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  1. Ive read this one before... on Bush Backed Spying On Americans · · Score: 0

    "There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to. You had to live--did live, from habit that became instinct--in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized." George Orwell -- 1984.

  2. Ugly on eyeBlog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Im pretty sure if your wearing those glasses everyone will be looking at you...pointing and laughing.

  3. Re:heh on Germany to Vote Against Software Patents in the EU · · Score: 0

    naive adj. 1. Lacking worldly experience and understanding

  4. Re:europs is finally free on Germany to Vote Against Software Patents in the EU · · Score: 0

    Im pretty sure we did save you from Hitler. There are still many of veterns of WWII and they should have all the respect and honor they deserve.

  5. Re:heh on Germany to Vote Against Software Patents in the EU · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Didnt you silly Europeans learn anything from the Russians. Equably spread the wealth...good luck with that. Your naive if you think people wont find other things to fight about.

  6. Re:Inflexibility means brittle. on UK to Put Monitors in Every Car? · · Score: 1, Informative

    Every driver saftey course I have taken has pointed out the safest place to be is behind the drunk driver. Sure you can pass him and go on your merry way, but what happens if you get held up by a red light or traffic? Guess who is behind you and may not stop?

  7. hmmm on Skulls Gain Virtual Faces · · Score: 0

    Does this mean they can reverse engineer my face to get a picture of my skull?

  8. Quieter is better! on Is Louder Better? · · Score: 0

    If your listening to Rush then quieter is definitely better. The lower you turn the volume the better for everyone.

  9. Fraud on Restrictive Sales Practices on the Web? · · Score: 0

    As many other posters have pointed out the reason many businesses in the US refuse transactions from eastern Europe is fraud. But dont feel bad. We dont take orders from Puerto Rico either and they are one of our territories.

  10. USB 2.0 on Microsoft Releases SP4 for Windows 2000 · · Score: 1, Insightful

    With Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, the software maker added various security and compatibility fixes and provided support for USB (universal serial bus) 2.0 and for wireless Internet connections. Im pretty sure my computer already supports USB 2.0. I want some Hi-Speed USB support instead.

  11. Re:Nice on PyraMac Pyramid G4 Case Mod · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You would be able to play more games using it as a ball than you would using it as a computer. http://www.redvsblue.com/appleswitch.shtml

  12. Be excellent to each other. on "Time-Traveler" Busted For Insider Trading · · Score: 0

    Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.

  13. BBC LIVE on BBC on Website Slow Downs · · Score: 0

    Thats what happens when you stream live footage. BBC

  14. Offtopic on MySQL 4 Declared Production-Ready · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can anyone get to the website for the Whitehouse?

  15. Re:you're still not getting it on First Test of Utah Anti-Spam Law Dismissed · · Score: 1

    Most bulk mailers let you set the "reply-to". You can send the bounces wherever you want. You can then use something like this to automate the bounce handling. It will retrieve bounce messages from any POP account.

  16. Re:we're talking about spam on First Test of Utah Anti-Spam Law Dismissed · · Score: 1

    Not sure what your trying to say here. Yes, if you send an email to a valid address it does not bounce. It is a valid address!!! The filtering is secondary. All the filter does is hide it.

    The point is spammer wants their database to be as big as possible. The only addresses that will be removed are invalid ones. They dont really care about your filtering.

  17. Re:you're still not getting it on First Test of Utah Anti-Spam Law Dismissed · · Score: 1

    If a server doesnt generate a bounce message then it is not compliant with RFC 821. Most mail servers follow the RFCs, because if they dont they can be blacklisted. There is a valid reason for a server to generate bounce messages after all. Hotmail for example definately generates bounce messages. Check it yourself.

  18. Re:Dangers of "Opting Out" on First Test of Utah Anti-Spam Law Dismissed · · Score: 1

    They can tell if your address is valid or not by catching the bounces that result from a round of sending. They then compare the bouncelist with the original sendlist and filter out the addresses that bounced. This gives them a fairly accurate list of valid emails, which they then turn around and sell. YOU WILL BE ON THE LIST EVEN IF YOU DONT USE THE OPT OUT.

  19. Re:Dangers of "Opting Out" on First Test of Utah Anti-Spam Law Dismissed · · Score: 1

    There is a flaw in your logic. In theory a spammer might gain some advantage by knowing that a certain address had someone checking it. However, that advantage is minimal because it doesnt provide any other information. It doesnt for example tell how often the account is checked. The spammer already knows that the account is active because compiling a bouncelist is a trivial matter. Because the success of spam is determined by volume of emails sent, no spammer is going to limit themselves by sending only to addresses that get checked. Therefore, once your on their list and they determine your address does not bounce you will receive the spam anyway. On most reputable sites "Opting Out" will set a flag in their database that you do not want to receive email. They dont actually remove you from their list, they just filter you out when it is time to send out emails. You dont receive the email anymore so you are happy. The point is opting out is not going to cause anymore harm than has already been done AND it might actually opt you out.

  20. Hooray!!! on Sendmail Bug Tests US Dept Homeland Security · · Score: 1

    Hooray for the DOHS!!! If they had not found this 15 year old bug I might not be getting my email right now. Take that Osama!!!!

  21. Cowboy Bebop on Lupin III Coming to Hollywood · · Score: 1

    I never could get into Lupin. I always felt that I was outside of its target audience. Cowboy Bebop is a better series anyway. See you space cowboy...

  22. 11/2? on Are Coders Exempt From California's Overtime Laws? · · Score: 1
    ...required to be compensated at the rate of no less than 11/2 times the regular rate of pay for an employee.
    Wow thats 5.5 times what I make now. Hoorah!!!
  23. Whoops. on E.U. Commission Suggests Permissive Copyright Rule · · Score: 1

    Looks like someone forgot to pay their kickbacks this month.

  24. Re:reason why this is now in vogue on Internet Taxation May Be Imminent · · Score: 1

    Actually, Texas only has enough money to operate until August because of a 9.9 billion shortfall in the budget. Check your facts. http://www.austin360.com/coxnet/texas/legislature/ 0103/0113budget.html

  25. I just got the best idea. on Killing Unwanted Text Messages from Yahoo! Alerts? · · Score: 1

    About how to get revenge on someone.