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  1. Re:from the article... on Cell-Phone Wars · · Score: 1
    What right is there to privacy?

    If you dont like cellphone chatter, go to places which agree with your sentiments, otherwise don't be a behaviour [removed due to Godwin's Law]. Same deal with SUVs- if you don't like 'em, don't buy one; but for gods sake leave the people who buy them alone instead of resorting to paintballing, keying and infantile penis-ratio jokes.

    But then again, I realize that I'm pontificating to children, one step from socialism and individual tyranny.

  2. Re:ridiculous on "Port Knocking" For Added Security · · Score: 1

    But there is only one door, not five. The 'port knocking' would be the equivalent of a salesman knocking on pre-specified random windows before appearing again at your now visible front door with another password to gain access.

  3. Punishment fits the crime on Oscar Screener Leak Traced · · Score: 1
    Thats what you get for releasing crappy movies!

  4. Re:Misleading name? on Israel's Finance Ministry To Distribute OpenOffice · · Score: 1

    Why ask me for evidence? Isnt that up to the parent poster who made the original claim?
    I'm not asking you to believe my "propoganda", but at least evaluate me with the same respect you accept the accusations.

  5. Re:Misleading name? on Israel's Finance Ministry To Distribute OpenOffice · · Score: 1

    Ummmm...yes and no.
    This whole thing has been going on for years. The government had an "amnesty" program going on for the pirate stations, but of course Arutz Sheva was denied application. The evidence for all this is hard to come by in any meaningful way; the sites which have it would be of questionable evidence to any skeptic.

  6. Re:Misleading name? on Israel's Finance Ministry To Distribute OpenOffice · · Score: 1

    The Israeli Government is right-wing only in security/army matters. For all other purposes it's socialist, secularist and anti-religous.

  7. Re:Misleading name? on Israel's Finance Ministry To Distribute OpenOffice · · Score: 1
    The overlapping broadcasts (on a civilian channel) was done by a leftist group, who taped a radio program and illegally broadcast it to interfere with the air traffic controllers, in order to implicate the "right-wing extremists".
    Go spew your vile hatred on Electronic Intifada, but not here on /.

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  8. Re:Misleading name? on Israel's Finance Ministry To Distribute OpenOffice · · Score: 1, Troll
    The Israeli Ministry of Communications A.K.A. Misrad HaTishkoret (pun intended) is notorious for refusing to license any right-leaning organization for radio broadcasts. Being so, dozens of pirate stations are broadcast, and for the most part are right-wing stations. To add insult to injury, and in the pretense of securing radio frequencies, the government shut down all right-wing pirate stations while ignoring the many pirate left-wing stations.



    Arutz Sheva, AKA Israeli News Network once it was shut down, moved its operations off-shore and broadcast from the safety of international waters. This didnt stop the government from arresting the "pirates" when they came in for repairs a year ago.

  9. Re:Thanks on Sony-Ericsson P900 Released · · Score: 2, Informative
    Only Linux?

    As a cultured /.'er, the words ogg vorbis probably sends shivers down your spineless back.

    Yes, there is ogg vorbis support thru a skinnable app boringly called "Ogg Player". The only downside is that you can't use them as ringtones.
    It should also interest you to know that there is a SCUMM emulator port for SymbianOS called escummvm.

    The P900 is signifigantly better than the P800. You might even want to say that the P800 was an expensive beta test. The improvements include, but are not limited to:
    1- Higher screen resolution
    2- Landscape mode
    3- Downloadable firmware updates
    4- A full length, real stylus
    5- A faster processor
    6- More internal memory, plus support for Memory Stick Duo Pro
    7- Real buttons on the non-removable keypad
    8- More glorified business style; it doesnt look like a child's cheesy toy like the P800
    9- Has video camera software with sound-in support
    10- Includes the latest rev of the UIQ interface
    11- Camera now has mirror so you can take self-potraits

    All in all, it was an upgrade to the P800, and they were originally going to name it the P810, but marketing thought that this would raise the ire of thousands of P800 who would demand the free upgrades.

  10. Wish List.... on Expensive Geek Toys Roundup · · Score: 1
    Phones:

    Sony Ericsson P810/P900:
    Club Sony Ericsson

    XDA II:
    infosync.nl

    Digital Video Cameras:

    Sony DCR-IP1 Micro MV
    DCR-IP1

    Samsung Digital Gadget ITCAM9 / ITCAM7
    ITCAM9

  11. Re:Elevator Music on Space Elevator Going Up · · Score: 1
    Allow me to make a stupid guess;

    Is this "Thus Sprach Zarathustra" of 2001:ASO fame?

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  12. Re:Government-controlled media on Low-power FM Transmitters Banned in UK · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I guess it just goes to prove that with the right management and funding, publically owned services can outperform the private sector.

    Big deal, stateside our Telly is FREE as in beer. You have some good points, but cut out the socialist dreams buddy.

  13. Re:Yeah, Except... on Labelling RFID Products · · Score: 1
    Ah! There's nothing like the smell of unbridled capitalism in the morning!

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  14. Re:He should have faught. on RIAA Grabs Student's Life's Savings · · Score: 1
    The RIAA sued him for violating the DMCA.

    The ACLU should have stepped in and said that the DCMA is a violation of free speech, and hence unconstitutional.

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  15. Re:They do have one rule that binds them... on FCC Approves Media Consolidation · · Score: 1

    Clear Channel has 36,200 employees. Check your facts here.

  16. Re:Who cloned the iPod? on Archos Releases Portable Video/Image/MP3 Player · · Score: 2, Informative
    I believe he is referring to Creative Labs' Nomad Zen. Now available in 60GB. USB2 and Firewire.

  17. AWESOME!!! on Creating Car Free Cities · · Score: -1, Troll
    Now if we just get all the (hypocrit) hippies to start moving there......

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  18. Blinkenlights!!! on The NoCat Wireless Access Point/Night Light · · Score: 1
    I'm waiting for the hack which incorporates a webcam for painless installation into womens' locker rooms across America.

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  19. Re:Not a good move at this time on E-commerce Sites to Collect Sales Taxes Nationwide · · Score: 1
    No, they don't. If tax breaks were about stimulating the economy, they would be directed at the low end of the income distribution--people likely to spend the extra money.

    96.09% of all income tax is payed by the top 50% income earners as per IRS statistics. You mean you want all the tax cuts to go to the people who don't pay any income taxes to begin with?


    Instead, the administration gives huge tax breaks to the wealthy

    You have to stop being a spokesmouth for Nancy Pelosi and Tom Daschle. Tax cuts naturally will have a higher 'ring' when applied to the people who payed the bulk of them. Besides, they're the ones who are gonna hire your sorry ass when you're unemployed. Don't start your class warfare rhetoric here.


    and introduces new sales taxes that hurt spending but make some special interests happy.

    The federal gub'mint has nothing to do with State Sale Taxes. Period.

    Special Interests? Speak to John "Ketchup" Kerry, or Tom "Airplanes" Daschle, their wives can tell you a lot about special interests.

  20. Timeless? on Jack Valenti's Views On The Digital Age · · Score: 1
    As in 'limited' terms defined as "one day minus infinity?

    I mean at least he's honest about what he wants and how he will seek to obtain it.
    Bullshit like the CBDTPA and SSSCA which are pushed by Fritz Holling (D., Disney) are just a bunch of hooey.

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  21. Re:What is this fascination with .com domains? on Slashback: Wireless, Radio, Ralsky · · Score: 1
    Why the hell should a TLD whose sole-purpose is for COMmercial applications have to be converted to non-commercial use?

    My guess is that the judge decided that until its settled (which will never be) he can't "exploit" his name.

    Judges like that suck.

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  22. Re:Nissan on Slashback: Wireless, Radio, Ralsky · · Score: 2, Funny
    Yes, your absolutely right. They're hijacking his URL as well as his last name for their company.

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  23. more bad puns on University of Twente NOC Destroyed · · Score: 1
    The HotLine Server crashed and burned, whilst the CD-R Burner was spittin out toasty-coasters. Thats what you get for playing with Alcohol 120% and Nero. Damn pyros.

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  24. Bush-Bashing till the end! on Salon, Nearly No Money and Ultramercials · · Score: 1
    Then you throw in a recession, the advertising market meltdown, 9/11, the Bush backlash against pretty much everything Salon stands for...

    The suckers there must be taking this pretty hard. Come'on give our CIO a friggin break!

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  25. To answer a few concerns on DivX DVD Players Arrive · · Score: 1
    /.'ers are wetting their pants all over this one.

    I'll be impressed when all the codecs can be quietly streamed from a burned disc to the player, the player accepts the codec, and plays the disc with the codec provided.

    If only companies like Apex set a few standards on how the 'handshake' of codecs will be initiated.

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