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  1. Re:A Bridge Too Far on Draconian Anti-Piracy Law Looms Over Australia · · Score: 1

    Not in the US, at least in the case of a criminal trial. There's a Constitutional guarantee of protection from double jeopardy.

  2. Re:Well sure on US Gambling Law May Cause Flouting of IP Laws · · Score: 1

    Well? They are. There is genuine desire from the US to protect its citizens.

    Protect its citizens from WHAT, specifically?

  3. Re:patents are 10 years long on CSIRO Wireless Patent Reaffirmed In US Court · · Score: 1

    That's US. Did CSIRO file a US patent, or just an Aussie patent?

  4. Bad Headline on Big Freakin' Laser Beams In Space · · Score: 0

    Anyone who's seen Stargate SG-1 knows that the official Air Force term is "Big Honkin'", not "Big Freakin'".

  5. OT on 100 Gbps Via Ethernet · · Score: 1

    Hey Neuro, when'd you graduate? Crown '84 here.

    [note to mods - self modded down with "no karma bonus"]

  6. Re:Magnetic Anomalies on the Moon on The Moon's Magnetic Umbrellas · · Score: 1

    Mod parent funny.

    A very good joke on the Tanenbaum-Torvalds debate.

  7. Re:TMA-1 on The Moon's Magnetic Umbrellas · · Score: 2, Funny

    He was trying to be super-secret with his spoilers, so he used double ROT-13.

  8. Re:Bah! on The Web Is 16 Today · · Score: 4, Funny

    And we had to walk 15 miles to send that email!

  9. Re:Lobbying - who is looking out for you? on Tech Companies and Politicians: Who Pays Who? · · Score: 2, Funny


    Kahzakstan is greatest producer of potassium in the world
    </BORAT;>

  10. Re:martian RPG on NASA Struggles To Contact Lost Mars Probe · · Score: 1

    Where's TripmasterMonkey with K'Breel when you need him?

  11. ObSimpsons on Windows Chief Suggests Vista Won't Need Antivirus · · Score: 2, Funny


    Ha ha!
    </VOICE>

  12. Overheard in Redmond on Google CEO — Take Your Data and Run · · Score: 1

    What is this concept of letting customers^Wconsumers switch from your product?

  13. Re:What is wrong with Captchas? on How to Prevent Form Spam Without Captchas · · Score: 1

    Thanks guys.

  14. Re:Good timing on Rumsfeld Stepping Down · · Score: 1
    Per Article II section 2:
    He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

    Emphasis is mine.
  15. Re:What is wrong with Captchas? on How to Prevent Form Spam Without Captchas · · Score: 1

    May I ask a really dumb question?

    What SlashDot captchas are these? Are they subscribers only?

  16. Related Story on How to Prevent Form Spam Without Captchas · · Score: 3, Informative

    Since the editors didn't see fit to put this in related links:

    What Ways Can Sites Handle Spambot Attacks?

  17. Link Spambots on Aggressive Botnet Activities Behind Spam Increase · · Score: 1

    What's behind the increase in link spam on blogs/message boards?

  18. Re:There is only one number they can be sure of on Piracy Stats Don't Add Up · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I thought you were espousing mandatory voting. My mistake.

  19. Re:There is only one number they can be sure of on Piracy Stats Don't Add Up · · Score: 1

    And do you really want voting who only know that "My opponent is a baby-raper"?

  20. Re:What,, no US? Cuba? on The 13 Enemies of the Internet · · Score: 1

    Anecdotal evidence, but...

    Recently on USENET, on comp.lang.c++, there was a post by someone claiming to be from Cuba, with a .cu address.

  21. Re:Dates? What for? on Computer Date Glitch May Limit Next Shuttle Launch · · Score: 1

    It helps to know where other gravity wells are centered.

    Yes, I am a Rocket Scientist (though, granted, my area is avionics, not GNC).

  22. Re:How appropriate... on Saving Democracy With Web 2.0 · · Score: 1

    Just one question to the mod. This was the very first post on this topic. How the heck could it be redundant?

  23. Re:Rename "Plays For Sure" on MSN Music Purchases Not Compatible with Zune · · Score: 1

    No, it's "Plays For Sure... except on our own hardware."

  24. Re:Marilyn Hall Patel... on Should Online Stores Be Subject To ADA? · · Score: 1

    No, that's Colleen Kotlar-Kelly.

    IIRC, though Judge Patel was the judge in the Bernstein crypto case, who ruled that source code is speech.

  25. Re:ADA is bad law on Should Online Stores Be Subject To ADA? · · Score: 1

    There are entire ecommerce products that out of the box don't support page readers. And besides, going to the store IS a viable alternative/equivalent in my book.

    Really? Where is the B&M storefront for Amazon.com? For eBay?