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  1. obviously on Gates' Last Day At Microsoft · · Score: 0

    A time machine and a contraceptive.

  2. Re:Who cares? on Inside the RIAA and MediaSentry · · Score: 1

    Laws should follow morals, instead of morals following laws. We know that sharing is good, so it should be legal.

    Why is it moral to share what does not belong to you?

    You did not write, perform or produce the music.

    Corporations should not have such a stranglehold on what is a significant part of our culture as a society but there are people who have rights on what they made.

  3. Re:Good ridance on Jack Thompson Walks Out On Hearing · · Score: 1

    Violin. And a big fire... //points at Nero Lyre!
  4. Re:Of course not on Is 'Corporate Citizen' an Oxymoron? · · Score: 1

    You forgot the ultimate oxymoron - Microsoft works.

  5. Re:Directed at US on China Buying US Directed Sound 'Weapon' · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even worse: I read China was buying Direct Sound weapons.

    I know DirectX is a pita, but to use it as a wepon is probably over the top.

  6. Re:What do you call 1 lawyer at the ocean's bottom on RIAA Lawyer Jumps Ship · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sharks never attack lawyers - professional courtesy.

  7. Re:Misstep? on id Software Announces Doom 4 · · Score: 1

    With my style of gaming the monsters always spawned on top of me.

    Thats right - I would sneak forward and suddenly I was taking hits from something I couldn't see - turn around, see nothing either. Move a few steps, turn around and right where I stood a moment ago some monster was merrily hitting away at me. Reload game - walk faster at that point next time. I never made it past the demo since I had to reload all the time.

    The monster cupboards from Doom I and II were a lot better as you could hear them open and the monsters didn't actually spawn inside you.

    Monsters breaking through scenery in front of me where a pain in a different way. I could tell from the level design where one would probably appear but do nothing against it as it wouldn't spawn until I was in melee range. No way of tossing a few hand grenades in first.

  8. Re:First post! on NewYorkCountryLawyer Debates RIAA VP · · Score: 1

    Phrosty Piss

  9. Re:At this rate on Google Sets Sights On 3D Map of the Oceans · · Score: 1

    in just 5 or so years google will start mapping our butts.

    If they start driving a photo truck over mine I will sue them. Either that or build a toll booth. Whatever seems more profitable.

  10. Let's imagine on Google Sets Sights On 3D Map of the Oceans · · Score: 1

    Instead of the Google Truck, there'd be a Google submarine taking pictures and some sort of slimy fish would probably sue them for taking pictures of it's backreef.

    I'm looking forward to Google Oceans. Sounds interesting.

  11. Re:Why? on Roleplayers Seek Removal of Nerf Gun Ban · · Score: 1

    What if someone else saw you shoot out of the window and this someone had a gun too? It'd be all of a few seconds before you were lying on the floorboards regretting your decision.

    And what if that guy was spotted, too? Talk about circular firing squad.

    Imagine one killer on a spree and a dozen would-be heroes randomly killing each other. Sounds like a fun FPS - but in real life?

  12. Re:panzer tank ??? on The DIY Tank · · Score: 2, Informative

    panzer != tank panzer == armor

    Panzer can mean both.

  13. I want to thank those people on Large Hadron Collider Sparks 'Doomsday' Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    for giving me something interesting to look up.
    However - to prevent them from spontaneously mutating into something horrible - I suggest we shoot them now. By their own reasoning they should commit suicide to save the world.

  14. Re:Hillarious on House of Representatives To Discuss Wiretapping In Closed Session · · Score: 1

    related to a debate about how OK it is to spy on people?

    It's not ok to spy on people.

    However, politicians have their own definition of people. You and I are not in it.

  15. Re:Unproven Technology on Library of Congress's $3M Deal With Microsoft · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ooh, and if anyone took a look at www.myloc.gov, you'd notice it is, indeed, a Flash site. Hmm. No, it's not. It's a HTML site with a flash banner not necessary for navigation or content which can be safely ignored.
  16. Re:Three! on Microsoft Under Third EU Investigation for OOXML · · Score: 1

    All three things from Belgium. You forgot the beer. Yes. Flanders is a part of Belgium. The flemish part, actually. However Sprouts come from Brussels, which is not in Flanders.
  17. Re:He'd best make sure he saved his receipts on MIT Student Plans to Take on RIAA · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Good luck in choosing your bullies, then.

    Real world bullies usually have good connections and the (green-backed, with the RIAA) stamina to draw you out over a long time. Bullies are mostly supported by authority because they keep people in line and people who stand up to things are not welcome.

    You are much more likely to be punished for hitting the bully back then the bully is for hitting you.

    I suppose MIT will just get rid of the student in question and the RIAA will starve him out unless his daddy is a bigger bully then they are.

    As for a solid case - they RIAA has never had one yet and it hasn't stopped them from sueing people and even winning at least one case.

  18. Slight misinterpretation on French Fine Amazon For Free Shipping · · Score: 1

    When reading the title I thought someone was shipping fine french amazons free. I know you can get mail-order brides from Thailand, but not from France.

  19. Re:Server in the Sky? on 'War on Terror' Allies Form Information Consortium · · Score: 1

    Sure, why NOT call it "Server in the Sky"? After all, it's purpose is To Serve Mankind.*

    * For a given value of man.

  20. AdventureQuest, Dragonfable, MechQuest on What Are The Best Free Games Online? · · Score: 1

    http://www.battleon.com/

    Three big Flash RPGs and a handful of smaller games. You can play all the games for free, though the best stuff in the RPG costs. It'S only a one-time fee, not a monthly payment, though. Updates weekly, grand community

  21. Re:Disclaimers aside... on US Consumers Clueless About Online Tracking · · Score: 1

    Oh, we know. We observe it every time we fix their malware-ridden computers.

    While we smile inwardly, knowing we will soon get more money out of them for doing the same thing again. If they are close relatives we know we will get at least a meal out of it and their equip once they get tired of al the malware.

  22. Re:It wount be accepted. on MIT Offers City Car for the Masses · · Score: 1

    But do you really think people are going to be all okay with their own car being stacked/folded into a set with a bunch of strangers' cars?
    From TFA: "... is designed as a system of shared cars"

    Do you understand the meaning of 'shared?'

    Sure - it means some **AA will sue anyone using it.

  23. This is out of scope for the RIAA on EMI Caught Offering Illegal Downloads · · Score: 1

    or whatever Ass.'s terrortory this was in. Since the rights to the music obviously did not belong to a member (EMI) why should any Ass. get involved. Those rights were the property of indiviudals which no Ass. cares about.

  24. Re:Volunteers on Capsaicin Tested On Surgical Wounds · · Score: 1

    The powder was too messy so I got some capsaicin cream that was intended for arthritis. It worked almost as well.

    My mother once tried to cure my tendovaginatis with that stuff. I had to keep my lower arm in cold water for two hours afterwards. Be extra careful with it if you got light skin.

    Not that it helped, trying to cure an inflammation with heat. But I didn't dare complain about it anymore, so from my mother's point-of-view it solved the problem, even though it's chronic now.

  25. I wonder on Robotic Cannon Loses Control, Kills 9 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why was an anti-aircraft gun able to hit ground targets at all?

    Shouldn't it be constructed so it can only fire overhead at a certain minimum elevation so it cannot hit anything less than let's say a truck's height from the ground? Sure that might not keep it from hitting targets on higher ground but it would make the gun a lot safer for firing crew and support troops around. Even if it was tracking a legitimate target coming in it might shoot right through it's own crew if say put on a hill so the incoming is coming in at 0