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  1. Re:Sorry, won't work on Postfix's Creator Outlines Spam Solution · · Score: 1

    Web of trust similar to FMS on Freenet? I claim this will reduce spam dramatically, not eliminate it.

  2. Re:Just what they want you to think on Feds Tighten DNS Security On .Gov · · Score: 1

    I have full confidence in the IRS's ability to protect me from other groups seeking to take my money. Especially ones that take it tax deductibaly.

  3. Re:I want real High Quality on SanDisk, Music Publishers Push DRM-free SlotMusic Format · · Score: 1

    Feel free to buy a CD. This is fine by me.

  4. Re:The ironic thing on New Diablo 3 Images; Design Wins Over Darkness · · Score: 1

    Never played it. I forgot I deleted the part about the ones I play. I was quoting the parent for effect and being accurate later. Sorry;)

  5. Re:The ironic thing on New Diablo 3 Images; Design Wins Over Darkness · · Score: 2, Interesting

    > The only people complaining about the art style
    Me!

    > are the ones who would buy anything Blizzard boxes.
    Also me!

    It's true. I'm concerned it won't be as neat as it could be but in the end I trust Blizzard to make a great game well worth the money and not crippled with computer-breaking DRM*. It's why I own [at least] one copy of every Blizzard game I've played.

  6. Re:Trust on Google Goofs On Firefox's Anti-Phishing List · · Score: 1

    Maybe, but I'm still against the false sense of security these "anti-phishing" tools provide. And although I see it may be a necessary evil, it bugs me how many legitimate sites are going to be burned by this.

  7. Re:Trust on Google Goofs On Firefox's Anti-Phishing List · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We need to educate users to check the URL before entering anything. Any time you rely on a technological solution to a social problem you end up with woes.

  8. Re:Public Records -- The Catch-22 on Palin Email Hacker Found · · Score: 1

    Oh so you support child porn? The kid's not of age...

  9. Re:This Just In on Palin Email Hacker Found · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You use that evidence to track him, other evidence to prove guilt.

  10. Re:This Just In on Palin Email Hacker Found · · Score: 1

    Your computer can break a tripcode in Not Very Long (minutes-hours).

  11. Re:This Just In on Palin Email Hacker Found · · Score: 1

    Don't need to. If they couldn't find hte first guy, just grab one of the random /b/tards who was dumb enough to login from the info posted and claim he was the original.

    You're still grabbing a felon.

  12. Re:Nobody said unlimited... on T-Mobile Launches £2 Per Day Mobile Broadband · · Score: 1

    So I doubt it's technically possible to download 3GB in a single day, but for doing so over the air, that seems like an extremely good price to pay.

    though I'd rather pay that per-byte price on any amount I download:-)

  13. Re:"For Just £49.99"? on T-Mobile Launches £2 Per Day Mobile Broadband · · Score: 1

    I'd suggest switching to a provider that lets you create virtual card numbers, so if they ever pull this again you can simply cancel the "card".

  14. Re:The daily rate is outrageously expensive on T-Mobile Launches £2 Per Day Mobile Broadband · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'll console myself by watching YouTube and not having to incriminate myself by turning over encryption keys for no reason.

    By the time those are illegal here I imagine the UK will require the Implants.

  15. Re:'cause everyone knows on YouTube Bans Gun and Knife Videos In the UK · · Score: 1

    > Obama is a gun control freak
    Lie requires source or retract.

    He will likely support gun control then not do anything. It's not one of his central issues, so I hardly think one can call him a freak.

    Of course if freak := disagree with you than I apologize for calling your statement a lie, for it is then correct.

  16. Re:Now what will happen? on Comcast Discloses Throttling Practices · · Score: 1

    When you put it that way it doesn't sound too bad at all. I didn't realize they'd be making my service faster.

  17. Re:'cause everyone knows on YouTube Bans Gun and Knife Videos In the UK · · Score: 3, Funny

    Youtube doesn't kill people. Google kills you, except in Soviet Russia.

  18. Re:Open source overkill on Dirac 1.0.0 Released · · Score: 1

    I seem to recall something about a Novell-MS dealbreaker being in the GPLv3 that, if adopted by the kernel itself, would mean a lot of fireworks, but I might be thinking of something else.

    I'm definitely not talking about the Tivoization clause.

  19. Re:Performance? Benefits? on Dirac 1.0.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Yeah I realized that after I wrote this:-) I meant Theora. Oopsie.

  20. Re:Where is the windows codec. on Dirac 1.0.0 Released · · Score: 1

    It's development software; new innovative software tends to be one platform, generally whatever the devs are most comfortable with. I don't know a thing about windows software engineering since early xp, but if I make something cool enough for linux someone else will probably be interested in porting it.

    Video processing is commonly done on non-windows platforms because then you don't need a per-computer license for each node in the render farm, and FOSS software can follow an edl as easily as the proprietary stuff that created it. Maybe that's what bbc is using?

    Just a guess

  21. Re:Performance? Benefits? on Dirac 1.0.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Exactly, Matroska is great and all from a freedom standpoint, but technically it's far behind the encumbered ones.

    At least we have ogg for audio, it seems like nothing can beat it in terms of quality/bitrate:-)

  22. Re:Open source overkill on Dirac 1.0.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Isn't that clause new to the GPLv3?

  23. How will we keep virtual pirates on How Telcos and ISPs Are Preparing For a Pandemic · · Score: 1

    from taking advantage of the lack of law to loot store after store of intellectual property over bittorrent and other such pirate protocols?

    This is clearly any responsible government's first concern! I'm outraged they are concerned with "bandwidth management"!

  24. Re:Now what will happen? on Comcast Discloses Throttling Practices · · Score: 1

    Number 2 doesn't exist. There are no competing ISPs in most areas. Wake up and smell the socialism.

    Does anyone have any non-biased proof that BT is the main reason for congestion? I thought that was just marketing fud, it seems like digital cable and such is going to be a much larger slice of the pie. Still, I'm willing to believe it's BT.

  25. Re:Now what will happen? on Comcast Discloses Throttling Practices · · Score: 1

    You're being sold a product at a price where both are known in advance. Competition and lack of government established monopoly would be nice, but this is a better solution.

    Now if only we had net neturaility laws to ensure that Comcast OnDemand counts toward the limit...