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  1. Re:Yes on Senate Passes Patriot Act Renewal · · Score: 1

    lol - although it could be base 99, if you believe the all others are frightened true patriots. Not bloody likely but hey, I don't have any bridge for sale today.

  2. Guess who the real patriots are. on Senate Passes Patriot Act Renewal · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There are 10 true patriots out there.

  3. Re:Two sides to every story on Boing Boing Threatened By Software Creator · · Score: 1

    Happens all the time. That's what diapers are for.

  4. Human sacrifice vs slavery on Flushing the Net Down the Tubes · · Score: 1


    Note that before slavery grew from popular to an industry, it was the norm to sacrifice your enemies to your god. Slavery was certainly a big step forward in ethical behavior then, just as abandoning it is another now.

    It's not because others in the world die of hunger that we shouldn't feed our poors. Everything is relative.

    I am sure in another century or two, people will find some of our behavior barbaric.

  5. Apple is doomed... on Are Media Writers Biased Towards Apple? · · Score: 1

    and anybody who says otherwise shows bias.

    I think he has a bridge to sell too.

  6. Re:Coloured stamps on Your Favorite Math/Logic Riddles? · · Score: 1

    Grumble,grumble, preview, grumble.
    S$ = S4
    Grumble,grumble, shift-key, grumble.

  7. Re:Coloured stamps on Your Favorite Math/Logic Riddles? · · Score: 1


    I loved your simplification, but it doesn't work. Even if you see SS, you may not know yours:
    SS = RR+RR = GG
    SS = RR+GG = unknown
    and symmetrical cases reversing red/green.
    I'll rename the know SS to S4 = (RR+RR or GG+GG).

    FYI, I did it the hard way. In addition to the S$ each can see on the 1st round, C can also resolve SS (RR+GG) since he knows neither A nor B had R4/G4. (total: 2 + 2 + 4 cases resolved)

    Second round, A can resolve 4 more cases: SD (with D on C) because C cannot have SS; and SS. B will resolve the remaining 7 cases: 2 SS, 2 SD on each A and C, and DDD.

  8. Re:Riddle on Your Favorite Math/Logic Riddles? · · Score: 1

    The way are asking it, 1/2 and 1/2.

    a)

    There are 4 equiprobable child pairs: BB, BG, GB, GG.

    Any of the 2 can *go* open the door: BB-B1, BB-B2, BG-B, BG-G, GB-G, GB-B, GG-G1, GG-G2.
    Now, since a boy opened the door, we must remove the invalid cases (and no, that does not change the equiprobability).

    We are left with 4 equiprobable solutions: BB-B1, BB-B2, BG-B, GB-B.

    b)
    No correlation between birth.

    Now, were you to to do it this way: "Do you have a son? Yes" then you get 1/3-2/3 distribution.

  9. How wide the corridor? on Your Favorite Math/Logic Riddles? · · Score: 1

    You have two planks: 3m and 2m long. They are placed in a X pattern across a corridor, each with one end on the floor touching one wall and leaning against the other wall. They cross each other at 1m from the floor.

    And no, I don't know the answer.

  10. Annoyance factor on Why Do You Block Ads? · · Score: 1


    I don't mind adds per se. The subtile ones (like the navigation bars on /.) don't offend me. The tv-commercial-like page that delay the link to the requested info are reasonable.

    It's those noisy flashy things on the screen that stay there while you are trying to read something. I used to put stickies on the screen to enable me to read without being distracted.

  11. Bridge selling on No Video iPod Coming? · · Score: 2


    No, of course not, we didn't invent this story. There really is a Video iPod in development. Don't listen to Jobs, he's trying to cover it up.

    And no, this isn't bait and switch. We aren't switching to a more likely story to make it seem that we are guessing right. It is not as if we had a history of fabulation.

    Yeah, right.

  12. Re:Lose, lose situation for RIAA on RIAA Suit Rejected With Prejudice · · Score: 1
    I'm not even sure that the RIAA can afford so many lawsuits. Sure, they're a multi-billion dollar "co-op" organization "defending" artists, but each lawsuit costs them something. Even with in-house legal staff, there are still filing fees, follow-up costs, and the like. I'm assuming their return-on-investment is calculated by how many people they assume will stop pirating their music out of fear of lawsuits? So they're assuming that they'll be seeing a return from people buying more albums because they are afraid to pirate because the RIAA sues pirates? Confusing.
    Think of it as advertisement. Not the our-crap-is-good kind, but the if-you-like-that-crap-pay-for-it-or-go-to-hell kind of advert. They can afford to spend billions to convince you to want^H^H^H^Hbuy something, they can spend a few millions forcing you to pay for it.
  13. Re:No way on Miyazaki Talks to the Guardian · · Score: 1

    Some hand-drawn watery tart, I guess.

  14. Re:Renting on Miyazaki Talks to the Guardian · · Score: 2, Informative

    Mononoke first. Porco Rosso second. Then anything is good.

    Spirited Away requires some understanding of bath houses and kami to fully enjoy. Totoro also happens in Japan, but the story is more universal.

    Kiki is his most disneyesque work, good for introducing others.

    Nausicaa, Laputa, I'm sure I'm forgetting some.

  15. No cut on Miyazaki Talks to the Guardian · · Score: 4, Informative

    Of course, the "no cut" was because of that "marvelous" Warrior of the Wind. Or how to turn Nausicaa into an hollywoodian action-packed movie.

  16. Re:bull. on Ladies and Gentlemen Allow Me to Introduce the Cat Car · · Score: 1

    C'mon, ppl. If you want to moderate down, to it intelligently. This may be both OT and unfunny. But not worth Troll or Flamebait. Real ones sound like this:

    <troll>
    Those you moderated down the parent quote must be religious fanatics blinded by their faith. They know that Katrina is an act of their vengeful god, but they refuse to see it as god's answer to the shameful attempt of Bush to play god on Earth.

    They believe their faith makes them right and that God is on their side. If God's will goes against their wishes, it must be the work of the Devil.
    </troll>

    Now. this is good Troll, it's even OT so easy to mod down. But hey, some moderators still need to be educated. <EG>

  17. Re:Why Intel? on Roundtable on Apple's Future · · Score: 1

    Tell me what you've been smoking, I'd like to try some.

    OTOH, I'd have said the same about switching to Intel.

  18. Pure nonsense on Equal Time For Creationism · · Score: 1

    The universe is soo complex that it could not have happened by itself. There must be some higher intelligence that designed it...

    Oh, and that intelligence is sooo complex that it could not have happened by itself. There must be some higher intelligence that designed it...

    And oh, ...

    Nevermind.

  19. Re:Media Lies Protection Appeal on Media Organizations Join Forces to Fight Canadian Ruling · · Score: 1

    That was a rethorical question.

  20. Re:Media Lies Protection Appeal on Media Organizations Join Forces to Fight Canadian Ruling · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And to play devil's advocate: how long until big corporation put their headquarters in a friendly (as in bought) country. I'd hate to see them lie and libell on the Web in impunity because they choose the battleground.

  21. Out of luck... on Podcasting D&D Games · · Score: 1

    The poor guy just upgraded his bandwidth to 17 GB / month.
    Say bebye to those bits quickly because they'll be gone in a few minutes.

  22. Robert Silverberg... on Kamikaze Novel Writing · · Score: 1


    He spewed so much so fast in the 70s he wouldn't break a sweat to write something good for this.

  23. Re:He is right on Ballmer Says iPod Users are Thieves · · Score: 1


    Who, Apple or Microsoft?

    YES.

  24. Airport Express? on Apple iPod with Video and WiFi Capabilities? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hold your horses. Why does it have to be iPod?

    Couldn't it just be a sign of further developments around Airport Express?

    Or is it that /. RDF is becoming stronger than Jobs?

  25. Re:Get your stories straight, lads. on Blade Runner Is The Best Sci-Fi Film · · Score: 1

    Both. They both were runaway, maybe?