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  1. RTFA! on Beware Your Online Presence · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...oh. There isn't one.

  2. Baloney on US Government Seeks Open-Source Translation · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You have circular reasoning in your definition of "bright". To you, anyone who agrees with W can't be bright, so no bright people agree with W. You need to get outside your own little circle and see that there are plenty of smart people who disagree with you.

  3. Ah, but on SCOTUS To Hear Patentable Thought Case · · Score: 1

    Patents expire much quicker than copyrights, and then the drug (or whatever) is in the public domain, and has been published for all to see.

  4. Re:Other areas too on Vista May Put Anti-Spyware Companies Out · · Score: 1

    Great examples. I think it's the same thing with most government programs, too. Didn't Reagan say something along the lines of "a government program is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth"?

  5. Other areas too on Vista May Put Anti-Spyware Companies Out · · Score: 1

    This happens a lot in politics, for example. See the modern versions of NAACP, NOW, MADD...

  6. porn.com.xxx, porn.net.xxx on Senators Renew Call for .XXX Domain · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Whoever registers .com.xxx and .net.xxx first wins!

  7. Cell Phones on Hot Pepper Kills Prostate Cancer · · Score: 1

    I have big issues with a particular cell phone service company. They've got people thinking that "cingle" is a word!!

  8. Re:Sig on Balancing Bad Applications vs. Network Security? · · Score: 1
    Sometimes, a man's got to learn how to think.

    I guess I'm dense... Are you referring to me, yourself, the Senator from your anecdote, who?

  9. Sig on Balancing Bad Applications vs. Network Security? · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Okay, this is off-topic, but I'm confused. Not that I'm saying I disagree with you, but when somebody places his hand on the bible and swears an oath, he's attesting that he means it because he believes in justice in the afterlife.

    Basically, it means the Bible is more important than the Constitution.

    So how does pointing this out help your case?

  10. ISBN-13 is upon us! on Recommended Reading List for PHP · · Score: 2, Informative

    978-0-13-147149-8

  11. Re:You gotta be kidding me. on Mandriva Fires Founder Gael Duval, Who Plans to Sue · · Score: 1

    You're absolutely right. Anything else is an inefficiency, and bad for everyone.

  12. Correction on What is UNIX, Anyway? · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's ISBN 0-201-54777-5, or 978-0-201-54777-1.

  13. Re:"flammable" on Laptop Fuel Cells Coming Soon · · Score: 1
    Yes, I was attempting to coyly criticize dumbing things down for the lowest common denominator, especially in a non-life-or-death Slashdot post.

    Judging by the response, that doesn't work on the Internet though... :-)

  14. "flammable" on Laptop Fuel Cells Coming Soon · · Score: -1, Troll

    That should be "inflammable", as in "capable of being inflamed. There's no such word as "flammable".

  15. Re: From my vantage point on Linus on GPL3 In Forbes · · Score: 5, Insightful
    From my vantage point (and I may well be missing something important), it looks like the anti-GPL3 sentiment comes from a misinterpretation about encryption keys. If that's clarified, either in people's heads or the wording or both, I don't see any real negatives.

    I see a GPL that prevents companies from using DRM (which wasn't around for v2) to get around GPL requirements. Basically those same requirements that we liked from v2.

  16. Your sig on GPL 3 As Bonfire of the Vanities · · Score: 1

    I think you need to escape the exclamation point.

  17. Re:There are other reasons too... on Why Terror Financing is So Tough to Track Down · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well, you didn't have a whole city flooded after the storm. But as far as direct storm damage, I can tell you firsthand, it's hard to imagine anything "more damaged" than coastal Mississippi. And as for response afterwards: you have a much lower concentration of people who depend on government for everything.

  18. Christian Science != Christian, anyway on Why Terror Financing is So Tough to Track Down · · Score: 1

    "Christian" Scientists reject many of the most basic ideas of Christianity.

  19. Ambiguous on Boxxet, a Tool for Automatic Webpage Generation · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you talking about Boxxet or Slashdot?

  20. Re:"...treat women as a mysterious nut to crack." on Female Gamers Duke It Out · · Score: 1

    Plug sales expectations into your thought experiment, and I think we've answered the question!

  21. "...treat women as a mysterious nut to crack." on Female Gamers Duke It Out · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Of course! Game developers (and most of the /. crowd) can't figure out women. Expecting them to be able to write a realistic female character doesn't make sense. It's like expecting to see a conservative realistically portrayed on TV or in the movies.

  22. ...oh. on Toronto to Become One Huge Hotspot · · Score: 1

    I guess I assumed this was a municipal project. Never mind!

  23. "Challenge"? on Toronto to Become One Huge Hotspot · · Score: 0, Troll

    That's an awfully generous description of what government would be doing. It's the only "challenger" which has men with guns who will force people to pay, whether they use it or not. Pretty big advantage...

  24. Mailing address on A History of Flickr · · Score: 2, Funny

    She lives on 123 Fake Street.

  25. Re:Fallacy on RFID, Sign of the (End) Times? · · Score: 1

    I don't think I did... I stated a reason why we can't conclude that this ISN'T it. Never said anything about concluding that it (or anything) IS.