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  1. Re:Eight on How Many Windows? · · Score: 1
    Suggestion to the editors: this might have been more useful as a Slashdot Poll rather than an Ask Slashdot.

    give this man a medal ... it would be the most interesting poll in a year
  2. mark story as troll on Will the U.S. Lose Control of the Internet? · · Score: 1

    It only serves to encourage another US vs. the world comment-war.

  3. Re:Long term solution on Tackling Global Warming Cheaper Than Ignoring It · · Score: 1

    'rein'

    Horses go to hell ?

  4. Re:Long term solution on Tackling Global Warming Cheaper Than Ignoring It · · Score: 1
    pay a few bucks to insulate our houses better

    Insulation pays for itself !
  5. Re:The American Way on Tackling Global Warming Cheaper Than Ignoring It · · Score: 1

    when the almighty dolla crashes, your budget deficit will be solved :)

  6. Re:Material on EMI Exec Says 'The Music CD is Dead' · · Score: 1
    The stuff being sold today sucks so badly

    I don't agree, but what i will agree on is : the music that is being marketed is bad.
    go out on the web and discover new and exciting music. metal in 20 forms, goa, electro and other kinds of electronic music, music with multiple influences - like for example folk-metal.
  7. Re:A fair price would be nice. on EMI Exec Says 'The Music CD is Dead' · · Score: 1
    It's not like a lot of that money gets passed on to the artist anyway...

    That's why i try to purchase my CD's at concerts! More for the artists!
  8. buying CD's on EMI Exec Says 'The Music CD is Dead' · · Score: 1

    I will keep buying CD's, but only until they come with DRM. I want a physical item i am in total control of. If you can't sell me that, I am not interested anymore in paying for music.

  9. Re:racism on Google Under Fire Over Racist Blogs · · Score: 1

    'disprove' What happened to 'innocent until proven guilty'?
    Ah yes, guantanamo ...

  10. Re:racism MOD PARENT UP! on Google Under Fire Over Racist Blogs · · Score: 1

    This just shows that the largest population of /.-ers are just teenagers, siting now behind their desk going 'njah njah njah njah'

  11. racism on Google Under Fire Over Racist Blogs · · Score: 1, Insightful

    And still humanity doesn't grow up ... racism is so ridiculous.

  12. copying on Going Beyond Paper Based Training Material? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Presumably, they don't want students stealing electronic copies of their work

    yeah, it is impossible to copy a paper-version.
  13. Re:I for one, would like to try the US on If Not America, Then Where? · · Score: 1

    socialism is NOT communism. And when i say green, i mean ecology.

  14. Re:I for one, would like to try the US on If Not America, Then Where? · · Score: 1

    Troll.

  15. Re:I for one, would like to try the US on If Not America, Then Where? · · Score: 1

    That's called 'sarcasm'

    and I vote green

  16. Re:I for one, would like to try the US on If Not America, Then Where? · · Score: 1

    Deaths by source in 1997, to put things into perspective :
    (absolute numbers; http://statbel.fgov.be/figures/d364_nl.asp )
    total : 103800
    murder : 1400
    traffic deaths : 1453
    CANCER : 28041

    AAAARGH ! LOOK BEHIND YOU ! a cancer is going to shoot you !!!
    So belgium is a lawless country ? Not by a long shot.
    On onkelinkx/PS : give it time, and the walloon's democracy will improve, i see the facts in charleroi today as great opportunity.

  17. Re:I for one, would like to try the US on If Not America, Then Where? · · Score: 1

    And currently the systems is based on materialism and egoism ... ever wonder what that leads to ?

  18. Re:I for one, would like to try the US on If Not America, Then Where? · · Score: 1

    I'll take your bait:

    (1)A person(his beliefs, personality, and the actions he takes) is allways the sum of his environment, his experience and his genes. So YES, a murder doesn't come from nowhere, and is a result from the system, otherwise murders would be spread evenly around the world.
    don't believe you are independent You are NOT.
    (2) compare the crime-statistics between the US and belgium.

    But I add to that : you are still responsible for every action you take, even when you are 'made' by the system, but when you fail, the system has to be blamed as well.

  19. Re:I for one, would like to try the US on If Not America, Then Where? · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    In Belgium it's not the fault of a killer that he murdered, it's "the system".

    Bullshit. Te veel naar het vlaams belang geluisterd zeker ? Happy to see your kinf go away.
  20. Re:wait for the '06 elections on If Not America, Then Where? · · Score: 1
    just bought out by different people.

    Oh really ?
  21. Re:Nebulous on US Slips Again In Freedom of the Press Ranking · · Score: 1

    "You have the right to remain silent" ...

  22. Re:Nebulous on US Slips Again In Freedom of the Press Ranking · · Score: 1

    In my opinion, there is a very good reason to lower the amount of "hate speech", because the only effect "hate speech" has, is polarization, which, as we can see on slashdot, is an extremely good way to encourage a continuous state of non-agreement. Very civilised.

  23. Re:Why are we still so scared of Nuclear power on A $200-Million Floating Nuclear Plant? · · Score: 1
    The figures in this analysis are a bit dated

    2001: They are, and considering the fact that windpower prices are prices are dropping Fast 5 years makes a large difference. (between 1990-2004 : prices HALVED, evolution still continuing). And indeed power storage is the large (the ONLY) achillesheel of windpower, but you can still use it for about 20% for a nations energy needs.
  24. Re:Decentralized Power Generation is the Future on A $200-Million Floating Nuclear Plant? · · Score: 1

    troll all you want, but :
    1/ my house is made of brick
    2/ How much do you pay for heating?
    the joke is on you

  25. Re:Decentralized Power Generation is the Future on A $200-Million Floating Nuclear Plant? · · Score: 1
    have a much higher efficiency than smaller ones.

    Yes, but centralised power stations are on average located further away from the places where the energy is consumed, and power is lost in transmitting it, and i don't know the numbers, but i think this would at least partly cancel out the gains of producing on a larger scale.
    Furthermore : I can erect a windmill on my roof; You can't really do that with a nuclear power plant do you ?