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  1. Re:Not always a problem on Artist Not Allowed To Stream His Own Music · · Score: 4, Informative
    You must not have RTFA;

    Attempting to make them cease and desist would use up the rest of my life. Because this is what they do and what they've always done.

  2. Re:"Need" an IDE on Interview With Brian Kernighan of AWK/AMPL Fame · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you don't "need" an IDE, then you're not the subject of this thread and are just picking a fight. Small fellow, are you?

  3. Re:"Need" an IDE on Interview With Brian Kernighan of AWK/AMPL Fame · · Score: 1

    If you "need" to use an IDE, then you're limited to working in environments where one is available. That's just dandy until your Intarwebs2.0 company goes down the intartubes and the only job going is debugging C server code on a Solaris box without a GUI let alone an IDE.

  4. Re:State matter? on Court Rules For Software Ownership Over Licensing · · Score: 1
  5. Re:As an iiNet customer... on AU Legal Group Says ISP Allowed 100K Illegal Downloads · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If they were to pass on the notices voluntarily, then AFACT would argue (in court) that iiNet have implicitly admitted that AFACT's methods and behaviour are valid. It's not any more complex than that.

  6. Re:Essay on MIT Axes the 500-Word Application Essay · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You'll note that the essayist manages to finagle in the implication that she's disabled, but I admir your far less ambiguous demand that MIT discriminate against people who aren't you.

  7. Re:It's just a VM on London Stock Exchange Rejects .NET For Open Source · · Score: 1

    Holy crap, they fixed multiple type declarations. Winner!

  8. Re:I don't know ... on Microsoft Research Shows Off Multi-Touch Mouse Prototypes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Funny you should mention that, since Microsoft already sold the ultimate pointing device: the Trackball Explorer. Now out of production, and edging towards $200 per unit on eBay.

    They killed that, they'll kill this too.

  9. Re:similar to Snow Leopard on Hidden Fees Discovered For "Free" Windows 7 Upgrade · · Score: 2, Interesting

    blasting Microsoft

    Can you find "Microsoft" anywhere in the title or synopsis? A shiny gold dubloon the the first person who can do that.

  10. Re:similar to Snow Leopard on Hidden Fees Discovered For "Free" Windows 7 Upgrade · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Can you find "Microsoft" anywhere in the title or synopsis?

  11. Re:SxS is a fine technology on "Side By Side Assemblies" Bring DLL Hell 2.0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    If everyone ships their own copies of shared libraries, then shared libraries won't be a problem any more? You've cleaved that Gordian knot in twain.

  12. Re:You should not blame Microsoft for this on "Side By Side Assemblies" Bring DLL Hell 2.0 · · Score: 1

    You're assuming that because A doesn't satisfy B that there must be something else that does? How peculiar.

  13. Re:Why not fly into Canada or Ireland first on Did Chicago Lose Olympic Bid Due To US Passport Control? · · Score: 1

    I'd take issue with the actual effectiveness of complete dicks at keeping serious undesirables out, but the important difference is that they're complete dicks trying to fuck you under Irish and then ultimately European law, rather than US.

  14. Why not fly into Canada or Ireland first on Did Chicago Lose Olympic Bid Due To US Passport Control? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And get precleared through US immigration while still within a civilised country? No joking: if the Security Theatre misidentifies me as a notorious enemy of Freedemocracy, I'd rather prove my innocence to just about anyone except US "Homeland Security".

  15. Re:Cruel and unusual punishment on Common Diabetic Drug Fights Cancer Stem Cells · · Score: 1

    OK, you win the internets. Keyboards down, everyone. The war's over, man.

  16. Re:Just federal employees? on Executive Order Bars Federal Workers From Texting and Driving · · Score: 1

    Legislators make new laws so that us peons vent our wrath arguing over the merits of the laws, rather than over the merits of having legislators at all.

    That's not much of a damn thing, but it does explain why the statute book always grows.

  17. Re:Is he selling these on eBay afterward? on Ben Heck's PS3 Slim Laptop · · Score: 1

    "Good money"? Good money is $100,000 a year net before tax. Call it 230 working days in a year, that's $434 clear profit each and every day. Just so we're clear, that's $434 in added value on top of the original hardware costs. Remember to account for shipping, tools and consumables, marketing, and warranty work - and if he doesn't offer any warranty, that eats into the perceived value.

    Once the buzz dies down, do you reckon he can add $434 of value every day?

    Or did you have another definition of "good money" in mind? Did you perhaps mean "beer and weed money"?

  18. Re:Sweet, but needs a lot of work still on Radio-Controlled Cyborg Beetles Become Reality · · Score: 1

    if this could be scaled up to larger animals, perhaps the power would cease to be an issue.

    Sharks. Although then you've got to find power for the laser beam.

  19. Re:500 Mile Range=Revolutionary on Electric Car Nano-Batteries Aim For 500-Mile Range · · Score: 1

    Thanks, I take a real pride in my work. I hope it shows.

  20. Re:500 Mile Range=Revolutionary on Electric Car Nano-Batteries Aim For 500-Mile Range · · Score: 1

    Thanks for pointing out the bleeding obvious. How's the consultancy market these days?

  21. Re:500 Mile Range=Revolutionary on Electric Car Nano-Batteries Aim For 500-Mile Range · · Score: 1

    15 minutes probably isn't fast enough. How long are you prepared to wait for the guy at the "electron pump" in front of you to finish up?

  22. Re:The cost-benefit analysis on OnLive CEO Provides Details On Cloud Gaming · · Score: 1

    +1 Insightful. OK, you win an Internet. Don't spend it all in once place.

  23. Re:Any systems depend on a pulse on Artificial Heart Recipient Has No Pulse · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can think of one organ that reacts visibly to blood pulses. Suck your gut in some time and you may see it too.

  24. Re:Excellent news! on $338M Patent Ruling Against Microsoft Overturned · · Score: 1

    In 1993, the Internet was alive and kicking. It was already 90% porn, but 80% of that was in alt.sex.stories.moderated, plus that one picture of Anna Nicole Smith.

  25. Re:What is very sad on Massachusetts Police Can't Place GPS On Autos Without Warrant · · Score: 1

    Just one of the many joys of living with a Constitution that sets limits on laws: laws are seen as being... advisory... until they are challenged and ultimately confirmed or struck on Constitutional grounds.