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  1. Re:Microsoft versus Google on Wired Reports on 'Googlemania' · · Score: 1

    Sayin something is "reasonably free" is like saying your girlfriend is "just a little pregnant".
    Freedom, like pregnancy, is digital, not analog.

  2. Re:More like murder on iPod Mini Autopsy · · Score: 1

    Only if the iPod was a human being. Check .
    That is for the use of murder as noun. As a verb it might fit. So, you can't say it was murder, but you can sey the iPod was murdered.
    English is funny that way ;)

  3. Re:Imagine... on Mini-ITX Clustering · · Score: 1, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, shit does you!.

    Sorry. I'll go kill myself now.

  4. Re:Just wondering. on 'Extreme' Web Sites Under Fire From UK Police · · Score: 5, Informative

    Libel and Slander are civil torts in most cases. Criminal libel exists in less than half of the states, and is extremely rarely used: Reference . Just remember libel or slander cases and you'll always see "million dollar suits", but never "3 to 5 years".
    Yelling in a crowded theater: That is not an actual law, but a Supreme Court decision. Read it, and you'll see that the Justices were extremely reluctant to apply any limits to freedom of speech. The only reason that one stands is because it can cause actual physical damage to someone (that also stands behind the "hate speech" exception).
    I don't see how "gross" speech can physically harm someone. And you will agree that this can be the beginning of a slippery slope (remember the "bonsai kittens" thing. There are lots of people who will try and silence all kinds of speeck "for the children").

  5. Re:Just wondering. on 'Extreme' Web Sites Under Fire From UK Police · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Abusing children is illegal. Talking about it is not.
    Murder is illegal. Filming it is not (however, the film would make excellent evidence to convict you for the murder).
    As far as freedom of speech is concerned, we do not draw the line, and the reason is simple: Nobody really has the ability to decide what's right and what's wrong for someone else. Plus, that line leads straight to a slippery slope (a real one, not the logical fallacy).
    Plus, tornados hit mobile homes because they hate them.
    And the phone rings while you're in the shower because it hates you.
    Any more questions?

  6. Re:Overt vs Covert on The World's Safest Operating System · · Score: 1

    I heard he had BackOrifice installed... ;)

  7. Re:Not the best article Slashdot ever ran. on Rob Enderle Announces Death of Bluetooth · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think he's probably about as informed as most IT journalists out there, which is not a lot.

    You forget a small, but important, detail: Enderle doesn't present himself to be a journalist. He purports to be a consultant. An uninformed consultant goes beyond stupid and well into unethical.

  8. Re:Wel... on FBI Anti-Piracy Seal · · Score: 1

    20 million? You wish.
    Return to Cold Mountain Budget: 82 million.
    Nicole Kidman's wage: 15 million.
    Renee Zellweger's wage: 15 million.
    Jude Law's wage: 10 millon.

    We're talking 50 percent of the budget for the top 3 actors! It sounds stupid in my book.

  9. Re:come on! on Imminent Mandrake Name Change? · · Score: 2, Funny

    The first part I can believe, but I just can't imagine you screaming "three! three! one! one! one!" at the end of it. Unless you were counting...
    Yuck.

  10. Re:Oh, come on! on Crack the Pepsi iTunes Promo Code · · Score: 1

    falls into...

    Indeed.

  11. Re:For background information on Disney Board Turns Down Comcast Takeover Bid · · Score: 1

    "I just watched Swordfish with Hugh Jackman and John Travolta and I finally have a clear idea of what hacking is about and how it is executed.

    Basically, the target has some sort of computer security which can be broken through by the clever use of a computer. The entity that is attempting to hack the target just need a hot Halle Berry to perform a blowjob during the deed".

    Really dude. About as much sense.

  12. Re:The one *I* want to own is... on Portable Phone Numbers = Market for Cool Numbers · · Score: 4, Funny

    You'll be waiting by the phone, while the guy that got 1-900-867-5309 gets all the money.
    That's why literacy is a good thing.

  13. Re:Blueprints? on FBI on the Windows Source Code Theft · · Score: 1

    It's not a bada analogy. After all, you use the source to build a binary, right?

  14. Re:Blue Linux on IBM Wants to Port Office to Linux · · Score: 1

    From the article: I have friends who have seen it. So, he has NOT seen it. RTFA before you reference it.

    And in an amusing bit:

    Users cannot pay never-ending forced tributes to Microsoft as if it were the Roman Empire and we its slaves. Right now, the Linux alternative needs some consolidation. To continue my History Channel analogy, there needs to be a Genghis Khan of Linux uniting the warring tribes into one unstoppable force

    It appears he knows as much about history as he knows about computing.

  15. Wow! I can overclock my car! on Hack Your Car · · Score: 2, Funny

    And it is already water cooled! Woo hoo!

  16. Re:ouchy on Dell's Gaming Monster · · Score: 1

    Wow, I guess that tells us a lot more about the size of your dick than we wanted to know.
    I wouldn't settle por anything less than a 3.5" bay vagina...

  17. Re:No, it's too much on Dell's Gaming Monster · · Score: 1

    Yeah, you build your own laptops too, I guess.
    Check the article.

  18. Re:Who to roll on RFID Tags For The Rich · · Score: 1

    It's not mugging. It's social cracking.
    Now, if it ran Linux, it would get a story of its own!

  19. Re:Fan reaction... on The Simpsons Movie · · Score: 1

    Netcraft confirms it: The Simpsons are dying.

    (insert rest of classic troll here)

  20. Re:Not what it used to be on What The Internet Isn't · · Score: 1

    I bet you used to go to kindergarden barefooted in the snow, five miles, uphill both ways.
    Chill out. There's a lot of good content out there, and not all commercial content is bad. I can tell you, amazon, BN, ebay and egghead have been a godsend to me.

  21. Re:What The Internet Isn't: on What The Internet Isn't · · Score: 1

    I miss goatse guy too. Thanks god we still have Oralse.cx

  22. Re:water in our bodies may be responsible on Danger Of Strong Electromagnetic Fields · · Score: 1

    Radiation? WTF?
    A magnetic field is not radiation by any stretch of the word. Really, you need to learn more before you post.
    Anyway, blame not the AC, blame the mods on crack.

  23. Re:Old School ... on Linux Duracell CPU Load Monitor · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    For someone who has been here a long time, you don't seem to have mastered Slashdot. There IS a SCO category. It is just called "Caldera".
    So, go here .
    Go down to "Exclude stories from the homepage", and under "Topics" check the box next to Caldera.
    Then go all the way down and click "Save".
    There. No more SCO stories for you.

  24. Re:Please don't Googlebomb on Novell Quotes AT&T on Derivative Works · · Score: 1

    Yeah. Because there are a lot of people legitimately searching for "litigious bastards".
    It's a bit of harmless fun. Get over it.

  25. My experience on Reviews for Digital Camcorders? · · Score: 1

    I got a JVC MiniDV video camera. I made an extensive check (since price was a concern) and discovered that pretty much any camcorder with a good optical zoom (forget digital zoom, go for at least 10x optical), MiniDV format and a FireWire port would do.
    Now, what you do is get a nice, big hard drive (mine is 120 GB), a FireWire card (in my case, I bought the Pinnacle DV Studio, amazing software, with cable and card included for about 90 bucks) and a DVD burner.
    I can capture an hour of video, edit it and burn to DVD in about 3 hours... not too shabby. And you can back up the DVD as much as you like. Plus, in my case, I also keep the MiniDV cassette as the ultimate backup.