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  1. Re:Cops with CEO's on CA's Ex-CEO Indicted on Fraud · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Save the environment, please plant a bush in Texas.
    What exactly does this mean? I'm not sure if it's pro-Bush, anti-Bush, or completely unrelated.
  2. Re:35-day month on CA's Ex-CEO Indicted on Fraud · · Score: 1

    With a 35-day month, I'd end up wasting an extra four days every month, just because I knew I had them, and I'm pretty sure a lot of other people would do the same.

  3. Re:The WTO move is the prime incentive on Iran: Even If Windows Is Free, Linux Is Preferred · · Score: 5, Funny
    to abide by internationally agreed upon IP regulations (Bourne Convention)
    I might be wrong, but I think you mean the Berne Convention. The Bourne Convention was where countries agreed to use
    $ export EDITOR=vi
    instead of
    % setenv EDITOR vi
  4. Re:Vote Tabulation on CBS and Rather Admit Mistakes in Bush Documents · · Score: 1

    What state do you live in that you don't vote for in the Presidential election?

  5. Re:Criminal complaint? on CBS and Rather Admit Mistakes in Bush Documents · · Score: 1

    IANAL, but I'm pretty sure it is illegal to falsify a government document. However, if Burkett himself made the documents, he would not be forced to admit it, as the fifth amendment to the Constitution guarantees the right against self-incrimination.

  6. Vote Tabulation on CBS and Rather Admit Mistakes in Bush Documents · · Score: 4, Insightful
    ...during the 2000 presidential election in which the final tally from Florida was changed several times before they realized that a recount may be needed.
    Does anyone else think that no counting of votes or reporting of results should occur until all polls in the nation have closed? Situations like the one in 2000 could be avoided, and voters in western states would not feel that their vote doesn't matter, since the results of the eastern states would not be public.
  7. Bad link on FreeBSD 5.3-BETA5 Available · · Score: 4, Informative

    The link in the write-up is bad; here's one that works.

  8. Avoid the Ad on First Look at Grand Theft Auto Advance · · Score: 4, Informative
  9. Can't Find It on Another Google Recruiting Technique · · Score: 5, Informative

    The original link is dead, the Coral cache is unresponsive, and Google apparently has no cache of it. However, I was able to find this page, which has a little more abot the test.

  10. Only 12 are confirmed. on New PSP Titles to be Unveiled This Week · · Score: 1, Troll
    Remember, Famitsu claims there will be twenty PSP games announced and only ten (with two more possibilities) titles were named, meaning Sony could have eight or ten more games up their sleeves that are too shocking to reveal.
    Or, they only have 10 or 12 games to announce, but they thought 20 sounded better.
  11. Thanks... on EA vs. Xbox Live · · Score: 2, Funny
    about fourteen earwigs had been born in the seed, and I had twisted open their dwelling. The fruit was black inside. Earwigs were writhing, falling out, clinging to it.
    Thanks Tycho, for ruining nectarines for me for the rest of my life.
  12. Re:Karma Whoring 101 on Federal Bounty on Spammers · · Score: 1
    Ok.
    What would it take to get someone to turn in one of those spammers who send millions of unwanted e-mails? At least $100,000, the Federal Trade Commission figures.
    Really? If I knew someone who was spamming, I'd turn them in for free. Any cash would just be a bonus.
  13. Re:Oh yea.... on FTC Recommends Bounty on Spammers · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Sorry iPod boy, it is a scam, it's called a pyramid scheme.
    Scheme != Scam
  14. Re:Hmm, not too fond of Redmond? on AOL Will Not Support Sender-ID · · Score: 1, Funny
    I find it quite amusing on how AOL is sometimes caught sleeping with Microsoft (like IE in AOL) yet other times it pretty much pretends like they want nothing to do with them.
    Me too!!!
  15. Re:Oh yea.... on FTC Recommends Bounty on Spammers · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's actually not a scam; it's a new type of marketing. Rather than spending money on ads to try and get people to sign up for offers, the sponsors spend the money on iPods (or whatever) as gifts to people who bring a certain amount of eyes to their product. You can read what Wired said about it here: http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,64614,00.html Oh, and feel free to sign up using my link :-)

  16. Re:Donations on FTC Recommends Bounty on Spammers · · Score: 4, Funny
    Just tell me where I can donate to the bounties.
    Chris Finke
    920 Delaware St SE #3003
    Minneapolis, MN 55414

    Thanks in advance!
  17. Their Figures are a Little Off on FTC Recommends Bounty on Spammers · · Score: 4, Insightful
    What would it take to get someone to turn in one of those spammers who send millions of unwanted e-mails? At least $100,000, the Federal Trade Commission figures.
    Really? If I knew someone who was spamming, I'd turn them in for free. Any cash would just be a bonus.
  18. Re:Freedom? on Biometrics at the Statue of Liberty · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Is it time for supper?" Adolf Hitler, June 1940

    "I would like to eat now." Osama bin Laden, October 2001

    "What's for dinner?" John Kerry, June 2004

    See how easy it is to connect random people with out-of-context quotes?

  19. Re:I call BS on that "test" on Phish Scams Fooling 28% of Users · · Score: 1
    Speaking of which - are there any 'demoronizer' type utilities that can reasonably create ascii version of html email?
    <?php

    echo strip_tags($email_html);

    ?>
  20. Re:Yeh great... on Cheap Cell-Phone Detector · · Score: 1

    You could always try turning your phone off when it's illegal to use it...

  21. Re:Civil disobedience on 1984 Comes To Boston · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't destruction of property be classified as criminal disobedience, not civil?

  22. BZFlag on What's Your Favorite Open Source Game? · · Score: 4, Informative

    BZFlag, definitely.

  23. Ironic on More Accusations of Scientific Abuse by the Bush Administration · · Score: -1, Troll
    Does anyone else find it odd that a story on "scientific abuse" was submitted by a Wiccan? From the submitter's website:

    First, it is one of the Celtic fire festivals, honoring the Celtic culture-bringer and Solar God Lugh (Lleu to the Welsh, Lugus to the Gauls) [...] These aspects are not too dissimilar, as the shamanic death and transformation of Lleu can be compared to that of the Barley God, known from the folksong "John Barleycorn". This time is also sacred to the Greek Goddess of the Moon and the Hunt, Artemis.


    Perhaps this is the science the submitter wishes the current administration was using...
  24. Re:Good on them on Microsoft Delays Windows XP Service Pack 2 · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    i havn't bought into the partisan b.s. that Washington has.
    No, you've just bought into the partisan BS that the Democratic party has.
    i can post my political commentary here if i like. Last time i looked there was still a 1st amendment.
    Who cares? I wasn't implying that there is a law that restricts your ability post political propoganda; I was saying that this isn't the place for it.
  25. Re:Good on them on Microsoft Delays Windows XP Service Pack 2 · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    if the election is delayed, we need to remove the man from office "manually". Public awareness needs to be raised now on this matter. The public doesn't need to be blindsided by this a week before the election.
    This is the same kind of crap I've been hearing all day. If a Democrat proposed delaying the election in case of a terrorist attack, you'd be saying "This is truly a great idea. The elections should be delayed so that terrorists can't use their FUD to sway voters at the last minute."

    If you have to say that something is off-topic, don't say it at all: keep the political commentary off of Slashdot.