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  1. Re:Crikey, are you yanks navelgazing, or what?! on Document Retention - How Long is Too Long? · · Score: 1

    nice attempt to dodge the issue. you guys really like dragging out the "not everyone is usian" rhetoric whenever you get the itch, eh?

    the point is, having a document renention policy does not a criminal corporation make, which was your original assertion. so having a network sniffer makes me one a cracker? come on, i can come up with this shit all day.

  2. Jeppe, you ignorant slut on Document Retention - How Long is Too Long? · · Score: 1

    all large companies have policies about document retention. talk to the lawyers for yours and they'll tell you what it is.

    "if you don't have anything to hide..."

    geez, thats the stupidest shit i've ever heard.

  3. right about now on Anti-Copying TV Technology Creeps Forward · · Score: 1

    you all wish you'd listened to that fat cow sally struthers and gotten your degree in tv/vcr repair.
    i'm signing up now, fuck this engineering degree.

  4. so on CG Idols - Human Not Required · · Score: 1

    who does the voices for these cg celebs?

  5. Re:That's called: propaganda on DOJ Already Monitoring Cable Internet Traffic · · Score: 1

    For starters: the secret tribunals where pres. Bush will pick who's on trial and who's not is similar to every 3rd world dictatorship out there, yet I have to see 1 single message from mainstream USA newsstations critizising this IMHO shocking development.

    then you don't pay attention. i agree generally with what you're saying, but the example you chose was poor, this issue is being criticized greatly.

  6. Re:IBM Marketspeak conversion on IBM and Red Hat Sign Major Support Agreement · · Score: 1

    problem is, this isn't really marketspeak, these are the new names.

  7. Re:A Serious Question on Star Wars: AOTC Trailer on Monster Inc · · Score: 1

    have you picked up any piers anthony "xanth" novels lately? talk about books that started with an older audience in mind and then quickly degenerated into childish dribble. sounds like HP is going in the opposite direction.

  8. i've never signed up and i have 3 on What Do You Buy At The Grocery ... Punk? · · Score: 1

    i never sign up for cards. eventually the stores i go to see me enough and either give me a card without filling out info, or use the one they have at the counter...then again there's always the helpful person behind you in line too. everyone is free with their cards.

  9. I'll let Run DMC answer this: on A Few Baaaaaad Apples · · Score: 1

    "Not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good!"

  10. Re:Why do humans only band together... on The Open Source Evangelists Respond · · Score: 1

    well, one thing i've noticed about most of the warring you refer to (perl/python,gnome/kde etc) are not between the creators/developers of these projects, but rather the users. the wars are not perpetuated by the owners, rather the misinformed and stubborn evangelistic users.

  11. if you like this style on Sketch Quake Renderer · · Score: 5

    it's already been done.
    check out Pencil Whipped

  12. Re:That's funny... on Data Mining And The CIA · · Score: 1

    there are such alarm clocks, i have one. of course it snoozes with any noise, as long
    as the sensor picks it up (and there's two sensitivity settings for it).

  13. Just as long on GeForce 3 Demoed - Running DOOM 3 · · Score: 2

    as it has crates. yeah lots of crates.
    ooh, and barrels.

  14. 2001-03-17 18:35:42 on Guess When Mir Will Splash · · Score: 1

    word

  15. T20 should be fine on IBM Releases GPLd WinModem Support For Linux · · Score: 1

    I know someone who's gotten the T20 modem to work.
    Check out http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-lapto p/
    for more info.
    Of course, this was with redhat 7.
    I dunno about others.

  16. are we sure... on Andre Hedrick On Hard Drive Copy Protection · · Score: 1

    that this isn't just the output of fortune zippy >> andresanswers.out

  17. Re: Speaking as a Black Man... on Racism At Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you didn't get the job because the other guy was married and had kids and you were single so he needed the job more

    unless you're implying that he came off better in the interview because he wanted the job more, what you just described is also completely illegal. hiring based on marital status? if an interviewer asks you your marital status in an interview tell him/her to suck it, it has no basis for why you're there, and is illegal to ask/consider.

  18. Remember on Is The U.S. No Longer The Choice For Freedom? · · Score: 1

    freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

  19. scanners on HP And Bruce Perens · · Score: 1

    when you're done with the printers, bruce, please get my hp scanner to work under linux.

  20. my problem on IBM Appoints Chief Privacy Officer · · Score: 1

    is if this is a "policy" issue and not a "technology" issue, why wasn't this done a long time ago. if technology isn't the reason, they could have been concerned about the privacy of their customers long ago, however, they've probably already sold those names and addresses and phone numbers already.

  21. Re:A Rule of Thumb For Katz on Cyberdemocracy And The Public Sphere · · Score: 1

    Informative my ass. This is the whiniest troll I've seen in ages, and by golly, I'm gonna bite. Where in this article is Katz predicting "doom and gloom?" He's simply commenting on the changing face of political discourse, and any predictions you see are entirely your own doing.

    "Most things in this world are the way they are for a reason."

    Probably the stupidest thing uttered and followed up by an even more hollow point. Do you really think that the introduction of radio and TV didn't suddenly change things? Then your head is still firmly planted in your ass. Rare, yes, but even the term "rare" means it happens at least once and maybe more. And Katz doesn't even claim that there is one bad guy. I distinctly saw a few bad guys mentioned. So please, go take your "everyone on slashdot is a sheep/Katz is useless" trolls and save them for the Drudge report.

  22. Re:Beware the Nostalgia Problem. on Are Virtual Worlds Worth It? · · Score: 1

    I can definitely attest that I don't find a "nostalgia problem." There's a local bar filled with 80's video games that are more fun than anything I have on my pc. Tempest, Sinistar, StarWars, Ms. PacMan, Joust...
    I have gone back and played them, and they're great, it's not an illusion.

  23. Re:I suspect this is just a misunderstanding on Linux Drivers For Free Barcode Scanner Cease-And-D... · · Score: 1

    then do something useful and post and freakin' link to it!

  24. Hmmmm... on Coffee's Caffeine-Producing Gene Isolated · · Score: 1

    my body naturally producing THC?
    sign me up.

  25. What I don't get... on DVD/DeCSS: MPAA Wins In New York · · Score: 1

    is how does breaking encryption stop anyone from making illegal copies of a dvd? you can burn all the dvds you want right now and sell them, and pretty soon it will actually be worth it to do it. who cares if the encryption is broken, when you can mass produce and sell illegal copies. sure you still need a "blessed" dvd player or software, but piracy is still possible, and i'm sure it's going on right now. people will still buy a blessed dvd player and then pay 5 bucks for a bootleg dvd, i know i'd be tempted.