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  1. Re:What if you own the music on a record album? on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Scrub Pirated Music From My Collection? · · Score: 0

    Totally depends on what country he lives in. For the most part, he'd be wrong. Owning the physical unit only gives you a license for the music on that unit. Read the copyright & license notices. He'd be better off spending his time & money on not becoming a target.

  2. Re:Best option on Microsoft's SkyDrive Drops Silverlight · · Score: 1

    I believe that's German for "The Developers, The."

  3. Which dumbass analysts are these? on Mozilla Ships Firefox 5, Meets Rapid-Release Plan · · Score: 1

    "but analysts have noted the similarities and pointed out the need of all browser makers to step up the pace." Uh, why, exactly? Be quicker about fixing bugs, sure, but why do we need whole version number replacements every couple of months?

  4. Re:Facebook is a good tool on More Users Are Shunning Facebook · · Score: 1

    The same study suggests 1.5million Canadians also quit in a single month, that's 5% of Canada's entire population quitting Facebook in May. Now, to me that seems pretty odd, why so many, why May?

    1) University generally ends at the end of April/first week in May. Students getting summer jobs? 2) Hockey playoffs! :) Either case, they'll be back in September.

  5. Re:Facebook is a good tool on More Users Are Shunning Facebook · · Score: 1

    Remind me to go around posting in every Linux thread how much I don't use it.

  6. Re:What about "regulatory fees", etc? on FCC Plans To Stop Cell Phone Bill Mystery Fees · · Score: 1

    Though in the US, it's normal to advertise prices without sales tax, which is bullshit.

    No it isn't. If you're selling a widget across the entire country, there's no possible way that a company can produce separate ads indicating the price per-State, and in a number of cases, per-COUNTY, with the included sales tax.

  7. Re:Ok, let's suppose a plant blows up... so what? on AP Investigation Concludes US Nuke Regulators Weakening Safety Rules · · Score: 0

    Guess 17,000,000 people within 80km of Indian Point is too much?

  8. Re:Investigative journalism on AP Investigation Concludes US Nuke Regulators Weakening Safety Rules · · Score: 1

    There's always been plenty of investigative journalism. The problem happens when Joe Average gets sick of hearing about how bad everything is and turns to celebrity fluff and filler instead. Then you also have to contend with sensationalist crap like "60 Minutes" faking results, further diminishing the intents of real investigators.

  9. Re:Offtopic question on Aussie Climate Scientists Receiving Death Threats · · Score: 1

    Yes, because no changes to the Constitution have ever been made since it was first written. Except for all those pesky Amendments. All repeal of at least one of those Amendments.

  10. Re:Scientific debate, huh? on Aussie Climate Scientists Receiving Death Threats · · Score: 1

    Atheism is as much a religion as not collecting stamps is a hobby.

  11. The invisible hand of captialism on Skype Execs Purged On Eve of MS Takeover · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Always seems to be carrying a very sharp sword.

  12. Re:Lizard blood? on LulzSec Teams With Anonymous, In Operation AntiSec · · Score: 1

    I prefer snake blood in my vodka, damnit!

  13. Re:Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. on JavaScript Decoder Plays MP3s Without Flash · · Score: 1

    AutoCad runs on OS X!

  14. Re:shitty article on 'Dead Media' Never Really Die · · Score: 1

    The only ad blocker anyone needs is a Flash blocker. That takes care of 95% of the most obnoxious ads.

  15. Obligatory "Friends" line on Iowa Rejects Video Privacy Protection For Cows · · Score: 1

    It's a moo point. Yeah, it's like a cow's opinion. It just doesn't matter. It's moo.

  16. Re:mugging on Trojan Goes After Bitcoins · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's still a pyramid scheme, as has been commented dozens of times on all the previous articles about BitCoins. Early adopters get the easiest blocks to solve, making them the most coins for the least effort? As more people join, the effort goes up geometrically, meaning more effort has to be put in to realize lesser gains? A very few people at the start control a huge number of the BitCoins? It's a fucking pyramid scheme of the highest order. And it makes me laugh my ass off over the fools who can't see it for what it is and drop thousands or tens of thousands of real dollars on it.

  17. Re:We don't want criminals here on Using Crowdsourcing To Identify Vancouver Rioters · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't make a difference. Imagine being a cop called in to break up a riot. The first thing you see is two large groups attacking each other. Without having seen who started what, you're immediately going to stop them both and not go around interviewing the perps on either side. Ask an bystander or two? Who's to say they're telling you the truth? Frankly it's lose-lose at that point.

  18. Re:Physics: an alternative political spectrum on US Senate Votes For Repeal of Ethanol Subsidies · · Score: 1

    My bike is a 1980 Honda, and I only use Shell's premium gasoline, since here on Ontario anyway it contains 0% ethanol.

  19. Re:someone will eat it on Japanese Scientist Creates Meat Substitute From Sewage · · Score: 1

    'It smells fishy." Must have been all the sushi.

  20. Re:"Cheating the Government" on British Tax System Uses Web Robots To Find Cheats · · Score: 1

    "This is all so obvious, I'm afraid I can't help but attribute to malice the resistance to it." Because it presents an incredibly simplistic, black & white solution to a complex problem, and therefore is ultimately pointless. A mix of income and sales taxes, like most places do now, is the right way to balance the burden across the widest income range.

  21. Re:I like how they think people actually owe them on British Tax System Uses Web Robots To Find Cheats · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Reagan was first, and this has been SOP for every Neo-Conservative since: borrow and spend, let the next guy in office sort it out. Personally, I don't like the term "Neo-Conservative" since it muddies the waters and makes people think that these idiots are even remotely conservative. I prefer to call them "fascists."

  22. LOL on $500,000 Worth of Bitcoins Stolen · · Score: 1

    What, your untraceable bubble-led crypto currency is at the mercy of stupid users? Colour me shocked.

  23. Re:I did a silly Youtube video on Senate Bill Could Make It Illegal To Upload Lip-Synced Videos · · Score: 1

    I uploaded a VHS grab of Utopia's "Feet Don't Fail Me Know," and a few months later I got a message from Warner's saying I had to completely take the video down, or replace the soundtrack with one of a few dozen licensed tracks. I opted to remove the sound altogether and put a note at the beginning saying that Warner's made me take the sound down. Funny how they're so concerned that the music is protected, but not the video.

  24. Re:Finally! on Libyan Rebels Weaponize Power Wheels Toys · · Score: 1

    Except the damn things keep going "beep-bop-beep-bop-beep-bop!" just before the trigger goes off.

  25. Re:The "Expert" on How Citigroup Hackers Easily Gained Access · · Score: 1

    That's that French cat thingy, isn't it?