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  1. Re:RIAA Criminally At Fault? on RIAA Dumps Unsold Inventory to Settle Anti-Trust Case · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If the world was perfect the RIAA wouldn't exist at all.

  2. Re:What do these things do? on Next Knoppix Release to Feature GPL'd FreeNX · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good point, lets not use the forum we have here for discussing things and just everyone be quiet and if you have any questions then keep them to yourself.

  3. Re:Too little too late on Hotmail, Others Follow Gmail's Storage Boost · · Score: 0

    Insightful? The point is he doesn't have to anymore. Gmail is here.

  4. Re:100.. 160 inches? on Sony Projector Gets Bright Images From Black Screen · · Score: 1

    That's a woman for you. Looks over practical uses any day.

  5. Re:So thats why! on Hotmail Blocks Gmail Emails (and Invites) · · Score: 1

    Troll? Stupid mods.

    He gave me one, so I can attest to the fact that he's not trolling. Maybe offtopic (only slightly) but not trolling.

  6. Re:I Loooooove the Daily Show on Lauren Weinstein: If MTV Calls, Hang Up · · Score: 1

    Oh yea...that one was great. The best one I've seen of him because he couldn't hold it in. He's my favorite anchor on that show by far.

  7. At least someone on Enterprise-class Car Audio · · Score: 1

    Is still buying from Sun.

  8. Re:Only 3%? on Mozilla Project Officially Releases Firefox 0.9 · · Score: 2, Informative

    They do seem to draw faster, menus that is, but it's still not instant. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining...this doesn't impair usability in any way...but why is it that owner drawn menus in moz can't be as fast as native ones in say...99% of other windows apps?

    Again, this isn't a complaint....the speed difference is only noticeable if you look for it...but it is there...on my systems at least.

  9. Re:Just emerged it! on Mozilla Project Officially Releases Firefox 0.9 · · Score: 0

    You should've said "not to be a troll" because that's what you came off as.

    Perhaps some NEWBIE users enjoy package management? Stupid newbs.

  10. Re:Nice spin from the EFF as usual on DirecTV Extortion Program stopped by EFF · · Score: 1

    The point is both devices (not so much the bootloader, but still the argument could be made) have LEGITIMATE uses. Period. DTV doesn't get to say whether or not you or I should be able to legally own one.

  11. Re:Partly because HU's are dead... on DirecTV Extortion Program stopped by EFF · · Score: 1

    Anyone buying a smartcard programmer to hack DirecTV now is an idiot throwing their money away.

    Especially if it's a quadra glitch loader with multi level cross glitch technology.....heh. Some of you know what I mean...=)

  12. Re:What are legitimate uses on DirecTV Extortion Program stopped by EFF · · Score: 1

    Smartcards are a good place to store your GPG keyring.

  13. Re:A step in the right direction, but... on DirecTV Extortion Program stopped by EFF · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The problem is whether or not they actually investigate. In the past DTV's methods of investigation is

    1. Send out extortion letters (170,000 of these mind you) demanding ~ $3500 settlement or $10,000 lawsuit.
    2. X% of letters result in settlement of $3500. Lets say 5% settled.
    3. $2,975,000 (minus overhead) PROFIT!


  14. Re:Nice spin from the EFF as usual on DirecTV Extortion Program stopped by EFF · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, unloopers exist for repairing smartcards. Check out SDLOGIC's equipment. They sell unloopers for purely legitimate purposes yet DTV is intending to sue them.

    Bootloaders as well have legitimate uses....they can be used for retrieving critical data off physically damaged smartcards.

    If the wording of the EFF's statement is held true, and DTV actually INVESTIGATES these purchases rather than carpet bombing the customer lists with extortion letters, then it will be what we've wanted since the beginning. This is only half.

  15. Re:Best Advice on Uniquely Bright: Experiences and Tips? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps a handful of people in the world are justified in realizing this, but someone at the article poster's point in life clearly can't be justified in thinking this.

    Evidence: he was stupid enough to post this question to /. Before I even started to read the comments I said to myself "oh this poor bastard...."

  16. Re:smart card insertion? on Old Geek Invents New Stick · · Score: 2

    Shhh, don't talk about smartcards. DirecTV will sue you.

  17. Re:Dupe? on DARPA Announces Grand Challenge 2005 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just assume all stories on /. are dupes these days.

  18. Re:dammit on Netgear's Amusing "fix" for WG602v1 Backdoor · · Score: 1

    Thank you. That was very confusing. I kept re-reading it thinking I was missing something.

  19. Re:Fedora switched to xfce on Mandrakelinux Goes X.org · · Score: 1

    What's that have to do with XFree86/X.org ? XFCE is a window manager...

  20. Re:This is cute, but... on Engineering An End to Aging · · Score: 1

    It "seems unrealistic" ? Boy...I sure am glad all the real inventors of our world didn't stop with that thought. Nearly everything new SEEMS UNREALISTIC until it has actually been done.

  21. Re:My next truck.. on Brew Your Own Auto Fuel For 41 Cents A Gallon · · Score: 2, Informative

    In South MS, diesel is nearly 30 to 40 cents a gal. cheaper than regular unleaded. This can of course change from one week to another...but it's an interesting trend I've noticed recently.

  22. Re:$6.50? $6.50?!?! on Night Vision Goggles vs Pirates · · Score: 2, Informative

    There's a theater where I live that charges $2 and $3 for tickets. They only have 4 screens but they always have current movies. Big name movies are $3 a ticket and not-so-big ones are $2.

  23. English Only? on 71% of Spam Servers are Located in China · · Score: 1

    Why do I never receive spam in Chinese? Is all spam directly only at English speaking suckers?

  24. Re:PGP? on Yahoo Submits DomainKeys Draft To IETF · · Score: 1

    Not that I know of. The hushmail software is available for download, but it doesn't look like their webmail interface is included.

  25. Re:PGP? on Yahoo Submits DomainKeys Draft To IETF · · Score: 1

    Two. The test emails I sent to myself with PGP to see if signing and encrypting works.

    I suspec that is the norm for PGP users....=)