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  1. Re:Mod Parent Up! on iPod Lawsuit Lawyers Sue Their Own Plaintiff? · · Score: 1

    Actually, it depends on the state. In many states, the Supreme Court is in charge of such issues and the bar association is merely an optional liaison. In others, the bar association is charged with such issues (and membership is usually mandatory).

  2. Re:Either Or ... on iPod Lawsuit Lawyers Sue Their Own Plaintiff? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, it would be the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Supreme Court of Ohio that would handle such a complaint. The ABA is a voluntary professional organization that has no such power over attorneys. (Although they are involved in drafting the Model Code of Professional Responsibility).

    OSBA article explaining how to file a complaint against an Ohio attorney.

  3. Burglar's tools on UK Law May Criminalize IT Pros · · Score: 1

    Looks pretty much akin to many other statutes that outlaw "burglar's tools." Most of those statutes only make it illegal to posess items which have absolutely no other purpose than to break into a building and possessing items that COULD be used to break into a building with the INTENT of using it for that purpose.

    So long as such a statute is drafted in a similar way, it shouldn't be a problem for anyone not using the tools for wrongful purposes.

  4. Re:This is useless. on Skype Offering SkypeOut Service for Free · · Score: 2, Insightful

    free domestic long distance

    What's that thing you get in the mail each month from your provider? A donation request? The cheapest cell phone plans anymore run $40 for 750 anytime minutes and unlimited nights and weekends, if you're lucky. I pay $15/mo for 150 anytime minutes on my cell phone, but that's a rare exception (threatening to leave after being a customer for 2-3 years works wonders sometimes). I also pay $15/mo for 500 minutes with Vonage (and a very low rate after that such that I would need to use 750 minutes before it reached the same cost as the unlimited plan.

    So, for $30/mo, I'm getting a lot more than someone paying $40 for a low-end cell phone plan. "Free long distance" is only a good deal if you're monthly rate is low enough to make it worth it. How many minutes do you talk long distance anyway?

  5. Re:Probably a good buy. on Vonage going IPO · · Score: 1

    $24.99 for "Unlimited local and long distance calls anywhere in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico and select European countries."

    I'm guessing the rate you give includes unlimited to Mexico?

  6. Re:Need to be a citizen? on Vonage going IPO · · Score: 1

    Gosh - I pay more taxes than the national average. What a rip off ?

    So do 49.9% of taxpayers. You're not in any kind of special group there.

  7. Re:Sounds like a winner to me...or not on Vonage going IPO · · Score: 1

    They blame their losses on marketing expenses. They're putting down a lot of money trying to grow their customer base, which is working. Once their customer base grows considerably (especially when it starts to include a lot of people like me who don't even use more than a few hundred minutes a month), it is possible that they will turn a profit. It will take some time. Business customers are probably where they really need to grow the most to be more successful, and I'm not sure how that side of things is working for them.

  8. Re:Hells yeah! on Vonage going IPO · · Score: 1

    I'd take a close look at that prospectus first. The company likely won't be realizing any profits for several years to come, and they flat out admit it. I'd expect it to trade at or around the IPO level for quite awhile. How soon do you plan on buying that house?

  9. Re:Legit or not? on Vonage going IPO · · Score: 1

    Not a very good phishing scam. It asks for your Vonage account number, credit card billing zip code and account e-mail address. After that you are required to make a new account with them. If you lose your password, all you can do is get your password e-mailed to you. It doesn't seem to me like they're going to be able to do much.

    Not to mention that it appears Vonage did register that domain and if it is a phishing scam it's one of the most detailed and elaborate ones I've ever seen.

  10. Re:Unbiased? on PSP Hardware Review Site · · Score: 1

    I figured that guy for a troll a few days ago and gave up.

    Judges are supposed to be unbiased, but that just means they don't favor one party over the other at the start of the trial. It doesn't mean that once the facts come out, (assuming it's a bench trial), they don't weigh them and make an ultimate assignment of blame.

  11. Re:Unbiased? on PSP Hardware Review Site · · Score: 2, Insightful

    An unbiased review, even if possible, is worthless since the whole point is to give an opinion. The important thing is to find a reviewer with similar biases to your own. One without biases doesn't bring any opinions of his own to the table so is limited to regurgitating stats.

    There is different between being biased in your reporting and forming an opinion based upon results.

    A reviewer with bias would already been leaning toward preferring a certain result before even looking at anything.

    A reviewer without bias would start everything on the same level and work from there.

    Just because one starts with bias and one starts without, doesn't mean that the latter won't come to form an opinion.

    I think you've confused "bias" with "opinion." "Bias" is something you have before you even know the facts. "Opinion" is something you form based upon facts that you are aware of.

  12. Re:Policy and Legislation on Best Buy Invaded By Blue Shirt Improv Artists · · Score: 2, Interesting


    Persons impersonating store employees will be prosecuted for trespassing.


    So, in the future I might have to bring multiple changes of clothes with me if I want to go shopping at multiple stores to make sure I don't get confused with the employees? What about those clothing stores that make their employees wear the clothes they sell in the store? Will there be a sign out front "No customer may wear Old Navy clothing inside the store."?

    Anyway, when I worked at Best Buy there was probably a few times I noticed a customer walk in wearing khakis and a blue or black or yellow polo. It seems to be a pretty common clothing ensemble.

  13. Re:My mother sent me two Geek Squad shirts... on Best Buy Invaded By Blue Shirt Improv Artists · · Score: 1

    My mother sent me two Geek Squad shirts...

    The Geek Squad employees wear white short sleeve dress shirts, black pants, black shoes, and a black clip on tie. The black shirts with the Geek Squad logo on them were used during the Geek Squad roll out by all employees throughout the stores.

    By the way, I still have like 4 blue Best Buy shirts and 3 black ones if anyone is interested. Size Large and X-Large.

  14. Re:It's no wonder people buy into Intellegent Desi on One Big Bang, Or Many? · · Score: 1

    There is a huge difference between 'law' in a prescriptive sense (which is how it is used most of the time)

    Most laws are proscriptive.

  15. Gmail on Are Spam Blockers Too Strict? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I have yet to find a single "wanted" e-mail end up in my Spam folder in Gmail. I get maybe 1-2 "unwanted" e-mails in my Inbox, that I quickly mark as spam and never see again. Most of those tend to be in languages I can't read. I wish I could just block all e-mails that aren't in English, but that doesn't seem to be an option yet.

  16. Re:Lawsuit Material on Self-Heating Coffee Cans Recalled · · Score: 1

    "Warning! Contents may detonate" on their coffee cups to avoid lawsuits.

    You can't disclaim liability for everything, like a faulty product, for example. That's like the dump trucks that have signs that say "Not responsible for damage to other vehicles caused by falling objects." Which is complete bollocks, since they are indeed responsible for damage to other vehicles in such cases, and they probably just have the stupid sign to scare people from trying to sue them.

  17. Re:Self heating can? Bah! on Self-Heating Coffee Cans Recalled · · Score: 1

    Who wants a self heating can when you can get a self cooling beer!

    So they finally figured out that while plastic bottles do stay cold longer, they also take a lot longer to get cold in the first place? Seriously, those commercials really bugged me. If you took a bunch of plastic bottles of beer and then threw some ice over them and took it with you, it'd probably still be lukewarm when you got there. If those bottles were glass or aluminum, it'd be ice cold by then.

    Anyway, how much more would a case of self-cooling beer cost? If it's more than $3 more than a regular case of beer, you might as well just buy a few bags of ice.

  18. Re:We had those in the UK! on Self-Heating Coffee Cans Recalled · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it just doesn't seem like there is much of a market for this kind of product. It's not like a good cup of coffee is ever very far away, unless you live in the middle of nowhere. In which case, they probably don't carry this product anywhere near you anyway, and you'd rather make your own and keep it in a Thermos all day.

  19. Re:OT: not a Catch 22 on Programmers Learn to Check Code Earlier for Holes · · Score: 1

    Have you read the book "Catch-22"?

    "There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.

    'That's some catch, that Catch-22,' he observed.
    'It's the best there is, Doc Daneeka agreed."

    So actually, based on the origin of the phrase "catch-22", the article seems to be more right that the version you ripped off the top of the Wikipedia page. "Damned if you, damned if you don't," is much closer to the original and (while Wikipedia disagrees) more familiar version of catch-22.

    So, with the article we have here, what they're saying is they have two choices: 1. Delay the release and everyone hates you for endless delay; or 2. Release the product on time and everyone hates you for releasing buggy code. Of course, to have perfect code, you have to delay indefinitely, so the product would never get released.

  20. Re:Shredders arn't that great on Identity Theft From Tossed Airline Boarding Pass? · · Score: 1

    A lot of tape and a little patience make all the difference.

  21. Re:DIDN'T ANYONE RTFA? on Wal-Mart to Offer Components for DIY Computers · · Score: 1

    So, I guess what the rest of the world calls a "computer" is a "central processing unit" according to Yahoo.

    The problem is from people abbreviating "computer" as "cpu." Then suddenly someone tells them "cpu" means "central processing unit," so they assume "computer" = "central processing unit."

  22. Re:Are they REALLY LOSING? on New Piracy Loss Estimate · · Score: 1

    It must be worth something to you if you're willing to risk a lawsuit that could put you so far in debt you'd have to drop out of school and work at Walmart to be able to afford it.

  23. Re:Gamiest. on Seattle Named Gamiest City · · Score: 1

    1.
      a. Having the flavor or odor of game, especially game that is slightly spoiled.
      b. Ill-smelling; rank.
    2. Showing an unyielding spirit; plucky: a gamy little mare that loved to run.
    3.
      a. Corrupt; tainted: "those considerable forces in America that appear to be tired of the old politics (particularly the gamy municipal variety)" (Tom Wicker).
      b. Sordid; seamy.
      c. Sexually suggestive; racy.

    So which definition is it that best describes seattle? I'm betting on

  24. Re:WTF? on Unique Visitors = 1/10th of Unique IPs? · · Score: 1

    Assuming you are on DSL (cable, as well, but he ignores this fact), you are probably getting an IP address via DHCP, which means that the server issueing that address could issue a new one every time you connect. Over the course of a month, you may get several addresses, each one counting as a unique visitor. Again, you are being overcounted.

    My cable modem only gets disconnected if the power goes out, and if that does happen, it reconnects long before my DHCP lease expires. I've had the same IP for over a year.

  25. Re:GreenHypocrisy on Greenpeace's Custom Underwater Giant-Squid-Cam · · Score: 1

    I think you missed the point. It is not necessary for the priests to molest kids to preach to the public and do good works. It is necessary to have a boat that moves through the water and uses a reliable source of power to get in between a whaling boat and a whale.