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  1. Re:Right Idea, Wrong Argument on Canada Post Files Copyright Lawsuit Over Crowd-sourced Postal Code Database · · Score: 1

    Not always, but in this case they sure as hell are.

  2. Re:Just say obstructed view on The Laws of Physics Trump Traffic Laws · · Score: 2

    Seeing as he was driving a Yaris, he could have used a cinder block for a right foot and not even done HALF that.

  3. Re:JUDGE by SKYPE on The Laws of Physics Trump Traffic Laws · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Its way overdue for teachers to be obsolete, except helping the 'challenged' few, s burn those text books, put all courses online and exams online, and marking online, what a teachers for again? Keeping the peace? taking roll calls?

    Making sure YOU took the test.

  4. Re:ERROR on US Unhappy With Australians Storing Data On Australian Shores · · Score: 1

    From what I've been hearing in the news about China basically controlling networks in every US government building, having the data hosted in the US would also make it easier for the Chinese to get it as well!

  5. Re:Honest curiosity on Police Forensics Team Salvage Blind Authors' Inkless Novel Pages · · Score: 1

    Disregarding the fact that she only recently became blind, they DID have brail typeriters that blind people could read themselves. When you consider that typewriters are impact devices, brail is actually a fairly simple thing to implement.

  6. Re:First? If the public airwaves are free already on Major Networks Suing To Stop Free Streaming · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure how relevant this is, but there is a slightly similar law regarding restricted radio (as in VHF/UHF communications in Canada). It is 100% legal to intercept and decrypt/unscramble and listen to ANY radio communication in Canada (including police/etc channels). It is however 100% ILLEGAL to then give that information to someone else if the original broadcast was restricted. Ex: If I have a super-duper scanner and hear about an alien spaceship landing on the parliament buildings, I am fully in the write to intercept it and go check out the landing (barring physical access restrictions to the landing site of course). If however I tell my buddy in the next room about it, then I'm violating the law.

    This is how it was explained to my by a personal friend that is also RCMP (Police), I just adde the aliens.

  7. Re:more and more on Canada: Police Do Not Have Power To Wiretap Without Warrant · · Score: 1

    Like most Canadians, I graduated high school with a working knowledge of French and continued the study of it in University, then graduated into a world where the only application for it was reading the wordier side of cereal boxes.

    Fun Fact: In Canada the french part of our packaging is NOT a translation of the english part. I swear they just give a vague description of the product to a french person and tell them to come up with they own name, slogan and description. About the only part that matches is the ingredients list! (fully bilingual btw).

  8. Re:more and more on Canada: Police Do Not Have Power To Wiretap Without Warrant · · Score: 1

    Neither would the government. Even an AK47 is pretty much useless against the type of arial assault vehicles most governments have.

  9. Re:Yay Canada on Canada: Police Do Not Have Power To Wiretap Without Warrant · · Score: 1

    You have 11 year olds driving cars...?

  10. Re:Yay Canada on Canada: Police Do Not Have Power To Wiretap Without Warrant · · Score: 1

    ...I've still yet to hear a fellow Canuck say "That's it! I'm sick of this country - I'm moving to America!"

    Well of course not, that would just be rude!

  11. Re:Fail on North Korea Shows Off Space Center and Launches Missile · · Score: 1

    Yes, but they did have a few weeks notice.

  12. Re:Missle? on North Korea Shows Off Space Center and Launches Missile · · Score: 1

    Well, they never seemed to have very good guidance, so they were definitely not a missile!

  13. Re:any sound in the world.... on Audi Gives Silent Electric Car Synthetic Sound · · Score: 1

    I'm fairly certain that was the point...

  14. Re:any sound in the world.... on Audi Gives Silent Electric Car Synthetic Sound · · Score: 1

    She was deaf AND blind.

  15. Re:any sound in the world.... on Audi Gives Silent Electric Car Synthetic Sound · · Score: 1

    Actually, in some places (Canada) they are already ticketing people who cross the road while talking on a cell phone, not to mention j-walking is ALREADY illegal. Look both ways before crossing, and use a crosswalk when-ever possile!

  16. Re:Deja vu all over again on Audi Gives Silent Electric Car Synthetic Sound · · Score: 2

    So there ARE other veva people on here! BTW, not only is there an original 1912 detroit, but it still runs great (personal experience)! ... Doug

  17. Re:I'm a little hesitant to like this on Canadian Mint To Create Digital Currency · · Score: 1

    I have TOUCHED these bills. TRUST me, the clear part is a smooth polimer, the non-clear part (except for a small border around the clear part) still has the exact same paper/fabric feel as the old bills and even bends/folds differently than the clear part.

  18. Re:It's despicable, but... on Reddit Subpoenaed In Wrongful Death Lawsuit · · Score: 2

    If you yell "jump" near someone who is about to commit suicide, I *guarantee* every person within 20 feet will be looking DIRECTLY at you.

  19. Re:Who cares? on 1366x768 Monitors Top 1024x768 For the First Time · · Score: 1

    I have an x220 and I don't understand your point.

  20. Re:Who cares? on 1366x768 Monitors Top 1024x768 For the First Time · · Score: 1

    Where did you find a 1368px wide screen?

  21. Re:It's a fact on US Judge Rules Against German Microsoft Injunction · · Score: 1

    Whooosh.

  22. Re:stuuuuuuuupidddddddddd on Canadian Mint To Create Digital Currency · · Score: 1

    If the private key is encrypted, or the computer is offline, how are you going to steal the digital decryption key? You can protect bitcoin as well or better than regular money.

    You just answered your own question. The general population seems to have some phobia of encryption.

  23. Re:I'm a little hesitant to like this on Canadian Mint To Create Digital Currency · · Score: 1

    Actually, the new 50's (probably the 100's as well, but I've only seen the 50's in person) are still paper, they just have polymer *sections* in them. The majority (everything that isn't transparent) is still the same paper (well actually special fabric) as before.

  24. Re:But can they do it right? on Canadian Mint To Create Digital Currency · · Score: 0

    copyright != counterfeiting. If I photocopy your $100 bill with a super-duper photocopier, did I rob you?

  25. Re:Security Through Obscurity on Canadian Mint To Create Digital Currency · · Score: 1

    An RSA signature by itsel can verify that something is what it says it is and has not been modified, but it cannot verify that something hasn't been copied (or *is* a copy). There needs to be something else as well.