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  1. Re:You're Probably Right But ... on Sarah Palin 'Target WikiLeaks Like Taliban' · · Score: 1

    Her simple and pointy messages resonate without much effort and there's no need to understand deep and grand meanings.

    Probably because there aren't any... she's a classic example of what happens when anti-intellectualism infects politics. You end up with idiots running for office who, apparently, haven't even watched enough MASH to know the difference between North and South Korea.

  2. Re:Because we want the Republicans to lose? on Sarah Palin 'Target WikiLeaks Like Taliban' · · Score: 2

    I think you are confusing the majority of Right leaning Americans with the career GOP politicians.

    I think you're confusing your beliefs with the majority of right-leaning Americans.

    Do you support cutting Medicare? If so, you're *not* part of said majority, but rather part of a vocal minority who often identify with the Tea Party.

  3. Re:The most surprising turn of events on Free IPv4 Pool Now Down To Seven /8s · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I know, I was being generous. :)

  4. Re:The IPv4 sky is falling! on Free IPv4 Pool Now Down To Seven /8s · · Score: 1

    There's still plenty of space available if the various registries were proactive and found out what space was no longer used, never used, or used in networks which don't directly connect to the Internet (i.e. US military).

    So you'd rather we just spend millions and millions forcing people to renumber their networks, while putting off the issue for maybe years if we're lucky, rather than to just migrate to IPv6.

    You're a fucking genius.

  5. Re:Soo... on Free IPv4 Pool Now Down To Seven /8s · · Score: 1

    Yup. I was pleasantly surprised when my iTouch connected to my wireless router, picked up the radv advertisement from my firewall, and proceeded to autoconfigure itself. 'course, SBSettings ends up looking a little silly (their windows isn't properly sized to properly display an entire v6 address...).

  6. Re:Soo... on Free IPv4 Pool Now Down To Seven /8s · · Score: 1

    Not to mention ipv6.netflix.com.

    Oh, yeah, and that little site known as YouTube went live with IPv6 earlier this year (resulting in a noticeable increase in v6 traffic). If the DNS server you use is whitelisted by Google (Hurricane Electric's DNS, for example), www.youtube.com resolves to 2001:4860:8011::be.

  7. Re:The most surprising turn of events on Free IPv4 Pool Now Down To Seven /8s · · Score: 1

    Sadly, the window for IPV6 is pretty much closed. We are not ever going to switch to it.

    Uhoh, better tell Comcast the bad news, they're well on their way to rolling it out...

  8. Re:The most surprising turn of events on Free IPv4 Pool Now Down To Seven /8s · · Score: 1

    Actually, UPnP and such technologies do a pretty good job of letting applications set up their own port forwarding without user interaction.

    And it's completely useless for more than 65k active NAT'd services.

  9. Re:Bullshit on Interpol Issues Wanted Notice For Julian Assange · · Score: 1

    How about: "Video of military engagement in on "?

    Oh, but that wouldn't be exciting, would it?

  10. Re:Pointless on Interpol Issues Wanted Notice For Julian Assange · · Score: 1

    No, it's an echo chamber. The point is to make everyone feel good because they all agree with one another. Doubly so if it unifies the group against some perceived foe (in this case, the "evil gubbermint").

  11. Re:So the problem is fancy formatting. on Aussie Government Gives PDF the Thumbs Down · · Score: 1

    Congratulations, you have jut declared that you do not wish to be able to download forms over the internet.

    Woah woah! When did it become impossible to print HTML documents???

  12. Re:a free market does not give buyers that power on Nook Color Rooted — Will B&N Embrace the Tablet? · · Score: 1

    Selling below cost distorts this process. A rational seller cannot consistantly sell below cost.

    Of course they can.

    For example, a rational seller stocking a highly desirable item may raise the price of that item, while subsidizing the cost of other items in their stock, in order to attract customers to their business.

  13. Re:Reaction on Nook Color Rooted — Will B&N Embrace the Tablet? · · Score: 1

    the Corporation is anathema to a free market in that they become de-facto government and can then use loss leaders and such to exert their power

    And when, exactly, did it become illegal for smaller businesses to sell things as loss leaders? Did the Evil Corporations(tm) pass legislation at some point that limits the razor-and-blade model to only businesses of a certain size or something?

  14. Re:Lack of Adoption ... Again on The Pirate Bay Co-Founder Starting P2P-DNS · · Score: 2

    My personal problem with the seizure of 80 domains really isn't that big of a deal. It sucks and it's probably a sign of the abuse of power from the DHS's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). But in the end, it was widely announced and advertised. It wasn't done under the cover of secrecy and they at least gave reasons as to why they were seized.

    Yeah! It's kinda like how the cops can just walk into your house and take your computer without any kind of due process, so long as they announce it ahead of time, and give a few good excuses!

    Right? I'm sure that's how it's supposed to work...

  15. Re:The true reason for this release on DDoS Attack On Wikileaks Increasing · · Score: 1

    Face the facts

    Those aren't facts. I know you want them to be facts, but they're not. They're speculation, at best. Baseless opinions at worst.

    I know, it's tough. The media innundates us with "facts" that aren't, in fact, facts. It can be tough to really tell the difference after a while. But you can do it. You really can! It just requires, you know, engaging your brain once in a while. Yeah, it requires a little effort, particularly if you're out of practice, as you so clearly are, but I really think you can, if you want to.

    Of course, you don't want to. Echo chambers are way more fun. Conspiracy theories, doubly so. Well, enjoy the echo. Pity it's the hollow sound of an intellectual vacuum.

  16. Re:Dosn't this cause rather then cure the problem on Beer Made Just for Dogs · · Score: 1

    While it's clear eating raw or spent hops is deadly to dogs, I can't find any evidence to indicate that beer is dangerous, nor any reference to hops toxicity as a result of beer consumption (just because hops is used in brewing, doesn't mean beer is necessary dangerous... it may be that the compounds responsible aren't water soluble, or the amount of hops used in a batch of beer means overall toxicity is fairly low in the final product).

    I don't suppose you have any evidence to support your claim?

  17. Re:The true reason for this release on DDoS Attack On Wikileaks Increasing · · Score: 1

    And, the ONLY explanation for deleting everything BUT U.S. data is that they are targeting the U.S.

    What part of "disk space issues" don't you understand, jackass?

    The "ONLY" explanation. Please.

    If the were not targeting just the U.S., they would have deleted all data beyond a certain date

    Given the US data is likely the most popular, that's, frankly, a fucking idiotic assumption.

    But then again, why should I expect anything else?

  18. Re:The true reason for this release on DDoS Attack On Wikileaks Increasing · · Score: 1

    Really? Then explain where all the non-U.S. leaks went

    I can't, I don't work there. Disk space issues are the most obvious.

    Until you do that, your argument is invalid.

    An argument isn't invalid simply because you say so. Just FYI.

  19. Re:Dosn't this cause rather then cure the problem on Beer Made Just for Dogs · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You're the one who's got this wrong.

    Uh, no, you are. What part of:

    Yes, that would mean flat, alcohol-free, meat-infused beer.

    Don't you understand? Seriously, get a dictionary, learn the definition of the term "infused", and then go back and try reading that sentence again. You can do it! Come on, just try!

    I mean, really... do you think cherry-flavoured Coca Cola tastes like cherries? No. It tastes like Coca Cola, with cherry flavouring. Similarly, this beer would taste like beer with meat flavouring. It still tastes like beer. Just beer with "stuff".

  20. Re:Huh on Windows 7 Phone Gets Jailbreak Tool · · Score: 1

    Apple does the exact same thing, but they also do it to devices like the iPod Touch, iPad, and Apple TV and none of those have anything to do with the carriers.

    They use the same OS, so why is that surprising? ie, it's as much collateral damage as anything else. And, frankly, they have no reason to treat those platforms differently... it creates software development, testing, deployment, and support headaches, as they would suddenly have to have different versions of the OS running on different platforms. It just ain't worth it. It's simpler to just lock all the platforms down and treat them the same way.

  21. Re:The true reason for this release on DDoS Attack On Wikileaks Increasing · · Score: 1

    Wikileaks just wants to embarrass the U.S. and damage the ties the U.S. has with other nations.

    What?

    No.

    The true reason for this leak is that a member of the American military gave them a few hundred thousand documents, and now they're releasing them, as per their entire fucking raison d'etre.

    If they had the same material from, say, Canada, they'd leak those, too. 'course, no one would likely care, but that's entirely beside the point.

    In short: you have a victim complex. Get over it, you whiny little bitch.

  22. Re:Huh on Windows 7 Phone Gets Jailbreak Tool · · Score: 1

    That said, it is crap. They'd hate my N900, that's for sure.

    Correct. And fundamentally, that's my point. People are so shocked that Apple and Microsoft limit the software that can be installed on their phones, but fundamentally, it's the carriers that are primarily responsible for this. If Apple and Microsoft want to play in the smartphone game, they're stuck working with the requirements carriers place on them.

    IMHO, the only reason Google gets away with not enforcing this stuff more strictly is that a free OS is hard for the device manufacturers and carriers to pass up, even if it means its tougher to lock down.

  23. Re:Huh on Windows 7 Phone Gets Jailbreak Tool · · Score: 1

    Last I checked only AT&T was doing it, and IIRC they did it to only two handsets (which were rooted anyway.) Do you know of others that don't allow non-Market software?

    Uh, most of them don't by default. Most require you to go through some set of machinations to jailbr... err... "root" the phone. AT&T just took it one step further by attempting to block the activity. And I absolutely guarantee you it'll only get worse.

    Carriers have absolutely *no* interest in allowing arbitrary software to run on devices connected to their networks. None.

  24. Re:Pied Piper on DDoS Attack On Wikileaks Increasing · · Score: 1

    Wikileaks has lost a lot of its credibility once it became a purely anti-American operation

    So, by receiving a large volumn of leaked American documents from an American source, and then posting them, they became "anti-American"? Huh... that's... interesting "logic".

    Did it occur to you that perhaps the US just has shitty shitty security?

  25. Re:Dosn't this cause rather then cure the problem on Beer Made Just for Dogs · · Score: 2

    Non-carbonated liquid that tastes like meat

    That's not what it said. Read the words, don't read into them. I know, it's tough... Slashbots often find it tricky. But it can be done!

    What they said was that it was *infused* with the flavour of meat. You know, the same way a Kriek is infused with the taste of cherries. Or a chocolate stout is infused with the taste of chocolate.