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  1. Re:Shysters all on RIAA Math: Sell 1 Million Albums, Still Owe $500k · · Score: 2

    Actually, the message we hope to send to the truly good RIAA musicians (a slim lot, I know) is: "We want your music, but we don't want to help the RIAA."

  2. My fear.... on Microsoft's Hottest New Profit Center: Android · · Score: 1

    My fear is they will use the agreements as a wedge to claim ALL of Linux as infringing. Luckily I think Torvalds and Shuttleworth have the resources to fight MS.

  3. Re:First in 1990? Really? on Roundabout Revolution Sweeping US · · Score: 1

    The original rotaries on 3 of the 4 junctions of the Bourne and Sagamore bridges were put in when the current bridges were completed in 1935. 1 rotary was bypassed in 1987 by feeding the Bourne Bridge directly into MA-25 (north side Bourne Bridge), 1 was replaced with a freeway interchange in 2006 (north side Sagamore Bridge, only the one that is south side Bourne Bridge still has bridge traffic feeding directly into it.

  4. Re:sigh... on Senate Bill Could Make It Illegal To Upload Lip-Synced Videos · · Score: 1

    Also, Gaga has been known to, on her Facebook, showcase such videos that feature her stuff...

  5. Re:Fiberoptics on Personal Electronics May Indeed Disrupt Avionics · · Score: 1

    And *that* is why the Flight 93 "Let's do it!" cellphone story just doesn't wash.....

  6. Seriously.... on Mac Malware Evolves - No Install Password Required · · Score: 1

    Still. Not. A. Worm.

    </ysac>

    Yawn.

  7. Re:You Need To Ask? on T-Mobile Joins the Capped Data Bandwagon · · Score: 1

    AT&T got rid of unlimited plans on their phone service long ago. The only ones left are the ones who got unlimited plans when they were still available, as AT&T has decided to grandfather them in. I trust next we'll see AT&T putting an end to the grandfathering.

  8. Re:Kudos to Apple on Apple Acknowledges MacDefender · · Score: 1

    Because they were waiting to put out an official release, and didn't want anything coming out of the tech support reps' mouths to be taken as official policy until they released their statement.

    Microsoft does the same thing.

    Also, OS X can't be compromised if you're not stupid. So far, all of these Mac trojans I've been seeing require a PEBCAK. Show me an anti-virus program that's 100% reliable against PEBCAKs and I'll say you found the Holy Grail!

  9. Re:Limitation on Mandatory Automotive Black Boxes May Be On the Way · · Score: 1

    Not driving with the general traffic flow (whether above or below the limit) can be a crime (endangerment), where speeding is just a misdemeanor, so if you're doing 55 and the traffic is doing 70 (regardless of what the speed limit actually is), you could be opening yourself up to a worse offense. 2 drivers in Massachusetts around 1997 or so got hit with that (they were driving the speed limit (55) and traffic was significantly faster), and unsuccessfully fought the charges not once, but twice...

  10. Twitter Trending... on Tweeter To Be Prosecuted, Twitter Now Censoring? · · Score: 1

    ....is measured by increase of mentions, not number of mentions. Giggs' mentions may be high, but the number isn't increasing as much as it was just after the story broke. Less *increase* in mentions = lower-ranked on the trending lists. The number of mentions has likely peaked.

  11. Re:It was only a matter of time on Apple Support Forums Suggest Malware Explosion · · Score: 1

    ClamXAV (the Mac UI front-end for the Unix ClamAV)

  12. Re:A legal double standard on LimeWire Settles For $105 Million · · Score: 1

    Don't they do that with the internet in Canada?

  13. Net result of this lawsuit: ZERO! on LimeWire Settles For $105 Million · · Score: 1

    Changes nothing though... Limewire was just a UI for Gnutella, which will continue on. The only change is that there will be no new Limewire versions in the future. All the more room for Frostwire, Cabos, etc....

    And yes, my Cabos still works ;) i just don't use it much anymore.

  14. Re:Wasn't he already reported dead? on Osama Bin Laden Reported Dead, Body In US Hands · · Score: 2

    December 2001 - reported in a newspaper in Egypt. There was even a funeral and an obit. Fox reported it too but removed the story soon after.

  15. Half his brain tied behind his Mac.... on Mac Users More Liberal Than Windows Users · · Score: 2

    Rush Limbaugh is actually a conservative who stayed with Mac through the lean years (1990s). I know because I was forced to listen to him on a daily basis when I worked for one of his affiliates back then. *heh* :)

  16. Re:A sucker born every minute on Licensing Problem Silences Internet Radio Stations · · Score: 1

    I *am* a comedy music artist, and I won't register. I won't register with ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC either.

    Some things are more important than money. I simply don't want any third party to "represent" me.

  17. Re:Happy Tree F(close page) on Google Sends Repeat Infringers To Copyright School · · Score: 2

    Actually, this one is SFW. Seriously. The worst that happens is some off-screen vomit and a cannon explosion without gore.

  18. Re:Not exactly on Apple's Secret Weapon To Win the Tablet Wars · · Score: 1

    Because Microsoft hit while Apple was down and left for dead (1990s - the "Pepsi Years"). I'll admit Windows 95 was a huge positive step in the PC market, and was such a success that they are *still* riding that wave, but MS's market share has been slowly declining since Steve came back and Apple streamlined their product line in 1998.

  19. Re:Reading the article..... on ISP's War On BitTorrent Hits World of Warcraft · · Score: 1

    Actually yes, WoW's Launcher *is* a "file sharing application" (BitTorrent) if you use its default settings.

  20. Re:Just use the hardware you have on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Choose a Windows Laptop? · · Score: 1

    Press down with 2 fingers while you drag (2 fingers = right-click on Mac trackpads). I know it works because I've done it.

  21. Re:Why hasn't she gotten used to it? on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Choose a Windows Laptop? · · Score: 1

    MacBook's hardware specs (even a 2008 model) are higher than any Win laptop you can get for only $500. Just spend the $200, you get what you want (Win), you save $300, and you still have a higher-specced machine (MacBook).

  22. Re:As House would say - You're an Idiot on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Choose a Windows Laptop? · · Score: 1

    2008 MacBook (the older machine) has an Intel processor. This isn't a problem :)

  23. Re:Just use the hardware you have on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Choose a Windows Laptop? · · Score: 1

    Boot Camp has Apple touchpad drivers for Windows. No functionality is lost.

  24. Re:5 fucking color stripes in a square. on Wikipedia Moves To Delete the Free Speech Flag · · Score: 1

    Except lesbians ;)

  25. Re:5 fucking color stripes in a square. on Wikipedia Moves To Delete the Free Speech Flag · · Score: 3, Informative

    "she", actually :)