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  1. Re:Houston, Wii have a supply problem on Apple Gives $100 Store Credit To iPhone Customers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The thing is... you don't NEED an iPhone. If you think you do, then you a have a problem.

    Is the wii/iphone supply not enough to meet demand? Well too bad, lost sale for them, and move on with your life, right?

  2. Re:I know! I know! I know! *waving hand* on Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America · · Score: 1

    I wasn't aware of the fact that the UK, France, Russia, China, India, and Pakistan had gotten rid of their nukes.
    And Isr...

    Oooh I see. Israel doesn't have nuclear weapons.
  3. Re:Your are wrong on Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America · · Score: 1

    Terrorists attack people to create fear to promote their agenda, the United States attacks people for access to natural resources. Get it right dumbass.

    Well, that sounds like an agenda to me...

    (I know, i know, he was being sarcastic, but wtf)
  4. Re:Is it crashed or not? on Bring Down Internet Explorer In Six Words · · Score: 2, Funny

    My usage conforms completely to the usage in my office.

    Bill?!? is that you??
  5. Re:It's actually very easy on William Gibson Gives Up on the Future · · Score: 1

    If you look back 10 years, what are the big changes?

    Google?
  6. Re:The feeling is mutual. on New Zealand Banks Demand a Peek at User PCs · · Score: 1

    The funny thing is that many banks (the huge ones mainly) are in fact allowed, by their respective central banks, to "invent" money out of nowhere.
    I find that extremeley unplausible. Got any source on that?
  7. Re:Official "In Soviet Russia..." thread on Putin Threatens US Missile Bases In Europe · · Score: 1
    I didn't put those words in you mouth either.

    What you did say is:

    If the US and/or Russia did not become involved the *best* outcome for Europe is England suing for piece, and Vici France pretending to be a real nation.

    And that's just a useless premise (to think Russia could *not* be involved), since WWII can't be imagined without Hitler going for Russia: that's what all of it was about. France and England just got in Hitler's way he invaded Poland.

    6 months of phoney war later, Hitler having to secure his back before going east, he attacked Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium and France, tied it all very tightly, and aimed USSR again. He finally headed east, several months later than he would've preferred, because of the delay fighting in western europe.
  8. Re:Official "In Soviet Russia..." thread on Putin Threatens US Missile Bases In Europe · · Score: 1

    Most americans and western europeans always like to think they're the center of the universe. In this case, they like to think Hitler's plan what all about conquering France and England. Which doesn't make any sense.

    Hitler always aimed to the East. Russia was his primary target, and that's where he put most of his resources and war efforts. Just compare the SIZE of the war in both fronts, and you'll realize it yourself. Yeah, I know Hollywood films tells you otherwise, but hey, you can do better than that to learn history, right?

    That said, it's also fair to remember also that US involvement in the war began much before "D day", with money, supplies and kind of help to UK and Russia. But to think that US/UK/Canada/etc DECIDED the war by winning the western front, is to be EXTREMELY naive.

  9. Re:But... on CSS of DVDs Ruled 'Ineffective' by Finnish Courts · · Score: 1

    I didn't say why *is* it illegal, I asked why *should* it be illegal... :P

    Because the (usamerican) citizens deserve it, maybe.

    After all, they could elect some other "representatives", right? And yet, they don't.

  10. Re:all talk, no action on Sun Says, "Compensate OSS Developers" · · Score: 1

    Ehm... I think GP was trying to be sarcastic...

  11. Re:What is "disorderly conduct"? on Student Arrested for Writing Essay · · Score: 1

    That's ridiculous! It's obviously not a "Right" if the government can throw you in prison for exercising it!
    Ehm... it's called responsibility. That's how freedom works.
  12. Re:Republicans call for Guns in classrooms on Many Dead In Virginia Tech Shooting · · Score: 1

    Well, guns are not allowed in any major university or school of ANY "civilized" country I know, and yet, this kind of happy shooting incidents only seem to happen in the USA.

    There must be something causing these incidents... and everyone NOT having guns doesn't seem a logical answer.

  13. Re:Mod parent up on Many Dead In Virginia Tech Shooting · · Score: 1

    I'm willing to take responsibility for my actions, with or without guns. Good for you, mr... Anonymous?
  14. Re:XSS on Web 2.0 Under Siege · · Score: 3, Informative

    So, how is this different than Javascript injection or Cross-site Scripting? It is not. They just HAD to make it to Slashdot's front page.
  15. Re:supply and demand on Viacom Sues Google Over YouTube for $1 Billion · · Score: 1

    "losing" No, you don't get it: Since Viacom loosed the content, Google was able to grab it...
  16. MOD it UP! on Google Aids Indian Goverment Censorship · · Score: 1

    People seem to take the romantic "american hero" role Hollywood have always talked about when "americans" are involved anywhere in the world, as something real, that has to be enforced.

    We would all love to see there is democracy, civil libertirs and free speech in India, but it's up to the Indians to do it, not Google.

  17. What's wrong with the logic? on Pirating Software? Choose Microsoft! · · Score: 1

    The "logic" behind those comments vary little from the neighborhood crack dealer who gives the first "hit" for free.
    Except this is not crack. Those kind of comparisons are useless by default.
  18. Conquer != Destroy on Turkey Censors YouTube · · Score: 1

    USA can't conquer the world. It can though destroy it.

  19. Come on... it's java! on T-Mobile Bans Others' Apps On Their Phones · · Score: 1

    There are people who will install ANYTHING if they have even the slightest hint that it might be cool. And when they wreck their phones

    How can you wreck your phone with a JAVA application?
  20. Re:Help me please... on Iran Launches Payload into Space · · Score: 1

    since iran has signed the treaty, and didn't have nukes at the time, they are not allowed to get/research them.

    They do have, though, the right to research and develop nuclear technology for civilian uses. USA won't accept that.
    And if someone accuses Iran of doing militar nuclear R&D, he has to prove it, and not the other way around.
  21. Re:Not on the US on Iran Launches Payload into Space · · Score: 1

    To the radical fringe, the destruction of Israel IS "winning"


    It's a common idea -and a really pedantic one- to think that Iran is full of nuts who want nothing more than destroy Israel or die trying it. Actually, the western powers try to make us think that all muslims are like that.
    That's ridiculous. They are people, just like you and me, and they want to live their live without being bothered.
    Iran possesing nuclear weapons as synonim for APOCALLIPSE is nothing more than US-Israel propaganda. Iran knows that only by being powerful they won't be attacked by US or Israel, so there they are, in the pursuit of power.
  22. Re:That would explain "Dubya" on James Gosling Appointed to the Order of Canada · · Score: 1

    Yeah, he was born in connecticut, but he was produced in Texas

  23. Re:MS's lawyers and the highest perch on Mount Jer on The Pirated Software Problem in the 3rd World · · Score: 1

    you can't really expect people to pay what a Big Mac costs in the US

    That's interesting. Maybe we can collect the Big Mac prices all over the world and use it as indication of the cost of life in different countries!

    We could call it "The Big Burger Index" or something like that. Man, I have to patent this...
  24. Re:Get to the Root of the Problem on Vista a Threat to Internet Freedom? · · Score: 1

    I would have used "eventually" instead. I don't think the spread of Vista is going to be half as speedy as MS's other OS releases.

    Yes, it will.
    You say what you wish to happen. But come on, you know how it's gonna be.

  25. Re:Who does the picking? on Why Don't More CIOs Become CEO? · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Most board members are chosen by the CEO"

    I sorry, what? AFAEK, the Board hires a CEO to run the company. Members of the board themselves are elected by the general meeting of shareholders.