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  1. Re:this is for canada on Recording Industry Hopes To Hinder CD Burning · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure there is a (hidden)tax in the U.S. on blank CD's

  2. I guess it's time... on Recording Industry Hopes To Hinder CD Burning · · Score: 5, Insightful

    To repeal the tax on media. If the record companies develop a scheme to limit cd burning, it makes sense that people who buy blank media shouldd not pay a tax that reimburses record companies for people making copies of music. Since the labels can control how many copies of a CD are made, they can factor this into the price of a CD.

  3. Re:No, lets give the Associated Press Props on CNN Notices that WiFi is Insecure · · Score: 1

    I think my comment was funnier.

  4. Let's Give CNN Props... on CNN Notices that WiFi is Insecure · · Score: 1

    They could have easily made this another suburb of Atlanta story, but instead went all the way to California!

  5. Re:Can They call it XBox Next? on Xbox Next to Include PC/Console Hybrid Option? · · Score: 1

    It wouldn't be the first time they trampled on someone's trademark

  6. Can They call it XBox Next? on Xbox Next to Include PC/Console Hybrid Option? · · Score: 1

    It seems to me that Next is a registered trademark of one of their competitors.

  7. SO what happens if... on DVD Player Displays 2D Movies in 3D · · Score: 0

    You watch a 3-D movie on this thing do you watch it in 4-D? (really 5-D)

    Would that signal the Apocalypse, or just the Age of Aquarius?

    Wrap your mind around that...

  8. That Pen by Logitech... on Device for Taking Travel Notes? · · Score: 1

    It only holds 40 pages of text, but that might be enough for a two week vacation. Here's the link

  9. Screw mileage, how about emissions on Hybrid Cars Don't Live Up to Mileage Claims · · Score: 1

    If these cars live up to the low emissions hype, then they are still part of the solution to a significant environmental problem.

  10. As a Mac User I am also intrigued... on Apple Uncommunicative About Security Holes · · Score: 1

    Intrigued that you aren't using the inline spell checking that is a feature of most Cocoa applications. :)

  11. Apple has academic pricing too on Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" Preview at WWDC · · Score: 1

    Panther is $69.00 for academic users.

    Also anyone can purchase licenses for up to five machines(in the same household) for $199.00. And, if copyright compliance isn't something you lose sleep over, Panther has no activation.

  12. Call all you want... on Researchers To Climb Ararat To Seek Noah's Ark · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, Marcus Brody is dead.

  13. Liberal Media Bias on Wonkette and the Ethics of Online Journalism · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I am so tired of hearing about this. Is the New York Times a liberal paper? Yes, so what?. Does the reporting and editorial content in the Times reflect its liberalism? No. It is the conservatives that you need to worry about, because they let their bias show in their work.

    Example, at the begining of Clinton's and W. Bush's first terms, each administration set up a committee to look for solutions to issues that were percieved by each administration to be of utmost importance. Both committees met in secret, and very little information was given to the public about how decisions were made by the committee. The New York Times published several editorials condemning each adminstration. The Wall Street Journal (a conservative paper) published several editorials critical of the Clinton administration, and only one editorial that was critical of the Bush administration.

    Just think about the subtle way media displays bias, I was watching Good Morning America a few weeks ago, and they had footage of a cop who was on a routine traffic stop, and was nearly hit by a drunk driver(he was standing in the doorway of his cruiser and the door got knocked off) So, how is that bias? Well, the police department released that tape, (which shows the danger of police work) to the media, and made the officer available for interviews. Does a police department do the same thing when an officer is caught doing something bad on tape? The media let the police control these stories and the effect is (rightly or wrongly) the news has a pro-police bent. Another example of bias would be during the first gulf war all of the footage from the cameras on smart bombs.

    Lastly,

    When I was a kid(15), watching He-Man and the Masters of the Universe ( the original), a commercial came on that warned of the liberal media bias in our country. Why on earth would conservatives choose to run that spot during a cartoon geared towards kids?

  14. Re:Attention: This is totally legal. on Eminem Sues Apple for Sampling his Samples · · Score: 1

    I could have sworn it was a boy...

    It seems like Apple would just have to pay ASCAP for the rights to use the music...IANAL

  15. I don't recall seeing this commercial on TV or... on Eminem Sues Apple for Sampling his Samples · · Score: 1

    ...on Apple's website. The ad was shown at whatever event the launch of ITMS was announced, but it was only briefly (if ever) posted on Apple's web site I never saw this ad on TV.

    Did anyone else see this ad on the media the suit alleges?

  16. overrated! on Arthur C. Clarke Talks With The Onion · · Score: 1

    moderation abuse! It's Flamebait!

  17. What is your fucking point on Arthur C. Clarke Talks With The Onion · · Score: 0

    I mean are you showing off your math skills that someone whose most famous work was made into a movie 35 years ago is now old?

    Mod Parent Down!

  18. I feel sorry for that Glofish... on Lawsuit Filed Against Unregulated GloFish · · Score: 3, Funny

    probably can't find a lawyer who'll work for fish food and colored light.

  19. Who cares on Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Rumors · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Episode VI, I and II have all been mediocre, so why would anyone even bother seeing episode III much less VII, VIII, or IX?

  20. I suppose you would prefer ... on Why Such Unimaginative Nomenclature? · · Score: 1

    Agilent?

  21. When was the last time you paid $50... on Apple Justifies iLife Price Tag · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...for four applications (since iTunes is free) that do as much as these do. I think most people would be willing to pay $40-50 for just one of these apps(if they needed it).

    Also, if you have more than 1 computer that you want to install iLife on, you can buy a 5 user family license for $79.

    Anyway, the real story should be that iLife is a bargain.

  22. Actually, here's what they developed on Earthquake Prediction Months In Advance · · Score: 1

    It's an earthquake generating machine, but that would be too contraversial. So they just claim that they can predict them, and make sure they happen when they said, and look like heroes!

    Unfortunately, this will stop the earth's core from spinning...

  23. Arrogant SOB's on Touch Screen Voting Trouble in Florida · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It amazes me how confident people are about their ability to vote. Especially since they have received no validation of this.

    For instance, I know who I intended to vote for in 2000, but I have no proof that my vote was counted that way.

    I assume that I voted correctly, just as all the people who accidentally voted for Buchanan instead of Gore believed they voted correctly.

    The problem, and challenge is providing the voter with some verification that does not lead to corruption(vote selling)

  24. I'll never use google again on Top Searches of 2003, A Dave Odyssey, Banned Words for 2004 · · Score: 1

    They think that Wimbeldon takes place in Paris in the spring!

  25. The real question about BSG is this... on New Battlestar Galactica Premieres Monday · · Score: 1

    Will it lead to peace in the Middle East...

    Now before you accuse me of smoking crack, consider this, Israel and Egypt signed the Camp David Peace Accord during the airing of the original BSG.

    Fortunately, I think it's safe to say that Sci-Fi won't interrupt BSG if the story breaks(unlike ABC who very nearly ruined my Sunday(?) evening some 25 years ago by putting two guys I'd never heard of and the President on the screen instead of BSG