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  1. Re:Constitution just a piece of paper. on Bush Backed Spying On Americans · · Score: 1

    The Capitol Hill Blue article is an editorial rant, not a news source. Thompson was making a political statement by making up a story about how he thinks the White House and Supreme Court work. Bush never said anything of the sort.

    Similarly, SC Justice Scalia never said, "The Constitution can mean whatever we want it to mean."

  2. Re:President acted lawfully on Bush Backed Spying On Americans · · Score: 1

    Bush never said that. The Capitol Hill Blue article is an editorial rant, not a news source. Thompson was making a political statement by making up a story about how he thinks the White House and Supreme Court work.

  3. 1080p for $1899... on HD DVD Player Delays in Japan · · Score: 1

    I just looked at BestBuy.com. There's a 37" Westinghouse LCD flat panel TV with native 1920x1080 pixel resolution for $1899.

  4. I'm waiting for HD-NGF... on HD DVD Player Delays in Japan · · Score: 1

    pfft.

  5. Re:HD-DVD will win on Blu-ray Coming Out On Top? · · Score: 1

    I heard that Lucas is going to change it back for the Star Wars "Special Jedi Edition" box set.

    No, really.

  6. Re:Buggy Browsers on Open Source Worse than Flying · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I use Firefox instead only because I got addicted to some of it's extensions.

    The extensions are the whole point of using Firefox. Adblock and SessionSaver are great. Plus things like gTranslate and Moji and rikaixul are actually amazingly useful things for aspiring bilingual web browsing people.

  7. Re:"I, Robot" not a novel on Top 20 Geek Novels · · Score: 1

    Maybe they're referring to the novelization of the movie starring Will Smith.

  8. Allow me to be the fist to say... on The Rise of Digg.com · · Score: 1

    I for one salute our new Digg overlords.

  9. Try this one... on Open Source Engineering Tools? · · Score: 1

    http://freshmeat.net/projects/planner

    It aparrantly used to be called MrProject.

  10. Re:Definitely Beneficial on State Department Developing Cyber Toolkit · · Score: 0

    Who says this tool is being used on U.S. owned internet sites?

  11. Re: Uh... on American Newspapers to Begin Carrying Manga · · Score: 1

    Except that Azumanga Daioh in English is not funny.

  12. Re:Actually... on How Microsoft Takes a Name · · Score: 1

    ...the French-Canadians stood up to and successfully fought off the U.S. in the War of 1812. Of course, they were doing so after having been conquered by the British in the Seven Years War 40 years or so earlier.

  13. Wow on Dealing with Digital Music and Vendor Lock-In? · · Score: 1

    Wow. That is the funniest thing I have seen all day.

  14. Re: correction... on XBOX 360=Dreamcast 2.0? · · Score: 1

    Vib Ribbon did not come out for Dreamcast. I was thinking of Rez.

  15. Re: Probably did fail because of marketing on XBOX 360=Dreamcast 2.0? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sega probably did fail because of marketing. The Christmas season of 2000 was where they totally failed. PS2 had been anounced, but wasn't available. Dreamcasts were plentiful and had tons of great games (Soul Calibur on Dreamcast is still better than PS2 versions). But Sega didn't market it. There were no commercials on TV for it. They didn't tout it as an alternative to waiting for PS2. So no one bought it. Everyone I know who had a Dreamcast loved the games on it (Sonic Adventure, Soul Calibur, Jet Set Radio, various sports games, Shenmue I and II, Crazy Taxi, Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Skies of Arcadia, Sakura Taisen series, Napple Tale, Vib Ribbon, Space Channel 5, Psychic Force 2012, Rival Schools, Guilty Gear X, and tons more). PS2 didn't get that many good games for it until years later.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast

  16. Re: paying... on GUBA makes Usenet search easy as Google · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're not paying to pirate. You can do that on your own without spending any money. What you are paying for is "advanced piracy-related services".

  17. Re:No CD fix on Answers From The Civ IV Team · · Score: 1

    Look, it's their game. If you don't like how they want to do things, don't buy their game. It's not like you don't have alternatives. Here are a couple: (1) Don't buy it. (2) Download the cracked version on some torrent site.

  18. Re:It makes perfect sense... on Schneier: Make Banks Responsible for Phishers · · Score: 1

    Oh, oops. I was thinking of signing the charge slips. Signing the back of the card is of no value.

  19. Re:It makes perfect sense... on Schneier: Make Banks Responsible for Phishers · · Score: 1

    Why sign your credit card at all when no-one even LOOKS at the signature and YOU are liable for fraudulent use of the card?

    It's entirely for investigating after the crime has taken place. The bank will get copies of all the receipts and compare the signatures to decide if you are telling the truth about having not made those charges. They will also require you to file a police report since it is a serious crime to file a false police report, they won't take you seriously if you don't. All the credit card security isn't about preventing access, it's about being able to analyze unlawful access after the fact.

  20. Re:Excellent information retention on Linux Gains Lossless File System · · Score: 1

    Now, modify your kernel and disable the unlink(1) system call.

  21. Re:Well... on Stem Cells Restore Feeling In Paraplegic · · Score: 1

    Amendment VIII

    Actually, I would prefer if ethics existed regardless of law. Oh wait, they do.

    Thanks.

  22. Re:Here come the Stem Cell tirades on Stem Cells Restore Feeling In Paraplegic · · Score: 1

    ... unless they're willing to ship 10% of them to me, refrigerated and boxed, so I can crack em and suck the fresh stem cells down and become a REAL Superman. If it's my own well-being involved, I have no ethics.


    Wow. You had me going until the last part. Bravo.

    Slashdot: where the editors don't read the site, the posters don't read the articles, and the moderators don't read the posts.

  23. Re: NDS homebrew... on PSP Firmware Downgrader Released · · Score: 1

    ...is inconvenient. Requires a flash rom cart and a pass-thru card for the NDS slot. PSP is a software-only hack.

  24. Re:Implicit racism and tyranny of low expectations on U.S. Deploys Orbital Communications Jammer · · Score: 2, Interesting

    He's not saying that it's impossible, only that it hasn't happened yet.

  25. Re:as opposed to the NetFlix project? on Peerflix Launches P2P DVD Sharing Service · · Score: 1

    And hence, legalize ca**abis!!!!!

    No need. Companies already make tons of money on pipes, bongs, those vaporizer things, rolling papers, et cetera. They just say it's for tobacco use only.