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  1. Publisher DRM activities on Black Market Database Access To Scholarly Journals · · Score: 1

    And piss-poor journalism, also. Subtitle "...while safeguards can be a hassle for users, librarians say the effort is worth it..." - name a single, identifiable librarian who gives a pinch of shit if the paid-journal asshats get their pound of flesh every time someone reads an article. The journal publishers can all go fuck themselves. Knowledge is to be shared, and nobody else gives a damn if these assholes make money off of it.

  2. Sounds<sarcasm>really</sarcasm> useful on Twitter As Realtime Sports Reporter · · Score: 1

    OMG!!! Goooooooaaaaaalll!! lol

  3. Re:This is Ballmer's idea on Microsoft's Virtual Skywriting Patent App Features the Real Thing · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure Balmer's clouds have more methane and sulphur dioxide in them.

  4. Re:...In Augmented Reality on Microsoft's Virtual Skywriting Patent App Features the Real Thing · · Score: 0

    Ahhh Microsoft. Can those fuckers INNOVATE, or what?

  5. Re:I won't hold my breath on Politics: Paul-Barney Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Federally · · Score: 3, Informative

    Way to completely miss the point. It failed because the people running the medicinal marijuana stores (and their associated pet doctors) are making WAY too much money from it to allow it to be legalized. They spent a metric fuckton of money to make sure it got defeated so they could keep their monopoly.

  6. Re:Not a complete solution on Politics: Paul-Barney Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Federally · · Score: 2

    Actually, when you smoke the sativa, your saliva dries up.

  7. Re:In silico? on Human Genome Contaminated With Mycoplasma DNA · · Score: 4, Informative

    No, they're not saying that the mold itself is appearing in the chips, just that the mold's DNA is. Therefore, the presence (or absence) of the mold in a sample would skew the results when using these chips. And yes, saying that the DNA appears "in silico" is perfectly valid here - whether you care for the term or not.

  8. Re:Intelligent design... on Human Genome Contaminated With Mycoplasma DNA · · Score: 1

    There's NOTHING intelligent about DRM.

  9. Re:Interesting Points on A Generation of Software Patents Examined · · Score: 1

    Argue once, fail forever. Not on the basis of the argument itself, but on HOW the argument was made. Gotta love the legal system :(

  10. Re:Sorry on Expense and Uncertainty Plague 'Fair Use' Defense · · Score: 1

    Add to that the notion that with this $32,5000 "settlement", never mind the ridiculous extortion amount claimed, is probably the most money that this picture has ever generated in its entire lifetime.

  11. Re:Study Design a Must on There Oughta Be a Standard: Laptop Power Supplies · · Score: 1

    That USB devices will try to recharge themselves from inappropriate places?

  12. Re:Study Design a Must on There Oughta Be a Standard: Laptop Power Supplies · · Score: 1

    Ever plug a GPS into a smartphone with USB? Usually the GPS says to itself "Oh look, a connection. I'll just charge up my battery...".

  13. Re:A side note on There Oughta Be a Standard: Laptop Power Supplies · · Score: 1

    There can be only one!

    (and NO fans)

  14. Re:Ok, the connector is pretty nice... on There Oughta Be a Standard: Laptop Power Supplies · · Score: 1

    I wish USB had a magnetic connector like that. I myself have had more 9.8 m/sec^2 events involving USB than power connectors, but maybe I'm in the minority.

  15. Re:Released in 1959? on Expense and Uncertainty Plague 'Fair Use' Defense · · Score: 1

    I was released before 1959, and I'm not Public Domain (yet).

  16. Re:Sorry on Expense and Uncertainty Plague 'Fair Use' Defense · · Score: 2

    And by naming his post "Kind of Screwed", he's just "slightly altered" the name of the album, making that a derivative work as well.

    Do you have an argument for why a photographer has rights to this kind of extortion for a fifty year-old picture? Not the actual picture, mind you, but a version that's sooo pixelated that you wouldn't recognize it except with some external context?

  17. Re:Still playing catch-up to C#. on Biggest Changes In C++11 (and Why You Should Care) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, in both C# and C++, eleven is an invalid value, but there was no exception handler, so...

  18. Re:Precognition? on Give The Onion a Pulitzer Campaign Gaining Steam · · Score: 2

    And that's just an extrapolation from the very first Saturday Night Live, where they ran a fake commercial for "Triple Trac: because you'll believe anything".

  19. I wonder on Brute-Force Password Cracking With GPUs · · Score: 5, Funny

    If we throw enough GPUs at it, if we could detect dupes on Slashdot?

  20. Re:I don't understand the problem on Skype Execs Purged On Eve of MS Takeover · · Score: 1

    Being executives, these individuals should be well aware that business is all about the bottom line.

    Well said! Fuck loyalty! Fuck commitment! Fuck achievement! Fuck reward!
    In a Proper World(tm), we'd send people like these to the gas chamber after they'd served their purpose.

  21. Re:We will lose. on Kilobots — Cheap Swarm Robots Out of Harvard · · Score: 1

    And even before they all link together and form a MegaZord that crushes cars and buildings underfoot...

  22. Re:Wow, that's negligence on their part on How Citigroup Hackers Easily Gained Access · · Score: 1

    Luckily for all of us who will eventually end up paying the fines for them, Citibank is Too Big To Fail.

  23. Re:Seriously, what the fuck! on How Citigroup Hackers Easily Gained Access · · Score: 2

    Yup. Every bit as valuable as being an "HTML programmer" in 2000. And, obviously, about the same skill levels.

  24. Re:Poocoin on Friday's Big Swings, Mostly Down, Illustrate Bitcoin Value Volatility · · Score: 1

    You can redeem poocoin for manure but you can't redeem bitcoin for anything.

    So you're saying bitcoins aren't worth shit?

  25. Re:Any small market will be volatile on Friday's Big Swings, Mostly Down, Illustrate Bitcoin Value Volatility · · Score: 1

    My wife keeps saying this, but at ~35 dollars an ounce, I think it's already a bubble price. Serious question: what's the real price of silver, in say, movie tickets or bags of groceries, and what's it going to be 18-24 months from now?