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  1. PDF of the Bill on Municipal Wi-Fi Battle Moves to Texas · · Score: 4, Informative

    Before you jump to conclusions why not try reading it first?

  2. Re:The Blockbuster Plan from the horse's mouth! on Blockbuster Sued Over Late Fees Claim · · Score: 1

    You said it yourself.

    "This lets you keep the rental for a couple of days extra, just to allow you extra time."

    A Couple days, not an entire fraking month.

  3. Re:Well, it is worse-- on Blockbuster Sued Over Late Fees Claim · · Score: 1

    That's what you get for trusting CNN :)

  4. Re:Another way on Blockbuster Sued Over Late Fees Claim · · Score: 2, Interesting
    From blockbuster's site:
    3 at a time - $14.99 for 1 month(s) plus applicable tax
    you will receive unlimited movies, up to 3 at one time plus two e-coupons/month for free in-store movie or game rentals.*
    5 at a time - $27.49 for 1 month(s) plus applicable tax
    you will receive unlimited movies, up to 5 at one time plus two e-coupons/month for free in-store movie or game rentals.*
    8 at a time - $37.49 for 1 month(s) plus applicable tax
    you will receive unlimited movies, up to 8 at one time plus two e-coupons/month for free in-store movie or game rentals.*


    So what was your point?
  5. Re:Well, it is worse-- on Blockbuster Sued Over Late Fees Claim · · Score: 2, Informative
    No, he had it right you have it wrong:

    From blockbuster's site link:

    f you still have a movie or game seven (7) days after the due date shown on your receipt, we will convert your rental to a sale. The movie or game will be sold to you at the selling price in effect at the time of rental, which is either the retail price, or, when available, at the previously-rented selling price, less the initial rental fee you paid.
  6. Re:a way to purchase? on Blockbuster Sued Over Late Fees Claim · · Score: 1

    Not true, well . . . kinda true. I was the (un)lucky person who got to stickerize (6+) every VHS/DVD.

    VHS: Rewind Sticker, Orange Dot, Security Sticker, Foil Store Sticker, Barcode, New Release Sticker, Rating Sticker
    DVD: Foil Stick, Rewind Sticker (when I was bored), Security Sticker, Barcode, New Release, Rating.

    What did that have to do with anything, pretty much nothing, except during stickerizing all those movies I got to look at the inventory sheets of what we should be getting and when. Some of the mainsteam movies would cost $30+ per copy, I could never really tell a pattern since some big-name movies would be maybe $10-$15 while some other not-quite as know one would be $45.

    Surprisingly there were a few that were $50+ Insane? Yup, considering I could pull up the rental history for each movie and how much that particular tape 'acrued' in rental fees, you'd be lucky to break even on most of the units.

  7. On a related note on 42nd Mersenne Prime Probably Discovered · · Score: 3, Informative
    Seventeen or Bust (a distributed attack on the Sirpinski Problem), found the fourth largest (well fifth if this one pans out) prime at the beginning of this year, which contains 2,357,207 digits.
    28433 * 2^7830457 + 1
    List of all of the largest primes can be found here
  8. Re:No free trade within the US? on Online Cigarette Customers Get Bill from State · · Score: 1

    And what's that 20 odd percent VAT tax you guys pay?

    To me, it seems as though EU countries get taxed out the ass compared to US states. Is this correct?

  9. Re:Not x86 processors on AMD's New Low-Power CPUs · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you want x86 processors AMD already realesed their Geode line for low-power mobile solutions.

  10. HTPC on AMD's New Low-Power CPUs · · Score: 1

    What socket are these going to be? Will they fit into existing Mobo's? Sounds like they'd be a good chip to put into a HTPC.

  11. Re:Digital evidence on Washington Finds Computer Simulation Unreliable · · Score: 1

    So just because a cop wasn't there makes the crime legal?

  12. Re:Why Doesn't This Bug Everybody? on EULA Confusion w/ Used Copies of WoW? · · Score: 1

    It doesn't bug me because the EULA/Terms Of Use explicitly grant the transfer of the Game, but nowhere does it say it allows the transfer of the Service.

  13. No on EULA Confusion w/ Used Copies of WoW? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Read the Terms of Use. The EULA allows the transfer of the GAME, but nowhere does it allow the transfer of the SERVICE.

  14. Re:Whatever the situation... on EULA Confusion w/ Used Copies of WoW? · · Score: 1

    Erm no, in most every . . . well no in ALL of the other MMORPGS when people sell accounts they give them the Login and password, case closed end of story go play your game. I dont know of *any* mmorpg that truly allows transfering of cd-keys, accounts: yes, keys: no.

  15. Re:Info on what exactly SHA-1 is ... on SHA-1 Broken · · Score: 4, Interesting

    DES had a weakness nobody but the NSA knew about, so they recommended changes to it without saying the reasons for them. years later an attack was found against DES, but the NSA changes prevented it from being useful. Why would they change their tune to SHA-1?

  16. Re:network.enableIDN on Mozilla Drops Support for International Domains · · Score: 1
    Like the other poster said, you can edit the one file, or if you have the Adblock extension installed, add
    /[^\x20-\xFF]/
    to your expression list.
  17. Auction it off on The AT&T Archives Post-SBC Merger? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You can be sure some Private Collectors would probably buy up alot of this stuff if they auctioned it off.

  18. Re:m ... i don't know ... on The Death of the Music CD · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nah, they'll just throw out random bits and call it music, atleast that's what they do nowadays

  19. Re:What of other works of art? on Public Park Designated Copyrighted Space · · Score: 5, Informative
    From TFA:

    Update: Brian McCartney sez, "Just a note, the piece was not publicly paid for, it was a gift from SBC Communcations.


    So no it wasn't 'payed' for by the people of Chicago it was paid for by SBC.
  20. Re:Save the server - download through Dijjer on Images of Ocean Floor Show Effects of Tsunami · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No offense, but why not use Coral Cache, etc where you *dont* have to install some plugin/3rd party app?

  21. Re:thief on Elektro, the Oldest U.S. Robot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Read

    I stole it from some comment here on /. by somebody I can't remember, so I take no credit for it.

  22. Nooooo on Elektro, the Oldest U.S. Robot · · Score: 0

    after reading 'oldest robot' and 'Sex Kittens Go to College', Nothing to See Here. Move Along has oh so much more meaning to it.

    brb, have go figure out how to jab a fork in my imagination.

  23. Re:To People Bashing Symantec on Symantec Antivirus May Execute Virus Code · · Score: 1

    Well there was the SpamAssassin DoS vulnerability, which would give the same results, ie: no more mail server.

    as for 'security' tools if you consider Ethereal a 'security' tool then yup it has it's own.

  24. To People Bashing Symantec on Symantec Antivirus May Execute Virus Code · · Score: 2

    It's not like FOSS haven't had their share of local arbitrary code execution exploits before.

  25. Re:OK, this is... on Mapping Google Maps · · Score: 1

    4) Feed in all major waterways.

    Can you find the Arkansas? I sure cant :)