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  1. Re:Bullshit on Second Life Tries To Backpedal On the GPL · · Score: 1

    Usually a company will create a "new" product that more conforms to the direction the company would like to go, and maybe call it "Second Life 2.0?"

  2. Re:Kdawson FUD on Criminals Hide Payment-Card Skimmers In Gas Pumps · · Score: 1

    With all this weird news coming out of Utah, it could drive one to drink; and on Anarbor Day also!

  3. Re:Doesn't address the most interesting issue on Lost Nazi Uranium Found In a Dutch Scrapyard · · Score: 1

    I think the "persuasion" used during Hitler's Government would make even the most stubborn goat be passive.

  4. A Letter to Edison International on Fuel Cell Marvel "Bloom Box" Gaining Momentum · · Score: 1

    I wrote my check for my Energy Bill to Edison of Southern California. In the memo part of the check I wrote, "I Support Bloom Boxes. :-P"

  5. Re:Was it a cause of his legal trouble? on Our Low-Tech Tax Code · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    OK, I'll bite. How is this post Flamebait? Fundamentally, Conservatives pursue an agenda of "Less Government Regulation". the Conservatives do not allow for "moderation",(pun intended), so that when Businesses begin to dominate the economy, as appose to share benefits,(in the form of Taxes), an economy's wealth is severely drained to the point of very slow wealth generation. An economy can rebuild itself, but only after the dominate business has changed its business method(s).

  6. Re:Fees on Tenenbaum's Final Brief — $675K Award Too High · · Score: 1

    I was thinking that if Sony, and BMG get 35 cents for one song in damages, then the stamped by the public to buy music from Sony, and BMG would obliterate RIAA. Maybe by lossing this case law, that maybe Sony, and BMG have found a market worthy embracing? At this point, give what ever money Tenenbaum's attorneys want, just give it to them, so that they don't try to collect royalties on this concept.

  7. One Should Always Trust on Mozilla Debates Whether To Trust Chinese CA · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Trust, but verify." - President Reagan

  8. It Makes Sense to Me on Utah Assembly Passes Resolution Denying Climate Change · · Score: 1

    Someone in Utah has finally created a hallucinogenic for which no current drug tests can measure. This stuff must be fantastic; everyone there is happy, and staring at the sky. Its going to be interesting to see which of the idiots in Utah said "Aye" to this non-sense. Their names should be known so that the rest of humanity can be so enlightened.

  9. Old 1980's Technology, with One Problem on Directed Energy Weapon Downs Mosquitos · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This lazer device use was banging around in the early 1980's. A couple of grad students from Florida created it. I don't recall how they were able to track the bugs. But they also "tuned" the lazer so that it lasted just long enough to only vaporize the wings. There's just one problem with this device, if the target is between the lazer, and a person's eye.

  10. Let Me Give Your the Short, and Long Answer on Google Considered Too Big To Fail · · Score: 1

    Short Answer: No, nothing is to big to fail.

    Long Answer: There are OVER 1,000 search engines publicly available, one of them has your answer.

  11. Consider the Source on Subversive Groups Must Now Register In South Carolina · · Score: 1

    This is the same state in the Union that Out-Sourced the Governor's Mistress.

  12. Australian Economics Lesson on Australian Senate Hears Open Source Is Too Expensive · · Score: 1

    Given:
    1. M$ cost > $400(U.S.)
    2. openOffice cost equal $0(U.S.)

    Prove: M$ cost
    Given:
    Statement
    "the cost of a platform change"
    Why
    Australian Government Information Management Office says so.

    Statement
    openOffice on Windows is a "Big Lie"
    Why
    Oh, I don't know, maybe someone that works for Microsoft said so?

    Conclusion:
    Buy Microsoft, it's for the Children.

  13. I Figured the16 Year Olds Would be More Important on Microsoft Finally To Patch 17-Year-Old Bug · · Score: 1

    Windows Bugs get younger every year

  14. It Was a Dark and Stormy Night on India Ditches UN Climate Change Group · · Score: 1

    Not all water that flows through the Ganges is Glacial Runoff; wait till the Monsoons come.

  15. Another Typical Over Kill for A Simple Solution on DARPA Aims for Synthetic Life With a Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    If DARPA wants to follow movie themes, maybe a light review of the SyFi Series "Caprica". The basic concept is that when one dies, their memories are downloaded into a clone, the clone is "animated" and there you are, ready for the morning rush hour. Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in another movie variation of this concept, "The 6th Day". If the Bad Guys can't kill you, then elementary solvable problems like Toyota's can be effectively discounted. But if DARPA wants to get snotty with the bad guys, then develop a Mutagen that maintains average skin tissue to be as resilent as when a person was in their early 20's. Nothing makes a Bad Guy look ugly like a good looking victim.

  16. Re:No problem on Police Want Fast Track To Get At Your Private Data · · Score: 2, Funny

    If one is a Bad Guy, and I'm not saying I am, then the best Law Enforcement are those that investigate from their chairs. Care for another Donut?

  17. Well, to Answer the Question. on FOSS CAD and 3D Modeling Software? · · Score: 1

    Given the funding for this fine, and noble project. Maybe suggesting to the Engineers that they, "Do what it takes, and just suck it up." Or get ready to spend about $200,000 in a MCAD package, and some more money on PLC machine. About $1,000,000.00 will get them what they need, or they can read books on how to make machines that make parts for machines; then assemble the parts. I know its sounds like tough love, but this should have been evaluated at the beginning of the project, not at some midpoint, or Mile Stone point. I wish your project luck, and "God Speed..."

  18. Re:Sufficiently Advanced on Making It Hard For Extraterrestrials To Hear Us · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry, I didn't hear you, could you say that again?

  19. What? Why!? on China Renames Mountain In Honor of Avatar · · Score: 1

    Um, IMHO, its a great movie, and I was entertained. But, it's a story, to entertain people. And if people like the story, then these people might be entertained by watching more movies from the Director of Avatar, or the other movies that the Actors, and Actresses have played in; like "Alien"? And if people become really entertained by Avatar, then they could be entertained by movies that involved the Producer, Camera, Wardrobe, Special Effects, various books, other fan sites. China has some very beautiful country sides, when I visit the Middle Land, I want Chinese culture, not Pop Culture. Please let there be a separation of Government, and Hollywood.

  20. What Would Make A Nice Symbol, on the Moon? on Reported Obama Plan Would Privatize Manned Launches · · Score: 1

    The "Yellow Stars"? The "Spinning Wheel"? The "Rising Sun"? Maybe NASA would consider changing "NASA White" to Pantone #14-0848, "The color yellow exemplifies the warmth and nurturing quality of the sun, properties we as humans are naturally drawn to for reassurance".

  21. Maybe There's an Up Side to This Decision? on Reported Obama Plan Would Privatize Manned Launches · · Score: 1

    There are some very eloquent public speakers that will not enter the bathroom before turning on the light; so maybe going to the Moon is just to scary for some of them?

  22. Re:Uhhh... on Open Source Software Meets Do-It-Yourself Biology · · Score: 1

    Funny, I was thinking of the DIY Biologists working on a mutagen that would reverse the "age" of skin cells for the purpose of avoiding such accidents, and Nordstoms Semi Annual Sales.

  23. Re:Don't Be Foolish on Evidence Weakens That China Did the Recent Cyberattacks · · Score: 2, Funny

    "...accessing the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists..."

    To my knowledge, there are only two groups of people that follow Chinese human rights activists; The Chinese,(for tank tread inspections), and the Activist's Moms. I didn't know that Mom's had such a in depth awareness of Cyber Attacking. Go figure.

  24. Re:The Infancy of P.1 on CMU Web-Scraping Learns English, One Word At a Time · · Score: 1

    I did, awhile ago, and I'm really sorry for doing it. How was I to know that Mortgage Brokers would use it to "game" the Economy and turn Banks into Equity Centers for Hedge Funds? Go figure.

  25. "A key U.S. aerospace panel" on Panel Warns NASA On Commercial Astronaut Transport · · Score: 1

    OK, who is this, "Clown Posy"?