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  1. Re:Why the difference? on Timing Technology Behind Olympic Record Results · · Score: 1

    Swimming events are over when the athlete touches the wall, while track events requires the head to cross the finish line. The photos in the swim events are more like a backup device, while track requires the more expensive high framerate cameras.

  2. Re:Not a Master on Animated Film Set To Kick Off Star Wars TV Show · · Score: 4, Informative

    According to Wikipedia, Jedi Knights can take on padawans. Jedi Master status is granted after successfully training at least one padawan.

  3. Re:Are we all rich in the future too? on Disney Takes Another Stab at the House of the Future · · Score: 1

    It's also a working Disney attraction. It needs to be large enough to handle the tens of thousands of people walking through it every day.

  4. Re:My personal opinion... on Cubicles a Giant Mistake · · Score: 1

    Why not make the temporary walls 7.5 feet tall? It'd accomplish the same goal.

  5. Re:Route around that censorship. on CIA Secretly Reclassifying Documents · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is NOT interesting, and is it not censorship.

    It's some dork who uploaded a video with the "play in all countries except the united states" option turned on. It's just a stupid google feature.

  6. Re:This was NOT an airline requirement... on Airport ID Checks Constitutional · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm betting the agent was just blowing him off. Her job says to check for ID, not get into a debate over policy, and she's probably had enough angry customers to deal with earlier in the day.

  7. Re:Kerry Won Maryland by 9% on Diebold Insider Comments on Voting System Flaw · · Score: 1

    Considering that most polls have a margin of error of around 3-4%, that sounds about right on.

  8. Re:Role of women in society. on Report Claims Men More Intelligent Than Women · · Score: 1

    I'm sure if you polled a bunch of young men, you'd find that they would rather be tall, muscular and handsome rather than intelligent as well.

  9. Re:I wonder if the Self-Destruct Code will be... on Blu-Ray to Include New Copy Protection · · Score: 1

    "You would think that between the two times they would have changed the password."

    If you watch several episodes of "The Next Generation" in a row, you'd get the answer to that question. Every other show there seems to be someone who is overriding controls, locking out, gaining unauthorized access and so forth. Someone who is not even a crew members should not be able to open the shuttle bay doors or use the transporter.

    Security in the Federation sucks.

  10. Re:Unemployment rate? on Identity Thieves Drain Unemployment Benefit Funds · · Score: 1

    You can't just do number of people minus people employed. That would vastly over-inflate the numbers and be inaccurate. For example, if a married couple has one partner who makes enough money to cover expenses, and the other partner stays at home to raise the kids, that shouldn't count as an unemployed worker. Retired people would be counted as unemployed. Full time students will be considered unemployed. We'd probably have a 30%-50% unemployment rate today, which just doesn't make sense.

  11. Re:Unemployment rate? on Identity Thieves Drain Unemployment Benefit Funds · · Score: 2, Informative

    That is untrue. Unemployment is calculated based on a household survey of thousands of people, not the number of people on unemployment insurance.

    This can be confirmed in wiki and various gov sites.

  12. Re:A reversal in the Democratic and Republican rol on Lawmaker Revs Up Fair-Use Crusade · · Score: 5, Informative

    "I sure as hell dont remember hearing about the republican party being particularly active protecting civil rights of disenfranchised minorities during the sixties"

    Civil Rights Act of 1964:
    House Republicans 138-34
    House Democrats 152-96
    Senate Republicans: 6 against
    Senate Democrats: 21 against

    Voting Rights Act of 1965
    Senate Democrats: 47-17
    Senate Republicans: 30-2

    Civil rights Act of 1968
    Senate Democrats: 42-17
    Senate Republicans: 29-3

  13. Re:My Suggestion on Drafting GPL3 · · Score: 2

    Why should a "valid and binding" legal agreement have to use obtuse language?

    Because that's how the legal system works. It's been crafted in a formalized way over the course of centuries. If you don't like it, you have to change the system of law. Besides, contracts are not written in Latin or anything like that. They do have to be understandable to a certain extent, and I've yet to find a contract at the consumer level that couldn't be easily understood just by reading it. They look scary but aren't that hard.

    Part of the strength of the Free Software movement is the simplicity and elegance of the GPL. Any developer who wants to use the license can easily understand it.

    The GPL is a license, a contract. What the GPL says and its enforceability will be determined by judges, not developers. The FSF can make a 'GPL for dummies' webpage if they want.

  14. Re:My Suggestion on Drafting GPL3 · · Score: 1

    The GPL must be written for lawyers and The Courts, not you. That is who will enforce or reject it. Having a separate document explaining the GPL in simple terms is fine, like what creative commons does. However the GPL should not be human-readable, non-legalese or simplified down. It must be written as a valid and binding legal document.

  15. Re:simpsonsmovie.com on Simpsons Film in Preproduction · · Score: 1

    Yes but they also own familyguymovie.com

  16. Re:Can we just tax copyright already? on Extending Pop Music Copyrights · · Score: 1, Redundant

    This is accomplished with income tax. The more your copyright is worth, the more money you make, and thus the more money you pay in income tax.

  17. Re:Inappropriate for your bank to have your info? on 3.9 Million Citigroup Customers' Data Lost · · Score: 2, Informative

    There are government regulations in place that require collecting a certain amount of information, including SSN. The IRS must be notified if you make a deposit or withdrawal over $10,000 and the bank needs to send you and the IRS information relating to interest earned for tax purposes.

  18. Re:Yes, but when the madmen are running the asylum on Deleting Emails Costs Morgan Stanley $1.45B · · Score: 1

    The last administration had the same policy. I think Clinton only sent two emails during his tenure.

  19. Re:The Only Solution on Selling Your Attention to Spammers · · Score: 1

    "The problem is really getting admins to change... It seems like everyone absolutely HATES installing new software on their servers nowadays."

    That's just experience showing. The most likely time a system will break, ignoring hardware failures of course, is when you upgrade.

  20. Re:TiVo Sucks... on MPAA Targets TV Download Sites · · Score: 1

    I don't know about Tivo specifically, but my time warner DVR has a "Copy to VCR" option. DVR is great for short term storage and time shifting. Keep tapes around for long term and legacy videos. Much better than dealing with tapes, as even at the lowest quality, you can only fit 6 hours on a standard tape. I sometimes record more than six hours overnight.

  21. Re:Send in the Clones! on White House: No Kerry Supporters at IATC Meeting · · Score: 1

    The current US Army is about 250,000 people. The current US population is 293,000,000.

  22. Re:Send in the Clones! on White House: No Kerry Supporters at IATC Meeting · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It has been shown throughout history that a weaker force can win and overthrow a dominating military power. The American revolution itself was a ragged bunch of men and women fighting against the strongest army and navy in the world. If the US has an armed rebellion again, you're making the faulty assumption that the entire US military would willingly turn on its own countrymen.

  23. Re:Just Curious on Biological Activity on Mars · · Score: 1

    Pope John Paul II did acknowledge that life on other planets would be possible, and not in contradiction with any biblical or Catholic teachings. Granted, just because the Catholic church says so, it doesn't mean all Christian churches will agree with it. But Catholics should have no problem, and through official church doctrine, accepting that there is life on other planets.

  24. Re:Uhm... on Microsoft's Tips for Buying an MP3 Player · · Score: 1

    http://www.localh.com/toxic.mp3 is an even better version.

  25. Re:Strengths and differences of this vs SELinux on Data Execution Protection · · Score: 1

    File permissions were introduced with the NT line, so they've been around for many years. W2K and XP come from the NT branch. NT file permissions are also superior (in design) to the standard Unix permissions.