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  1. Re:Careful... on Do You Have A License For Those Facts? · · Score: 1
    1. posts story on .

    2. re-posts story on .

    3. sues .

    4 The litigious bastards file a friend-of-the-court brief in support of /.

    5. Profit!!!

  2. Re:Typical Newspaper. on Avi Rubin's Thoughts On e-Voting · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Furthermore, small-scale fraud is pretty much guaranteed to cancel itself out. A corrupt Republican stuffs 20 dead peoples' ballots in one precinct, and a corrupt Democrat gets another 20 corpses to vote in the next precinct. Net effect: ZERO.

    You're not thinking outside the box (the ballot box in this case).

    In your example, maybe it's a wash. But, at a larger level (states), it is *very* significant. Why? Because you don't really vote for President. And since two given states may not have the same number of electoral votes, a fix in one state that is balanced in another state does not wash out.

    So, a supposed 'small fraud' can actually have very large effects. See Florida.

  3. Re:BBC Article on SCO Names 1st Lawsuit Target: AutoZone [Updated] · · Score: 1

    Fixed link.

  4. Re:No Surprise on SCO Postpones Lawsuit, Now Threatening Two · · Score: 1

    Update: The company being sued is Autozone.

  5. Re:Where are those two comments? on Congressional Anti-Spyware Bill Introduced · · Score: 1
    This happens too frequently (years now).

    Personally, I suspect a RDBM bug.

  6. Re:Oh my God - on SCO Postpones Lawsuit, Now Threatening Two · · Score: 1
    No, it's going *somewhere*.

    The question is where. This is just part of the MO by MS.
    Stir up shit weekly, create FUD.

  7. Re:The most probable possibility on EV1 Servers CEO Responds To Customers · · Score: 1
    And likely, the money from EV1 came from MS to pay SCO just to give some legitimacy to the SCO "license".

    Just more FUD in the MS campaign.

  8. Re:Tamper-proof tape? on Evoting in India, Maryland · · Score: 3, Funny

    Exactly, they've got it all wrong. They should use that plastic they wrap CDs in.

  9. Re:hmm on Evoting in India, Maryland · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, it's been proven that the more tape you tape the slower it tapes.

  10. Re:terrorism on WebTV 911 Hacker... Cyber Terrorist? · · Score: 1

    In their defense, some of them wouldn't be part of the Bush administration if they could avoid it, but they unfortunately had to take the jobs because they needed the money.

  11. Re:There's another on Munich Struggling with Linux Transition? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The GPP does not have to prove it. While MS can't stop you personally from installing Linux, they can control/pressure/bribe businesses into mandating MS on the desktop. That's just the way it is.

  12. Re:is that all?? on Ford Testing a New 'Traffic Monitoring' Device · · Score: 1

    The reason most traffic reports given out by radio (or TV) stations are sub-optimum is that traffic situations are very very fluid (except LA which you can count on to suck consistently for hours), and usually the reports given are potentially 10 minutes old by the time you hear the report. Additional problems with bad reporting are due to many reports coming in from non-trained reporters (think Drabble) that can't even get directions correct much less the correct name of cross-roads. Additional confusion can arise in certain locales due to the police getting those bad reports, and then deciding that it (ex: accident) is not in their venue when it actually is in their venue. Even the emergency crews can create additional problems (ex: blocking additional lanes) when reponding to an incident. Reports occur that are overblown leading to excessive people taking alternate routes, which creates congestion elsewhere. All of these problems with reporting can and do occur in the first 10 minutes. Quality traffic reporting is an art, not a science, and truely takes luck to be accurate.

  13. Re:Its no surprise. on U.S. is World Leader in Spam · · Score: 1, Interesting
    Don't forget the main force behind spam, Microsoft.

    It's those MS machines on broadband that are hacked into spamming zombies.

  14. Re:Do they really not get it? on Verisign Sues ICANN Over SiteFinder · · Score: 1
    Is there some sort of contest for the most hated corporation going on between Microsoft, SCO, and Verisign?

    Contest? Seems to me that Microsoft is behind both the SCO and the Verisign machinations.

    Can't you smell that smell?

  15. Re::rolleyes: on Verisign Sues ICANN Over SiteFinder · · Score: 1
    s/Verizon/Verisign/

    Please. The problem is bad enough already.

  16. Re:Oh really? on MS Security Chief: Windows Never Exploited Until Patch Available · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes, they are now shipping CD's so you can patch your system without going on the Internet.

  17. Re:That would be... on MS Security Chief: Windows Never Exploited Until Patch Available · · Score: 4, Funny
    WDM? Damn, I parsed that as WMD.

    Windows of Mass Destruction.

  18. Re:Danger! Read the fine print! on Microsoft Releases 'Caller-ID For Email' Specs · · Score: 1

    This may be a stretch, but I can interpret that 'license' to allow Microsoft and it's partners to send spam from your machine to others. Think of targeted ads to those in your address book that appear to be from you personally.

  19. Freeze first, then on Resurrecting Dead Harddrives? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    try finding an identical drive and swap the electronics.

  20. Re:Read the Patriot Act on Viet Dinh Defends The Patriot Act · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The majority is always wrong because the majority is stupid. 99% of the population is stupid, not because they are all un-educated, but mostly because they have been "educated". They are never taught to think for themselves.

  21. Re:His name is Viet Dinh on Viet Dinh Defends The Patriot Act · · Score: 1

    The Metro doesn't reach everywhere, many of the cabbies are ruthless rip-off artists ("scenic tour" - not), and there are many areas that you don't want to walk around at night.

  22. Re:Quit. on Moving from Linux to Windows Desktop? · · Score: 1
    My first thought exactly.

    It's a shame that MS has so much money that they can get away with this crap.

    Anyway, to address your question...
    Knoppix, a separate Linux server (hidden if need be), and Putty.

    Don't lose your tools.

  23. Re:Hmm... on Microsoft's Platform Strategist Speaks On Linux · · Score: 2, Informative

    He really meant on any given day.

  24. Re:Windows OpenSource??? on Microsoft's Platform Strategist Speaks On Linux · · Score: 2, Troll

    I have also suggested the same, but you have to realize that all of the built-in spyware would be discovered.

  25. Re:Awesome (from article) on Broadband Over Power Lines: Coming Soon? · · Score: 1

    The hookers will protest because of the competition at their 'office'.