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  1. Re:problem is... on OS X Leopard Ships On October 26th · · Score: 1

    "poor forward compatibility"? WTF? New versions of operating systems usually contain new features, and people will write applications that take advantage of them.

  2. Next to be added as defendants on Texas Family 'Sues Creative Commons' · · Score: 1

    The Sydney Morning Herald, who have put a copy of the photo on their website

    The manufacturer of the camera that took the picture. Didn't they know that there was the potential for this when they made it?

    Did this family hire Steve Dallas as their lawyer or something?

  3. Re:Google? on San Francisco Free Wi-Fi Plan Fails · · Score: 1

    Yes, Google has blanketed Mountain View, CA with a WiFi system. http://wifi.google.com/

  4. Re:Only California and Nevada left? on AT&T Stops 'Time', Ends An Era · · Score: 1

    When I was growing up in the 70's in California, the prefix was 767, and would remember it as 415-POP-CORN.

  5. Re:No on The Sci-Fi Movie Stigma · · Score: 1

    Actually, Close Encounters came out after Star Wars, although they're really close enough together that they were in production at the same time.

  6. Re:global "looking for group" channel on World of Warcraft - The Burning Crusade Review · · Score: 1

    That actually sounds like a pretty good idea.

  7. global "looking for group" channel on World of Warcraft - The Burning Crusade Review · · Score: 2, Insightful

    While I can see people's point when they complain about the newish LFG tool, I really don't want to go back to the server-wide LFG channel. It was basically global Barrens chat.

  8. Re:None of the cases he's uncovered will ever succ on Ex-judge Gets 27 Months on Evidence From Hacked PC · · Score: 1

    three quarters of the way through his court martial, he's decided "Wait, I'm not guilty, I was following lawful orders! I wish to change my plea!" and it's been allowed... I mean, wah?!? Er, this ex-judge has pled guilty, been convicted and sentenced already. Also, you're comparing a military court martial to a civilian trial.
  9. Re:None of the cases he's uncovered will ever succ on Ex-judge Gets 27 Months on Evidence From Hacked PC · · Score: 1
    also in TFA:

    A year later, in December 2005, the ex-judge pleaded guilty and broke down in tears. What's he going to appeal to SCOTUS?

  10. Re:not a hoax on iTunes Uncovers Musical Hoax · · Score: 1

    Did you actually read either of the linked articles? CDDB is incidental to the determination that the recordings are not really Hatto's.

  11. Re:Did anyone catch the relationship? on MySQL Quietly Drops Support For Debian Linux [UPDATED] · · Score: 1

    Why would IBM be going for MySQL, when they already have DB2, which is a big money maker for them?

  12. Re:NPRs complaint on NPR Finds XM's Achilles Heel · · Score: 1

    Did you read the article? The National Association of Broadcasters' complaint is about the repeaters. NPR's is specifically about the FM modulators.

  13. Re:What ever happened to parents? on Miami Court Orders Take Two to Hand Over Bully · · Score: 1

    You are absolutely right. This clown doesn't want you to decide what your children can see. He thinks that *he* should get to decide what they see.

  14. Re:"a chilling slap at free speech" on Jury Awards $11 Million for Internet Defamation · · Score: 2, Informative
    That's insane. You mean I can call you a child molestor, specify dates and times and childrens' names and the court will accept as a defense against libel the fact that I have no idea whether it's true or not? I can't believe any legal system is that bad.


    It's not, the person you responded to is wrong:

    http://www.expertlaw.com/library/personal_injury/d efamation.html

  15. Re:I'm not all that impressed.... on The Day Against DRM · · Score: 1

    "Fairplay" is the DRM used by Apple. "PlaysForSure" is Microsoft's. I do agree with you, tho.

  16. What's the matter, Colonel Sandurz? on Spaceballs Animated Series in Production · · Score: 1

    Chicken?

  17. Re:Pretty much on Segway Recalling 23,000 Scooters · · Score: 1

    Perhaps they are worried about proprietary software being stolen by anybody that can get their hands on one, but you'd think if you really wanted to you would be able to do that anyways.

    They could also be worried about people uploading arbitrary code into them, and then getting the blame when something else goes wrong.

  18. Re:I dont see the logic in this on U.S. Arrests Online Gambling Company Chairman · · Score: 1

    Have you ever heard of this place called Canada? You know, the Great White North?

  19. From Cleland's commentary on Dueling Network Neutrality Commentary on NPR · · Score: 5, Insightful

    First, net neutrality is really a misnomer. It's really just special interest legislation, dressed up to sound less self-serving. Did you know Microsoft, Google and Yahoo are lobbying for net neutrality? If they're successful, they'll get a special, low-government-set price for the bandwidth they use, while everyone else -- consumers, businesses and government -- will have to pay a competitive price for bandwidth. [It] doesn't sound very neutral to me.

    This guy deserves some sort of prize for shameless, bald-faced lying.

  20. Re:Huh? on MacBook Pro Batteries Swelling and Failing · · Score: 1

    what happens to that fantastic apple warranty if i replace my own battery? that's the difference.

    If it's under warranty, why would you be replacing the battery yourself?

  21. Hologram, eh? on Holographic Solar Collectors · · Score: 4, Funny

    Finally, a use for Arnold J. Rimmer.

  22. Passport ID required to download? on Microsoft PowerShell RC1 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No thanks.

  23. Trio TV on Finding the Long Tail of Television · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I really liked watching Trio TV when it was on DirecTV. Unfortunately, they got into some sort of dispute, and were dropped.

  24. Re:You mean first w/o emulation/virtualization on Red Hat, Linux and Intel iMacs · · Score: 1

    As the other person who replied to you mentioned, there is OpenOSX.com's "WinTel" (or whatever they call it), which is based on Bochs. However, it is emulating an x86 processor on an x86 processor (!), and therefore runs painfully slowly.

  25. Re:Apple should support this. on Windows on Intel Macs - Yes or No? · · Score: 1

    Yup, OS/2 Warp 3.0 is what I was thinking of when I wrote my initial comment.