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  1. Re:what about retirement for RIAA? on Alternative 2009 Copyright Expirations · · Score: 1

    Why support artists and not other independent workers? What is so special about a musician or a writer which makes him deserving of more protection than say a plumber or a shopkeeper?

    Cheers!

  2. Re:Conratulations. on Why Is a Laptop's Battery Dearer Than a Lawnmower's? · · Score: 1

    What it wasn't designed for is screwing by hand...

    For that there is pr0n.

    Cheers!

  3. Re:lies, damn lies, and advertising on AT&T's Net Neutrality Doublethink · · Score: 1

    Since he proposes it's punishable by death, a graveyard would do just fine.

  4. Re:Legal System Flaw on Windows 7 Under Fire For Patent Infringement · · Score: 1

    Prior art to when the patent was issued? Doesn't prior art need to be from before the date of the application?

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  5. Re:Telemurder on Hacker McKinnon To Be Extradited To US · · Score: 1

    Both. From the french side, an arrow was shot resulting in the death of a person. From the german side, a person was killed on german soil following the shooting of an arrow.

    Cheers!

  6. Re:Mirrors on The Jet Fighter Laser Cannon · · Score: 1

    By deflecting the protons towards themselves?

  7. Re:claims on Microsoft Patents Sudo's Behavior · · Score: 1

    Agreed. This patent is not about sudo. It's about setuid.

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  8. Re:This is NOT baffling! on Murdoch To Explore Blocking Google Searches · · Score: 1

    Careful. With enough lobbying money, he might...

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  9. Re:Hmm... on Intel Caught Cheating In 3DMark Benchmark · · Score: 1

    An informed decision with minimal effort. You just gave me the oxymoron of the day.

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  10. Re:Sweet! on Court Rules For Software Ownership Over Licensing · · Score: 1

    So you mean that a company that releases a firmware update for the sole purpose of screwing up homebrew "actually LIKES homebrew"? I'm left to wonder about the logic behind that. If they really liked homebrew, they would follow on the footsteps of Microsoft and release something along the lines of XNA Game Studio. That would show official support for legit homebrew while getting them more community support when dealing with the shadier elements of the current homebrew scene.

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  11. Re:ME on Old Operating Systems Never Die · · Score: 1

    That goes a long way towards explaining the current state of healthcare...

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  12. Re:Nothing will happen on Lawsuit Claims WGA Is Spyware · · Score: 1

    Isn't that what courts are for?

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  13. Re:The n900 cometh... on Apple Pulls C64 Emulator From the App Store · · Score: 1

    Oh! You mean like an iPod Touch.

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  14. Re:Nothing will happen on Lawsuit Claims WGA Is Spyware · · Score: 1

    Not all employees. Just those "who knowingly support an illegal action". If Suzy the receptionist, Bill the janitor and Jake the help-desk guy know nothing about the illegal actions they are clear.

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  15. Re:Well that sounds reasonable on Homeland Security Changes Laptop Search Policy · · Score: 1

    I don't know where you get your facts, but as a Chilean citizen who actually lives in Chile I can tell you these "natural rights" are not hard to claim at all.

    Cheers!

  16. Re:At Apple, employees just work on Apple Allegedly Sought Non-Poaching Deal With Palm · · Score: 1

    Nah... It's just the novelty.

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  17. Re:what to do, what to do on Initial Tests Fail To Find Gravitational Waves · · Score: 1

    Your model will only work if it is a correct model. How can you discriminate between an error in the model and an external influence? Both will manifest themselves as deviations between reality and the model. Your premise that "there is no magic" will lead you inevitably to conclude that the model is at fault, which would quite often be the case, but following that line when an external event was the cause of the deviation will only make your model more incorrect. Now, if your model con incorporate those "external influences", they would not have been external in the first place, would they?

    Cheers!

    P.S.: Not advocating either for or against ID. Just following the logic in the argument.

  18. Re:Obligatory on The Problems With Porting Games · · Score: 1

    Every Wii comes with one. And it rocks when aiming!

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  19. Re:Missed one. on Why the BSA Is Less Reviled Than the RIAA · · Score: 1

    Hate to break the news to you, but software is the same. Only one entity selling (program you want). You can find alternative programs from other vendors, just like you can find alternative albums from other bands.

    Cheers!

  20. Re:Boy, this sounds great ... on Genetic Mutation Enables Less Sleep · · Score: 1

    Not sure if I'm more freaked out by your suggestion itself or by the fact it got moderated insightful.

    Cheers!

  21. Re:The competition is OSX on Windows 7 RTM Reviewed & Benchmarked · · Score: 1

    On Windows normal users will avoid the CLI because of its sheer uselessness. Compare what you can do on the Windows CLI with what you can do on the Linux CLI, and you see the appeal of making use of it in Linux. Now, OSX being BSD underneath, I would expect it to have a powerful CLI that the power user would make use of. As for me, all my Windows machines have Cygwin on them and I make heavy use of it.

    Cheers!

  22. Re:What's the issue here? on California Student Arrested For Console Hacking · · Score: 1

    By your same argument, gun manufacturers' work is the critical step in committing murder.

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  23. Re:Too Many Free Variables on Fewer Than 10 ET Civilizations In Our Galaxy? · · Score: 5, Funny

    We've trashed nothing. The whole point of sending us here is the development of global warming technology so they can actually inhabit the planet when they get here. We're not probes. We're just an alien-forming device.

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  24. Re:get a brain, moron! on Amazon US Refunds Windows License Fee, Too · · Score: 2, Informative

    Except you can remove the TomTom from the car and sell it aftermarket. The last time I checked an OEM EULA wording (admittedly some time ago) the license was tied to the hardware, so you could not transfer it separately from the hardware.

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  25. Re:That's funny on RIAA Says "Don't Expect DRMed Music To Work Forever" · · Score: 1

    He gets to break my disk in half if I get to break his nose in half too.

    Cheers!