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  1. Re:Why don't they focus on things that matter? on Google Visual Search Coming Soon to Android · · Score: 2, Informative

    Quickoffice comes default on the Droid. It has no problem reading PDF's.

  2. Re:In other news... on Comcast to Buy 51% of NBC, GE Goes After 49% · · Score: 1

    Personally I like watching Saturday Night Live on the net.

  3. Re:the real threat will be government intervention on The Noisy and Prolonged Death of Journalism · · Score: 1

    They can exist in the private sector too - and in the reverse private news agencies - if they get their hands on too much control - can be just as bad as public ones under government control.

    See the AP of the late 1800's.

  4. Re:the real threat will be government intervention on The Noisy and Prolonged Death of Journalism · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The core of the problem is add driven news.

  5. Re:bad move by school district on SETI@Home Install Leads To School Tech Supervisor's Resignation · · Score: 1

    This is Arizona. I think that answers your question.

  6. Re:But how is it a crime? on SETI@Home Install Leads To School Tech Supervisor's Resignation · · Score: 5, Informative

    The criminal part (that apparently wasn't in TFA) was the 18 school computers they found at his house that he'd taken home with him. This is a better source: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/11/30/20091130searchforaliens1202.html

  7. Re:Won't Loving Work. on Danish DRM Breaker Turns Himself In To Test Backup Law · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In the US bankruptcy cannot get rid of your student loans or any civil penalties. Huge civil penalties are actually worse than jail time because a few years in jail and you get out and have a chance to start over (barring Felonies which have other issues). Even life sentences usually have some possibility of parole. Huge civil penalties here and you are never going to have more than substance levels of money ever again.

  8. Re:About damn time. on Scientology Charged With Slavery, Human Trafficking · · Score: 1

    The burden of proof in a civil suit is much lighter than in a criminal suit.

  9. Re:Rejected on India Hanging Up On 25 Million Cell Phones · · Score: 2, Funny

    But it's on the Marketplace.

  10. Re:class action on Dell Defect Turning 2.2GHz CPU Into 100MHz CPU? · · Score: 1

    profit... for the lawyers.

  11. Re:Superconductivity on LHC Reaches Over One Trillion Electron Volts · · Score: 1

    ... and strength of the magnetic field. Most (all?) known superconductors break down when exposed to very strong magnetic fields. More current = stronger field so there's a limit how much power you can pour through a superconductor before it loses it's properties and melts (or explodes, or whatever that particular one will do when it breaks down).

  12. Re:Well, then... on Should You Be Paid For Being On Call? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Have you ever heard of a webmaster union, or for that matter any IT/programming union?

    I haven't.

  13. Re:Fascism, DUH on Telcos Want Big Subsidies, Not Line-Sharing · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's also called 'bread and circuses' and it's been around a lot longer than Lew Rockwell - by a few thousand years.

  14. Re:Perhaps they'll both converge on "cancelled" on Chrome OS and Android "Will Likely Converge" In the Future · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You want to look at the Droid then. I've got one and while there are a few little things that I wish they would improve on the whole it's much better than any other smart phone I've used. It's core apps are far better than the iPhone, but I do miss the volume of games the AppStore has that the Android Market still hasn't caught up to yet.

  15. Re:clue for the non-iphone-user on iPhone Game Piracy "the Rule Rather Than the Exception" · · Score: 1

    No, he's stating that (at least for games) 60% or more of your users are pirating the app. He's also right.

  16. Re:CNN on Android developer fears on Some Claim Android App Store Worse Than iPhone's · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sounds like the PC market...

  17. Re:alternative on Calling B.S. On Amazon's Taxation Arguments · · Score: 1

    Sure, and what exactly are you going to cut?

    One man's waste is another's paycheck.

  18. Re:Maybe C really is "it" for now... on Go, Google's New Open Source Programming Language · · Score: 1

    massively parallel systems may be that structural change... but things like CUDA are filling that gap so maybe?

  19. Re:Encoding? on ICANN Approves Non-Latin ccTLDs · · Score: 1

    because UTF8 only solves the null term problem, not the readable character issue.

  20. Re:Not government's job on Telco Sues City For Plan To Roll Out Own Broadband · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Raise gas taxes and people use less gas. It's a regressive tax and if you push it too hard you'll see a massive flight to higher millage cars or even non-petrol cars. Then what do you tax? Electricity? Now you're taxing people who may or may not use the roads.

    As a second point everyone benefits from good roads not just those who drive on them. Police and fire departments can respond better on good roads. Less congestion means better air quality. Better roads also bring in more business which means more jobs. The road infrastructure is tied into almost everything we do. Thus everyone helps pay for it. Your precept that only those who drive benefit from roads is both short sighted and incorrect.

  21. Re:It always looks good at first on A Step Closer To Cheap Nuclear Fusion · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You may want to take a closer look at this one then - they don't require any higher confinement times because they're setting this up like a piston not a turbine. It creates fusion in a microsecond pulse, the field collapses and then they start all over again. You set the sucker up to rapid fire (or line them up in series with one powering the generation of the field on the next) and you're in business.

    Now of course we need to see if they can take that final step, but so far they're close enough to their predictions that I'd be willing to invest some money in these guys (assuming I had enough to invest...).

  22. Re:network neutrality on FCC To Probe Google Voice Over Call Blocking · · Score: 1

    Network neutrality (on the phone network instead of internet) would prevent the exact fees that Google is complaining about (and that AT&T hasn't been paying).

  23. Re:so do something about it on Is Valve's Steam Anti-Competitive? · · Score: 3, Informative

    My digital distribution channel list for work has 10 names on it and Steam isn't even #1. While it may dominate in the US it's by no means the largest channel internationally.

  24. Re:Devil's Advocate on New "JUSTICE" Act Could Roll Back Telecom Immunity · · Score: 1

    For the exact same reason a soldier can be punished for following an unlawful order. Sure he was following orders (as the telecoms were) but following an unlawful order is not a defense.

    I.E. use your brain. Sometimes you get in less trouble in the long run standing up to the government and doing the right thing.

  25. Re:2 out of 3 aint bad on US Nuclear Power Industry Poised For a Comeback · · Score: 1

    "spent fuel" is spent fuel. "waste" is things like all the pipes, rad suits, couplings etc that get irradiated in the reactor and eventually get replaced.