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  1. Re:AdBlock on Firefox Users Bad For Advertisers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There's a more binding implicit contract.

    Repeat after me: THE STANDARD DOES NOT SPECIFY HOW CLIENTS RENDER

  2. Re:AdBlock on Firefox Users Bad For Advertisers · · Score: 1

    I use adblock.

    I leave sites unblocked until an annoying ad appears, as soon as it does, it's blocked for that site, permanently. Inform me, don't annoy me and you survive (for example, the text google ads aren't blocked although it would be trivial to do so in adblock)

  3. Re:The article states... on Musicians on Internet & Filesharing · · Score: 4, Informative
    Not quite.

    From CNN:


    But two-thirds of those surveyed said file sharing posed little threat to them, and less than one-third of those surveyed said file sharing was a major threat to creative industries.

    Only 3 percent said the Internet hurt their ability to protect their creative works.

  4. Re:Nothing new on Is Some Software Meant to be Secret? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That says the algorithm is flawed, not that the software shouldn't be open sourced.

    And there's no reason the rules couldn't be put into a configuration file that *isn't* open sourced for the simplest possible way to do it.

  5. Re:what does this mean? on Valve Wins Summary Judgment Against Vivendi · · Score: 1

    Friendly stance?

    Aren't they requiring subscriptions to Cafe's now, not simply purchases of the game?

  6. Re:Parent's fault on Game Industry Derided For Mature Content · · Score: 1

    More than 2/3 of gamers are over 18 from the same study, released by ESA earlier this year.

  7. Re:Just asking for trouble on Valve Takes the Offensive on Warez Users? · · Score: 1

    Bingo. Which is exactly why HL2 isn't getting bought by me *ever*, and the same applies to any game that requires direct internet access (indirect, such as an e-mailed key is OK)

  8. Re:Just asking for trouble on Valve Takes the Offensive on Warez Users? · · Score: 1

    My Windows box has no internet connection.

    How do I authenticate even that first time?

  9. Re:Make this known to your reps! on Senate May Rush Copyright Legislation · · Score: 1

    I was going to make the same comment to Wired when I found the article earlier. Did a little digging on Thomas to find that out. I thought the HR bill passed, then the S bill, then they were reconciled. You learn something every day.

  10. Re:Make this known to your reps! on Senate May Rush Copyright Legislation · · Score: 1

    The full designation is HR2391.RS

    Reported Senate

  11. Re:Behind Samus... on Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Launches · · Score: 1

    Not just /.

    An article in one gaming magazine I read (Game Informer I think), put Samus and Master Chief together as a couple. One of the letters to the editors in a later issue said that it wouldn't work because Master Chief isn't gay.

  12. Re:Software Hardware.... on Microsoft Banning Modded Xboxen · · Score: 1

    And how are you sure those are locked down with a modded box?

    There's no easy way to tell that it can be trusted, so the simple solution is to not trust it.

  13. Re:Will help with all the existing lawsuits... on MS Indemnifies Customers Against IP Threats · · Score: 5, Interesting

    What about TimeLine suing MSSQL users?

  14. Re:scary on Ekush: A CherryOS For the Windows World? · · Score: 1

    Why?

    How is it different than Office (Open Office) or Internet Explorer (Mozilla)?

  15. Re:Proprotionality on Defending Harsh Sentences for Spammers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And 280 Million is what, a year's worth of spam by the average spammer, if it's that low?

    If they were doing this more than a year, they got off light.

  16. Re:Punishment fitting the crime? on Defending Harsh Sentences for Spammers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Fines can work very well, if done right.

    If it's say 3-4 times what came in because of the the activity, it's more than a cost of business.

  17. Proprotionality on Defending Harsh Sentences for Spammers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So, how much did it work out *per spam*? A couple of seconds, if that? If "it takes a second" to hit delete, then that's a reasonable sentence for each spam.

  18. Re:pcHDTV on pcHDTV Card Available, Legal for Now · · Score: 1

    And how many republicans voted against the DMCA? If it never got to his desk, it would never have been signed.

    Face it, they both suck.

  19. Re:Why? on pcHDTV Card Available, Legal for Now · · Score: 1

    why do you assume a written constitution is automatically better than an unwritten one? For example, you can change/adapt an unwritten constitution much, much faster than a written one

    That's the weakness in an unwritten one, not its strength. If it changes however the wind blows, what good is it?

  20. Re:OggVorbis Support? on Creative Zen Micro Ships Today · · Score: 3, Informative

    Because you can't (legally) rip to MP3 with Free software?

    Is there a Fraunhoffer blessed Open Source implementation of MP3 ripping?

  21. Re:I need directions . . . on Kerry Concedes Election To Bush · · Score: 1

    It was not defeated, it failed to pass a suspension of rules to vote on it then. It can come up again next time Congress is in session.

    S.89 is still an open issue in committee.

  22. Re:I need directions . . . on Kerry Concedes Election To Bush · · Score: 1

    And a republican majority in Congress. That matters more to passage than who proposes it.

  23. Re:Lavasoft too on Anti-Spyware Vendor Partners with Spyware Company? · · Score: 1

    What additional rights did the Borland book license grant? All it effectively said was "copyright applies"

  24. Re:You have got to be kidding me on Why Apple Should Port Games · · Score: 1

    It could very well be the same specs - give away the razor, sell the blades.

  25. Re:Compare and contrast to... on 50K Linux Man Bites At Merkey.net · · Score: 1

    Remember? He finally left? I haven't read NANAE in about a year.