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  1. Re:And will any of this $$$... on Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Others Fined Over Digital TV Notices · · Score: 1

    Incorrect. Many markets do have SD DTV broadcasts, usually as a subchannel riding along with a primary HD stream. My local market has at least four that I can think of offhand, and there might be a couple more I don't know about. This is nowhere near a top market.

    I'm sure there are markets with no SD broadcasts but this is not universal, and I would definitely wager that it's not "most" stations as you say.

  2. Re:Network Freedom. on Photoshop Express Terms of Use Cause Stir, Will Be Revised · · Score: 1

    This foreshadowing has been going on for 20 years. Electronic Arts tried to claim that they owned the copyrights to images created with Deluxe Paint and the courts smacked them down. The only reason things like this can even possibly fly now is because they're not going quite so far as to claim full copyright, but rather claiming that via EULA they have an irrevocable license to the content.

  3. Re:Sickening on Griefers Assault Epileptics Via Message Board · · Score: -1, Troll

    how was that a troll, here we obviously have a little pudfucker who thinks that trolling epileptics is proper and correct, and i merely told him to do what he should have already done

    he's the troll, not me, so fuck you too mods - NOW this is trolling

  4. Re:Edison, Newton, Einstein.... on Researchers Play Tune Recorded Before Edison · · Score: 1

    Please read the article next time:

    "In fact, Edison arrived at his advances on his own. There is no evidence that Edison drew on knowledge of Scott's work to create his phonograph, and he retains the distinction of being the first to reproduce sound."

  5. Re:It has begun... on Safari 3.1 For Windows Violates Its Own EULA, Vulnerable To Hacks · · Score: 1

    Illegal? Quit smoking crack you fucking idiot.

  6. Nothing to see here, move along on A New Tool From Google Worries Brand-Name Sites · · Score: 1

    So basically, these companies are crying over the fact that, if you search on a term that gives you this extra site: search box, that maybe you'll see ads from competitors? Despite the fact that the primary search results that you'll get will ALL be from the company's site?

    BOO FUCKING HOO

    So Google has made site: more easily accessible to the average user. Big fucking whoop. These companies can go pound sand as far as I'm concerned. Who the hell clicks on the sponsored links anyway?

  7. Just more Internet drama on "DonorGate" Is Latest Scandal To Hit Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    The net's full of it. I've been a mod or admin in the Sonic the Hedgehog scene for damn near 10 years now, and we've seen more drama than you can shake a stick at. This is just more of the same. Ignore it, and it'll go away.

  8. Re:How will they handle the higher bandwidth needs on Higher-Resolution YouTube Videos Currently In Testing · · Score: 1

    What the fuck are you talking about? That video is not interlaced, in fact it's been deinterlaced via blending, which looks like MORE shit than just leaving the mice teeth in.

  9. Re:Simple enough solution on UK ISPs Want Copyright Holders to Pay if Users Sue · · Score: 1
    ObPhonoPorn:

    Oh, true enough--I was just finding the logical way to go about things should the Pornographic Institute (is it an "Institute" because they're all a bunch of nutters?) get their way in this.

    And I think the ISPs would be very happy to do that, too--after all, if the Pornographers have no internet connection, they can't go searching for people to cut the connections of--and if they can't find anyone to cut off, the ISP can't be sued if the Pornographers are wrong.
  10. Re:If we still had 14 or 23 year copyright... on U2's Manager Calls For Mandatory Disconnects For Music Downloaders · · Score: 1

    That old slag? I wouldn't be paid to listen to her sing, even naked and drunk.

  11. Re:I CALL FUCKING BULLSHIT!! on Microsoft Releases Specs for Binary Formats · · Score: 1

    Ends should never justify means unless the means are benign in the first place. The means matter a whole lot more than you think.

  12. Re:And impact employment and insurance? on ID Tech May Mean an End to Anonymous Drinking · · Score: 1

    The only thing I can find referencing anything like this situation is this result on Google Books. It doesn't mention if the grocery store won or not, though.

  13. Re:Hah. on Facebook Photos Land Eden Prairie Kids in Trouble · · Score: 1

    brought evidence to school, used monitored equipment to crow about what they did
    Nowhere in the article does it state that they put the photos on Facebook from school. Therefore, your troll moderation is correct.

    Sad thing is, the poll on that article is favoring the "yes" side of the question. As long as such things are not done on school time with school equipment then the school should have no right to do anything because of it.
  14. Re:Omniture = Bad on Adobe Quietly Monitoring Software Use? · · Score: 1

    Preferences -> Comments -> Display Link Domains? -> Always show link domains

    Problem solved.

  15. Re:WTF? on New Jersey Bars Sex Offenders From the Internet · · Score: 5, Informative
  16. Re:Curious on Should Apple Give Back Replaced Disks? · · Score: 1

    So, if I buy a new drive from you and have you replace my old one with the new one, you're suddenly entitled to the old one for some reason? Remember, Dave *did* pay, $160 for 80GB. At that rate thy should give him the old drive back on a silver platter.

  17. Re:I've noticed something on Zen and the Art of Guitar Hero · · Score: 1

    Talent has nothing to do with getting laid. The trick is to say you're in a band. Whereas no amount of Guitar Hero skill will get you anything. Maybe not for you...
  18. Re:Not that exciting on Zen and the Art of Guitar Hero · · Score: 1

    The guitar, for the most part, doesn't care when you pushed 'em down. Neither does Guitar Hero.
  19. Re:Tagged "patents"? on Spam Lawsuit's Last Laugh is at Hormel's Expense · · Score: 1

    Right. However, this story isn't in any way concerned with patents. Even if Hormel has patents relating to SPAM, that doesn't affect whether a business in an unrelated field can use the word "Spam" in their name. This story is solely regarding Hormel's trademark assertion.

  20. Tagged "patents"? on Spam Lawsuit's Last Laugh is at Hormel's Expense · · Score: 2, Informative

    What braindead Slashdotter tagged this story with "patents"? It's a trademark issue, not a patent one.

  21. Re:Uhhhhh on How to Deal With Stolen Code? · · Score: 1

    IANAL, but that is completely untrue. As I understand it, you're mostly just entitled to statutory and actual damages with a registration as opposed to just actual damages without one.

  22. Re:The phrase on The Universe Damaged By Observation? · · Score: 1

    Mine's got balls on it, mate. If yours has bells on it I suggest you seek immediate medical attention.

  23. Re:Confusing "parents" with parents on Sesame Street DVD Deemed Adult-Only Entertainment · · Score: 1

    Way to take offense where there should have been none. The post did not say you were worthless, you brought that to the table. All that was said was that those who aren't biological parents are biological dead-ends, and that is the truth. If you're not having kids and passing on your genetic makeup, then it's a natural dead-end for your bloodline as it came to exist within you (as opposed to any possible biological brothers or sisters). Being a dead-end in biological and genetic terms has no bearing on your worthiness as a member of society.

  24. Re:The United States is throughly corrupt. on Bill Would Tie Financial Aid To Anti-Piracy Plans · · Score: 1

    And greed for power. Our four...no...amongst our enemies to political progress are such things as religion, ignorance, vested interests, and greed for power...I'll come in again.

  25. Re:They don't look at all alike. on Wal-Mart's Terrible Nintendo Wii Knock-Offs · · Score: 1

    how many MP3 players have you seen that are in the same style as the ipod? None, but I have seen small handheld fans that are obviously styled the same.