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  1. Re:I'll respect your rights if you respect mine on FairPlay v2 Reversed, Playfair Back Online · · Score: 1

    What are you? Some kind of moron? Of course it gives you the moral justification to break that agreement- the iTunes terms of service are so unreasonable that you have to break that agreement to truly exercise your rights to any songs you purchase. Attempting to deny fair use rights to users trumps any claims that breaking the iTunes TOS agreement is unethical.

  2. Re:Ask the girl out on a date! on D&D Is 30 · · Score: 1

    That's why you need at least a level 6 lawyer before going through a divorce.

  3. Re:Not true on Futurama: Can it be True!? · · Score: 1

    Futurama's animation budget was significantly higer than Family Guy's, but both series cost about the same amount per episode.

  4. Re:"...and then... on NASA Says Mars Once "Drenched With Water" · · Score: 1

    Suspicious of what? Martians with weird fetishes using the rover in a depraved alien porno?

  5. Re:Waldo? on NASA Mars Press Briefing & "Significant Findings" · · Score: 1

    Nope, they finally found Dick Cheney's undisclosed location.

  6. Re:Screw whichever company they are going to sue.. on SCO Says They'll Sue A Linux User Tomorrow · · Score: 3, Funny

    The Chewbacca defense is perfectly logical compared to SCO's legal strategy.

  7. Re:They didn't win in one category they were in on Lord Of The Rings - Oscars, We Loves Them · · Score: 1

    Then you saw wrong. Return of the King was only nominated for sound mixing, and no clips from it were shown when the sound editing nominees were listed. It only won one of the sound awards because it wasn't nominated for both.

  8. Re:Top floor.. on Space Elevators Going Up · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm wondering if it wouldn't be easier to build the thing out of upsidaisium.

  9. Re:May their souls rest in peace. on Columbia's Final Minutes in Detail · · Score: 1

    No, he got his definitions right. Millions of kids starving is sad, but it isn't a tragedy. Technically, it's a statistic.

  10. obligtory futurama quote on Shatner to Record Another Album · · Score: 1

    Walter Koenig: "How can you do a spoken word version of a rap song?"
    Melllvar: "He found a way."

  11. Re:Old senators never die... well, almost on MPAA, RIAA Seek Permanent Antitrust Exemption · · Score: 1

    Of course he looks unhealthy. That's what zombies are supposed to look like.

  12. Re:Instant +5 Funny comment on Superball! · · Score: 1

    That shouldn't matter. It's not the size of your pipe, it's how you use it.

  13. Re:my fave quotes on McBride Speaks, In Person And In Print · · Score: 1

    I still don't get how Daryl can claim that he can't say what code may be infringing SCO's copyrights because it will be removed while also claiming that the allegedly infringing code is so substantial that it can't be removed without crippling Linux. Shouldn't he have to pick one?

  14. Re:"Widely popular" on Farscape is Back · · Score: 1

    The Jim Henson company was owned by EMTV, a german conglomerate. Henson's heirs bought the company back earlier this year.

  15. Re:Logical choice... on CMU Unveils Robot Hall Of Fame · · Score: 1

    Two words: cryogenic stasis. Every year they thaw him out for the new years bash and stick him back in the freezer when they're done.

  16. Re:VIRUSES is the correct spelling on Security Affecting Microsoft's Bottom Line · · Score: 1
    While you're at it, find something that will make people care.

    Virii, viruses, does it really matter which one people use as the plural of virus? The plural of alveolus is alveoli, bronchius is bronchi, villus is villi, so why can't the plural of virus be virii? Whining whenever people use the spelling you don't like certainly won't solve anything, especially when either one is no more or less proper than the other.

  17. Re:So? on FCC Adopts Broadcast Flag Scheme · · Score: 1

    It's not fair at all. I have every right to record a football game to view at my leisure at a later date, regardless of whether someone has 'exclusive' rights.

  18. Re:Is is just me... on FCC Adopts Broadcast Flag Scheme · · Score: 1
    Yes, it is just you.

    It's a bad thing because it takes away people's right to fair use for the sake of ensuring that the networks feel safe. Freedoms are being lost under the assumption that everyone must be a criminal.

  19. Re:It's so true it's not even a troll on E-Voting Done Right - In Australia · · Score: 1

    There is one thing he got wrong. He assumes that Republicans would be the primary benifactors. From what I've seen, the Republicans and Democrats are simply the same beast with two faces.

  20. Re:My take on Deconstructing the Patriot Act PR Campaign · · Score: 1
    This isn't about "freedom to be a criminal." The Patriot Act does nothing to solve the underlying problems that caused those poorly named terrorist attacks. (What idiot thought "9/11" was a good name?) Instead it eliminates much of the oversight and checks on law enforcement officials' powers. The abilities granted by the USA PATRIOT Act do not belong in the hands of a presedential administration known for being secretive and abusing its powers, let alone trustworthy parties.

    Franklin was quite correct, and society hasn't changed enough to sacrifice our privacy for the terrorism bogeyman. Freedom does come at the price of a perfectly safe world, but it's not worth giving up for the sake of a problem that can be solved without eliminating people's rights.

  21. Re:They forgot one... on SCO Calls GPL Unenforceable, Void · · Score: 1

    Holy zombie Jesus! That's the silliest thing I've read today. Nobody was disrespecting your beleifs, and it certainly isn't a matter of decency. It's a name, nothing more. It's ludicrous to expect people to adhere to your rigid, backwards religous notions- especially when there's an opportunity for humor.

  22. Re:"Maybe if everyone had these, it would lead..." on Traffic Light Control For The Masses · · Score: 1

    Tragedy? My first thought was comedy.

  23. Re:Quick... on LG CD-ROMs Destroyed by Mandrake 9.2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm a 10th level vice president.

  24. Re:Nothing is wrong with the paper ballot! on E-Voting Companies Answer Critics With ... Spin · · Score: 1

    That might work. If the ballot box also recorded votes as the ballots were submitted, the results could be compared to the sum of the results on individual machines after the polls close as a form of error detection. If the numbers don't fall within a very small margin of error, it would force a manual count of each ballot.

  25. Re:Wow, harsh... on FTAA Treaty Threatens Innovation · · Score: 1

    Perhaps we should give the world a preview of life under such treaties and "accidentally" turn off the internet for a few days.