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  1. Re:I always marvel... on Ask Slashdot: When and How To Deal With GPL Violations? · · Score: 1

    And I always marvel at the closed-source "advocates" that try to throw the book at the poor people who fail to comply with every aspect of their licenses.

    I mean, what are they trying to prove? That they believe their licenses should be followed?

  2. Re:A pre-emptive "Welcome home" to all of them on US Troops To Leave Iraq By End of Year · · Score: 1

    Your statement tells me that you don't know many actual service members.

    Wars are fought because civilians choose to do so. How about a "fuck you" to the voters and Bush administration instead? You really think these wars started because of the troops?

  3. Re:Sigh on White House To Announce IT-Powered Smart Grid · · Score: 1

    At no point in the last 60 years has our government been able to spend less than what they take in.

    Clinton did it.

    At some point, you have to acknowledge the real source of the problem... out of control spending.

    And insufficient revenue. Conservatives can't continue to pretend that half of the equation doesn't exist.

  4. Re:Linuxconf is oldschool linux? on Reminiscing Old School Linux · · Score: 2

    Prime numbers are better than low numbers.

  5. Re:Clean air?? on Paris To Test Banning SUVs In the City · · Score: 1

    Gather fifty smokers, shove them in a garage, and tell them to chain smoke for twenty minutes. In another garage, turn on a gasoline-powered car and leave it running for twenty minutes. Which would you rather enter?

  6. Re:Name fail on MySpace Revamps Site To Recapture the Magic · · Score: 1

    And can we use one of the alternatives to "Generation Y", like the "Millenial Generation" or the "Net Generation"?

    All Generation Y says is "the one that came after Generation X".

  7. Re:Each day, Google. Each day. on Skyhook Wireless Sues Google Over Anti-Competitive Practices · · Score: 1

    Would you be satisfied if poster Yahoo'd or Binged to the same article?

  8. Well... on UN Tech Group Finds Most Expensive Broadband · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "And the report also estimates that there are 5 billion cellphones in the world — though some people may own more than one."

    Yeah -- I'm pretty sure that worldwide ownership rate of cell phones is somewhat less than 73%.

  9. Re:Why not create a solution on White House Fingers PlayStation As Obesity Culprit · · Score: 1

    (not sure where I stand so I'll play Devil's advocate)

    Why should it be a choice?

    Learning math isn't a choice. History and writing are required. Why shouldn't fitness (and, increasingly, nutrition) be required as well?

  10. Re:Hey Google on The Case For Oracle · · Score: 1

    And if you've ever had the misfortune of downloading a game by "me4android" or "free4android", you're sad that it "works".

    (You'd think Google would remove a developer who pirates 100's of games and packages them, often in an unplayable state, covered with 4 overlapping ads. You'd be wrong.)

    http://www.cyrket.com/search?q=me4android

  11. Re:Choices on The Case Against Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah. Won't someone please think of the corporate executives?

    The government ought to serve average citizens, not those who happen to run large corporations and can contribute to re-election campaigns.

  12. Re:'limousine liberalism' on Electric Car Subsidies As Handouts For the Rich · · Score: 1

    Oh there was certainly a good deal of hysteria about the oil spill.

    But it was still a big, expensive, embarrassing, inexcusable deal. With 11 dead people, miles of closed beaches, and important parts of the Gulf closed to fishers, It's a catastrophe in my book.

  13. Re:Not the op, but some figures on Electric Car Subsidies As Handouts For the Rich · · Score: 1

    Thanks for crunching the numbers!

    My non-rebuttal rebuttal would be that the Prius is better compared to a Camry or Accord, where I'd bet it compares more favorably. But for a fuel-efficient econobox, there are better options than the Prius.

    I'd like a turbo-charged 3-cylinder diesel myself :P

  14. Re:Handouts for rich LIBERALS on Electric Car Subsidies As Handouts For the Rich · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You make two unsupported claims:

    1. The Prius is more expensive
    2. Only liberals drive Prius

    Can you provide a source to either claim? I'm sure I could point out the flaws that lead to those conclusions, but you have to provide a link.

    Otherwise, you're just trolling. Lame.

  15. Re:Yes on Consumer Reports Can't Recommend iPhone 4 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you want to argue that Consumer Reports is engaging in sensationalism, then make that point. But to imply that a magazine in inherently "impartial" (did you mean sensational?) is stupid.

    Consumer Reports depends on subscribers who would pick up on any whiff of sensationalism and flood the editors' desks with complaints. They're about as impartial and fair as they get.

  16. Re:small impact, android will trump on Verizon iPhone Rumored For Early Next Year · · Score: 1

    I get all the porn i want on the browser, so thats a rather mute point many (specially my brother) tries to push down my throat.

    I don't know exactly what you and your brother are doing, but I don't think I approve.

  17. Re:That always makes me suspicious on America Versus the UFO Hacker · · Score: 1

    If I was facing the prospect of dying in a foreign prison for an act in which nobody was hurt, I would do everything I could to stay out. If you wouldn't do the same, you're a idiot. You'd be concerned about honesty when your dealing with an entity that wants to take your life away?

  18. Re:Sounding good over all on Intel Considers Hardware Acceleration For Google's WebM Format · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Because it sucks and has no corporate support.

    VP8 doesn't suck and appears to be gaining corporate support.

  19. Re:What could on Bill Gates Funds Seawater-Spraying Cloud Machines · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you'd put down the Ayn Rand book for a minute, you'd really that your statement is absurd.

    Wars? Civil rights? International relations? Law enforcement? Disaster rescue?

  20. Re:After a month of daily use... on iPad Is Destroying Netbook Sales · · Score: 1

    iPad...
    ...because you need more variety?

  21. Re:Ken Cuccinelli on Virginia AG Probing Michael Mann For Fraud · · Score: 1

    Oh really?

    Can you name a similar scenario where a Democrat did something like this to an academic? I seriously doubt it.

  22. Re:Ken Cuccinelli on Virginia AG Probing Michael Mann For Fraud · · Score: 1

    Then Cuccinelli wouldn't be looking at it. This "investigation" is for political purposes. Which is the main problem folks here have with this decision.

  23. Re:half a million? on No Verizon Partnership For Google's Nexus One · · Score: 1

    iPhone is still the leader

    Please define "leader". The iPhone is a leader in no useful metric I can think of.

  24. Re:Way to go on Microsoft Unveils 'Pink' Phones As Kin One and Two · · Score: 1

    Android phones and (I believe) the iPhone can do everything this phone can do out-of-the-box, and more. The apps just allow you to _further_ expand the phones capabilities.

  25. Re:Hey look on iPhone App Developed To Control NASA Robot · · Score: 2

    The story is about using a consumer device to control robots. If you can't appreciate the coolness of that, then you need to turn in your geek card.