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  1. Re:Am I missing something? on Speaker of the House Starts Blogging · · Score: 1


    But those forms already exist. The blog does nothing to augment them, and I can always google the guy to see what he's said.

    Since senators and reps have a support staff, I was thinking more along the lines of having a person downgrade the crap in the comments, like on Slashdot taking from your comparison. But now and then, someone says something profoundly insightful or enough people say something to drive a point home.

    The existence of the obnoxious trolls doesn't warrant turning off the backchannel. In my opinion anyway. Not when the point of a rep is to represent - hard to do if you don't know what people want.

  2. Am I missing something? on Speaker of the House Starts Blogging · · Score: 1

    Looks like this old guy can still learn a thing or two. Until next time . .

    Looks like he didn't learn anything at all. The whole point of something like this is to have FEEDBACK. He doesn't support commenting on his entries.

    My single largest complaint which people in positions of authority like this is that they are typically in their own worlds - either by personal design or by being surrounded by yes-men. I want to see a politician opening the back-channel and actually reading the feedback now and then. They might find their jobs a little easier in the long run.

  3. Re:flammability differences on Archimedes Death Ray in San Francisco · · Score: 1


    Very nicely executed! I doubt the grandparent will respond to the shining of your Archimedes death ray upon his/her flawed logic.

  4. Re:Lies, damned, lies, and... on Tech Companies Swimming In Lawsuits · · Score: 1


    wooosh, right over your head.

    Reread the grandparent please.

  5. Re:The Registry is a single point of failure. on The Microsoft Protection Racket · · Score: 1


    Yeah, it's real difficult searching for system related configuration under /etc and user specific configuration under the appropriately named . file in my home directory.

    And explain why reinstalling the OS files wipes out the installation of every "correctly" installed application, causing me to have to start over?

    Microsoft started with the system registry as a response to the design of the early MacOS. Guess what? Even Apple left that behind.

    Comingling application configuration into a single database is a mistake. And you've obvious never looked at the application base for debian, redhat, gentoo linux or *bsd's.

  6. Re:You read one? on Schneier: Make Banks Responsible for Phishers · · Score: 1

    Actually, this could be man in the middle. If you enter the information into a rogue site, when then records your login info, then logs you into the proper pay pal site on your behalf, you'd have to be vigilante to notice. Assuming that paypal doesn't validate the source of the log post request and make sure it's from their site.

  7. Re:Devils Advocate on EU, UN to Wrestle Internet Control From US · · Score: 1


    Read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Intern et

    The US did "create" the Internet, specifically ARPA did. It was then handed over to another US Defence Department agency, the military portion was separated into its own network, MILNET. Later the DoD handed the keys over to the National Science Foundation who then privatized the 'Net.

    A bunch of other parallel networks tied into what was left and the ISP race started.

    So the poster is correct. The US created the Internet. Now Al Gore on the other hand....

  8. Re:Stuck, huh? on Online Music Stores Compared · · Score: 1

    That's correct, exception 2. And it doesn't say "copies of phonorecords" it says "copies or phonorecords". And phonorecord is a technical term for audio recording. This includes digital phonorecords.

    Next, from the US Customs web site,

    Electronic Transmissions
    Information and materials downloaded from the Internet are not subject to duty. This applies to any goods or merchandise that are electronically transmitted to the purchaser, such as CDs, books, or posters. However, the unauthorized downloading of copyrighted items could subject you to prosecution. Downloading child pornography is also a crime. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has the authority to investigate and prosecute persons involved in this and other illegal activities.

    And finally, since allofmp3 follows Russian copyright law, the following from 602 b) applies:

    In a case where the copies or phonorecords were lawfully made, the United States Customs Service has no authority to prevent their importation unless the provisions of section 601 are applicable.

  9. Re:Make up your mind people. on The Science Of Happiness · · Score: 1

    Yeah, silly me, the holy trinity is a naturally obvious phenomenon, how could I have missed it. Nevermind that you can't explain it, but to repeat what you yourself have been told. And then you wave your hand when it gets complicated. ugh.

    I wonder if you would ever be compelled to seriously research it and try to comprehend it. What would you do if you found out the whole concept was just something put forth by a bunch of old men to justify their position that Jesus was God incarnate when the previous message was that he was the son of God? And that referring to the founder of their religion as God simply reinforced their position of authority.

    One of these days, I look forward to you all standing up and admitting you have no idea what's really going on with life and the universe and that there is a good chance your religion may actually be wrong and just something that some guys made up. It may have been for good or noble reasons, but made up nonetheless.

  10. Re:Many of us have... on The Science Of Happiness · · Score: 1

    Doesn't it worry you just a little bit that your religion shares characteristics of classic brainwashing techniques:

    - Make sure the message is unverifiable.
    - Control access to alternative messages.
    - Repeat the message constantly and at all available opportunities.
    - Root the consequences of not following the message in fear.
    - Isolate and attack dissenters of the message.
    - Group those whom you have convinced in order to reinforce their belief.
    - Use positions of authority to send the message.
    - Invalidate positions of authority which you cannot control.
    - If the message must be changed, do so, repeat the new message, and deny the existence of the previous one.

    Atheists don't all profess to believe in the same thing, they simply agree that there are no gods. It's "without gods", not the "religion of godlessness".

    It's as if you're saying that people with hair on their heads who claim to not be bald are inconsistent because of the variety of their hair color and that that somehow affects their claim to not be bald.

  11. Re:LOL on Online Music Stores Compared · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Nope, they are not in violation.

    http://assembler.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscod e17/usc_sec_17_00000602----000-.html

    So long as purchasing from all of mp3 is legal in Russia and the US purchaser intends to use it for their personal use everything is fine.

  12. Re:Stuck, huh? on Online Music Stores Compared · · Score: 1

    Enough already, it's not illegal to download from allofmp3.com. Here is the US Code.

  13. I smell a rat. on Online Music Stores Compared · · Score: 3, Informative

    I call bunk. Here is the US Code:

    http://assembler.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscod e17/usc_sec_17_00000602----000-.html

    Pay particular attention to a), 2.

  14. Re:Emusic and allofmp3 on Online Music Stores Compared · · Score: 1

    US Code

    Look at the last sentence in Section a),
    "This subsection does not apply to--"

    (2) importation, for the private use of the importer and not for distribution, by any person with respect to no more than one copy or phonorecord of any one work at any one time, or by any person arriving from outside the United States with respect to copies or phonorecords forming part of such person's personal baggage;

    And finally, from Section b)
    In a case where the copies or phonorecords were lawfully made, the United States Customs Service has no authority to prevent their importation

  15. Re:Loopholes? on Army Eyes Anti-Sniper Robot · · Score: 1


    Confusion indeed. The grandparent never said the robot would be ineffective, just that snipers move once they take a shot. Slowly, but they don't stay and keep shooting. He was responding specifically to the posters suggestion that the sniper stays put.

  16. Re:Two loopholes on Army Eyes Anti-Sniper Robot · · Score: 1

    By the time a man reacts, the sniper could have fled, or worse, fired another shot at him.

    I was expecting you to point out that the sniper should shoot the robot first, move, then take out the spongy targets.

    However, putting a man in the loop could be as easy as giving a grunt a wireless hand trigger that, in the split second that the robot reacts and seems to be pointed at the target, the grunt can press. It could all happen in less than a second. We might be slow, but we're not that slow.

  17. Make up your mind people. on The Science Of Happiness · · Score: 1


    Is this guy the son of your god, or is he your god in human flesh? Did your prophets write the bible, or did some unnamed people write about your prophets?

    My kingdom for some consistency! If evangelising is your job, at least all of you can have a meeting first and agree on what you're going to say.

  18. Re:Working the 5 steps of denial? on Microsoft And JBoss Collaborate On Server Software · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's either that or

    1. Attack
    2. Embrace
    3. Extend

    Remember, this is a corporation, not a person.

  19. Re:In Soviet America... on Making Ice Without Electricity · · Score: 1

    And I was referring to the morons that stayed behind when they could have ridden free buses out of those areas before the hurricanes hit. Then laid blame on everyone but themselves when they were stranded.

    Then you definately got the last laugh today. Just heard in the news that 45 of those morons were found dead in the Memorial Medical Center. Maybe the next group of morons at the next major natural disaster will make sure to use those free buses you speak of instead of waiting for the white refrigerated truck with the police escort that these retards finally caught.

  20. But there are plenty of iq sites! on Iraq TLD In Legal Limbo · · Score: 1

    Just take a look at google's list.

    My favorite being, myshoesizeisalargernumberthanmy.iq

  21. Re:This is a model on Scientist Says Most Scientific Papers Are Wrong · · Score: 1


    So what you're saying is that he determined that 50% of his science papers are wrong?

  22. Re:This is what patent law is for on Vietnam Medic Makes Homemade Endoscope · · Score: 1


    Don't be so narrow minded.

    A guy in my neighborhood was just diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor that's not curable. The neighborhood asked people to pitch in and help make a meal now and then to take some burden off of the family while they are enduring this tragedy.

    I'm a single guy and you almost always end up with leftovers making dinner for one, so I'm pitching in a meal once or twice every two weeks. It's not difficult for me to contribute.

    Am I doing it because I feel personally superior? Hell no. I'm doing it because my Dad had a stroke and I understand how hard such a disaster can be on a family. Do I want the government to charge me money so they can contract out meals to the family as a medical expense with everything taking their cut along the way? Hell no!

    Face it. It's more efficient to give personally in ways that fit you than to be taxed for distributions to the unfortunate souls.

    And as far as the crap about helping people in other parts of the world, have you taken a look at how much money was contributed to OXFAM and other relief organization by Americans?

    So get off your misinformed soap box. I don't appreciate what you're suggesting and mostly because it's flat out wrong!

  23. Lanes & cars = rails. on The Future of the Car · · Score: 1

    Sounds like you are just putting the vehicles on rails. If that's the case, why not just go ahead and do it? Most destinations are predictable anyway. On a PRT system, you just put a station there.

    Besides that, even 2 to 4 people per vehicle is still a very low cargo to weight ratio.

  24. Does anyone else think this is insane? on The Future of the Car · · Score: 1

    Can someone please give me a legitimate technical reason why individual average citizens are permitted to operate several thousand kilogram machines in close proximity to one another in wreckless fashion on paths that often pass through major cities?

    Why does everyone think that trying to automate this insanity is the future? Why would we even be considering it instead of PRT's, light rails, and intercity trains & planes?

    Given the alternatives and the energy problems of the states, I no longer consider the automobile anything but a ridiculous & deadly cash cow.

    Read up on PRT's and you might ending up with the same conclusion.

  25. Re:not enough info on Video Tombstones · · Score: 1


    Beowulf clusters...

    I just had the upsetting visual of standing in a cemetary with several hundred video tombstones hacked to simultaneously play the Barney sing-along.

    Horror movies would be a great hack though.