past hour.

  4. Re:Obvious solution on Microsoft Ordered To Pay $290M, Stop Selling Word · · Score: 1

    you make it sound so... reasonable.

    I think i4i left the bargaining table when ballmer started chanting "money money money money money money" and wouldn't quit it, making them all feel a little uncomfortable.

  5. Re:It died long ago on Google Found Guilty of French Copyright Infringement · · Score: 2, Funny

    As a brit, I honestly never expected to, in my life, hear the words "the British have it right" regarding our government. What you say makes sense, but it just doesn't quite compute...

  6. Re:Java too complex on Has a Decade of .NET Delivered On Microsoft's Promises? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Too little, too late.

  7. Re:Not ready? No, and never will be. on The Social Difficulty of Saving Earth From an Asteroid · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Like the story about the frogs? throw a frog in boiling water? it jumps out. throw a frog in cold water and slowly boil it? boiled frog.

  8. Re:Intellecutal Property Laws are not difficult fo on The Trial of Terry Childs Begins · · Score: 1

    If I leave/am fired from my current company, are they allowed to ask me for the passwords a week later, because they lost them? and if I've forgotten them? do I end up in a court case for stealing? No, the company would be "laughed out of court"

    The IP is the companies, but they can't stop it from leaving in the minds of the people who leave the company. That's why there's usually clauses in contracts against using information to benefit a competitor.

    Also, by my logic, he could do just that, unless, while in the employ of said company, he was ordered to reveal the passwords.

    It sucks to be them, but they only have a leg to stand on if they demanded the passwords BEFORE firing him.

  9. Re:Intellecutal Property Laws are not difficult fo on The Trial of Terry Childs Begins · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is how physical property and intellectual property differ. Those things all belong to the company, and it let him use them. He left them there when he left. The passwords belong to the company, and it let him use them. When he leaves, are you saying he has to have his memory wiped of all that companies IP? he left, it's now "their" problem. he didn't deprive the company of their passwords by "stealing" them, the company misplaced them and he has no obligation to help them look.

    I'm explaining this horribly badly, I know, but still, I feel he has no obligation once he's been fired.

  10. Re:100% Accuracy? on Aussie Gov't To Introduce Bill That Would Require ISP-Level Censorship · · Score: 1

    I believe that little gem came from "Politicians book of bullshit statistics, vol. 3".

  11. Re:Leave australia Alone on Aussie Gov't To Introduce Bill That Would Require ISP-Level Censorship · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think people would be right to mod you down.

    Firstly, Australia & America have been friends since WW2 when the shock of the british defeat by japan in the asian theatre(most importantly, the loss of singapore) lead to australia moving further from britain to america for defensive pacts, which would lead to trade, etc etc.

    Secondly, that has _WHAT_ to do with internet censorship?

  12. Re:Fired him first? on The Trial of Terry Childs Begins · · Score: 1

    if they fired him first, wouldn't he have no obligation to even speak to them, let alone give them passwords? Sure, it's "their" property, but if they misplaced it prior to him being fired, so what?

  13. Re:It's over... it's all over on French Military Contributes To Thunderbird 3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm british you insensitive clo- where'd he go?

  14. Re:So fork the damn thing already! on Widenius Warns Against MySQL Falling Into Oracle's Hands · · Score: 1

    someTHING of value. Slavery only applies to the developers. ;)

  15. Re:Fourmilab on How To Build a Quantum Propulsion Machine · · Score: 1

    Let's just hope he doesn't screw everyone over by patenting it ;)

  16. Re:And if you're their parent? on Canada Supreme Court Broadens Internet "Luring" Offense · · Score: 1

    By first banning her from visiting canadian friends?

  17. Re:I use Google DNS and.. on How Does the New Google DNS Perform? (and Why?) · · Score: 1

    Funny, I'm going to Google because Virgin Media I don't trust.

  18. Re:Is it really that necessary? on US Air Force Confirms New Stealth Aircraft · · Score: 1

    The american army is technologically overkill, but China(or india, but they're much more friendly) could have a ground soldier for every man/woman/child in america. Yet despite this ridiculous population, they're still researching UAVs. which means their skilled pilots wouldn't die either. and they have an incredible manufacturing capacity ;)

    I wonder how much all your technology skews the ratio of soldier to soldier. especially when that ratio is against anybody but india/china.

  19. Re:I'm writing this comment from 2017 on LHC Knocked Out By Another Power Failure · · Score: 5, Funny

    Due to retroactive copyright legislation, the dream you were about to have has been blocked. Please pay £2500 to view this dream. Attempt to view this dream again and you will be prosecuted for premature copyright violation(Under article 554455456 of the DMCA(2017)).
    Your corporate overlord
    Dreamworks

  20. Re:Paging Bernie Madoff Clients... on Somali Pirates Open Up a "Stock Exchange" · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well, it's not like they would lower the costs without piracy, so really, we're just donating to africa. what's new?

  21. Re:Patents aren't the problem on Recipient of First Software Patent Defends Them · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mine too now, Mwuhahahahaha, fool, I've just robbed you blind!

  22. Re:Liar on Wikipedia Disputes Editor Exodus Claims · · Score: 1

    we should make a program that checks if an edit has been reverted and re-edits every day(heh, or hour). fight stupid automated scripts with stupid automated scripts. things will get ugly...

  23. Re:Badware? on Massive Badware Campaign Targets Google's "Long Tail" · · Score: 1

    If I weren't happily in love I'd see that as an opportunity to get the receptionist naked...

  24. Re:BT / Virgin Media / etc on 30,000 UK ISP Users Face Threat Letters For Suspected Illegal File Sharing · · Score: 1

    This is why I want to become a lawyer(yes I know, soul to satan and all that), I'd do cases like these for free. hell, if the list was released to wikileaks, I'd email all of them and offer my free of charge services. sadly, I can't afford the studying just yet, but hey, i'm still young...

  25. Re:Six months from now on Virgin Media To Trial Filesharing Monitoring In UK · · Score: 1

    60? that's gone up i'm afraid. We moved in in jan, and I had to pay BT £100 to reconnect the line to the house. can't get virgin cable in my area, so I have to have the BT line then ADSL account on top of that.