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  1. Various freedoms... on Google to Give Data To Brazilian Court · · Score: 1

    That's one way to structure freedom. Another way is when a society structures itself such that no one comes to harm in the case of no secrets.

  2. Quote on Original Star Trek Getting CGI Makeover · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Got back to this thread rather late, but if you're still interested, I got the idea from an episode of Naruto not too long ago where there was a series of elimination rounds and just before this one character Rock Lee's fight his teacher gives him tips about his opponent that he then proceeds to write down and his teacher tells him not to write it down as he won't be able review his notes during the battle. Then he proceeds to write that down.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaara_vs._Rock_Lee:_T he_Power_of_Youth_Explodes!_(Naruto_episode)

  3. Naruto on Original Star Trek Getting CGI Makeover · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Just before Li vs. Gara

  4. Algorithm example on SanDisk MP3 Players Seized in MP3 Licence Dispute · · Score: 1

    Two algorithms for generating the set: 1, 4, 9, 16,25

    Common:
    Dim set(1 to 5)
    Algoritm1:
    For I = 1 to 5
    set (I)= I^2
    NEXT I
    Algorithm2:
    set(i)=1
    For I =1 to 4
    set(i+1) = Set(i)+2*I +1
    NEXT

  5. Does the firm have a legal department? on Information Security and Ignorant Management? · · Score: 1

    If so, go to them with it. I would think that the firm would have to employ lawyers in some capacity, however.

  6. Re:Wow! on Inside The Game Copy Protection Racket · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Now we're getting into thought crime territory here. There are two levels to thought crime. First, where it's illegal to be thinking a certain way and second, where thinking a certain way changes the punishment for a crime or, germane to this case, determines whether or not an action is a crime at all.

  7. Re:Almost on Laser Shortage to Stall High-Def Disc War? · · Score: 1

    Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

  8. Let the OS decide on How Much Virtual Memory is Enough? · · Score: 1

    I let the operating system increase and decrease as it sees fit. It has a better picture of the situation than I do. I use Windows XP, though. Is this possible in Linux? I find it strange that someone hasn't mentioned this already. Usually the latest beta of Firefox, Minefield, triggers the OS to grab more.

  9. Re:Obligatory on Original Star Trek Getting CGI Makeover · · Score: 1

    Don't write it down. It's not like you'll be able to check your notes when you're in the middle of battle.

  10. Re:Classmates on How Strategy Guides Affected Gaming · · Score: 0

    No, my classmates were total strangers. There wasn't much opportunity for interaction when the classes consisted entirely of the teacher lecturing. Socialization wasn't encouraged or facilitated.

  11. Re:No explanation? on The Mystery of Oregon's 'Dead Zone' · · Score: 1

    Somehow I think "We don't understand completely why or what it means." got turned into "no explanations" somewhere.

  12. Re:perhaps he has the best reward there is on New Yorker on Perelman and Poincaré Controversy · · Score: 1
    Nobody reads at +1 except you anyway, so modding me down is just a waste of points.
    I do. The lack of context from trying not to is jarring. Actually I sort of read at 0, but hid Anonymous Coward posts, and the "University of Michigan" discussion style view shakes things up quite a bit.
  13. Re:Some people don't want to be famous on New Yorker on Perelman and Poincaré Controversy · · Score: 1

    The entire planet has some sort of social problem. It isn't all black and white.

    In this terror war thing, neither side wants to negotiate. Consider that.

  14. Re:God living down to our expectations on Dark Matter Exists · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah? How else then do you explain God telling Abraham to sacrifice Isaac and then Abraham making a good go at it before an Angel steps in to stop him?

  15. Re:Dark Matters on Dark Matter Exists · · Score: 1

    Well first one would have to come up with rigorous definitions of "create" and "magic"

    The universe can be thought of a copy of just the parts of the Creator necessary for the operation of the Universe, though it appears that there are shims back to the Creator for some functions. One question is, "To what degree the Universe is sandboxed off from the Creator?" Those parts would be active where in the Creator they are inactive, thus the distinction between the Creator and the Created. Once active, however, structures can be generated that never existed in the Creator, and the Universe becomes less and less of a copy. This leads to definitions of generate and manifest as follows: When the Creator generates he makes a copy and activates it. In the process of being active the created becomes manifest. In the same way, generations are copies when conceived, but as they grow up they become their own person. Just as children interact with their parents, we too through the aforementioned shims can interact with the Creator.

  16. Re:oooo on DoD Study Urges OSS Adoption · · Score: 1

    No, if a post gets moderated below your threshold, then in some views your post gets reparented, which means it appears somewhere up the chain of posts.

  17. Re:Right mind on Some Bands Still Refuse Music Downloads · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Someone with an education that the United States doesn't provide?

  18. Re:Missing the point on Some Bands Still Refuse Music Downloads · · Score: 1

    Because puny returns is better than no returns at all? The problem is when one side has more power or leverage than they "should".

  19. Re:Missing the point on Some Bands Still Refuse Music Downloads · · Score: 1

    Me? I usually listen to one song over and over again until I decide to turn it off or switch to another song.

  20. Re:Smart is one thing... on Goldfish Smarter Than Dolphins · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You've got to be smarter than the cool plastic castle.

  21. Re:Missing the point on Some Bands Still Refuse Music Downloads · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, Yoko Kanno, is almost pure gold.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Kanno

  22. Re:Missing the point on Some Bands Still Refuse Music Downloads · · Score: 1

    Solid albums? Taste is very subjective. I don't care what they aay, "If I Could Fall in Love" is the only halfway decent track on the album "Lenny", which I picked up at a library for 25 cents, and the only reason I did that was because I caught the video for "If I Could Fall in Love" while switching through channels.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Kravitz
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_(album)

  23. Re:Missing the point on Some Bands Still Refuse Music Downloads · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That's just it. Whether the work is sold by track or by album, most people are going to miss a great deal of the point of the work as laid out by the artist. Insisting that people buy the entire album instead of a track makes as much sense as making sure that people take a test to ensure they grasp all the artistic points.

  24. Local news station on Stolen Laptop Calls In! - Will Police Act? · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, not everyone's nearest news station is that local.

  25. Re:truth in labelling on Viruses the New Condiment · · Score: 1

    Great job of pulling numbers out of nowhere. Last I heard that bacteria weight thing it was 2 pounds, I believe, and I think it was on USA network or some such.