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  1. Re:who can stop this? on Congress Expands FBI Powers · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I think the only thing that can stop this shit is a popular revolution. Look at Georgia. The government was corrupt, the people rose up and toppled it. From what I've heard it was nonviolent as well. It will take similiar action here for this to be stopped.

    Unfortunatly, if you rise up against the US Government, you are a terrorist, and such a movement would likely be crushed by the military, which is mostly right-wing. A guerilla war against the government and popular uprising would be required.

  2. Does this mean... on Man Arrested for 'Spam Rage' · · Score: 0, Troll
    That I will get in trouble for replying to the latest spam from a major corporation in this manner:

    GET LOST SPAMMER TRASH!!

    ?

  3. They also get governments to steal land for them on Wal-Mart to Offer Wal-Mart Notebooks · · Score: 3, Informative
  4. Exactly... on US House, Senate Agree on Anti-Spam Bill · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How will this be enforced? The global nature of the Internet seems to be unmanagable by a single government.

  5. Hmm... on Chinese Lawsuit Seeks Return of Virtual Weapons · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The article doesn't say how SHUILIU0011 stole the items. Did the guy use a decent password on his account, or was it some kind of crack that the thief used? However, you'd think they have some method of restoring the items if he could prove they were stolen by another user.

  6. Re:People really still fall for 911 scams? on 'Operation Cyber Sweep' Nets 125 Arrests · · Score: 1

    For some reason I thought the Nigerian scams were 911, but it is actually 419. Sorry about that.

  7. People really still fall for 911 scams? on 'Operation Cyber Sweep' Nets 125 Arrests · · Score: 1
    Authorities in Ghana and Nigeria also helped track down suspects and recover millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains.

    I guess so... You would think that people would be more aware of this kind of thing now.

  8. Re:Whew... Had they been Muslim and in the US... on Slashback: Princeton, Terror, Farscape · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Will the moderator please post as AC and explain why this is Flamebait? Because it has "Muslim" and "torture" and "US" in the same post? If you read the entire post and think about it before you moderate, then you will realize that it is an attempt to point out abuses of the US legal system.

    As for you on the right, it DOES NOT condone terrorism. It simply points to an article that shows how a innocent person was tortured by Syrians due to the idiocy of US authorities.

  9. Whew... Had they been Muslim and in the US... on Slashback: Princeton, Terror, Farscape · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Tran gets an 18-month suspended sentence and a $5,000 (Australian) fine. Ng got an 18-month suspended sentence and 200 hours community service. Le was only given community service. Needless to say the Australian record industry is complaining the three should do time, which could have meant five years behind bars.

    They might have been extradited to Syria for torture.

  10. lol on Slashback: Princeton, Terror, Farscape · · Score: 1
    "CNN is reporting that the Policy Analysis Market is set to return, albeit without futures on 'violent events,' and without DARPA or other government involvement.

    Yeah, right. I'm absolutely certain that DARPA and other government agencies will stay out of this project, just because they say so.

  11. This isn't funny at all... on Roadside Assistance System Used for Eavesdropping · · Score: 1

    More like insightful or interesting to me... Or a better mod would be +5 Scary.

  12. I saw one at McDonalds this weekend also on Public BSOD Sightings? · · Score: 4, Funny
    I went through the drive-through, and the total came out to around $10 + some change. Not wanting to break the $20 bill I had (a new one) into a five and ones, I found the correct change and feed the computer the $20 and the change. The computer did not comprehend this input, however, and a human had to intervene by helping the computer count the proper change. The human assistant, however, still got the change wrong, as I received a five, five ones, and a dime back. I still don't understand why neither the human or the computer could figure that one out.

    The computer model was human high-school female type, and the human assistant was a manager.

  13. Am I missing something here? on Mandrake 9.2 ISOs Available · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    all so-called ATAPI LG cd-rom drives

    Why are they "so-called ATAPI drives"? Was it a problem with the drives not having a standard ATAPI interface? Or is this just FUD by the submitter? I know that there was problem, but if the drives truly are standard ATAPI then why inject the "so-called" comments?

  14. How to get an article accepted on /. on Microsoft Proclaims Death of Free Software Model · · Score: 1, Insightful

    1. Find the latest anti-FS/Linux FUD story that has quotes from Microsoft exec.
    2. Submit to /.
    3. ???
    4. Accepted!!
    5. Sit back and watch as the flames fly!!

  15. Did you count the actual number of users? on Linux Users More Likely To Pay For Games? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You have to consider the fact that Linux users are usually far more technically minded, and probably have more money and be more willing to give their support, regardless of their wealth. That user base is still far less than the Windows user base, so while your numbers are probably correct, they fail to consider the number of users for each OS.

  16. Re:A fileserver is great in my home on Building a Budget Storage Server · · Score: 1
    Where did you get the $50 G3?

    Probably a good deal on ebay. Looking on there now, they go as low as $54 before shipping, but he might have found one lower at the time.

  17. Re:A fileserver is great in my home on Building a Budget Storage Server · · Score: 1

    Interesting... May I ask what was the total cost after you added everything?

  18. Is it just me... on Free Software As Nigerian Scam · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or does that article site seem like a scam in itself? I counted 5 ads from doubleclick (all blocked by privoxy) and another set of sponsored links at the bottom. With all the rhetoric designed to inflame linux users, it is sure to make money for them if it gets enough hits (thus getting put on /. benefits them greatly...).

  19. Re:Oh really? on Diebold Chases Links To Leaked Memos · · Score: 1
    Yeah, it's a good thing everybody agreed on American indepe\ndence. Imagine how things would have went if some people would have been sympathetic to the king.

    Actually, according to most historians, a large number of colonists (up to 33% in some figures) were Loyalists (loyal and willing to fight for King George). Another large portion of the population was unwilling to fight for either side or would only support the army that was in their backyard at the time. Only a small number of people actually supported the Revolution. We did have a large outburst at the beginning, known as the "rage militare" (sic), but a number of these were sunshine patriots and left when things started going bad.

    A short history lesson for you today, but then again you might have been sarcastic in your post.

  20. Don't they know... on Terahertz Scanners See Inside Sealed Packages · · Score: 1

    ...that slashdotters will put their drugs inside their tinfoil hats?! Nothing can pentrate those things!

  21. Don't do this... on Slashback: Diebold, Peroxide, Comdex · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Perhaps they could even receive a copy or two (or fifty ;-) of the documents listed here."

    Please do not spam these people with 50 11MB files. If each member of the slashdot crowd even sends one copy, their mail servers will be overwhelmed and our efforts will be ignored. Perhaps someone can print paper copies to send to them?

  22. Me first on Gator Forces Site To Remove 'Spyware' Label · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, setzman, say that Gator is spyware. btw, First Post!!

  23. Mirrors needed on Swarthmore Students Keep Diebold Memos Online · · Score: 1

    Wow 0.19 of 11 MB downloaded, average is 0.0k per second. This will take a while. Does anyone have a mirror up yet?

  24. My question is... on Zelda GameCube Bundle Dated · · Score: 1

    Exactly where can I order this and be guaranteed to have this bundle?

  25. Re:Suse Linux 9 on Mandrake Linux 9.2 Hits the Street · · Score: 1
    Suse Linux 9 hit the streets yesterday

    Don't see a press release on the Suse site. Where did you see this at?