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  1. Waitasec.. on Demiforce Releases "Trism", New Game for iPhone, iPod Touch · · Score: 2, Informative

    Is this the same guy/group that did the NES translations of Mother and FF2 and 3?

    If it is.. Damn ;) It'll be quality.

  2. It's not like the creators are getting any benefit, are they?

    And try something else: buy a VPS. Tunnel your traffic to VPS via SSH or another "stupid" encryption. Hell, XOR could work.

    And pay for the VPS at 3 month increments using those "reloadable credit cards". Just dont use your name or real CC or check. No paper trail. :-D

    Now, guess what I did.

  3. Re:kettle, meet pot. on EU Views Net Censorship As a "Trade Barrier" · · Score: 1

    And there's something about Germany and Nazi/Hitler...

    He was the head of the country, voted legally in by the citizens. His campaign was truly democratic, and look what it got the peoples of Germany.

    I could understand safeguarding the government so that kind of corruption could never happen again.

    We look it as censorship.. I'd say they look it as shame as part of their history.

  4. Re:Still hard to install? on FreeBSD 7.0 Release Now Available · · Score: -1, Troll

    It reminds me of an old joke.. It's not BSD until its BSDm.

    Mmmm masochism.

    I guess it couldn't get much worse...

  5. Re:I develop these systems, this story is 4 pagevi on Killer Military Robot Arms Race Underway? · · Score: 1

    But it's not hard at all to build what they describe.

    Lemee see... Lets "thought-build it now".

    I'll take a:
    Laptop
    2 webcams
    big speaker
    semi-auto machine gun
    some servos
    tripod
    "glue" equipment to attach it together.

    Ok, we write a program to sense motion via 2 webcams. It's not great, but good enough. With motion, we can determine hit boxes.

    Hit boxes? Thats right, your heart follows the golden ratio, so it's easy to target on the heart.

    Has this been done? Damn straight it has.

  6. Re:The Black Dog on Antidepressants Work No Better Than a Placebo · · Score: 1

    If I were you, I'd look into a weird treatment... hookworms.

    It's unorthodox, weird, and kinda dirty. But if you need seed worms, there's people still doing it. It seems to knock off autoimmune diseases (in his case, asthma).

    His unscientific theories are interesting, and he isnt a quack trying to sell something.

  7. Re:A name-brand SSRI didn't do squat for me on Antidepressants Work No Better Than a Placebo · · Score: 1

    No Michael, you're just affected with the disease called "Fuckedup", not that there's anything wrong with that.

    Now, help me get the homo article off the FP. Go post something!

  8. Re:Obscurantism on Getting The Public To Listen To Good Science · · Score: 1

    Cloning is plenty acceptable, as is tailoring the receiver to accept another's genetic material as "self".

    So called "cures" that require continual maintenance along with an ever present fear of rejection is not a cure. That's just trading one bad for another.

  9. Well.. on The Economics of Free · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Free, eh?

    Lets see what he says when his book ends up on Piratebay. He is giving away the book for free, right?

  10. Re:Obscurantism on Getting The Public To Listen To Good Science · · Score: 1

    I don't accept the current idea that "stem cells" are the end all be all everyone claims them to be. Why?

    Simply put, I don't want to be on cyclosporine for the rest of my life. Oh, that is quite a downside.

    What interests me: being able to tailor immune systems to work with another accepted type, or having the self grow what it needs. Both have been done, and need more work.

    Regardless where stem cells come from, the anti-rejection drugs have too much of onerous demand on the body. We see that time and again with donated kidneys, lungs, and hearts where the recipient rejects the organ after 3, 4 or 10 years down the road. Not Pretty.

  11. Re:WHY IS THIS IN POLITICS????!!! on Pakistan Blocks YouTube · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's cause we own the middle east.

    They just dont know it ;)

  12. Hmm. on Pakistan Blocks YouTube · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I didn't know their public was even on the internet. I thought that was one of those countries where owning a modem was like a 5 year prison sentence.

    Oh well.

  13. Re:The problem is the user, not the security on Banks, Wall St. Feel Pinch from Computer Intrusion · · Score: 1

    Yeah, anti-phishing teaching might work, but what have you when I craft an attack that uses the "reverse unicode" character..

    www.chase.com/(reverse)1.0.0.721

    Hmm. Or I could even use the % code for the dots. Jumble it up even further..

  14. Re:Well, this is good ... on Banks, Wall St. Feel Pinch from Computer Intrusion · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And that kind of technology would invariably lead to "Works only on Windows".

    I'd rather have a separate "channel" of information to verify against. If one would use internet banking, then a txt msg containing pertinent info would be sent, with a reply "$dollar amount and yes" as confirmation.

    Phones can be deactivated rather fast when it comes to stolen" and such things. It would provide extra security and very little hassle.

  15. Re:Read the FA on The Semantics of File Sharing · · Score: 1

    Identity theft could have easily been solved by people that already exist: Notary Publics.

    Instead, the credit companies wanted easy access to build credit debt and got Congress NOT to require notary publics for such documents.

    As a "thought" experiment, take that credit card application you have and rip it up in to medium sized chunks. 30+ is perfect. Now, scotch tape them back together and then "fill it out" using your legit info. Guess what will happen? You'll get that CC.

  16. Re:I hate arguments by analogy on The Semantics of File Sharing · · Score: 1

    And I don't think you went far enough.

    We use the 2.4 GHz ISM block because the FCC allows all people to use it, as long as they follow restrictions. The limits relegate to power limits, PEP, and other directional situations in which interference may result. These rules are under part 15 of FCC code. Your devices almost always are under part 15. Once the device stated has cleared certain tests (proper frequency, harmonics below a certain threshold, etc.), communication with that device is no longer regulated, unless the radio circuits are brought back out of compliance.

    Nowhere in the FCC code does it cover data security via ISM frequencies. As far as I can tell, one would not be breaking any law if one would even crack WEP or WPA: past power and frequency, these frequencies are not regulated for content.

    And why should they be? It is legal to listen on nearly every frequency (except for mobile block). And part 15 allows me to transmit, given that I follow the rules regarding power and frequency.

  17. Re:I smell business opportunity! on Politicians and the Cyber-Bully Pulpit · · Score: 1, Redundant

    And have on the title of the paper in big bold letters.

    "IT IS MY OPINION..."

    Unlike the libel laws, opinions are NOT libel.

    I could say "It's my opinion you are a slanderous, murderous, paedophilic, homosexual who thought-raped my daughter last night in bed."

    Perfectly legal. Heh.

    Bad shit is like: "You are an arsonist." Arson is a crime. Are they guilty of said crime in a jury? If not, that's libel/slander. Dont do that.

  18. Re:Gateway Drug? on Leaked RIAA Training Video · · Score: 2, Funny

    A Gateway drug? But my PC is a Dell.

  19. ROFFLCOPTER on Leaked RIAA Training Video · · Score: 5, Informative

    The story forgot something...

    The link of the TORRENT ...or search RIAA training video on piratebay

  20. Re:How about. on Airport Security Prize Announced · · Score: 1

    ---Also, I have worked with dogs, and police dogs specifically, and I don't find their purported "detection" ability to be as good as public opinion makes it out to be.

    True. I concur, but we could play upon this unknown by creating "Dog Intelligence" by claiming they can smell fear and many chemical concoctions that create explosives. Only the few in law enforcement would know otherwise, and they wouldn't want to talk.

    I'd rather 'trust' a dog with not much in terms of bias than a TSA agent with a bone to pick ;)

  21. How about. on Airport Security Prize Announced · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Dogs?

    Yeah, trained dogs..

    Dogs can smell fear, and many chemical substances. You just have a pack of em and train them to bark ferociously when they "sense" trouble. Police dogs already have that kind of leeway.

  22. Re:Haven't they been doing this already? on Microsoft to Give Away Developer Tools to Students · · Score: 1

    If you NEED it for some class, go get it from FriendNet or piratebay, or any other source of questionable wares.

    If one of my classes required X software, which was for sale in the bookstore for 100's of dollars, guess what I'ma gonna do... For one, I shouldn't be taught a "Program". That's for trade schools. I should be learning theory. Next, if I were to start making money off of that XYZ program (say, MS compiler), then I should buy a copy. However, for learning, I dont think so, scooter.

  23. Re:If you RTFA you would see on Lawmakers Debate Patent Immunity For Banks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Fine. Tell me why it is novel?

    I could say the same about lawyer paperwork... I propose a patent on using auto-document feeders, OCR, and ODF data formats for storage on a ...SERVER!!!

    Oh wait. Thats what many higher-tech lawyers do at their law firms, as do doctors with MR's, and other professional peoples.

  24. Nice. on ICANN Finds No Wrong Doing in Domain Front Running · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Predatory domain name "Owner" finds no wrong with predatory practices.

    Captain Obvious to the rescue!

    I guess it's high time to support truly free DNSes, rather than the corporates. All they do is scam and then hide.

  25. Re:What about the "forbidden" bands? on Analog Cell Phone Network Shuts Down Monday · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Have you not learned, young one? Once laws are passed, they do not easily un-pass.

    The frequency ban will stay in effect. It even affects us ham operators, unless we buy receivers from out of the country.