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  1. you should not have answered that question on Student Faces Expulsion for Facebook Study Group · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sharing information like that is cheating. You will be receiving a letter from the Vice President for Student Affairs outlining charges of academic misconduct against you.

  2. Re:valuable intellectual property on Neither Intellectual Nor Property · · Score: 1

    Lou Reed released a double album like that over 20 years earlier, when ATR were probably still in diapers....

  3. Re:No, it NEEDED to be asked on Clinton Takes Ohio, Texas; McCain Seals The Deal · · Score: 1

    1. Hitler was evil 2. Hitler was a vegetarian 3. Therefore vegetarianism(vegeterians) must be evil. Right? :-) Works for me. Now get me some more steak!
  4. It's their own fault, true on Probe Captures Avalanche on Mars · · Score: 3, Funny

    But there's no need for a religious interpretation. This is clearly evidence of the effects of Martial Warming. If those silly Martians weren't so attached to their darn SUVs they might have escaped this fate....

  5. (Looking up and squinting) on 'Death Star' Aimed at Earth · · Score: 1

    That's no death star....

  6. Re:Wow, like what they have been doing all this ti on Higher-Resolution YouTube Videos Currently In Testing · · Score: 1

    Size doesn't determine quality. Size + length determines quality. Don't forget the motion!!

    Umm, what were we talking about again?
  7. Not only that on Reznor Follows Radiohead, Offers Free Album · · Score: 2, Informative

    But this isn't even the first time Trent Reznor did this; he worked with Saul Williams on the Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust, and they gave it away for free in 192 kbps format with a $5 download for 320 or FLAC. It's a great record too, download it yourself and see! They sold over 150,000 downloads at $5 a pop and then Trent took down the freebie link and posted to his blog whining that it wasn't enough, but they recently put it back up. The Ghosts announcement is good news alongside this fact, because it means that he still believes in alternative distribution channels (and free music) despite his earlier whining.

  8. What's your point? on Strict Order Boarding Would Get Planes in the Sky Faster · · Score: 1

    I mean, seriously, you don't plan on eating them without butter do you?

  9. Re:Want to know how to kill a bank? on Bank Julius Baer Issues Statement On WikiLeaks · · Score: 1

    If you have enough money to make any appreciable dent in any bank by pulling this scheme, you can probably find more effective ways to get your voice heard.

  10. Re:You fail. on Bank Julius Baer Issues Statement On WikiLeaks · · Score: 1

    the flat 7-bit ASCII NNTP favored Jesus, stop shouting, man! The whole office can hear your stupid acronyms!
  11. so what's your point? on Where's Our Terabit Ethernet? · · Score: 1

    14 is greater than 5, so things just keep getting greater. That's progress, baby, roll with it!

  12. Re:Who needs it? on Where's Our Terabit Ethernet? · · Score: 1

    you clearly aren't downloading nearly enough pr0n.

  13. No need on Taliban Demands Downtime on Afghanistan Cellphone Networks · · Score: 1

    Once they read about it on slashdot, they'll figure it out.

  14. there are other benefits too on Nokia Unveils Shape Changing Nano-phone Concept · · Score: 4, Funny

    For example, you can see that the person wearing it is a complete tool without having to wait for them to open their mouth and say something idiotic. These are really time-saving gadgets when you think about it.

  15. Re:Frustrating on Open US GPS Data? · · Score: 1

    Facts can't be copyrighted but fiction can, so the errors on a map are the only thing that is copyrighted. Same thing goes for board games, if you just know that the answer you gave in Trivial Pursuit is correct and the game is wrong, you might be right. I don't know about maps, but I know for a fact you are wrong about board games. You can't copyright the facts but you can copyright their expression. (The same is true for nonfiction works, which can be copyrighted, even though the facts they relate cannot be). Intentional errors being put into such games do not ensure copyrights; they just devalue the game (or, alternatively, they ensure that your game's fans believe things that just aren't so). I would imagine the same is true for maps -- the information they relate is not copyrightable but certainly the way it is expressed is. And if you're a publisher of games, books, or maps, I would hope you can think of a better way to protect your intellectual property than devaluing it by intentionally introducing errors.
  16. Re:Frustrating on Open US GPS Data? · · Score: 1

    Silly publishers I realize you're being sarcastic, but it really is silly when you think about it. An encyclopedia is supposed to a compendium of knowledge, not really a creative work of fiction. What's more, it's a reference work, where others will turn for factual information. As a publisher of an encyclopedia your first responsibility is to provide accurate information for readers. Preventing your work from being plagiarized is a lower priority - and in fact it's only a priority after the work has been published. Encyclopedias that include false information are unreliable and therefore inferior works to those that do. For a publisher to intentionally cripple the value of their product in order to prevent a distant and theoretical harm (plagiarism) that already has other remedies is pretty ridiculous.
  17. OK I'll start; I found one! on Open US GPS Data? · · Score: 1

    If each one of grabs a map right now and reports just one error, just think how much better the maps will be next year... That should be "If each one of us..."
  18. Re:Frustrating on Open US GPS Data? · · Score: 1

    If they do, that's idiotic. Getting the facts wrong just to protect your copyright? If you want to make maps of imaginary lands, I'm sure there's a market for that.

  19. you forgot something on Building a Green PC · · Score: 1

    In order to truly make your thinkpad green you will need some of this.

  20. Re:Totally off topic on Researchers Develop Self-Cleaning Clothes · · Score: 4, Informative

    And here's an image of her that's a bit more telling....

  21. no mistake on Are Wikileaks Servers In a Nuclear Bunker? · · Score: 1

    That wasn't a mistake at the Guardian. It was blatant censorship by the NSA. They really don't want readers of the Guardian to learn about their ability to brea

  22. Re:The dude violated a policy he admitted he read. on CNN Fires Producer Over Personal Blog · · Score: 1

    Contract or not, you cannot make someone agree to the conditions of their own death as a requirement for employment.

  23. Re:The dude violated a policy he admitted he read. on CNN Fires Producer Over Personal Blog · · Score: 1

    I know the example is hypothetical, as is your answer, but let's just be clear so that our European friend does not get the wrong idea: no matter what it says in your contract, there is no way in hell that an employer could legally fire you for breathing. You cannot enforce a contract that requires a party to do things that are blatantly illegal or in this case would lead to your death.

  24. Re:Hardly surprising on Milky Way Is Twice the Size We Thought · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's what happens when you eat too many Milky Ways

  25. thank goodness on Darl McBride Leaving SCO? · · Score: 4, Funny

    McBride can live a pretty decent life even in America's most affluent neighborhoods for virtually no work to be done. I know there's no justice in this, but we really don't want this guy doing any more work.