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  1. You wouldn't necessarily need names attached... on E-voting Patches Skew Election? · · Score: 1

    Ideally, print out a record of the ballot with the votes attached. No need for the voter's name on the ballot. The voter wouldn't keep the ballot, it would be locked away as soon as it was printed, just like a real ballot (though the voter should be allowed to confirm that the hardcopy matches their vote) but only really counted for manual recount purposes.

  2. Intelligent Agents? on Intelligent Agents And Robotic Telescopes · · Score: 1, Funny

    Didn't we learn from the terrible mistakes of Agent Smith?

  3. So take it out but say it anyway. on Supreme Court Will Hear Pledge of Allegiance Case · · Score: 1

    Why not remove "Under God" and allow those who want to say it to do so? That way, the government isn't taking the position that non-theists are second-class citizens, but people who want to feel special can still mutter those two meaningless words.

  4. This requires assistance of the registrar... on Spammers Using Hacked Machines as Decoys · · Score: 1

    Without the registrar, you can't update your DNS tables to point to the hacked machines. Domain registrars who allow such criminal activity to continue after being notified of it are directly complicit in this illegal activity and their management should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

    One good example of a registrar knowingly and openly aiding and abetting in criminal activity is DomainDisover, aka BuyDomains for their continued support of documented criminal outfit vano-soft.biz/soft4all.biz -- not only do they host on hijacked web proxies, but the DNS servers that they use to point to these hijacked machine are ALSO themselves hijacked machines. DomainDiscover could put an end to this criminal behaviour by dropping their criminal client, but they are content instead to assist in this illegal activity. People think that I'm going overboard when I suggest ths spammers be shot -- I'm not, I'm being realistic. It's the only way to get rid of them.

  5. Re:scroll lock on What's A 'Scroll Lock' And Why Is It On My Keyboard? · · Score: 1

    The only time I've seen scroll lock have a use was in an "intro to your new PC" disk that came with an old IBM 8086 computer. It explained that the scroll lock key would hold the cursor in place in a field of text so that hitting the cursor keys would move the text up and down rather than the cursor. It worked.

    I never saw anything utilize the scroll lock key since then.

  6. It only *seems* like it doesn't work... on Newest Audio CD DRM Proves Ineffective · · Score: 2, Redundant

    The DRM feature works in tandemw ith the DMCA. Alex Halderman can expect to find himself relocated to a federal prison soon. I bet that he won't be writing about the weakness of DRM systems anymore.

    See, DRM does work when you make it illegal to point out where it is weak.

  7. Start up time is the least of my problems... on OpenOffice.org Hits 1.1 · · Score: 1

    I recently installed the last release candidate, and the startup time was nothing compared to the sluggish feel of the app itself versus the relatively responsive 1.0.x releases (though the startup time there was bad too). I'm wondering if this has been improved.

  8. Re:Not surprising that his previous ISP did nothin on From Artist To Spam-Hunter · · Score: 1

    But please, yeah spam is annoying, but death, Marin doesn't deserve that, no one does

    I disagree. Marin has demonstrated time and again that he's a parasite, existing solely by stealing from others. My issue with him is about more than just his spamming past, it has to do with stunts like this one, where he's directly caused innocents financial loss through his actions.

  9. Not surprising that his previous ISP did nothing.. on From Artist To Spam-Hunter · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Verio is notoriously spam- and crime-friendly. So much so that I wouldn't be surprised if their management sold their children out to child pornography websites.

    As for convicted coke dealer Eddy Marin, he deserves horrible and painful death for his actions. It's sad that no one has taken him out yet.

  10. I'm glad that they said it... on Turn Your GBA Into A Game Console · · Score: 1

    I was all set to get a Dremel tool when I saw that. And I didn't know where I was going to store the Leprechaun.

  11. Virus? on FBI Investigating Lamo Via Patriot Act Provision · · Score: 1

    What virus?

  12. Re:My only problem... on Linux Kernel 2.6.0-test6 Released · · Score: 1

    Why would you want to run any video program in linux in anything alse but overlay?

    Well, normally I don't but motv defaults to grabdisplay and switches back to it when I change channels. Also, overlay doesn't completely fill the screen at 1280x1024 when I switch to fullscreen mode, grabdisplay does.

  13. My only problem... on Linux Kernel 2.6.0-test6 Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    I decided to play around with the 2.6.0 tests after the last release (test5). After a bit of effort, I got nearly everything working except for wavetable MIDI support with my SB Live! card. Rather irritating, since it can't seem to create /dev/sequencer properly (and I had it working just fine with the alsa driver module in 2.4.x).

    Otheriwse, things run smoothly with occasional bugs (the bttv driver sometimes flakes out under heavy load if I'm not using 'overlay').

  14. Re:I've gotta hand it to this guy... on Interview With a Spammer · · Score: 1

    Then, I hope, you would agree with me in saying that a Good Spam / Bad Spam approach to this would be FAR more Constitutional, and would do much to dillute the problem without any unnecessary laws further regulating our speech, yes?

    There's no such thing as "good spam". If it's sent to my inbox unsolicited, it's "bad spam". Restricting spam based upon content will raise First Amendment issues. The problem with spam is not the content, it's the consent. Spammers are stealing resources in order to send their garbage. That is the issue. The first amendment does not grant spammers the right to use my private property to send their spew.

  15. Re:I've gotta hand it to this guy... on Interview With a Spammer · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, THEY DO. It's called Free Speech. Bill of Rights, at the top.

    Does my "free speech" right give me the right to barge into your home and shout a sales pitch at you at 03:00?

    Free speech protects content. It doesn't grant everyone a guaranteed method of delivery.

  16. Re:More to it than that... on Nintendo Announces Wireless GBA Adapter · · Score: 1

    That might have been what I was remembering, but I could have sworn that I saw a detailed explanaiton on why it would never be possible to link a GBA to an emulator via a flash link cable.

  17. Re:More to it than that... on Nintendo Announces Wireless GBA Adapter · · Score: 1

    The problem is that GBA game linking requires the platforms to be identical -- running the games in exactly the same way. PC emulators don't work exactly the same way as a GBA, so they're not going to be able to link properly.

    I had seen a very good explanation as to why this was impossible (written by an emu writer, I believe), but I can't find the link.

  18. More to it than that... on Nintendo Announces Wireless GBA Adapter · · Score: 1

    No GBA emulator will perfectly duplicate the routines of the GBA, so there's very little chance that an emulator writer will be able to write the proper code to support linking between an emulator and a GBA. If it were that easy, you would probably already see setups available with a GBA->PC USB cable.

  19. SPEWS.org is just an information zone... on Anti-Spammers DDoSed Out Of Existence · · Score: 1

    The SPEWS website just exists to allow people to look up entries. The zonefiles are hosted through multiple sources (including one Yahoo! group -- I'd love to see the spammers try to DDoS Yahoo! and get away with it)), and they're still being updated regularly.

    SPEWS is still alive and kicking.

    These DDoS attacks against anti-spam resources are going to create a backlash, however. I expect that someonthing truly nasty will emerge in response to these DDoS attacks.

  20. Can't do that here... on Paul Vixie And David Maher On VeriSign Wildcarding · · Score: 3, Funny

    My ISP has already routed around VeriSign's damage. Mind you, before they patched BIND (or whatever it is that they use, I never checked), I had fun with them for awhile.

  21. Re:Can we really enforce this? on California Tries Spam Ban · · Score: 2, Interesting

    the punishment for annoyance is death?

    In addition to being an annoyance, spam is also theft to the tune of billions of dollars per year.

  22. This could be a good thing... on Global Crossing (Nearly) Sold To Singapore · · Score: 4, Funny

    Global Crossing is a notorious spam-haven. Perhaps, if it goes to Singapore, that will change for the better with spammers being sentenced to canings.

  23. Re:Riaa doesn;t need to shut down webservers... on P2P Filesharing vs. The Web · · Score: 1

    People should also soundproof their cars so that music played in the car can't be heard by third parties outside.

  24. Re:Already a solution... on Dave Barry Strikes Back Against Telemarketers · · Score: 1

    You should look for a way to put a sign at your property line as well as at your door, but if you own your home then they've entered your property once they've come onto your yard.

  25. Already a solution... on Dave Barry Strikes Back Against Telemarketers · · Score: 1

    Put up a "No Soliciting" sign. If anyone comes up to your door and tries to sell you something, have them arrested for trespassing.