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  1. Viral Spyware on The True Story of Website Results · · Score: 1

    that sounds like a great thing to put on your computer. Viral - having something to do with a virus. Spyware - well, that just explains itself.

  2. Too Bad on Spelunking in Las Vegas · · Score: 1

    That Dmitri Skyvalrov (sp?) didnt use the sewers....

  3. I might waste bit of my time.... on Cracking Down on MP3s at the Office · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I bring or transfer my own MP3's to work. I might waste sometime playing around with them, but it does not bother me one bit. You see, I am not a smoker, and until they stop taking a ten minute break every half hour, then no body has any right to complain to me about five miuntes of fooling around with some music.

  4. Re:and more pointedly.. on FBI Raids Homes and Seizes Bandwidth Pirates' PCs · · Score: 1

    Well, if the ISP is wrong, which is a possibility, the people will get their equipment back. And at that point, they could rightfully sue for damages, defamation of character,time lost, etc. They would get a monetary reward out of it.

  5. Re:and more pointedly.. on FBI Raids Homes and Seizes Bandwidth Pirates' PCs · · Score: 1

    You are correct, I misstated that. I did mean the alleged stealing. I have no problem with what the authorities did here. They investigated what was happeneing, and once they were happy that a crime had been committed, they acted upon it by comfiscating the computers and modems. I'm am sure with further investigation they may or may not arrest the parties involved.

  6. Transparent or Translucent.... on Translucent Databases · · Score: 2, Interesting

    they seem to be calling it both.

  7. Re:and more pointedly.. on FBI Raids Homes and Seizes Bandwidth Pirates' PCs · · Score: 1

    well maybe they should have thought about that before they started stealing the service.

  8. Re:and more pointedly.. on FBI Raids Homes and Seizes Bandwidth Pirates' PCs · · Score: 1

    did you read the article? They noticed this in February and started in investigate this. Obviously they were doing something serious, or they would not had their computer comfiscated. Also, no one went to jail. it says in the article that NO arrest were made.

  9. Huh? on FBI Raids Homes and Seizes Bandwidth Pirates' PCs · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "It's against the law. It's a crime we are going to enforce," the detective said.

    ANd the article says that no arrests were made..... sounds like some enforcing to me.

  10. Thats a picture of the world.... on World's First Photo · · Score: 0

    or was it taken by the world? ;)

  11. Why only teenagers.... on GUIs for Robots · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I wanna play too

  12. Re:explanation? on Draw! · · Score: 1

    thats and they are going to compare all four instances

    AMD/Fritz vs Intel/Shredder
    AMD/Fritz vs INtel/Fritz
    AMD/Shredder vs Intel/Shredder
    AMD/Shredder vd Intel/Fritz

    If one CPU hapeens to be better in each of the four instances, you could conlude that is it a better CPU. I do not think time is relevenat, because the processing time will depend on the board staus which will be different in every game. Some moves are hard to compute.

  13. Thank god! on UK Parliament to ban DoS Attacks · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now that they are banned, they won't happen anymore. Hey look, is that a flying pig?

  14. Contradiction on Is Linux Dead? · · Score: 1

    Isnt that a contradiction. Being dead and dominating the market at the same time.

    My head hurts from scratching after this one.

  15. DUH on Kernel Summit Wrapup · · Score: 1

    you should expect the second day soon

    Like maybe in 24 hours or so.....

  16. I am so sick of this.... on Does Drawing on Experience Infringe on Other's IP? · · Score: 1

    Everyone is so anal about everything. Will common sense ever prevail? Porbably not, I should just bash my head in now and end the pain.

  17. Redesigning everything can be good.... on The Ideas Behind Longhorn · · Score: 2

    that is if it is done right. This could get rid of a lot of the bloat that comes from making a product and slapping an addon here, and then there.....

  18. Why is the panic coming now? on Biometrics, Ownership and Privacy? · · Score: 1

    They have had your fingerprints for years now.

  19. But when can I have a.... on Guide To Designing Low Power Handhelds · · Score: 2, Interesting

    haldheld like those self-winding watches? Just move it around a little bit.....andit slowl charges it, now that would be awesome!!!

  20. RedHat is a large company.... on Red Hat Dissolves eCos Team, Changes Embedded Strategy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So it is not unusual for it to look like it is going in two different directions. I just hope this is an actual strategy.

  21. Re:It�s a cool feature but... on Yamaha CD-RW Drive Writes Images In Substrate · · Score: 1

    yeah faster is always better, but with the speeds of todays burners (40x) I can spare the few seconds to make it look really cool.

  22. When they can play against humans.... on Robocup 2002 Now Underway · · Score: 1

    Will they get thier own team for World Cup play?

  23. Re:Defending the common criminal on Dutch Judge Cracks Down on Hyperlinks · · Score: 1

    Free speech is a privilege, not a right

    Not in the US. If you are unclear, please refer to the First Amendment ofd the constitution. While most reasonable people would agree with linking to such terrible things should not be done, in the United States it is still your right to do so if you wish. That is one of many things that makes the USA a great place to live, IMHO.

  24. We're looking at the wrong idea here on Security of Open vs. Closed Source Software · · Score: 1

    I don't think we should look at Open vs. Closed Source, but rather the manner in which they implement security. If the manner which the security is implemented, open or closed source, then it will be secure. Look at the manner in which it was impleneted, not whether you can see the source or not.

  25. Didn't they just say... on IBM Dropping Laptop Linux Support · · Score: 1

    Atleast one of the kernel developers at IBM just mention how they all use laptops..... thats strange, you think that would want to support themselves.