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  1. I rest my case. on Google Adds News Personalization · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Slashdot *must* change its slogan:

    A post from 24 hours ago.

  2. Slashdot should change its slogan on Is VoIP Google's Next Frontier? · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Slashdot: News for nerds about Google. Stuff that matters about Google. Rumors about what Google might do next. Google, Google. Google."

  3. Re:Journalists' Sources, are, of course, Protected on Judge Finds For Apple in ThinkSecret Case · · Score: 1

    If you follow the ANYONE can be a journalist, then should also follow the "ANYONE can be a ...." where .... is any given profession (mechanic, web designer, traffic engineer).

    That is correct. Thanks! The only people decided who is or is not what are their customers -- not the government!

  4. Re:Now correct me if im wrong... on Judge Finds For Apple in ThinkSecret Case · · Score: 1

    The Judge did NOT consider these bloggers journalists

    Well, he's wrong.

  5. Re:Journalists' Sources, are, of course, Protected on Judge Finds For Apple in ThinkSecret Case · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...but are these "three online publishers" journalists?

    I'll vote 'No.'


    Bullshit. What is a journalist? ANYBODY can be journalist.

  6. Re:counting on fingers on Fuel Loss May Cut Short GlobalFlyer's Journey · · Score: 1

    how many fingers to you have??

  7. Re:Clarifications on Google & Firefox's Relationship · · Score: 1

    Ah.

    The article implied (or I read into it) that Mozilla gave into some demand of Google's in order to get funding.

    I think FireFox 1.0, with the Google start page is a great idea, even if you didn't get any money for it. So much the better that you did.

  8. Re:Clarifications on Google & Firefox's Relationship · · Score: 0

    Then what restrictions did the Mozilla Foundation agree to?

  9. Suddenly, on Yahoo, Apache, Ebay, Amazon, Netscape Celebrate 10 Year Anniversaries · · Score: 0

    Suddenly, I feel old.

  10. Re:And even better... on LinuxWorld Response to 'How to Kill Linux' · · Score: 1

    Sometimes audio on flash movies will play, sometimes it won't. It usually requires only a reboot, but it still shouldn't need to.

    I've had this behavior as well, and have resorted to the same resolution. Sometimes it even requires a *cold* boot to get audio back. I've noticed that this only occurs after viewing audio content through the Real Player, but does not happen every time I used Real Player.

  11. Re:Firefox isn't made by Microsoft. on Mozilla 1.8b1 Released, Firefox Growth Slowing · · Score: 3, Insightful


    Suppose a FF extension becomes really popular, and somebody finds an exploit in it?


    Wait, wait! Don't tell me! Let me guess!

    Is it..... um, no.
    How about...... no, that's not it.
    Oh, I know...
    You disable the fucking extension!

  12. Re:thoughtcrime on DRM for 1'3" of Silence · · Score: 1

    You just can't take Ashlee Simpson's works and post them freely on the internet. She needs to eat too.

    Ah, but does she *deserve* to eat. Frankly, with her music, I don't think she's earned it.

  13. Re:DRM vs. Copyright confusion on DRM for 1'3" of Silence · · Score: 1

    This guy is violating the DRM agreements that Apple set forth, so Apple could pursue him.

    As explained above, the pure silence is not copyrightable, so the RIAA has no beef.


    If the "song" cannot be copyrighted, then what digitially managed "rights" did he violate? What was being protected by the DRM?

  14. Re:This is just dumb. on DRM for 1'3" of Silence · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but no. As I seem to recall, there is a minimum number of notes required in order to copyright something.

    Then why does it have DRM?

  15. Re:Read the article? on Li-Ion With 300% More Power, Minutes to Recharge · · Score: 2, Funny

    As long as this is NOT some sticker that creates a magnetic flux in the battery via the Hotzman effect, then I will be willing to say it might not be snakeoil.

    It's the flux capicitor that manages the whole thing.

  16. fp? on KOTOR II Pushed To Retail Too Soon? · · Score: -1, Redundant

    fp!

  17. Re:IF it goes through... on California Wants GPS Tracking Device in Every Car · · Score: 1

    I see more people carpooling (I pay the taxes, you buy the gas)...or even better, more people riding bikes (for those lucky enough to live in bike-friendly towns)

    Well, if the state is not getting enough money, then the *bikes* will have GPS for taxing mileage. If people start carpooling or using public transportation, then *people* will have to have GPS on them, to be taxed individually.

    This is about two things, just as with government, is it *always* about two things:

    * money
    * power

  18. Re:Down already? on Images of Ocean Floor Show Effects of Tsunami · · Score: 2, Funny

    Recycling a joke from an earlier, non-related thread:

    British Techie sitting next to server room, sipping a cup of tea: Nigel, what's that sudden buzzing sound?

  19. Octopus Robot Arms on Does the Octopus Hold the Key To Robot Design? · · Score: 1

    Already done. It didn't work out well.

    See for yourself

  20. Re:Checklist on North Korea Admits to Having Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 1
    Your checklist is incomplete. Here: I've revised it...

    North Korea Pre-Invasion Checklist:
    • Dictator: Check
    • Oppressed people: Check
    • No legitimate elections: Check
    • WMDs: Check
    • Threatening to the West: Check
    • Oil Reserves: No
    • Will help President's father's legacy: No
  21. Vuitton on Google Ruled a Trademark Infringer · · Score: 0

    Google search for 'Vuitton' now returns zero results.

  22. Re:Be alert on EFF Asks How Big Brother Is Watching The Internet · · Score: 1

    Do you have a link to this story? I'm very interested.

  23. Re:Er. on MGM's DVD Class Action Settlement · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They made a mistake in messing up the DVD: they should incur the entire costs of replacing it.

    "Mistake" ... sure, that's what it was.

  24. I knew it! on MGM's DVD Class Action Settlement · · Score: 1

    I knew my copy of "Teen Wolf II" wasn't truly widescreen. They totally mangled the majesty of what it was like when I saw it on the big screen, in all its breathtaking glory. Have they no respect for the classics?

  25. Re:Stick a fork in it please... on Could TNG Stunt Casting Save 'Enterprise'? · · Score: 1

    ambiguity is enjoyable to a thoughtful person, because a thoughtful person knows that life is filled with ambiguity.

    I haven't watched the BSG, because I don't have cable. I may rent it when it comes out on DVD, but I can't comment on the quality of the show.

    However, I must note the back-handed condescension of your above statement. Abiguity != Thoughtful. And you don't have to feel superior becuase you like it.

    I loved the first few seasons of X-Files, because of its ambiguity, but after four or five seasons it got tiresome, I kept waiting for them to make a decision and resolve something.

    Ambiguity is good for building suspense, but over a long period of time it starts to feel like the writers are afraid to deliver on what they promised.

    That was my experiece with X-Files, anyway.