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  1. Re:How obvious was it? on Truthy Project Uncovers Political Astroturfing On Twitter · · Score: 1

    Was it as obvious as the "hot chick" named Tanya486 who follows you, is following 56000 other people, and has 2 followers?

    Or the 500,000 Facebook "users"?

  2. Re:Grasping at straws. on 'Cellphone Effect' Could Skew Polling Predictions · · Score: 1

    You actually answer calls from numbers not in your address book?

  3. Re:LibreOffice will join the ranks of Linux... on 33 Developers Leave OpenOffice.org · · Score: 1

    LibreOffice is already taking the go-oo patches.

    LibreOffice is just a rebranding of go-ooo

  4. Re:Third-party company using VLC for kudos on VLC Developer Takes a Stand Against DRM Enforcement · · Score: 1

    Alas, the restrictions placed on app store content by Apple are not compatible with the GPL

    The GPL isn't compatible with reality.

  5. Re:Looks on VLC Developer Takes a Stand Against DRM Enforcement · · Score: 0, Troll

    Even if this looks like it all it'll do is deprive users of useful programs, it's still the good fight.

    The good fight is FSF loonies getting free software pulled from distribution?

  6. Re:Supposed to do? on New York Judge Rules 6-Year-Old Can Be Sued · · Score: 1

    I don't find it hard to blame the mom. An accident is a foreseeable consequence of letting a 4 year old ride a bike unattended. 87 year old ladies don't spring out of nowhere.

    The old lady should have been on a leash.

    Sue her children for negligence.

  7. Re:OCCAM'S RAZOR, MAN on 1928 Time Traveler Caught On Film? · · Score: 1

    Nuh-uh: "Time traveler w/ cell phone" is the simplest explanation.

    Doctor Who does it all the time.

  8. Re:So much and yet. on Google Now Second-Largest ISP · · Score: 1

    The answer I was looking for: "Typing in the site's URL"

  9. Re:ISP != Google on Google Now Second-Largest ISP · · Score: 1

    If Google is an Internet Service Provider then where is the access because I would LOVE to drop AT&T DSL and use something that has better pricing with better bandwidth (AT&T DSL is the only fucking option where I live to all you competition is good assholes out there)

    According to the hype, Verizon FIOS is "coming soon" everywhere. :-)

    Now I would agree with a statement that Google is one of the largest consumers of internet bandwidth, or they are one of the largest content providers on the internet, but ISP...come on.

    Keep in mind that they provide wifi acces for most of the area around the city of Mountain View, CA. But yeah, not that big of an ISP.

  10. Re:So much and yet. on Google Now Second-Largest ISP · · Score: 1

    And yet so many people think that Google *is* the internet these days.

    It's NOT the internet?

    How did people get to a web site with a browser before Google allowed you to search for it?

  11. The Site that Brought you.... on MySpace Revamps Site To Recapture the Magic · · Score: 1

    Tila Tequila

    The world will never be the same.

  12. Re:No mention of Apple? on Oracle Needs a Clue As Brain Drain Accelerates · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Seems to me this is a bunch of people standing up for what they believe in even though it may cost them financially. It would be nice to see a few Apple employees do the same.

    Really tough working for a company that sells popular products.

  13. Re:Oracle on Why Mozilla Needs To Pick a New Fight · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you are confused with the hype with the LibreOffice fork?

  14. Re:In Sum on NASA Releases Failure Report On Outback Crash · · Score: 1

    Even with the very best balloon design, the very best tethers and the very best launch protocol, if the wind turns on you unexpectedly, everything can be lost in an instant.

    Launch from a silo?

  15. Re:Damned if they do, damned if they don't on Want Flash Player On a MacBook Air? Download It Yourself · · Score: 1

    Which it won't. There are people touting HTML5 like it's some all conquering replacement. There's a bunch of things you can't do with HTML video...

    http://www.youtube.com/html5

  16. Re:Duh... on ITU Rules That WiMax, LTE Don't Qualify As 4G · · Score: 1

    CDMA is in fairly widespread use throughout much of Asia.

    Of course! Charging roaming fees to tourists from the US is very lucrative.

  17. Re:Duh... on ITU Rules That WiMax, LTE Don't Qualify As 4G · · Score: 1

    Yes, Web 2.0 is all about ...

    Wasn't "Web 2.0" just invented by O'Reilly in order to create another conference and sell another line of books?

  18. Re:No, they don't. on Steve Jobs Lashes Out At Android · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's "open" in a way, but with Motorola, HTC, Samsung, etc. locking things down at a different layer, is there any functional difference for the average end user?

    I guess you have never tried out those phones side by side.

    They are VERY different

  19. Re:Jobs is babbling. on Steve Jobs Lashes Out At Android · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, because people have proven that having more than one drug store, supermarket, or fast food chain inevitably disorients them and fouls up their lives. Oh, wait.

    The required car analogy.... Your Chevy will only let you drive to Walgreens, while your Ford will only let you drive to Rite Aid.

  20. Re:Time Capsule? on WD Launches 3 Terabyte HD · · Score: 1

    Most people who buy a Time Capsule are getting it for the wifi backups anyway.

  21. Re:Time Capsule? on WD Launches 3 Terabyte HD · · Score: 1

    Anyone stuck one of these into a Time Capsule yet? I assume it won't have any problem utilizing all 3TB

    You don't really have to put it IN a Time Capsule. You can just have the drive in a USB enclosure and attach it to the USB port on the Time Capsule.

    You can also attach a drive to the Airport Extreme base station and it will be available over the network for Time Machine backups.

  22. Re:2012, the year of IPv6 support? on NRO Warns They Are On Final IPv4 Address Blocks · · Score: 1

    One thing holding it back from the Consumers is the lack of Comsumer ADSL Modem/routers that support it. AFAIK, the Draytek Vigor series is about the only ones that do it. Sigh

    Doesn't seem to be holding back the customers on Comcast who are on the early v6 rollout.

  23. Re:It's not the OS alone... on Desktop Linux Is Dead · · Score: 1

    Yeah, running or not running Software Update is such a hardship.

  24. Re:MS may not have much to worry about here on Why Microsoft Is So Scared of OpenOffice · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Nothing to worry about. Some very brave people have Forked it and created LibreOffice to replace it.

    Brave people? It's just Novel rebranding their "Go OOo" fork.

  25. Generic PC? on Generic PCs For Corporate Use? · · Score: 1

    Dell IS a generic PC.