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  1. I Always Assumed on U.Maine Law Clinic Is First To Fight RIAA · · Score: 5, Insightful

    it was a stupid idea to sue university students, especially universities with law schools.

  2. Didn't They Shut Down a Similar Database? on FBI Prepares Vast Database of Biometrics · · Score: 1

    I thought they shut down a very similar database recently. Upon hearing the news someone here said it would reappear soon enough. True dat.

  3. Hope He Got Some Money on Think Secret Shutting Down · · Score: 3, Informative

    I really hope Nick got some money in exchange for agreeing to terminate his site. In any case, thank you for your years of work on behalf of the Mac community, Nick.

  4. Ubuntu PowerPCs on Dell Releases Ubuntu 7.10-Powered PCs · · Score: 1

    The PPC zealot in me first read the headline as "Ubuntu 7.10 PowerPCs."

  5. Sony Nanowire Batteries on Nanowires Boost Laptop Battery Life to 20 Hours · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now with 10 times the explosive power.

  6. Re:debit card protection on 3.2 Billion Dollars Lost to Phishing in 2007 · · Score: 1

    There's less protection for debit cards than credit cards. I think that with debit cards they may make you jump through more hoops before restoring your lost funds. So I'd change your pin.

  7. Solution on 3.2 Billion Dollars Lost to Phishing in 2007 · · Score: 1

    We can just phish the phishers and get a lot of money back!

  8. Re:Fuck Them on Best Buy Hands Out Cease & Desist Letters for Christmas · · Score: 5, Informative

    Courts don't honor C&D letters. C&Ds are sent to meet the requirement of giving notice to a party before filing suit against said party. You may be thinking of an injunction.

  9. Re:Other Points on Copy That Floppy, Lose Your Computer · · Score: 1

    Oh, and btw, you should thank fascist rep Conyers and the Democratic Congress for this gem. Not that Republicans are much better, but no one ever seems to blame the Dems for their evils.

  10. Other Points on Copy That Floppy, Lose Your Computer · · Score: 1

    1) This is also a violation of the 7th Amendment's right to jury trial. 2) This is different from the fish poaching example because poaching is done outside of one's home. This would be unlawful search and seizure within one's home and thus a direct violation of the 4th Amendment.

  11. Since Wikipedia is So Popular on The Register Exposes More Wikipedia Abuse · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think it's necessary for those who are in decision making positions step out from behind the shadows and start making decisions in a more transparent way as part of some sort of formal Wiki council. It doesn't make sense for such a popular public resource to be controlled behind the scenes without any mechanism available to promote responsibility and accountability of the powers involved. And while I'm on the subject, am I the only one who absolutely detests the name Jimbo?

  12. A Non-Starter on Space Shifting DVDs to Cost Extra? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Jobs usually gets things right, but if this report is true Jobs is pursuing a nonstarter. He wants to make it easier for people to put their DVD collections in iTunes, but there are so many problems with this proposed solution it's doomed to failure. 1) Anyone who wants to time-shift their DVD collection already does it, albeit to the chagrin of the MPAA; 2) The MPAA would never go for any format that is devoid of some copy protection; 3) The MPAA doesn't want to strengthen Apple any more than it currently is; 4) This compromise would only really mean something if it were applied to HD-DVD and Blu-ray, which we know will never happen.

  13. Darn on EA Says 'Next-Gen' Is 'Now-Gen' · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just got a PS1 and I'm as mad as hell over this announcement.

  14. Maybe It's Time for a Cyber-Treaty on Governments Prepare for Cyber Cold War · · Score: 5, Funny

    It can be signed using an EULA!

  15. Re:This is what has never made sense to me... on Oregon AG Seeks to Investigate RIAA Tactics · · Score: 1

    By the right time do you mean in your counter suit? That's the only time I can think of that would matter to bring forth your initial counter arguments.

  16. I'd Prefer MPAA Style Ratings on ESRB Ratings Across the Consoles Charted · · Score: 1

    ESRB ratings sound so pathetically lame. Why not just use MPAA style ratings, which everyone likes (unless they're also copyrighted or something). . .

  17. Coworkers? on Your Ex-CoWorkers Will Kill Facebook · · Score: 1

    I thought Face Book was largely a college-age thing. Why would you and your coworkers be using it?

  18. What's With the Name? on Asus Corrects Eee PC Source Code Issue · · Score: 4, Interesting

    EEE? Triple E PC? What's with the name (i.e. what does it signify)?

  19. Other New Jersey Legislation on Flawed Online Dating Bill Being Pushed in New Jersey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Another piece of New Jersey legislation requires business owners to disclose to the public whether or not they have ties to organized crime.

  20. The Fact they had to defend UMD on Sony Opens PSP Store on the PC · · Score: 2, Insightful

    signals to me that the format is in deep trouble. If they didn't feel this move could be interpreted as being a negative for UMD, they wouldn't have defended it.

  21. If I were Enlish on UK Government Loses 15 Million Private Records · · Score: 1

    I'd be mighty upset with the Crown right now. Perhaps this will serve as a cautionary example to other countries who are considering going down similar paths as far as lack of privacy is concerned.

  22. Too Complicated to Run? on MIT Releases the Source of MULTICS, Father of UNIX · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Anyone know what makes the OS too complicated to run on today's most sophisticated hardware?

  23. They Could. . . on The Horrible Things That Could Happen To EA · · Score: 4, Funny

    start pumping out repetitive franchise sports titles and make tons of money off of gullible people who blindly buy brand names. Oh, wait. . .

  24. Re:Sounds like.... on Why the US Consumer Doesn't Deserve A Decent Robot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait a second, Al Gore isn't president.

  25. And while up there. . . on Japanese Probe Returns First HD Video of the Moon · · Score: 3, Funny

    it caught a glimpse of a Transformer.