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  1. Re:Some people think bilingualism is bad on Bilingualism Delays Onset of Dementia · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Those kinds of people just get frustrated that [sic]immmigrants don't magically know English upon entering the United States. I wish they'd imagine what it would be like if they went to live in another country with a different language.

    And do tell me how accommodating the Mexicans would be if I went down there and started demanding everything be written in both Spanish and English . . . not gunna happen right?

  2. Re:Three... on Wal-Mart Is Pushing Compact Fluorescent Bulbs · · Score: 1

    Jesus H Christ, use the fucking fire door, if they fire you for it, that's definately grounds for a Wrongful Termination lawsuit.

  3. Re:Bad Counterargument on RIAA Goes for the Max Against AllofMP3 · · Score: 1

    In this case, the mp3s are legal under Russian law, so importing them for personal use is not illegal. I think the point of contention is whether they are being imported into the U.S., or distributed for sale in the U.S.

    You can't import intangible things like bits when you download from their server. If you bought a physical CD from them, and they mail it to you, that would be importing. Downloading bits, falls under reproduction.

  4. Errr, making the solution harder then it is. on Geeks In Asia Use Clever Hacks To Get Slashdot · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Instead of writing an executeable that reads another executable which fetches the page, why not just write the one executable that responds to plain mail with URLs in the body in the first place?

  5. Patented Breast Cancer Genes? on Nobel Laureate Attacks Medical Intellectual Property · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How can you patent something that is a 'naturally' (using that term loosely) occurring genetic abnormality?

  6. Re:Ease of system administration on Microsoft Squeezes Win2000 Users · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Isn't that exactly what Windows Software Update Service is supposed to help accomplish?

    And isn't that what alot of large business use?

  7. Re:Must just be the majors. The indies are thrivin on iTunes Sales 'Collapsing' · · Score: 0, Troll

    Because they still havent cracked the DRM in iTMS 6/7

  8. How about the best step . . . on How Microsoft Fights Off 100,000 Attacks A Month · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Keeping your vital data physically disconnected from the outside Internet. I know it'll cut off people who work remotely, but if it's that important, it's worth it.

  9. *sigh* on Study Provides Compelling Evidence of Single Impact Extinction Theory · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was *not* a meteor impact that killed the dinosaurs, it was global warming. Let's examine the facts here, with nearly everybody driving around Bedrock in their souped up SUVs, you can imagine all the CO2 those things put out, not to mention the contributing factor of mass extinctions due to consumption of racks of ribs at drive-ins.

  10. Re:New name? on Russia Agrees To Shut Down AllOfMP3.com · · Score: 1

    Probably not any time soon since they're still rebuilding after the fire

  11. Re:do the math on More Bioware For Linux? · · Score: 1

    Trust me, already tried everything. Going to try the 1.3 Beta patch and see if that works, if not, I guess it's time to rollback to 1.1

  12. Re:do the math on More Bioware For Linux? · · Score: 1

    Not to mention that NWN2 has SecuRom and the latest NWN2 patch wont let me play the freaking game cuz it keeps crashing (Again, recognized as a problem with SecuROM from the NWN2 developers).

  13. Re:The one they don't tell you about... on TOP500 Supercomputer Sites For 2006 · · Score: 1

    Is it just me, or did you know the answer was three while all these smart idiots couldn't figure what the fuck the answer was.

  14. Thirteen Countries, not Ten. on Top 10 List of Worldwide Internet Censors · · Score: 2, Informative
    It was 13 not ten.

    Myanmar, China, Belarus, Iran, Tunisia, Cuba, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, Vietnam, North Korea, Syria, and Uzbekistan


    Did anybody (Editors/Submitter) RTFA? I mean the first line of the article is:

    Reporters Without Borders calls out China, Myanmar, Belarus, and 10 other countries for quashing online political and religious expression


    Some simple math, 1 = China, 2 = Myanmar, 3 = Belarus . . . and then add another 10 . . . That gives you 13, well at least around here it does.
  15. Ya right on The Information Factories Are Here · · Score: 1

    pennies per gigabit per second of bandwidth

    It's only pennies per Gbps if you measure your total bandwidth in shit-tons. Only way you get that good of a deal is if you buy in a very very large volume. Until the prices are like that across the board, I think this article can be shelved.

  16. Article Title makes no sense on Spammer Can't Have Accuser's Hard Drive · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ok the title of the summary says the "Spammer can't Have Accuser's Hard Drive", but the entire summary says "Well he was ordered to turn it over, and as much as the judge, witness, defendant are asshats and idiots,the ruling stands". So where the fuck does the can't come from?

  17. Re:w00t! on Sun To Choose GPL For Open-Sourcing Java · · Score: 1

    Dont forget 4chan.

  18. Re:Fund the Mandates on Should Online Stores Be Subject To ADA? · · Score: 1

    Running a business is not an inherent right in America

    The same can be said with the 'Rights' to be able go to whatever store you want. IMO, you dont have a right to be in my store, you have a privledge. If I dont wish to cater to a certain group of people, I shouldn't have to. Where's *my* rights?

  19. Re:ADA is bad law on Should Online Stores Be Subject To ADA? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They're part of the community that can walk up steps. If they dont want to cater to 100% of the population that's their choice.

  20. Re:Three Red Lights of Death? on Cooking With the XBox 360 · · Score: 1

    The 360's not even a year old... I'm assuming the Lights of Death aren't a widespread problem?

    If it's less then a year old, and just guessing that the warranty on the xbox360 is atleast a year . . . then what'd this guy do to void his warranty?

    Given that, isn't this non-story just a video of a guy cooking an egg on something hot?

    Slow news day?

  21. Re:Homer Simpson's high-tech X10'd Halloween Displ on Halloween Roundup · · Score: 1

    Is it real control? Or is it more "Perl-Fu photoshop the images to make it look like you have Control" Control?

  22. Re:Wow on Seagate To Encrypt Data On Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    What % of home users actually do backups? I'm not talking about % of people on /. since that number will be vastly larger then if you sample JRandom "I broke the cup holder" User.

  23. Wow on Seagate To Encrypt Data On Hard Drives · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Laptop computers with DriveTrust-based hard drives would prompt users to type in a password before booting up the machine. Without the password, the hard drive would be useless, Seagate officials said.

    Even data-recovery specialists would not be able to help if the assigned password somehow gets lost, said Scott Shimomura, a senior product marketing manager at Seagate.


    Good thing passwords are never forgotten.

  24. Re:Coral Cache is working on How MythTV Detects and Flags Commercials · · Score: 1

    Coral Cache does not rewrite content, so ads will still be served on Coralized Pages, so unless it uses some php-include type of system for delivering the ads, they'll still be dynamically generated and delivered, so that FAQ entry really has no relevance.

  25. Coral Cache is working on How MythTV Detects and Flags Commercials · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Linky Goodness

    As a side note, what would it take for slashcode to automagically re-write all story URLs for articles in the Mysterious Future to point to the Coral Cache, so that people browsing them before it hits the frontpage populate the Cache with a copy of the site before it gets knocked offline.

    Then once it hits the mainpage, it can either keep the Coral Links, or switch back to normal links, knowing that the Coral version should be available if needed.