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  1. why does that matter? on Who Owns Application Delivery Meta-Data In the Cloud? · · Score: 1

    why does anyone have to own that?

    It's necessary to all interested parties. Why can't it be freely available to all who need it and secret from those who don't?

  2. why do they hate us? on $2 Billion For Broadband Cut From Stimulus Bill · · Score: 1

    why is our sector always the absolute bottom of the barrel with these people?

    Boosting broadband will create a ton of jobs. It will also ripple down the economic landscape by creating a new customer base for the online services industry.

  3. Re:Mod me -5 Troll on Why Sustainable Power Is Unsustainable · · Score: 1

    sure will, troll.

    there no certainly no consensus among scientists that carbon emissions from human industry is the cause of global warming. However, I'm sure you will find that no scientist believes we shouldn't reduce our carbon emissions.

  4. wtf? on RIAA and BSA's Lawyers Taking Top Justice Posts · · Score: 1

    This isn't change!

  5. I personally use star wars planet names on Why Do We Name Servers the Way We Do? · · Score: 1

    planets and systems from the star wars universe.

    That's my scheme.

  6. Re:Music production is free? on Making the "Free" Business Model Work In a Tough Economy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I have about $4000 investment in instruments and gear.

    I produce for free. The music I make requires no investment. I pay nothing to record it. I pay nothing to master it. I pay only a small web hosting fee to distribute it.

    My music is free to anyone who wants to download it and listen. If someone wants to use my music for commercial purposes, they must negotiate a usage fee.

  7. Re:FC2 gameplay formula on Looking Back At Far Cry 2 · · Score: 1

    agreed. One of the most annoying thing about the game is that there's an endless source of Mbukus and Van Der Clones.

    And, they are all wearing invisible level III body armor.

  8. Am I the only one calling it a spade? on Windows 7 To Skip Straight To a Release Candidate · · Score: 1

    It doesn't seem the least bit humorous that MS is announcing this, seeing as how they've actually been doing it forever?

    They have always been passing beta level software off as release candidates. And then passing RC's off as finished product.

    At least it's nice to see them admit it this time.

  9. single best argument against DRM. on DRM Shuts Down PC Version of Gears of War · · Score: 1

    This is not acceptable for a retail product.

    It turns out to be just a rental after all.

  10. This can't be right, always two there are, right? on AT&T, Comcast To Join RIAA Team · · Score: 1

    the two single largest ISPs in the country are teaming up with the RIAA because it simply suits them business-wise.

    They feel that companies like apple's iTunes and amazon.com are reaping profits from their assets. They would do anything to hurt apple and amazon and other such companies.

    by teaming up with the RIAA, these ISPs feel they will further their extortion agenda. This is a line in the sand.

  11. Re:Why? on Microsoft To Kill Windows 7 Beta Februrary 10th · · Score: 1

    of that 88%, how many are paying customers? There are hundreds of thousands who haven't paid a cent for their windows.

  12. Re:Why? on Microsoft To Kill Windows 7 Beta Februrary 10th · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Microsoft is going to leverage that PR success by creating the illusion that windows 7 is a scarce resource and thus raising the price for it. This, of course, will result in a massive retail failure for the company. If MS just charged $80 for the full OS which can be deployed any number of ways, they could once again own the remainder of the market share.

  13. Re:Far reaching consequences.... on A Teacher Asking Students To Destroy Notes? · · Score: 1

    here's the facts. The notes you made are not your work. They're in your writing and you used them to learn the material. That said, a teacher cannot force you to give them back.

    Doing so is against all sorts of academic rules. Going in your bag to retrieve something that is not her property is illegal. They're technically not her property. She gave you the right to copy them. That right cannot be rescinded.

    Go to the department chair first. Then the dean of the college. Then file an academic petition. Let them know the professor went into your personal property to retrieve the notes you made.

  14. Re:Ditto for rail and many other things on 2/3 of Americans Without Broadband Don't Want It · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I was just about to post this.

    I was going to say that 2/3 of people who didn't have a telephone didn't want one and then 2/3 of people who didn't have a cell phone didn't want one.

    It's ignorance. They don't know what it's capable of or even how to use it. It's not that they don't want it, it's that they don't yet know how much they want it.

    I wish we had a train system here in miami. A bullet train to orlando would be sweet.

  15. realistically... on Black Holes From the LHC Could Last For Minutes · · Score: 1

    I'm not ignorant to bleeding edge science and I can say reasonably that the LHC most likely won't destroy the Earth, but are they certain?

    It's like saying that your warp drive isn't going to blow you up.

    because it's all based on theory without any observation. We've never seen a black hole, how they form, or their real effects on matter close to them.

    It's like looking at a picture of a lion and saying, nah it won't eat you, it will only look at you and walk away.

  16. My guess on Obama Staffers Followed Palin's Email Lead On Inauguration Day · · Score: 0

    the bush administration probably had the servers burned to no one could ever retrieve anything. The white house probably needed new servers and probably had new staff who needed to install everything from scratch.

    either that or they are transitioning from exchange to something a little more robust like Linux. Makes sense.

    I don't worry, it will catch up the the bush administration. someone is going to jail, though sadly it will probably be the tech who followed directions and purged data.

  17. I see a lot of replies that give troubleshooting. on How To Diagnose a Suddenly Slow Windows Computer? · · Score: 1

    I'm sure the poster already knows advanced troubleshooting.

    I see these sort of problems also on my vista machine.

    mysterious slowdowns not seemingly caused by anything.

    no process is eating resources. It's mysterious. I reboot and the problem goes away. If I didn't play games, I'd install opensuse.

  18. illegal search? on 6 Pennsylvania Teens Face Child Porn Charges For Pics of Selves · · Score: 1

    did the school administrator have the legal right to search the devices memory for said materials?

  19. Re:So what? on 17,000 Downloads Does Not Equal 17,000 Lost Sales · · Score: 1

    aha!

    that is the gotcha isn't it?

    it certainly should open the eyes of some of our more ignorant congresscritters.

    I'm sorry, but $750 as a punitive measure for something with the retail value of 99 is just not a deterrent to a commercial pirate.

    And applying it to a consumer who gave it to friends for free, is just a travesty of justice.

    so, you're right about it having no bearing on the statutory fines. That doesn't make it right though.

  20. n != ñ on Rare Venomous Mammal Filmed · · Score: 1

    they are not the same letter.

  21. I thought that was a nom du plum on Roland Piquepaille Dies · · Score: 1

    who knew that was his real name?

  22. Re:this is such bad parenting. on 6-Year-Old Says Grand Theft Auto Taught Him To Drive · · Score: 1

    I should have pointed out that he did let parents know that the game was rated M. It's the ones who said "he's played worse" that he refused the sale to. happened more than you think. especially since the store was within a few miles of a ghetto.

  23. google did it google did it on Palm Announces Killer New Phone · · Score: 1

    the HTC G1 does all of that better and more aesthetic.

  24. Re:You wanted change, and you got it. on Obama Recommends Delay In Digital TV Switch · · Score: 1

    you say the change is a good thing. beware the veiled wolf though.

    This new digital technology for broadcasting video allows for a "broadcast only" flag in the data stream.

    They could theoretically disable DVRs and tivos from recording shows in which they insert that flag.

    That is not at all good.

  25. WTF is an exbibyte? on Panasonic Working On 2-Terabyte SD Cards · · Score: 0, Troll

    you mean exabytes?

    horrible editors on /.