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  1. Re:Reminds me of the old "email tax" idea on Facebook Test Will Let You Message Strangers For $1 · · Score: 1

    This might be true with most spamming, but in certain industries, only having to spend a dollar for an almost guaranteed read of the message is really, really cheap. Hire up a legions of human spammers in India to start sending facebook messages to sell something expensive. Somebody's gonna do it.

  2. Bypassing the API on Interviews: Ask Free Software Legal Giant Eben Moglen · · Score: 3, Interesting

    On a similar topic; what about when the code bypasses the API altogether, and writes code changes directly to memory? Things such as kernel hot patches come to mind, and more specifically, ksplice. A modification to the code on a GPLv2 program is made, but no linking or APIs are used. How bound by the GPL, if at all, would this program be?

  3. Love potion on Gut Bacteria Exert Mind Control · · Score: 1

    It seems now that we're that much closer to making a love potion.

  4. Re:Zounds! ZoneAlarm zealous about Zeus.Zbot? on ZoneAlarm Employs Scare Tactics Against Its Users · · Score: 1

    Zo zany zeez in Z zrticle zust zooks zad.

  5. Bad for Business. on Woman Trademarks Name and Threatens Sites Using It · · Score: 1

    I say let her send her cease-and-desist letters. It will only make for less networking on her part, and less business for her as a direct result. She's digging her own grave. The fair use clause in US copywrite law would prevent her from winning most (if not all) lawsuits she files. You can talk about a trademark as long as you don't infringe upon it.

  6. Depends on your definition of "chip" on How Much Smaller Can Chips Go? · · Score: 0

    Referencing science fiction, Star Trek's Voyager was the first ship to utilize bio-neuric computer technology. I imagine that the cells in the sacks are smaller than any chip that the Enterprise D had. I would consider the cells in Bio-neuric computer technology as "chips", and it exists in our brains. We just don't know yet how to harness it. So yes, smaller computer chips are possible.

  7. Re:So serious on Can Twitter and Facebook Deal With Their Dead? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Just use a dead-man's switch. The program checks to see when you last updated your FB account, and if it's been more than a few weeks, it starts its random posts.

  8. Seeing this headline in red... on Coronal Mass Ejection Hits Earth · · Score: -1

    ...is really freaking me out

  9. No Baby War Machine? on Iron Baby · · Score: 0

    They only show a white baby, so there is no racial diversity. If they had Baby War Machine, then all would be good.

  10. Re:Pool Table on The $8,500 Gaming Table You Want · · Score: 0

    You know you can cover the pocket holes, right? Pool table + something to cover holes = worry free dice roll game table.

  11. A deal with Paramount? on The World's First Commercially Available Jetpack · · Score: 0

    Or is it just a coincidence that this jet pack becomes available around the time of Iron Man 2 movie trailers hitting the internet?

  12. Re:Feel free to use my method on Best Resource For Identifying Legit Applications? · · Score: 0

    Okay, so from what you're saying: rootkit != malware Good to know, reinstalling my OS after getting hacked is a big pain in the ass.

  13. Band-aid approach on Whatever Happened To Programming? · · Score: 0

    "pasting not-quite-compatible libraries together and patching around the edges" is quite an acceptable form of programming, and can take some real skill to do well. It's called the band-aid approach, which is effective for small, startup companies looking to get off the ground, and large companies looking to save a buck.

  14. Re:The 'Hood on Sony Patents Game Demos With Feature Erosion · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're making the assumption that computer games are addictive. I can stop anytime I want.

  15. Re:Salary on The Billion Dollar Kernel · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Depends on where they live, of course. 31k to someone in the Philippines is a fortune, while someone living in California would go bankrupt on that salary.

  16. Yeah right on FCC Proposes 100Mbps Minimum Home Broadband Speed · · Score: 0

    And IPv6 will be in wide use by then, too, right?

  17. Chop Chop on Cellulosic Biofuel Finally Ready For the Road · · Score: 0

    More reason to chop down more of the rain-forest. Instead of using food for bio-fuel (in turn starving people), we'll use trees for bio-fuel (in turn starving the environment, suffocating us). So basically we'll go from wanting the mineral underneath the tree of the Na'vi village to wanting the tree itself. Not much of a change if you ask me.

  18. Re:25 years to show Star Wars might work on Directed Energy Weapon Downs Ballistic Missile · · Score: 0

    And then they'll have money to make even more.

  19. Junk SSL Connection on Botnet Targets Web Sites With Junk SSL Connections · · Score: -1, Troll

    What exactly is a "Junk SSL Connection"? Please tell me it has nothing to do with the slang for a man's "area". The thoughts of "the goods" being attacked... oof.

  20. What's next? on New Hearing Aid Uses Your Tooth To Transmit Sound · · Score: 0

    A hearing aid in our mouth. What's next? An optical implant in our nose?

  21. Re:Don't Abbreviate on Report Shows Patent Trolls Are Thriving · · Score: 2, Funny

    People are going to abbreviate no matter what you do, so we need to come up with an abbreviation that speaks for itself: POOP - People Orchestrating Obvious Patents Everybody say it with me. These companies are POOP!

  22. Re:Uh, no. They didn't. on Has Apple Created the Perfect Board Game Platform? · · Score: 0

    The perfect board game platform is cardboard.

    Yes, cheating is much easier to do with a cardboard game.

  23. Re:Hmmm on Joomla! 1.5 Development Cookbook · · Score: 0

    Irony yes, but the book itself isn't licensed open source. Unless of course it was published under the FDL, which I don't think any book publisher would do.

  24. Re:Optical Stealth? on Russian Stealth Fighter Makes Its First Flight · · Score: 0

    How would we know if we can't see it?

  25. ODF format or not on Denmark Chooses OpenDocument Format · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's still not in English, so I can not read it.