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  1. Re:Humvee Windshields on Transparent Aluminum a Reality · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well, You should ask Sadaam Hussein or Usama Ben Ladin since they picked the fight(s).

  2. Re:Bargain on Solutions for When Managers Hijack Your Code? · · Score: 1

    Well, if he hadn't showed the manager, he would have been fine. Of course you could also be an AC blowing smoke.

  3. Re:What is the colour of the bear? on Your Favorite Math/Logic Riddles? · · Score: 1

    For certain values of "NEAR" you will find you are incorrect.

  4. Re:Apple to the rescue... on 20 Lawmakers Want to Kill Your Television · · Score: 1

    I'll buy the extras too. I usually do. I own all 6 LotR boxes for that very reason.

  5. Re:Do me a favor... on The Princess Bride Musical · · Score: 1

    which Radio play are you counting?

  6. Re:theory behind the book of Job on More Evidence For Hobbit Sized Species · · Score: 1

    In Typical Semitic form, the THREE stories go in order of increasing detail and complexity focusing in on level of importance. Verse 1 is the First, 1:2-2-3 are the Second, and 2:4-2:25 are the third.

  7. Re:Not so simple... on Bloggers Not Eligible for Shield Law? · · Score: 1

    The first ammendment protects the publication, NOT the publisher. Slander, Libel, Trade secret infringement, etc can all go against publishers, authors, or reporters of the information, but once the information is published it is protected. You can be punished after the fact for publication, but you cannot be prohibited from publishing.

  8. Re:Press Badges on Bloggers Not Eligible for Shield Law? · · Score: 1

    So you think we should register Presses like we are trying to register guns so that "THE MAN" can take them away?

    Registration in order to receive a CONSTITUTIONALLY protected right is absurd.

  9. Re:But AC's shield their sources! on Bloggers Not Eligible for Shield Law? · · Score: 1

    You are welcome to think so.

  10. Re:Debated this in high school on Bloggers Not Eligible for Shield Law? · · Score: 1

    There are consequences for failing to reveal sources, but those consequences are fairly minor IMO, and those consequences should be meted out fairly. Just as there are consequences to certain forms of "free speech", So long as it is the behaviour and not the message that is being penalized, I see no reason to treat "journalists" any different from anyone else.

    we aren't suggesting censorship, but censure. If you choose to protest Bush, or Clinton(hilary) weilding a bullhorn and unclothed at 2AM in a residential area of downtown Washington DC, There are penalties. OTOH if you do so in a commercial district during lunch hour and make certain not to obstruct the normal flow of business and traffic there should be no penalties.

    IF you want to stand outside the president's residence and shout baby killer, you are(last I checked) free to do so.

  11. Re:Bloggers aint journalists on Bloggers Not Eligible for Shield Law? · · Score: 1
    Saying bloggers are journalists is like saying self-thought VB "scripters" are programmers...
    Well, if you mean, that Both statements are true, then I will have to agree, although I'm assuming you mean self-taught VB Programmers do write scripts.

    Further, Opinion or "editorial" is exactly what most "Journalism" is. Since dry fact reporting is something that can easily be done by an automated system without human intervention.
  12. Re:Good. They shouldn't be. on Bloggers Not Eligible for Shield Law? · · Score: 3, Funny

    You are right, only logged in users should be considered Journalists, Anonymous cowards and the like are just slime.[/sarcasm]

  13. Re:got milk? on Interview With Gary Edwards of OpenOffice.org · · Score: 1

    You won't find it with regular milk. you will instead find it near baked goods and dry milk.

  14. Re:theory behind the book of Job on More Evidence For Hobbit Sized Species · · Score: 1

    There are actually 3 creation stories, and I've yet to see a critic successfully detail the "inconsistencies".

  15. Re:isn't it obvious to you all? on More Evidence For Hobbit Sized Species · · Score: 1

    Congratulations, you too have read Creighton's Eaters of the dead.

  16. Re:Well, I for one am relieved on 20 Lawmakers Want to Kill Your Television · · Score: 1

    It will if you put it straight into your arm.

  17. Re:Kill Television ? on 20 Lawmakers Want to Kill Your Television · · Score: 1

    It's not my fault it takes YOU a week to read a book. Perhaps if you had been educated using books instead of TV you would be able to read more competently.

  18. Re:You're confused... on 20 Lawmakers Want to Kill Your Television · · Score: 1

    IF I could walk into bestbuy and for $3-5(US) buy last nights(commercial free) episode of XXXXXXXX that I missed and really wanted to watch. I wouldn't need Bittorrent.

    BUT I CAN'T.

    so I download the episode and wait 2 years for the DVD.

  19. Re:Computer Shopper on Why Do You Block Ads? · · Score: 1

    But the ads, and the BBS listing was the reason to buy Computer Shopper.

    " whats the cheapest place to buy XXXXXXX this month"

    Now we have pricewatch and pricegrabber and computer shopper is 15 pages long.

  20. Re:Well, ... on Japan Will Stage Mock Cyberattacks · · Score: 1

    Typically when you hire or have on staff penetration testers, they attack to penetrate, not to destroy, so it is a full, albeit not malicious attack. I would assume that the "attack" would also include file creation, user creation, etc.

  21. Re:The UN has finally lost it on EU, UN to Wrestle Internet Control From US · · Score: 1

    for example IHOP.

    HAND

  22. Re:Will fail-safe DRM be necessary ? on Universal to Offer its Movies Online · · Score: 1

    Weak to moderate DRM with Stego based Watermarking would be more than adequate.

  23. Re:Take My God Damn Money! on Universal to Offer its Movies Online · · Score: 1

    $2-5US for 42-50 minutes of commercial free TV that I know I want to watch is a good deal. I would be all OVER that. OTOH, $99-$150 for 1 season of Star Trek: whichever is more than I'll pay, so to the download/import I go.

  24. Re:This sort of thing... on RIAA Sues a Child · · Score: 1

    OTOH, if you don't like your haircut, in most places you aren't expected to pay for it. YMMV, and your area may be different, but the occasional "free" haircut tends to encourage returning to try for a better experience.

  25. Re:Nice flaming headline. on Bush Supreme Court Nominee Former Microsoft Lawyer · · Score: 1

    Just because someone is experienced doesn't mean they will be any good. It is preferable to teach combat techniques to someone lacking experience to teaching combat techniques to someone with faulty experiences.