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  1. Re:Guns on Supreme Court Rules against Grokster · · Score: 1

    If a gun company promoted it's product for the pupose of *murder*, then I guess they could be held liable. I don't know of any gun companies that do this.

    Yes, guns are designed for killing things.
    However, not all killing is murder, though. Not even all killing of *people* is murder.

  2. Re:Stop Firefox or Mozilla from hiding location on Major Browsers Have JS Pop-Up Flaw · · Score: 1

    Still not satisfactory.

    I'm using Firefox 1.0.4/Linux

    Clicking on the test link brings up a blank window (with or without location bar, depending on how you have dom.disable_window_open_feature.location set), then a JS dialog box pops up that's only identified as "Javascript Application", which contains the text enty phishing field. Meanwhile, the main window goes to the legitimate Google site, until you click the button on the dialog box. After clicking, the new blank window goes away, and the main window returns to the Secunia site.

    The fact that the JS dialog box doesn't say what URL originated it is a flaw (IMHO) that ought to be dealt with...

  3. Why is this needed? on Hotmail To Junk Non-Sender-ID Mail · · Score: 1

    Can't the email server just filter on the evil bit at the IP level before passing the incoming message to the mail handling daemon?

  4. I can't see it! on Digital TV Transmitter Using a VGA card · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Internet access to the requested website
    has been denied.
    URL: www-2.cs.cmu.edu/%7Echuck/lennapg/lenna.shtml

    C AT: GPORN
  5. Wow! on Windows to Have Better CLI · · Score: 1

    Does this mean Windows is finally going to be "a better Unix than Unix"?

  6. How many units, though? on Windows Servers Neck and Neck with Unix Servers · · Score: 1

    "...IDC counted $4.2bn worth of Microsoft Windows server sales.... Unix sales also hit $4.2bn in the period..."

    I see. In other words, Unix servers sold account for 4 times the number of Windows servers sold?

  7. Re:is this necessary? on MPAA CEO Dan Glickman on the Broadcast Flag · · Score: 1

    They're not woried about whether the broadcast media will use the technology. Their problem is with whether TV receivers will respect the technology, and since the court has told the FCC they have no right to regulate TV receivers in this manner, it will take an act of Congress to get the Evil Bit mandated. So, yes, a law would be necessary.

  8. Re:Mad as hell on Mad as Hell, Switching to Mac · · Score: 1

    Different kind of network these days, but the quote still fits.

  9. But I don't have any fingers! on Library to Require Fingerprint to Use PCs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...because some thug cut them off to gain access to the internet at the library, you insensitive clod!

  10. Action per Sqaure Minute? on Ebert Gives 'Sith' Positive Review · · Score: 1

    ...like in, acceleration of action as the movie wears on?

  11. But... on BPL: The Internet's Fool's Gold · · Score: 1

    ..never underestimate the bandwidth of an LP gas truck loaded with DVD-ROMs....

    Ping times wouldn't be very satisfactory, though...

  12. Re:Each has its place on Radio Listening Declining w/ Digital On Its Way Up · · Score: 1

    The digital cellphone system is already in place. All that is needed is for some manufacturer to make a "car radio" that can play internet streams using the cellphone system.

    Of course, this'll eat your miunutes, but minutes are gonna get cheaper, too.

  13. Cellphone will beat out terrestrial broadcasting on Bill Gates: Cellphone will Beat iPod · · Score: 1

    The digital cellphone system with internet connectivity is already in place.

    How much would it take to make a "car radio" (or boombox, for that matter) that has internet streaming capability via the cellphone system? This WILL happen someday.

  14. My clause - NO DRM! on What Would You Ask For in Copyright Law? · · Score: 1

    Copyright protection laws establish Fair Use rights to holders of copies of protected works; therefore copyright protection shall not be extended to any work that uses technological or other means to deny Fair Use said work, whether such denial of Fair Use is intentional or not.

  15. OK, so... on Internet Hunting Banned in California · · Score: 1

    ...who's gonna go out there (in front of the internet-controlled gun) to pick up the deer after its been shot? Not me!

  16. But... on Internet Hunting Banned in California · · Score: 1

    ..how am I going to get my Free iPod, now?

  17. Re:Fox News Generation! on Charter School Firm Attacks Online Criticism · · Score: 1

    At least they know how to pronounce, "negotiations" correctly...

  18. Re:"Intelligent design" is a lame theory.Here is w on Kansas Challenges Definition of Science · · Score: 1

    Indeed, if your argument is correct, then it seems that the Universe can't have been created by an even more complex system. However, there is still a fallacy present.

    The fallacy with this argument is the assumption that if the Universe was created, then its Creator must be a "system".

    What leads you to believe that the Creator of the Universe (if we assume, for sake of the argument, that there is a Creator of the Universe) must be a system?

    Your argument proves nothing at all about whether the Universe was created, only that it was not created by a "system".

    The question of what brought about the Universe is necessarily a philosophical pursuit. It cannot be answered by Science.

  19. Re:One Question on Kansas Challenges Definition of Science · · Score: 1

    Hmmm... Well, since Time is a part of the universe, there was no "before" the universe (whether created by God or not).

  20. Ummm, "New" definition? on Kansas Challenges Definition of Science · · Score: 1
    ...the new standards would describe it as a "continuing investigation that uses observation, hypothesis testing, measurement, experimentation, logical argument and theory building to lead to more adequate explanations of natural phenomena.


    So they wanna redefine "science" to mean using the scientific method to discover the truth about nature. Wow. Truly revolutionary. How ever did we arrive in the 21st century without this definition of science? Apparently until now, science was all about making wild-ass guesses to explain natural phenomena...
  21. CryptoCard on Phishers Using Keystroke Loggers · · Score: 1

    We use these thingies where I work to log on to just about everything. I see a time coming where these (or similar products) will be used by all manner of financial and other institutions.

  22. Re:YAIA on CMU Professor's Rebuttal Against RIAA Propaganda · · Score: 1

    I say it *is* flamebait.
    Intentional invocation of Godwin's Law is poor form.

  23. Re:MOD PARENT FUNNY! on What The Dormouse Said · · Score: 2, Informative

    In actuality, the Dormouse never said, "Feed your head".

    Grace slick was just telling us to remember what the Dormouse said (what DID the dormouse say?), after which she issues the command, "Feed your head!"

  24. Still available on How We Got Here - Stuff To Read · · Score: 3, Informative

    I just downloaded it here

  25. Estoppel! on Dutch Pass iPod Tax · · Score: 1

    If Big Music is gonna charge you for music you might copy, then I say they've given up any expectation of copyright protection.

    But, IANAL.