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  1. Re:Unfortunately, in reality most likely different on Chemical Pollution Is Destroying Masculinity · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yes you're right the monogamy is much better if all the first tier attractive males become taken then women will reduce their selection criteria and select second tier etc.

    This is the realization that church leaders (read religious nerds) came up with when they outlawed polygamy. If someone like them was ever gonna get some the attractive males had to be unavailable first.

  2. Re:Priceless on Valve's Gabe Newell On DRM · · Score: 1

    True you can get direct feedback from the files as to whether or not your crack is working and you can monitor memory where a keygen is quite a bit more hit and miss.

  3. Re:Priceless on Valve's Gabe Newell On DRM · · Score: 1

    Figuring out the algorithm for a keygen takes about as long as cracking an executable. Either way it's a bunch of math

  4. Securit = Control = No thanks on Who Protects the Internet? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    To truly secure any data stream you have to be able to control it at all points from start to end. If people think that government or large group based security is not going to involve a crapload of lobbied for add-ons and censorship they don't understand the nature of lobbyists.

    The best kind of Security for an open and free(as in rights) internet is individual security. Our computers are something we (or the local network admin) have control over.

  5. Re:Tempest in a teapot on The Real Monsters Behind Godzilla · · Score: 5, Funny

    How would slashdotters feel if somebody started selling a Linux branded cabernet with a picture of Tux on it without permission?

    Most likely? Drunk.

  6. You know they are right... on The Real Monsters Behind Godzilla · · Score: 3, Informative

    He looks more like an allosaurus or perhaps a Dryptosaurus

  7. Re:Is this a good idea? on New Nanotech Fabric Never Gets Wet · · Score: 1

    Or as your name suggests it could be used to line the inside of a desert suit a la dune. Collect the moisture and recycle it.

  8. Re:Now they really know you're coming... on Grenade-Style Wireless Camera For Combat · · Score: 1

    From what I can understand you could probably shoot it from the tank not sure of the logistics but it seems it might go a little too fast out of a tank barrel though.

  9. Re:A no-deposit/no-return drone? on Grenade-Style Wireless Camera For Combat · · Score: 1

    That's like asking why do people get in bar brawls. Generally the most common answer is some form of ignorance or self righteousness. Think of the people most likely to get in a brawl. Now, Compare this with the people most likely to start a war. Then compare their intelligence and general social awareness.

  10. Re:Now they really know you're coming... on Grenade-Style Wireless Camera For Combat · · Score: 1

    Well since it can be loaded in a tank I would say it would be awesome for short distance aerial recon. it's always nice to know where you have to aim to hit some guys on the other side of the wall.

  11. Re:Homebrew Wii-ns again on Nintendo Blocks Homebrew Installation · · Score: 1

    You keep saying that. I don't know if it's just you or others too but it annoys me. Sometimes it fits well but most of the times it's just too condescending.

    Condescending..? See The Princess Bride if you want to see what he and the GGP are quoting.

  12. Re:I really could care less on Can You Trust Anti-Virus Rankings? · · Score: 1

    You have a Networked Toaster?

  13. Re:Easy on Commerce Department Pushing For New "Copyright Czar" · · Score: 1

    For starters you used words that don't exist. emphatize (possibly you meant emphasize) and amotivated (which basically sounds like an attempt at politically correct bullshit proper use would be unmotivated).

    While the common everyday use of any depressant can be severely damaging see: Alcoholism The constrained and controlled use of what is generally considered contraband can be somewhat beneficial under the right circumstances. See MS. Proper control over such drugs would be a much more effective solution instead of outright bans. Most people will follow a law of inconvenience but will break a law if it forbids something they desire to do. See prohibition.

  14. Re:Very large?.... on The Pirate Bay — "Just a Very Large Hobby" · · Score: 1, Insightful
  15. Re:summary way to long. on Virginia High Court Wrong About IP Addresses · · Score: 1

    That's awesome. In addition to being useful for saving time it's a great way to test how fast you can read things and still comprehend them.

  16. Re:Remember cell phone minutes? on The Facts & Fiction of Bandwidth Caps · · Score: 1

    There is an error in your comparison. Wireless (Single tower for several miles of coverage) vs cable (well lets just say it's a little more expensive and troublesome to install) While wireless carriers might be able to increase the availability of broadband and compete with cable/phone companies there is very little chance that there will be any new carriers moving into any area less dense than a major city.

  17. Re:Hmmmm on Complaints Pour In After Digital TV Test · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The prices will go up during the demand spike and drop significantly after the spike due to over manufacturing.

  18. Re:Looks Legit on Graduate Student Defends Right To Own Chicago2016.com · · Score: 1

    Next you'll be telling us that the runner who is faster in a race than everyone else shouldn't be the winner, because its not fair to the slower people.

    You mean kinda like this?

  19. Re:lawyers on AT&T Buries ToS Changes In 2500-Page Guide · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's an 8,000 word service agreement buried in a 2,500 page 'guidebook'.

  20. Re:Rule #1: If you learn something, don't tell any on Asus Ships Cracking Software On Recovery DVD · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Because if it's on a recovery CD which is duplicated a thousand times then it's worthless to the company you want to blackmail as they're screwed anyway so why pay for your extortion.

  21. Re:Never use a laptop for gaming. on The Best Gaming Laptop Money Can Buy · · Score: 1

    Personally I find upgrading the graphics card to be the single most effective device to keep your system up to date for gaming. Generally any processor less than 4 years old is enough to run games at very nice frame rates. Having lots of memory never hurts either.

  22. Re:"The Best Gaming Laptop Money Can Buy" on The Best Gaming Laptop Money Can Buy · · Score: 1

    Ah it seems you have mostly red string we only accept blue string. Remember Counterfeiting string (aka dying the string) is against the law.

  23. Re:Crurotarsans are... on When Dinosaurs Battled Crurotarsans · · Score: 1

    See Primeval, Crocodile etc etc and I'm sure this one gets to be the same.

  24. Re:Your tax money at work on Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Copyright Cops · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This isn't capitalism this is corporate welfare. Which is basically a form of command economy called socialism. I'm tired of the government bailing out these large corporations they should be able to die just like smaller corporations. People might be out of jobs for a month or two but they will get jobs in the companies that replace the giant corporation. Assuming the function of the giant corporation is still valid.

  25. Re:Good review on Review: Spore · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So, you don't think that a game that has this bad of DRM on it isn't encumbered or made lesser by the DRM itself? A review without the DRM is in itself an incomplete review.

    To quote the ever popular car analogy it's like a car that you can only ever park in your garage. Park it anywhere else including somewhere in your driveway and your car won't start until you call the manufacturer and have it restarted.