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  1. Taiwan DoI on Taiwan Irked at Google's Version of Earth · · Score: 1

    If the US gained independence when it wanted to, i.e. the DoI, then doesn't that mean Taiwan does when it wants to as well? It's leaders seem to agree, like our founders, that it is seperate from the mainland.
    Now I would guess it is part on mainland China. It seems more like a state then a seperate country.

  2. MPAA and reruns on Serenity Opens Today · · Score: 1

    Wohoo. Now we get to duplicate that FAQ about /.ers giving money to the MPAA for a movie that takes prescidence over common slashdot opinions for bad IP laws.
    I have no reason to see it. Of course I have only seen the first episode. It wasn't bad but nothing special either. I taped it's reruns on NBC to see it there. I just don't know if it will be in order. It's wasn't on SCI-FI.

  3. Re:Umm.... TFH? on Law Enforcement Targets Online Communication · · Score: 1

    Because you are embaresed. You could use the same excuse, why wear clothes, you have nothing to hide. Or at least ask the officers to remove them for that reason.

  4. Re:This is what happens.... on Law Enforcement Targets Online Communication · · Score: 1

    Don't worry. The Democrats are all fascist too. That way you win, er lose, no matter who gets voted in.

  5. Re:What if my normal message is misinterperated? on Law Enforcement Targets Online Communication · · Score: 1

    Remember there was that Simpsons episode where Homer killed the endangered caterpillar. So maybe that message really could be illegal.

  6. Re:change it all... um-hmm on Trigonometry Redefined without Sines And Cosines · · Score: 1

    We'll go metric if England and it's subsidaries make driving on the right.

  7. I phrased it wrong on Furthest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever Observed · · Score: 1

    I guess I should have put a disclaimer stating that it would be interesting if a start did emit zillions of electrons or He nuclei. Like neutrons now.
    There is radiation of that sort. Carbon 14 emits it all the time. It isn't EM though.
    Also when I said light I meant visible. I was actually thinking that when I wrote it but since this is /. I thought whatever.

    P.S. just so you know, aardvark is the second word in my dictionary, paper variety.

  8. light instead of gamma on Furthest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever Observed · · Score: 2, Interesting

    When supernovae occur you can see them. Are they the brightest visible object? What would this look like if it were light instead of gamma? Or even alpha or beta?

  9. old browsers on Help Beta Test Slashdot CSS · · Score: 1

    I'll get flamed for this but what about us non-CSS people. NS4 technically works but like usual makes everything in one long page rather than the table layout it is now. Of course nobody likes tables but there still seems a way to do it.
    I, and probably all of Slashdot, still like Google's method. Nothing. It works on every browser ever made.
    Can a subsite be made that effectively copies the slashdot.org site but keeps it in the current form? I saw another comment that said many people with other browers, perhaps Lynx, can't use it either. I don't know that though.
    Why I use NS4, because it is fast, very fast. At least it is on WIN95. I could upgrade to another computer to run another OS but that would cost money and this computer works fine for most cases.
    Now I understand why people hate NS4 with a vengence. They hate it more than IE. As far as I know it is just because it is old or because the standards chanaged and it of course couldn't and didn't.
    People call me an idiot. I don't upgrade just because I can. I hate change except when it is REALLY benefitial. Most of those times it is expensive and requires the throwing out of good usuable stuff. A chair or a 350MHZ computer is perfectly fine. Well unless I need the newest and greatest.
    I did find a couple of things that privoxy could change that does make it look good. I think:

    s/border:.*([;}])/$1/gsU

    is required.

  10. Re:A Rather Prescient Article on Communications Infrastructure No Match for Katrina · · Score: 1

    I was thinking the same thing. Why do people live where there are hurricanes or earthquakes and fires.
    Then I thought that most people live somewhere where disasters can happen. Of course I'm still not sure why people keep moving there.
    I looked in an almanac and saw that N.O. had a pop drop in the last few years.
    Luckely I live in the best place in the world(tm). Only ice storms occur here.

  11. Re:Anti-oxidants do no such thing on Coffee A Health Drink? · · Score: 1

    Oddly enough I just, as in an hour ago, saw a show about vitamins. It mainly mentioned A,E, and C. The main point was that megadoseing didn't help and might even hurt. Of course if you don't eat as healthy, like me, then a pill to normalize it should be fine.

  12. Re:NSF? on NSF Ponders New And Improved Internet · · Score: 1

    Ponders sounds like something Google would do.

  13. Re:Clever Tagline on V For Vendetta Delayed until March 2006 · · Score: 1

    I always like how they have different names in that. Robot or android aren't used.
    It would be interesting, well not for anybody who likes the original, to see a remake. It would probably just have much effects though, similar to The Matrix.
    I did have an odd dream about that movie once. It sounds like it could be from the various movies mentioned in this story.

  14. not just investing on Google Files to Sell 14.2 Million More Shares · · Score: 1

    Most of the people here say it might not be a good idea to invest in it right now.
    Is it a good idea to get it if you want to have it and/or help the company? In other words, have stock not just for monetary gain.

  15. Re:Erroneous Headlines (#6 is not #1) on March of the Penguins Tops Box Offices · · Score: 1

    They mean tops as in "best seller." How you can have dozens of different books bestsellers at once I don't know. And it seems to vary by newspaper.
    Documentary works too.

  16. Re:Why can't you take this article seriously? on Terrorists Move to Cyberspace · · Score: 1
    I do not think that they intended to spread fear

    Ok so fear is a synonym for terror.
    That would translate to "I do not think that they intended to spread terror."
    Someone who spreads is ist.
    Does that mean they didn't intend to be a terrorist org?
    And if the did does that mean the newspaper are terrorists?
    No really, is the only difference the attempt to invoke a political change?
    Or did I get my logic wrong?
  17. Re:Just a "health chip"? on Former Health Secretary Pushes for VeriChip Implants · · Score: 1

    The problem with reading the Bible, and other texts of that nature, is that it is too subjective. Most people will say, "Well you can't just read one verse. You have to read the whole thing." They then tell you that you "just have to know." In other words if you don't agree with them you didn't interpret it correctly.
    Even if I read it, what do I do with that information?

    What does:
    "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. (1 Corinthians 2:9 KJV)
    mean? I assume that is correct. I just copied it from another site.

    Do I need to know other parts to interpret it? Is it like DNA where you have to know everything to figure out the creature? Or can only one part be interpreted at a time?

  18. Re:Once the Gov't has the information, it's theirs on Former Health Secretary Pushes for VeriChip Implants · · Score: 1

    Don't compare the Good Ol' US to any of those other countries! The US can never be worse than those! [yes joke, it can be hard not in person] Well except for the slipperly slope that most people don't even know about. Even if we delved into a total 1984-esque type place it would somehow still be better than those others. Or at least most people would think so.
    Fortunately the US is still better, mostly, than those other countries. For how long I don't know.
    RFID is just one indicator of it. I can't think of any others right now. d'oh

  19. Re:Why do I try before buy.. on Retail Fraud on the Rise · · Score: 1

    Disclaimer: yes I'm a geek.
    I translated you sig. Mostly from memory too. It is missing the last several digits and a couple of the bits are off. Well unless it'sn't supposed to match.
    To get on topic, Can you exchange software for the same one, if't's broken such as the box is messed up inside? It's not returning but it is usually allowable here.

  20. Re:we really need to do something... on EU Proposing to Make P2P Piracy A Criminal Offense · · Score: 1

    What we need is a few assemblies, not the violent kind, to get on the news. Most people don't even know of the extreme, i.e. worse than murder, illegality of copyright violation.

  21. Re:Studies Confirm: The World is Full of Idiots on Owner of the Word Stealth 'Protecting' Rights · · Score: 1

    Instead of "loser pays" I like the method where each gets an amount equal to what the other payed. For example, if Big Co. spends $50,000 on lawyers Little Man get's 50k as well. He doesn't need to "invest" anything and will still get an amount equal to what the other guy payed. That way the bigger company/person can't just win on excessive money spending.
    Of course you could also have HUGE benefits for lawyers who are pro bono, but against the similarly named law, and help poorer people.

  22. Re:I'm too lazy on O'Reilly Builds a MythTV Box · · Score: 1

    6)The ability to do illegal stuff- like rent DVDs, and rip them to your hard drive for permanent sorage ...
    Since you are telling people to get a product because of an illegal option does that mean you can be arrested as per a previous /. arcticle?

    http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/06/27/15 5212&tid=123&tid=103&tid=17

    Tell me when the MPAA, er FBI, come though your door locking you up for breaking the DMCA.

    Personally I would have said, "the ability to do stuff that while illegal is generally not thought of as immoral by most people."

  23. Re:Monopoly is boring on London Turned into Giant Board Game · · Score: 1

    And I though I invented that. I have all kinds of variants. It is cool though because it makes it have some skill.

  24. Re:This extends to the rest of life on Why Smart People Defend Bad Ideas · · Score: 1

    NPC is a good name for that type of person. I am always noticing people whose sole purpose is to help with GDP. They don't increase happiness, science, or even religion. They just work, then play, then sleep.
    They are like the "extras" in a movie. A person just walking around who isn't the star. They aren't a big role but still important. Without them the heros have no one to save from the villian. But they don't help themselves either.

  25. doeth and lib-con on Simpsons Film in Preproduction · · Score: 1

    On the pool episode, a month til St. Swithins' day, just after they built the pool incorrectly the Amish man say, "tis a fine barn but it ain't no pool." Homer says "Doeth." Since "D'oh" is "annoyed grunt" in the script what is doeth?
    As anyone noticed that Fox's shows, Simpsons and others, are as liberal as the news is conservative? Homer is constantly making remarks about Republicans, though Abe and "demo-crats" as well.
    It just seems odd.