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  1. Re:Patch CDs on Survival Time for Unpatched Systems Cut by Half · · Score: 1

    *Please insert the CD we gave you that looks like this:

    [Full-screen picture of CD]

  2. Re:Patch CDs on Survival Time for Unpatched Systems Cut by Half · · Score: 1

    "Dell" could change their first-boot process to include a stage: "Now insert the CD we gave you when you bought the computer..."

  3. Re:Umm... on Point, Click, Root. · · Score: 1

    Easy, just like another project with the same acronym.

  4. Re:Equalising... on FCC Looks Into Regulating Violence on TV · · Score: 1

    Cool, thanks. Do they actually check ID? It's interesting that they pay the VAT on it and keep the sales on the books. That is also an interesting way of looking at it, with having "dealers" that wont let you "upgrade".

  5. Re:Equalising... on FCC Looks Into Regulating Violence on TV · · Score: 1

    For my yankee edification, please explain how pot is regulated and taxed.

  6. Re:More intrusive technology on RFID More Hackable Than Retailers Think? · · Score: 0

    That's about as redundant as the second rule of Fight Club.

  7. The obvious on Sony's $700 Linux-based Remote Control · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What about a beowulf cluster of linux remotes?

  8. Re:non SECAM music? on Canadian Music Industry Drills Dentists · · Score: 1

    Please show me to creative commons music.

  9. Re:Are there any adults in the house? on Oxford Students Hack University Network · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And that's how it should be.

    It's because $COMPANY shouldn't be getting sued due to a speculative case of neglect. Specifically they shouldn't be liable for damages that could happen because they chose to use $SECURITY_MEASURES instead of $PUBLICLY_ACCEPTED_SECURITY_MEASURES.

    If your twisted world was the case, all companies using Linux would be sued when NETWORK($LARGE_COMPANY && $POLITICAL_BACKING) spends RAND(10)*10^RAND(4,5) dollars on a marketing campaign that "proves" by "independant study" that $POPULAR_SECURITY_METHOD is better than $LINUX_SECURITY_METHOD. All companies will be forced to use $POPULAR_SECURITY_METHOD in fear of getting sued.

    Now, furthermore, if $LARGE_COMPANY decides to milk the fear FWIW then whenever $POPULAR_SECURITY_METHOD[DATE()] comes out and it is marketed, they [find someone] to sue a company using $POPULAR_SECURITY_METHOD[DATE()-1] and scare everyone else into upgrading.

  10. Photos on Fifth HOPE Conference Underway · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://fifthhope.blogspot.com/

    We are taking photos at the event and will post asap.

  11. Re:This K stuff has gotta stop on KDE 3.3 Beta "Klassroom" Released · · Score: 1

    Start menu:
    Internet (Intermet Explorer / Mozilla)
    E-Mail (Outlook / ...)

    Program Menu
    Microsoft Word (mouseover: create and edit test and graphics in letters, reports, web pages...)
    Microsoft Powerpoint (mouseover: create and edit presentations...) ...

    Do you still have a case?

  12. Re:Not allowed to only buy on sale??? on Best Buy Says Customers Not Always Right · · Score: 1

    And you've done this on a product at sale price or only on products at normal price?

  13. Re:Is that counter live? on Apple 100,000,000 iTMS celebration · · Score: 1
    If it was real time, you could increase your chances of winning, by reloading the page more as it approaches $num % 50000 == 0.

    Which is really what they want: a bunch of kids that want something for free, jamming on their F5 keys faster and faster DDOSing them every 50,000 songs sold

  14. My experience on How Good is Gmail's Spam Filter? · · Score: 1
    4 Comcast accounts that I've never told anyone about are forwarded to gmail:
    • ~400 spam detected per day
    • ~3 spam undetected per day
    • 0 false-positives

    Fuck you Comcast stop selling email addresses

  15. Re:Monkey Target on Gaming, Red Vs Blue Gets IMAX Treatment · · Score: 1
  16. Re:Wow, Red vs. Blue on an IMAX screen! on Gaming, Red Vs Blue Gets IMAX Treatment · · Score: 1
  17. Re:first post on Gaming, Red Vs Blue Gets IMAX Treatment · · Score: 1

    Recursive Link

  18. Re:Backwards reasoning... on U.S. Supreme Court: Public Anonymity No Right · · Score: 1

    Please tell what state this is

  19. Re:Doesn't mean people are happy with it... on Copy-protected CD Tops U.S. Charts · · Score: 1

    foreach (stores as store)
    {
    cd = store.buy("$CD_TITLE",credit_card);
    try
    {
    store.return(cd);
    }
    catch
    {
    store.drop_off_with_receipt(cd)
    credit_card.stop_payment(cd)
    }
    }

  20. Formats on Cory Doctorow on Digital Rights Management · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Remember this and remmeber it well:

    CD's aren't going out of style anytime soon

    Vinyl isn't going out of style any time soon.

    Customers have choices. And that isn't going out of style anytime soon

  21. Re:DRM on Cory Doctorow on Digital Rights Management · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I can do whatever the hell I want with your CD I bought. REdistributing the mix requires your permission though. DRM changes none of this.

  22. Real easy on EU Pushes to Limit Internet Speech · · Score: 1, Funny

    "The international group" can regulate speech by putting my cock in their mouth.

  23. Stop all compression on Mesh Compression for 3D Graphics · · Score: 1

    Dammit, stop compressing things unless it's lossless. yes I can notice a 20khz sound you took out of my music, yes I can tell you're not resampling the background on my cable TV during a talking heads scene, and yes I'll notice a significantly reduced polygon count on my 3d meshes.

  24. ISP's create spam on No Federal Do-Not-Spam Registry For Now · · Score: 1
    The problem is that ISP's give away your email address. My comcast account that I've never used gets just as much spam as any other account I have.

    That's right: all my spam comes from comcast selling my email address. Period

    Does someone else have a similar situation?

  25. Re:Ads on AOL To Charge for AIM Videoconferences · · Score: 1

    Remember those dialog boxes, "The other user will get your IP if you do this"? Now reconsider your bandwidth rantings.