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  1. Re:Why..? on UN Names N. Korea Chair of Disarmament Committee · · Score: 1

    I'd be more impressed by this reasoning if I saw any evidence that we were having success changing the UN from within. So far, I don't see it.

  2. Re:Alternate Headline: North Korea is in the UN on UN Names N. Korea Chair of Disarmament Committee · · Score: 1

    Ah, well, that makes it all good. Nothing wrong with a state, that is arming itself with illegal nuclear weapons as fast as it possibly can, heading the Disarmament Committee as long as it's their *turn*.

    It's just life at the UN, nothing to see here...

  3. Re:The real WTF... on New SMS Trojan Found In Android Markets · · Score: 1

    why is there an API that allows an app to delete incoming SMS messages ???

    Anti-spam SMS app. Or an app for managing SMS messages in general.

  4. Wow. on New SMS Trojan Found In Android Markets · · Score: 1

    in unofficial Android app markets in China.

    Just wow. And people are surprised it's a Trojan? Finding a *non*-Trojan app in a place like that, that'd be the trick!

  5. Re:For those confused on Firefox 8 20% Faster Than Firefox 5 · · Score: 1

    No, you won't be using Firefox 153. You'll be using simply "Firefox"

    No, in any professional context, you'll be using IE. Or maybe Opera. No one who depends on his software for a living is going to put up with uncontrolled, unknowable versioning.

  6. Re:For those confused on Firefox 8 20% Faster Than Firefox 5 · · Score: 1

    The new and improved Final Fantasy browser 8.

    I still don't understand Junctioning web sites. Can someone explain it to me?

  7. Re:Another vehicle on Space Invaders: The Movie · · Score: 1

    I didn't even know she liked girls.

  8. Re:I'm still waiting for the Pacman movie on Space Invaders: The Movie · · Score: 4, Funny

    and that Tetris film

    You mean this one?

  9. Re:I don't understand on Digital Generation Rediscovers Analog Wristwatches · · Score: 1

    To be fair, a dedicated chronometer is a bit of an affectation in the pocket communicator era.

    Let's see here, I can either glance at a large, easy-to-read graphic on my wrist (requiring the use of no hands) or have to pull something out of my pocket (requiring the full use of a hand) and squint at tiny numbers. Yep, there's no reason to have a wristwatch.

  10. Re:Placebo on Banks Faulted For Fake Antivirus Scourge · · Score: 4, Funny

    If homeopatic "medicine" can be sold legally, I see no reason why anti-virus software that does absolutely nothing should be considered illegal.

    It contains less than 0.001% of the virus signatures found in other AV software, so you *know* it's super-effective!

  11. Re:Unique != groundbreaking on How Apple Came To Control the Component Market · · Score: 1

    in fact Jobs was the Steve.

    Blasphemy! Wozniak is the One True Steve!

  12. Re:Way before 1990 on Roundabout Revolution Sweeping US · · Score: 1

    Washington DC has had roundabouts since 1791, when the city was built modeled on European cities.

    No, it doesn't. It has traffic circles, which are larger, higher-speed, and don't work as well. True roundabouts have only existed for about a century.

  13. Re:Better link on The Most Dangerous Programming Mistakes · · Score: 1

    It's a listing of generic errors for the past year, not specific disasters across history. Not "Therac-25" and "the AT&T switch network crash", but "SQL injections" and "buffer overflows".

  14. Re:Better link on The Most Dangerous Programming Mistakes · · Score: 1

    Ah, that's why it's a link for me and not him. It's not good to force people to run javascript; I'll stop being lazy and make sure I use HTML links from now on.

  15. Better link on The Most Dangerous Programming Mistakes · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you'd like to read what the mistakes *are*, instead of a fluff piece that amounts to "oh, they're so awful! And people make them all the time, too!", here's the actual original article: http://cwe.mitre.org/top25/index.html

  16. Re:Source on Gamification on Current Social Games Aren't Fun, Says MUD Co-Creator · · Score: 2

    He should play Recettear so he can have yayifications.

  17. Re:Excellent! on Irish Judge Orders 13-Year-Old To Surrender Xbox · · Score: 1

    "If 'everybody knows' such-and-such, then it ain't so, by at least ten thousand to one." Put up your evidence or shut up.

  18. Re:Excellent! on Irish Judge Orders 13-Year-Old To Surrender Xbox · · Score: 1

    Rational choice theory and strain theory.

    Ooooh, buzzword bingo! Lemme play! Ummmm...OK, chaos theory and game theory. Your turn!

  19. Re:Excellent! on Irish Judge Orders 13-Year-Old To Surrender Xbox · · Score: 1

    So, you make a claim and *we* have to prove it? No, no, no, it don't work that way. Prove your claim or it's garbage.

  20. Re:Excellent! on Irish Judge Orders 13-Year-Old To Surrender Xbox · · Score: 1

    As even in average, society roughly 40% of people will steal if they feel they can get away with it, and 30% will steal no matter what.

    Frankly, I don't believe those figures. Please cite the *primary* research that generated them.

  21. Re:VirtualBox? on How Long Will Oracle Stick With Open Source? · · Score: 1

    What other open source virtualisation is there?

    Xen leaps to mind.

  22. Re:Only one way to fix this on Yet Another "People Plug In Strange USB Sticks" Story · · Score: 1

    If your PC's autorun settings for USB sticks are disabled (they SHOULD be), then no harm can originate from merely plugging a USB memory stick into a PC.

    WRONG! Look at the many, many other posts in the topic detailing what can be done with malicious USB devices. Hint: It can tell the OS it is ANY kind of USB device it wants to, and the OS will believe it.

  23. Re:Only one way to fix this on Yet Another "People Plug In Strange USB Sticks" Story · · Score: 1

    The odds of finding your wallet through a "good Samaritan" are probably about even with the odds of finding it by coming across someone who just got maced in the face.

    I once accidentally dropped my wallet in a office buildling bathroom; it had a fair amount of money it. It was returned by one of the janitors with all the money intact. Yes, I made a point of having some of that money given to the janitor.

  24. Re:Only one way to fix this on Yet Another "People Plug In Strange USB Sticks" Story · · Score: 1

    And what computer needs four keyboards?

    Four may be a bit much, but my work computer has two keyboards and two mice, one for the host WIndows machine and one for the Linux VM (which has its own monitor).

  25. Re:No, that's a job for the police! on Yet Another "People Plug In Strange USB Sticks" Story · · Score: 1

    Here's a thought:

    Call the police *and* stop to help the guy.