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  1. Re:Problematic on Megapixels & Camera Phones · · Score: 1

    > The whole "cameras in cell phones" craze is starting to cause some problems for me. Many DoD installations do not let you take camera phones onsite.

    I've never gotten the logic of this position, who is it that you trust enough to be physically present but not enough not to take any pictures ? If you are worried about the person taking pictures, it implies that the person is not being chaperoned while in the facility. It seems to me that if the person can be trusted to work or visit the location, they could be relied upon not to take any pictures.

  2. Re:Bill should hire new lawyers. on Former Hacker Irks Microsoft in EU Dispute · · Score: 1

    3.4 I believe, second only to the germans.

  3. Re:Chances of survival on The Vomit Worth Millions? · · Score: 1

    Or it could lead to unrestraining harvesting an extinction of the animal. As is the case with cod and the UK fishing industry.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/842087.stm

  4. Re:Global Impact on Controlling Hurricanes? · · Score: 1

    Pitcairn Island. And the UK isn't a third world country.

  5. Re:Law Enforcement Ahoy.... on Best Buy Has Man Arrested for Using $2 Bills · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The ticket machines for some train lines also use them. NJTransit the new jersey rail company has ticket machines that accept both Susan Bs and the new dollars, and also dispenses them as change.

    Other than that I haven't see them in circulation.

  6. Re:Even the submitter didn't read the article!! on Keylogging Used To Catch Bank Crackers · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    sorry, i didn't read the headline

  7. Re:Even the submitter didn't read the article!! on Keylogging Used To Catch Bank Crackers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This seems to a case of a badly constructed sentence, rather than the submitter not understanding the article.

  8. Re:You're wrong. on Valve Cracks Down on 20,000 Users · · Score: 1

    So if someone takes a shortcut across your property they are stealing ?

  9. Re:The United States is crooked on Report: Broadband In US Homes Nearly 20 Percent · · Score: 1

    It isn't yet a law, and it is probable that the governor will veto it.

    http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/local/1023 05 34.htm

  10. Re:Let's do it together on India Debating Manned Space Flight · · Score: 1

    You do realise that in some societies, the more children you have the better it will be for the family. While population growth is a problem, it is generally in the best interest of most rural couples to have large families.

  11. Re:Amazing technological breakthrough on Will Our Cars Become Our Chauffeurs? · · Score: 1

    I live in the Philly area where plans are on the way to gut the already mediocre public transportation system. This is because Pennsylvania is unwilling to pay for it, more than likely this is the scenario in your neck of the woods.

  12. Schizophrenia on Sydney 419 Scammer Jailed · · Score: 2, Informative

    Apparently his disability is a mental illness.

    http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Nigerian/niger ian_busts_2003.htm

  13. Re:due process costs money on Dept. of Homeland Security Enforces Expired Patent · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah, I can just imagine the uproar when OJ bills the government for his legal defence.

  14. Re:Nigging out? on Yahoo Shuts Down Their PayPal Competitor · · Score: 1
  15. Re:Thievery on Cherry OS Claims Mac OS X Capability For x86 · · Score: 1

    SO if someone walks through your yard they are stealing ?

    What about if they have a picnic on your grounds ?

  16. Work PC on Ballmer Says iPod Users are Thieves · · Score: 1

    1. 0
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    5. 98-99%

    None of the music on my work pc was illegally downloaded, that may not be the case on my home pc. I'll check...

  17. Re:Why the naturalized specification should stay . on Green Party Candidate David Cobb Answers Your Questions · · Score: 1
  18. Re:Gadzooks on Green Party Candidate David Cobb Answers Your Questions · · Score: 1

    Why aren't flourescent lights more popular in American homes ? Or is this a peculiarity of the Northeast ?

  19. Re:Article is way off base... such as... on Amateur Revolution? · · Score: 1

    >None of this is to say that rap music doesn't represent the attitude of the ghetto -- it's actually the problem. I don't see the atittude of the ghetto advancing art anyplace useful.

    Could you clue me in ? What is the latest form of music to come from the middle class ?

  20. Re:Death Threats? on Caller ID Spoofing Firm Gets Death Threats · · Score: 1

    The article seems to imply that he is getting death threats because hackers believe he is profiting from 'their technology'. It doesn't seem that he got threats because of what the technology was doing.

  21. Re:Master / Slave HDD on Writing Software for Worldwide Distribution Proves Difficult · · Score: 1

    My name isn't Japanese, the fact that it may be the Roman character version of a Japanese word or phrase really doesn't make it a Japanese name.

    Every other Akintayo I've come across has been of African descent, as shown below.

    http://www.fineart.gr/Akintayo/index-en.html

  22. Re:Master / Slave HDD on Writing Software for Worldwide Distribution Proves Difficult · · Score: 1

    So let me get this correct.

    The US (or any nation that profited from the TransAtlantic Slave Trade) should not pay reparations to descendants of slaves in 2004.

    I assume that you feel reparations should've been paid to the slaves after the abolition of slavery.

    If so could you tell me at what point in time reparations became inappropriate.

  23. Re:Master / Slave HDD on Writing Software for Worldwide Distribution Proves Difficult · · Score: 1


    My main point is that Master and Slave are NOT synonymous with Primary and Secondary. A secondary need not be subject to the whims of the primary, where a slave is subject to the whims of a master.

    http://www.pcmech.com/glossary/master_slave.htm

    You shouldn't take assumed/emotional meanings attached to the words master and slave out of the context they are used in.
    The primary definition of slave is someone who is the property of another. So upon hearing/reading the word most people would consider that definition, before finding the more appropriate one. To do otherwise would be as contrived as reading "minute hand" as tiny hand.

  24. Re:Master / Slave HDD on Writing Software for Worldwide Distribution Proves Difficult · · Score: 1

    I've never been called Japanese before. It is an interesting feeling. Anyway Akintayo is an African name, Yoruba to be specific.

  25. Re:Master / Slave HDD on Writing Software for Worldwide Distribution Proves Difficult · · Score: 1

    I never suggested abolishing anything, I merely stated that I always associate Slave with the African Slave trade. In my mind that is a neutral statement, you seem to assume that I am ashamed. In the stated context Primary/Secondary is synonymous with Master/Slave, and I prefer the former.

    If I say "asshole", are you offended?
    Not sure how you jumped to a**hole and being offended. But if I am on the road and some one approaches me and says a**hole, I would be offended. I honestly don't get your point on this ... really don't.

    I can see why a blind person would not be appreciative of some of the terms synonyms. I assume that the Japanese are not please with the word "Jap" being a synonym for sneaky. And I assumed the Mongolians were not particularly thrilled with the Down's syndrome link.