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  1. Re:Sometimes, I guess,... on HP Backs Off DMCA Threat · · Score: 1

    That's the point of my sig to some extent...some Annymous Coward criticized me on it, but rational thinking alone doesn't get letters written or phone calls made.

  2. Re:Helicoptors on Micro Air Vehicles · · Score: 1

    You can have the capability to think rationally all you want. It won't do you a bit of good unless you are motivated. Anger provides that motivation.

  3. Helicoptors on Micro Air Vehicles · · Score: 1

    Anyone with info on small helicoptors for stationary camera shots.

  4. The copyright laws are a violation of my 9/10th on Copyright as Cudgel · · Score: 1

    amendment rights.
    at least as they stand

    The ninth amendment: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
    and the tenth...
    The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
    and if the article is right..people's 5th amendment rights are being violated as well...I wish these articles would reference the relevant portions of the constitution.

  5. So what's the difference between what's seen on... on Odd Impact Crater found in the North Sea · · Score: 1

    Earth and what's seen on Jupiter...did I miss something in the article?

  6. Effective System Policy. on Feds to Require Digital Receivers In All New TVs? · · Score: 1

    Somehow the concept of effective system policy seems appropriate. Sure, laws passed by Congress aren't supposed to supercede the Constitution, but they have the effect of doing so until someone gets a court case ot overturn it. Of course, both the Constitution and laws passed by Congress are only as effective as there are people to carry them out, and as they haven't been educating us in the public schools as to the ramifications of either set of "system policies"... Those in law enforcement tend to follow the least restrictive set they can get away with... So guess what the "effective system policy" is going to be. Unconstitutional.

  7. The material is NEVER covered in full on Slashback: Assembly, Avoidance, Civility · · Score: 1

    Asking questions at least increases the likelihood that the questioner is better informed and may help others as well. Not only that but it legitimizes the individual.

  8. The Story as it could be on SRSG on IBM Getting PwC Consulting for $3.5 Billion · · Score: 1

    Posted by brian on Wed July 31, 12:56 AM
    from the have fun hitting reload page dept.
    Yahoo! News is reporting that IBM is acquiring PriceWaterhouseCoopers Consulting. With teh recent coopperation between the two companies its not surprising that they're discussing a closer relationship. What implications wuold a merger of these two companies have on Accenture Ltd. , formerly Andersen Consulting.? Will we see new developments in consulting?

  9. Wow, on IBM Getting PwC Consulting for $3.5 Billion · · Score: 1

    This story sounds like it came straight out of the Slashdot Random Story Generator... Now, I know what some of you are saying, that all of Slashdot's stories sound like they come out of the Slashdot Random Story Generator...but somehow this story just seems more so...it just has that ring to it.

  10. At which point the stratigic solution would be all on Slashback: Assembly, Avoidance, Civility · · Score: 1

    out war...but as it stands, I believe I have the correct strategic solution.

  11. My model at least allows for two people... on Slashback: Assembly, Avoidance, Civility · · Score: 1

    if there are others with questions they can have the next question...With which tools do you measure the efficiency of one person imparting information to a group? Wrong information is worthless, no matter how many interruptions... Interrruptions are necessary to guarentee the quality of the information...I don't know about narrow mindedness, but self important is definitely better than worthless.

  12. Re:The truth is undamaged... on Slashback: Assembly, Avoidance, Civility · · Score: 1

    No, I would not enter a stranger's home, though if someone had food and would not give me some, I would call them mean.

  13. The truth is undamaged... on Slashback: Assembly, Avoidance, Civility · · Score: 1

    people who believe in a lie, on the other hand, not so fortunate...

  14. Churches claim to be of God... on Slashback: Assembly, Avoidance, Civility · · Score: 1

    I claim to be of God...by our very existance we accuse each other where we have differences. They must be reconciled... The very nature of the one to many format, with no backfeed is oppressive to those in it...as for what you said about the courts...It makes no sense whatsoever.

  15. By then it is too late... on Slashback: Assembly, Avoidance, Civility · · Score: 1

    and the damage is already done... if you let a lie be, it will do as much damage as possible. Even if the person speaking it is unaware it is not the truth, it is still a lie. The only reason that no professor wants you to continually ask questions and demand that they stop teaching to answer all of them, is because the world has reached the conclusion that it is to be that way. There is no good reason for it.

  16. Many don't on Slashback: Assembly, Avoidance, Civility · · Score: 1

    and the format on Sundays is oppressive...Also in courts...Jurors should ask those giving testimony questions...but as I understand, that is not allowed.

  17. No not about the GPL or the JPEG patent... on Slashback: Assembly, Avoidance, Civility · · Score: 1

    What the person at the front of the church is talking about. They babble on about their current pet theory or whatever and expect the congregation to just sit there and say nothing. A large group of people are held captive to the opinions of one person which ought to be engaged in dialog amongst everyone present.

  18. Your Success... on Slashback: Assembly, Avoidance, Civility · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well if you were successful, could you teach me... if not, then you're one to talk.

  19. A Life on Slashback: Assembly, Avoidance, Civility · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Do you know how to get one. It's harder than it looks, you know.

  20. Bruce Willis on Slashback: Assembly, Avoidance, Civility · · Score: 1

    Or before he makes another movie...No, wait, I acutally like movies with Bruce Willis in them.

  21. Astroids, unfairness on Slashback: Assembly, Avoidance, Civility · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Asteroids:
    Don't worry, I'm sure another unforseen Earth-path asteroid will be along shortly.

    Richard Stallman:
    That unfairness is rampant in our courts and in the churches...but one really cool thing is that the churches won't throw you in prison for demanding that you and the surrounding people (congregation) actually learn what of the world (because it usually is, not of God) the person up front is talking about... so if you really want to fight this unfairness, be sure to go to a church and ask questions, and insist that the person up front answers you when they ask that you let them continue... I regret to say that in the past I have let them...

  22. Degrees... on Hop-On Hops Back On the PR Bandwagon · · Score: 1

    Pretty much everything is disposable to a degree, the only question is, when does it become economically desirable to do so. Apparently this company feels the price is around that point.

  23. Re:Focus on gaming? My wish list on Ziff Davis Teeters · · Score: 1

    the vast majority of gamers are still male.

    That just means that the market for gaming in the male population is saturated, while the female market isn't.

  24. Sources on Voices in Your Head · · Score: 1

    The sources of those are easier to detect though.

  25. Blocking on Boeing Joins In Anti-Gravity Search · · Score: 1

    It is a well known empirical result that water doesn't block fish.