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  1. Most will be destroyed in 2010, on 43 More Moons Discovered Orbiting Jupiter · · Score: 1

    when the monolith turns Jupiter into a secondary sun. Only the outer, bigger better known ones will survive. Of course we wont be able to land on Europa.


    "All these worlds are yours, except Europa...
    ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE."

  2. Also refered to as "The flight of the Democrats" on FTC vs. Open SMTP Relays · · Score: 1

    Wonder what the law enforcement officials in Oklahoma thought when they saw a drove of Texas Highway Patrol officers storm one of their hotels?

  3. Considering lack of spam legislation otherwise on FTC vs. Open SMTP Relays · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm really glad to see the Texas seal on this document. It's really disturbed me to see Texas just standing by and ignoring the spam problem. I personally think any spammers caught in-state should be roped and dragged to the middle town to let the people decide what to do with them. We're already proud to be #1 in executions, cowboy justice would just up our position.

  4. I like Lessig and his views. on Death of Internet Predicted: Film at 11 · · Score: 1

    He's very simple, direct and down to earth without all the BS personal agenda cluttering his view. At least that's what I gathered from this article a few months back.

  5. Re:Isn't government owned software public domain? on NASA Report Advocates Switch to Open Source · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think the word "classified" over-rules the idea of copywrite. Government owned crypto I guess would still be public domain, they're just not showing it to us.

    Hmm, wonder if I can get the source to Carnivore under the Freedom of Information Act?

  6. Re:Isn't government owned software public domain? on NASA Report Advocates Switch to Open Source · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here we go


    Publications Incorporating U. S. Government Works

    Works by the U. S. Government are not eligible for U. S. copyright protection. For works published on and after March 1, 1989, the previous notice requirement for works consisting primarily of one or more U. S. Government works has been eliminated. However, use of a notice on such a work will defeat a claim of innocent infringement as previously described provided the notice also includes a statement that identifies either those portions of the work in which copyright is claimed or those portions that constitute U. S. Government material.

    Example: © 2002 Jane Brown. Copyright claimed in Chapters 7-10, exclusive of U. S. Government maps

    Copies of works published before March 1, 1989, that consist primarily of one or more works of the U. S. Government should have a notice and the identifying statement.

  7. Isn't government owned software public domain? on NASA Report Advocates Switch to Open Source · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I thought the government couldn't copywrite anything. Or does NASA not count?

  8. okay, here's a decent one. on DVRs for Cop Cars · · Score: 1

    not all states are listed, lots of legalese, but you should be able to filter through some of it.

    speedtrap.org

  9. Re:here's one problem on DVRs for Cop Cars · · Score: 1

    and youre boss should use key loggers, email sniffers, remote video views and have a camera in your cube to.

    Yes cops are in a unique position as public servants, but they're still people and they still deserve the right there of.

  10. Re:I knew I should have patented that! on DVRs for Cop Cars · · Score: 1

    Speeding isn't legal, cop or not.

    Speed trapping isn't legal in most states (hidden out of view)

    Two wrongs doesn't make a right but you might be able squirell your way out of a fine with it. That and having a video record of someone side swiping me was slightly more important.

  11. Re:How long will the hard drives last on DVRs for Cop Cars · · Score: 1

    Notebook 2.5" drives and IBM Microdrives seem to handle it just a little bit better than SCSI/Full sized IDE drives. My Guess is they'll use one of those or something custom.

  12. Re:I knew I should have patented that! on DVRs for Cop Cars · · Score: 1

    Ham, thats better than my plan of just hoping they dropped by a Star Bucks or an open node and have the Wi-Fi upload to an FTP server like mad. I also considered a cellular card, communications was my biggest concern.

    The nice thing about recording it yourself:

    If it doesn't benefit you, you don't have to volunteer the evidence.

  13. Re:Saddam didn't use electronic voting on Doubting Electronic Voting · · Score: 1

    That almost sounds like a good idea actually. It would prevent a lot of dead people from voting for one thing, but that would of course throw the whole secret ballot concept out the window.

  14. I knew I should have patented that! on DVRs for Cop Cars · · Score: 1

    I've been coming up with an in-car multi-angled record to HDD system to. Only mine was because of cops, help me to get out of tickets like the one that speed trapped me from behind a line of bushes last week. I was planing to use Freevo or simular, a notebook some webcams and wireless lan so if the car got jacked I could get pictures of the driver and their surroundings. I was also trying to figure out how to get a finger print scanner hidden in an unsuspecting place, like the gear shift.

  15. wrong link on Intuit Drops DRM from Future Products · · Score: 2, Informative

    I googled for the name of the installed program and didn't look close enough. Use the open source one instead.

  16. Re:IRS - to add to the annoyance on Intuit Drops DRM from Future Products · · Score: 2, Informative

    I still had to send the IRS my W2 forms when I filed online (the only time) they made me send my W2 forms in anyways. But if I filed by phone they took my voice as my signature, at least that was the IRS' answer when asked. Never once did the file by phone ask you to speak, it was touch tone the whole way, a mute could use it. Whats the point of going electronic if you can't go electronic? ALL federal tax's should be freely doable on their website.

  17. Re:QuickTax 2003 (in canada) would only let... on Intuit Drops DRM from Future Products · · Score: 2, Informative

    Talk about lock down...

    Of course you can always print to a PDF and fix from there. Unecessarily difficult but it sure beats having to go back and fix it by hand.

  18. Lets not forget the mobile rage. on NVidia Accused of Inflating Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    The normal rage is bad enough, I can't even play the original UnrealTournament on the mobile rage with Linux, though the Windows version works just fine.

  19. Re:Saddam didn't use electronic voting on Doubting Electronic Voting · · Score: 1

    Check Yes: Happy confirmed position Saddam
    Check No: Mad at you for voting against him Saddam

    Remember, armed guards stood over them as they voted.

  20. The mark of the beast is upon us! on Doubting Electronic Voting · · Score: -1, Troll

    The only way I can think of to make electronic voting work securely is to register every citizen, implant a chip under out skin that has an ID number, and use our fingerprint/retina for a pin. This would solve nearly every security problem out there, including voting. Plus no passwords to remember.

    Publicaly appealing: no
    Secure: Mostly
    Big brother: Yes
    Good way to get body parts forcibly removed: Yes
    Satan (mark of beast): I think this would qualify

  21. Re:They have all done it on NVidia Accused of Inflating Benchmarks · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I bought the first 64MB DDR Radeon right after it came out. I held on to the card for months waiting for ATI to release a driver, didn't happen. I heard of people having sucess getting 3D acceleration to work, but I could never duplicate that success.

    Finally after months of waiting I traded my Radeon to my roommate and got a GeForce 2 Pro with 64MB of DDR. Runs beutifully on Linux, I even play UT2K3 with it on an Athlon 850. Finally after having the GeForce2 for about four months I happen across a site that tells me how to make 3D acceleration work for the Radeon. To late now, I'm happy with my GeForce, and UT2K3 seems to only really want to work with nVidia anyways.

    I don't think drivers are the best way to defend ATI considering they tend to shrug off other OS's and nVidia has committed themselves to supporting Alternate OS's.

  22. Re:I've tried to boycott Clearchannel, I really ha on More on Media Consolidation · · Score: 1

    Oh no!

    You advertised for them!
    Mod down! Mod down!

    Okay, so I forgot their names. I've listened to them and tried to give them a fair shake, it just didn't work. I've thought about calling them daily to remind them they suck, but there are others that do that for me, and besides it may count their rating is boosted.

  23. Re:But I like hard rock. on More on Media Consolidation · · Score: 1

    Have to give it a shot. Easy to over look stations now that autoseek is standard on radios.

  24. Re:mIRC on IRC Networks Unite in Fight Against Fizzer Worm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mouse drop downs worked, but aliases were in their to. I had it set up to do which ever I felt like doing. When I was leaning back watching I would use the mouse. When someone was arguing and we were typing back and fourth I would use an alias. Roll your own.

  25. But I like hard rock. on More on Media Consolidation · · Score: 1

    I don't like pop, classical is great, but not all the time when I have a case of road rage I want to blair the OffSpring, Mötley Crüe or something, not Mozart. FEED THE RAGE, starving it just makes your rage hungry, their's nothing worse than rage on an empty stomache.