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  1. Re:Appeal? on Oregon Judge Says RIAA Made 'Honest Mistake,' Allows Subpoena · · Score: 3, Interesting
    You are correct, sir

    I guess the *AAs are finally figuring out that it's far, far cheaper to buy a few judges than a lot of lawyers, propagandists, lobbyists and Congress vermin.

  2. Re:Where to begin. on UK Gov't To Require ID Cards For Some Foreign Residents · · Score: 1

    How does Sinagpore deal with the problem of fake IDs? I don't see anything in this UK ID that will stop it being faked, early and often.

  3. Re:Hallelujah! on Jack Thompson Disbarred · · Score: 1

    Rogerborg thinks you're talking smack. Rogerborg thinks that Thompson's new habit of referring to Thompson in the 3rd person is a symptom of a healthy, robust mind. Rogerborg has spoken.

  4. Re:Hallelujah! on Jack Thompson Disbarred · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And source [122] is reliable because... ?

  5. Re:simply boycott them on EA Hit By Class-Action Suit Over Spore DRM · · Score: 1

    Agreed, but then only use Steam to purchase games with a lot of replay value (or a cost so small there's no worthwhile resale value anyway). Half Life: Source is still fun to play through again, and being able to do so on any machine, anywhere, at any time, is a definite USP.

  6. Re:Noone likes DRM on Bad Signs For Blu-ray · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It could have to do with new DVD's being $10-$15, where new Blu-Ray discs are $23.99(amazon)-$39.99 (Bestbuy)

    And remember, that's "new to Blu-Ray". As the Cartel tries to bring its massive back catalogue to Blu-Ray, it's pitching full price Blu-Ray discs against bargain bin DVDs.

    If you don't yet have either, the DVD has a compelling price edge. If you already have the DVD, is it really worth paying top dollar for a new format? Note that in either case, being Mr Early Adopter with a Blu-Ray player means you're more likely to have an upscaling DVD player, which narrows the quality gap.

    And even if you do buy the Blu-Ray, what do you do with the old DVD? If you donate it to a friend, then that's another sale you've likely blocked (you terrorist).

    If the Cartel wants Blu-Ray to take off, it has to be a no-brainer: the prices needs to be within a cheeseburger's price difference of the equivalent DVD. Telling us how much DVDs suck when they spend so long and so much telling us how great they were isn't really going to cut it.

  7. Oh, you mean in North America? on Mozilla Is Eyeing Your Phone · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I hate to pop the Anglocentric bubble, but Access Netfront and Picsel Browser have the Far East and Asian markets (carrier and OEMs) stitched up between them. North America and Europe are already fairly small markets in comparison, and the segment of users who can and will install a 3rd party browser is pretty much you, me, and Bob over there.

  8. Re:buy an old S10 and convert it to electric on DIY Hybrid Car Kit · · Score: 1

    And of course you re-used / recycled all the parts that you hacked off, right?

  9. Re:video resolution...bleh on Sub-$100 Laptops Have Finally Arrived · · Score: 1

    a friend [...] running Linux

    JUMBO SHRIMP!

  10. Re:And as a second-order result. on Ghostbusters Is First Film Released On USB Key · · Score: 1

    And as a second-order result of that they're going to miss the fast nickels while chasing the slow dimes.

    Bingo!

  11. Re:Cray blood on Coating a Motherboard In Thermal Resin? · · Score: 1

    It's pronounced cooking oil. Add some red food dye if you want Pimp.

  12. Re:This is not Chrome-specific. on Reading Google Chrome's Fine Print · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm all for syntactic sugar, but isn't badsummary completely redundant when it follows the 'kdawson' tag?

  13. Re:What OS now? on Stephen Fry Helps GNU Celebrate 25th Birthday · · Score: 1

    You can trivially replace the kernel.

    With a GNU/FSF kernel? Yeah, yeah, Hurd it before.

  14. Re:Delaying the inevitable on CC Companies Scotch Mythbusters Show On RFID Security · · Score: 1

    Well, it's a good job that there's no way that this information can be disseminated other than by traditional broadcast media.

  15. Re:Time for a new Interstate project on The Power Grid Can't Handle Wind Farms · · Score: 1

    Actually, since you only need to create a vacuum just in front of the train, you can use the vacuum for propulsion.

  16. Ob... on Computer Virus Aboard the ISS · · Score: 1
    Berserkers!

    Now someone do SkyNet...

  17. Re:Well that's embarassing on Rosetta Disk Designed For 2,000 Years Archive · · Score: 1

    You know that Jesus was Kirk, right?

  18. Re:Vacation... on Has Google Lost Its Mojo? · · Score: 1

    Remember to add 14 days for all the Amerika == Teh Gratests Federal holidays though, including Washington Day, celebrating the birthday of George Washington, born February 22nd, and celebrated in the 3rd week in January.

  19. Re:The investor's budget? on The Best Gaming PC Money Can Buy · · Score: 1

    Heh. An article written based on items purchased days or weeks in the past is already pimping obsolete rigs.

  20. Re:Well that's embarassing on Rosetta Disk Designed For 2,000 Years Archive · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's a ridiculous comparison. The bible is fictional.

  21. Re:Competitive with Nanosolar? on Solar Cells — Made In a Pizza Oven · · Score: 3, Funny

    You make many good points, but on the other hand: Lab Hottie. Unless you can raise a Librarian Hottie, I think the case is closed.

  22. Re:Perl IS the problem on Why Corporates Hate Perl · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If I don't know about them, and have to search for them, then they're not representative of the Perl programming community. Are they?

  23. Re:I knew magpies are quite "smart" on Magpies Are Self-Aware · · Score: 1

    Presumably since you're replying to a question about mirror-marking to test for self awareness, you've tried this with your dogs. You should write up your results and publish them.

  24. Re:Perl IS the problem on Why Corporates Hate Perl · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The language itself is not the problem, but the 'community' and their promotion of it may be. I have seen good Perl written by good corporate developers, but that's despite the available Perl tutorial and examples.

    I can't recall seeing a Perl learning resource that presents code that is well structured, commented, and tolerant of bad inputs. That leads me to suspect that Perl attracts developers who take pride in hacking together "Works For Me" code in the shortest possible time using the fewest, tersest lines. Yes, you can do that in a C-like language, but Perl lets you get your "good enough" result faster.

    When Perl is promoted by impatient, sloppy bodgers, it's no mystery why it would attractd similarly minded developers. It doesn't have to be that way, but that does seem to be the de facto situation.

  25. Re:Umm... on Leaping the Uncanny Valley · · Score: 2, Insightful

    She looks like she's been filmed with one of those magic wrinkle-smoothing cameras so beloved of chat show hosts (and Cybill Shepherd). Letterman has effectively been a CGI creation for the past decade. All that's different about this is that it's pasting specific new features over the old ones, rather than just blurring them.