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  1. Simple Solution on CBSA Reveals Some Laptop Search Info, But Not Much · · Score: 1

    Just load up a goatese desktop, throw in the "Hey everybody I'm looking at porn" audio clip and stuff the hard drive with goatese/tubgirl images.

  2. Re:Bad taste slashdot. on Church Turns To Facebook To Find Priests · · Score: 1

    Good try. But your Catholic Guilt foo does not work on me.

  3. Re:Sure buddy on China Warns Google To Obey Or Leave · · Score: 1

    One darknet app helps, but will never be enough. They will always be able to find a way to stop & filter a single app. Albeit you can make it computationally expensive to do, but it can always be blocked. That's why you need a variety.

  4. For the Public Good on Bill To Ban All Salt In Restaurant Cooking · · Score: 1

    Look, we have already been through this with the saturated fat ban & smoking ban. These are all efforts to improve public health. It's for your own good. Stop fighting it. Some people just don't get it and want to live in the dark ages. Try being more progressive.

  5. Easy Fix on Citibank Cancels Bank Account of Objectionable Blogger · · Score: 1

    Get every shirtless gay man in tight pants & cross dresser to stand outside of Citibanks nation wide dancing with bumper stickers on their crotch saying "Questionable Content."

  6. So How Much RAM for Windows 7? on 86% of Windows 7 PCs Maxing Out Memory · · Score: 1

    So how much RAM are people suggesting for the average home & basic business users for the 32 bit edition & the 64 bit edition?

  7. Re:I'm pretty sure on Google, Apple Call Workers' Race & Gender Trade Secrets · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Perhaps their numbers are skewed towards asians & indians. Who knows.

  8. Feb 20th Anti-Censorship Aussie Protests Planned on Google, Yahoo and Others Fight the Aussie Filter · · Score: 1
  9. On The Internet!!!! on AU Gov't Still Wants ISPs To Solve Illegal Downloads · · Score: 1

    The point, I think, is that there is no good analogy for the roles of the parties in this kind of "crime" because it's the result of a pretty much unprecedented set of circumstances related to advances in technology.

    I kind of feel like this kind of debate has been beaten around on slashdot many times before. Every time someone does something someone doesn't like on the internet, legislators feel like they have to create some sort of new law to address this new kind of crime. But in reality, we already have laws in place to address these types of issues. Just because it's being done on the internet doesn't make it any different.

    For decades kids have made copies of tapes, disks, CDs, mixed tapes for people they care about. They have shared them with their siblings, friends, classmates. In the US at least it has always been legal, or at least so impossible to police that no one ever could do anything about it. The part that scares the *IAAs is the scale and ease in which it is done. They feel it threatens their profitability... perhaps even causing them to lose control of how they control people's tastes.

    Just because it's being done on the internet doesn't make it a whole new "crime".

  10. Re:Here's an idea.. on AU Gov't Still Wants ISPs To Solve Illegal Downloads · · Score: 1

    and that his accomplishments are better suited to running an ice-cream van.

    What? An ice van like this one?
    Frosty Ice Co.

  11. Re:Tell us what it's called... on How To Spread Word About My FOSS Project? · · Score: 1

    OK. So this is the/a website:
    http://enanocms.org/

    Yet another Content Management System in a sea of Content Management Systems. Not easy to get attention. Plus it's still in Beta. That alone will cross it off of the list of many people looking for something.

    Of note, there are no reviews on Sourceforge yet. That is a missed opportunity right there.
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/enano/

    Do a quick google on "compare cms" and see what you come up with. Are you one the comparison site lists? Then you aren't even in the running. There are simply too many CMS packages out there. People need a quick summaries on comparison websites to assess functionality & requirements.

  12. Re:I don't get it on Hot Or Not — 3D TV · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I agree, 3D imagery in Avatar turned out to be primarily "blurry vision" with some parts that jump out at you. And the stuff that does jump out at you, isn't all that important. I'd rather see crisp clear video without the gimmicky distractions.

    I suspect the movie & TV industry are attempting to find a way to provide unique content to keep people going to movie theaters instead of just watching it at home on TV. And the TV industry wants to find a way to beat out the downloaders with unique better quality content they are not likely to reproduce right away.

    The content will indeed be unique, but I don't think the public will be as intrigued by to than anymore more than the occasional novelty. 3D will never go beyond that until they learn how to use it in a seamless non-distracting way.

  13. Re:The Hero of Time still lives on... on Nintendo Shuts Down Fan-Made Zelda Movie · · Score: 1

    Is it any good?

  14. Re:Competing interests on Ginkgo Doesn't Improve Memory Or Cognitive Skills · · Score: 1

    If it worked, these companies would identify the active ingredient and sell it in a prescription formula. It's not in their interest to ignore potentially effective medications.

  15. Re:memory no... blood flow very much so on Ginkgo Doesn't Improve Memory Or Cognitive Skills · · Score: 1

    The above sample set is of 3,000 people. Link me to the study that says it has positive effects on memory functions.

  16. Re:Works for me on Canadian Censorship Takes Down 4500 Sites · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Not 2017, but by 2023... on Alternative 2009 Copyright Expirations · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Then the answer is simple. We must culturally kill Mikey.

  18. Re:Censor this! on The Chinese Route To a Web Free of Porn · · Score: 1

    If it is not registered with the Chinese government, it is already censored by default.

  19. Re:Get what you pay for on "Lawful Spying" Price Lists Leaked · · Score: 1

    The reading selection appeared to start off interesting but failed to deliver. I read the whole thing.

    tl;dr version: "Privacy" is hard to define, so most arguments pro & con are faulty from the get go.

  20. Is Theater paying royalties for Happy Birthday? on Woman Filming Sister's Birthday Party Gets Charged With Felony Movie Piracy · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't the theater be potentially liable since it took place on their property? If they didn't have the appropriate license then they are potentially screwed. Heck, their employees were even there long enough to catch her filming so obviously they saw the people singing happy birthday yet did nothing to stop it. And they host birthday parties there all the time? Sounds like they are wantonly encouraging these violations on a consistent basis if they do not have the permits.

  21. $500 Reward for Catching People Filming in Theater on Woman Filming Sister's Birthday Party Gets Charged With Felony Movie Piracy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This sounds to me like the downside providing cash incentives to employees for catching those who record movies.

    http://www.fightfilmtheft.org/en/todo.asp

    Some employee thinks they are in line for a $500 bonus.

  22. Re:serious question: Isnt this a "Monastary"? on Scientology Charged With Slavery, Human Trafficking · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Monasteries typically don't have:
    * Sniper nests
    * Double bladed razor fences
    * Motion sensors facing inside
    * Armed security guard preventing people from leaving
    * A full arsenal of guns
    * People are allowed to leave
    * Phone calls & mail are not monitored & prefiltered
    * Phone calls from concerned relatives are not coached
    * People inside are not punished when someone leaves
    * Nunneries don't coerce females to have abortions to keep up productivity
    * Emergency calls to the police actually go to the police & not internal security
    * Don't make 'bad' monks clean septic tanks with their hands (no tools, JUST their hands).
    * Don't throw members into a shit pond for not behaving by their standards.
    * Get to see their family
    * Are not physically beat, kicked or strangled by their leader David Miscavige.
    * Are not asked by their leader David Miscavige to beat/attack other members who are not living up to the leader's standards.
    * Are permitted time for personal hygiene when being punished for information leaks.
    * Do not go into lock down when information leaks

  23. Re:Yes... on Scientology Charged With Slavery, Human Trafficking · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The cult claims more than 6,000 churches missions & related groups, but I don't see anywhere near that amount listed on their website. And they claim 8-12 million Scientologists, but there are only about 25,000 in the US. http://www.timesanddemocrat.com/articles/2009/11/06/features/14122340.txt> .

    If you really think there are 8 million Scientologists, then were the heck are they all? Shouldn't those Orgs be packed full? Seriously, how many should be in any major city in the US. They just aren't there. They are lying to you & all you have to do is a little basic research. Start of with the question of 6,000 churches, missions & related groups. That should be simple to verify from the scientology.org website alone.

  24. Re:Yes... on Scientology Charged With Slavery, Human Trafficking · · Score: 1

    Oh, well that brings us back to cases like Lisa McPherson & Herbiert Pfaff.

  25. Re:German Documentary on Gold Base on Scientology Charged With Slavery, Human Trafficking · · Score: 5, Informative

    Its not like no-one knew about Scientology work camps - some german documentary team went out to go visit it and got stopped by a bunch of armed men (this was in the early 90's) - wish I could remember the title.

    Missing in Happy Valley
     

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2742505831051424517