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  1. Re:Apple cannot block and it's not illegal on Palm Pre "iTunes Hack" Detailed By DVD Jon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's not entirely accurate. In the case you may be referring to, the accused had literally copied copyrighted code and re-used it in their product.

    Apple v. Franklin (1983)

    Palm didn't copy Apple's code in this instance. You're comparing oranges and fish.

  2. Re:Fascinating stuff on Voyager Clue Points To Origin of the Axis of Evil · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not to be pedantic, but one-way is 15 hours currently.

  3. "Potentially Classified" on Biden Reveals Location of Secret VP Bunker · · Score: 1
    FTFA:

    [..] divulging potentially classified information meant to save the life of a sitting vice president.

    What exactly does "potentially classified" mean? Something is either classified or it is not. News organizations are supposed to report facts, this is just speculation.

  4. Sue for wrongful arrest on Man Arrested For Taking Photo of Open ATM · · Score: 3, Informative

    Call the ACLU, sue the Police department, and then sue the ATM company. This is what the ACLU exists for, they will be happy to help you. They even helped another photographer in your town recently.

    Posting the phone number for the ATM company on your blog is a waste of time. Call the ACLU and they will help unleash a can of whoop-ass.

  5. Re:Facebook on White House Joins Facebook, MySpace, Twitter · · Score: 1

    Wish I had mod points, you're completely right. It's all on THOMAS and has been for probably a decade?

  6. Re:Why no guns on Mariners Develop High Tech Pirate Repellents · · Score: 1

    The shipping company also has to pay for much much more expensive insurance if the crew is armed.

  7. Re:Java 8 Preview on Oracle Buys Sun · · Score: 1, Informative

    you made a VARCHAR2 joke

    nice ;)

  8. Ronald Reagan on Robo-Arm Signatures Are Legal, Gov't Buys One · · Score: 1

    Didn't Reagan use one of these? I seem to remember that.

  9. Re:Please explain on Sophisticated Balloons Could Help Steer Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    Thank you very much sir - you have definitely answered both of my questions!

    Interesting about the exosphere, I never knew there was atmospheric drag during LEO.

  10. Please explain on Sophisticated Balloons Could Help Steer Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    Isn't this only useful if you want to orbit a planet with an atmosphere that won't destroy the ballute?
    And question #2, if you're in the planet's atmosphere you're no longer in orbit - right?

    There are tons of space nerds on /. so please feel free to jump in and clarify - I'd really like to understand.

  11. Re:This is supposed to be funny? on South Park Creators Given Signed Photo of Saddam Hussein · · Score: 1

    Saddam wasn't treated that badly. Hell, he even got Doritos and other stuff from KBR whenever he wanted. I believe the military went to great lengths to treat him with dignity while balancing the obvious need to extract relevant information. He even formed a friendship with the CIA agent who interrogated him - it was featured on 60 minutes.

    I think you're just misinformed about Saddam's treatment while he was in U.S. custody in Iraq, the South Park movie aside.

  12. Paid ACM subscription on MS Researchers Call Moving Server Storage To SSDs a Bad Idea · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Their price needs to decrease by 3-3000 times for them to make sense.

    Hm. I was thinking the same thing about the ACM subscription.

  13. iTunes is MP4 on Apple Shifts iTunes Pricing; $0.69 Tracks MIA · · Score: 1

    MP3 is so 1995. Get with it man.

  14. Re:Revert interface to 0.8.6, or use OSX GUIfor wi on VLC 0.9.9, The Best Media Player Just Got Better · · Score: 1

    Agree about the interface.
    the Windows version looks like a VB application from 1994.
    YUCK!

  15. Re:Wasn't that the.... on id Releases Open Source Wolfenstein 3D for the iPhone · · Score: 1

    Mod parent UP

    You're exactly right, Wolfenstein was a hit because it ran on hardware that people had access to. And it was something you could download from a BBS. BattleZone was a lot of fun too, but it wasn't in the same league as Wolfenstein.

  16. write a real movie on Why Fear the End of the R-Rated Superhero Movie? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Howabout Hollywood writes something original and new instead of rehashing old material over and over again? Put any rating on it you want.

  17. Executive branch on New Bill Could Shift Federal Cybersecurity Work From DHS To White House · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Isn't the DHS within the Executive branch anyway? They do what the President tells them. What difference does it make if it's physically there inside the white house.

  18. We don't want you on From an Unrelated Career To IT/Programming? · · Score: 1, Troll

    For the love of god, stay the hell away.

    Or at least, stay the hell away from me

    I spend close to 20% of each day educating people who should effing know better. Don't be that person. You make my job tiresome.

  19. Re:Everyone focuses on the negative on Privacy Group Calls Google Latitude a Real 'Danger' · · Score: 1

    You missed the point entirely: someone else opts you in using your own phone without you knowing it.
    Think about that for a second. Ever leave your phone sitting out somewhere?

    "Simply not using Latitude" isn't an option if someone opts you in without knowing. Got it?

  20. Re:TopCoder on Comrade, You Are So Not Getting a Dell · · Score: 1

    I was thinking the same thing - we've all got jobs.

  21. Re:Missing the point on Offline Gmail Launched · · Score: 1
    I just wanted to chime in with my $.02:

    Show a user IMAP through Thunderbird and Gmail side-by-side and see what interface they prefer.

    I use Thunderbird, and I prefer the interface because I have been using it for about 15 years now (Netscape mail originally).
    And I write software for a living, including designing UIs.


    So I'm curious and I genuinely would like to hear your opinion, what is so great about the GMail interface that I am potentially overlooking?

  22. Re:Bush's DOJ still there.. new AG isn't confirmed on Obama Sides With Bush In Spy Case · · Score: 1

    Thank you voice of reason. +25 Insightful. Please delete the rest of this thread.

  23. PCjr on RAM Disk Puts New Spin On the SSD · · Score: 1

    Hey, my PCjr had a RAM disk. Worked pretty damn well too. I guess good ideas never stop working!

  24. $9 Bln in spending cuts on New York State Budget Relies On Entertainment Tax · · Score: 1
    TFA is light on details, but from the NYTimes:

    [...] include 137 new or increased taxes and fees, loosened restrictions on gambling and $9 billion worth of spending cuts.

    And the state is $15.4 Bln in deficit.

    Here's the NYTimes link if anyone cares.

  25. Re:This is not a "genetic algorithm" on Evolution of Mona Lisa Via Genetic Programming · · Score: 1

    I disagree. If the polygons were a static set then, yes, it could be considered hill-climbing. If you look at the images you can see that the 50 polygons are not static and do change (random starting set and some kind of mutation as indicated in the text).

    Just because there is a single well-defined optima doesn't make it hill-climbing.