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  1. Re:What about emacs on Free Software Foundation Turns 25 · · Score: 1

    Pico!

  2. So buy an iPhone. on Many More Android Apps Leaking User Data · · Score: 1

    Apple has that platform locked down nicely.

  3. Re:All you haters ... on Star Wars Films In 3D Due In 2012 · · Score: 1

    all movies makes their money in the theaters
    Ummm. No. Many movies don't make a profit until after they have been shown on TV and been out on DVD for a while. The long tail effect.

  4. Cyber World War 2 and a Half... on Stuxnet Worm Claimed To Be Devastating In Iran · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Or something like that. Could get a bit scary, push comes t5o shove and all that. I wonder who will get hit with the retaliatory strike?

    Alternatively, I wonder if this is the retaliatory strike?

    You are in a twisty maze of little passages, all alike...

  5. WE"RE ALL GONNA DIE! on Fifty Meter Asteroid Might Hit Earth In 2098 · · Score: 1

    I mean, someday. But probably not from this. Most of us will be dead from something else long before.

  6. there's always the option of hitting your neighbor on Review: Civilization V · · Score: 1

    "over the head and making off with his textbooks."

    But if you try that in the university library the school will be all sorts of upset.

  7. Re:I suppose on NSA Chief Wants Internet Partitioned For Government, 'Critical' Industries · · Score: 1

    Not only is it possible, it's already been done.

  8. We already have a nationwide secure network. on NSA Chief Wants Internet Partitioned For Government, 'Critical' Industries · · Score: 1

    SIPRNet. Others as well.

  9. Re:An XSS attack? Really? In this day and age? on Twitter Closes Hole After Attack Hits Up To 500K Users · · Score: 1

    That's the point!

  10. An XSS attack? Really? In this day and age? on Twitter Closes Hole After Attack Hits Up To 500K Users · · Score: 1

    This is an old (for the web) type of attack. No web site should be vulnerable to this sort of thing because all web developers (including me) know to sanitize their inputs. If only in order to avoid a Bobby Tables incident

  11. I am interested, etc. on Skyhook Wireless Sues Google Over Anti-Competitive Practices · · Score: 1

    And would like to subscribe, etc...

  12. Re:Why people distrust pollsters on 72% of US Adults Support Violent-Game Ban For Minors · · Score: 1

    And how do you expect parents to exercise that responsibility if their kids have their own money from, say, paper routes or lawn mowing? Not let little Johnny out unattended until he's 18? Not let him do anything on the computer without being watched like a hawk until he's 18?

  13. if authors are to ever get paid on Sony Breathes New Life Into Library Books · · Score: 1

    The "information wants to be free" crowd keeps forgetting that minor little point...

  14. Re:Whats odd? on Sony Breathes New Life Into Library Books · · Score: 1

    . There are an infinite number of copies available, the artificial limit just needs to be removed.

    At which point the people working full time to produce the music or books, the actual writers and musicians, have to quit writing and playing full time, and go out and get Real Jobs. Thus replacing the artificial scarcity with a real scarcity.

  15. Re:A limited # of digital copies? on Sony Breathes New Life Into Library Books · · Score: 1

    Is this because if it was infinite nobody would need to buy a book anymore?

    Yes. Exactly.

  16. The Nook already does this in the US. on Sony Breathes New Life Into Library Books · · Score: 4, Informative

    IIRC, most libraries that loan e-books use the EPUB format, so any non-Kindle reader should be capable of borrowing library books.

  17. Has no one else noticed on Supernova Shrapnel Found In Meteorite · · Score: 2, Interesting

    that "Supernova Shrapnel" would be an excellent name for a rock band?

  18. Re:Quality on GoogleTV, AppleTV and the Battle For The Living Room · · Score: 1

    And how much are you willing to pay for that bandwidth? Unlimited, of course...

  19. Re:puppies on Assange Rape Case Reopened · · Score: 1

    Mmmmm. Puppy stew. Only kitten stew is better, with a side of roast baby seal.

  20. Bad assumption on Assange Rape Case Reopened · · Score: 1

    governments must and should follow the law, which forcefully means that their actions must be free from illegalities and unethical behaviour,

    You are assuming that ethical and legal are the same thing. They aren't.

  21. Might that not lead to dancing or something? on UVB-76 Explained · · Score: 1

    Well, "Footloose" was filmed there...

  22. That's why that guy in Salt Lake shot the server! on UVB-76 Explained · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It was listening!

  23. You forgot on UVB-76 Broadcasts New Voice Message · · Score: 1
  24. You know what's worse? on Apple Patents Remotely Disabling Jailbroken Phones · · Score: 1

    Someone steals your phone, and you discover that it can't be remote wiped to protect your private data, because some idiot screamed "privacy issue" so hard that blood was expelled from every single one of his orifices, thus preventing (via nimby type suits) the manufacturer from implementing it?

  25. You still on K5? on Researchers Reprogram Voting Machine To Run Pac-man · · Score: 1

    I think we're still accepting refugees at Hulver's.