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  1. Until there are Bounties for Spamsters on OptInRealBig Wins Restraining Order On SpamCop · · Score: 1

    None of this matters.

    And we need to be authorized to use deadly force, too.

    By the by, I have years of military service, so I think this would be a great business.

    Spam: it's what's for dinner ...

  2. None of this matters in the Real World on U.S. Will Use Robots to Patrol Water Supply · · Score: 1

    You can still attack the nation's water supply with the other 26 methods that we're vulnerable on.

    I say this as someone who used to be a Water Services Engineer and then worked in the military, sometimes with water supplies (diatomaceous earth, anyone?).

    The illusion of safety is exactly that: an illusion. When you harden one point, the other points become more vulnerable to attack, especially if you don't have to worry about escaping afterwards.

  3. It's all about the spam on The State of IPv6 · · Score: 1

    If we all moved to IPv6, spam would be easy to trace and stop, so it will never happen so long as politicians and telcos make tons of money from spam houses.

  4. All this is meaningless without bounties on Spammer Sentencing Guidelines · · Score: 1

    and the right to shoot suspected spammers using deadly force if they resist arrest.

    hmm, I think I found my next career ...

  5. Information Just Wants To Be Free on Pop-Up Ads Lead to Consumer Revolt, Ad-Blocking · · Score: 1

    and Opera makes it easy to block pop-ups

    I haven't had any problem with pop-ups since I switched to Opera. I just turn them off (F12 and a click) - and if I come to a site where I need to see them I turn them on while I'm at that site.

    Easy.

  6. Started going downhill with The Borg on Star Trek: Enterprise in Danger of Being Cancelled · · Score: 1

    when they showed the Borg on this pre-ST show, you knew it would go downhill from there.

    that plus not enough on-screen nudity and not enough Klingons.

  7. Prince of Persia Gamecube Cluster on Gamecube Linux Port Announced, In Progress · · Score: 1

    just imagine it! hundreds of GameCubes running Prince of Persia: Sands of Time in French, English, Spanish, and Persian!

    Now that would be a site to see ...

  8. As a Nintendo shareholder on GameCube Production to Halt · · Score: 1

    All I can say is Nintendo sells its consoles at a profit and it's games at a profit, something that Microsoft appears unable to do.

    If it weren't for the Yen-USD/Euro exchange rate, I'd be really happy about how profitable the company was.

    Oh, and I do own Microsoft shares too ...

  9. From a security viewpoint, installing MSFT on Desktop Linux Sliding in Under the Radar? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    would kind of count as a security risk in itself, wouldn't it?

  10. We did this a couple of times at my old workplace on Desktop Linux Sliding in Under the Radar? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Mostly with "unused" computers.

    Since they cut the training budget, we obviously had to learn new skills somehow ...

  11. Does she love my IP theft or my winsome smile? on Gates: Microsoft IP Finds Its Way Into Free Software · · Score: 1

    but if linux does include stolen code it becomes dangerous:

    different girl: mmmm, is that linux you're using?
    me: why yes... it is (sly smile)
    girl: you're so dangerous, take me now.... on the keyboard...


    Yes, but then you have to learn how to code while being distracted ... it's a lot harder than it looks.

  12. I have no Constitution and I must Flash on Flash Mobs: Peaceable Assembly for Spontaneous Fun · · Score: 1

    I thought they phased out that Constitution thing a few years ago.

    Somebody sold it on eBay to Mongolia. Said his name was Ashcroft, I think.

    I've heard they still have one in Canada. Quaint, eh?

  13. Best kind of flash mob on Flash Mobs: Peaceable Assembly for Spontaneous Fun · · Score: 1

    is one in which fifty people all get together at the beginning of rush hour and drive at the speed limit (or lower), across all lanes, with a 4-5 second gap between cars, going back and forth along the route.

    If you've ever seen it, you'd be amazed ...

  14. Is it a flash mob or is it Memorex? on Flash Mobs: Peaceable Assembly for Spontaneous Fun · · Score: 1

    What about everyone staring straight up in the sky and acting shocked.. making everyone around stare up.

    I was part of a flash mob in Seattle, at the Pike Place Market, where we did exactly that, about two or three years ago.

    It was fun!

    Most people didn't get it - amazing how gullible people are, most of them spent 2-3 minutes staring where we were staring at, even though there was nothing there.

  15. Re:Who would pay USD$40,000 for... on Sci-Fi Memorabilia To Ogle And / Or Buy · · Score: 1

    Some of Scotty's old clothes??

    Just come to Seattle and shop at our Goodwill - I'm sure he donated some there ...

  16. Re:Forget these, I'm saving my money for... on Sci-Fi Memorabilia To Ogle And / Or Buy · · Score: 1

    Before I get flamed to a Kingdom Come, I am kidding. (Hops on over and makes a donation to the National Organization of Women).

    You forgot to post the NOW link so others could donate as well ...

  17. See you in the funny papers on Hardly Anyone Cares About Computer Voting Problems · · Score: 1

    It won't be an issue until Bugs Bunny gets elected Governor of California.

    Well, we do have Elmer Fudd in the White House right now - either that or Foghorn Leghorn, not quite sure which ...

    Without validation of votes by some other methods, the system will be used to cheat voters out of their choice, in favor of those with money.

  18. Ten dollar cell phone bills on Cell Phone Number Portability Ruling · · Score: 1

    That's what this means, allowing cell users to switch numbers easily. And once people get in the habit of buying the cell phone, the monthly fee will be around $10 a month, like it is in Europe, instead of the normal $100 a month here in the USA.

    Real capitalists like real competition - I'm surprised the neo-cons let something like this slip through ...

  19. Microshaft will be assimilated on Ballmer Sends Wakeup Call to Staff · · Score: 1

    Linux is winning and Bill Gates might want to cash out while he can ...

  20. My next character in an online game on Washington State Restricts Anti-Cop Videogames · · Score: 1

    is going to be a cop.

    That way noone can shoot at me, but I can shoot at them.

    And since I live in Washington State, if I do get shot, I'll have the game producers arrested ...

  21. Re:Do not be confused! on Washington State Restricts Anti-Cop Videogames · · Score: 1

    "Protecting" minors _IS_ a violation of free-speech.

    Not to mention, how come we have to protect minors so much? I know they get all dirty and stuff from working in those coal mines, but why can't they play violent video games? Is it just that they'll start using their picks and shovels to attack the police?

  22. Does this mean ... on Washington State Restricts Anti-Cop Videogames · · Score: 1

    that I have to stop using my net in Animal Crossing to hit the Police Officer from behind?

  23. I had email in 78 and ... on A Brief History of the Internet · · Score: 2, Funny

    remember when 300 baud was fast, 110 baud was normal, and only rich people had 1200 baud modems ...

    and ...

    WE LIKED IT!

  24. Take The Red Pill, Luke on The Return of Chewbacca · · Score: 1

    Or you'll be stuck in a series of trilogies with no meaning except to fund CGI server farms ...

  25. It's not a need for new hair ... on Enterprise Getting New Aliens, Hairdos, Weapons · · Score: 1

    It's a serious lack of miniskirts for the female crewmembers and a severe lack of ripped shirts and flared pants on the part of the male crewmembers ...

    Fix that and you won't need the Borg ...