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  1. Re:If I were Microsoft on EU May Fine Microsoft · · Score: 2, Funny

    It just gives me this wonderful mental image of some european guy, sitting at a table with a little tiny cup of coffee, chainsmoking Gauliouses and screaming at a laptop: "Kerneel paneek!? Whut ze sheet is thees? Ahye gheef you segfawlt wheen you geet thees boot out of your hart drife"

    I fail to see the difference to the same guy sitting before the same laptop now screaming "Why hus it purrformed an ileegal operashun again? Damn, the backup file iz not reedable any more!! Wot, it does reboot widout asking now? Hellooo?!". Which goes to show, stupid users are no excuse for dirty tactics nor badly written software.

    Of course, I have an overactive imagination and a twisted view of what Europeans look and act like.

    Maybe.

  2. Re:Article on EU May Fine Microsoft · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The Heise article is quite good, I'll translate the last paragraph for you:

    The commission values Microsoft's presentation of 34 letters of support said to be from their customers as a try to hinder the case. They say many of those letters were written by Microsoft itself and in other cases the companies in question didn't know their letters would be used as evidence.

    I figure MS' tactics department could use some fresh heads...

  3. Re:And yet you curse the DMCA? on EU May Fine Microsoft · · Score: 1

    It would turn out to be the one kick in the development of *X that the world needed. Pulling out of Europe for Microsoft would be the same as involuntarily creating the Borg (I know, reversed roles..) and they'd have to suffer the consequences.

  4. Re:The Vulcan Chick - Link on Star Trek: Enterprise Reactions? · · Score: 1

    Don't forget about Ezri, my favourite...

  5. Re:106? on Sun Releases Starcat · · Score: 1

    Maybe they're just being sponsored by some Peugeot nostalgics. ;)

  6. Re:Come on people! on Sun Releases Starcat · · Score: 1

    What's so funny? I already ordered my beowulf cluster of these, 20 pieces with all the additional options checked. Glad that my visa card was up to the challenge.
    Or why do you think ordering of these babies is already Constrained: Demand for this product is so strong that it exceeds availability and is subject to shipment delay. If you proceed with your order, Sun will send you an e-mail with the scheduled shipment date as soon as possible. ??

  7. Re:SSN on Ellison Wants National ID Card, Powered By Oracle · · Score: 1

    Well, as we're having proper identification over here, you're question is already pretty much covered. The blacklist is of course maintained centrally, by a specific agency, and is consulted before greenlighting any major loan.

  8. Re:SSN on Ellison Wants National ID Card, Powered By Oracle · · Score: 1

    Living in Europe, I can subscribe to that last sentence, it's up to you to provide evidence, either references from other banks or you get someone whom the bank trusts to stand in for you.

    But let's not forget, if you don't pay back your loans you'll get blacklisted, centrally, and that's it then...

  9. Re:What's wrong with a national ID card? on Ellison Wants National ID Card, Powered By Oracle · · Score: 1

    Hitler, the famed innovator had the same scheme going

    Yes sure, H. also came up with the autobahn, that's why you never used a highway to date either, eh? ;) Many countries have been enforcing ID cards for ages, yes, that includes Germany, but it's not a big deal in real life in case you care. I had to show mine today before I could vote in our city council's elections, but can hardly remember the last time I pulled the card out of my portemonnaie. And showing some kind of ID during a credit card purchase is perfectly legit, don't you think? If not, contact me privately, I'll gladly accept your amex.

  10. Re:Excellent on B'nai Brith Pushes for Web Regulation · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, there is hope.

    Hm, it seems like those self-imposed 'real muslims' will succeed on all fronts they're opening: first by uniting all muslims by provoking a massive retaliation against Afghanistan, and then by teasing us devils into shutting down the filthy internet by ourselves. Don't even go there, remember: the Taliban forbid all net access in Afghanistan.

    The posters on the forum in question leave traces, just like everyone else, that's some more monitoring targets for the FBI/CIA. Only this time, don't lose attention.

  11. Re:Media Archive (Good Bandwidth) on First-Person Account Of Today's Attacks · · Score: 1

    Can't believe you're surfing with javascript turned on. I didn't see any pop-ups, and thanks for the mirroring!

  12. Actually.... on AOL Time Warner Netscape CNN... and AT&T? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ... if people knew a bit more about economic necessities, they'd clearly see that there's no need for 'buying the government'. No government in the world will make decisions opposing their economical big players. That's what their counsellors are for, to prevent them from conducting stupid things that scare away the ones that pay their chairs (no, not directly, I'm not talking corruption here).

    This is one of the simplest economical rules, which Marx (and I guess Adam Smith as well) had already pointed out, and not much has changed since then in that respect. The big corporations can make better use of that dough instead.

  13. Re:This is awesome! on Harry Potter Wins Hugo · · Score: 1

    If you want to make everyone else laugh, tell 'em yours. Oops, you just did, so, ha ha.

  14. Re:The Napster battle is over? on Ghost in the Shell 2, Matrix Revisted, Daft Punk · · Score: 1

    Agreed, they might. But please do respect my opinion, which is that the one I saw was extremely cheesy on the aesthetic side. Didn't make me crave for more, actually, but I'll keep my eyes open for the others.

  15. Re:The Napster battle is over? on Ghost in the Shell 2, Matrix Revisted, Daft Punk · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yup, Taco is in a trolling mood today, don't feed him. Apart from that, we already know that Taco will buy anything that has anime written all over it, tell us something new, only what with the Daft Punk video(s? I can only speak for the one I know: One More Time), the bottom line in terms of lameness certainly is reached. Man, is that clip dull, but it perfectly fits the song in that respect! I loved Daft Punk before that, I hate them now.

    GITS 2, I'd like to see that, but please spare us a dubbed version, and Matrix 2+3 (The Matrix Reloaded, the title of installment 2, btw.), well, let's see if Aaliyah's tragic death won't postpone its opening even further...

  16. Let's feed the trolls. on Dorm Storm? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yup, that's what antisemitism is about: misunderstood and therefore personalized anti-capitalism. Capital is an abstract relationship, for god's sake, wake up dude, read some Marx.

  17. Re:Unamerican... on Spy Satellites? What Spy Satellites? · · Score: 1

    The joke is that the guy who bought the London Bridge back then made that mistake. He thought UPS would deliver Tower Bridge but what he got was a (more or less) plain thing. Heck, had Home Shopping Europe (tm) been in existence then, he would've got pictures...

  18. Re:waste of time on Star Wars II: Return of the Name · · Score: 1

    I am hoping that there are very few responses to the this world shaking news.

    Well, a look at this comment's # will tell you your hope has proven fruitless, I'm sorry. May this article hit the comment #1000 mark! It may not be worth all of that time, but then what is?

  19. Re:*sigh* on Star Wars II: Return of the Name · · Score: 1

    (back on topic) You know, the disadvantage of having clones in a war is that you won't be able to use DNA identify the remains.

    Ahem, just out of curiosity: why would you want or need to?

  20. Re:Might this not be a ploy on Star Wars II: Return of the Name · · Score: 1

    No sorry, Episode 3 has already been named, where have you been:

    Star Wars Episode III: For Great Justice

  21. Re:Might this not be a ploy on Star Wars II: Return of the Name · · Score: 1

    Hmmm, I'm late of course, but...

    Episode II: Raiders of The Lost Clone
    Episode II: Who Clones Last Clones Best
    Episode II: Three Men and a Clone
    Episode II: Clones in Toyland
    Episode II: Some Clones Like it Hot
    Episode II: The Cloned Suspects
    Episode II: Clone and Dagger
    Episode II: Clone as Clone Can
    Episode II: Clone this!
    Episode II: Clon-o Trigger
    Episode II: Clonebusters
    Episode II: Jar-Jar Rastafari
    Episode II: May The Clones Not Be With You
    Episode II: Clones Galore!
    Episode II: A Clone! A Clone! My Kingdom for a Clone!
    Episode II: Citizen Clone

  22. Re:Idiots in journalism on Code Red! All Hands to Battle Stations! · · Score: 1

    Then don't send 'em, you - ermh - raging idiot.

  23. Re:The Entire Internet Will cease to exist... on Code Red! All Hands to Battle Stations! · · Score: 1

    The way I see it, since a patched IIS server is no longer vulnerable, ...

    [I'll spare all ye a comment.]

  24. Re:I'm almost tempted... on Final Fantasy 10 Released in Japan · · Score: 1

    Then there's Ring of Red... My threshold game would be a new Frontmission quest, in case anyone cares. Ah, FM3, game of games!

  25. Re:Yet again on Final Fantasy 10 Released in Japan · · Score: 1

    Hmmmnnngnnn....

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