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  1. Re:But the Best Buy guy said it does on Retailer Calls Rivals' Bluff On "HDMI Scam" · · Score: 1

    It will be less than 300 years to get nanotech separation technology to the point where it can eat a landfill and shit bricks of pure elements, ready for sale. People who are worried about us producing too much trash just aren't cognizant of how powerful our technology is getting.

  2. Re:But the Best Buy guy said it does on Retailer Calls Rivals' Bluff On "HDMI Scam" · · Score: 1

    Monster cables are priced from US $40->$150. Generic cable of same length, $5->$10. They function identically.

  3. Re:"Screaming, Mindless Christians" ?? on Politics: Paul-Barney Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Federally · · Score: 1

    Just correct the part about most historians agreeing that the evidentiary standard is met.

  4. Re:Why is some random guy's blog on Slashdot? on Calling BS On Unpaid Internships · · Score: 1

    Joel on Software hasn't been popular in half a decade by now.

  5. Re:moronic proposition on Calling BS On Unpaid Internships · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I read some books at home looks very impressive on the resume. On the other side, you have a reference-able, verifiable past employment experience.

  6. Re:Damn, right before the weekend on 17% Smaller DES S-box Circuits Found · · Score: 1

    And they don't use this, they just use the backdoor.

  7. too late on RIM Responds To an Employee's Open Letter · · Score: 1

    By the time your employees can tell you are making the wrong decisions, your corporate infrastructure is so screwed there is little hope of recovery. They'd basically need to wipe out their entire middle and upper management teams to fix this.

  8. Re:Yes it can. on Can Ubuntu Linux Consume Less Power Than Windows? · · Score: 2

    No, it can't.

    I swallowed a battery earlier today, and I think that proves you wrong. Also, grrrkfa;dlsjdkafjsdiedjiruacvnc

  9. Re:does it worry anyone else on Wildfire Threatens Los Alamos Labs · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I'm talking about the phrasing. Of course they have to double-check, but their release sounds more like they fixed major problems.

  10. does it worry anyone else on Wildfire Threatens Los Alamos Labs · · Score: 1

    That the "radioactive and hazardous material" had to be accounted for and protected? Shouldn't the statement have read that such materials, as always, were secure?

  11. Re:Nothings changed on Are Fake Geeks Dooming Real Ones? · · Score: 0

    I recommend deodorant if this is a consistent solution to that problem for you.

  12. Re:The fall of the free empire on US Supreme Court: Video Games Qualify For First Amendment · · Score: 2

    Tornadoes aren't drawn to trailer parks. Smaller, more common tornadoes are just sufficiently powerful to do substantial damage in a trailer park, because trailer parks are fragile compared to houses / business districts.

  13. Re:Resume stain on Geohot Joins Facebook As Product Developer · · Score: 1

    Most companies are as morally bankrupt as Goldman, they just aren't as skilled. Evil and talent are orthogonal dimensions, unfortunately.

  14. Re:Working for stock options on If You're Working For Stock, Read the Fine Print · · Score: 0

    I guess. The world is packed full of pretty limited people.

  15. Re:unreasonable pricing encourages copyright viola on Black Market Database Access To Scholarly Journals · · Score: 1

    FL-102, Reviewed November 2009

  16. Re:unreasonable pricing encourages copyright viola on Black Market Database Access To Scholarly Journals · · Score: 1

    I read them, they're clearly wrong. Sorry that I take the US copyright office over random incorrect slashdotters.

  17. Re:unreasonable pricing encourages copyright viola on Black Market Database Access To Scholarly Journals · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that backs up what I said actually.

  18. Re:Working for stock options on If You're Working For Stock, Read the Fine Print · · Score: 1

    You don't need that good a lawyer. There are plenty, even in the expensive SF bay area who will do this at $300/hr.

  19. Re:unreasonable pricing encourages copyright viola on Black Market Database Access To Scholarly Journals · · Score: 1

    And only small portions, btw, not the whole thing, which was my claim in the first place, see:
    http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html

    "reproduction by a teacher or student of a small part of a work to illustrate a lesson;"

  20. Re:unreasonable pricing encourages copyright viola on Black Market Database Access To Scholarly Journals · · Score: 1

    http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html

    Enjoy the part that says:
    "reproduction by a teacher or student of a small part of a work to illustrate a lesson."

    Not the whole of a work. A small part.

  21. Re:unreasonable pricing encourages copyright viola on Black Market Database Access To Scholarly Journals · · Score: 1

    For all those claiming I'm wrong, please read this first:

    "reproduction by a teacher or student of a small part of a work to illustrate a lesson;"

    Not a whole work. A small part. Who says this?
    The copyright office.
    http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html

  22. Re:unreasonable pricing encourages copyright viola on Black Market Database Access To Scholarly Journals · · Score: 1

    Nope. Even less precise copying for purely educational purposes has been found in violation.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macmillan_Co._v._King

  23. Re:unreasonable pricing encourages copyright viola on Black Market Database Access To Scholarly Journals · · Score: 1

    That is only one of the factors, and not sufficient, see:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macmillan_Co._v._King

  24. Re:unreasonable pricing encourages copyright viola on Black Market Database Access To Scholarly Journals · · Score: 1

    BTW, if interested, look at the other mistaken AC's post in response to mine and you can read the actual law that supports my position.

  25. Re:unreasonable pricing encourages copyright viola on Black Market Database Access To Scholarly Journals · · Score: 1

    I have looked it up, and the 'limited' use is precisely what he runs afoul of by making a complete copy.