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  1. Re:PREDICTIONS ARE IN on FCC Allows Blocking of Set-Top Box Outputs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yea, similar stuff is already being done but in a more obvious way, random numbers popping up on the screen.
    Waiting for them to move to more subtle ways so that atleast when paying for the stuff I dont have to have blocks of numbers with opaque backgrounds showing up in the middle of the screen blocking my view

  2. Re:Looks rather weak to me logically on FCC Allows Blocking of Set-Top Box Outputs · · Score: 1

    yes they do
    Just search on google for DTHRIP
    ofcourse it is more prevalent in India, and we have just got our 2nd HDTV service. Also most of the TV's are not HDCP compliant here so replicating the blocking here would result in the companies seeing a loss of 90+% of their subscribers

  3. Re:Seriously? on FCC Allows Blocking of Set-Top Box Outputs · · Score: 1

    Most of the good quality Hindi movies are either DVD rips or DTH rips.

  4. Re:PREDICTIONS ARE IN on FCC Allows Blocking of Set-Top Box Outputs · · Score: 1

    And even if they find no other method to capture the video, a decent cam with a tripod and a high quality LCD or projector is still better than a handheld cam in a theater

  5. Re:Statistics on Most File Sharers Would Pay For Legal Downloads · · Score: 1

    Please decrypt everything after ". I don't mean to sound stupid,"

  6. banned stuff on Most File Sharers Would Pay For Legal Downloads · · Score: 1

    Is downloading banned stuff , games like manhunt2 outside USA piracy in its criminal form, as it did not result in a lost sale for the publisher, just that the publisher did not want to sell it to me

  7. Repeatedly on Most File Sharers Would Pay For Legal Downloads · · Score: 1

    I dont have the links, but dont articles mentioning this same thing keep appearing every few months?

  8. Re:Oh, please. on When SSD and USB 3.0 Come Together · · Score: 1

    I guess it means the setup of Win7(2.8GB) and ubuntu(700MB)

  9. Re:Volcanoes are Earth's pimples on Volcano Futures · · Score: 1

    I prefer a Gross,+1 moderation

  10. Re:Microsoft Dreamspark on Why Linux Is Not Attracting Young Developers · · Score: 1

    Even later you can use the Express editions for free and they can be used for commercial software as well

    Dreamspark software cannot be used for commercial projects

  11. Re:Blame Steve Jobs... on EU Conducts Test Flights To Assess Impact of Volcanic Ash On Aircraft · · Score: 1

    cant be the Reality Distortion Field, it affects only apple fanboys

  12. Re:One new thing - transatlantic on 2 engines on EU Conducts Test Flights To Assess Impact of Volcanic Ash On Aircraft · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think that a 747 can operate on 1 engine alone as well, in that case go through the ash cloud with only one engine running and as soon as you cross the cloud start the other 3, or do it with 2 engines running initially, if 1 fails in the ash cloud then start a 3rd engine, hopefully by the time you are out of the cloud atleast 1 engine will be working.

    Then when the conditions are right, all 4 engines can be started back up..

  13. Re:They don't care about the problems today. on Ubisoft DRM Problems Remain Unsolved · · Score: 1

    Steam?

  14. Now that this has come up, on Why Linux Is Not Attracting Young Developers · · Score: 1

    Could someone suggest where should one get started off from?
    I have an average level of experience with simple c/c++ , Java and Python programming, but how should I apply that knowledge towards OS development,etc
    Any suggestions?

  15. Re:Accounting on In EU, Google Accused of YouTube "Free Ride" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But, wouldnt the hotel have to borrow money to pay back the rich man, thus going into debt again?

  16. Re:Gushing, ignoring the important issues on Review of Adobe Creative Suite 5 · · Score: 1

    If the interfaces are always "awful, inconsistent, ugly, usually-slow UIs?" then they are consistently "awful, inconsistent, ugly, usually-slow UIs?" rather than inconsistently

  17. Re:Wait just a minute on No Linking To Japanese Newspaper Without Permission · · Score: 1

    but you can normally still access the content using google cache on such forums without registering

  18. Re:Same as a computer on Why Apple Denied the Google Latitude App · · Score: 1

    You have to jailbreak a computer??

  19. Re:every line of code should be commented on Myths About Code Comments · · Score: 1

    somehow all my C/C++ books are written like this

  20. Re:Necessary skills on Why Do So Many Terrorists Have Engineering Degrees · · Score: 1

    they could do the PR

  21. Re:Lets see on Why Do So Many Terrorists Have Engineering Degrees · · Score: 1

    and yet my experience in university tells me that the religious social conservatives are concentrated in the engineering college...

    why?

    because engineering is a world of black and white thinking, and it doesn't challenge their religious dogma like the other departments with their more rounded gen ed requirements do. Let alone the departments in Arts and Sciences like Geology, Biology, Paleontology, etc that the findings of openly challenge their dogma.

    No, its because engg. students pray more to pass

  22. Re:Just think how much greener they could be... on The Environmental Impact of PHP Compared To C++ On Facebook · · Score: 1

    why stop at assembly, use machine language

  23. staying awake and free pizza on Not Enough Women In Computing, Or Too Many Men? · · Score: 1

    So I get to stay awake all night with computers AND get free pizza..
    What else do you need?

    (Oh, and the salaries are declining due to excessive pizza eating so it does kind of balance out)

  24. Re:You might not be as right as you think on Global Deforestation Demoed In Google Earth · · Score: 1

    but even these forests do photosynthesize and give out oxygen, which is a positive

  25. broadband on Each American Consumed 34 Gigabytes Per Day In '08 · · Score: 2, Funny

    is really fast there!!