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  1. Re:News flash: you'll never make everyone happy. on Yale Switching To Gmail, Not Without Opposition · · Score: 1

    Not a huge savings, they can't save more than what they would get if they charged for Operating Expenses. But when combined with 1 and 2 it makes it worth it.

  2. Re:Welcome to Fascism on Supreme Court Rolls Back Corporate Campaign Spending Limits · · Score: 1

    The Assyrian's and Nazi's cared about human welfare? Corporations would grant some human welfare, its just equivalent to that of those working in sweatshops in China.

  3. Re:Nothing more fun? on Looking Back At Dungeons & Dragons · · Score: 1

    "You see a massive pale shape in the distance"
    "Sit down Dave!"

  4. Re:It IS safe! on Own Your Own Fighter Jet · · Score: 1

    Which is more likely to attract attention? An unidentified prop plane, or a Russian Jet?

  5. Re:First thought... on "Doomsday Clock" Moves Away From Midnight · · Score: 1

    Just because the Iranian govt is cracking down doesn't mean that Iran isn't moving toward Freedom. If a tipping point is reached, we may see a new govt. If it fails, then the govt can go 2 ways: Address Grievances, or Crack down Harder. And I'm not exactly optimistic about the former...

  6. Re:Was waiting for Chrome on OSX until... on Google Chrome Displaces Safari As Third In Survey · · Score: 1

    With Apple things are definitely more rotten. This is the snake medicine / revival tent kind of evil. The kind that promises salvation, while delivering the same old crap.

    Even as an Apple hater I have to disagree. Apple's not hiding what it's been doing with its products. The only people who get miffed are those who want to be able to modify their products (which means Geeks). Google is data mining, but that will be pointless in 10 years, as everyone will have put all their information into third party hands.

    In conclusion, no one is getting undersold with snake medicine. Everyone is getting exactly what they want, which is SHINY portable net devices, that can't run viruses, but can update everyone on what your doing.

  7. Re:Bring back copyright renewal on What Would Have Entered the Public Domain Tomorrow? · · Score: 1

    "Whatever the cost is to get a majority share in congress."
    -Disney

  8. Re:Immoral is what it is on What Would Have Entered the Public Domain Tomorrow? · · Score: 1

    You need a few more army turncoats before you can even think of a true revolution. The most you could get is some mass riots that might scare the Politico's into reforming a couple laws. Another history lesson there. Look at how much momentum it took to overthrow the USSR.

  9. Re:Completely automated market crash! on The Rise of Machine-Written Journalism · · Score: 1

    Wow, that is scary. It's like having the "Airline Stocks Crash after Google News Goofup" story to a whole new level, as the computers are writing the news, processing the news, and moving the stocks around. A joint effort by a bunch of high school bloggers could crash the entire stock market... And a new Sci-fi story is born.

  10. Re:I use it because... on Is OpenOffice.org a Threat? Microsoft Thinks So · · Score: 1

    The problem I have with Google Docs is getting proper printing formatting. Maybe it's just the lack of a 'print' view, but I can't help see it as anything more than a collaborative, online, rich text editor. Which it does extremely well, and fairly quickly.

  11. Re:The REAL solution on The Environmental Impact of PHP Compared To C++ On Facebook · · Score: 1

    The next day Doofus received an e-mail reading:

    Hey! I've just added pictures to my profile page! You should sign up for facebook to view my pics now!

    img="drinking tequila on the beach"
    img="goatse"
    img="my wedding to a moose"
    img="russia, seen from my house"
    link=www.facerbook.com/spam/malware/download

    p.s. I don't know the real way that facebook emails are set up or how to put html code into slashdot. Just imagine that it was in proper HTML :p

  12. Re:It's not the fines.... on Fines Fail To Curb Cell Phone Usage While Driving · · Score: 1
    Inalienable Rights are a philosophical dream. You could state that your government believes in unalienable rights, but in the end, its just a legal right. You have a right to liberty? I have a right to have something to eat? That Native has a right to property? They're all just human constructs, so don't act as if the government HAS to uphold these unclear moral laws.

    Not saying that the government should continue the death penalty, or confiscating property, or detaining "terrorists"; but don't act as if Inalienable rights are some "unalienable" force from God or something.

  13. Re:A view from Asia-Pacific on Linux Reaches 32% Netbook Market Share · · Score: 1

    You could say that the PS3 is a cheap and powerful computer. I mean it decodes 1080p video, and has been used in several clusters. At $300 its as cheap as a netbook.

  14. Re:Actually on Will Tabbed Windows Be the Next Big Thing? · · Score: 1

    Unless Software compatibility is something you consider worthy of "best feature", or openness for that matter. Seriously the above comment has fanboy written on it.

  15. Re:Noob gamers on Farmville, Social Gaming, and Addiction · · Score: 1

    This. This should be in a "Scientific" Paper, because it's true. When it comes to gaming addiction, a lot of times once a player has had enough of the stupidity, they stop playing "Social" (read Grind) games. For me it was Runescape, and then Guild Wars. Now I just don't care. If it's not purely about arena, or about enjoying the game while playing it, I'm not interested.

  16. Re:FarmTown on Farmville, Social Gaming, and Addiction · · Score: 1

    What is this the App Store? Mini-Clip? 3d Platformers? You can't have that many duplicates in a service right?

  17. Re:But... on Google Launches Dictionary, Drops Answers.com · · Score: 1

    Damnit Cromwell, your rule was NOT "cromulent".

  18. Re:Naked Dictatorship on Iranian Crackdown Goes Global · · Score: 1

    If they think they are anointed by their imaginary celestial friend, they require enthusiastic liquidation in the manner of the French Revolution. (A beautiful act, and worthy of emulation.)

    What percentage of the population has to stop believing in the celestial friend before they become tired of his antics?

  19. Re:No such thing on Copyright and the Games Industry · · Score: 1

    My problem with the game is the lag. But they did a great job of converting the style of TF2 to a low power PC title.

  20. Selling Knowledge on What the iPod Tells Us About the World Economy · · Score: 1

    music, movies, microcode, and high-speed pizza delivery"

    Where are we getting these people who BUY music, movies, and microcode in China, Russia, Taiwan again?

    Seems kinda weak to base your entire economy on IP, when its imaginary.

  21. Re:Not possible on Would You Use a Free Netbook From Google? · · Score: 1
    Great. What apps would you be running on Windows 7 ARM edition?

    With OSS you can recompile, with Windows you'd have to wait for Adobe,Symantec, Intuit, etc to release a new binary for that small market of Windows ARM users.

  22. Re:Debate! on Mininova Removes All Copyright-Infringing Torrents · · Score: 1

    Q: Want to let us look after your money so we can leverage it and then give you a tiny fraction of the profit? A: No

    Okay Coward, tell me what you propose to do with the leftovers of your last paycheck?

  23. Re:Stereotypes much? on Wal-Mart, Amazon Battle For Online Retail's Future · · Score: 1

    Well Nicaragua only has 2.7% internet penetration , so I would say that Middle America is lacking some Amazonian business.

  24. Re:Not possible on Would You Use a Free Netbook From Google? · · Score: 1
    "Sell it with Windows for $20 more"

    ARM defeats this from happening.

  25. Re:Bing vs Google on Murdoch-Microsoft Deal In the Works · · Score: 1
    Especially as there are other conservative news stations on the internet, unlike TV where conservatives only have one station to turn to.

    Kinda sad that people are so demanding of biased news, but thems the breaks.