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  1. Re:Just thought I'd point out... on Windows 2000 Source Code Gets (A Few) More Eyes · · Score: 1

    Funny, I see more eyes as better, and though the average intelligence is lower, what does it matter when you have a larger sample size with more intelligent people? Your logic is screwy without any grounding in any true thought; your comment is here to draw a flame.

  2. Re:Six Minutes? on Document-Destroying Copy Protection System · · Score: 1

    sorta funny, i think the point is for most users the restart time is 6 minutes. My restart time is no where near that, funny too, that i hardly ever have to restart my windows machine. also, I dont think i have ever seen a machine with that kind of restart time. I think that rumors of how *much* windows sucks have been greatly exaggerated.

  3. Re:But this will take oxygen out of the air on A Million Bucks, Mach 7.6, Straight Down · · Score: 1

    This by my *guess*, won't take oxygen out of the atmosphere. Most likely when the jet encounters an altitude without sufficent oxygen, the chemical reaction will stop, not suck the oxygen out of the air.

  4. Re:A typical socialist policy on European Record Industry Goes After Personal Computers · · Score: 2

    This is a typically European and socialist approach to the "problem" of piracy, whereby everyone pays for the negative actions of a few rather than directly forcing these people to pay.

    What, you don't think the same sort of thing happens in the good ole' US of A? Hell we charge more for audio CDRs even though there is no difference between them and 'plain ole' CDRs. Stop screaming that it is a socialist activity, this has nothing to do with socialism. The way you use socialism seems to imply negativity; even though you seem to have little knowledge of its meaning.

  5. Re:Criminal applications? on $10 Paper Mobile Phone To Launch This Year · · Score: 1

    doesnt stop monitoring, all they have to do is lock onto your specific frequency, and follow you around with a police scanner. I can do it, its that simple, i very much doubt these will include encryption and other high end features.

  6. Re:Plagiarism is illegal; Katz copies paper verbat on The Kid Who Wouldn't Be King (UPDATED) · · Score: 1

    yes although this is a valid point, did you have to be a pompous ass in telling katz? why you'll have to be a prick to katz makes very little sense to me. i enjoy most of his articles. rob

  7. Re:The Other Metals Mentioned... on Titanium As Cheap As Aluminum? · · Score: 1

    this is a rap thing isn't it....

  8. Re:Hmm .. on Titanium As Cheap As Aluminum? · · Score: 1

    I think its a platinum card, nice attempt though.

    rob

  9. Re:If the PS2 is the center of every home... on NTT To Send Movies, Games Via Fiber-Optic Network · · Score: 1

    I don't think you understand the dynamics of the japanese market. japan has never heard of antitrust, price setting above the table happens all the time, patent stealing is a business and businesses are run like mafias. japan isn't a dirty business culture its just very different by our [western] standards. rob

  10. Re:Bezier patches on Voxel/Polygon Accelerator · · Score: 1

    they are i believe two different methods of providing for curved surfaces. bezier curves for instance are use in q3:a. but i think its quite meaningless to provide acceleration for them, because current geometry acceleration [geforce 1,2, mx] *i believe* does that already. hope i could help.

  11. Re:You miss something! on John Carmack on the X-box Advisory Board? · · Score: 1

    i agree. what makes sony fair competition? they are every bit as bad, or as much of a 800 pound gorilla that microsoft is.

  12. Re:click-through and shrinkwrap licenses on FTC Seeks Battle With Toysmart · · Score: 1

    this is off-topic and probably will get me moderated down but i love this: "DISCLAIMER: I'M NOT A LAWYER..." I have this real feeling that someday we will all be lawyers.

  13. Re:Relevance to earlier Chinese story? on Red Hat Gets Into The Clustering Biz · · Score: 1

    Your speculation, which is just that, about China's motives are far from the most reasonable "explanation" for their adoption of linux. the current best guess on why they find it so attractive is because: its free as in beer. Simple, concise, and lacks the conspiracy theories.

  14. Re:One would think on Crack A "Numbers" Station · · Score: 1

    in your .sig what grateful dead song is that from? im a jam fan, but was never really into the dead. please dont moderate me down ;) thanks

  15. Thats funny. on Fahrenheit 451 · · Score: 1

    I have a sophomore english final over this book tomorrow. highly recommended for anyone. rob

  16. Re:If you have to pay a royalty, it's not Open Sou on Black And White: Open Source? · · Score: 1

    moderate this coward up, please.

  17. Hold on now..... on COPA Worse Than Censorware? · · Score: 1

    Who says porn is a such a bad thing? I love it. ;)

  18. Re:To clarify... on Japan Makes Linking Illegal Material Illegal · · Score: 1

    Don't remember where i saw this statistic, dont quote me, but as a criminal in a America, I believe the actual chance of getting caught and imprisoned in the US is like 17%.

  19. Re:SCO & Linux: Past vs. Present Opinions on Ask SCO Presidents About Linux Adoption · · Score: 1

    You know what at the time of these statements i would probably have to agree with SCO.

  20. Re:Dissinformation on U.S. Gov. Space/Air Force Possible Plans For Future · · Score: 1

    Reagan never thought of it as a negotiating tool; Reagan thought it was *real*. When the Russians begged him to give it up, he wouldnt he saw it as far to important, even when his advisors told him it was fruitless. He was a senile OLD MAN, he slept during foreign policy discussions, G. Bush did most of the work on those.

  21. I'm not a expert.... on Microsoft -- Designed for Insecurity · · Score: 1

    But why isn't redhat or va or *someone* running ads with their newly gained cash about this, when are they gonna learn to seize the moment? especially after THE trial, why arent they ripping the guts out of microsoft? rob

  22. Re:mp3: my thoughts on Are There MP3/CD Player Combinations? · · Score: 1

    most of my mp3s arent and excuse me [my bad], i dont see mp3 as illegal, i see distribution methods like napster unethical, i still use them though [no ethics, read my lst post, sorta like speeding though, not that big a deal.]

    My post wasnt meant enrage those that use it for legitimate purposes but to point a finger at those that are rationalizing there use because they cant stop whinning over the music industry.

  23. mp3: my thoughts on Are There MP3/CD Player Combinations? · · Score: 1

    cs lewis had this idea that we were all born with this sense of right and wrong, as we get older we just get better at rationalizing what we did, to everyones preconcieved notion of right and wrong.

    I see mp3 as illegal, but i still use napster. what i want to see is people telling the truth to themselves, lets stop getting better at raionalizing the situation.

    Yes, the music industry is as Hunter Thompson says " a long plastic hallway where pimps and thieves run free", but the way to solve this isn't bucking the industry, its by starting your own businesses competing for better artists with a better distribution methods [the internet] and a larger share in the profits.

  24. Right Now I'm hearing something un-educated on Lego Buys Paul Allen's Zowie Intertainment · · Score: 1

    I'm not even sure if I like Paul Allen, the deal is if he cashed in his stock, devalued as it is, he would send the stock market diving, just considering his holdings, they're that big. He's a rich rich man, and for good reason, so no more jabs, i bet he thinks 20$ billion is as good as 30$ billion, hes not worried; he has no reason to be.

  25. Well i wanna run freebsd or windows? on Can Indrema Beat Microsoft To the Punch? · · Score: 1

    Anyone wonder if they can format this bad-boy down and stick whatever i want on it. thing is a bet not, they probably dont want to have to deal with the tech support calls. I REALLY really want this but i want to be able to do what I want with it.