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  1. Re:The other challenge on Could I Run a TV Station on Linux? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Intutive ways to queue up programs, ads, etc.


    They can set it up in google calendar and the scripts can read the ical feed.
  2. Re:Kiefer is a horrible choice. on Kiefer Sutherland Headlines Dragonlance Movie · · Score: 4, Funny

    You must be thinking of Samuel L. Jackson.

  3. Re:Poor Analogy on The Cost of a Tiered Internet · · Score: 1

    However, using his Fed-Ex example, since when does the shipper AND the receiver pay for the service.

    When you buy something.
  4. Sensorship on OpenBSD 3.9 Adds Sensor Framework · · Score: 1

    I thought Slashdot readers were opposed to sensorship. (*Rimshot*)

  5. Great, now we know what to buy. on Film Studios Sue Samsung Over DVD players · · Score: 1
  6. Re:Perpetual motion machines on Self Contained Power Source? · · Score: 1
    Why is it that every new PMM for the last two decades has involved permanent magnets?

    I read that as "Why is it that every new Permanant Magnet Motor for the last two decades has involved permanent magnets?" Because to me, that's what a PMM is. I was very confused for a time.
  7. You must choose the law or concience on Congressman Quizzes Net Companies on Shame · · Score: 1

    I would tell Mr. Lantos that we often find ourselves in a conflict between law and concience, and ask him how he would have us behave. For example, I belive the DMCA to be an affront, and anyone that uses it to further their objectives is immoral. However it is the law of the land. Would Mr. Lantos prefer that we break the law to remain consistent with our morality? Or should we follow the law, while it is the law, while we fight against it.

    Censorship in China is the law. You or I could argue that it is *more* morally wrong than the DMCA, but how relevant is degree? You either follow the law, or you follow your concience. I suspect a law maker would have us follow the law.

  8. Dousing it? on Canadians To Douse Chinese Firewall · · Score: 1

    Is it too dry?

  9. Re:Picture is worth 1k words on Google Stands Ground on Google.cn · · Score: 1

    It's pretty weak "censorship." If you follow the link to the DMCA complaint, it lists the infringing sites explicitly. They're not dumb.

  10. Re:Impact on the Currents? on Underwater Ocean Currents Used to Power Bermuda · · Score: 1

    Even if you had the technology to stop ocean currents, doing so would obviously also stop your ability to get energy (because there would be no current). The most energy you can get from a turbine is known as the Betz Limit., which is approximately 59.6% for a wind turbine. I don't know if it's the same for a water turbine, but there is a limit.

  11. Re:C# is pro like VB is pro on Pro C# · · Score: 1

    Okay. Now I agree.

  12. Re:C# is pro like VB is pro on Pro C# · · Score: 1

    So if you're writing an trade-settlement server for the financial markets, where milliseconds mean millions, by all means get close to the hardware and use C and hand-tuned assembly.

    Actually, that's dumb.
  13. Re:But where's the problem? on Xbox Modders Charged Under DMCA · · Score: 1

    Except according to TFA, the DMCA was not involved at all. This is a copyright case.

  14. Just let him try it on The Case for Free WiFi? · · Score: 1

    It sounds like you want to use logic to win an argument. In my time on this planet, I've found that never works. You can try your hardest, then just let him do it his own way. Once he finds that customers are turned off by being treated like a criminal, he'll do it the Panera way.

  15. Re:I can't wait on U.S. Scientists Create Zombie Dogs · · Score: 1

    And you have to admit, it's impressive they even have a stock picture of a zombie dog!

  16. Re:Not a true test. on Morse Coders Beat SMSers · · Score: 1

    Ummm... dude... you can totally slow down your car without touching the stickshift. Exactly how is left as an exercise to the reader.

  17. Re:Strange Phenomenon on Honeynet Revealing Actual Phishing Techniques · · Score: 1

    You can give a man a fish and feed him for a day

    Or you can teach him to phish, and he should be set for life.
  18. Re:P2P and guns on MPAA Blames BitTorrent for Star Wars Distribution · · Score: 1

    Anyway the last post was just an attempt at humor

    Okay, I must have missed the humorous part. Anyway, don't sweat it, I find ticking off liberals very relaxing.
  19. Re:P2P and guns on MPAA Blames BitTorrent for Star Wars Distribution · · Score: 1

    Yes, I was here first, though I don't know why it's relevant. Anyway, you'd already lost when you brought George Bush into an argument about intellectual property theft. GWB is the new Hitler when it comes to Godwin's Law.

  20. Re:P2P and guns on MPAA Blames BitTorrent for Star Wars Distribution · · Score: 1

    Oops, wow! I see the error of my ways, now. Your tired argument employing 20/20 hindsight has changed my worldview. Thank you. I will set about ousting GWB immediately.

  21. Re:P2P and guns on MPAA Blames BitTorrent for Star Wars Distribution · · Score: 1
    How is a President that brought us to war

    Normally, I ignore you folks, but I'm bored on a Sunday morning. Make that "a president and a majority of the senate, and a majority of the house of representatives, all of them elected and having popular support..."


    How indeed...

  22. Re:True geek! on Moore's Law Original Issue Found · · Score: 1
    > I can say that the real expense is the bride

    I think the Russian ones are reasonably priced.
  23. Re:Regarding the article: on The Top Three Reasons for Humans in Space · · Score: 1

    I don't want to go political, but give Dubya or Kim Jong enough reason...

    Man, if you didn't want to go political, you really borked that up!
  24. Re:Rather than the TV volume... on Brain-Implanted Chips Allow Control of Technology · · Score: 1
    On the other hand, with a robot arm, some serious bodily injury could occur.

    Or even on the same hand, I suppose... or a robot hand on the other arm??? Eh?

    Even a weak arm could have enough strength to poke your eye out. If somebody was using their fancy arm to slice a tomato, one slip could prove fatal.

    It takes most of us about a decade to learn how to use our fancy real human arms to slice a tomato without slipping up. Where's the difference?
  25. Re:store bought steadycam on Ars Technica Builds Make Magazine's Steadicam · · Score: 1

    True dat. Maybe it's the moderators' version of being droll.