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  1. Re:Mutually exclusive? on BBC's Plan To Kick Open Source Out of UK TV · · Score: 1

    is it worth explaining how hard you fail?

  2. Re:Mutually exclusive? on BBC's Plan To Kick Open Source Out of UK TV · · Score: 1

    DRM can work by requesting a key authorisation generated by the license each tv user pays in england. DRM only values when the vendor loses the ability to control the activation keys.

  3. outrage machine. on BBC's Plan To Kick Open Source Out of UK TV · · Score: 2, Insightful

    i see nothing of any plan against open source, nor any reason the BBC MUST address your open source concerns. how about the open source people try working with others instead of going on the attack immediately?

  4. Re:The XBox's need more coverage. on The 87 Lamest Moments In Tech, 2000-2009 · · Score: 1
    let's examine the data behind this shall we. they surveyed 5000 people which is just 0.0178% of the total units sold, so statisticly it's a worthless sample size. They also don't give any clue on how they selected these 5000 people, for all we know they picked people with rabid MS hate.

    i'd say the only thing lame here is your claim of 54% failure rate, it just doesn't sense check.

  5. Re:The XBox's need more coverage. on The 87 Lamest Moments In Tech, 2000-2009 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    the xbox had a failure rate of between 3% and 5% in line with industry norms (MS claim). while it's not a stellar performace it's nothing special. typically when you dig into the claims of 50% failure rates, they are either online polls or of limited sample size (in other words fucking worthless).

  6. Re:What did you expect? on Alternative 2009 Copyright Expirations · · Score: 4, Insightful

    it's crazy when in the same sentence they talk about "to promote the progress of science and useful arts" and then extend copyright out to 75 years, completely eliminating a persons need to continue progress, and just let them milk one piece of content for ever...

  7. get legal advice, FOSS community has no clue on Best Open Source Business Tools? · · Score: 1
    your asking the wrong people. speak to a lawyer, it'll probably cost you $100 bucks or so, but it's worth it.

    the entry barriers into business are getting ever higher though, i certainly agree with that.

  8. Re:welcome to a labor government on AU Authority Moves To Censor Net Filtering Protest Site · · Score: 1
    umm let me see. means testing the baby bonus (wtf, "rich" peoples babies are worth less?!), roll back of benefits to salary sacrifice, and if your working as an expat well you just got up to $55,000 more in tax. the reason -you- haven't seen it is because i bet you fit into labor's main demographic hence they don't do anything to impact you.

    And i suspect you'll be eating those words anyway when the feral budget is handed down.

  9. Re:welcome to a labor government on AU Authority Moves To Censor Net Filtering Protest Site · · Score: 1
    actually, you are just under average. so your not doing well, your actually slightly below the marjority of the population.

    http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/6302.0/

    now buy a house and have kids and tell me 90k makes you feel rich. the key problem here is what has always, and will always, be the major malfunction of labor. the second you step up above average they cut you off at the knees, and that's not good for the country in the long run.

  10. Re:For what it's worth on AU Authority Moves To Censor Net Filtering Protest Site · · Score: 4, Insightful

    yes and in any other case you'd only have 3 hours to respond? this is clear cut government intervention on a topic they should keep their fucking nose OUT of, and precisely the kind of thing that should be fought.

  11. welcome to a labor government on AU Authority Moves To Censor Net Filtering Protest Site · · Score: 0

    this is what labor are all about, they are all about making everyone tow the line, there's a good worker join that union and don't you DARE try better yourself or we will label you "rich" (income of 90k and up? are you for real that's not rich) and tax the bejesus out of you.

  12. Re:my personal experience on When Developers Work Late, Should the Manager Stay? · · Score: 1

    yep and thats pretty much perfect. one other thing a good manager should do is protect you from unresonable requests. i recently had a situation where i was being worked into an early grave by the CFO. my manager stepped up and said no, my people aren't wasting anymore time on this (and it WAS a waste of time). and that was the end of it. i'm surein back rooms there was many temper tanrums, but it made my life SO much easier. it stopped me from quiting.

  13. Re:1996 called, on Where Are the Cheap Thin Clients? · · Score: 4, Insightful
    err no they aren't. you can buy an entry level thin client for $99.

    thin clients never caught on because not enough MCSE's get taught about them and the CIO doesn't like all the restrictions it puts on his playing of porn.

    in environment's where things like CAD are used thin clients aren't a viable option (yet), but for a lot of businesses it's by far the best way to go.

  14. what the fuck are you on about. on Where Are the Cheap Thin Clients? · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    try google motherfucker - http://www.vecmar.com/products/productpage.asp?pid=4769&source=nextag

    it was the first link. and that's not even at volume prices, i'm sure if you forked out for a few 1000 at a time you'd pay even less.

  15. Re:Intel's ill-gotten-gains on Nvidia Waiting In the Wings In FTC-Intel Dispute · · Score: 1

    yeah right because intel won't simply buy up AMD's patents for cents on the dollar.

  16. Re:Awesome.... on Making Sense of the Cellphone Landscape · · Score: 1

    becasue telstra got paid to cover area's that weren't immediately profitable, and then raped everyone with outrageous prices.

  17. Re:Why do I get on Library Groups Ask DOJ To Oversee Google Books · · Score: 1
    i know i do't follow this logic either, it's like someone complaining because i have a monopoly on wanting chicks to play with my junk.

    the books themselfs will still be available, it's amazing everyone is still ignoring this simple fact.

  18. before you all cheer. on Mandatory Use of Open Standards In Hungary · · Score: 1

    MS makes lots of open standards software remmeber?

  19. wait till the cops pull him over. on $25,000 of Communications Gear In a $500 Car · · Score: 1

    He's going to get a tasering, that's for sure. unless he knows how to play it cool, seeing something like that would make most cops wary and the wrong comment could turn an innocent roadside breatho into a night in jail while the cops rip that thing apart looking for Osama binladen.

  20. Re:Why Are We Deferring to an Economic Organizatio on Russians Claim More Climate Data Was Manipulated · · Score: 2, Insightful

    it's no good attacking them based on the fact they export oil. all the climate researchers who advocate AGW have a budget dependant on global warming research funding, do we also attack them and cast doubt on their motives because of it?

  21. Re:Why Are We Deferring to an Economic Organizatio on Russians Claim More Climate Data Was Manipulated · · Score: 1

    asking for a peer reviewed article is not a response, it's a cop out. you fail to address the questions at hand and instead go off on a tangent attacking the authors credability. that isn't science.

  22. Re:Fair Use? on Former Congressman Learns About Streisand Effect · · Score: 3, Insightful

    and how many years will those young girls suffer for what he has done? 44 years isn't enough.

  23. Re:as long as you don't care about accuracy on Using Hacked Wiimotes As Scientific Sensors · · Score: 1
    i'm not republican, i have no religous affiliation what so ever and i support gay marriage so i'm hardly conservative.

    your as bad as the people you accuse.

  24. as long as you don't care about accuracy on Using Hacked Wiimotes As Scientific Sensors · · Score: 1, Troll

    because why would scientists care about how accurate their data is when you can just accuse anyone questioning your study of being paid by big oil/monsanto/big pharma.

  25. Re:Yawn. on Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Takes Flight · · Score: 1, Troll

    this one wasn't designed by french engineers, sorry.