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  1. Re:Cue the flamewars on GPL Violations By D-Link and Boxee · · Score: 1

    Bittorrent is just a pipeline, and it's used widely to circumvent the copyright on other people's works.

    What proof do you have of the % of users or files that are "stolen"? Many legitimate users and providers are using it in a legal way. Or are you using "common sense", i.e., no proof, just accusations?

  2. Re:Cue the flamewars on GPL Violations By D-Link and Boxee · · Score: 1

    Do you mean this? Or are you just being "cute" or a devils advocate? Did you forget your sarcasm tag?

  3. Re:Interesting... on Apple AirPlay Private Key Exposed · · Score: 1

    Huh? Do you mean like the DD-wrt project or a hundred other projects or something else?

  4. Re:Cape Canaveral AFS vs Kennedy Space Center on SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon Make It To Orbit · · Score: 1

    Ouch!
    The USA does not have the authority to rename property in the USA!

  5. Cape Canaveral AFS vs Kennedy Space Center on SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon Make It To Orbit · · Score: 1

    Boy, am I confused! We used to talk about Cape Canaveral, then it was the KSC, now we are back to the Cape. So Cape Canaveral belongs to the Air Force, and KSC belongs to NASA, but ALL? of the launch pads are AF? Including the Shuttle, i.e., 39A and 39B?

  6. The real bug - closed source vs open source on Internet Explorer 9 Caught Cheating In SunSpider · · Score: 1

    So, what proof do we have that Microsoft actually cheated?

    Since this is closed source, we can not verify what is going on, only MS can.

    With FF, we can look at the code and pass judgment on the cheat vs bug question.

  7. Re:Journalistic Integrity on Erasing Objects From Video In Real Time · · Score: 1

    Anyone who uses Journalist and Integrity in the same sentence should be ... (oops I did it too)!

  8. TEXT - What is that? on Facebook Introduces One-Time Passwords · · Score: 1

    I have it disabled on all 5 of my family phones. COST!

  9. AOL did this to me several times. on Should ISPs Cut Off Bot-infected Users? · · Score: 1

    Back in the dark ages of dial-up access. They would lock out the account with a message to call an 800 number. They would step you through the process of getting rid of it. I just had to update my son's scanner and run it. Of course, that meant all 5 of us were locked out, even though 2 of them were at college!

  10. Re:Not necessarily binary on The Binary Code In Canada's Gov-Gen Coat of Arms · · Score: 2, Funny

    How much the stock market lost, worldwide in the last 2 years?

  11. Great Video! - Can't wait for the sequel! on First Installment of Xiph.org's 'Digital Video Primer For Geeks' · · Score: 1

    Excellent presenter!
    Flawless editing!
    Appropriate special effects!
    The last chapter seemed a little out of place and out of character - maybe a teaser?
    As a former TV geek(35 years ago, before I heard the siren call of software), I followed everything except the dot placement choices.

  12. Re:Security on Security Lessons Learned From the Diaspora Launch · · Score: 1

    I guess you are better at reading a mind then I am.
    This is why lawyers are so long winded, even the honest ones.
    Too few words, have too many meanings.
    Yours are more robust, and have more specific meanings.
    Only the AC knows what the true intention was. i.e., closed source vs "back doors"
    Yours reminds me of DVD Easter eggs.

  13. Re:Security on Security Lessons Learned From the Diaspora Launch · · Score: 1

    I think the AC forgot the sarcasm tags

  14. Re:A fool and his money... on Calling Shenanigans On Super SATA's Claimed Audio Qualities · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not according to some of the other Christians!

  15. Why is there no link to the article? on Is RFID Really That Scary? · · Score: 1

    Fixed it: http://www.tombom.co.uk/blog Chris Paget's Blog

  16. Re:Good riddance to analog cable on Sidestepping A-to-D Convertors For Town Government's Cable TV? · · Score: 1

    A Very selfish attitude. "Give ME fast internet and to $%^ with those poor people who have old TVs"

  17. Re:Cut the cable on Sidestepping A-to-D Convertors For Town Government's Cable TV? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Reasons for TV in a City:
    City/Police/Fire - Weather Disasters
    Fire - 24 hr shifts.

  18. Crystal colors on Sunshine Writer Joins Logan's Run Remake · · Score: 1

    Yellow: Birth to 7
    Blue: 7-14
    Red: 14-21
    Blinking red/black: Lastday (Book: 21 Movie:30)
    Black: runner
    Clear: reset

    The movie and TV series were WAY different from the book. Check wikipedia for a quick comparison

  19. Re:Nasa should reclaim this on US Air Force Launches Secret Flying Twinkie · · Score: 2, Insightful

    have not been replaced with anything nearly as fast

    That is just what THEY want you to think!

    Thanks for playing,

    Mr Tin Foil
    maker of hats.

  20. Re:The Pope Has Spoken, It Is Done! on Vatican Chooses Open FITS Image Format · · Score: 1

    The Vatican Secret Archives, is not really that secret anymore. But at one time, the Archivist (currently Cardinal Raffaele Farina) was one of two Cardinals, that could leave and return to the Papal Conclave (pope election). The new rules, allow for sickness.

  21. Re:Petabytes on Vatican Chooses Open FITS Image Format · · Score: 1

    This will all be porn to the filters, since the artwork often has no clothes {/joke}

  22. iPad iMat iBoard iMat on Apple iPad Reviewed · · Score: 1
  23. Re:Novel on Novell Wins vs. SCO · · Score: 1

    The technical term is "Misuse of Monopoly", that is a crime.

  24. Re:Write out the Questions on Novell Wins vs. SCO · · Score: 2, Funny

    THIS IS NOT TRUE! Linux uses Unix copyrights! - Daryl
    In other news: Hell has declared a snow emergency. Souls will only be picked-up on snow routes.

  25. Going Home to Mars. on How Do You Land a Nuke-Powered Mini-Cooper On Mars? · · Score: 1

    We all migrated from Mars. The ecology went south, so we moved to Mars. It was a giant meteorite, not man's pollution.

    This is why there are two creation stories in Genesis! It also explains why we used to have such great tech to build the pyramids.

    [/sacarsm]