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  1. Strings on The Trouble with Physics · · Score: 1

    What the hell are the strings made of?

  2. Re:Privacy vs. Protection? on OneDOJ to Offer National Criminal Database to Law Enforcement · · Score: 1

    Thats what lawyers are for. To expose any holes in the officers story or their course of action. When you get out of the car close your door and lock it. Refusing a search is better than throwing your hands in the air and simply submitting. Most officers will find its not worth their time to push around a polite person who knows and stands up for their rights. Most of the time there is backup and multiple officers have to lie, which is harder for them. Bottom line, never submit to a search. It IS your right you can give it up or leverage it. You're right there are officers who lie but why simply give up your right?

  3. Re:Migration on Now Is Not the Time for Vista · · Score: 1

    Also, from how migrations have been with corporations in the past, why is anyone expecting an instantaneous migration? Throw Vista on millions of machines... because is prettier than XP? Because its the "lastest and greatest"? Has Microsoft even migrated?? I don't think this is a surprise to many of us.

  4. Re:Notes compatibility on Now Is Not the Time for Vista · · Score: 1

    LOL, indeed.

  5. Re:Privacy vs. Protection? on OneDOJ to Offer National Criminal Database to Law Enforcement · · Score: 1

    Well, if you refuse a search, the officer has to prove he had evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to do so. I've said this and not gotten searched (officers asked to come into my house). When you say this you show to the officer you understand your rights and are not about to give them up. Officers need search warrants to search your residence, out of sight areas of your car, your trunk and any locked boxes inside. If you simply submit to a search the officer does not have to prove that he had reasonable doubt to search you. If you have contraband and you submit to a search you WILL get arrested and prosecuted. If you do not submit to a search within your rights anything found during a search atleast has a chance of being deemed "unreasonable" and thrown out of court if not reduced. DO NOT SUBMIT TO SEARCHES, especially if you have contraband, you'll goto jail.

  6. Re:Privacy vs. Protection? on OneDOJ to Offer National Criminal Database to Law Enforcement · · Score: 1

    Interesting. Now more than ever its important to know your rights and a good attorney. All US police officers bend the rules, lie, and use coercion to get you to give up your rights so you admit guilt before you are given a fair trail. It makes them look good, it's part of their training. In some cases now (DUIs) you are guilty before proven innocent, not the other way around as we are often told. On traffic stops what do you hear most common? "Do you know why I pulled you over?". Answering anything other than "no sir" and you will most likely admit guilt. Remember your rights everyone. A few tips to police encounters:

    1. Never admit guilt, but do cooperate
    2. Answer questions with questions
    3. State clearly that you do not submit to any searches

    Stay safe.

  7. Re:Gold farming is a sign your players are lazy. on Taiwan Earthquake Disrupts Virtual Currency Market · · Score: 1

    HAH! Utterly pathetic is spending hours in a game doing the same thing over and over again to get money to buy the next 'uberleet' pixelated object. You ever think that some of those people that buy gold are the ones that have those things called "jobs" which keep them from spending hours a week farming and grinding to they can actually play the game? Id like to see a MMOG with no form of currency. What fun is "Virtual Reality" when you have to bust your ass working in it like real life?

  8. Re:I know this makes me a bad geek... on Top 10 Astronomy Images of 2006 · · Score: 1

    Dude Mars has plenty of room for our crap. Anyways in 300 years it will have a recycling station. Chill. Enjoy the show.

  9. Re:Notes compatibility on Now Is Not the Time for Vista · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ah, Notes... The first pile of steaming dung I smell in the morning. Sure gets my day going.

  10. Migration on Now Is Not the Time for Vista · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's just not economic. It seems to me companys will not migrate to Vista until they absolutely HAVE to have Vista on their machines. That could be awhile.

  11. Weak on Valve Pens In-Game Ad Deal for Counter-Strike · · Score: 0

    Fuck dis!

  12. Not Funny on ISECOM's Top 10 Real Computer Crimes · · Score: 0

    That article was stupid. :(

  13. Re:ZONK'S FAVORITE PIRACY STYLE: BUTT on World's First Jail Sentence for BitTorrent Piracy · · Score: 0

    heh... Issues...

  14. Re:I have a B.S. in Psychology on Is Internet Addiction a Medical Condition? · · Score: 0

    Yeah, addiction is an "imaginary problem". Go tell that to the families destroyed by alcoholism, drug abuse, MMORPG addiction... etc. Yeah... its all imaginary.

    Sure it may not affect you. But you wouldn't go up to someone you know is diabetic and say "oh boy this cake is delicious you have to try some your disease is imaginary." or go up to a known alcoholic and hand them a Jagerbomb. There are people with genetic predispositions to addictictive behavior. Their addictions greatly affect their lives with real problems (see death). That puts addiction right up there as a disease. Fortunately, like other diseases it can be managed.

    I take great offense to your "imaginary problems". You obviously have not seen the effect addiction has on some people. Just because you don't have them doesn't mean they aren't real.

  15. Re:Ridiculous, just ridiculous on Is Internet Addiction a Medical Condition? · · Score: 0

    Yes

  16. AWESOME on Interplay Developing $75 Million Fallout MMOG · · Score: 0, Redundant

    SWEEEEEET!!!!

  17. Re:Prospects on Indian College Students Face Bleak Prospects · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry you feel sorry for yourself. Maybe its about time you stop limiting yourself. Buck up old chap. The universe doesn't owe you anything.

  18. Re:Trusting the temps on Nine Ways to Stop Industrial Espionage · · Score: 1

    Wow, you're an idiot and you deserved it.

  19. Don't trust your employees? on iPod: Your Portable Corporate Hellraiser · · Score: 1

    How about companies hire good people they trust.

  20. Re:Okay on Search for Miss Digital World · · Score: 1

    I have absolutely no problem getting dates man. Neither would you if you were smart and wanted to get laid.

  21. Java sucks on PHP Scales As Well As Java · · Score: 1

    Java sucks. SUN is dying, McNealy is driving it straight into hell. Its too bad really.

  22. LAME on Geek Eye for the Average Guy · · Score: 1

    That was one lame article. The goof balls couldn't even do the job. Give me a break.

  23. Re:Didn't need books... on Mastering Mac OS X (2nd Ed.) · · Score: 1

    Well aren't you special. This is a discussion about the book, not a forum to boast your small achievements.

  24. RIAA heh on MTU President Peeved At RIAA · · Score: 1

    Yea so... The RIAA seems to pull this $93 Bill figure out of its ass and slap it on a poor college student, who has less mp3's than a lot of kids I know on my campus. Is the RIAA really protecting anyone? These "artists" still have their Escalades, Ferrari's and huge Mansions. They can't really expect $93 Billion in compensation costs from anyone... rediculous. The more they pull lame stunts like this the worse its going to get. They're messing with a theoretical system that "we" built and is constantly evolving. The RIAA is fighting with a worldwide community that is a thousand times more intelligent then themselves and infinitely more passionate.

  25. Re:And what is power? on The Rise Of The 15-Year-Olds · · Score: 1

    Like I said in a response below. I would not want any 15 year old in the areas with real power (government, large corperations, etc). No 15 year old I have ever seen no matter how smart has the responsibility, or mentaly for such and "adult" position, and granted some adults in such positions dont either. Look at our damned president, he's probably worse than most 15 year olds, even ones with ADHD.