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  1. Since when... on Who Will Google Buy Next? · · Score: 0

    Are /. and K5 mirror sites? Seems lately everything posted there is here and vice versa. Why even visit both?

  2. Re:But they weren't going after rippers to begin w on MGM Concedes Some Fair-Use Rights Exist · · Score: 0

    No but as mentioned above MGM has been yelling loudly against DeCSS which is in effect the same thing (in terms of DVDs) that they just said was perfectly lawful (in terms of CDs)

    So....

  3. one word: on What Interests High-School Students? · · Score: -1, Redundant

    boobs

  4. "what exactly does he want?" on Former CIA Head Calls for Limiting Access to the Internet · · Score: 0

    Publicity in lieu of his job...

  5. My current setup on What's Up With Computer Audio? · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's a little hollow sometimes, but it's cheap and effective! You have to crank it though:

    sweet

  6. Every geek with his protection: on The Urban Geek As A Mugger Magnet? · · Score: 0, Redundant
  7. New hacker activity... on WiFi Lifeline For Nepal's Farmers · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...yak driving?

  8. Welcome to moviefone... on Chandra Sees Black Hole Rip Star Apart · · Score: -1, Troll

    a supermassive black hole ripping apart a star and consuming a portion of it. The event, captured by NASA's Chandra and ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray Observatories, can be seen in theatres THIS FRIDAY

  9. Apparently $20,000 not enough on Wikipedia Reaches 200,000 Articles · · Score: 1

    slashdotted already? I'll donate a buck!

  10. Orkut? on Google Social Network: Orkut · · Score: 5, Funny

    Named after one of its engineers, Orkut Buyukkokten

    They should have named it Buyukkokten! :(

  11. Fe Fi Fo Fum on Microsoft Looks At Other Search Engines · · Score: 1

    Microsoft smells the blood of an englishman!

    Does this remind anyone else of a scene from ? The monster rampaging through the hamlet, tossing townspeople aside looking for his next victim?

    The hunt is on!

  12. Alien probe on Zaurus SL-6000 Prototype Revealed · · Score: 4, Informative
  13. Cash, Howard Cash on Mass Fatality Identification System · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Cash warned his staff that identifying the victims of 9/11 would be a 24/7 marathon. And there could be absolutely no mistakes. His 16 colleagues readily agreed...

    Ooooh, it all sounds so noble! ...And then we remember its really about "DNA mass identification"

  14. "vote our conscience" hahahaha on Website Posts Partial SSNs of Politicians in Protest · · Score: 5, Insightful

    from the sfgate article:

    "We should be free to vote our conscience and not be threatened or harassed if we choose to vote contrary to people who are lobbying for special legislation," said Assemblyman Ed Chavez, D-La Puente, one of the lawmakers whose partial number was published.

    What a crock. I wonder how much money he takes from special interest and lobby groups that pay him to "vote his conscience."

    Politicians = soul merchants

  15. depleted silicon? on AMD's Next Generation Processor Technology · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, they must have circumvented UN Resolution 1441 in buying that depleted silicon from the depths of Niger's black market.

    WAR AGAINST AMD

  16. Could this... on A Shocking Controller For The Xbox · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...work as one of those infomercial electro-workout machines? Just imagine it, you can exercise while sitting on your fat ass, eating cheetos and playing XBox.

    Thank you, Bill Gates. Total fitness solution.

  17. Hmmm on Implementing WiFi in the Real World · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't have internet either. Thanks, Paul, I just looked up your address. Who's up for some wardriving?

  18. Re:Complex Codes! on Universal Alphanumeric Postal Code Proposed · · Score: 1

    Probably not something you'd need to write on your envelope; more likely used for mail sorting, etc

  19. Both on Microsoft's Software Philanthropy: The Goodwill Ploy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When you're one of the richest companies on the planet, "philanthropy" always has an aim.

  20. Re:CompUSA is at fault here on California EULA Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    Probably strongarmed into it by software companies, because if they allowed opened software there's a high risk for piracy (buy, copy, return)

  21. Re:This is why I avoid Vegas altogether. on MIT vs. Las Vegas · · Score: 1

    Hope you're kidding? NO is one of the most "culturally rich" places in the U.S.

    Don't worry, I dont know what culturally rich means either :(

  22. Re:Shareing on Borrowing ROMs · · Score: 1

    Actually I think the quote is

    "There ought to limits to freedom"
    --at a Press conference at the Texas State House, May 21, 1999, referring to
    gwbush.com

  23. Cable v. mp3? on Interview with MusicNet Chief · · Score: 1

    Most people when they move into a house will hook up cable and pay for it, right?

    Riiight. At $40/month I'm willing to pay for cable, that buys me about ... 2 CDs? Not the best comparison I'd say.

  24. seems rediculous... on Where Are You Publishing? · · Score: 1

    If I write and publish a book in the U.S., should I be held accountable for the laws on book publishing in Zimbabwe?

    No way. If they want to prevent certain internet sites (or books in this case) from propogating to their people, that's their own right as a government (hypothetically ... no I dont believe in government censorship but they would do it anyway) ... but its not my responsibility to make sure that my work is compliant with ALL LAWS EVERYWHERE.

  25. Re:Of course it's fair ... on Preventing Broadband Price-Gouging? · · Score: 1

    Wrong. I dont work for anything even related to a telco or broadband company. And maybe you should check the news, after all several companies that offer broadband are having major layoffs and their stocks are plunging...