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  1. Re:What's the fuss? on USAF Violates DMCA, Escapes Unscathed · · Score: 1

    Can you explain to me what exactly the difference is here between the judge letting the military off on software crimes versus the judge, in advance, letting off a police officer for breaking and entering?

  2. Re:Good! on In-flight Cell Ban Advances In Congress · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So you're fundamentally opposed to the laws regarding "disturbing the peace" then eh?

  3. Re:SSL on The Pirate Bay's Plans To Encrypt the 'Net · · Score: 2, Informative

    I should also note that this is why people keep comparing it to IPSEC, as it also operates on the network level.

  4. Re:SSL on The Pirate Bay's Plans To Encrypt the 'Net · · Score: 2, Informative

    What is being presented is supposed to operate on a totally different level of the OSI model than SSL does.

  5. So those birds on First Max Payne Trailer Released · · Score: 1

    Anyone care to explain the angels/vultures?

  6. Re:You Americans on Congress Tries To Strip Power From Anti-Wiretap Judge · · Score: 1

    6. Profit?

  7. The yellowcake is a lie! on 550 Metric Tons of Uranium Removed From Iraq · · Score: 0

    I like the "it COULD be used to cause panic" line.

    Cuz, you know, isn't that exactly what they're attempting to do with the way this blurb is worded?

  8. Re:Usual drivel on Firefox Users Stay Ahead On the Update Curve · · Score: 2, Funny

    The death clock is rare. Usually after windows update it'll just tell you every 5 minutes that you still haven't rebooted. The death clock you're probably thinking of is reserved for those times when they can tell you are actually doing important stuff on your computer.

  9. best security tool on IE 8 To Include New Security Tools · · Score: 1

    It'll have the Firefox-tab extension.

  10. Re:If I was from Control on New Map IDs the Core of the Human Brain · · Score: 1

    Well I for one praise our new neck-and-shoulders overlords.

  11. How long will it last? on Cheaper Energy From Caverns of Compressed Air · · Score: 1

    I don't really know much about earth or soil sciences, but just off the top of my head, would this not cause destabilization in the ground above the surface of these caverns? I'm just thinking about things like cave-ins and whatnot.

  12. Re:IC what? on ICQ Starts Blocking Alternative Clients · · Score: 1

    it's used widely here in germany.

  13. VoIP on iPhone App Enables GSM To WiFi/VoIP Switching · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised really that the cell phone companies haven't completely fucked the idea of VoIP in the public's mind yet. With as much as they screw people over on the price of SMS (glorified ICQ at 20 cents a message on my phone plan here in Germany), why haven't the phone companies switched en masse over to VoIP, and then continue to charge varied rates on distance?

  14. Re:block on star on The Future Has a Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    All related on the Periodic Table of Elementies?

  15. Re:Slippery slope on The Future Has a Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    'All the way down... to what?'

    A bigger plate of poo.

  16. mixed blessing on Cancer Resistance Technique Moves To Human Trials · · Score: 1

    I'm very happy with the advances in the cure for cancer, and I hope it helps many people lead much more fulfilling lives, if not at least longer lives.

    But still I have to wonder... we're cutting darwinism out of the system here, and not only allowing weaknesses back into the system but almost making it a strength (amping up the immune systems). What's this going to do to humanity in the long term (5,000 year range) speaking from a strictly evolutionary standpoint?

  17. Anti-aging facial creme on The Fight To End Aging Gains Legitimacy, Funding · · Score: 3, Funny

    Somehow I find this sort of research will lead to the founding of the biological weapons wing of the Umbrella Corporation.

    Live forever... as a zombie!

  18. Voice print id on AI Could Power Next-gen CCTV Cameras · · Score: 1

    I wonder how long before they figure out how to make the AI listen for a given voice or footstep pattern to identify known criminals... and then eventually when the computers are powerful enough to track most everyone...

  19. meh on Sun Spokesman Says "We Screwed Up On Open Source" · · Score: 2, Funny

    So Sun decides that they can't make money by pushing the open source community around, so now they come on their knees and beg forgiveness before they have anymore problems.

    Hmm...
    /me wraps his arm around Sun's shoulder

    It's alright man. Good to have you with us.

  20. idiot on Man Selling His Life On eBay · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I hope he wrote his contract out properly. otherwise he's going to be the fall guy for some major crime sometime in the next 6 months.

  21. Re:So am I on Bizarre Properties of Glass Allow Creation of "Metallic Glass" · · Score: 1

    But not what your mom said.

  22. Re:Silly Krauts on Google Abandons the Gmail Name In Germany · · Score: 2, Informative

    ö is expanded to "oe" not "oo"

    What you wrote sounds closer to "gurgle" than Google.

  23. Re:Martian ice is really big news, folks! on Water Ice On Mars · · Score: 1

    I think "Scotch" still works. After all, we already know they wear kilts.

  24. Re:UK IT bosses whinging at the lack of slave labo on UK Games Industry Over the Hill? · · Score: 1

    I'm sure you already know the answer to your own question, but just in case: Nobody jumped on the opportunity because... First you have to come up with the great idea. You know the one. It involves a 4 step process and number 3 is ???. After you come up with your four step business model, you secure capital. After that you hire talented programmers. This can go in one of two directions. One direction is to hire fewer programmers and have them learn all the tools needed for the job on your dime. This also means they could then potentially just walk out the door the next day to another better paying job that has specific requirements for what you just had them taught. The other direction is to open the door to more programmers but offer low salary and specific requirements.

  25. Re:Wally Thought on Mozilla Outage On Firefox 3 Record Launch Day · · Score: 1

    I see your tricks! You failed to close your parenthesis in an attempt to break Internet Explorer and encourage further Firefox downloads!