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  1. Re:Censorship? on GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Sorry, you can't buy this game here. We're showing respect for you and refusing to sell it to you."

  2. Re:I can see on GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases · · Score: 1

    Is it the "getting shot at" part or the "playing video games" part that pushes people over the edge?

  3. GameStop thinks military can't handle this game on GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If they really were doing this out of "respect", they'd pull the game altogether. Not that I think it should be pulled, but pulling it only from military locations makes no sense. This is just saying "If you're in the military, you can't have this game. Not yours."

  4. Re:another reason on Facebook Post Juror Gets Fined, Removed, Assigned Homework · · Score: 1

    It's not a right if you can't exercise it.

  5. Re:Wow, just wow. on Facebook Post Juror Gets Fined, Removed, Assigned Homework · · Score: 1

    He could have put her in jail. A fine is a slap on the wrist.

  6. Re:What's wrong with this? on Facebook Post Juror Gets Fined, Removed, Assigned Homework · · Score: 3, Interesting

    People can't change their minds now? Of course a juror is going to think the defendant is guilty after hearing the prosecution. If she didn't think so, the prosecution wouldn't be doing their job.

  7. Re:What's wrong with this? on Facebook Post Juror Gets Fined, Removed, Assigned Homework · · Score: 1

    I don't know - but the judge was punishing her for having an opinion, not just for talking about the trial.

  8. Re:What's wrong with this? on Facebook Post Juror Gets Fined, Removed, Assigned Homework · · Score: 1

    Isn't that the idea? The juror first thinks the person is guilty, and then they hear the other side and can change their mind.

  9. Re:What's wrong with this? on Facebook Post Juror Gets Fined, Removed, Assigned Homework · · Score: 1

    She could have changed her mind after hearing the defense.

  10. What's wrong with this? on Facebook Post Juror Gets Fined, Removed, Assigned Homework · · Score: 1

    She thought he was guilty. Big deal. Isn't that what jurors are supposed to do?

  11. Re:Simple on Wikipedia Reveals Secret of 'The Mousetrap' · · Score: 1

    A complete synopsis would still include the ending to the story.

  12. Re:Tabs on the left make sense on Google Confirms Chrome GPU Acceleration · · Score: 1

    I have a Mac, you insensitive clod!

  13. Re:over reacting (DRM in general)? on Sony Halts Sales of PS3 Jailbreak Dongle · · Score: 1

    I could be wrong, but I don't think you're required to sign an agreement limiting your use of the hardware before purchasing a PS3.

  14. Re:So it's ok... on Girls Bugged Teachers' Staff Room · · Score: 1

    Probably referring to this.

  15. Re:Not too surprising? on Microsoft Claims 'We Love Open Source' · · Score: 1

    The thing about OpenOffice is that if someone opens your doc up in Word and it looks like shiat, they'll probably just think you're a retard.

  16. Re:Fry it on Germany To Roll Out ID Cards With Embedded RFID · · Score: -1, Troll

    They should make it centralized, so say if the police try reading it and it doesn't work, they enter it in manually and a new card is sent to you (with the old one expiring after a certain amount of time).

  17. Re:Well as it happens on Ex-SF Admin Terry Childs Gets 4-Year Sentence · · Score: 1

    The police would probably say the same thing as they say to the lady who calls 911 because her McDonalds order came out wrong.

  18. Re: Rotten Court on Ex-SF Admin Terry Childs Gets 4-Year Sentence · · Score: 1

    I don't think your surgeon would be fired during your surgery.

  19. Re:Sounds right. on Blogetery Shutdown Due To al-Qaeda Info · · Score: 1

    How on earth did this get modded insightful? Blogetery is a single customer, not a "whole boatload". They have terrorist hit lists on their site; it's perfectly reasonable to shut them down.

  20. Re:TI has a powerful reason for locking down on TI vs. Calculator Hobbyists, Again · · Score: 1

    "I was in college 30 years ago and programmable calculators were out of the reach of most students but I knew a few students who had programmable calculators that were used as crib sheets."

    Uh, then why didn't your professor just forbid programmable calculators instead of all calculators? This is a solution in search of a problem.

  21. Re:Time for TI & HP Calculators on Phones on TI vs. Calculator Hobbyists, Again · · Score: 1

    Good luck getting permission to use your iPhone during an exam.

  22. Re:Awful story! on TI vs. Calculator Hobbyists, Again · · Score: 1

    If you don't want students using custom programs, then make them bring a scientific calculator instead of a programmable one.

  23. Re:No excuse on Motorola Says eFuse Doesn't Permanently Brick Phones · · Score: 1

    I don't think Motorola is going to come to your house and tell you what you can and can't do with your device. You can do whatever you want with it. That doesn't mean Motorola has to make it easy. It's like if I messed with the firmware in my car and then blamed the manufacturer when it no longer works.

  24. Re:Tivoization is a bitch on Motorola Says eFuse Doesn't Permanently Brick Phones · · Score: 1

    You do own the device. Being able to use it is another matter entirely.

  25. What funding? on China's 'Green Dam' Software Program Near Collapse · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The project doesn't need funding; the developers will work for the good of the people. That's what Mao would have wanted, right? He was an OSS kind of guy.