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  1. I say we dust off on The Web 2.0 Conundrum - How Much Control is Too Much? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And nuke MySpace from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

  2. Stupid is as stupid does on BitTorrent Site Admin Sent To Prison · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Seriously how fucking dense do you have to be if you think putting up a torrent to Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith before it was released to cinemas was not going to put you top of the MPAA shitlist and destined for special attention.

  3. Re:"a devastating loss of personal freedom for..." on Judge Rules In Favor Of Spamhaus · · Score: 0

    Well Spamhaus said their demise would be the end of the internet, so its basically kids in the play ground.

  4. Wow on Networking For Overconvenience · · Score: 5, Funny
    Imagine a message on your TV telling you it's time to start the laundry!

    Talk about life changing technology!
  5. 101 on A Single Pixel Camera · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is me with Natalie Portman at a Star Wars convention (I'm the second 1).

  6. Tits on Flickr Search Hack Powered by Mouse-Made Doodles · · Score: 1

    Oops I made the search xplode

  7. You what? on Who Cares If Privacy Is Slipping Away? · · Score: 1
    and it's never too late to begin a discussion about how Americans' right to privacy can be protected.

    Its probably a better time to start a debate about how we here in Europe can stop the Americans from erroding our existing privacy laws to suit themselves.
  8. Re:This is Ireland on Adult .IE Domain Names Banned As Immoral · · Score: 1
    It might call itself a republic, but in effect it was run like a Catholic theocracy till not too long ago, with the government taking its lead from the Church

    Unlike the US where apparently George has a God hotline so he can get it from the source when he needs to decide policy.
  9. opensores.ie on Adult .IE Domain Names Banned As Immoral · · Score: 1

    An MS funded site to warn to Irish companies of the insidious and subversive nature of Open Source Software. I'm sure no one here has a problem with that.

  10. Re:Religious fundamentalists on Adult .IE Domain Names Banned As Immoral · · Score: 1, Informative

    Northern Ireland is a part of Ireland taken by force and still held by a foreign power and most of the IRA's activites were funded by robbing banks in the South.

  11. I created 119 at home on Element 118 Created · · Score: 1

    but it was too fuckin heavy to drag to the lab so i let it decay.

  12. and this compares with on Microsoft Plugs a Record 26 Security Holes · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    the 492 (guess but understated) vulnerabilities in ubuntu

  13. How many were previously identified on Microsoft Plugs a Record 26 Security Holes · · Score: 1

    yada yada
    god forbid they take it seriously

  14. You always have to wonder though on Engineering Food at the Molecular Level · · Score: 2, Insightful

    when interfering with natural food processes like this. Are you doing mankind a favour or creating a stream of cancer patients 20 years down the line.

    Artificial preservatives and flavourings were the bees knees apprently when they hit the shelves first until it turned out many were carcinogens or just really not what you body wanted to be accumulating. Now look at the consumer demand for organically grown and prepared food.

  15. Whats the point in look at RC's on Vista RC2: More Refined, But Still Not Perfect · · Score: 3, Insightful

    MS could release builds amazing for their quality and /. would still find something to moan about. I have yet to see any major engineering project work perfectly out the door first time, there are always unforseen issues and problems. After the release of the first service pack is when I will start looking at the capabilities or lack thereof with vista.

  16. Re:Actually, 'Yay!' on IE7 To Ship With Windows Patches Tomorrow [Not] · · Score: 0
    when they know they're supposed to be using Firefox.


    Actually according to Secunia 'they' should be using Opera. Its funny how the best tool for the job theory goes out the window when it comes to Firefox.
  17. Re:admission on IE7 To Ship With Windows Patches Tomorrow [Not] · · Score: 2, Informative

    No the IE team specifically made a design decision against using tabs back when they were building version 5 of IE.

  18. Apparently on Survey of Super Massive Black Holes Completed · · Score: 1

    They are black and holey

  19. Re:Isn't it up to the programmers? on Google in Talks to Buy YouTube · · Score: 1

    I think most people would agree that letting developers run loose is just asking for a bunch of poorly thought out ideas than will get dropped and left incomplete as soon as the next 'big thing', buzzworld explosion or cool piece of technology comes along.

    It looks like the Google management team might be trying to bring a bit more focus to their efforts which is probably a good thing IMO.

  20. Frankly on EU and US Reach Deal On Airline Data · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We should just tell the US to go fuck themselves over the data and not travel there. If anything US airline security has been shown to be so poor we should be the one imposing the ridiculous restrictions on them coming here.

  21. Re:The "Oh-Sh*t" face... on How Prevalent Are SQL Injection Vulnerabilities? · · Score: 1

    Well if you had read the article the next ranked issue is PHP includes. Its probably much more accurate to say many of these vulnerabilities are due to poor PHP+MYSQL coders than VB+SQL coders.

  22. Re:Good policies will often save you. on Hackers claim zero-day flaw in Firefox · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So we should not use anything that might dent the firefox is perfect myth? Maybe firefox should just fix their javascript implementation just like MS has to when these things arise and the rest of us can get back to enjoying the web.

  23. Re:Whatever. on The Troubles With the Yahool Mail Beta · · Score: 1

    Its the usual fanboy raving. Google invented online email and do it better than anyone and your privacy is absolutely guaranteed. I love the fact that hotmail and aol, hundreds of millions of email accounts are completely overlooked. Google are just a tiny blip on the scanning your mail scene.

    Come back to us when there are 200 million gmail accounts and people are not rejecting invitations because of privacy concerns.

  24. This is pointless on Television For an Audience 45 Light Years Away · · Score: 2, Funny

    They will already have seen episodes of Knight Rider and they will know that the Hoff rules the universe. Why would they bother with this crap?

  25. Re:Maybe on Intel — Only "Open" For Business · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ah I see I get modded as trolling when OSS had contributed so fucking much to chip and board design for intel and yet another OSS advocate sounds off about their perrty grievances when others have done the work for them.