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  1. Re:MOD THIS DOWN on The Science of the Matrix · · Score: 1

    yeah, it does have a referrer code in the query string. He's an enterprising little bastard, I'll give him that.

  2. Re:Java on Eclipse 2.1 Released · · Score: 1

    I wonder how many posts it will take before you just say "fuck it" and let all these people believe thats your C++ page. I thought it was funny as hell, especially Bjarne's response. That was great.

  3. Re:Military targets? on 4l-j4z333ra 0wn3d · · Score: 1

    Thats why I get all my news from the finest news source.

  4. Re:Robocop on What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie? · · Score: 1

    But Stranger in a Strange Land and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress are both pretty leftist books. I don't think you can characterize Heinlen as being a conservative author. His political messages vary quite a bit between novels.

  5. Re:Battlefield Earth on What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie? · · Score: 1

    Another Conan joke, paraphrased:
    "John Travolta was pushing to make a sequal to Battlefield Earth, but instead he's just going to set fire to 40 million dollars. It'll be easier that way."

  6. Re:So, how much... on Strike on Iraq · · Score: 1

    War is a good war to raise approval ratings before an election. Just ask ex-pres George Bush. The dow went up almost 300 points on monday. The economy apparently likes war.

    I think it is about more than oil, but oil is one reason. I just don't understand what the rush is, why we can't wait until the UN council approves of action, until enough evidence is found that we're not alienating the entire world by using force.

  7. Re:i think i found a new sig on John Perry Barlow On The Dangers of DRM · · Score: 1

    1) Don't watch TV 2) Get your news from varied online sources (news.google.com assembles a nice mix) 3) If it gets that bad, there's always Canada.

  8. Re:Well of course on What High End Unix Features are Missing from Linux? · · Score: 1

    Mmmmmmm... Bebop...

  9. Re:$40k.... so what? on A Music Industry Case Study · · Score: 1

    They need to label it as well, print out the booklet, put it all in the jewel case.

  10. Re:$40k.... so what? on A Music Industry Case Study · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The point isn't that they only make 40k, the point it that thy are make 8 million and only seeing 40k. That other money is being eaten up by an industry that exists so it can continue to exist. You know how you can get an e-commerce package for $25/mo? Yeah, thats what the music industry could be, a monthly service for any band to upload and be published. Then, local record stores with bulk burners could download and burn, or burn on demand for customers.
    Customer: "Do you have the latest radiohead?"
    Clerk at a PC: "That'll be ready in 10 minutes, $5.00 please."
    This recording industry is spending millions and millions manually doing the job of a good database. To make a long story short (too late) the problem is the record company being overpaid for a service it doesn't provide.

  11. Re:Hmm... on "Clone Wars" Cartoon Shorts on Cartoon Network · · Score: 3, Insightful

    the thing is, Lucas isn't doing these. The animators behind Samuri Jack are in creative control. That means it will be Good. I think Lucas came up with some great ideas, but he lacks on the execution. Which was the best original movie? Which one did he have the least involvement in?

  12. Re:This is why... on Rand Expert Says To Keep Mum About Killer Asteroids · · Score: 1

    Holy shit. You are an idiot. Homosexuality is not a preventable and treatable, as your link states. I'm not gay, so I don't have first hand experience, but the standard response to that is if is it preventable and treatable, why aren't homosexuals going to doctors and getting treated so they don't suffer from discrimination and hate crimes? Do you also have a link for skin pigment treatments to turn black people white? If you think a man will burn in hell because he's gay, you have a major screw loose. Would women burn in hell for sleeping with other women? Or is that just hot...

  13. Re:Photos of hoaxers on Top of the Crops 2002 · · Score: 1

    Simple answer: $$$
    By ignoring the human artists of these things, people can sell books, memberships to websites, admission to see the circle, go on speaking tours, etc. I've seen documentaries on TLC that have a time-lapse of 4 Australians (maybe new zealanders) making a crop circle. I wouldn't be surprised if there were groups that contacts farmers with a business proposition, they make the circle, he charges people to see it, they sell photos to the media, and people come and drop their jaws to see some awesome unearthly power. Everyone wins, even the poor saps who pay for the whole mess. They get a taste of mystery in an increasingly less mysterious world.

  14. Interesting story but on Advances in Decentralized Peer Networks · · Score: 4, Funny

    But I wish he had posted a link or something.

  15. Re:Hey! I got that label on Slashdot on Only Thieves Block Pop-Ups · · Score: 3, Interesting

    >And no TV without advertising? Would that be a bad thing? I think so. Cable costs around 30 a month for basic stuff, and that is all subsidized by advertising. Its not stealing to mute ads on TV, and it shouldn't be stealing to block pop-ups, but if all TV was commercial-free, your cable bill would be many, many times higher. Advertisers are taking a risk when they take out an ads on a website, TV, or even a newspaper. It doesn't matter the medium, there is no gaurantee that people will actually pay attention to the ad, and the advertiser knows this. What I am waiting for is on-demand TV with a commercial option. You can watch the superbowl for $1 with commercials, or $30 without. That way, people could still pay around $30 a month for their commercial ridden cable, and folks who watch less frequently can pay $30 a month for their particular shows, commercial free. To be at all practical, the commercial free version would probably have to air after the commercial one, so the current production could stay the way it is, with a little addition. Ok, I'll stop now, unless someone want to give me venture capital. Actually, even then, I'm done.

  16. Re:hmmm on Advocacy Prompts Reconsideration of Anti-GPL Letter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If the code is good, it doesn't matter whose hands it falls into. Odds are that if it falls into bad hands that find an exploit, it will also fall into good hands that find that same exploit, and alert the developers.

  17. Re:So? on USDOI Goes 100% Microsoft · · Score: 2, Funny


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  18. Re:In other words... on Online Marketing for an Indie Band? · · Score: 1

    2: tour to sold-out crowds

  19. Re:Amazing organlizational skills... on The Warriors Stood in the Shape of a Heart · · Score: 1

    right click?

  20. Re:In other news... on The Two Towers Hits the Net · · Score: 1

    www.bbspot.com

  21. Re:Algebra is taught wrong. on Algebra As A Gateway Subject · · Score: 1

    so, given 427 hours work of work to be done in 3 weeks, how many compentent programmers do you need to work full time to prevent overnighters? (overtime, for simplification)

  22. upstart!!?!?! on USA Today says "Linux waddles from obscurity" · · Score: 1

    When will people learn...

  23. Re:'Flow' recommended on Indie Game Jam Results Posted · · Score: 1

    is there a way to stop the slow scrolling? The game is really good except for that.

  24. Re:mega-edited? on Cowboy Bebop Film's American Premiere Announced · · Score: 1

    there some differences in dialogue, and of course, blood. I've seen a couple episodes on DVD and on the Cartoon Network, and they all had a few differences. The DVDs have more sexual innuendo, which changes some of the characters.

  25. Re:Crop circle HOWTO on Disney Making Fake Crop Circles? · · Score: 1
    why did this get modded as troll? This is the truth. Two artists in England admitted to making them after drinking in a pub.
    "One summers evening in 1978 after several pints in the Percy Hobbs Doug Bower and Dave Chorley were taking the air on a bridle path on the Longwood Estate, near Cheesefoot Head. They were talking about UFOs. Bower (who used to live in Melbourne, Australia) recalled a case in Queensland, where a UFO had reportedly ascended from a swirled nest of marsh-grass. 'What do you think would happen if we put a nest over there?' Bower joked to Chorley, pointing to a nearby wheatfield. 'People would think a flying saucer had landed." Jim Schnabel


    circlemakers.org