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  1. Re:Ah, Slashdot never changes on Belgian ISP Ordered to Block The Pirate Bay; Telecomix and TPB Offer Workarounds · · Score: 1

    I've not been on slashdot for years, since I got tired of hearing all the pseudophilosophical bullshit that was slung about in a vain attempt to justify piracy. the comments i see here range from "technological hack to serve as a workaround to break the law" to "lame speculation as to whether such blocks break the 'spirit of the EU'" to ad-hominems against the judge in question and his "tantrums" to the predictable government/corporate conspiracybabble.

    nothing on slashdot ever changes, it seems. it just gets less and less relevant.

    if you want to pirate and selectively respect copyright, please, by all means. go nuts. but stop trying to sugarcoat it already, he says, knowing full well that the inevitable result will be ridicule from the echo chamber.

    Just as well you kept this account :)

  2. Feudalism, the word I was thinking of :)

    But contrary to what the Tea Party likes to make believe the American Independence was fought for more than just tax.
    The Brits were in the colonies also disliked for their feudalism.

  3. Re:Mr. Shatner on Ask William Shatner Whatever You'd Like · · Score: 2
    What happens in the ribbon stays in the ribbon.

    You should not ask.

  4. Re:When? on 3 Share Nobel Prize In Medicine For Immune System Work · · Score: 1
    It was done before 1974 when a new rule banning posthumous awards was introduced.

    In the mean time the Nobel comity has decided this price will be awarded as it was not planned to be posthumous.

  5. That's exactly how before the French revolution the aristocracy saw it.
    Europeans kind of understood the madness of these aristocrats and present law tries to protect the workers right to make a living for himself.
    This does not mean a European boss can't lay off or fire a worker, it means there have to be proper grounds for denying someone the chance to feed his family.

    The legislation of the young USofA was also very anti-aristocracy, don't forget this all happened around the same time, yet many Americans seem to have forgotten their roots...

  6. Re:me too on Judge Rules Boss's "Firing Contest" Created a Hostile Work Environment · · Score: 1

    It sounds like you are the featured boss...

  7. Re:Here's hoping on Why Linux Is Good For Low-End Smartphones · · Score: 1

    Who cares about boot time. Its a phone, when is it ever off?

    I only switch it on when I'm fairly sure to expect an important call while on the road.
    That's at best a few hours per month.
    And it better be important.

  8. Re:Not comparable on World's Most Powerful Telescope Begins Search For Origin of the Universe · · Score: 4, Informative
    The comparison was not about the colours (wavelength or frequency) but about the observable resolution.

    In other words, this radio telescope will be able to discern details the Hubble cannot see.

  9. Re:A blank page? on Theater Professor's Firefly Poster Declared Threatening · · Score: 1

    I'm running Ghostery to block tracking and could access the site without problem.

  10. Re:Dead laurete on 3 Share Nobel Prize In Medicine For Immune System Work · · Score: 1

    Why not award it posthumous, it has been done before.

  11. Re:While working on the spreadsheet format... on ODF 1.2 Is Approved · · Score: 1

    Yes I run LibreOffice on my private computer and it too just does the job.

  12. Re:While working on the spreadsheet format... on ODF 1.2 Is Approved · · Score: 1
    Weird, I use OO for just about all my documents and including some Excel macro' s it just plain works.

    I might be lucky and be in a company that' s not overdoing the mark up of it's various documents

  13. Re:Gee, I dunno, this one's kinda hard. on Can Newegg Survive the Post-PC Future? · · Score: 1

    Hmm, probably sell components for desktops.

    What desktops?

  14. Re:Made for good photography! on NASA Warns of Magnetic Storm After Huge Solar Flare · · Score: 1

    Nice!

  15. Re:I must be missing something on The Mythical Tunnel Between CERN and Central Italy · · Score: 1
    Speed is a factor of time and distance.

    They've used the distance along the earth's surface and forgot the neutrinos elect to go in a (shorter) straight line...

  16. We should know this on Facebook Cookies Track Users Even After Logging Out · · Score: 1
    This is not the first message on Slashdot about this phenomena.

    And like the previous time Ghostery is the preferred plug in to suppress it.

  17. Re:The EULA said that? on EA's New User Agreement Bans Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    (aber es ist nicht gewonnen :):):) )

    I like your French :)

  18. Odd pads on Ask Slashdot: Calculators With 1-2-3 Number Pads? · · Score: 1

    I understand your problem.

    But only because the GF has a phone with a calculator style keyboard, it confuses me every time!

  19. Re:The EULA said that? on EA's New User Agreement Bans Lawsuits · · Score: 2
    A nice discrimination according to place of residence :)

    You either need balls or conceive a lack of responsibility to higher powers to put this kind of stuff in writing.

    Oh I forgot, you especially need to have total disregard for (the rights of) your customers.

  20. Re:Better not tell Rick Perry on Australian Aboriginal DNA Suggests 70,000-Year History · · Score: 1
    I feel with you, though it's on a different subject we here in The Netherlands are suffering our own exhibition of political stupidity in the form of mr. Wilders and his followers.

    To get (somewhat) back on topic, is this a form of genetic degeneration due to lack of selective forces?

  21. Re:So will verizon FIOS now open port 25? on FCC Finalizes US Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1
    Sorry I was wrong but that does not make you right :)

    I was confused because I use SMTPS on port 465.

  22. Re:So will verizon FIOS now open port 25? on FCC Finalizes US Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    Maybe they block insecure protocols and you should try ssh :)

  23. Re:Judges, that's who! on FCC Finalizes US Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1
    In other words, you'd rather have corporate interests to 'govern' the world.

    The proposed legislation is to enable corporations to compete on a level playing field, not to hinder them or their customers.

    But according to your remarks your bread might be buttered on the funny side...

  24. Re:In Other Words on Italy Prepares '"One Strike" Anti-Piracy Law · · Score: 1
    Yet the acting Belgian government since the last elections does run one of the best economies in the developed world.

    There seem to be advantages when a government is not allowed to tackle controversial issues :)

  25. Re:How sad is this on NASA Reveals New Images of Apollo Landing Sites · · Score: 2
    Then it was 150 billion dollars well spend.

    If only GW would have spend a fraction of what became the Iraq war on an other moon or even Mars mission the US would have been admired by youth the world over, including the Muslim world.