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  1. Re:How many are IE6? on Internet Users Not Updating Browser · · Score: 1

    If you are talking about SAV 10 then you must its administrator.
    It's still dog slow and takes over my PC 2-3 times a week for 30-60 minutes.
    CPU utilization is negligible but the hard drive is monopolized to the point I can't even surf the net!

  2. Re:in soviet USA on Why ISPs' "Stand" Against Child Porn Is Actually Not a Stand Against Child Porn · · Score: 4, Insightful

    IOW: This is the beginning of the "Great Firewall of America".

  3. Re:Child porn = smokescreen on US ISPs Announce Anti-Child-Porn Agreement · · Score: 1

    and later it will be seen as the beginning of the "Great Firewall of America".

    Once the filters are setup they could add more to block words like:
    -Guantanamo, or Gitmo
    -impeach
    -EFF.COM
    -wikileaks

  4. Re:yes but there was a difference. on Steven Hawking Considering Move To Canada · · Score: 0, Troll

    genocide? currently, no.
    Later, maybe but you'd have to have oil or something.
    All you guys need now is Marshall law and you have a fascist state.
    Think about it:
    -Media is controlled
    -they have an internal surveillance system
    -Corps can do anything (FISA, DMCA, laws for sale)
    -You have a gulag (GuantÃnamo)
    -You have Rampant Cronyism and Corruption

  5. Re:yes but there was a difference. on Steven Hawking Considering Move To Canada · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The difference is that the US' corrupt regime don't give a rats ass of your religion.
    You'll all be wearing DHS shock bracelets soon enough.

  6. Re:Is it still a standard... on ISO Recommends Denying OOXML Appeals · · Score: 1

    Yup, its like OSI for documents.

    Neither have a implementation that exists.

  7. Re:zz on ISO Recommends Denying OOXML Appeals · · Score: 1

    IOW: OOXML is like OSI for documents.
    Neither have a implementation that exists.
    MS' OOXML is the closest but no cigar.

  8. Re:The Fiber I Care About on Cable-Laying Boom Will Boost Internet Capacity · · Score: 4, Funny

    Even if you could, you'd be capped at 40GB/mo and get Copyright warnings in the email.

  9. Download day is postponed! on Firefox Download Day To Start At 1 p.m. EST · · Score: 1
  10. Re:When will their servers die? 1:02pm? on Firefox Download Day To Start At 1 p.m. EST · · Score: 1

    It's 2:17pm.
    they still only have ff 2.0.14 up for DL
    Their sites are toast.

  11. I hope they have an MSI version for windows on Firefox Download Day To Start At 1 p.m. EST · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Otherwise all this hype will not convince corps to switch.

    Why MSI?
    -it's a corp standard.(STD switches, behavior)
    -It's customizable without changing the original package
    -It is designed from the ground up to run unattended or silent regardless if it's an upgrade or a new install.

    And Frontmotion (www.frontmotion.com/) != Mozilla
    It's a trust issue. Corps want "warm and fuzzies" and not what they will view as a hack.
    If Mozilla doesn't want to make an MSI package but still wants to entice the Corps to switch, host Frontmotion's MSI from the Mozilla site.

    Having GPO support or preinstalled Addons are gravy at this point.

  12. When will their servers die? 1:02pm? on Firefox Download Day To Start At 1 p.m. EST · · Score: 1

    I hope they got their ducks in line 'cuz they are ASKING for a /.ing.

  13. Great, more space junk. on N-Prize Founder Paul Dear Talks Prizes For Nanosat Race · · Score: 1

    With these satellites being so small they will become distinguishable from space junk.

    With battery life being so short, it will revert to junk in no time. I doubt solar panels would survive a journey from the "delivery system" unless it put in space via traditional means costing way more than £9,999.99 (sterling).

  14. Re:Please don't call it Open XML on Microsoft Releases First Open XML SDK · · Score: 1

    well MS does treat their customers like cattle...

  15. It's because they are betting on the ACTA Treaty on RIAA Throws In Towel On "Making Available" Case · · Score: 4, Informative

    This case is small potatoes compared to a treaty that will affect many nations instead of one defendant.

    They figure the lawyer fees would be better used to bribe congress critters to push ACTA, instead.

  16. Re:Libel? Common carrier? on Three ISPs Agree To Block Child Porn · · Score: 1

    So did the phone companies when the wire-tapped the nation but nobody is going to jail.

    Until the controlled media reports different, it never happened.

    Enjoy your stay in the Corporate Republic of America.

  17. Re:Own vs. rent/lease/license on Apple Cracks Down On iPhone Unlockers · · Score: 1

    If you OWN the phone, you are allowed to do anything except make copies to sell to others

    If you rent/lease/license the phone then you do NOT own it and cannot (or should not) hack it/ unlock it.

    If they say that for $400 you OWN it *and* forbid you to do as you please with it, then this is called false advertising. (OTOH, all media companies are doing this ... (own it today!))

  18. ISO = I Sold Out on Brazil Appeals OOXML Decision · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The word that you can buy ISO standards.

    Unless a bunch of heads roll and replaced non-corp people, the ISO would have a more credibility if they showed a price list than doing this.

  19. Re: Exactly the right approach. on Eric Lerner's Focus Fusion Device Gets Funded · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How many light bulb did Thomas Edition "funded" that didn't work?

  20. Re:another cornerstone: having an implementation on South Africa Appeals ISO Decision On OOXML · · Score: 1

    I think the infamous osi networking protocol from the 80's was done the same way.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model

  21. Rogers Bandwidth Caps (2008) on Bell Canada Launches Its Own Online Video Store · · Score: 1
  22. Re:Product Activation? on Federal Court Says First-Sale Doctrine Covers Software, Too · · Score: 1

    Authentication = DRM
    Activation = DRM
    Validation = DRM
    SW that calls home (ie NERO) = DRM
    HW that calls home (ie Xbox) = DRM
    music that calls home (ie iTunes) = DRM

    Don't buy/use things/software that use DRM.
    It only works until the greedy company says so.

  23. Re:Autodesk = a true evil empire on Federal Court Says First-Sale Doctrine Covers Software, Too · · Score: 1

    Sounds like their package was garbage.

    You should have seen the ArcGIS uninstalls Pre-9.0

    You couldn't uninstall clean enough to upgrade!

  24. Re:I've got a secret for them on Honeywell & Airbus To Turn Algae Into Jet Fuel · · Score: 1

    -Hydrogen also makes metal brittle.

    -cooling/insulation could not be perfect so 1.7% per day of the hydrogen would leak!

    http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/hydrogen.html

  25. Re:and in 2 years.. on Online Quiz As a Gateway to P2P · · Score: 2

    And in 2 years the quiz will ask student to enter the name of one or more criminals "stealing" music/movies.

    Police State U: turning in a friend, today!