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  1. Re:What I really want... on Exceptionally Unexceptional Quickies · · Score: 1

    I'm right there with you on that one:)

  2. Re:The Lone Gunmen on New Star Trek Series Rumblings · · Score: 1

    Very nice... I didn't watch it, and now I don't feel like i miised anything. Well, not that I did before...

  3. It started with guinnes.com on Guinness Beer Really Sucks · · Score: 1
    Apparently this is round two:

    • The Complainant submits that the Respondent registered the said domain names after Complainant filed earlier ICANN proceeding entitled Diageo plc v. John Zuccarini, WIPO Case No. D2000-0541 against the Respondent seeking transfer of the domain name <guinnes.com>. The Complainant submits that the Respondent registered the said domain names to harass the Complainant for enforcing its trademark rights, and to deliberately interfere with and disrupt Complainant?s legitimate business activities.

    Apparently he didn't like them taking away guinnes.com (only one 'S') so he decided to try again. Anyway... you'd be hard pressed to make me stop drinking Guinness.
  4. Re:lethal dose? on Caffeine Vault · · Score: 1

    Only if you weighed about 120 lbs, and drank those 30 cups one right after another...

    And even if you figure that 100 beans makes a pot of coffee, and you get 5 cups out of that (I'm just guessing; even though I have beans, I'm not about to count them) that makes 20 beans per cup... So, you would have to eat _600_ beans, if you weighed 120 lbs. Ick.

  5. Re:How can they do that? on Mitnick Ordered Off Lecture Circuit · · Score: 1

    Getting caught :)

  6. Re:How can they do that? on Mitnick Ordered Off Lecture Circuit · · Score: 1

    More than I did before... It means a bit more to me now :)

  7. Re:How can they do that? on Mitnick Ordered Off Lecture Circuit · · Score: 4
    IANAL either, but IWAF (I Was A Felon):


    You are right, while you are on probation/parole you lose many of your rights. Depending on the circumstances and specifics of your sentencing and trial, you may get these back when it is all done (like I did), or maybe not. It differs from state to state, and crime to crime. If he (Kevin) was arrested for a similar offence once before, he will probably fall into the latter category.

  8. How did this... on Library Of Congress Will Not Digitize Books · · Score: 1
    Luddite freak become the keeper of the Library of Congress. According to the Library of Congress' Mission, "The Library's mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations."

    Granted, if I wanted (or could take the time), I could drive the 8 or so hours it would take me to get to DC from here, so it is available to me. However, as a prgrammer, I notice that "and" between available && useful. It (the Library) is of no _use_ to me if I can't have access to it when I need to.

    So far, the Internet seems to be largely amplifying . . . semi-literate chatter.
    Well, thanks James for doing your part to make the internet better. Idiot.
  9. Re:yes but is it better than on XFree86 4.0 Now Available · · Score: 1

    oh yeah there is: A much better one Read it carefully :)

  10. Re:Inaccuracies on X-Files FPS Episode · · Score: 1

    Not to split hairs, but 2500V @ .1A is pretty much the same as 250V @ 1A, which would knock the hell out of you :)

  11. Sour Grapes on Linux Blamed for DDoS Attacks · · Score: 1
    From the Executive Bios page on the myCIO page:

    • Prior to Oracle, Mr. Nelson served in a variety of management positions at Sun Microsystems Inc., including director of corporate marketing at SunSoft Inc., a division of Sun Microsystems. While at SunSoft, he drove the corporate launch of the new software arm of Sun Microsystems, including the creation of the company's Solaris product line.

    Maybe Sun did him wrong long ago, and this is his feeble attempt to get them back.

  12. Re:I got scanned by @home on @Home Responds to the UDP Notice · · Score: 1

    Hey yeah... look at that :)

    Jan 13 05:33:54 guinness kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=6 24.0.94.130:44976 24.5.189.19:8
    0 L=44 S=0x00 I=16993 F=0x0000 T=240 SYN (#21)
    Jan 13 05:33:55 guinness kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=6 24.0.94.130:44976 24.5.189.19:8
    0 L=40 S=0x00 I=16994 F=0x0000 T=240 (#21)
    Jan 13 05:33:55 guinness kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=6 24.0.94.130:45022 24.5.189.19:8
    0 L=44 S=0x00 I=16995 F=0x0000 T=240 SYN (#21)
    Jan 13 05:33:55 guinness kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=6 24.0.94.130:45022 24.5.189.19:8
    0 L=40 S=0x00 I=16996 F=0x0000 T=240 (#21)


  13. Re:The "survival" supplies, ratings (rantings?) on Life After Y2K - MTV's 'Adams and Eves' · · Score: 1

    hmmm... six people in a little locked room with no weapons/survival gear?

    After civilazation falls, sounds kinda like a box lunch to me!

  14. Re:Why pay sales tax? on North Carolina Tries to Tax Online Purchases · · Score: 1

    "Good enough for government work?"

    My favorite quote to describe government work is:

    Measure it with a micrometer,
    Mark it with a grease pencil,
    Cut it with an axe.

  15. Re:Agree ... It's the demand, stupid on The Message from Seattle · · Score: 1
    You seem to be forgetting that it was when the "drug war" was moved to the users (read: public at large) it was because the government was unable to fight any other way. It is easy to subvert laws in the country you govern. Oh, and remember that many prisons are run not by the state, but by corporations who:
    1. Sell inmate labor back to the state.
    2. Have a vested interest in keeping large pool of labor around.
    3. Are happy to take a problem the state does not want. Oh, and make a profit by doing so.

    The government does their part by making sure to supply the prisons with plenty of raw material. Of course the "drug war" moved to the users, there is money to be made.

    So, you need to realize that the Big Bad Corporations don't give a damn about what is right, or wrong, as long as the money is coming in. Hell, maybe Nike could use inmate labor to build thier shoes :)

    Anyway, back to the point I was trying to make. I do my best to not support companies that do Bad Things(tm). I am sure that I miss some. However, I (unlike many, I unfortunately believe) do try. The sad truth is, that for most people, if it is not seen on 20/20 or E! News Weekly, or in the pages of People, most of the public doesn't know (or care) what the Big Bad Corporations are doing. And the Big Bads aren't going to pipe up and say, "Sure, we use child labor, clear cut rain-forests, and use gill nets! We get to charge you the same high prices, and keep more money for ourselves." This is obviously not in thier interst to do so.

    So, my question: How are we to change the individuals since the government/corporations aren't going to?

  16. Re:Yet Another Analogy(TM) on Evolution is a Myth in Kansas · · Score: 1

    lets run this for about 4 billion years and see what happens :)