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  1. Statistical report on Making a Child Locating System · · Score: 1

    Number of posts: 951 Number of links to products: 4 Effective success rate: .0042

  2. Uh... on Microsoft Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension · · Score: 1

    This same thing was reported here after the last big update release. Guess I'll wait, for my own entertainment, and see if it's reported again after the next Vista update package.

  3. But... on AMD's Six-Core Istanbul Opterons · · Score: 1

    That's nothing compared to 14 cores.

  4. Effectiveness? on Empirical Study Shows DRM Encourages Infringement · · Score: 1, Troll

    I just wonder how many people that 'matter' will pay any attention to a study like this. It seems like a little psuedo-psychology mixed in with a bias to me. Playing devil's advocate...

  5. Re:How about being fair? on Church of Scientology On Trial In France · · Score: 1

    YES. This would aid in the advancement of those who are relatively gifted with the intellectual prowess to further society while weeding out those who contribute nothing.

  6. Too much info/BS. 100% pure BS. on Right-to-Repair Law To Get DRM Out of Your Car · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Give the general public access to information they -think- they understand and watch cars start to blow up at red lights. I am a bit of a shadetree mechanic and have never ran across a late-model vehicle I couldn't diagnose and fix. If I can do it, surely these fancy "SAE Certified" mechanics can, right? Oh no, you don't suggest... that... maybe, they're not all they're, um... cracked up to be? Maybe... they want a little midget to jump out of the dash and tell them exactly what to do? This isn't about DRM, FFS, DMCA, PCM's, ECM's or any of the other fancy little acronyms these folks would like to blame their lack of skills on. It's good ol' laziness and lack of education. The auto repair industry has been a magnet for unqualified, less-than-desireable humans for decades. They're not trying to make the leap from ignorant to ignorant victim. Oh, the irony.

  7. What will it be like in the end? on Court Rejects RIAA's Proposed Protective Order · · Score: 1

    Would anyone care to use chaos theory to predict the outcome of the many cases involving the RIAA? All these random judgements pretty much excludes logic as a reasonable tool in predicting the outcome.

  8. Guppy-boy was wrong? on Mac OS X Users Vulnerable To Major Java Flaw · · Score: 1

    You mean to tell me that little dude with the big nose and bowl haircut on the Mac commercial mislead me... and poor Megan chose the wrong guy? Oh no.

  9. Cliche and sleep-inducing on Why Linux Is Not Yet Ready For the Desktop · · Score: 1

    ...yawns, recalls mental image of Debian on his PC at home and how it doesn't seem to want to EVER utilize hardware acceleration with his circa 2002 graphics card, thinks of upgrading his home PC from 2k to XP, returns to work on Vista

  10. My state is devious. on Man Arrested For Taking Photo of Open ATM · · Score: 1

    I looked up my state's statute and interestingly, it states refusal to identify one's self as suspicious and therefore adequate reason to detain. Wow, talk about a self-protecting clause. (b) Among the circumstances which may be considered in determining whether alarm is warranted is the fact that the person takes flight upon the appearance of a law enforcement officer, *******refuses to identify himself******, or manifestly endeavors to conceal himself or any object. Unless flight by the person or other circumstances make it impracticable, a law enforcement officer shall, prior to any arrest for an offense under this Code section, afford the person an opportunity to dispel any alarm or immediate concern which would otherwise be warranted by requesting the person to identify himself and explain his presence and conduct. No person shall be convicted of an offense under this Code section if the law enforcement officer failed to comply with the foregoing procedure or if it appears at trial that the explanation given by the person was true and would have dispelled the alarm or immediate concern.

  11. Re:PANERA solved this, by limits during peak hours on McDonalds Free Wi-Fi Users Soak Up Seating · · Score: 1

    Bingo! Give that man a cheeseburger... make it a quarter pounder. TIME THE FRIGGIN' SESSIONS. END OF ISSUE.

  12. This is a huge, everyday, constant problem. on Break-In Compromises 160k Medical Records At UC Berkeley · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Surf on over to datalossdb.org and sub to the RSS feed. Something like this happens everyday, multiple times per day. The bad part is most of the time it's not hackers, it's employees that dump SSN's, DOB's, etc into the garbage or post them to the net. It's horrific. At least when hacker does it, it was done deliberately by someone with half a brain. Most of the time, it's clueless employees scattering our personal information about the grounds like it's fertilizer.

  13. This has ruined the Dept of Redundancy Dept on Adblock Plus Maker Proposes Change To Help Sites · · Score: 1

    ... and replaced it with the Super-Minimalistic Department of Super Redundancy and Checks and Balances See-Saw Redundancy Department.

  14. Re:Stock market analysis? on New Pattern Found In Prime Numbers · · Score: 1

    It has as much to do with stock market analysis as any T/A method does. It is simply another perspective to include in one's T/A efforts. Any statistical theory is useful in T/A; its success depending on how it's used, just like any indicator. No offence, but I take it you're a 'fundy' trader. ;)

  15. Re:He has a point about linux on Lenovo On the Future of the Netbook · · Score: 1

    I totally agree. I get so sick of no-frills products designed for the guy that wants no frills being turned into the typical bells and whistles waste of money. Nothing can stay true to its nature for long - it always gets sucked into mediocrity. Of course netbook would say these steps keep it from suffering from mediocrity but in reality they're just trying to make it like everything else out there. Irony.

  16. Groovy on When Hacked PCs Self-Destruct · · Score: 1

    Roman Hussy?!?

  17. HOW? on Mininova Starts Filtering Torrents · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Seems like this would be very easy to do. A text filter looking at the torrent names. I'm trying to figure out how this would -not- be effective... and if the host site didn't do this, why would the court not demand it? Seems like such an easy solution, until someone redesigns the actual torrent clients for encrypted filenames or something. I'm not worried about Mini specifically, but what if all sites were required to do this? Just hypothetically...

  18. Disturbing on What Data Center Designers Can Learn From Legos · · Score: 1

    The use of oversimplified analogies based on childrens' toys by large companies to express common sense ideas disturbs me.

  19. Shoot, man. on Hobbits' Brains Shrank Due To Remote Home · · Score: 1

    "Now researchers at the Natural History Museum in London believe that the creatures' small brains could have developed to reduce the creatures' energy needs" So, if you're overweight due to excessive eating, you can just say you're got a big ol' brain to feed.

  20. Re:The ONline WSJ always charged for content. on News Corp Will Charge For Newspaper Websites · · Score: 1

    I'm not debating that they've always made money. I'm saying the reason they've made money does not exist for 'regular' news sites, at least among, um, 'self-efficient' people.

  21. Re:Do it Rupert. Now. on News Corp Will Charge For Newspaper Websites · · Score: 1

    This could be a good social grouping device. "Would all those that think they have to pay for free stuff please form a line here... the rest of us will carry on our merry way."

  22. Flawed comparison? on News Corp Will Charge For Newspaper Websites · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I can see people paying for a sub to the WSJ, but not some daily news site. People make a living off WSJ info, not so many off whether or not the swine flu spread to the depths of South Alabama overnight... Surely this genius' comment was taken out of context. I mean he's a 'mogul'... surely he knows better... surely, Shirley.

  23. Re:For Highly Classified Data, it's more than a wi on Unclean Military Hard Drives Sold On eBay · · Score: 2, Funny

    link please

  24. Re:Windows 98 FTW on Windows 7 "Not Much Faster" Than Vista · · Score: 1

    I totally agree. Isn't every new OS -expected- to be slower? They are always slower on the -same pc- and for obvious reasons. Linux is no different, albeit newer versions can be tweaked to run as/nearly as fast as older versions. I feel like I'm missing some huge chunk of info that 'everybody else knows'...

  25. Re:Evolution versus artificial modification on Cosmetic Neurology · · Score: 1

    LOLMAOALAOALMAMAO... L337!