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  1. I just have to say on ACLU Sues To Protect Your Right To Swear · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fsck censorship!

  2. Re:1984 on Texas Schools Board Rewriting US History · · Score: 1

    By that logic, you could claim that the Republicans in office aren't really conservatives. They claim they want small government - unless they are in power. I can't think of any true "conservative" values demonstrated in 2000-2008.

  3. Re:Second in the series, what's next? on Facebook Calls All-Hands Meeting On Privacy · · Score: 1

    Now that you mention it, that IS a good name for a replacement to Facebook.

  4. Re:Didn't even know that was possible! on Hacking Automotive Systems · · Score: 0

    Obviously, you've never listened to Sean Hannidy.

  5. Re:Why Apple is so particular about iPhone OS on Adobe Calls Out Apple With Ads In NY Times, WSJ · · Score: 1

    Apple has similar problems in the past with MacOS and don't want to be in a position where a third party interferes with their ability to progress.

    Especially a third party with a history of dragging their feet in supporting the MacOS.

  6. Re:How appropriate on Security Firm Reveals Microsoft's "Silent" Patches · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's probably just as well that they didn't mention his sister, Imma.

  7. Re:Or people realize netbooks are retarded on iPad Is Destroying Netbook Sales · · Score: 1

    The screen & keyboard on my iPad is MUCH better than my netbook's. Battery life's also better. It IS a little too big for the road, but it's much easier to carry around the house than the netbook. And most of what I'd use a netbook for, I can also do on the iPad.

  8. Re:Fingerprints on the screen on iPad Is Destroying Netbook Sales · · Score: 1

    The fingerprints aren't really that visible when it's in use. I'll admit they are kind of ugly when the iP* is blank.

  9. Re:Not surprising on iPad Is Destroying Netbook Sales · · Score: 1

    My netbook is more portable than my laptop, but still not good enough, and the tradeoff is a crappy screen and a crappier keyboard.

    My iPad is more portable than my netbook, and the screen & keyboard are better than the netbook's. Its tradeoff is that there are things it can't do (even compared to netbooks), but for plain web-surfing, email-checking, ebook-reading, it kicks my netbook's underpowered ass.

  10. Re:Not surprising on iPad Is Destroying Netbook Sales · · Score: 1

    And people wonder why Linux hasn't succeeded on the desktop.

    Luckily, none of the distros I've on my DESKTOP have ever had such an abomination.

    I'll admit that that would cause Linux on EeePC machines to fail. :p

  11. Re:After a month of daily use... on iPad Is Destroying Netbook Sales · · Score: 1

    IMO, comparing an iPhone to an iPad is like comparing that tiny netbook with a tiny screen and puny keyboard to a desktop.

  12. Re:After a month of daily use... on iPad Is Destroying Netbook Sales · · Score: 1

    Netbooks have keyboards. Whatever other merits the iPad has, it's fairly universally known that the iPad's software keyboard sucks for actual typing. that's why it doesn't make a good netbook replacement. Netbook users want to work on documents on the go, respond to e-mails, and do other things that you need a decent keyboard to do. People who want to play iPhone-type games already have...you know...iPhones. Obviously, the iPad gives you a substantially better Web experience than the iPhone, but netbooks can do things like running Flash, responding to forum posts, etc.

    Unfortunately, the netbook's hardware keyboard ALSO sucks for actual typing. I find the iPad easier to type on than my netbook! Heck, my iPhone isn't that much worse than the netbook's keyboard.

  13. Re:Why Personal Equipment? on Recourse For Draconian Encryption Requirements? · · Score: 1

    It give me a mental image of doctors with surgical tools gathered around a rocket in a hospital bed. :)

  14. Re:Tablets are dead on Microsoft's Touted iPad Rival Courier Becomes Less Than Vapor · · Score: 1

    Despite the name, I've never had a laptop that was "comfortable" in my lap. And if the Macbooks "fry my balls", the non-Apple laptops would fry my balls, burn a whole in me and burn the chair under me as well.

  15. Re:Not everything can be in a policy on Rough Justice For Terry Childs · · Score: 1

    Not everything can, or should, be in a policy, but if it IS in a policy, it should be followed. Terry Childs didn't just decide everyone else was incompetent and go to the mayor. The policy SAID that only the mayor was authorized.

    Neither the federal worker nor the military grunt have anything in their written procedures about only giving access to the President. They WOULD be in the wrong if they tried such a stunt.

  16. Re:Only a moron insists on the mayor on Rough Justice For Terry Childs · · Score: 1

    If the written policy said Mr Childs was supposed to give the keys only to the Mayor, that's what he was supposed to do. Otherwise he WOULD have been going against the official policy, and maybe risking jail for THAT.

  17. I'm already seeing a problem with Apple's policy on Steve Jobs Publishes Some "Thoughts On Flash" · · Score: 2, Funny

    Marvel Comics has an app for the iP*. DC Comics doesn't. I'm sure Steve's anti-Flash policy is to blame.

  18. Re:You seriously don't know the chain of command? on Rough Justice For Terry Childs · · Score: 1

    The MAYOR was Terry's father. The guy demanding the "car keys" was just another employee. Granted, he was higher in the pecking order than Childs, but if Childs was only supposed to hand the keys over to the mayor, it was a serious breach of the rules for the boss to demand them.

    Based on posts from that juror on /. it sounds like Childs DID pull some asshat stuff that caused the jury to find him guilty, but that doesn't excuse the considerable stupidity and asshatery of the SF govt.

  19. Re:What if a limo driver refused to hand keys over on Rough Justice For Terry Childs · · Score: 1

    It seems more like this:

    After the driver refused to hand the keys to the 19 y/o, the kid shows up with an unknown adult, tells the driver he's fired and the unknown adult is the new limo driver. In THAT scenario, the driver is justified in not handing the keys over to anyone EXCEPT the father.

  20. Re:What about the presumption of innocence? on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 0, Troll

    wide exemptions are made so that immigrants don't get deported while not legal.

    Fixed your post.

  21. Re:Why use an unknown AV program? on Fake Antivirus Peddlers Outpacing Real AV Firms · · Score: 1

    Actually there are some places where water purification is necessary. Go to Moline, IL and see how you like the tap water. Is it safe? Of course, but it's nasty. Water purification companies never say that the alternative isn't 'scary unsafe' just that the purified water tastes better, and compared to some places, it might.

    My GF has family in some two-bit rural town in southern Missouri, and their water is TERRIBLE. I can say, even without tasting the "purified" water, that it HAS to be better than the local water.

  22. Re:Complete Fakes on Fake Antivirus Peddlers Outpacing Real AV Firms · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are you sure it's a fake? Maybe you really don't have a working system32.dll on your Linux system. You need to replace it ASAP!

  23. Re:Speaking of irony.... on US Students Suffering From Internet Addiction · · Score: 1

    I have absolutely no inclination to tell the world every time I drink a bottle of wine or buy a new pair of socks, it must be a generational thing.

    I think you're confusing FB & Twitter. Or Twitter, they "tweet" about the wine & socks. On Facebook, they tell you when their Farmville critters drink wine or socks. :)

  24. Re:It's not the environment on Paper Manufacturer Launches "Print More" Campaign · · Score: 1

    My home printer has been borked for years, but it's not really worth it to fix/replace it when I use it so seldom. The last time I did need to print something, I just emailed it to my work address and printed it there.

  25. The only thing I want on Supreme Court To Rule On State Video Game Regulation · · Score: 1

    is for the violent games to be properly labeled as violent games. Beyond that, the parent should make the decision.