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  1. Re:EA retaliates on Today Is International Day Against DRM · · Score: 1

    Not gonna lie. I can't remember the last EA game I purchased. Their games are actually better after crackers (not necessarily white ones) get their hands on them and release them back into the wild DRM free or severely put in its place.

  2. Re:If we can put an end to DRM on Today Is International Day Against DRM · · Score: 1

    - When a doctor is sharing your medical information to another doctor, wouldn't you want control over when/where that medical information can be viewed? Wouldn't you want it to self destruct?

    I believe the doctors sharing information with each other is what happens when one expert consults another expert in their field. Usually this is a good this as two bright minds are usually better than one and If i had some sort of cancer, you can bet your ass I would not mind my doctor sharing information. Not if it saves my life.

    By that logic if I was a cocaine addict and one of my friends found out and I told them not to tell anyone and they don't, then no one intervenes, I dont get any help and one day said friend finds me dead in the bath tub from ODing. Sure it would suck if the told my folks and I went to my house to find an army of people trying to get me to stop doing drugs. I would be pissed at my friend but I would learn to get over because they saved my life.

  3. more than meets the eye... on Shape-Shifting Mobile Devices Unveiled · · Score: 1

    meh... they're probably robots in disguise.

  4. Re:Digi-Comp one FTW on Old Educational Computer Resurrected As a Spreadsheet · · Score: 1

    I still have mine- nice plastic and metal computer.

    You can still get CARDIAC paper kits, BTW, somewhere online.

    http://www.scientificsonline.com/cardiac-illustrated-computation-aid.html

  5. Re:Blue Screen on Old Educational Computer Resurrected As a Spreadsheet · · Score: 1

    On the CARDIAC the "Blue Screen" STOP error is actually implemented as an ARREST.

    If I hadn't blown all my mod points on cheap women and wine I would mod you up sir!

  6. Re:100 percent of 1 is 1 on Dropcam CEO's Beef With Brogramming and Free Dinners · · Score: 1

    That's because they cant get away. They are literally chained to their desks. They dont get free breakfast, lunch or dinner but they do get to spend time with their families. By spend time I mean they have visitation hours.

  7. Re:Hm. on Dropcam CEO's Beef With Brogramming and Free Dinners · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wait... people do that sort of thing? I mean the walking and the looking at things that aren't pixels?....

  8. Re:Focus all you want... on Kobo CEO Says Not Selling Washing Machines Key To Overtaking Amazon · · Score: 2

    I completely agree. This to me sounds similar to the proverbial eggs in one basket. If the eBook side of amazon suddenly flops, the company will have enough sales else where to keep it afloat.

  9. Re:Pythons on Giant Snails Invade Florida · · Score: 1

    not even the french would attempt to eat that. what makes you think a snake would?

    What are YOU talking about? The French would not only eat that, they would tell you it is a delicacy while snickering under their breath!

    What am I talking about? I guess I'm talking about getting rich then. I'll sell all these snails to the French and make millions overnight.

  10. Re:Pythons on Giant Snails Invade Florida · · Score: 1
    Are you kidding?

    their shells are hard enough to pop tires on the freeway and become shrapnel when run over by lawnmowers.

    not even the french would attempt to eat that. what makes you think a snake would?

  11. Re:Little do they know... on Wordpress Sites Under Wide-Scale Brute Force Attack · · Score: 1

    faceplam

  12. Little do they know... on Wordpress Sites Under Wide-Scale Brute Force Attack · · Score: 1

    that the administrative account uses 'administrator' not 'admin'. They'll be attempting that brute force for quite a while.

  13. Re: Misfire? on North Korean Missile Raised To Firing Position, Says US Official · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually they have, or had, an armistice since 1953. An armistice is actually a cessation of hostilities for the purpose of agreeing to a lasting peace. Cease fires, often confused with armistices, are usually the first steps in bringing around an armistice. The main difference between the two is that a cease fire does not have to include the intention of peace talks where as an armistice does. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice

  14. Re:Wasnt /. supposed to be news site about compute on North Korean Missile Raised To Firing Position, Says US Official · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gentlemen! Please...!

    You cant fight in here! This is the War Room!

  15. Re:Well the ultimate value of Bitcoin is on BitCoin Value Collapses, Possibly Due To DDoS · · Score: 1

    But the difference between the USD and BitCoin is that you can't convert it all to Euros, DDoS a few sights and then convert back to USD at a profit. (I guess you could do this but the US government is less likely to just "Meh" it.)

  16. Re:Bad fit for Google also? on Google's Idea of Productivity Is a Bad Fit For Many Other Workplaces · · Score: 1
    Are you kidding me? Drive is one of the better online storage and sync option out there! I used dropbox... once. Didn't like the fact that I had to do shit to unlock more drive space? seriously? After that I moved on to Ubuntu1. It worked well if you were using Ubuntu or other Ubuntu related distros. However on windows the thing was buggy as all hell. Sometimes it would connect, other times it would refuse your credentials entirely.

    Drive has worked flawlessly. Sure It doesn't work on Linux but Ubuntu1 didn't work on windows. I'm fine with that trade off. Right now I'm using it for desktop wallpaper backups and using it to keep my Star Wars Saga RPG campaign documentation.

  17. The UK drives on the left side of the road but divers attempting that in the states may find that it's not something that will work for most drivers.

  18. What? on The Rise of Everyday Hackers · · Score: 1

    Since when have script kiddies been elevated to everyday hackers?

  19. Re:Can't do that. on Irish Artist Turns Google Maps Screen Grabs Into Pricey Art · · Score: 2

    Nah, google will let it slide. Then once he's made millions they will sue. No use suing a broke nobody right?

  20. Re:Swear I've seen this before... on Increased Carbon Emissions Creating Giant Crabs · · Score: 2

    It happened in The Macra Terror episode long before that.

    Yeah, but "Gridlock" specifically had the Macra feeding off the smog from all the cars. Its a far better example.

  21. Swear I've seen this before... on Increased Carbon Emissions Creating Giant Crabs · · Score: 4, Informative
    Oh now I remember. This happened in a Dr. Who episode.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gridlock_%28Doctor_Who%29

  22. Re:Somebody, quick! on How Would an Astronaut Falling Into a Black Hole Die? · · Score: 1

    Technically speaking Pluto is still there doing the same things its been doing for thousands upon thousands of years. All Dr. Neil deGrasse-Tyson did was reclassify it. Politicians do that all the time. Nothing special.

  23. Re:Value of a degree to the employer on Getting a Literature Ph.D. Will Make You Into a Horrible Person · · Score: 1

    That's the approach I took with IT. I learned hardware in HS... I went into the armed forces as 25B (Computer Tech) got out and have been landing IT jobs ever since. Mind you I'm not getting hired as an IT manager or anything and I probably could benefit from getting a degree of some sort but I have an honest to god hate of debt. I dont want it. No thank you.

  24. Re:Our Machine Overlords on Automated System Developed To Grade Student Essays · · Score: 1
    I imagine so.... they would be the most physically active of the obese people performing activities such as getting off the couch to check the fridge and making out.

    I really have no idea what happens on that show. I loath and despise it.

  25. Our Machine Overlords on Automated System Developed To Grade Student Essays · · Score: 0
    Before computers, teachers actually had to do things by hand. But computers made things easy so we gave every teacher a computer.

    Even that was to hard and so teachers turned to AI to grade their students papers.

    Soon going into work was to hard (especially with hangovers from all the free time spent partying) and so they made robots to give lectures in their place.

    Then the students couldn't be bothered to come in so they just started recording the lectures and making them available online.

    Then learning things was to labor intensive and for that matter so was work so we let robots and computers do everything.

    The year is now 2635 and we spend our days watching Jersey Shore season 628. Obesity is the new norm and from birth every waking moment is 'free time' but life is better. Right?