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  1. Re:Oh Well, there not the first, there not the las on Kazaa-lite Shut Down · · Score: 1

    Uhh...no? That'd be the equivalent of going to another country when it's time to pay your taxes, pay them at cheaper rates to this other country, and then come back with proof you've payed your taxes to another country expecting to not have to pay taxes for your country of residence...

    IANAL, of course...

  2. Re:A little ironic, don't you think? on Kazaa-lite Shut Down · · Score: 1

    Troll? Kazaa Lite/K++ were hacked Kazaa clients; there was nothing clean room about them.

  3. Re:GiFT on Kazaa-lite Shut Down · · Score: 3, Informative

    giFToxic is a Gtk2 frontend (development seems to have stalled); giFT and giFT-FastTrack are needed to use it with FastTrack.

  4. Pilot scheme, eh? on Microsoft, USO Links Troops Worldwide Via Xbox · · Score: 1
    We previously covered a pilot scheme using the U.S. Air Forces in Europe
    Did they select the US Air Force for their pilot scheme on purpose, or was it coincidence???

    OK, this post is pretty crap... I know it is... Why am I hitting submit?
  5. Re:Historic linguist at work ;-) on McBride's New Open Letter on Copyrights · · Score: 1
    However, grammer checking still applies :)

    Grammar... ;)
  6. Re:Who is a troll? Maybe you should look in a mirr on Who Owns The Facts? · · Score: 1

    Ah, I've seen two versions of Demolition Man, and the first one's stuck with me - Taco Bell was replaced with Pizza Hut throughout for most non-US releases IIRC (I saw a Chinese subtitled one). The UK one still uses Taco Bell, but having first seen it with Pizza Hut, that's what I think of...

  7. Re:Who is a troll? Maybe you should look in a mirr on Who Owns The Facts? · · Score: 1

    Can you explain what the joke actually is? I don't remember seeing many Taco Bells when I was in the US (I assume that's what you are talking about).

  8. Re:Most worrying bit:: on DeCSS: Jon Johansen Retrial Begins · · Score: 1

    They aren't copies? So they press a different sequence of 0s and 1s into every single DVD? Wow! That must cost them loads!

  9. Re:Irony on BT's Predictions for the Future · · Score: 1
    From the original poster of this article:
    It's a bit out of date, but still pretty funny.
  10. Re:power? food? on BT's Predictions for the Future · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's not always 50 years - A couple of years ago we were doing some work from a text book from the 70s or 80s, and it said words to the effect of "If we keep using fossil fuels at the rate we are now, the supply will be depleted by the year 2000" - see, that one was at maximum 20-30 years!

  11. Re:obligatory on BT's Predictions for the Future · · Score: 1

    In 2002 (I believe) they sued/considered suing someone, claiming they owned the patent on the hyperlink.... Ah, here it is.
    And I recently got ADSL in my area, so keep up hope...

  12. Re:We don't need a machine to do this... on Kurzweil Gets A Patent For Poetic Software · · Score: 1

    Your basis everything belongs to us, it is.
    --babelfish.altavista.com, circa 2003

  13. Re:Its the other way around now on Embedded Device Manufacturers Ignoring GPL · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'd recommend mencoder if you don't mind the command line. A quick mencoder -ovc [insert codec here] -oac [insert audio codec here] -o somename.avi dvd://[number] and you're set. My current setup supports a straight copy, XViD, QuickTime, and several others which I'm not sure what they are...

  14. Re:Since 2 Simpsons games were mentioned... on Finding the Perfect Family Game · · Score: 1

    heh, that episode was on BBC2 yesterday...

  15. Re:Why always Acclaim UK? on Acclaim Tries Bloodvertising To Promote New Game · · Score: 1

    I've never noticed any particularly crap and/or "low" ads here... I've seen worse on American TV (ooh, install this Internet terminal and make $$$ fast!) and billboards (can't think of any examples). I expect this is just for publicity and they won't actually do it.

  16. Re:A bit more than the average MS bias on Netcraft Web Server Stats Challenged · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Mark of the Beast ? on Implanted RFID Tag To Replace Cash? · · Score: 1

    I could careless if someone wanted to live their live as a Christian, but when they intrude on my family that crosses the line. When I have to explain why men or women are praying on TV, I have to explain why. If Christians believe truly in their religion, how is it that Christians can see their wrong and change their religious preference? It happens you know. They are pushing their agenda and are destroying America as we know it. I refuse to have my kids grow up in that hostile type of climate.

    --

    Yeah, slightly cut to fit better, I know. Note that I'm not American, and I don't have anything against Christians, it's just that what you are saying just sounds so...well...stupid. How are gay people making America a hostile climate by simply kissing on the TV. Oh no, shock horror, THEY ARE DOING THINGS THEY DO NORMALLY ON THE TV, THEY ARE PUSHING THEIR AGENDA ON ME! I will have to perform my parental duty and explain to my children what they are doing! [I'm assuming here that that is what you were referring to] As if they won't know about homosexuality anyway. I fail to see how this is different from somebody complaining about Christians pushing their agenda on them via Songs of Praise (English TV programme), and having to explain about why they are singing praise of - depending on religion of the complainer - a mythical being, a God which is not according to their beliefs, or whatever.

    To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if you're a troll...but I suppose it is still possible you aren't.

  18. Re:Linux 2.6: I can only recommend it! on Linux 2.6.0 Expected In Mid-December · · Score: 1

    Too late, I already posted the RTFM way :P.

  19. Re:Linux 2.6: I can only recommend it! on Linux 2.6.0 Expected In Mid-December · · Score: 4, Informative

    make moveold before make install - it moves the current lsmod, modprobe etc to lsmod.old, modprobe.old etc.

  20. Re:Better would be: on L.A. County Bans Use Of "Master/Slave" Term · · Score: 1

    I would've used "they are not swayed" if I'd caught it...

  21. Re:Better would be: on L.A. County Bans Use Of "Master/Slave" Term · · Score: 1

    Not always true...
    The following (crap) sentance uses both words, and makes sense; using "one" both times would not:

    If one is playing [insert card game here] and has run out of cards, the dealer must shuffle the discard pile, making sure they do not be swayed by goatse.cx, which has just appeared on the sole monitor in the room.

  22. Re:Truth is stranger than fiction on L.A. County Bans Use Of "Master/Slave" Term · · Score: 1

    It could well have been somewhere else; I've noticed that sometimes (at least around here) toilets for women aren't next to the men's... No idea why.

  23. Re:A consideration... on WVG : The New Scalable Vector Graphics · · Score: 1
    In most cases, Flash is abused by people who think it adds pizazz to menus or advertisements anyway.
    Yeah, teach them them that they have to work to offer pizzas on their menu! Oh, wait a second...
  24. Re:Yes but... on WVG : The New Scalable Vector Graphics · · Score: 1
    that is all well and good that Flash is clearly a better system, but does flash come installed on all machines?

    Apart from, maybe, older versions of Windows and Linux distributions which don't include it, yes...

    The Windows XP tour uses Flash itself, and the plugin is installed by default.

    Of course, I could be remembering incorrectly...
  25. Re:Brazil leads major hacker attacks on How Crackers View Themselves · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're asking us to take a site called "Secure Synergy" seriously?