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  1. Re:murder weapon? on Halo 3 Criticized In Murder Conviction · · Score: 1

    So what's wrong with killing the occasional animal?

  2. Re:Possible Concerns on FOSS Development As Economic Stimulus · · Score: 1

    A copyright holder certainly can change the terms under which they distribute something, they just can't effectively rescind past terms.

  3. Re:I'd rather have 4/36 on How Does a 9/80 Work Schedule Work Out? · · Score: 1

    Military spending accounts for a good deal of the 'hidden' disparity (i.e., Canada supposedly has a higher level of social services, so how are they taxing less?).

    The interesting question is how much/whether Canada benefits 'for free' from U.S. military spending (it would seem that technology transfer is worth a lot, not to mention being friendly with the worlds largest navy).

  4. Re:$400 a month? on Switching To Solar Power — Six Months Later · · Score: 3, Informative

    The dishes are allowed because federal law says that they have to be:

    http://www.fcc.gov/mb/facts/otard.html

    Given time and lower installation costs, I would imagine that similar legislation will be applied to solar cells.

  5. Re:Nothing new here - read The Organization Man on Personality Testing For Employment · · Score: 1

    Did you read any of the other profiles?

  6. Re:Seriously... on iTunes DRM-Free Files Contain Personal Info · · Score: 1

    You are describing the equivalent of using a single layer of saran wrap to reinforce a door.

  7. Re:Extracurricular activites on Class Teaches Nerds Social Skills · · Score: 1

    Yes, but this is an important life lesson.

  8. Re:This can be improved by removing some text on Class Teaches Nerds Social Skills · · Score: 1

    "Even Rocky"?

  9. Re:Server issues on Companies Using MS Word "Out of Habit," Says Forrester · · Score: 1

    I really don't know. Probably at least $50 by the time you wrap it in enough hardware to make it useful.

    Anyway, high end clusters are probably the only 'server' applications that are used because of a lack of local performance at this point, so things are moving to servers so that someone else can manage them, and so that they can be accessed from any trusted hardware (think webmail...for about 99% of people, it is way better than a local client).

  10. Re:Impairing usability on New Google Favicon Deja Vu All Over Again? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yes, it is a usability problem.

    In much the same way, a penny is money.

  11. Re:Server issues on Companies Using MS Word "Out of Habit," Says Forrester · · Score: 1

    There isn't any "moving back". As local power and network costs change, the tasks that it makes sense to do over a network change.

  12. Re:So you are sued and lose your house. on Storm Worm Botnet "Cracked Wide Open" · · Score: 1

    France might take a high level U.S. government warrant seriously enough to at least go pester the guy, and maybe take away his internets. That still leaves hostile governments, but the warrant could be written in conjunction with a grant of immunity, making more attractive to act within a home country.

  13. Re:So you are sued and lose your house. on Storm Worm Botnet "Cracked Wide Open" · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just require a warrant from some level of federal judge.

    Things might not work great at first, but the whole warrant system works pretty well, and it would provide a framework for preventing abuse and overuse.

  14. Re:How does it work with non-static IPs? on Git Adoption Soaring; Are There Good Migration Strategies? · · Score: 1

    There might not be any (depending on your workflow; the ability to create isolated experimental branches might cause you to change your workflow though). Of course, with a DVCS, you can choose your workflow, with a CVCS, you are stuck being a client.

  15. Re:How does it work with non-static IPs? on Git Adoption Soaring; Are There Good Migration Strategies? · · Score: 1

    Just have a repository somewhere accessible (perhaps on a 'server') and push to it.

    The advantage of a DVCS is not in the location where the data is stored, but that all operations can be done offline (as long as the repositories to be worked with are available).

  16. Re:I have to ask on USAF Seeks Air Force One Replacement · · Score: 3, Informative

    If the president flies into a country, he does it on Air Force One. It doesn't matter if it is a freaking two-seater.

    Presumably, there is usually some need for a larger transport.

  17. Re:So when do we give up on privacy? on Google Researchers Warn of Automated Social Info Sharing · · Score: 1

    Wait, I thought that 90% of the information on the web was totally contradictory and useless.

  18. Re:For me... on Google Researchers Warn of Automated Social Info Sharing · · Score: 1

    Your problem is with society, not just the web. The web just exacerbates the problems that come from people putting too much weight on accusation, and the witch hunt mentality (and that is setting aside the what-you-do-matters-to-my-afterlife insanity that pervades American culture).

  19. Re: don't need fancy data-mining tools for that on Google Researchers Warn of Automated Social Info Sharing · · Score: 1

    I would think that postings to public internet sites would be treated much like garbage is treated (i.e., too-bad-so-sad, if you didn't want it known, you shouldn't have put it there).

    The self-incrimination stuff mostly means that you can't be compelled, you are still free to do it if you want to (or else nobody would ever be convicted based on a confession...), so it doesn't really protect you from choices that you have already made.

  20. Re:Git links on Git Adoption Soaring; Are There Good Migration Strategies? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Unless you are intensely involved in a project, browsing for the single file using some alternative interface is probably going to be easier. I.e.:

    http://github.com/github/linux-2.6/tree/master/kernel/fork.c

    That doesn't work if the repository doesn't have an alternative interface though (but for projects you are involved in, the download only needs to be the difference between the internal and external repositories, not the entire history).

  21. Re:GPL may help on Are My Ideas Being Stolen? If So, What Then? · · Score: 1

    The GPL doesn't give the copyright holder any advantages over normal copyright. Not a single one. If you steal my copyrighted code, I can sue your ass for a copyright violation. If you misuse my GPL code (note that by using the GPL, I may be required to provide you a copy of the code), I sue your ass for a copyright violation...

  22. Re:Digital? on Attempt To "Digitalize" Beatles Goes Sour · · Score: 1

    Of the installed base of amps, what percentage are clean enough that better-than-cd is worth it?

    I would bet that it is pretty small.

  23. Re:TV in Los Angeles on Obama Recommends Delay In Digital TV Switch · · Score: 1

    Locations and power levels are going to change on Feb 19. Wait until then to think about deploying a new antenna (in my broadcast area, the switch is looking to improve the situation, as multiple channels will be coming from closer transmitters, rather than a single analog signal).

  24. Re:Riot on Obama Recommends Delay In Digital TV Switch · · Score: 1

    Once their placaters stop working, all bets are off.

  25. Re:They've had years on Obama Recommends Delay In Digital TV Switch · · Score: 1

    How does Walmart fit into your entertaining theory?