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  1. Anti-Piracy measures on this album on Eminem #2 on Gracenote... Before Release · · Score: 2

    Any word on whether there will be anti-piracy measures on this album? Kinda like retro-fitting a better hull design for the Titanic, but still...

  2. Re:I have a question? on MSIE Uber-patch Of The Month · · Score: 2

    ...and then the flood of users to Opera would cause "security experts" to find the exploits that undoubtedly exist in that product.

    The reason why exploits are written for IE/Outlook is not necessarily because Microsoft packs their product full of holes, but because more people use the products, more people will be affected by the exploit, and the chance of the "security expert" seeing their name mentioned in the media goes up.

  3. Re:Class Action Lawsuit! on Post-it Notes vs. Copy-Inhibited CDs · · Score: 2

    It appears that you are trying to open the CD-door on your iMac...

  4. Re:It's the proprietary ink cartridge on Anti-Competitive Behavior in the Printer Industry? · · Score: 2

    Firstly, go buy some rechargable AA batteries. Your cost to run your camera will drop considerably.

    Secondly, the dimensions of the different print cartridges WITHIN a manufacturer's line are very different, let alone crossing manufacturers. As long as this is the case there will never be a universal cartridge.

  5. Re:SMP support? on Intel Moves To 533MHz FSB · · Score: 2

    No SMP on the P4. The Xeon line is the only line that Intel currently produces that has SMP capabilities.

  6. Re:Illegal to Have That Much On Hand on Microsoft's $40 Billion On Hand · · Score: 2

    You've obviously forgotten the Golden Rule:

    He who has the gold, makes the rules.

  7. Re:Don't believe the hype on Revolution OS · · Score: 3, Funny

    The product tie-ins are a joke as well. Why on EARTH would anyone want a CowboyNeal action figure? *shudder*

  8. Great on Revolution OS · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Like the choosings aren't already watered down, we have to deal with yet another Linux distro.

  9. Re:were the on Wireless, GPS-Loaded 'Bait Car' Traps Thieves · · Score: 2

    They were left in the driver's side visor. That's where everyone leaves their keys.

  10. WTF? on Microsoft's Guide to Accepting Donated PCs · · Score: 3

    "It is a legal requirement that pre-installed operating systems remain with a machine for the life of the machine. If a company or individual donates a machine to your school, it must be donated with the operating system that was installed on the PC."

    What the hell sort of scare tactic is that? Last I checked when I purchased a computer I could install whatever I wanted to on it.

  11. They may have a way out on California + Oracle = $95 Million Fiasco · · Score: 2

    I highly doubt that they've gone ahead and opened all 270,000 shrinkwrapped boxes already, so those that they haven't opened they can just take back to CompUSA, right?

  12. "New Business Models" on The Music Business and the Internet · · Score: 2

    One of the new business models that Jay Berman, Chairman and CEO of IFPI, did not cover in this press release is what I consider to be, by far, the most effective to halt the illegal trade of music: Bad Artists.

    As long as the recording industry continues down the path of promotion truly horrible music, they will succeed in reducing the amount of pirated music that is exchanged.

  13. Re:How bout ethanol? on NASA Reports Vast Hydrogen Reserves in Earth's Crust · · Score: 2

    It's true, cuz Willie Nelson and John Cougar tell me so!

  14. It's a good start, but... on ASCI White Detonates The First E-Bomb · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...I wonder if they could answer a question for me. Will it really only be cockroaches and Keith Richards that would live through a nuclear war?

  15. Napster stock on Bertelsman Seeks to Buy Napster · · Score: 1, Troll

    Is Napster a privately-held company or can I download shares on the P2P network?

  16. Re:I always wondered... on Camera Meets Speedometer, Travel Across Country Together · · Score: 1, Troll

    No shit. He should have grabbed a digital camera with a few 128 meg compact flash cards. I know that with my little 1.0 megapixel camera that I can get over 500 pictures at the highest quality on one 128 meg card. All you'd need is two and a laptop with a reader so you can load the pictures to hard drive and then wipe the card clean for the next 500 miles of pictures.

  17. Re:Maybe it's not Discourtious.. on KDE 3.0 is Out · · Score: 2

    It's only the techies who would be downloading 3.0 instead of simply finding it on the CD of the distribution that they just purchased from CompUSA.

    Maybe this is in some way /. trying to get a First Post.

  18. Useful on iPod on Windows · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does anyone know if this will come pre-installed on the floor machines at Comp USA or will I have to install it myself?

  19. Sure, mod me down on LoTR Takes 4 Oscars · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's only karma, so no biggie.

    Why would a site that is so anti-MPAA give a hairy orcs ass what the MPAA thinks of a movie? The whole Oscars/Grammys/Emmys/Tonys thing is nothing more than a studio circle-jerk, and the People's Choice voting is simply the public regurgetating what they're told to like.

    Excellent movies come out every year that kick major ASS on whatever winner is given the Oscar ("Gladiator"/"CTHD" comes to mind), and many of them aren't even nominated.

  20. Re:WHORES on Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos · · Score: 2

    Can't wait for when Warcraft III comes to a theater near you and /. does the review.

  21. Cool trick on US Army to Try Out New, Anime-based Uniforms · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bend light? The best we've been able to accomplish around the lab is break wind.

  22. Ooooh! Big Shocker! on FCC: Cable ISPs Need Not Give Competitors Access · · Score: 2

    When FCC head Michael Parker was just a mere commissioner he was the only FCC commissioner who voted for the AOL/Time Warner merger to go through without any stipulations whatsoever. And considering his father Colin Powell (yes, the Colin Powell) served on the AOL board of directors at the time that shouldn't surprise you either.

    Thanks, Michael. Now AOL/Time Warner can continue on with their complete ownership of the fastest home-based broadband Internet service available.

  23. The Second Best Thing on Interview with Gary Gygax · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...the second-best thing to do at four in the morning"

    Second-best thing to do, but sadly the first most likely of the two to be happening to those who know his name well. *sigh*

  24. Kharma burn on The Incredible Shrinking Motherboard · · Score: 0, Redundant

    2001-11-06 18:46:10 VIA Announces New Tiny Mainboard Design (articles,news) (rejected)

  25. Re:This oughtta teach you open-source folks a less on OpenSSH Local Root Hole · · Score: 1

    Well DUH it was a troll. Where's a +1 Ironic when ya need one?