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  1. Hmm... on The Virus Did It · · Score: 1

    I wonder if he got the virus from Pete Townshend's computer.

  2. Offending Clause (in case of Slashdotting) on NZ's Largest ISP Owns Your Work · · Score: 4, Informative

    By placing any content, software or anything else ("Materials") on our Websites or Systems (including posting messages, uploading files, importing data or engaging in any other form of communication), you grant to Xtra a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable, unrestricted, worldwide licence to do the following in respect of the Materials:

    * use, copy, sublicence, redistribute, adapt, transmit, publish, delete, edit and/or broadcast, publicly perform or display, and

    * sublicence to any third parties the unrestricted right to exercise any of the rights granted.

    The above rights you grant to us includes the right to exploit all proprietary rights in any of the Materials including, but not limited to, rights under copyright, trade mark, service mark or patent laws under any jurisdiction worldwide. You expressly waive in favour of Xtra and any other party authorised by Xtra all moral rights and any similar rights in any jurisdiction which you may have or may later acquire in respect of any relevant Materials.

  3. Re:Well... on Should Innocently-Named Porn Sites Be Illegal? · · Score: 1

    Oh, I don't know.

  4. Re:Well... on Should Innocently-Named Porn Sites Be Illegal? · · Score: 1

    Well, the problem with whitehouse.com is that it's false advertizing. The corporate executives are expecting other favors when they enter their credit card information.

  5. Re:Sorry on Legalities of a Company Sponsored MP3 Repository? · · Score: 2, Informative
    Actually, you may still get the RIAA slapping you for playing your music for more than one person. They could expect you to pay fees as it is a "performance of copyrighted works.

    Here is the testimony of the head of the National Restaurant Association before the House Judiciary Committee complaining about the practice.

  6. Re:CMM? on How to Keep Your Job · · Score: 1

    Well, remember that one of the goals of level 5 is the feedback loop, in which you are constantly examing your processes. I agree, though... it's not going to magically fix bad programming procedures.

  7. Re:Dear slashdot.... on Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Reviewed · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No, he didn't.

  8. Re:How long is long enough? on The Ethics of Life Extension · · Score: 1
    True. How many people who are hitting upper middle age consider extending their lives because they think they still have something to contribute or create. My guess is that they're simply afraid of death.

    Of course, they should be afraid...

  9. Observation on Cowboy Bebop Movie comes to the States · · Score: 5, Funny
    I went to the premire in New York last summer, and I was looking forward to having a good time with all the other cool American Anime fans.

    Who invited all the geeks?

  10. Re:Free Gifts with US Tax Dollars on Maine Laptop Program a Success · · Score: 1
    Pissed off because your family didn't have the money to buy a computer, bitter because your children (homeschooled) don't benefit from the program, and rambling about the state's right to taxation.

    According to the Pennsylvania Homeschool Law of 1988, homeschooled students are considered students of the district in which they reside. They are required to register with the school, and have access to every resource the public schoolers have, including textbooks.

    If this program were ever instituted in Pennsylvania (which I hope it doesn't, since i agree it's a waste of taxpayer money), my guess is that the homeschoolers will be able to line up for their iBook as well.

  11. Re:never work on Verbing Weirds Google · · Score: 1

    The plural noun referred to the copies, while the singular noun referred to the copier.

  12. Re:Ads as articles on Stop Breaking the Build · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Just read the post aloud, imitating the guy who does the movie previews...

    "In a land before time..."
    "One man..."
    "You know the score..."

  13. Re:Enormous consumer of mental bandwidth on Is AIM Really a Bandwidth Hog? · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    "but it can also utterly destroy productivity during lectures"

    How productive can one be during a lecture?

  14. Koha on Open Source Solutions for Libraries? · · Score: 5, Informative
    Koha, the first open source integrated library system. You can test drive it action at the Horowhenua Library Trust in New Zealand or on the Koha Test Page.

    Features include:

    * Simple clear interface for librarians and members (patrons) to search right from the front page.

    * Customisable search - you choose which fields you want on your search forms when you set it up

    * Reading lists for members - now you can find the name of that great book you read last year. NOTE: Our librarians and customers love this, but if you have concerns about keeping this information it could be disabled. This is really useful for helping homebound users get fresh books

    * Full acquisitions including budgets and pricing information (including supplier and currency conversion), being kept so that you can see what you've ordered and received - so handy at end of year and audit time.

    * Simple acquisitions for the smaller library

    * Able to catalogue websites as items, or have them as links to existing biblios.

  15. Re:Good idea on New Jersey Enacts 'Smart Gun' Law · · Score: 2
    It seems rather odd that you blame a suicide on the gun. If the gun weren't there, something else would be used.

  16. Can't afford it on When Profiling Goes Wrong · · Score: 5, Funny
    Sorry... can't afford the $80 it takes to read this story. I'm sure it's really funny, though.

  17. Re:Abuse of power? on Microsoft Shuts Down Lik Sang · · Score: 3, Insightful
    You are forced to sell it at a loss because of market pressure.

    How is anyone "forcing" Microsoft to do anything?

  18. Re:A fertile mule does not mean a fertile mind. on Mule Gives Birth · · Score: 1
    I'm an idiot. I just now saw the "AS". Pardon me whilst I retreat to my cave.

  19. Re:A fertile mule does not mean a fertile mind. on Mule Gives Birth · · Score: 2
    Depends... if you consider "science" being "collected observations used to make predictions", then it dosen't, since there have been verified instances of this occuring.

    Really, what it's doing is thumbing it's nose as science teachers; those people who told us that mules are sterile and heating solids always expand.

    I understand your point.

  20. Re:A fertile mule does not mean a fertile mind. on Mule Gives Birth · · Score: 2
    This paragraph touches on the "science" aspect of the issue.

    "A horse has 64 chromosomes and a donkey has 62, so a mule is left with 63, an uneven number which cannot divide into chromosome pairs. This should make a mule unable to reproduce."

  21. Suggestion on Software HDCD Decoding? · · Score: 2, Funny
    If you know the answer and you decide to respond, you may want to post your answer anonymously so as to keep the feds from beating down your door with a warrent.

    I would love to see the Taco, et al. fight a court order kindy requesting them to turn over the userid and ip of the poster who cracked their "encryption system".

  22. Wise Words on Alton Brown Answers, At Last · · Score: 5, Insightful
    "All [replacing of fat] does is lead to dissatisfaction and I think that dissatisfaction results in overeating."

    Very wise words. I remember hearing Julia Child saying that the reason obesity is becoming such a problem is because of fat has become taboo in cooking. It's the fat in foods that make us feel full and keep us full longer. Generally, people who eat excusively low fat foods at their main meals are those who have the most trouble keeping from snacking between meals.

    I've gone from eating low fat meals and snacks to eating "sensibly", and I really am a lot less hungry, even though I'm eating less.

    My rules to live by... if you're hungry, drink a glass of water, avoid eating after dinner, and never, ever eat before bed.

  23. Re:Publicly breakly the law is dumb on Hack the Army, Brag About it, Get Raided · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Your analogy is wrong... Try this.

    You're walking down the street in front of the bank where you've got your accounts, and there is a "Closed" sign on the bank front door. You check the door, and it's unlocked, and all the lights are on. You open the door and walk in, and see that there is money laid out in piles, and the safe is open. You still don't see anyone, so you walk out the front door, and you call a press conference saying that the bank is unlocked.

    That is what happened.

    The silly part on their part was holding the press conference, not checking the door. In this analogy, I would have told the bank officials first. Then, I would have checked the door a few days later. If the door was still unlocked, then I would hold the press conference.

  24. Re:Possible Legal Issues? on Starting a LAN Gaming Centre? · · Score: 2
    The way he spelled "centre", I don't think this person is in the US.

  25. Wow! on New Telescope Pictures Show 100,000 Galaxies · · Score: 2, Funny
    What are the chances of the number being so round?