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  1. How dumb is Harry Potter? on Deathly Hallows / OOTP Movie Discussion · · Score: 1
    We all have been repeatedly reminded in the books that Harry owes a lot of his talent to voldermot, his failed killing curse and more importantly the horcrux he is.

    Now that the horcrux is gone, I think Harry should loose most of his special talents.

    Given that she has failed to mention what harry does in the epilogue, the following two threads of sequels come to mind:
    • A comedy novel about a dumb harry
    • An action novel about what harry does after school

    Let the voting begin!!
  2. Is gmail any better? on Hotmail Delivers Far Fewer Emails with Attachments · · Score: 1

    Try attaching a 1M file to a gmail send... Its quite slow. Often I have to try several times before a successful send. Further, I have never ever been able to send an attachment of size around 10M.

    They dont have any limit on the attachment size by policy. You can try to send any size... they just timeout.

    Who is liable?

  3. How can this work? on Recognizing Your Own Handwriting As A Password · · Score: 1

    First, if this method has to work (even remotely), then (a) the number of choices have to be large or (b) the choices have to be a bit similar so that only a well trained eye could tell them apart. Problems: (a) I dont have the f***ing time to scroll down a huge list of choices to look for my numbers (b) IMHO, a good number of people will have trouble with telling apart numbers that look fairly similar to your own writing. Results: (a) anyone can get thru with a couple of guesses or (b) I need to spend a good 30 minutes searching for my numbers or retrying --- Too much research can be injurious to common sense. (I have my up-side-down writing pen to prove it)

  4. Re:What about Live Audio CDs on Court Ruling Limits Copyright Claims · · Score: 1

    Scenario:
    I buy a CD to play on my CD player in my living room and any one who visits my living room can listen to it.
    Later I play these (not allow download but just stream) on my web-page and anyone visiting can listen.


    I see a very fine line here. And in this case I definitely sympathize with the photographer. His work is now at a higher risk of unauthorized copying and distribution which ofcourse he was not compensated for in the intial royalty offer.

  5. Re:Their country, their choice on Yahoo Confirms Beijing Blocking Flickr · · Score: 1

    While its important to follow liberal policies as far as possible, it is also extremely important to adhere to the rules of countries with responsible regiemes. Any other approach will lead to a very fragmented and chaotic internet. Keep in mind that if on company refuses to cooperate with some china (or some other country), they will develop their own online technologies. Ofcourse some of us might have a difference of opinion on what a good regieme is.

    Seems like a global body like the UN might help governing and policing a common set of agreed policies among all countries, but by experience we know such a body will be rendered useless in no time. :(

  6. Looks like his way of scaring people on Security Threat Changing, Says Symantec CEO · · Score: 1
    This looks like another attempt scare people. In effect he is saying that people are not going to notice any major security problems but they will still be ripped off. "So have AV products installed on your system". Yea right!!

    I am not very sure he is raising this issue just to justify his AV product's position in the current turmoil due to the new M$ policy.

  7. Library's content on Google Subpoenas Microsoft & Yahoo · · Score: 1

    Half of all these libraries will be filled with the the legal documents of these subpoenas and related paper work of this law-suit. I am not sure if this is worth the effort. hmph...

  8. IP rights and money on Students Protest Turnitin.com · · Score: 1

    I am OK with others looking at content that I have put up online. However, if a company starts to make money off my work by bypassing my web-site (storing the content in a data-base) then they better value my IP rights and pay up.

  9. Re:Hasn't Google already justified it? on Wikipedia Won't Bow to Chinese Censors · · Score: 1

    The anology should be "if you have the choice between going to the neighbors house and eating crap or not going to their house, some people may choose eating crap rather than not going to the neighbors house"

    Along the lines, if there is money in "crap", public companies (google, m$, yahoo, etc.) will always go for it.

  10. Criminalize who?? on UK Law May Criminalize IT Pros · · Score: 1

    And in a latest proposal, the lawmakers are planning to criminalize car manufacturers b'cos these automobiles are being used by criminals to commit crimes.....

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    What else is left??

  11. Special Glasses?? on Movie Theaters Aim for Live 3D Sports · · Score: 2, Funny

    I already wear special glasses!! When is the screening?? :)