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  1. Re:I won't go to the theater any more. on Consumers Prefer Movies At Home · · Score: 1

    even they should watch the movie at home... they can get involved into more, erh... action.. without risking being arrested for anything ranging from indecent exposure to whatever you want above that

  2. Re:Unauthorized access? on Government Use of WiFi Not Secure · · Score: 2, Funny

    well, if they say so, it's the official answer you have to give them for the test if you want to pass. then, nothing prevents you from thinking otherwise :D

  3. Re:An acceptable alternative. on Your Hard Drive Lies to You · · Score: 1

    HDDs could use those 1F capacitors, that should be enough...

  4. nothing prevents you.... on Dell Still Intel Only · · Score: 1

    from getting your hardware from one of those other manufacturers.
    Get over it, if Dell doesn't do it, their loss...

  5. Re:Just noise... on Signal Handoff Could Mean Roaming VoIP over WiFi · · Score: 1

    also, the second article notes something of importance, that the first seems to have (intentionally ??) missed, quote :

    Professor Stefan Savage, of the Jacobs School of Engineering, and graduate student Ishwar Ramani have a patent pending on the basic invention behind a technology known as SyncScan.

    Now, if this thing is patented, it will either never serve anyone, or it has already been bought by verizon & friends

  6. Re:Demand should lead supply on WiMax Hits 100 mph on Rails to Brighton · · Score: 1

    they're stupid... they should just leave the free layers of paint on the trains...

  7. Re:Biometrics is a nice idea... on France May Require Biometric ID Cards · · Score: 1

    hmmm. right...
    in the US, they have a different way to see if they should treat your injuries or not... they check for your credit cards & their balance...

  8. Re:Not the first Aircar... on Car Powered by Compressed Air · · Score: 2, Interesting

    the dude that invented that vehicle (Guy Nègre, whom that I talked to at the paris car show a couple years ago) received death threats from unknown people that called him at night and stuff...

  9. compressed air car on Car Powered by Compressed Air · · Score: 1

    another (small and under the radar) company also has a working 100% air powered car that can either be refilled by plugging it in, or with a high pressure external compressor that could be found at gas stations:

    see

    http://www.theaircar.com

  10. Re:Good Grief... on European Piracy Crackdowns · · Score: 0

    the USofA do it... you can see kids working late at McDonalds drive through windows

  11. Re:It doesn't matter .... on RIAA Lawsuits from a John Doe's Perspective · · Score: 1

    assuming the speed limits are not a ploy to raise money in speeding tickets, which, considering where the automated speedtraps are deployed over here (france), seems very likely

  12. Re:Your local RIAA Office here to Serv You! on RIAA Lawsuits from a John Doe's Perspective · · Score: 1

    hey, dude... it's called "protection money"...

  13. Re:it's time to become (more)anonymous on EU Software Patent Directive Adopted · · Score: 1

    that's probably patented by someone already... think all sort of Remote procedure calls (SOAP and the like)

  14. Re:Best quote ever on BSA Wants EU Open Standard Policy Reconsidered · · Score: 1

    right...
    those people are about as bad as ferengis

  15. Re:$6k/1TB too much? on Turnkey Linux RAID Solutions? · · Score: 1

    lessee...
    8 port 3Ware 9500 controller : $500
    400G Seagate sata disk: $350

    400GB * 3 = 1.2TB

    you we need 4 disks and one controller for 1.2TB of raid5

    500 + 350*4 = $3400

    add the motherboard and processor ($600), and you have a system for $4K

  16. Re:You asked a questions so my answer is.... on Should Dual Cores Require Dual Licenses? · · Score: 1

    what's a range partition ?

  17. Re:Riiiight! on Should Dual Cores Require Dual Licenses? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Even upgrading to the latest version is a nightmare.

    thus, logic states that it's no harder to switch than to upgrade...

  18. Re:I think "admits" is probably the wrong word. on North Korea Admits to Having Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 1

    yeah, and somehow, they stopped the search, unable to find anything

  19. Re:Thank Goodness... on North Korea Admits to Having Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But his priorities are out of whack

    it depends, you don't know his priorities.
    For all I know he is more interested in grabbing all the oil he can from irak, using the weapons of mass destruction as a pretext

  20. Re:How long before ... on Microsoft Licenses Analog Anti-rip Technology · · Score: 4, Interesting

    yet, some are way too many already. as only one is required for something to show up on the P2P networks...
    as usual, this is just another way by the tech industry to steal money from the idiots in the content industry that are way too stupid to understand that they really are dinosaurs on the brink of extinction, and that using 30 seconds commercials to finance dubious tv shows is about to be as obsolete as dodos

  21. Re:How long before ... on Microsoft Licenses Analog Anti-rip Technology · · Score: 1

    MythTV doesn't have the concept of a broadcast flag, as libdvdcss has no concept of a DVD geographic zone... what are you talking about ?

  22. since when... on McAfee Granted Firewall Patent · · Score: 1

    ...the existence of prior art matters to the USPTO ?

    hopefully, poland will keep stopping each attempt to put the software patents issue on the menu of the various european agriculture, fishing, wanking, ... minister meeting

  23. Re:Airport taxes on Mobile Users Plug-in Anywhere They Can · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Curb CO2 emissions: Kill yourself today!
    nah, get rid of bush & friends

  24. Re:Ah! Too late! on Mobile Users Plug-in Anywhere They Can · · Score: 1

    they won't, unless you have enough $$$ to pay for a good lawyer

  25. Re:Ah! Too late! on Mobile Users Plug-in Anywhere They Can · · Score: 1

    it's not like the patent office would care