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  1. Re:On Small Marketshare on NYT on Apple's Digital Way of Life · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They're not going to abandon the computer market simply because the computer is the center of the digital hub.

  2. Re:He has to have the credit. Just ask Woz. on NYT on Apple's Digital Way of Life · · Score: 1

    So back it up

  3. Re:Job's Ego has no bounds on NYT on Apple's Digital Way of Life · · Score: 4, Informative

    Possibly, or it may be that he doesn't want the chance of something slipping out. If you do a press item on Apple, and can only talk to 3 people, those 3 people are accountable for everything. By contrast if you can talk to anyone, then anyone can be accountable, and you can't plug leaks.

    It's not like he hides who does the work. Everyone knows who the designers are, and many times, the keynote presentations are done by the product designers.

  4. Re:Criminalizing tools on U.S. Considering Ratifying Cybercrime Treaty · · Score: 1

    Since many administrators use nmap routinely for work, it would be a matter of your lawer showing that indeed the primary purpose of the tool is not to crack other systems. And your example about the PGP creator shows what I was getting at. Just because the potential is there doesn't mean it will or is even likely to occur. Obviously somewhere higher up, someone didn't feel their case met a word with the same effect that primary is having here.

    Those words are put into these laws for a reason, and that reason is to make the case solid and not some nebulous series of connections

  5. Re:Criminalizing tools on U.S. Considering Ratifying Cybercrime Treaty · · Score: 1

    Wrong wrong, you're missing those words "designed or adapted primarily for the purpose of committing any of the offenses" that were previously mentioned. You can bet your ass that the governments will have to prove primarily intended for those crimes.

  6. Re:Isn't this redundant? on U.S. Considering Ratifying Cybercrime Treaty · · Score: 1

    Where the fuck do you live that you had to be fingerprinted for a drivers license?

    As for registering to vote, given the complete crap that goes on with elections, do you really want someone voting 15 times?

  7. Re:What scares me... on Update on Playfair · · Score: 1

    Because I didn't sign a contract before I bought my DVD that says I can't use deCSS. Nor did the author of deCSS sign a contract saying that he would not attempt to circumvent that system.

    If you use playfair on iTMS songs, you did sign such a contract and you are violating that contract.

  8. Re:RTFA before you mod, please on Update on Playfair · · Score: 1

    Play Fail does give the user the ability to do something they weren't able to do before, go directly from protected AAC -> unprotected AAC

  9. Re:I haven't got a clue about Indian law.. on Update on Playfair · · Score: 1

    It is ilegal if the original key says do not copy on it.

  10. Re:umm.. what's he big deal? on Build Your Own Imperial Star Destroyer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Eh, not being a modler, I couldn't comment on the nurnies and greebles, but it's certainly not the most impresive model one could build. Some of the dimensions look really off, and certainyl some detail is missing, but overall it is an impressive piece of work.

  11. Re:Um..... on Open Voting at OSCON · · Score: 1

    I prefer a system which is more secure. I'm sorry but computerized systems are not going to solve this problem. And it will add new problems. What happens when someone votes twice? Why did they vote twice, because they didn't vote right the first time. The problem is they did, but now they've put in two votes. That's the problem if you use the paper for the votes. If you use a computer, well, you know the deal

  12. Re:Um..... on Open Voting at OSCON · · Score: 1

    0) As opposed to poking a hole in a piece of paper?

    1) As oposed to looking to see that you indeed put a hole in the right spot

    2) Would be solved if people actualy did 0 and 1

    3) There will always be hanging chad jokes.

  13. Re:Um..... on Open Voting at OSCON · · Score: 1

    So then it's not really a paper trail, it's just a level of complexity to the punch cards. This will solve problems how?

  14. Um..... on Open Voting at OSCON · · Score: 1, Interesting

    If we have a voter verifiable paper trail, that means a vote can be traced back to the person. Wouldn't that sort of defeat the purpose of voting in private?

  15. Re:why more ram anyway? on A DIMM Future for RAM Bundles · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Fuck that, we don't need fucking features, we need fucking games. Real playable entertaining games.

  16. Re:Yep, that's exactly what I'm telling you. on LUG Pres Resigns Over Military Linux Use · · Score: 1

    What I said had a relevance of 0 to our position was that fact that we assisted in the past. The rate of violence in the middle east HAS BEEN INCREASING. Just read some news if you don't believe me. It certainly hasn't decreased over the years.

  17. Re:Blaming the tool again... on LUG Pres Resigns Over Military Linux Use · · Score: 1

    We're fighting with gloves on now too unfortunately. America currently doesn't have the stomach for a full ass kicking. Also, since the people haven't been worn down by a war, they will be more resistive to our efforts, and as such, we have to be that much more careful not to anger them.

  18. Re:Thank you for your honesty. on LUG Pres Resigns Over Military Linux Use · · Score: 1

    So are you then telling me that the violence hasn't increased over the last decade? Is that what you're telling me?

    And by the way:

    How about the whole Soviet-Afghanistan conflict, in which the US created the monster called Osama Bin Laden? Lets not forget who gave Saddam Hussein his weapons (but he was a GOOD tyrant then, right?).

    Relevance of that to whether or not the US should be doing what it is now == 0

  19. Re:Blaming the tool again... on LUG Pres Resigns Over Military Linux Use · · Score: 1

    Negative, someone who doesn't vote is still responsible because they did not use their powers to try to effect change. I on the other hand, did use my powers to effect change, unfortunately, I lost. But, I am not responsible for the actions of those who won, though you can be damn sure I'll hold them accountable for their actions.

  20. Re:Blaming the tool again... on LUG Pres Resigns Over Military Linux Use · · Score: 1

    Why should I feel responsible for the actions of those I didn't vote for?

  21. Re:Blaming the tool again... on LUG Pres Resigns Over Military Linux Use · · Score: 1

    The problem lies with the American people who are electing these people to office. We have a country full of selfish, self interested "GIMME IT"S MINE" and irresponsible unethical people, and guess where politicians come from? Society. And guess who elects them, Society.

  22. Re:Thank you for your honesty. on LUG Pres Resigns Over Military Linux Use · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Negative. I give a big shit about freedom, including in the rest of the world. But we can't be effective if people see us as a paper tiger (i.e. look how influential NK is in Asian politics.... not much at all). Since for the last 12 years, Iraq has been taking shots at our troops and defying the UN at every step of the way, they have shown to the rest of the middle east that America is just like a tired cat, fuck with it it will take a small swipe and go back to sleep. As a result, violence in the middle east has increased over the last 12 years. And any time we've tried to do something we've always backed out again (see Somalia)

    It's like speed limits, no one really obeys them because the cops don't enforce anything less than 10 over. But if they started cracking down on 5 over, no one is going to do 10 over. Same basic idea.

    I don't care if we remain the dominant power in the world or not, but certainly I'm not going to support anything that will directly hurt our status. However, as it stands, we are the dominent power, and we are the world police whether we like it or not. If we don't start acting like it, no one will take us seriously when we're needed (Liberia)

  23. Re:Blaming the tool again... on LUG Pres Resigns Over Military Linux Use · · Score: 1

    Fellons don't get the right to vote as defined by state laws. i.e. in NY convicted fellons can't vote while they are in jail or on parole. So if any felons couldn't vote in Florida, it's because of florida state law, and has occrured in every election since the law was put in place, which means it's nothing new to this election. But I'm sure if Bush hadn't won, you wouldn't have given two shits about those poor fellons.

  24. Re:Logical fallacy & an emotional appeal. on LUG Pres Resigns Over Military Linux Use · · Score: 1

    Yes, there are places worse than Iraq, but what sort of image do we present when for 12 years a nation has defied us at every step? The fact is, ivading Iraq said this isn't the last 12 years anymore, we're not going to take shit from people, and we're starting with those that have given us shit.

  25. Re:Blaming the tool again... on LUG Pres Resigns Over Military Linux Use · · Score: 1

    Weren't the fighters they found burried under the sand post GW I?