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  1. Re: a 1080p childhood-rape version only on Lucas Promises Star Wars on Blu-Ray in 2011 · · Score: 1

    You will not see Star Wars again in the original version: the original movie no longer exists (a very awesome long article about the quality and treatment of the original Star Wars negatives.)

    Not officially, but it certainly isn't lost completely:

    Because this was supposed to supplant the original, all prints in circulation of the original were recalled (studios control all rented prints--none are sold privately, though a black market exists), and possibly destroyed (studio print masters are, of course, kept).

    or, even simpler:

    Of course, it would be very easy to simply put the original pieces back and conform it to the original version, or use the separation masters and IPs, or simply scan the old pieces for a digital restoration, but I digress.

  2. Re:Pardon me, but.... on World's First Voice Call From a Free GSM Stack · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I bet you can fake the IMEI if you control the GSM stack.

  3. Re:Limits? Ha! on Lasers Approach Their Ultimate Intensity Limit · · Score: 1

    Limits are made to be broken.

    The opposite of this is true.

    Limits are made to be broken in Soviet Russia?

  4. Re:Get his name right on KDE 4.5 Released · · Score: 1

    Or Kuegler, at least. Don't just replace the ü by a u.

  5. Re:Android on iPhone vs. Android Battle Goes To Afghanistan · · Score: 1

    But are there actually any phones that accept standard batteries?

  6. Re:Bureaucracy on Senate Approves the ______Act Of____ · · Score: 1

    Yeah, 640kb of laws ought to be enough for anybody.

  7. Re:Diesel? on Just One Out of 16 Hybrids Pays Back In Gas Savings · · Score: 1

    Diesel does however produce NOx, which reacts with water and produces Nitric Acid, which is very bad for the environment and hurts the respiratory organs. Diesel engines produce 24 times the NOx of petrol engines.

    But that doesn't matter as long as you have a Catalytic converter.

  8. Re:Diesel? on Just One Out of 16 Hybrids Pays Back In Gas Savings · · Score: 1

    How can something reduce CO2 emissions by more than 100%?

  9. Re:'limousine liberalism' on Electric Car Subsidies As Handouts For the Rich · · Score: 1

    Er, are you trying to pretend there is no catastrophe there or what?

  10. Re:Tough passwords... on Verizon Changing Users Router Passwords · · Score: 1

    If someone bothers to change the default password (which apparently is always either password1 or admin1), wouldn't they generally change it to a proper one? Also, Verizon might assume that if the password is not password1 or admin1, the router isn't provided by them so they don't access it.

  11. Re:Oh good on An iPhone App Store That Apple Doesn't Control · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sure it is. All you have to do is writing a Perl/.NET/whatever interpreter in Javascript.

  12. Re:Nuclear might not be competitive in hot climate on Nuclear Energy Now More Expensive Than Solar · · Score: 1

    Thanks to extensive lobbying by the nuclear plants' owners and an extremely pro-business party being in power, actually.

  13. Re:Synonyms on 'Bloatware' Becoming a Problem On Android Phones · · Score: 1

    Providers are installing Windows Vista on Android phones? The performance must be horrible.

  14. Re:So, if they succeed with this... on UK Royalty Group Wants ISPs To Pay For Pirating Customers · · Score: 1

    No, you will be paying for it and downloading it will be illegal.

  15. Re:Hmm.... on Blizzard To Require Real First and Last Names For Official Forums · · Score: 1

    You'd think otherwise if you hadn't seen a woman in years.

  16. Re:Am I the only person on The 'Back' Button the Most Clicked Firefox Icon · · Score: 1

    Between the hand you want to use to press backspace, there are both your mousing hand and the hand you leave on the keyboard? From what planet are you?

  17. Re:IE on The 'Back' Button the Most Clicked Firefox Icon · · Score: 1

    IIRC, in Windows 9x, Ctrl+Alt+Del brought up a "close application" Windows, a primitive form of a task manager. Pressing CAD with this Window open, however, rebooted.

  18. Re:Or... or... or... or... on The 'Back' Button the Most Clicked Firefox Icon · · Score: 1

    Were talking about Firefox here, not Safari. Of course, there's Flashblock

  19. Re:Ha, amateurs! on The 'Back' Button the Most Clicked Firefox Icon · · Score: 1

    You loose suggestions that way, though. Also, dragging selected text to the search bar is a handy way to search for text you find on the web page.

  20. Re:There's a fix for that. on The 'Back' Button the Most Clicked Firefox Icon · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, this solution seems to have a side effect that I can't explain. Pages on some sites (such as the Slashdot home page) will load blank every once in a while. When you reload it will load properly. It's still worth it.

    I experience that too without having modified anything.

  21. Re:I propose... on ICANN Likely Finally To Approve .xxx For Porn Sites · · Score: 1

    Like .kids.us?

  22. Re:Ownership is not the issue on UK Police To Allow Gun Users To Renew Licenses With iPhone App · · Score: 2, Insightful

    here is no right to drive a car on a public road (it's a privilege)

    Wait, so you don't think you have have the right to use what you paid for with your taxes?

  23. Re:Offtopic, I know on New Fossil Sheds Light On Lucy's Family Tree · · Score: 1

    Nope, that doesn't help.

  24. Re:For the record on Utah Attorney General Tweets Execution Order · · Score: 1

    There really isn't any pretty way to end a life but of the available methods that our technology allows I would argue that being shot is the most humane. If the shooters do their job right you will be dead in seconds.

    What about behading? You're instantly dead and there is no chance of missing right spot.

  25. Re:Dignity. on Utah Attorney General Tweets Execution Order · · Score: 1

    Of course the same could be said for the firing squad if the marksmen screw up but the odds of four men all missing the kill zone with rifles at 30 feet (or whatever laughably short distance is used) is pretty low.

    Even in that case, reloading the rifles and trying again won't take hours.