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  1. Re:To misquote Mel Brooks... on MTV Movie Awards - Gollum's Acceptance Clip · · Score: 1

    I don't know, but I'd pronounce it fuh-suck. Or "File System Check."

  2. Re:Karma Whore on Build Your Own Computer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, those links were kinda useless because if it goes down, (which it did) those links go down with it. It would've been easier to just copy the text out of your browser.

    Thanks for the karma whoring, at any rate.

  3. Re:But that doesn't mean... on Wired To Publish Slammer Source Code · · Score: 1

    Almost. It's part of the "Illegal Activity License." The IAL is one in which the author will allow complete and utter distribution, at least until a statute of limitation runs out.

    Of course, the holder of the IAL has no obligation to release the original source code.

    ~User "IANAL of the IAL" Googol~

  4. Re:Voice activated shower? on A Night in the Hotel of the Future · · Score: 1

    No dog is as devious as Dogbert.

    Anyway, it'd be the simplest of error trapping to limit the range of temperature to some sane range. I mean, volume knobs can't be turned up to "eardrum explodey mode."

    Not to mention the fact that you can't have water at 2001 degrees, and that some jokes are best not responded to as I just did.

  5. Re:You're missing the point on Public Domain Enhancement Act petition · · Score: 1

    <a href="http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/rascals.ht<nobr>m<wbr></wbr></nobr> ">Dukes of Hazard = urban legend</a> and not even a particularly logical mutation.

  6. Re:Otaku on Updating the Pirate Anime FAQ · · Score: 1
    Yes, and Geek means someone who eats chicken heads. What's your point? Words change, especially when they swap languages.

    Then again, hacker. Oh well. I don't expect the loser shut-ins of Japan to protest too much.

  7. Re:Laughable. Sad. on IE6 SP1 Will Be Last Standalone Version · · Score: 1

    The Antitrust case sputtered and died around the time Bush because president. Of course, we can't just blame the Bush Administration, Clinton's Administration had his problems too, and didn't completely go away when Bush came in, but that's about it.

  8. Re:MOD PARENT DOWN on SCO vs Linux.. Continued · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Only if you suppose intellectual property and physical property are the same. It's some other stuff, (breech of copyright, I guess), but not theft.

    And plagerizing is representing someone else's stuff as your own. He didn't claim that in the least. Far from it.

    And causing harm to someone isn't theft even if you technichally remove something from them. (To reference the "ad revenue" argument.) If I paralyze someone, can I be charged with theft of their mobility? No, I can be charged with assault and whatnot, but not _theft._ff

  9. Re:who're the vikings? on Bayesian Filtering For Dummies · · Score: 1

    Yes, but its an old word, and back the internet/Usenet had a much higher percentage of Monty Python fans.

  10. Re:No why? on Game of Life in Postscript · · Score: 1
    A Java HTML browser looks like it was created for some sort of real application, whereas the PostScript Game of Life was just for ones own amusment. As an amusement, the Game of Life succeeded. However, the browser appears that it is written with a practical point in mind, and that is how it should be judged.

    If someone wanted to create a web browser as a Java Applet to amuse themselves, it would be cool. Hey, it's recursion! Heh. But if someone created a web browser as a Java Applet because they thought it would be useful, it would be severely retarded.

    (The applet example was chosen because I think it would be very very amusing. Running Mozilla in an applet in Mozilla in an applet in Mozilla in an applet in Mozilla in an applet in Mozilla in an applet in Mozilla in an applet in Mozilla in an applet in Mozilla in an applet in Mozilla in an applet in Mozilla in an applet in Mozilla in an applet in Mozilla... Ahh.)

  11. Re:TCP/IP on 30 Years of Ethernet · · Score: 1

    I think it might be younger. I think the internet switched to TCP/IP around 1983.

    I'm tempted to reinvent the wheel, but first I have to fully grok "torque."

  12. Re:Whose computers still crash? on Why Do Computers Still Crash? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well... in my day I had to write games with just seven transistors and a piece of cheese! And I thought I was lucky. Kids today. Geez.

    Granted, I'm 16, but that's not the point.

  13. Re:And on Why Do Computers Still Crash? · · Score: 1

    They have to try to figure out how to rise you from the dead.

  14. Re:Are MS on Hacking the XBox · · Score: 1

    To a degree, but in the long run if people don't buy them they won't make any, and thusly they won't lose any money. So it's a bit more complex than that.

  15. Re:running with scissors on Death of Internet Predicted: Film at 11 · · Score: 1

    Yes, but if you run with scissors and your arm gets chopped off, well... well maybe someone went a little overboard at the scissor factory. It's a matter of degree.

    That's why lawyers should probably be provided by the government in lawsuits or something. Companies (customers) shouldn't pay for frivolous lawsuits, only the ones they lose in.

  16. Re:Right..... and all financial transactions onlin on Doubting Electronic Voting · · Score: 1

    Everything is a verb, but you might have a point. Both sides have their suckiness though, to be fair.

  17. Re:And it appears... on The Ultimate Computer Chair? · · Score: 1

    Maybe not that, but it's not exactly the most economically designed website on earth. Everything, as far as I can tell, is either an image or a flash.

  18. Re:No on OS X Hacks · · Score: 1

    Language evolves, and I'm fine with that, but the evolution of hack is a bit shady, as it harms "real" hackers.

    After all, sure, the word gay has evolved to mean of low quality in many circles, but using the word that way is unfair to homosexuals.

    Of course, one could argue that there's more to being a hacker than just knowing some stuff which isn't well documented.

  19. Re:Good grief! on The Perfect Formula For Box Office Success · · Score: 1

    Except he doesn't ever call them the nine races. Ever. There are various "races" of men, Haradians, Easterlings, Dunadain, etc, but the number isn't nine, and he doesn't really divide them into "races," although there are definitally cultural groups of men with some noticable physical differences.

    And the council had just the Gondorians (Boromir et al) and Aragorn from Arnor, not the "Nine Races." The rest were elves, dwarves, and hobbits. The term race was used to break up Elves, Hobbits, Dwarves, and Men. (And Orcs.) Elves, immortal and pretty. Hobbits quite short. Dwarves slightly less short, long beards. Men, the same as humans of today.

    The fellowship did not have nine races. It had four, plus a wizard. 1 Elf, 2 Men, 4 Hobbits, 1 Dwarf.

    Did you see the film?

  20. Re:Are they brazilian looking? on New US $20 bills Released, Colors & Layout Change · · Score: 1

    They're in full circulation, but they're not exactly popular so banks rarely ask for them.

    Why two's are so unpopular has a lot of legend behind it. (It's supposedly associated with prostitution and gambling but I doubt that.) I think the most logical explanation is that it is just a bad number for a bill. You have the one, and you have the five. The difference between a one and a two is rather small, and thusly it's not incredibly useful to pile your money into a two. If you're going to have a bill that small, you might as well go all the way.

    Also, once the two dollar bill got unpopular, people didn't really want the hassle of having to deal with people unfamilar with the two dollar bill, so the popularity dropped further.

  21. Re:Agreed on The Spirit Of Unix vs. The Unix Trademark · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is why ESR should set the Hacker Dictionary free and turn it into a Wiki.

  22. Re:Time shifting radio? on TiVo For Radio? · · Score: 1

    NPR gets very very little money from federal funding. They get most their money from donations. (The lowly pledge drive, corporate underwriters, and charitable organizations.)

    At any rate, Rush Limbaugh is a single talk show, whereas NPR is an entire radio network which airs all sorts of stuff, not all of it political. (Car Talk, anyone?)

  23. Re:What about classic cartoons? on The Disappearance of Saturday Morning · · Score: 1

    The action scenes (maybe the bad guy too) were taken from some Japanese mecha TV show, (not Anime, of course) and then redubbed to fit the plot, because it's really really easy to dub people who wear helmets which cover their mouths.

  24. Re:I am now a lifetime member on The Disappearance of Saturday Morning · · Score: 1

    If I remember correctly, Warner Brothers had the policy of not allowing nicknames in credits. Ergo, Chuck went by Charles.

  25. Weirding improves language. on Legally Defining "Unauthorized" Computer Access · · Score: 1
    To quote American Heritage Dictionary, the best dictionary in the world:
    access
    n.
    1. A means of approaching, entering, exiting, communicating with, or making use of: a store with easy access.
    2. The act of approaching.
    3. The ability or right to approach, enter, exit, communicate with, or make use of: has access to the restricted area; has access to classified material.
    4. Public access.
    5. An increase by addition.
    6. An outburst or onset: an access of rage.

    tr.v. accessed, accessing, accesses
    To obtain access to, especikally by computer: used a browser to access a website; accessed her bank account online.
    And they don't even have a little usage note like they do with worse words like Irregardless. Language changes. As long as people understand what you're talking about, and you aren't misrepresenting facts, it's okay. (I'm not sure about the evolution of the word Hacker, as it misrepresents "hackers" as crackers, but I'm not sure either way.)