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  1. Re:The Land of the Free... My Ass on Attempt to Apply Decency Standards to Cable/Satellite Television · · Score: 1

    what is the name of said anti-FCC song? I haven't heard of it.

    linky

  2. Re:Coupled with a pay per view model... on Coming soon: Google TV? · · Score: 1

    I use http://www.tvtorrents.net/ to catch up on my tv

    I was envisioning a legal service. ;)

    If it was broadcast unencrypted over the air, I don't see why it should be illegal to download it on the net.

  3. Re:prior art on Amazon Sued For Recommending Books · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah but you are using a computer. Using a computer for it makes it all different. And new. And patentable.

    You think the U.S. will make it into the future? I suspect that rampant greed will cause us to implode.

  4. I thought there obligation to Disney was done.... on Teaser Trailer for 'Cars'; Info on 'Polar Express' · · Score: -1, Redundant

    5 movies?

  5. Re:It's a nice thought on An Open Source Tipping Point? · · Score: 1

    Compatibility would be their selling point, as always.

    Serious question... when has true compatibility been a Microsoft selling point? Not trolling, just interesed to see a few examples of that.

  6. My prediction: on Stanford Predicts The Presidential Election · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Either Bush or Kerry will get into office. They will spend our federal tax money however they want, generally kissing the ass of big business. We will continue putting hundreds of thousands of people in jail for drug use. We will continue pushing a litigious society with no hope for tort reform. Illegal industry groups (MPAA, RIAA) will be given even more power. And no matter what, Bush's friends will become much richer, and Kerry's friends will become much richer.

    Feel free to supply your own!

  7. Why is this on slashdot? on Kerry Blows Red Sox Stats, Again, and Again · · Score: 2, Insightful

    We are talking about a political candidate (Nerd check: FAILED) and that candidate's sports knowledge (Nerd check: FAILED).

    I'm hard pressed to think of anything that matters LESS to me than if Kerry correctly remembered baseball game scores.

  8. dents on What's in Your Billfold? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    for years I kept every piece of paper that I came upon in an ass-denting, tri-fold wallet. I suspect I have hip problems today as a result.

    anyway, I got fed up one day I switched to a very simple bi-fold wallet. it's not so much a wallet as a credit card holder I guess... I can carry the basic few things that I need rather than a bunch of useless crap. Haven't looked back.

    long story short, I don't carry all that crap in my wallet any more. that's what glove compartments are for.

  9. Re:Speed on Batch-o-Moz: Firefox, Thunderbird, Suite Released · · Score: 1

    I experienced the same thing! I honestly don't know how they got it to launch so quick, especially since they don't pre-load a buncha stuff like IE does.

  10. Re:Might this spell an end... on Batch-o-Moz: Firefox, Thunderbird, Suite Released · · Score: 1

    0.9.2, same thing. I've never had it render /. wrong.

  11. Re:Collision != Broken on SHA-0 Broken, MD5 Rumored Broken · · Score: 1

    it should be so phenomenally difficult to find a collision that you can't ever come up with one in a sane amount of time.

    For the less of us, what methods do you use to enforce this? It seems to me if you have the code that generates the hash, you could reverse engineer it and generate collissions just as easy. Why not?

  12. Re:collisions found in MD5 on SHA-0 Broken, MD5 Rumored Broken · · Score: 1

    Ok, a question for you experts...

    why couldn't you use the original code and generate collisions?

  13. Re:Are you feeling lucky, punk? on Microsoft Lists SP2 Incompatibilities · · Score: 1
    Not a troll, how should smaller IT people (I handle around 40 comps at the moment) handle SPs? I'm a solo person with programming workload on the side, so should I just do "automatic download and install" one hope for the best?

    Personally, I sometimes think it'd be cool to have Debian Stable on the clients and then pick and chose what I run for the servers. As a smaller shop, things are in development anyway, and I want to spend my time developing new things rather than admistering crappy, virus/spyware-ridden Windows boxes.

  14. Re:It's all Bush's fault on Using Copyright To Suppress Political Speech · · Score: 1

    Fuck you and your liberal clap-trap.

    That goes not just for you, but for all your moronic Rush-loving friends.

    Some of us posess this thing called intelligence and are able to think for ourselves.

    What we see the "conservatives" out there handing more and more power to the uber-rich while our poor children go uneducated and dying for lack of health care.

    It's obviously not *all* Bush's fault. It's also the fault of a culture where greed is called "being smart" and stepping on your fellow man is considered the Right Thing To Do.

    Rome is burning. You conservatives will have the most money, but it's just fuel for the fire that will help burn down the empire.

  15. Re:The universe does not need us on Van Allen Questions Human Spaceflight · · Score: 1

    Do not presume that humans as they exist now represent the highest form of evolution.

    Any sentient being represents a special position in the sprectrum of life. The culture we have created, good and bad, represents our uniqueness in a very real way, and I for one would not want to see it disappear from the universe forever. Why else are we doing all of this?

  16. Re:The future is here! on Toyota Patents Winking, Laughing, Crying Car · · Score: 1

    If it is 'gay', it's cool and trendy! Which an emotional car could be that... hmm....

  17. Decent System, CPU Cycles/bandwidth don't matter on Attention Bonds Gain Momentum · · Score: 1
    Basically this system boils down to this:
    • You have a whitelist, which *you* control. (wont get into whitelist... you all know what that is)
    • If a non-whitelisted person wants to send you a message, they have to put up some cash that they *potentially* have to pay to send you the message (people are willing to pay per message for I/M on cells... a non-issue)
    • You have someone request to send you a message, you can either accept the message without cost or aggree to the charge.

    Now, dealing with challenges to this:

    Mailing lists : simply don't send back acceptance of charges. Any good mailing list requires authorization anyway, so part of that authorization would be adding said list to your whitelist.

    Family/Friends : Um, duh. If you are charging your family/friends for sending you an email.... something else is up

    Financial (Banks, Retail Stores, etc.) : Again, remember *you* have the whitelist, *you* are in control. If a bank *really* wants you to read their message, they are willing to put up the cash to have you read their message. That is a Good Thing! If you are worried that banks will do that same to you, why? What information would a bank send you via email that you could not find out by going to a teller or calling them?

    I think this system could be very workable. Noone needs to track information that is *in* the message. It's much better than a standard whitelist. It doens't require everyone to do it at the same time. I think a well-written RFP could achieve this not too long in the future.

    I'm interested in any reasonable arguments to this.

  18. Electronic Music Guide on IT's Musical Habits · · Score: 1

    http://www.ishkur.com/music/

    This was one of the coolest guides to the different genre's of electronic music I've seen. Warning: flash

  19. Re:Advertisers, Spammers, Search Engines, oh my! on Ask Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales About Online Collaboration · · Score: 1

    They address this right on their site.

    linky

  20. USA, One party system on USA PATRIOT Act Survives Amendment Attempt · · Score: 1

    The Rich.

    That's it.

    The poor aren't represented except as a very small minority. You have to be a multi-millionaire to become president. It's in the rules!

    Sure there are sub-groups within The Rich party, but they aren't that different. They all still believe that greed is a admirable trait.

    The Rich party doesn't want any competition, and they will never have any because they control all 3 branches of the government, The Media, and nearly all our business and industry.

    So get out there and vote for The Rich Party! It's the only one that can possibly win anyway.

    Greed and excess will kill the US

  21. RATIONAL? um... no on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 1

    You are dealing with 2 party US of A here.... rationality it out of the question

  22. Re:Fahrenheit 9/11: A Conservative Critique on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 1
    It's so weird because on every other topic, I usually agree with the majority of what these guys have to say. But they make me so mad on the war issue that I feel like some kind of left-wing liberal.

    You damn commie, fascist, right wing/left wing liberal/conservative, you are just an Socialist/Fasicst bastard, fuck you! Rush Limbaugh/Roger Moore warned me about you! You suck! Why don't you go back to %COUNTRY% and preach your liberal/conservative propaganda there! America has no use for your kind here. Begone with you.
  23. U.S. Last? on 3-D Gaming on Your Cellphone · · Score: 1
    "Starting this summer, you'll see higher-end phones in Japan leading the way," he said. "European markets will be next, and the U.S. a little way behind, probably by the beginning of next year."
    Why is the U.S. *always* the last ones to get new cell phone technology?
  24. Re:FCC should stop censorship on Should The FCC Be Abolished? · · Score: 1
    I can't wait for Bush to lose so we can have some sane government.
    When I first saw this I read it as "I can't wait for Bush to lose so we can have the same government.", which would have been funny and insightful.
  25. Re:Democrats have some flaws... on McDonald's and Sony Offer Music Downloads · · Score: 1

    Since we are totally off topic anyway, which is better? this or this?