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  1. Re:The DMCA on Ask Slashdot: How To Fight Copyright Violations With DMCA? · · Score: 1

    You've clearly got better connections than I, Anonymous Coward!

  2. Re:The DMCA on Ask Slashdot: How To Fight Copyright Violations With DMCA? · · Score: 1

    That lone teenage troll has a pretty big legal team, from the looks of all the lawsuits he has initiated. Or haven't you been following this thread?

  3. Re:That's the way the cookie crumbles on Ask Slashdot: How To Fight Copyright Violations With DMCA? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    > This is a civil case. So no, the OP can't spend tax payer dollars to enforce their copyright.

    This isn't strictly true. If OP is big enough to buy some congressmen he can, in fact, spend tax dollars to enforce his copyright.
    See: RIAA, MPAA

  4. Re:The DMCA on Ask Slashdot: How To Fight Copyright Violations With DMCA? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, they are clearly crazy and stupid. So make a new video mocking them! The more outrageous the better. Use their own stupidity in your video. Find out what other crazy beliefs they hold and promote and include those. You may have noticed that John Stewart and Sarah Silverman get more views than some wrinkled prune screaming about the apocalypse.

    Or have a contest to see who can make the funnier mocking video. Let us all in on the fun!

  5. But... but... but it's not fair on Ask Slashdot: How To Fight Copyright Violations With DMCA? · · Score: 1

    > the more lawyer you have the more 'equal' you are

    Welcome to reality.

  6. Re:LOL, American "democracy"! on Federal Judge Says No Right To Secret Ballot, OKs Barcoded Ballots · · Score: 1

    It's too late for that. Corporations have become multinational and bigger and more powerful than many individual national governments. If any one country tries to suppress a corporation's reach they will move to another country while "punishing" and removing the politicians who helped to suppress them.

  7. The FEMEN land in Paris! on The Man Who Hacked the Bank of France · · Score: 1

    But more importantly, did you hear the Femen have landed in Paris?!

  8. Re:Care to Elaborate? on Dice Buys Geeknet's Media Business, Including Slashdot, In $20M Deal · · Score: 1

    I've given up. I still occasionally browse the headlines on io9, Lifehacker, Gawker, and some others. But I no longer even attempt to read the comments or contribute. It's just too hard. Commenting shouldn't feel like "you are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike."

  9. Re:ready for the -1 on Meet iRobot Founder Rodney Brooks's New Industrial Bot, Baxter · · Score: 1

    Burgess, is that you?

  10. Re:Care to Elaborate? on Dice Buys Geeknet's Media Business, Including Slashdot, In $20M Deal · · Score: 1

    Gawker... *sigh* I remember Gawker. I used to visit several of their sites every day until I could no longer use their comment system.

  11. Re:What did I tell you? on Warp Drive Might Be Less Impossible Than Previously Thought · · Score: 4, Informative

    No pictures, but its true. There are some people who have waived their hands:

    http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2008/05/28/cutting-desire.html

  12. Re:Judges on Easy Fix For Software Patents Found In US Patent Act · · Score: 1

    THIS

    Even if a judge knows a better argument a lawyer could be making he cannot step in and help. It's up to the lawyers to present their case as best they can.

  13. Re:antitrust issues? on Intel Says Clover Trail Atom CPU Won't Work With Linux · · Score: 1

    Cry "havok" and let LOOSE the support for Linux!

  14. Re:antitrust issues? on Intel Says Clover Trail Atom CPU Won't Work With Linux · · Score: 1

    Yes, if by "trouble" you mean some people on Slashdot didn't like it and Microsoft made lots of profit from their decisions.

  15. Re:college pool hall on Ask Slashdot: How Much Is a Fun Job Worth? · · Score: 1

    Cool story, bro.

  16. Re:Hard decisions? on Ask Slashdot: How Much Is a Fun Job Worth? · · Score: 1

    Which one is more likely?

  17. Re:It will have a certain cool factor at first on Cutting the Power Cable: How Advantageous Is Wireless Charging? · · Score: 2

    Eliminating the battery would be great as long as you can manage to make it through your day never getting more than a few inches from a charging station. I envision thousands of miles of charging trays built into every sidewalk, wainscott, chair-rail, railing, escalator, and countertop. You could have hanging charge-lines you could take with you when you cross streets like the overhead power used for trolley-cars.

    Or were you thinking they could use mega-capacitors instead of batteries to hold you over for a few seconds while you made a mad dash to the next charging station?
    Maybe Slippery-Pete could help you set up a portable battery with just enough juice to get across the street...

  18. Re:It will have a certain cool factor at first on Cutting the Power Cable: How Advantageous Is Wireless Charging? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes, you can. Waterproof the port, allow the conductive to pass through the waterproofed port. Set up a second ground/power pair that is ONLY used to detect when the device is submerged in a conductive medium and use that to disable the other pins avoiding a short circuit.

    The metal pins still won't be happy to be submerged in a corrosive salt-water solution but if you rinse it off right away it should be ok.

  19. Lousy Straw Man Argument on Scientists Say Organic Food May Not Be Healthier For You · · Score: 1

    I eat almost exclusively organic food. I have never thought it was more nutritious and I have never met anyone else who thinks it is more nutritious.

    I think I am eating less pesticides. End of story.
    I'll bet this 'research' or at least the press being generated by it are being paid for by some "big food" corporation.

  20. Re:Eh, seen it before on Following FEMA's Zombie Preparedness Plan Could Land You On Terrorist List · · Score: 1

    He's referring to fans of Twilight erotic fan-fic.

  21. Re:almost clicked the link... on The Lies Disks and Their Drivers Tell · · Score: 1

    To je ve , co umím.

  22. Re:almost clicked the link... on The Lies Disks and Their Drivers Tell · · Score: 4, Funny

    "and then..."

    and then all hell will break lose, obviously.

  23. Re:almost clicked the link... on The Lies Disks and Their Drivers Tell · · Score: 5, Insightful

    LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE! YOU WILL LOSE DATA!

    Sorry... I'm usually a calm rational person. I almost never become a grammar-nazi, spelling nazi, or troll. It's just that I see this so often I'm afraid one day Webster will just give up and switch the definitions of Lose and Loose.

  24. Re:Well, not calling them a "fan" might be a start on Ask Slashdot: What Should a Unix Fan Look For In a Windows Expert? · · Score: 1

    +1 Caprica reference...

  25. Re:No even a "we're sorry?" on US DOJ Drops Charges Against Two Seized Websites · · Score: 1

    Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.