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  1. Re:Scarce(r) resource on WD Builds High-Capacity, Helium-Filled HDDs · · Score: 1

    Partner up with someone who does have the means to cultivate it and make millions or even billions of dollars since you will have the only apple farm in the world?

  2. Re:bad car analogy on French Court Levies First Fine Under 3-Strikes Piracy Law · · Score: 1

    I heard that in some states if you ignore it, they drop the ticket.

  3. Re:what if don't WANT it "secure"? on French Court Levies First Fine Under 3-Strikes Piracy Law · · Score: 1

    If they are going to have this stupid law, why do the ISPs get a pass? After all, they subscribe to other ISPs' networks in order to facilitate global communication.

  4. Re:what if don't WANT it "secure"? on French Court Levies First Fine Under 3-Strikes Piracy Law · · Score: 1

    Does the law hold one accountable if they take basic measures to void unauthorized use? If a hacker somehow cracks someone's secured WiFi and uses it to torrent a bunch of files, is the liability still on the subscriber?

  5. Re:This is going to get ugly on DHS Gets Public Comment, Whether It Wants It Or Not · · Score: 1

    With the logic of the policy makers, we will probably just end up with two security checkpoints rather than one and mandatory cavity searches.

  6. Re:First porst on Australia Attorney General Proposes New Laws To Stop Twitter Trolls · · Score: 2

    Please keep it. We don't want it.

  7. Re:As soon as you have anything to take on Ask Slashdot: When Is It a Good Idea To Incorporate? · · Score: 2

    They should let you edit your posts until someone either mods or comments on it.

  8. Re:As soon as you have anything to take on Ask Slashdot: When Is It a Good Idea To Incorporate? · · Score: 1

    If everybody were personally liable for everything their company did (as opposed to, perhaps, limited/i> liability), nobody would run companies.

    Be honest. Whether corporations are good or bad, people were running businesses way before limited liability was put in place.

  9. Re:Always happens with "Sunset" laws on House Approves Extending the Warrantless Wiretapping Act · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program." --Milton Friedman

  10. Re:It Has Kept Us Safe on House Approves Extending the Warrantless Wiretapping Act · · Score: 1

    Freedoms are also not worth anything if they are stolen away..

  11. Re:advice from this user on Ask Slashdot: How Much Is a Fun Job Worth? · · Score: 1

    Are you implying that your advice is evil? :)

  12. Re:Take Fun on Ask Slashdot: How Much Is a Fun Job Worth? · · Score: 1

    However, I get great satisfaction and enjoyment (which is not the same thing as "fun")

    Close enough.

  13. Re:A rather neat idea on Microsoft Patent Details Whole-Room Projection Game Environment · · Score: 1

    Personally, I would rather have a headset with a high resolution, high frequency, curved screen that wraps past my peripheral vision; a high definition, directional, noise cancelling headphones; and a high quality mic. You get the immersion but it is more practical. It also would allow you to get rid of the TV all together.

  14. Re:Hope it's not IMPORTANT documentation on FAA Permits American Airlines To Use iPads In Cockpit "In All Phases of Flight" · · Score: 1

    So in other words, there are no document vital to a safe landing except in a Armageddon scenario where you are probably completely screwed anyway.

  15. Re:ABM Treaty for Tim Cook on Samsung Expected To Sue Apple Over iPhone 5 LTE Networking · · Score: 4, Informative

    That is why we need major patent reform. The current system seems to favor the big dogs. The little guys can't spend resources defending their patents and the big dogs can use patents to fight each other and squish little guys.

  16. Re:Only pilots? on FAA Permits American Airlines To Use iPads In Cockpit "In All Phases of Flight" · · Score: 1

    For the most part, the planes fly themselves.

  17. Re:Hope it's not IMPORTANT documentation on FAA Permits American Airlines To Use iPads In Cockpit "In All Phases of Flight" · · Score: 1

    What documents could they even be carrying that are considered critical/vital for a safe landing?

  18. That would depend on whether or not there is room available for both.

  19. Re:$300 is a lot of money. on 90 Percent of Eligible Kansas City Neighborhoods Sign Up For Google Fiber · · Score: 1

    Is that in Google's TOS for the internet connection?

  20. Re:I don't get fiber on 90 Percent of Eligible Kansas City Neighborhoods Sign Up For Google Fiber · · Score: 1

    Actually, you would be able to serve current generation internet services from home. Next generation services are going to suck down a lot more bandwidth than the current generation services.

  21. Re:I don't get fiber on 90 Percent of Eligible Kansas City Neighborhoods Sign Up For Google Fiber · · Score: 1

    Think bigger. Gigabit speeds open the market to whole new applications of the internet. Just because we wouldn't use it to its full potential immediately doesn't mean that we won't eventually do so.

  22. Re:And... on 90 Percent of Eligible Kansas City Neighborhoods Sign Up For Google Fiber · · Score: 3, Insightful

    People and businesses will not be please if they lose internet for more than a few hours. I am going to guess that yanking the backbone lines of copper out and replacing it with fiber is going to take a significant amount of time.

  23. Re:They can compete with Amazon on Judge Approves Settlement In eBook Price-Fixing Case · · Score: 1

    That is the reason why I buy O'Reilly books straight from O'Reilly. If you buy several books at a time from them, they are reasonably priced, ebooks are DRM-free in all the major formats, you have access to the ebooks for life with the option of syncing with Dropbox, and if you buy paper books from them, ebooks can be bought for $5.00 more.

  24. Re:Will this result in lower prices? on Judge Approves Settlement In eBook Price-Fixing Case · · Score: 1

    You can't resell ebooks. Makes sense to me.

  25. Re:Will this result in lower prices? on Judge Approves Settlement In eBook Price-Fixing Case · · Score: 1

    Since we cannot currently sell and buy "used" ebooks, publishers really need to set the ebook price to what used paper books are selling for.