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  1. Re:yeah, ok... on America's Hams Embrace Linux · · Score: 1

    Morse is officially done for now. Get with the program!

  2. Re:ati vs nvidia on ATi FireGL X1 Vs. NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 · · Score: 1

    Yeah I bought an ATI card (FireGL 8600) only to later find out that it wont work on win95, win98, or winME. I need to boot into one of those for certain games and apps sometimes but like... it ain't gonna happen with this card in there. With that said, it's a decent performer for it's price but sheesh... at least put a warning sticker on the box or something guys!

  3. Re:Collateral damage on Building a Better Bomb · · Score: 1

    It's because the US media is so very protective of Conservatives like Bush and they wouldn't do anything to hurt his '04 chances.

    And I am the Dali fucking Llama.

    Many of you here today are forgetting that the media wants to make money... they do this by having eyeballs and earballs affixed to their news coverage... this is enhanced when there is death and carnage to wag about to and fro. Where are you people getting it in your head that they either want to protect the President (riiight...) or sugar-coat the war in Iraq?

  4. Hey on EBay Fined $29.5M in Patent Case · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I invented "Read More...". You all owe me bigtime.

  5. Re:Slow day on Slashdot? on Gateway Portable MP3 Player · · Score: 1

    We all clicked on the read more link tho. Didn't we?

  6. You may well be not correct. on Cyber Sleuths vs. Secret Networks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Nah, real musicians would still do it for free then, with free software like Pro Tools and Cakewalk. Then they would promote their music with web pages made with other free tools like Flash MX, DreamWeaver and Photoshop. (Well, all that stuff is free when you have KazaA and Gnutella)

  7. Re:Not a registered organ donor? Then no transplan on Ending Organ Donor Shortages? · · Score: 1

    This idea is viscerally satifying this moment, but wrongheaded nonetheless. What if no other registered donors need your fresh organ? Just let it rot away while some non-donor needs it?

  8. Re:Please? on RIAA Obtains Subpoenas Against File Swappers · · Score: 1

    Dear god I hope that somebody indicted will be a congresman's son or daughter off at college There's little chance of that, they are too smart. It's the same reason that telemarketers went so many years with no recourse against them, and it's the same reason why ISP's who are daughters of the biggest music companies won't be getting flooded with supoenas; it's because they know who matters and who does not.

  9. Re:Flaw in your analogy. on Freenet 0.5.2 Released · · Score: 1

    The problem with kiddie porn is it is illegal to even possess it

    Well... I'm a letter carrier in the USPS. So am I guilty of something if I pick-up or deliver the stuff?

  10. "Here Comes the Metric System!" on Evangelizing OSS in the Caribbean · · Score: 1

    That's what they were saying back then too...

  11. A hint: on Courts Block Washington Violent Game Law · · Score: 1

    You are kidding, right? There's a British guy I know living in Dallas right now. Right now!

    Anyway, you mentioned a problem, what exactly is that problem? Oh nevermind, you are an Anonymous Coward and hence have nothing to really say.

  12. The Free Speech argument fails... on Still No Federal Spam Law · · Score: 1

    ...because the First Amendment protects your right to say what you want. It does not create a right to have anyone pay attention.

  13. Re:STOP BUYING. on Telemarketers Plan Counterattack · · Score: 1

    Making fun of the telemarketer calling you is like punching someone who has their hands tied, and isn't allowed to run away.
    Yeah! It's just that easy!
    It wouldn't be so damned much fun if it were any work.

  14. Re:Amazing what the USPS does do with mail. on USPS To Provide Personal Identity Certification · · Score: 2, Informative

    As a mail carrier myself, I can tell you that if your carrier isn't going to your door with parcels then he/she isn't doing what they are supposed to do, and you should call in and complain to a supervisor, or even the postmaster themself if you live in a smaller community. In my office, I hear about every single complaint any of my customers have called in, so it does keep me trying not to make anyone mad.

  15. Re:possible answers? on ATI's Radeon Linux drivers no longer supported? · · Score: 1

    The FireGL drivers work ok for normal use but will not do accelerated 3d, as I have learned from experience.

  16. Re:identifying P2P swappers... on RIAA To Sue Hundreds Of File Swappers · · Score: 1

    Why not have a wireless gateway with DHCP up and then anyone could have war-driven by and gotten on your IP addy to share files? You certainly can't control them doing that... ;)

  17. I believe it may be... on Wireless LAN Equipment Shipments Up · · Score: 1

    ...Fb-.

  18. Re:SCA! on Is the Seeking of Lost Skills/Arts a Hacking Analog? · · Score: 1

    Check with any Jewelry student at Paris Jr College (Paris, TX)... they either have made a suit of chainmail or know someone who has. I myself make jewellry, brew my own beer, have my wife cut my hair, bake my own bread, and probably lots of other things like that I'm not remembering right now, and most of my cyber geek buds do things like that too, so this does look like a common thread among computer types, at least from where I'm sitting.

  19. Re:Ways to crack it on Self-Destructing DVD's Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    Why not just give it a clear laquer or wax coat when you open it up?

  20. How about if... on Google To Create "Blog" Search; Potentially Remove From Main · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...they remove the blogs from main, then re-incorportate the highest-hitting blogs from the new search back into the main? Then you may not miss a relevant and useful blog while avoiding the one that is mainly about some highschool girl and funny text messages that she got from her friends?

  21. Re:That is a tax on the poor, no way on California Senate Approves Net Tax Bill · · Score: 1

    You spend time preparing, he spends time driving to and from... and you enjoy a creative, stress-relieving activity... and stay healthier too! And for this, he pays 3 times what you do. So there.

  22. Excellent on Build Your Own HERF Gun · · Score: 1

    Now to order one and wait for the little gangsta wannabe across the street to turn on his 5,000 watt subwoofer...

  23. Re:Irony on RIAA Chats With Song Swappers · · Score: 1

    I must stick my hand up for this... my crappy little band actually had some fans on Napster until it went bye bye. I just kind of gave up after that.

  24. You have it backwards on Photographer Fired For Digitally Altering Photo · · Score: 1

    My understanding is that the two real picture were combined to make it look like the soldier was pointing a rifle at the man and the child.

  25. Ah! on Beep! Beep! You have Broken the Law. · · Score: 1

    Ah! So... it seems they have found chinks in the armor of these phone schemes?