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  1. Re:Utah the dry state on Utah Governor Signs Net-Porn Bill · · Score: 1

    There was a similiar thing in Louisiana. (At least of several years ago.)

    There was a grandfathered clause from the Napoe=leonic Code that allowed private clubs to serve alcohol to those 18 and older. At the time I was 18, Louisiana had joined the rest of the US in mandating 21 and up to drink, but still had this old clause. How one was considered a private club was if you sold memberships. Because a number of clubs didn't bother with the under 21 crowd, those that did had to stay competitive and defaulted to the cheapest cost for a legal contract, hence they sold $1 memberships at the door. You would get a little paper card that was good for a year.

  2. Re:WRONG! on Utah Governor Signs Net-Porn Bill · · Score: 1

    I don't think it would be your "hands" that we would have to pry it from.

  3. Re:Utah makes TX and FL look good some times on Utah Governor Signs Net-Porn Bill · · Score: 1

    If google is on the list then they have to block it. If it is not then they don't.

    About all you can expect the list to do is prevent going to a site for Lanie Barbie instead of Mattel's Barbie.

  4. Re:Utah makes TX and FL look good some times on Utah Governor Signs Net-Porn Bill · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well, seeing how it is a static list, cheap ISP could just give a new hosts file.

    I just want to know how one goes about applying for the job to compile the list. :)

  5. Re:Just a thought on Anti-Piracy Bureau of Sweden Planted Evidence · · Score: 3, Informative

    It can be argued that a duly authorized agent places your copyrighted works on a server menat for wide distribution is explicitly waiving your rights.

  6. Re:Impressive on iTunes DRM Hole Closed · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No compromises are acceptable. It is people like you that accept the encroachment that will mean we rent everything.

    And, yes I do not use Itunes, not just because it is not available on my chosen OS.

  7. Re:Flaky networking made me switch to Fedora on Mandrake 2006 Will Integrate Conectiva Components · · Score: 1

    The point is that if yum was all that, noone would have bothered to create apt servers for Fedora.

    I am not aware of any apt or yum servers for Mandrake, just URPMI.

  8. Re:Flaky networking made me switch to Fedora on Mandrake 2006 Will Integrate Conectiva Components · · Score: 1

    So. Yum was around before Fedora.

  9. Re:Not as bad as you think on Credit card signatures: Useless? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Wrong. You have the same fraud protection from Visa as you do from any other Visa CC. The difference is that Visa is not legally obligated to provide this, other than thier contract with you and the bank.

  10. Re:My Method on Credit card signatures: Useless? · · Score: 1

    You see, you card is not valid without a signature. I would have refused your card and if you were a big enough ass not give it back and refuse any other cards that did not have a signature. I had district managers back me up on that. I even convinced one bank to tell me to keep the card. It is fraudulent to use a credit card without signing it.

  11. Re:My Father's Method on Credit card signatures: Useless? · · Score: 1

    That pad disintegrates with most anything like say sliding out of your wallet.

    Technically, retailers are not suspose to accept a card that is not signed. I used to get annoyed with all the pricks that put see i.d. on the backs of thier card and not sign it. You should have seen thier faces when I refused to accept thier card because it did not have a signature.

  12. Re:Completely. on Credit card signatures: Useless? · · Score: 1

    Never worked in retail have you? Checking a smudgy signature field is not easy and even when clear, most people do not sign exactly the same way every time. With me not being liable for anything if the card is stolen, why should I care that some low wage cashier who has had no signature verification classes is checking for a valid signature or not.

  13. Re:Completely. on Credit card signatures: Useless? · · Score: 1

    It is Visa, but that use some intelligent algorithms. If you check into some hotel, that wil probably be ok, but if you try buying a large purchase in a distant city, they will probably cut you off.

  14. Re:Almost useless on Credit card signatures: Useless? · · Score: 1

    Do you know how easy it is to scrape off the signature field? Take an eraser and rub real fast. Then go back and sign with a sharpie.

    Oh, you already signed with a sharpie? Use a cotton ball and swab on some alcohol or nail polish remover. Acetone will mess up the card some but most cashiers won't notice or care.

    The signature field is useless.

  15. Re:Extreme fundamentalists are ridiculous. on Imax Theaters Demur On Controversial Science Films · · Score: 1

    The old Hebrews were very much numerologists and it is well understood that a number in the old testament does not refer to a real imperical number but was a symbolic reference. Really wise men had years added to thier age to inflate the appearance of thier wisdom.

  16. Re:Here's my reasoning on Imax Theaters Demur On Controversial Science Films · · Score: 1

    I think you are a bit skewed as well. I was born in Iowa, and the education system there is great. We had moved from Iowa to Mass. and the education in Mass. was not quite as good. And this was in an affluent suburb of Boston. Though Shreveport, LA was even worse and this was at what was arguably the best high school in all of Louisiana. The midwest has or at least had better school systems. Part of it might be though that there wasn't the population density so there wasn't any overcrowding in schools. I see that as a big problem in Florida schools right now.

    There is some truth to what you say though. But then you have to factor in that there are a lot of idiots out there if the average IQ is 100.

  17. Re:Crap to get settled? on Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD · · Score: 1

    They mention holographic discs that will be out in a couple of years that hold 1 TB.

    I predict that HDDVD and Blu-Ray will only be slightly more adopted than DVD-RAM.

  18. Re:Get Jenna! on Joss Whedon to Write/Direct Wonder Woman · · Score: 1

    Err, she is a natural brunette, go look for some of her early photos.

    But Rocki Roads is taller with even larger endowments that don't sag.

  19. Re:Rumors - two Buffy alums up for the part. on Joss Whedon to Write/Direct Wonder Woman · · Score: 1

    Yeah, height is is what Charisma has. Well rounded height.

    Salma Hayek would be better, even if she is not that tall. Rocki Roads would have the figure. Go search for her if you are not familiar with her but don't do it at work.

  20. Re:Why not ISPs on Over a Million Zombie PCs · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So the answer is to start suing the ISPs and the customers. If it is more profitable to just sit back and do nothing, then we need to take away that profit incentive.

  21. Re:Why not ISPs on Over a Million Zombie PCs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The Windows XP firewall is pretty seamless. It is on and just sits there unlike NIS or ZoneAlarm.

    But for Cable/DSL the easier answer is just put in a NAT box. I mean a simple router goes for $10. If the ISPs hadn't tried to gouge everyone for hooking up two computers to one line, this probaly wouldn't be an issue now.

  22. Re:someone explain USA law here on Spammers Sue Spam Victim For $4 Million · · Score: 1

    In criminal, not civil cases, you have the right to an attorney, if you cannot afford one, then one will be appointed for you.

    You might have heard of the phrase "He who represents himself has a fool for a client." In a civil trial, (not small claims), a private individual will get creamed in court.

  23. Re:hmm on Clash of the GPL and Other IP Agreements? · · Score: 2, Informative

    How many people in his company do you think modified some code gotten from IBM?

    As far as what D should do:
    First notify the copyright holders as to how the GPL is being broken. Depending on the code in question it might be derived from GNU so might want to contact FSF as well.

    Second, Explain to D's company's lawyers as to how the company is violating a software licence. Regardles of who owns the copyright on the changes, it still needs to be distributed under the GPL.

    In the future, get exceptions on paper and signed and dated. If you are writing code for a company, explain to your Boss how you want to use GPL software and how this will mean that the software you write will need to be GPL. It should be pointed out that only those that receive binaries need to receive the source though.

    It is probably unconstitutional for a company to try and claim ownership of all your ideas though. However, as this sounds like the code was written at work for his job, then it is reasonable for the company to claim ownership of the code.

  24. Re:Slashdot? on EDS: Linux is Insecure, Unscalable · · Score: 1

    There is a time to be reasonable, but if your opponent flat out lies, then you don't reason with him. You point out his lies and move on.

    Bastille, SE Linux, shows that Linux can be secure. Beowulf clusts show that Linux is scalable. Plenty of projects haveforked and no detriment has occured in the past.

    Basically this is several companies that see thier markets getting encroached upon by Linux and so using the usually tactics of spreading FUD.

  25. Re:Is the objective of GNU/Linux to recreate Windo on NeroLinux vs. K3b · · Score: 1

    An unsupported app that requires you to purchase a Windows version; that is suspose to be a choice?

    While I can appreciate that Nero tried, a mediocre cd burning program is not needed on Linux at this point. between the commandline tools, and several GUI frontends that work well, why use some PITA software that is marginally faster but otherwise does not work as well as other available software. And you expect me to actually pay money for something that is not markedly better than the alternative.

    I purchased WordPerfect for Linux. It was OK, and better than other Office suites available for Linux at the time. But Corel failed to update thier software. The Free Software office suites are not quite good and I do not wish to get burned again.