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  1. Re:who really won the trial? on French Branch of Scientology Is Convicted of Fraud · · Score: 1

    This is more true than you probably actually meant.

    The Roman Catholic church has not repudiated the doctrines that enabled the selling of indulgences. For the Catholic church there would be nothing theologically wrong with selling indulgences again.

  2. Re:Differences between versions on Wolfenstein Being Recalled In Germany · · Score: 1

    Whether you're proud of the Nazi's or not, they happened and were the pride of germany for many many years and did a great deal more to advance this world then any other group in history.

    I hope for your sake that is a typo of some sort.

  3. Re:I have to agree with kdawson... on US Wants UK Hacker To Pay To Fix Holes He Exposed · · Score: 1

    Don't you think there might possibly be some middle ground between killing people and sitting back and taking it? I find it interesting that you equate someone breaking into your home somehow immediately equates to physical threats against yourself, your wife or your family. The fact that someone has broken into your house does not immediately constitute a physical threat.

    You come across as a paranoid vigilante who wants to execute people for breaking into his house. In any sane juristriction, following through on that would result in a either a murder or a manslaughter conviction.

  4. Re:I have to agree with kdawson... on US Wants UK Hacker To Pay To Fix Holes He Exposed · · Score: 1

    I will not shoot someone on sight for trespassing. But I will shoot someone who routinely (or even once) burglarizes my home...

    Wow nice sense of proportion, death for burglary. The law might be on your side in your country state, but that doesn't make it right or moral.

  5. Re:ME on Old Operating Systems Never Die · · Score: 1

    I'm using ME for a useful task - I have it on a PC in the garage that I'm using to prop up a pile of lumber.

    But you know it would do a much better job running under another 98, even 95.

  6. About time on AU Goverment To Break Up Telstra; Filtering News · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Good on govt. for doing what should have been done before telstra was sold. This actually ensures that there will be some competition, rather than a continual requirement for regulation. In its current form, telstra is a recipe for anti-competitive strategies. With a monopoly on copper, they have a retail arm and a wholesale arm, that sells to companies who compete with the retail arm.

    Sol and his amigos didn't exactly help telstra either. In Australia the government is not afraid of regulating with the consumer in mind.

  7. Re:Yeah, right on Microsoft Says No TCP/IP Patches For XP · · Score: 1

    That excuse from MS is only so much BS. On my XP desktop at home I would have listening ports for 80, 433, 3389, 1433 and 22. That is just off the top of my head, I might well be running more.

    This is just an excuse to:
    a) not do some work
    b) push people off xp

  8. Re:the iSheep.... on iPhone 3.1 Update Disables Tethering · · Score: 1

    Paragraphs. Use them to aid comprehension.

  9. Re:Scientology is a dangerous cult on Church of Scientology Proposes Net Censorship In Australia · · Score: 1

    You're correcting me from wikipedia? Besides that, the article you reference does not support your point. It merely states that some sections of the church hold less or more strongly to the 39 articles. For reference the 39 articles would be like the constitution of the church. I suggest you read the one of the Lord's supper (XXVIII).

    While technically correct that the Lutheran church does not hold to the doctrine of transubstantiation, they do hold to a doctrine that says that bread and the wine are literally the body and blood of christ.

  10. Re:Scientology is a dangerous cult on Church of Scientology Proposes Net Censorship In Australia · · Score: 1

    As for the sanity of Christianity -- do note that the Orthodox/Catholic/certain-Anglicans believe it's not "symbolically" eating his flesh, it's really eating his flesh (just presented as bread so that people don't totally gross out).

    This is incorrect. While the Catholic church still holds this as true, none of the protestant denominations hold this as true other than the Lutherans. I'm not sure where Orthox churches stand on this.

  11. Re:To be more specific on Fear of Porn URL Exposure Discourages Firefox 3 Upgrade · · Score: 1

    Nice to see that trust continues to be an important part of 'modern' marriages.

  12. Re:The Columbia test on The Homemade Hard Disk Destroyer · · Score: 1

    So that is what happened to initech. They really should have fleshed that out more in the movie, it would have been a great subplot.

  13. So what on Parents Baffled By Science Questions · · Score: 1

    I didn't learn why the sky was blue until university (college for USians) level science. Are we suddenly expecting university level physics from parents? Give me a break!

    My wife and entire family (5 other people) are is more qualified (in terms of tertiary qualifications) and they couldn't answer why the sky is blue. And just to add, my wife has a BSc (Hons).

  14. Re:Nope, you should ask that on What Questions Should a Prospective Employee Ask? · · Score: 1

    I always like to ask what version control they use... as long as they use something instead of shrugging, life should be okay.

    May you be condemned to work with source safe.

  15. Re:COnsider how it comes across on What Questions Should a Prospective Employee Ask? · · Score: 1

    Something that a lot of people don't seem to realise: interviews are two way communication. Being interviewed for a job is as much finding out about a place as it is conveying information about yourself.

  16. Re:oh sit down and stfu on Student Sues University Because She's Unemployable · · Score: 1

    That's the biggest thing that department managers the world over don't want to admit. Nobody has yet found a reliable way to interview people that will consistently result in hiring people you can work with that meet all your requirements.

    Tech tests. Amazing how fast people who sound competent get winnowed out.

  17. Re:Depressing, but not uncommon on Student Sues University Because She's Unemployable · · Score: 1

    Other than maybe president of the united states, no one has a job that can't be filled in by someone else. Do you know how I know that? Because we all sleep 8 hours a night- either someone else is filling in during those times, or the job is going without an occupant. Either way it doesn't need the same person killing themselves at all hours.

    Doesn't the president of the US sleep?

    Your argument is a strawman. The 'while I am awake' is implied. Did you want to add some 'while I am in the toilet' exclusions?

  18. Re:Wow on 30,000-Lb. Bomb On Fast Track For Deployment · · Score: 1

    Nope. Historical. The Mongols overran peaceful countries and took them over. The U.S. has NEVER done that. Ever.

    BS. The US is the democracy country to ever invade a peaceful democracy. Dominican Republic.

  19. Re:Sometimes SLASHDOT is worse than FOX NEWS on Microsoft's Code Contribution Due To GPL Violation · · Score: 1

    It was clear from the original article that Microsoft was complying with the GPL. What has changed is that they lied about their reasons for doing so. The original story was one of Microsoft contributing to GPL software for the first time, implying openness. This story shows that Microsoft was merely doing so because they were forced to do so.

  20. Re:Proper operating systems... on Outlook Inertia the Main Factor Holding Business From Google Apps · · Score: 1

    They don't seem notably different from, say, Vista's to me. Or for that matter, OSX's (except that I STILL find the multi-pane approach more confusing than just looking at a current folder... though the way Vista displays directory paths and lets me easily reselect any path element is beautiful.)

    Vista's (or as I have seen it, Win 2K8's) directory paths is an abomination. 95% of the time when I am hitting the address bar I want to copy and paste part of it or paste into, not switch path.

  21. Re:Wireless? You've already ruled me out on Best Mouse For Programming? · · Score: 1

    In addition, every wireless mouse I've had (2 microsoft and about 6 logitech) has suffered from the the following problems:
      * Occasionally jumping
      * lag on wakeup time
      * flakey connection

    And yes I have been following all the best practices in placing base stations etc.

    Echoing the parent, get a Razor mouse. The razor coperhead mouse I have is the best mouse I've ever used. More recent models may be better still.

  22. Re:About time on Firefox To Get Multi-Process Browsing · · Score: 1

    It was better than IE4. I would happily say that I loved it at the time. Of course it looks like excrement now as a result of improvements in the browsers.

  23. Re:Good. on Pickens Calls Off Massive Wind Farm In Texas · · Score: 1

    I thought it was blue. Blue definitely looks cooler. Icy even.

  24. Re:rsync should do the trick on Guaranteed Transmission Protocols For Windows? · · Score: 1

    why don't you get cygwin on both the systems and then do a rsync ?

    Because rsync on windows running under cygwin hangs. At least it does over ssh.

  25. Re:TCP? on Guaranteed Transmission Protocols For Windows? · · Score: 1

    The SOAP protocol is similarly broken. And by broken, I mean broken in the standard.