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  1. Doesn't matter. on RIAA Hands out more Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    There's always more alcohol, and the physical product being gone isn't even the major flaw in the analogy. The major flaw in the analogy is that intellectual material persists in the brain of anyone who encounters it and therefore fails two of the most important features of property, those of being able to control use of the item and of excluding others from the item. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property#General_char acteristics

  2. You lose. on RIAA Hands out more Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    By the very virtue that you think that you fathom reality to any great depth and that you think that fathoming reality is a binary issue. You can't steal something that is freely given. Chew on that for a while!

  3. Passion! on RIAA Hands out more Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    The primary basis for which all decisions should be made.

  4. Last person on earth on Unilever Ditches Global IT Linux Migration · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But if you are the last person using it, there won't be anyone else developing for your OS, now will there? It's not about people telling you how they like something you like, it's about improving things.

  5. State ID on What's the Point of IT Certifications? · · Score: 1

    You need to get a State ID. For these purposes it is functionally equivalent to a Drivers Licence. Also, Scanner + Fax Modem (and pretty much all Modems are also Fax Modems these days) = Fax Machine. If I remember correctly I had to use exactly this technique to turn my PayPal account into an interest bearing account.

  6. Owning Body Armor Is Not Illegal on Weapons of War Now Include Lightning Guns · · Score: 1

    http://bulletproofme.com/Quick_Answers.shtml#13
    Though you did say "high-quality" but I can't find anything saying it's illegal.

  7. The right to instructions on The Player's Bill of Rights · · Score: 1

    The Dragon's Lair/Space Ace Games were really rotten on that point.

  8. Boot loaders illustrate a common problem nicely. on The Boot Loader Showdown · · Score: 1, Funny

    There's no need to be looking around for an OS to load. The current OS should be incontrovertably the OS to load. Want to load another OS? Copy its boot process over the current one. In the same vein, programs shouldn't be looking around for settings, for they can be quickly recompiled in.

  9. Download? on A Method To Mario's Madness · · Score: 1

    Bud does anybody know how to download them for keeps as opposed to merely view?

  10. School is the absolutely worse place for that. on How Can Tech Help Fight Education Costs? · · Score: 1

    Put lots of people in a room and they aren't allowed to talk to each other. They learn not to interact with the people around each other. Schools teach that even passing notes is a "bad thing". Also there's hardly enough time to go between classes. At least homeschooling, there aren't any other kids around, so no penalties for trying to interact.

  11. City Buses on How Can Tech Help Fight Education Costs? · · Score: 1

    In some cities the High School Students go to school on the city buses. When it is time to go to and from school, the bus routes change to stop at the High School.

  12. Charter? on BBC Views Content Piracy As Wake-Up Call · · Score: 1

    What is this charter of which you speak and why would it not allow for-profit TV stations stream shows on the web at the same time andinclude the ads?

  13. Your Sig... on Report Claims Men More Intelligent Than Women · · Score: 1

    Replace why with that

  14. Tell them thanks but no thanks. on What Would You Like to See in an Ops Center? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Since you seem to be having trouble coming up with general areas in which you want improvement the obvious answer is to tell them that you are doing as well as you can given the current state of technology and notning should be done. Your customers and shareholders will thank you.

  15. Re:Movie Theaters are Obsolete on Piracy Not To Blame In Decline of Moviegoers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This goes to the one important thing I learned in High School Theater class: "Don't deny, justify."

  16. In the U.S. many roll their own cigarettes. on Terabyte DVD Recorder Available Next Month · · Score: 1

    Those I've spoke to say it's much cheaper for some reason...less tax I guess.

  17. Nonclassified? on Building Secure Computers? · · Score: 1

    Bad idea. Transferring tools between secure and insecure environments draws the curious in the nonsecure environment, and opens the door to someone clueless saying, "Well that thing moves between secure and insecure, so it should be okay to move something else superficially similar between secure and insecure."

  18. Hollywood Muyo! on Star Wreck 6 Finally Complete · · Score: 1

    That is to say "No need for Hollywood" or MPAA or DMCA for that matter....unfortunately their supporters won't see it that way. Wasn't "Thumb wars" similar to this though? What are other signs that the Hollywood-MPAA hedgemony are not currently necessary or perhaps useful, if they ever were.

  19. It makes no sense. on Violence in Video Games Debate Continues to Rage · · Score: 1

    There is no way that showing violent acts without consequences teaches youth that violence is an effective means of resolving conflict because a resolved conflict would be a consequence.

  20. Are you a Wumpa Lumpa? on Violence in Video Games Debate Continues to Rage · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yes, somebody should do a study on the parents of the kids who commit crimes that are supposedly caused by video games. Everybody here knows that already. This guy gets a 5 Insightful? Please!

  21. Nobody! on Violence in Video Games Debate Continues to Rage · · Score: 1

    Nobody's surprised, nobody said they were surprised, nobody appears surprised, and the only purpose your post serves is to let people chain onto your post to get their posts in front of the moderators. Hope you're happy.

  22. Re:Fat Americans on Super Door of the Future · · Score: 3, Funny

    They only look 5'6 because they live so far away! Remember the difference is always attributed to the other guy.

  23. Re:amazing on Original Einstein Manuscript Discovered · · Score: 1

    Quantum is the future and it always will be. http://www.google.com/search?q=%22the+future+and+i t+always+will+be

  24. Why? on Original Einstein Manuscript Discovered · · Score: 0

    Their defense is the purpose to which the soldier is put. Remove the civilians, remove the purpose for enemy soldiers. Problem solved.

  25. It's not warmer because on Climatologists Wager on Global Warming · · Score: 1

    The coldness from the ice coming down from the north pole is keeping it cooler further down.