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  1. People need offline sources to maintain brain on Is the Internet Your Source of Knowledge? · · Score: 1

    Basing all of your worldly knowledge on what has been learned in the past 7 years online, is foolish.

    It is also slower to look up the spelling of a word on the Internet, since there is no promise that the spelling you find is correct. Just grab a nice dictionary that is on the shelf by your computer. It is tricky if you have used that dictionary to prop up your Monitor another 5 centimeters.

  2. Should I worry about this crack down? on Group Asks Gov't to Crack Down on Product Placement · · Score: 1

    If I am to believe the "Slippery Slope" theory of crackdowns, then this could follow through to a crackdown on signatures on /.

    I've been using product placement in my /. sig for almost my whole /.'ing life; innocently advertising humour while I make a valuable contribution to the comments here. :-)

  3. Re:But then what attracts these bands? on File-Sharing Ethics Taught In Classrooms? · · Score: 1

    "All they see is Avril coming from small town Canada and making it big with tons of nubile fans and money coming their way"

    Nepean ON, is part of Ottawa which has 1 million people. More than the entire population of people in my whole province.

    But I understand what you mean.

    Artists aren't known for their brains, or knowledge of geography, but I sure do like some of them.

    It is obvious that a great many artists only goal is fame and riches, and if someone in a suit tells them that they can help them, why wouldn't they listen?

  4. Try ignoring the RIAA on Few Takers For RIAA's "Clean Slate" · · Score: 2, Interesting
    And try supporting the alternatives:



    http://magnatune.com/

  5. Re:Their own dumbass fault on Recall of Segway Announced by CPSC · · Score: 1

    Except that the manual backup of a Segway is supposed to be you getting off, and standing up behind it.

  6. I'm sorry, but I refuse to watch this... on The Matrix: Revolutions Theatrical Trailer · · Score: 1

    ...If the trailer isn't on an IMAX screen.

    When you've had big, you just can't go back.

    [no double meaning intended]

  7. Can't resist obvious weight joke... on 2.6 Ton Pinball Machine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "2.6 ton"

    Imagine a 2.6 METRIC tonne cluster of these pinball machines!

  8. Re:Not too far fetched.. Tin Foil on Electronics & Planes Don't Mix? · · Score: 1

    You need more Tin Foil? Have you thought of your pet?

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem& it em=2950751243

    Protect them like you protect yourself.

  9. There are PDA tools from the mid 90s available... on Pilot a Plane with a PDA? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Real Time Tools has been making PDA software for pilots for some time now. IBM is just sprucing it up a little :-)

  10. Re:So you could say the trail has grown cold? on 14 Years Later, Cold Fusion Still Gets The Cold Shoulder · · Score: 1

    "Hydrogen is here"

    Too bad I don't live in Germany, then.

    It would be nice if my part of North America took the environmental plunge.

  11. Re:Hydrogen cars won't work out very well... on 14 Years Later, Cold Fusion Still Gets The Cold Shoulder · · Score: 1

    CHlittle tiny 4.

    We don't have much hydrogen? ;-)

  12. So you could say the trail has grown cold? on 14 Years Later, Cold Fusion Still Gets The Cold Shoulder · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "It has been 14 years"

    It been at least that long since we were promised Hydrogen fuel cells. Where's my fuel cell powered truck?

    I think consumers have been patient enough. Now it is time for companies to deliver something.

  13. Re:No problem for me. on Users feel Password Rage · · Score: 1

    I hope you remembered to move all of the passwords to the new monitor before selling/recycling the other one. I've seen more than a few scrapped monitors with passwords plastered on them.

  14. Re:First bid over $100 was MINE! on Testing The Right To Resell Downloaded Music · · Score: 1

    If higher bids are cancelled, then your bid is winning again, and you've just revealed your proxy, as have the fake bidders.

    Not a good situation. But then again as it is listed, this auction won't last more than a few days because of the Internet delivery policy. It was a safe bid no matter the amount. You don't have to pay for an auction that is removed from eBay's system.

  15. Re:eBay policy on Testing The Right To Resell Downloaded Music · · Score: 1

    Zip may work, but there is a policy against CD-R and RW discs too.

  16. Re:eBay policy CD-R a no go on Testing The Right To Resell Downloaded Music · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately he can't do that. Ebay also forbids the sale of any CD-R or RW with information on it.

  17. Re:Son of a witch. on Testing The Right To Resell Downloaded Music · · Score: 1

    Look at my journal for a story I submitted yesterday.

    I was just a tad off.

  18. If sold on CD-R then it won't work on eBay on Testing The Right To Resell Downloaded Music · · Score: 1

    You can't sell anything on eBay if it comes on CD-R. They've worded their listing policy so that any CD-R with info on it is not allowed to be sold.

    If it comes on another form of memory, I wish him luck.

  19. Re:You don't need a great telescope... on Mars at Opposition - Earth at Transitition · · Score: 1

    I forgot to show her a Full Moon though.

  20. Oh dear goodness they read /. ! on P2P Spam? · · Score: 1

    I think those experts read my post on /. the other day and are finally catching on.

  21. Re:You don't need a great telescope... on Mars at Opposition - Earth at Transitition · · Score: 1

    I recently met a girl from Edmonton who was on only her second trip outside of that city. She'd heard of the big dipper, but didn't know where to find it.
    I showed her that, and Polaris.

  22. Re: What we can look forward to now on NZ Spammer Shutdown Makes Big Difference · · Score: 1

    Worms that advertise are not economically destructive, at least not for the spammers that write them.

  23. Re:FBI? Probably a bad idea ... on NZ Spammer Shutdown Makes Big Difference · · Score: 1

    "doesn't the FBI do their best to work out who did it and throw the book at them?"

    You've been watching too much TV. The FBI means jack squat in Liberia, or Argentina, or India. Base your operation out of there, you are set for life.

  24. What we can look forward to now... on NZ Spammer Shutdown Makes Big Difference · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I have a prediction for the future.

    Given the last week of automated spam from the most popular viruses out there, I'd say we can expect computers to outspam the best spammers. Spammers will write many viruses that send ads to enlarge our penises, and stop popup ads, and then they don't even have to take responsibility.

    The smart thing for them to do, since they will be outlaws anyway, is to have OTHER PEOPLE send spam for them.
    Enough people are sending "empty" virus messages right now. Just think of the marketing potential if those virus messages contained a payload to send the spammer's material!

    Scary.

  25. Re:It's not just the cops that scare me... on eBay Provides No Privacy For Sellers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Unfortunately too, it is a rule violation that can get your eBay account suspended if you provide any false information. Your feedback you leave is even subject for removal in that case.