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  1. Re:What's the point of applied science? on Designing DNA Circuits To Brew Tastier Beer · · Score: 1

    They are starving because of the ongoing beer wars.

  2. Re:Stop with the hysterics on Fair Use Affirmed In Turnitin Case · · Score: 1

    There is no "evil" in business. It is amoral. There are only accounts receivables and accounts payables. The rest is for public relations, not to be taken seriously.

  3. Stop with the hysterics on Fair Use Affirmed In Turnitin Case · · Score: 1

    Google did not cave. It was a coldly calculated business move that still might pay off.

  4. Re:I suppose on Windows 7 Starter Edition — 3 Apps Only · · Score: 1

    That way you have faster idling...

    Won't that wear out my brakes?

  5. Re:I suppose on Windows 7 Starter Edition — 3 Apps Only · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What if I just lower its priority way down?

  6. I suppose on Windows 7 Starter Edition — 3 Apps Only · · Score: 5, Funny

    one of them will be the System Idle process. Naturally. That's the one that hogs 98% almost all the time.

  7. Re:Only a few terabytes? on Computer Spies Breach $300B Fighter-Jet Project · · Score: 1

    That's just a Hollywood fantasy

  8. Re:Let the UK be a warning to you... on BT Blocks Access To Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    It's an age old problem, the China Syndrome.

  9. Re:Slow as usual... on Anonymous Network I2P 0.7.2 Released · · Score: 1

    Heh, more likely they won't let you in. Some places make you remove ball caps and sunglasses. ISPs can make the same types of requirements

  10. Re:Slow as usual... on Anonymous Network I2P 0.7.2 Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Any attempt at obfuscation will draw the attention of interested parties. A change from "normal" to "private" will be noticeable. Blending in means acting normal, not suddenly pulling a ski mask over your face when you're about to pull a heist.

  11. Re:Corruption on South Africa Rolls Out Biometric Passports · · Score: 1

    This is just (expensive) security theatre.

    MacBeki

  12. Sorry on Reflections On the Less-Cool Effects of Filesharing · · Score: 1

    As long as the world lives under this glitzy market economy, there's not a chance. If people are to resist here, they'll start doing it in other facets. This market absolutely depends on frivolous purchases. Tear that down and you'll have to find an entirely new way to motivate people.

  13. Your scenario on Reflections On the Less-Cool Effects of Filesharing · · Score: 1

    describes the precise method used by Microsoft and Adobe to achieve their monopolies. The labels know what's going on here. And the "Streisand Effect" is being played to the hilt in their favor. And every year you hear about record profits somewhere in the industry, particularly film right now.

  14. Re:At a minimum, this should be open to all comers on Internet Archive Seeks Same Online Book Rights As Google · · Score: 1

    If it was up to me, all copyright would be withdrawn at least back to the Green Line. And there would be no exclusivity to orphaned works.

  15. Re:At a minimum, this should be open to all comers on Internet Archive Seeks Same Online Book Rights As Google · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The going theory is that the Authors Guild is a Google sockpuppet.

  16. The author's right. Not enough pot on Internet Archive Seeks Same Online Book Rights As Google · · Score: 5, Funny

    But then the world's economy will collapse completely.

    I'm all for it. Everybody wins.

  17. Re:buzz builder? on Microsoft Leaks Windows 7 RC Date — Before May 5 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No, buzz builder is the part Slashdot is playing.

  18. You're a laugh riot on Microsoft Leaks Windows 7 RC Date — Before May 5 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Since when is a press release a "leak"? What, is this British intelligence trying to sex it up a little?

    Of course you know, this means war

  19. Re:Presumed innocent?? on FBI and States Vastly Expand DNA Collection, Databases · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...in no way removes the rights of the individual being arrested...

    Great! I want my time back after I have to prove their accusation is false.

  20. Presumed innocent?? on FBI and States Vastly Expand DNA Collection, Databases · · Score: 1, Troll

    No such thing if you're in the system. Otherwise you wouldn't be, would you?

  21. Re:This is one place local governments have failed on Why Is Connectivity So Cheap In Stockholm? · · Score: 1

    One thing the feds have no monopoly on is corruption. Think "monorail".

  22. "compete on an equal footing" on Why Is Connectivity So Cheap In Stockholm? · · Score: 1

    Do I speak for more than myself when I say, *That's all that we really ask.*? We should apply this to every major industry, and probably more than a few "minor" ones.

  23. Re:So..... on Record-Breaking Model Rocket Launch Set For April 25 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    No sir. The FAA sets those areas at the request of the military. If it came down to a real legal turf war, the FAA must have the ultimate authority. Otherwise we are under military rule. As far as I know the US is not...yet.

  24. Re:So..... on Record-Breaking Model Rocket Launch Set For April 25 · · Score: 1

    The FAA can cede authority, but I don't believe it's required to. Maybe I'm only working with theory here, but the government is a civilian one. And it is the the civilians who authorize how the military can act. We can't let them go around claiming it for themselves. Airspace is regulated by a civilian authority(FAA-DOT 14 CFR Part 73) Something the navy might not like, but has to accept. And it is a good idea to stay out of these areas. You have very little recourse if something bad happens.

  25. Re:Model? on Record-Breaking Model Rocket Launch Set For April 25 · · Score: 1

    These guys always scale things down. When are we going to see them scale up? I wanna see a 720 foot tall rocket.