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  1. Re:Flawed example on Adam Carolla Joins Fight Against Podcast Patent Troll · · Score: 1

    My example or Logan's? Logan's is definitely flawed.

    It's funny I searched for Peppers patents and didn't find anything. I did find this though Bob Moog read the second to last paragraph.

  2. I am still trying to figure out... on Adam Carolla Joins Fight Against Podcast Patent Troll · · Score: 2

    How a cassette tape device in any way resembles a digital audio system where you can download a file that has a playlist and that playlist is updated periodically. Logan says he wanted his product to be digital but just didn't get there.

    ...and then there is this Podcasting History, oddly no mention of PersonalAudio - Pioneers in Playlists & Episodic Content.

    On a side note, I think I have prior art. I used to do that with my Vic 20, of course when you put the cassette in the walkman the sound that came out was hard to listen to.

  3. Re:I Predict on Microsoft Ships Surface Pro 2 Tablets With Wrong, Slower Processor · · Score: 1

    ah, so you fancy yourself an Opera buff!

  4. Re:The state of Linux on Malware Attack Infected 25,000 Linux/UNIX Servers · · Score: 1

    I get it now, this is a plant for those guys looking for time travel evidence based on web data or maybe you're an NSA shill, fucking with the guys that are looking for time travel evidence on the web.

    Oh and where did you get your Linux install was it one of the COMDEX Chicago discs of Suse. I think I still have one of those somewhere.

  5. Re:The state of Linux on Malware Attack Infected 25,000 Linux/UNIX Servers · · Score: 1

    You did this in 2013/14 or is this some kind of time machine post from 2002? ah, this is a joke, I get it.

  6. Re:Oblig XKCD on It's True: Some People Just Don't Like Music · · Score: 1

    I was referring to the silence part, although the Cage piece is not really about silence but about what you hear in the absence of "traditional" music. Unless they said that 1% - 3% just don't like to hear anything.

  7. Re:Too bad they don't actually allow their use on Getty Images Makes 35 Million Images Free For Non-Commercial Use · · Score: 1

    is that like?

    gettyPoliticalParty = "Republican"

    or was that supposed to be hardcore?

  8. Re:Oblig XKCD on It's True: Some People Just Don't Like Music · · Score: 1

    and because of John Cage 1% - 3% becomes 0%, case dismissed! That might be my favorite XKCD.

  9. Re:Iran, Russia, Venezuela approve on Second Federal 'Kill-switch' Bill Introduced Targeting Smartphone Theft · · Score: 1

    Because I always carry a digital camera in the case that the government decides to brick my phone and it fits nicely in my pocket next to my phone.

  10. Silly man on Why We Need To Teach Hacking In High School · · Score: 1

    hackers teach themselves

  11. Re:HAH!! I use IE6! on IE Vulnerability Exposing Banking Logins, Spreading Rapidly · · Score: 2

    and you try and tell the young people of today that ..... they won't believe you.

  12. Re:Wait a minute ... on NSA and GHCQ Employing Shills To Poison Web Forum Discourse · · Score: 1

    See that is exactly what the shill would say!!!

  13. Re:The UK border staff are wildly incompetent. on Edward Snowden's Lawyer Claims Harassment From Heathrow Border Agent · · Score: 1

    No true Scotsman...

  14. who has actually used one? on IBM's PC Junior Turns 30, Too · · Score: 2

    I had one growing up. I learned a little basic using it. I was all of 10 or 11... played King's Quest on it. Wireless keyboard!!!

    Not having access to other computers at the time I never realize how big of a joke/flop it was considered until I was older. I don't think i was harmed by the use of the Jr. Funny thing is that most people I have talked to that make fun of it never touched one.

  15. Re:is it that hard? on Windows 9 Already? Apparently, Yes. · · Score: 1

    Interesting, by the way you said all that I had you pegged for an XP guy!

  16. Re:And your predictions? on Isaac Asimov's 50-Year-Old Prediction For 2014 Is Viral and Wrong · · Score: 1

    The sexbot's name? Mr. Prostitute.

  17. Too convenient on USB Sticks Used In Robbery of ATMs · · Score: 1

    It seems too convenient to leave a file called hack.bat on the system. Probably just a cover because the actually back door was created by the developer of the ATM system/software. The USB sticks simply unlocked the machine and the codes were used to prevent the individual perp from hitting too many ATMs, too frequently. The code doesn't stop the individual perp from walking away with the cash at that time but it does let someone know exactly when he's doing it.

    I know of a gambling device that was similarly hacked by the developer... He was too greedy and used his hack twice in one weekend. He was also on the security video and he rented a car in his own name which makes him not only greedy but stupid as well.

    As a side note the gambling device used proprietary hardware/OS and the system software is examined and certified by a third party. The back door was well hidden and because it was an inside job, the technical security of the device was irrelevant. I am guessing the same is true for the ATMs.

  18. Re:Frank Zappa Tried on Ask Slashdot: Can Digital Music Replace Most Instrumental Musicians? · · Score: 1

    He didn't have to deal with the musicians or the union.

  19. "The newly discovered gas, perfluorotributylamine (PFTBA), has been in use by the electrical industry since the mid-20th century."

    Did we not know we were using this in electronics since the mid 20th Century?

  20. Re:Takeaway on Why People Are So Bad At Picking Passwords · · Score: 1

    Funny the first time I read your post I transposed airhead for aredhead, try it yourself!

  21. Re:The government made him go hospital? on Why Scott Adams Wished Death On His Dad · · Score: 1

    I don't think it's that simple, his home is probably a retirement home. In which case they will send him to the hospital. I suppose Scott could take him home to die but I bet someone would have a problem with that and then Adult Protective Services would be called.

  22. Re:Should be legal, with caveat on Why Scott Adams Wished Death On His Dad · · Score: 1

    That's a one time fee not a recurring or possibly growing fee.

  23. Re:Classic IT moment on Chinese Gov't To Tighten Internet Controls Even Further · · Score: 2

    Oh, I should add... that didn't help my investigation.

  24. Classic IT moment on Chinese Gov't To Tighten Internet Controls Even Further · · Score: 2

    I picture some crazy politician in China running over to the wall and yanking the ethernet right out of socket, most likely stripping the wires in the process. This happened to me while I was investigating a compromised FTP server. IT guy walked in yanked the cable right out of the wall.

  25. Re:Thanks USPTO on Credit Card Numbers Still Google-able · · Score: 1

    Dark Helmet: So the combination is... one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! That's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!