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  1. Re:So what's it gonna take... on Infringement 'Detrimental To the Public Health, Safety' · · Score: 3, Interesting
    OFC a carismatic democratic president could go to a democratic congress and say "hey how about you suggest this?" and they will say "how high?"

    Now, if you really want to blame this on somebody, I hear your congressmen takes letters. Mine does, but he ignores them. The trick is in the subject, I rekon you might be more successful if you address them all "private and confidential from AC.inc, important information regarding campaign finance" either that or "NAKED PICS OF [insert congressmans fetish here] INSIDE"
  2. Its a conspiracy on Firefox Vietnamese Language Pack Infected With Trojan · · Score: 1

    I think RMS did this on purpose to make those users of proprietary Operating systems pay!

  3. Re:What the hell was wrong with DOOM3? on id Software Announces Doom 4 · · Score: 1

    Nah Doom4 will be something more like, you find a flashligh on the 1st level, but there are no batteries to recharge it once you run out.

  4. Re:What the hell was wrong with DOOM3? on id Software Announces Doom 4 · · Score: 1

    Hell I would love to punish the HL team for their over use of their damn physics engine... yeah I know you have one but some things get annoying after a while. Well said, I felt that they were trying to show off half the time, they did the same with the AI, even tho the friendly AI were pretty dumb. I hope Doom does improve, but i also hope that they dont show of their improvements. Better AI shouldn't even stand out, you should just realise after a few levels, "hey, those AI are better" not "Wow, if i throw a can at his face he hits me with a stick, that's soo smart". same with physics and even level design.

  5. Re:Downside of OSS on Firefox Vietnamese Language Pack Infected With Trojan · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The Downside is when the project gets too big, the number of users >>> developers so resources get stretched to try and satisfy the large number of users and the quality of the project drops.

  6. Re:At the risk of being arrested... on CCTVs Don't Work in the UK · · Score: 1
    I guess you didnt read the article:

    Verb
    to track (third-person singular simple present tracks, present participle tracking, simple past and past participle tracked)
          (transitive) To observe the (measured) state of an object over time
          (transitive) To monitor someone's or something's movement. NOW go back RTFA and tell me where they track anything. News sites use misleading headlines all the time, reading the article makes it clear they arnt tracking anything, just scanning numberplates and checking them against a database of stolen/illegal cars.
  7. Re:Encryption on China to Deploy Secure GPS by 2010 · · Score: 1

    Yeah i switched to linux just because i planned on pissing MS off, maybe they just want theirs own so its theirs not ours?

  8. Re:Encryption on China to Deploy Secure GPS by 2010 · · Score: 1

    They meaning the enemy or even the US?
    if even the US cant turn them back on doesn't that turn your satellite into a very expensive piece of space junk? good thing that china can shoot it down for us then.

  9. Re:Encryption on China to Deploy Secure GPS by 2010 · · Score: 1

    Sorry to go all hippie on you, but in a time of war wouldn't it be better to give everybody highly accurate access to your GPS to reduce civilian casualties.

  10. Re:Yes, this is what they have to do. on China to Deploy Secure GPS by 2010 · · Score: 1

    Hell even the EU isn't happy with American lock in, and IRRC the UK is also not keen on GPS that's why were developing skynet (i mean FFS a defence network called skynet, what are they thinking!!!).

    Also GPS sort of sucks compared to what modern tech can do, no doubt the increase in competition will mean the US will improve their GPS too

  11. Re:Judge is Awarded $? million in TorrentSpy Case on MPAA is Awarded $110 Million In TorrentSpy Case · · Score: 1
    ffs i need to learn to actually look at the preview:

    I heard the judge received Britney Spears Fixed Hell even that's not much better. I hear he got the village peoples back catalogue
    Although i may personally send him my copy of straight outta Compton.

  12. Judge is Awarded $? million in TorrentSpy Case on MPAA is Awarded $110 Million In TorrentSpy Case · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That's the real question

  13. Re:At the risk of being arrested... on CCTVs Don't Work in the UK · · Score: 1

    That article doesn't mention tracking, its just a story about how they use numberplate recognition to check cars, no tracking there.

  14. Re:But they DO work in Philadelphia on CCTVs Don't Work in the UK · · Score: 1

    That public surveillance in public places, has no effect on what you can do in the privacy of your own home. While government restrictions on what you can eat/drink/smell/smoke do.

  15. Re:The Sad Part on Terrorist Recognition Handbook · · Score: 2, Funny

    TSA published a similar guide, but it was much shorted:
    "the subject is white" = allow
    "the subject is not white" = deny

  16. Re:At the risk of being arrested... on CCTVs Don't Work in the UK · · Score: 1

    You may not care about someone tracking you, that doesn't mean you have the right to say everyone should be tracked. Prove that anybody is tracked by CCTV

  17. Re:Don't Hate! on OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta Released · · Score: 1

    While Ive tried Koffice and i quite like gnumeric, there's nothing much interesting in either. There is no 'tabbed browsing' or 'multiple desktops' there's none of the 'new' stuff that causes people to be fans of Firefox or Compiz or enlightenment there's just a pretty standard office suite.

  18. Re:Don't Hate! on OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta Released · · Score: 1

    Its released under LGPL with a disclaimer that it can be used in propiatory products. But my point wasn't that licensing, its just not a community centric open source project, SUN control it. As a result there is little/no inovation in SUN because its developed in much the same way MS office is just your allowed to see the source.

  19. Re:Get some boots on the ground. on CCTVs Don't Work in the UK · · Score: 1

    But somebody could watch the feed in real time and dispatch officers accordingly meaning 3 officers + car + CCTV can cover an area that would otherwise need 20 or 30.
    Plus the criminal is less likely to attack me if their going to get caught.

  20. Re:Don't Hate! on OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta Released · · Score: -1, Troll

    The thing is OO isn't really open source, in that its entirely built and controlled by sun, no community project seams to be interested in making an innovative office tho.

  21. Re:At the risk of being arrested... on CCTVs Don't Work in the UK · · Score: 1

    As far as your link goes, anecote isn't evidence. As far as I know, you're making it up. Provide facts, or shut up.

    As far as preventative goes, prove the cameras did in fact prevent anything. I proved that they prevented crimes in a particular area. Im not making it up somebody else might be but if you have issues with their credibility then your not going to believe anything so there is no point in even discussing it with you, so just go back to your basement and start lining it with tin foil so the x-ray cctv camera that can see through the walls to catch you at the store, cant see you.
  22. Re:I think... on CCTVs Don't Work in the UK · · Score: 1

    IS that you Mr Cheney?

  23. Re:Exagerate much? on CCTVs Don't Work in the UK · · Score: 1

    The thing is that fixed cameras are inefficient at tracking you, thats what the FIT team is for.
    Also cameras dont complain so much when you record them

  24. Re:At the risk of being arrested... on CCTVs Don't Work in the UK · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well I guess if you want others to have the job of protecting you, and screw everyone else's liberty, you might want that. Oh noes they can watch you when your outside, oh wait they can do that anyway.

    As far as preventative goes, prove the cameras did in fact prevent anything. http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=545802&cid=23325330

  25. Re:But they DO work in Philadelphia on CCTVs Don't Work in the UK · · Score: 1

    Funny that this ridicules story is on the front page, while the reclassification of cannabis probably wont make it, that's much more infringing on civil liberties than videos of you when your in a public place.