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  1. Re:That's a crying shame... on Cell Phones Disable Keys for High-End Cars · · Score: 1

    I miss the days when you could open the car door with a coat hanger and hot wire the ignition.
    Yeah! Damn that DMCA! :-)
  2. Re:This sounds like a reverse WINE on VM Enables 'Write-Once, Run Anywhere' Linux Apps · · Score: 1

    Reverse WINE? So it can actually cure a hangover? :-)

  3. Re:Thread on Yet Another EVE Online Scandal? · · Score: 1

    Nah, your initial post was better. Slashdot's moderators can't delete/edit posts. :-)

  4. Re:BAD analogy on CSS of DVDs Ruled 'Ineffective' by Finnish Courts · · Score: 1

    ... but isn't this just like saying if I lock my door with a lock that is easily pickable, then it's ok for someone to break in?
    More like "If I rented (or leased, licensed, etc) my house to some folk, but I locked it up and that lock was easily pickable......"

    In your analogy, the people have no inherent right to be on your property. Where as the DVD media are actually sold to people.
  5. Re:The obvious problem... on Copying HD DVD, Blu-ray Discs May Become Legal · · Score: 1

    Nice cut and paste dude.

  6. Re:Done Before on Dell Plans to Sell PCs at Wal-Mart · · Score: 1

    Exactly. I was going to say the same thing. However, because we don't live in the USA, this is meaningless. :-)

  7. Solicitation on Michigan Man Charged for Using Free WiFi · · Score: 1

    Due to the broadcast nature of unsecured wifi, it was the access point was the one in effect saying: "How about it buddy? Want some action?"

    To use the house analogy: the front door was open and there was a big sign saying: "Welcome! Feel free to come on in and make yourselves at home, y'all!"

    If accessing these networks is illegal, then so should solicitation be.

  8. Re:This Thing Will Fail on Dell Linux Details · · Score: 1

    I was quite enthusiastic about this, especially since I am an Ubuntu user. But without MP3 and DVD support out of the box people aren't going to bite. Dell and Canonical had better get their shit together soon if they want this to work.

    If you really were an Ubuntu user, then you'd know how stupidly easy it is to get codecs installed. It's similar to how DVD player manufacturers sell region locked DVD players, but sometimes included typed up instructions on how to region-free the player included in the box. Others release the info to the community.
  9. Re:Isn't Panda a front for Scientology? on Symantec Updates Cause Chaos in China · · Score: 1

    Thanks for sharing that. :-)

    I understand why the use of an e-meter in therapy - it seems that it could be employed in other therapies. Are you able to tell me briefly what kind of therapy scientology uses to heal/fix/repair/erase/remove these memories/traumas/depressions/anxieties/fears? The detective of such "engrams" or "implants" seems obvious, but the dealing with them, not so obvious.

    I mean for example, lets consider victim of a violent rape who constantly lives in terror, has flashbacks of that past event and has developed social phobia and/or agoraphobia? Providing that the person is willing to seek help and can make appointments at the local COS, how would this be fixed with scientology? How soon could that person expect a reasonable level of freedom from this?

    If there were merit in some of scientologies practises, then I think maybe they could be employed elsewhere, separately from the sci-fi and theology that it comes packaged with. Thanks in advance Hejog.

  10. Re:Only in the US of A? on Spyware Maker Sues Anti-Spyware Maker · · Score: 1

    I can't tell you how many times I've heard about a burglar suing the homeowner because he hurt himself in the process of robbing the home and won the lawsuit.

    I think he actually meant "Only in the US of A".
  11. Re:Isn't Panda a front for Scientology? on Symantec Updates Cause Chaos in China · · Score: 1

    So you are a believer in the whole Xenu, thetan, sci-fi story, etc deal?

    Out of interest, how much has scientology cost you so far? And how long have you been involved with it? What good has it done you so far?

    What do you think about Hubbard's own quotes about profiting from creating ones own religion?

  12. Re:Isn't Panda a front for Scientology? on Symantec Updates Cause Chaos in China · · Score: 1

    I'm a $cientologi$t and it wouldn't bother me either way.
    Suprise! :)

    Perhaps I am slow, but you have to be kidding, right?
  13. Re:heh on Gene Research Gives Hope of Reversing Baldness · · Score: 1

    THIS is freakin' awesome! Needs some aviator glasses though really.

  14. Re:Volume of patches won't get better on Time to End Microsoft's Patch Tuesday? · · Score: 1

    Oh crap. I was finally going to get around to migrating from SUS to WSUS today. Should I not do this?

  15. Re:Best choices: Medical Research and Bioinformati on Where to Go After a Lifetime in IT? · · Score: 1

    What options does one have in bioinformatics, besides academia?

  16. Re:26% nothing??!? on Social Computing and Badger's Paws · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am actually a New Zealander, but am writing for an American audience. ;-)

  17. Re:Just what do you mean by "oppose copyright" on You Can Oppose Copyright and Support Open Source · · Score: 1

    Yes we've all seen Megacorp decide to use someone's code and then incorporate it into their program. Or just use something in a commercial sense when it's clearly limited for personal use only.
    I am sure the execs at Megacorp would find your post most slanderous, buddy! :-)
  18. 26% nothing??!? on Social Computing and Badger's Paws · · Score: 1

    I'd say 100% nothing, much like the Emperor's New Clothes.

  19. Re:google falls down on English Premier Football League Sues YouTube · · Score: 2, Funny

    Google falls down holding its knee, his face looks like he is in agony. No wait, now hes up again 2 seconds later running at full speed.

    FYI, google != Cristiano Ronaldo. ;-)
  20. Re:Sing along ... you know you want to! on Webcomic Author Deemed a Terrorist Threat · · Score: 1

    Scratch that, I was just being dense! :-/

  21. Re:Sing along ... you know you want to! on Webcomic Author Deemed a Terrorist Threat · · Score: 1

    That whoosh you heard was the sound of a literary <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came ...">allusion</A> whizzing past your head.

    -uso.

    PREVIEW is your friend. :-)
  22. Re:Cue oft-used Leia quote... on AACS Vows to Fight Bloggers · · Score: 1

    and don't have any DRM to speak of.
    hmmm.... I am sure that the most current firmware for my Philips DVD player has macrovision that cannot be disabled.
  23. Mod AC insightful on Creating a Full-Time Sysadmin Position at a School? · · Score: 1

    If they get by with 30 hours/month, could they really justify a 180 hours/month position? This seems really stupid. It seems like a part-time gig at best - hardly fulltime. Would you really be doing the school a service, or just creating an cushy income for yourself at their expense? Not that schools pay industry rates however.

  24. Re:Monad on Windows PowerShell in Action · · Score: 1

    Well sort of. :-)

  25. Re:Yabbit on Music Decoded From 600-Year-Old Carvings · · Score: 1

    Aren't you part of that united kingdom place, what with the four million lip-reading cameras and all, freedomboy?
    Nope.