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  1. You moron... on Delivering an Earth-Shattering Discovery? · · Score: 1

    Don't you know that people with such intentions ALWAYS get killed by some government agency and then people close to them and their loved ones get hunted down.

  2. Where did the H go to... on Franklin's Glass Armonica · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    oh, wait, it isn't a harmonica.

  3. But can you mount a camera to the thing... on DraganFly III Gyro-stabilized RC Helicopter · · Score: 1

    Wait, that's what the post is trying to say without mentioning the word 'camera'. Can you say 'camera'? I knew you could.

  4. SonicBlue Domain on Shake-up At SonicBlue · · Score: 1

    They took the domain from a QuickBASIC programming site FOR THIS!!!!...Okay, they probably bought it from them, but still... it exchanged hands for this?

  5. Singing bugs on Does Your Debugger Sing to You? · · Score: 1

    Look... I don't want my bugs to sing... I just want them GONE!

  6. You are confused. on Directors Guild of America is Fighting Edited Films · · Score: 1

    I'll start with the easiest one first. The options within the DVD are contained within the product. The pokemon cards are well differentiated as to the cards themselves, people are expected to buy more than one, and when it comes to packaging...most of the time people expect that they don't know which cards they are specifically getting...as for the 20th aniversary version of Star Wars...20 years between revisions? That's time enough for a whole new market of consumers, and as I understand it, they're only selling the newer version now. And as for the quarters... all of them have the same value as they are intended for use in trade, not a product and not the same as the rest of these items.

  7. Has to be said on Speed of Light Inconstant? · · Score: 1

    isn't quite as fast as it used to be...relative to what?

  8. No, they pull out their walkie-talkies... on Directors Guild of America is Fighting Edited Films · · Score: 1

    to call their homeboys in... and their homeboys duke it out while they shout insults at each other while waiting to see whose homeboys get the upper hand. Murder by proxy... It's the way to go.

  9. Wow, where did you get your scorecard from... on Directors Guild of America is Fighting Edited Films · · Score: 1

    Personally, I can't tell if the same people are calling foul in both cases...
    Can't tell the players without a scorecard!

  10. My favorite theories... on Directors Guild of America is Fighting Edited Films · · Score: 2, Interesting

    1.Because *gasp* they may acutally have other agendas in addition to making money on that one film.
    2. Because producing an edited version weakens demand for the unedited version.
    3. They're afraid that multiple versions of a tape may cause consumer confusion that weakens demand for videos in general.
    4. Overall, the expense in trying to determine which 'other edits' to persue isn't worth it.

  11. The spirit of the First Amendment... on Directors Guild of America is Fighting Edited Films · · Score: 1

    That makes no sense. If I understand you correctly, you are saying that it is against the spirit of the First Amendment to make and distribute derivative works. No one is stopping the original from being distributed here.

  12. According to my definitions of things... on Directors Guild of America is Fighting Edited Films · · Score: 2, Insightful

    it is the directors who are censoring derivative works. According to my definition, censorship is a prohibition on distibution due to content or lack thereof. The 'companies' in this case aren't prohibiting anything...though what they are doing may have questionable standing in the current legal environment on account of effective copyright laws.

  13. Unfixable? on Shattering Windows · · Score: 1

    As far as I know all an update to Windows would have to do is check the privlege levels of the requesting application and the target application and if they don't match, it isn't going to happen.

  14. Completely ignores... on Slashback: Boeing, Fraud, Fundage · · Score: 1

    addition and subtraction of vectors... If you can split the opposing vector into two vectors to either side..that should be end of problem... though I don't know if I've got that quite right

    Some quote from 'Tron about energy being diverted was supposed to go here, but I couldn't find the exact quote on the internet and don't want to go hunting for the tape and I haven't bought the DVD (yet)

  15. Funny stuff... on Slashback: Boeing, Fraud, Fundage · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I like the part where the Space article just assumes that "Artificial gravity on spaceships and rockets levitating themselves into orbit will remain the stuff of science fiction for some time to come..." just because Boeing isn't working on the concept

    Tractators! Tractators!

  16. This makes no sense on MS to Implement Some DoJ Settlement Terms Preemptively · · Score: 1

    Products don't have monopolies. Companies do.

  17. Re:Lame on In Print: MegaTokyo · · Score: 1

    My name is Robert Claypool and I care about anime.
    My address is:
    417 S. Manning
    Munice IN.
    I await your judgment.

  18. Nihilism... on Reclaiming the Commons · · Score: 1

    Just what is nihilism anyways?

  19. There is no such thing as "intellectual property" on Reclaiming the Commons · · Score: 1

    Oh, and have you seen the laws of most countries?

  20. This guy is confused... on Reclaiming the Commons · · Score: 1

    Why doesn't he stick to the most likely suspect for common property "air" and try to disprove that. As for ownership, I would think that the ability to use would trump exclusion in being central to ownership. There are many ways that someone could exclude others ability to use a given resource that would also excude that person's ability to use. Also what about exclusion against the empty set?

  21. According to your logic, my paw is deep in your... on Reclaiming the Commons · · Score: 1

    pocket. I am disabled, as I see it primarily because the government passes laws that enforces opinions on how to do things that make no sense to me. You try living in a world that makes no sense to you. I get a checkevery month from the government. I get food stamps and housing assistance as well. I am prepared to face your judgement.
    I am Robert Claypool and I live at:
    417 S. Manning
    Muncie, IN

    Come and get me.

  22. There are plenty of laws forcing opinions on you on Reclaiming the Commons · · Score: 1

    The Micky copyright laws force an opinion on you as to the length of copyright. Speed laws force an opinion on you as to what is a safe speed to drive or not...(whether or not you are the highly skilled at avoiding collisions at high speeds). The DMCA laws enforce an opinion as to what the end user can do with copyrighted works in a digitla medium. Accounting laws enforce opinions on how to conduct business. Building permits enforce opinions as to what can be built where, and how durable it must be....No laws forcing opinions on you...Ha ha ha ha ha.

  23. Nah... he must be mistaken... on Reclaiming the Commons · · Score: 1

    TRW say our rights aren't shrinking which includes our rights to the commons, so this guy must be mistaken.

  24. Why? on Ricardo Montalban Recalls Khan · · Score: 1

    Was Khan malfunctioning?

  25. Voting record on HP Backs Off DMCA Threat · · Score: 1

    So, does anyone know where we can find the voting record for the DMCA?