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  1. Re:Is the tide turning? on UK Judge: Who needs software patents? · · Score: 1

    Maybe we should organize a "Million Geek March".

    ducking to avoid thrown objects

  2. Biedermeier = Neidermeyer? on Your Cell Records For Sale Online, Cheap · · Score: 1

    I wonder if the writers of "National Lampoon's Animal House" were thinking of that when they came up with the the name for the character Doug Neidermeyer

  3. Only the engine? on Warp Engines In Development? · · Score: 1
    ... if a large enough magnetic field was created, the craft would slip into a different dimension, where the speed of light is faster, allowing incredible speeds to be reached. Switching off the magnetic field would result in the engine reappearing in our current dimension.""
    Just think. There will be engines littered throughout space and the ships will be trapped in other dimensions with no engines.
  4. Why can't people be happy with the following? on Federal Judge Rules Against Intelligent Design · · Score: 1
    Why can't people be happy with the following being said at the beginning of the section on evolution?
    We are going to be covering the scientific theory of evolution. There are religious aspects to the creation of the world, creatures and man. You should talk with your parents and clergy about those aspects. The religious aspects will not be covered in this class and will not be on the tests.
    This would acknowledge the religious aspects of creation without covering them.
  5. Re:Their software on Microsoft Threatens To Withdraw Windows in S.Korea · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Microsoft could remove the Korean localization files from all distributions.

  6. Re:Mostly a good thing on Sony Profits Low, Halts CRT Production · · Score: 1

    I couldn't agree more. I just got a 34 inch widescreen CRT. It is taking the place of a 36 inch standard television.

    While the flat panels are more stylish, the CRT works for me. I also got it for over 60% off because it was a discontinued model.

  7. Low level works if... on Microsoft Chided Over Exclusive Music Idea · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ... you count 'slithering out from under a rock'.

  8. Re:The right thing isn't always painful! on Do-Not-Call List, Two Years Later · · Score: 1

    Personally, I'm not a slave to my phone. When I don't want to be bothered, the phone is OFF.

    From the 1981 movie First Monday in October

    Justice Snow, when the telephone rings: ''A telephone has no constitutional right to be answered.''

  9. Re:What is it with US and the word "illegal" on Eight Charged in Episode III Early Release · · Score: 1

    With the US news media, I note whether an article is trying to play my emotions instead of informing me. I then look elsewhere for the same subject where the writer is not trying to play me. There are still some real journalists out there. They are just getting harder to find.

    If I want their opinions, then I will look to the editorial section.

  10. Re:What would the EFF want the technician to do? on EFF Weighs in on Computer Privacy Case · · Score: 1

    IANAL:

    The conviction of the person with the child pornography would probably stick as long as the proper procedures are followed by law enforcement.

    If the technician has in the past or is consulting for the police, then a good lawyer could argue that it was a warrantless search by the technician.

  11. Re:What would the EFF want the technician to do? on EFF Weighs in on Computer Privacy Case · · Score: 1

    The guy's lawyer would probably sue the company you work for and you for breach of contract. It probably would not stick, but I would think that the lawyer would try it anyway.

  12. Re:Hmmmm... on EFF Weighs in on Computer Privacy Case · · Score: 1

    It is called accessory after the fact I am not sure that it would ever be applied to the technician, but you never know.

  13. Re:In Soviet Russia on Death of Cookies, Spyware Greatly Exaggerated? · · Score: 1

    Love those hemlock cookies. Yummy!

  14. Only a fool... on An Open Letter from Darl McBride · · Score: 1

    Dear Darl,

    Only a fool would do business with a company that sues its customers at a drop of the hat. You did not even exercise any due diligence like talking with the customer first.

    There is too much of a risk in doing business with you.

  15. The Traveler on Former Health Secretary Pushes for VeriChip Implants · · Score: 1

    Maybe we should start referring to Tommy Thompson as General Nash. He seems to fit the bill.

  16. Will he threaten to sue OSTG ... on Owner of the Word Stealth 'Protecting' Rights · · Score: 1

    ... for having stealth in the title of a discussion topic?

  17. Re:What does "own" mean now? on Supreme Court Rules Private Property Can be Seized · · Score: 1

    Here in New Brighton, Minnesota the value of the house for property tax purposes is being brought up to the real market value. Our governor has pledged that there will be no new state taxes and they have hamstrung the local municipalities so that they cannot raise the property taxes easily. The solution is to raise the value of the house and thus be able to raise the property taxes.

  18. Re:Criminal Responsibile for the Crime on Inventor of Proxy Firewall Blames Hackers · · Score: 1

    The ONLY secure machine is one that is sitting in the corner, surrounded by a lead box, not connected to any network or power supply. A useless machine really.


    You forgot to add "at the bottom of the Marianis Trench" instead of sitting in the corner. Someone could still break into the lead box and steal the machine.
  19. Re:He means crackers right? on Inventor of Proxy Firewall Blames Hackers · · Score: 1

    Give it up. We lost 'hacker' to the laziness of the media and others.

  20. Re:Why do we need a spacesuit?? on Using an Old Space-Suit as a Satellite · · Score: 1

    Safe satelliting? Always use protection. You don't know what is out there.

  21. Re:Thank GOD. on Texas Wireless Ban Has Failed · · Score: 1

    Here in the twin cities, the City of Richfield, MN used eminent domain to remove a car dealership and sever homes for the new Best Buy headquarters. I do not recall if the city initiated this to attract Best Buy or if Best Buy contacted the city, but the effect was to remove a legitimate business and several homes in favor of another business.

    If Best Buy wanted the space, then they could have used the free market and bought the properties.

  22. Re:Beware on Apple Release Mega Patch to Fix 19 Flaws · · Score: 1

    Especially the ones from vice.

  23. Read the whole discussion on Cybersquatter Ordered To Give Up iTunes.co.uk · · Score: 3, Informative

    Apple applied for the trademark on October 24, 2000.

  24. Re:Or maybe... on US ISP Terminates Iranian News Website · · Score: 1

    Precicely...

    This Iowa Supreme Court Decision makes references to several cases where private property rights can trump protesters rights.

    I was looking for references to a case where people protesting the fur trade protested within the Mall of America.

    The Supreme Court recognized in Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner, 407 U.S. 551, 569, 92 S. Ct. 2219, 2229, 33 L. Ed. 2d 131, 143 (1972):

    [P]roperty [does not] lose its private character merely because the public is generally invited to use it for designated purposes. Few would argue that a free-standing store, with abutting parking space for customers assumes significant public attributes merely because the public is invited to shop there. Nor is size alone the controlling factor. The essentially private character of a store and its privately owned abutting property does not change by virtue of being large or clustered with other stores in a modern shopping center.

  25. Re:Please tell me this is all a bad dream... on Internet Access and Computer Fraud Laws · · Score: 1
    From Douglas Adams:

    Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans.

    Looks like he might be right.