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  1. Re:Mohammed eh? on Western Union Blocking Money Transfers to Arabs · · Score: 1

    Me too. Either it was newsworthy and you would have found it (or should i say google would have found it) or it wasn't newsworthy and this idiot 99BottlesOfBeerInMyF would have never heard about it. Either way it sounds like complete crap...

  2. Re:Racism on Western Union Blocking Money Transfers to Arabs · · Score: 1

    It seems to me that allowing the transactions to complete would provide the government with more intelligence where as not allowing it would only cause the alleged terrorist to go looking for another way to transfer the funds and leave our government clueless as to what they are doing. If these people are dedicated enough to their cause to give their lives for it, then what makes you think they aren't dedicated enough to get a job for a few months or years and save the money they need. Maybe their next plot won't be destruction, maybe they will come up with some crazy indirect scheme to take from us what we treasure the most, our freedom, liberty, and life style. Oh wait...nevermind....

  3. Re:Not only that... on Microsoft To Release 'iPod Killer' at Christmas? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    "In what may be the crucial competitive stroke, Microsoft will also allow you to download from its store any song that you've purchased from Apple, unlocking users from iPod's vendor lock-in."


    Out of the snake pit and into the lion's den.

    MS: "Hey man don't let Apple jerk you around like that...let US do it!"
  4. Re:Racism on Western Union Blocking Money Transfers to Arabs · · Score: 1

    But...a marriage IS a union. You just think it has some special higher meaning. People have been commiting themselves to life long unions with others long before Christianity came along.

    Over the years people have married for many different reasons. Hell even love is a new commer to the marriage scene. It wasn't until the mid 1500's that this concept of love and marriage became common.

    It wasn't that long ago that interacial marriages were illegal in most of the US, or that African slaves and their offspring were recognized by the state or the church in their marriages. You probably don't even realize that your using the same tired old arguments to support your views that were used to oppress the black population of the US for so many years. I've heard all kinds of crap from the conservative radio stations down here in the south. One of my favorite arguments is "well if we let two men marry then where do we stop. What do we do when someone decides they want to marry their dog, or horse, or child?" As if beastiality and pedophiles has anything to do with gay marriage! The key here is "two consenting adults".

    http://www.nbjcoalition.org/about/supporters.html

    I shouldn't have even responded to this...i'm all worked up and pissed off now!

    What was this article about again? :P

  5. Re:Another perspective on Ken Lay... on Enron's Kenneth Lay Dies · · Score: 1

    The ones who survive also have to pay for their mistakes...

    Luckly Ol' Kenny Boy all of the sudden, very unexpected like had a heart attack right before he was going to be sentenced.

  6. Re:"He Didn't Fall..." on Enron's Kenneth Lay Dies · · Score: 1

    and the money don't forget all of the money he had...enough to literally do anything...

    I'm with you on this, I was coughing "bullshit" with in seconds of reading the headline...lol

  7. Re:"Mosquitoe"? on Athens Breeding "Super Mosquitoes" · · Score: 1

    Made up!? Maybe you would like to give us an example?

  8. Re:Mosquito repellant on Athens Breeding "Super Mosquitoes" · · Score: 1

    I heard eating cloves of garlic, and spraying yourself with garlic tea is an effective way of repelling Homo sapiens too...

  9. Re:what did he expect? on Student Suspended Over IM Icon · · Score: 1

    I just don't get how suspension helped this situation...

    If the kid was joking then they suspended him for a whole semester for nothing...

    If the kid was serious then this would only make him hate this teacher even more, and likely kill him anyway outside of the school...

    Either way suspension doesn't make sense...

  10. Re:what did he expect? on Student Suspended Over IM Icon · · Score: 1

    I just don't get how suspension helped this situation...

    If the kid was joking then they suspended for a whole semester for nothing...

    If the kid was serious then this would only make him hate this teacher even more, and likely kill him anyway outside of the school...

    Either way suspension doesn't make sense...

  11. Re:Buy a company - get sued! on Red Hat Sued Over Hibernate ORM Patent Claim · · Score: 1

    Yup, it's because Redhat is the softest target. You start with the easy one. If you win, then the larger ones won't fight it, they will just settle out of court to keep from losing their asses.

  12. Re:Don't forget... on Red Hat Sued Over Hibernate ORM Patent Claim · · Score: 1

    How about we just lash each and every lawyer in the US each time a frivilous and meritless law suit is thrown out of court. Never mind...scratch that idea, I don't think the collective energy of the remaining population is sufficient to sustain caning on such a grand scale.

  13. Re:before it gets slashdotted... on Red Hat Sued Over Hibernate ORM Patent Claim · · Score: 1

    I agree, but that probably because i'm ignorant to exactly what a OR Mapping is. Based on the language in the patent it sounds like Microsofts ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) might be an infringer also. If it is then it is certainly the largest.

  14. Re:before it gets slashdotted... on Red Hat Sued Over Hibernate ORM Patent Claim · · Score: 1

    hahaha....your pretty good with the patent lingo, maybe you should submit that one...

    While your at it can you please write one for me that covers the light bulb?

  15. Re:And the real question is... on White House Demands Encryption for Sensitive Data · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Because the leaking of this information is hurting the Repulican party and the Bush administration. So now it's important...

  16. Re:I like google as much as the next /.er, on Google to Test PayPal Rival · · Score: 1

    If you've ever had to deal with a dispute through paypal and been on the seller side you would be cheering right now. If you buy an item on eBay and do not ship it with some method of tracking or delivery confirmation then all the buyer has to do is say they never recieved it. It doesn't matter why the package didn't arrive or that they are lying, or that you have a receipt for the postage, or that you purchaced the postage through PayPal online, or that the delivery confirmation cost more then the item and shipping combined, or that the buyer decided they didn't want the optional Insurance/Tracking. They will deduct the money from your account and send it back the the buyer no questions asked.

    I'm not sure what google's despute policies will be like but surely they will be better than paypals for both the buyer and the seller.

  17. Re:So what? on $5 Social Wi-Fi Router · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Then they did so by logging in with their Fon username/pass, and thus the traffic is identifiable so long as some sort of logging takes place.

    BTW, I paid $75 for my wireless router, and I share with anyone that comes with in range. My essid is 'useme'. It's never caused me any problems. You can easily seperate your local network from the subnet that is used for wireless access, or simply setup a firewall between the local network and the AP. There are plenty of ways to protect your local network, although I would hope that this subsidized router would have something like this builtin because most of the people buying them probably won't understand the security issues involved.

  18. Re:Is it on OpenOffice.org Newspaper Ad Mockup Released · · Score: 1

    I agree. They would benifit much more by establishing some sort of relationship with Firefox. Maybe a link or ad share type of thing.

  19. Re:Is it on OpenOffice.org Newspaper Ad Mockup Released · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why didn't you sign in? I surely would have modded this funny....

  20. Re:Is it on OpenOffice.org Newspaper Ad Mockup Released · · Score: 1

    Converting USD to any other currency is easy when USD = 0.

    (Besides, based on what info is available on that page they are running the ad Metro, but only the one distubuted in NYC)

  21. Re:Is it on OpenOffice.org Newspaper Ad Mockup Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    maybe they could do a Crazy Edie spoof...

    We've gone totally crazy!! We're slashing prices....
    Not $600
    Not $350
    Not even $150
    Were practically giving it away...
    No...actually we are giving it away, because we've gone totally MAD!!!!!

    New Yorkers can appreciate an ad like that..
    http://pocketcalculatorshow.com/crazyeddie/

  22. Re:Is it on OpenOffice.org Newspaper Ad Mockup Released · · Score: 1

    I couldn't agree more, that's horrible even for a mock up. They should spend a little more and have a marketing student at a local college student help them design it. They need to focus on what people seeing the ad will care about. Like that it does what Office does for it FREE! Maybe a cute catch phrase like "Step into our office..."

    No one else cept us geeks care if it open and free (as in speech). What they want to know is that when their professor ask them to write a paper the said professor can open it. They want it to be free as in beer. Un-geekify the ad, because geeks already know about OOo...

    I wonder if they did the mock up on OOo Write? lol...if so let hope they don't put a stupid "Created with OOo" thing at the bottom...that would sure drive away the 5 people that decided the ad was good enough to justify a download...

  23. Re:We all need to cautious.. on Gaze Detector Lets You Hear With Your Eyes · · Score: 0, Troll

    i've had one of these for over 30 years now...it's called a brain...

  24. Re:Still getting the raw end of the deal? on How iTunes Hurts Weird Al · · Score: 1

    I don't really understand how that works. In general you signature on a contact is an acknoledgement that you do understand the contract. I imagine it would be very difficult for a person who has been in the music business to prove in court that he didn't understand the contract. If you could prove that the other party intentionally led you astray then you might have a case.

  25. Re:Still getting the raw end of the deal? on How iTunes Hurts Weird Al · · Score: 1

    Any self respecting paranoid conspiracy theorist know that Tin doesn't prevent brainwave invasion. Only a proper layer of Aluminum can give you the protection you need.

    Get your Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie (AFDB) before it's too late!

    http://zapatopi.net/afdb/