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  1. Re:Another possibility... on Video Games Boost Visual Skills · · Score: 1

    Well, in Tetris you only have to track one object at a time. So Tetris might improve reflexes, but not tracking ability

  2. Re:Changing the properties of Avatars on The Science of the Matrix · · Score: 1

    I don't think so. I don't have the article in front of me, but I think all that was left was an invisible body. Trinity's conciousness had left, and the physical body was waiting for cleanup.

  3. Re:Your point is wrong on No ID Cards in the Future · · Score: 1

    If all people are created equal, why does the devil want to persecute Christians? Why not just persecute everyone?

  4. Re:I suppose this bit will be set on.... on New RFC Adds "Evil Bit" · · Score: 1

    Please note that .ogg will be an exception, because software released under the BSD license can never be evil.

    Umm, songs in the .ogg format aren't under the BSD license. Just the format itself.

  5. Re:Excuse me... on Mixing the Unmixable · · Score: 1

    If I'm reading the article correctly, the salad dressing will still be the same, but you won't have to shake it first.

  6. Re:Moral obligation? on Symantec Claims They Knew About Slammer In Advance · · Score: 1

    Not having morals is amoral, not immoral.

  7. Re:Jesus Saves! on Extreme Programming for Web Projects · · Score: 3, Funny

    Allah Invests!

  8. Re:What flavors? on For Those Long Coding Sessions: The Food Patch · · Score: 1

    you have to leave the computer to sleep? I pity you. I have a couch in front of mine. if I didn't have to eat or go to the bathroom, I'd never have to move.

  9. Re:You forgot something on Next-Gen Pop-up Ads · · Score: 1

    Yeah, except that they didn't forget it. Did you even read the post? Look at steps 3 and 4.

  10. Re:huh on Immobile Robots · · Score: 1

    only if it could do something about it. A copier that would replenish it's own paper supply whenever it ran out would be cool.

  11. Re:Mac Bomb on Gnarly Error Messages · · Score: 5, Funny

    My friend got a similar one while trying to run windows 3.1. After typing "win" at the prompt, he was greeted with: "This program requires Microsoft Windows to run."

  12. Re:Application implementation on Should "B" be the Same as "b"? · · Score: 1

    What if you converted the requested filename to lowercase, and then tried to match it with the lowercase version of the files in the directory? I know that this would be fairly easy to implement in BASIC (That's the only programming language I know, but I'll be learning C/C++ soon, I hope.)if there are multiple matches, then you could give a selection dialog.

  13. Modding and Lawmaking on House OKs Life Sentences For Hackers · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it be cool if random people throughout the country could mod laws? People who have voted, paid their taxes, etc. are given points so they can mod laws as offtopic, redundant, flamebait(all of which apply to the law currently under examination.) Laws with ratings below a certain number, (I'd say probably 2) would not be enforced. And the representitives would have karma based on ratings of laws they voted for, with bonuses for creation of good bills and filibusters against bad laws.

  14. Re:Money or Murder on House OKs Life Sentences For Hackers · · Score: 1

    If hacking results in death, perhaps I can understand

    This bill only allows life sentences for crimes that result in deaths. It does not lay down a blanket sentence for all hacking.

  15. Re:Redundant and Unconstitutional on House OKs Life Sentences For Hackers · · Score: 1

    First, survelliance without a court order is unconstitutional. This portion of the bill will surely be stricken down by the Supreme Court.

    Unfortunately, a hacker/cracker has to be arrested, tried, and convicted, and then appeal the case all the way to the supreme court. This is a long, expensive process. Even then, the Supreme Court has to accept the case which requires at least 4 of the justices to accept the case. Then, and only then, will there be the option of declaring it unconstitutional.

    I do, however agree with the rest of your post.

  16. Conspiracy Theory reference: Accident? You decide. on House OKs Life Sentences For Hackers · · Score: 1

    What about Sirhan Sirhan?

  17. Re:Must be Yanks on Just How Much Privacy Do We Have? · · Score: 1

    Some people really are upstanding honest citizens who lead perfectly normal (some may say boring) lives, and are perfectly happy doing so.
    That doesn't change the fact that not everyone is as "upstanding" as you. Some people do enjoy Star Trek/Star Wars/Buffy/Simpsons. Everybody has a right to privacy, and that includes people who don't need it because they have "nothing to hide."