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  1. 50 years? on Hollywood Treats Hackers Pretty Well · · Score: 2, Informative

    Who had hacker movies in 1960? Can anyone name a hacker movie off the top of his head before War Games?

  2. Re:I'm no lawyer but.. on Utah Considers Warrantless Internet Subpoenas · · Score: 1

    That's incorrect. The Patriot Act allows state and local investigators to make Patriot Act requests for certain things such as pen registers.

  3. Before that, forward facing camera on Considering Cheaper Pico-Projectors As Standard Equipment On Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    Before we worry about projectors, how about we get forward facing cameras on our phone for video Skype. It is already a pretty common feature on Japanese phones.

  4. Re:Good. on 'Iceman' Gets 13 Years For 2nd Hacking Offense · · Score: 1

    Following your logic, I would be contributing to my own home being burgurlized because I DIDN'T even hire a guard.

    Of course you are contributing to your own home being burglarized. If you had a guard, you would be less likely yo be burglarized. Does that in some way make you criminally responsible for the burglary? Of course not.

  5. Re:Cell phone tower data on Feds Push For Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure they are just talking about cell phone tower data. For most carriers in the US anyway, that tower data is only stored when you make or receive a call.

    I'm not sure how I feel about this. I don't think this is 4th Amendment violation because your phone is telling the cell phone company where you are, and then the company is telling the government. If I told my friend Bob where I was and he told the government, should I be mad? Maybe at Bob, but I think I lost my privacy concern when I told him. I think more people should be upset at the cell phone carriers for keeping this information for so long.

  6. Re:Still gonna suck. on Dune Remake Could Mean 3D Sandworms · · Score: 1

    I don't know. I think I just watched it, but in a jungle. It was called Avatar.

  7. Camera on Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open · · Score: 1

    This could have been a great skype video phone with a built-in camera on the front.

  8. Re:So far some interesting points on Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open · · Score: 1

    What will be interesting with the epub format is whether or not they will allow you to use epub books that don't have whatever DRM that they will put on the epub files.

    This was something that they couldn't do with MP3 files on the iPod because everyone already had a collection of MP3. But they may rightly or wrongly believe that they can create a DRM only library of books, similar to the APP store. This would lock people out of using the vast librabry of epub files that already exist on the internet.

  9. Re:3G Data Plans on Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open · · Score: 1

    If it's all prepaid, how about 1GB for $10 (or whatever) without any time limit.

  10. Re:This fits squarely in the category of "meh" on Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open · · Score: 1

    Guess I spoke too soon. Micro GSM cards? I guess I can't just lug in my AT&T card and use my free wireless internet that way.

  11. Re:This fits squarely in the category of "meh" on Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open · · Score: 1

    At least your iPhone has a always (usually) present internet connection. Without 3G or whatever, this is just a big iTouch.

    Also, 10 hour battery? Maybe only playing music.

  12. DNS redirect? on Australian ISPs To Disconnect Botnet "Zombies" · · Score: 1

    I usually hate messing with a protocol, but this sounds like a good use of a DNS redirect. When a user is deemed infected by whatever measure they decide, have the first web-page that the user brings up a re-direct to an ISP warning page with info on how to cure the problem.

    I suppose if the user refuses to do anything about it you could cut him off after a month or so.

  13. Re:Actual damages are 35 cents per work on Judge Lowers Jammie Thomas' Damages to $54,000 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    To say that that a copyright holder could only recover his actual damages would render the law meaningless. That is why the law allows for statutory damages "in a sum of not less than $750 or more than $30,000 as the court
    considers just." Three times the minimum does not seem excessive as a matter of law to me.

  14. Re:Scroll Lock on Does Your PC Really Need a SysRq Button Anymore? · · Score: 1

    Not much..

  15. Re:iGoogle support? on Gmail Moves To HTTPS By Default · · Score: 1

    Every two weeks or so Google asks you to reconfirm your password. If the app hits this, it will give you the https error. All you have to do is manually log in and the app will work again.

  16. Re:Holes, not poles. on World's Tallest Building To Open Monday · · Score: 1

    sounds like a great view.

  17. Re:My god. on Student Banned From Minnesota Campus Over Facebook Comments · · Score: 1

    I understand your logic, but it is kid of interesting that in most states statement #1 would be considered a crime because of the imminent treat of violence, while statement #2 would not, because the threat of violent is set at sometime in the future.

  18. Re:Popcorn hour is great on Best PC DVR Software, For Any Platform? · · Score: 1

    I have an older A-110 model of the Popcorn hour. It is a pretty good solution for watching downloaded MKV files that other player have trouble with. The interface is nowhere near as nice as XBMC, but it gets the job done. If my old modded XBox would play 1080p mkv's, I'm sure I would still be using that.

    That being said, the popcorn hour firmware has always been a little shaky, so I would not recommend this solution to a non-techie. You need to be prepared for a few hick-up and re-flashing the firmware.

  19. Re:Just so I'm clear on UK Pub Reportedly Fined For Illegal Wi-Fi Download · · Score: 1

    Fined? His ass is going to jail.

    What we are talking about is a civil action. What you discuss is clearly criminal.

  20. What is the story? on GIMP Dropped From Ubuntu 10.04 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As long as I can still do "sudo apt-get install gimp", who cares?

  21. Re:Before Installing, note: on Ubuntu 9.10 Officially Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Bugs like this always make me worry about Ubuntu's hard release dates. The Ubuntu One bug sounds like a pretty big problem. Would it have killed them to fix this problem and delay the release? I know slippery release dates cause other problems (DNF), but do you really want a major release to have serious problems like this?

  22. Re:Pull the plug? on No Dedicated Servers For CoD: Modern Warfare 2 · · Score: 1

    Who is to say what is a substantial population? I doubt there is a substantial population for UT99, yet the parent poster still likes to play it. It seem unlikely that he will be able to play COD:MW2 in 2019 under the current system.

  23. Re:entertainment hours per dollar on Why Games Cost $60 · · Score: 1

    Yes, but there are also plenty of $60 games that I have played for about 90 minutes, and then never again..

  24. Re:Solar Thrust on 250-Foot Hybrid Airship To Spy Over Afghanistan · · Score: 1

    Solar panels are heavy. This craft already only has a maximum payload of about a ton.

  25. Re:Just confused? on Lawyer Demands Jury Stops Googling · · Score: 4, Informative

    That's is why a jury is allowed to ask questions and ask for read back of testimony during jury deliberations. A juror might google segregation, read the first sentence or two, and think that Plessy v. Ferguson is still good law.