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  1. Re:This is amazing on Solar-powered Handbag · · Score: 1

    Yes, you're a pasty white male, you're not that special.

  2. Re:Well, this will be an obvious success on California Legislature Passes Violent Game Bill · · Score: 1

    Not a legal mechanism, just an industry agreement. That's the difference. It's not against the law for a minor to see a R rated movie unacompanied, it will be against the law for a minor to buy an equivalently rated game now.

  3. Re:Nintendo should be worried on Satisfying Sequels · · Score: 1

    or maybe Nintendo told them to hold off until after the Tokyo Game Show next week.

  4. Re:Doesn't appear to be any stars or moon? on Earth Departure Movie From MESSENGER Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    Correct. If you have the sun or anything reflecting large amounts of sunlight in the camera's view, it will overwelm the faint light given off by the stars. It's a simple matter of contrast.
    Phil Plait has a bit on his site about it.

  5. Re:Wow, scary! on Google Seeks to Develop Parallel Internet? · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Already, they are complicit in censorship in China.

    Yes, how dare they obey the laws of a land they are opperating in. I suppose you also think Google is evil for complying with DMCA takedown notices in the USA or the anti-nazi laws in Germany or the competition in advertising laws in France?
  6. Re:Sidebars on Google Releases GDS 2.0 · · Score: 1

    You can make it autohide, just not always on top.
    Click the down arrow at the top next to the minimize button, there is the autohide tag. You need to have a clear shot at the desktop to get it to pop out since there is no always on top yet like the windows taskbar.

  7. Re:Needs a better acronym for public relations... on RFID Tags in Law Enforcement · · Score: 1

    From Wikipedia:

    UFIA is an acronym used on the website Fark.com for the phrase "unsolicited finger in the anus," based on the site's description of a trial involving a US high school football player who allegedly poked some of his clothed teammate's anuses. In the trial, the judge ruled that the action was not intended as a criminal or sexual act. Fark.com summarized the ruling with the line "an unsolicited finger in the anus, while crude, is not criminal".

  8. Re:hi-fi wi-fi on A Serious Contender for the Couch Throne · · Score: 1

    That reminds me, I friggin' hate Pod 6!

  9. Re:A sad day? on 60 Years Since Hiroshima · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually Hiroshima and Nagasaki were military targets.
    From wikipedia, Hiroshima:
    During the First Sino-Japanese War, Hiroshima emerged as a major supply and logistics base for the Japanese military, a role that it continued to play during World War II.
    and for Nagasaki
    On 9 August 1945, the primary target for the second atomic bomb attack was the nearby city of Kokura, but the bomber pilot found it to be covered in cloud. The industrial areas outside Nagasaki were the secondary target.

    And don't forget, the civilian population were under orders from the Emperor (who was seen as a god) to not be taken captive and use whatever they could as a weapon. There was an example of this (I can't recall the battle atm) where the civilians on an island that the Allies just won from Japan all commited suicide or rushed the Allies ending up dead.

  10. Re:Maybe games should use the movie ratings system on Jack Thompson Continues To Talk · · Score: 2, Interesting

    That would be better but the MPAA has copyrighted (tradmarked?) the movie rating system and has prosecuted people that come too close to copying it.

  11. Re:The TSA on TSA Violated Privacy Act · · Score: 1

    >> I have, on occasion, approached a transit boarding gate in a hurry. I could easily miss a plainclothes officer speaking to me, not notice or think that someone shouting in a crowded area meant to get my attention. I could get shot for being deaf! Sure.. if you're jumping turnstyles, dodging and running from visible badges for 10 minutes..

  12. Re:Prison rape jokes on 'Operation Site Down' Closes 8 Warez Servers · · Score: 1

    >> If everyone knows prison rape is happening .. why doesnt anyone give a shit?

    Because it isn't happening. Ever talk to people that actually went to prison/jail? If you let the fellow inmates know you're not into that, they leave you alone. Why risk solitary or a beatdown by the guards, raping an inmate when there are plenty that are more then willing to be with you? That plus why would the prison owners want to open themselves to that liability if they allowed it to freely happen?

  13. Re:Good on Revolution May Launch Last · · Score: 1

    Incredible, I can actually see the joke flying past your head.

  14. Re:Wallet? on Google Wallet May Compete With Paypal · · Score: 1

    WARK!

  15. Double Standards on Illinois Game Law Passes · · Score: 1

    And yet it's perfectly legal for a minor to buy an R rated movie. How come there is no VGAA for bribing lawmakers?

  16. Launched? on The Scoop on the Xbox 360's Embedded OS? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I can go buy it in stores? I think you mean debuted.

  17. Re:What I don't understand on Review - Lego Star Wars · · Score: 1

    Mine is black like the PS2 and Xbox...

  18. Re:Wal-mart censorship on Wal-Mart Turns Over DVD Rentals to Netflix · · Score: 1

    Did you happen to check the deleted scenes? Because what they show on tv is the extended cut. The dvd has the theatrical cut.

  19. Re:It's not funny in reality though. on Forgent and Microsoft Sue Each Other Over JPEG · · Score: 1

    That's why I propose building a 'B' ark...

  20. Re:question: on Carnegie Mellon Says Computers Breached · · Score: 1

    A quick Google shows that, yes you can. That link is relating to changing it to escape an abusive spouse but I'm sure that there are (a few) other reasons they'll accept.

  21. Re:Good for IDing computer componets to find drive on Google Search By Number · · Score: 1

    Even better is the FCC's page for doing fccid searches! https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/cf/eas/reports/ GenericSearch.cfm

  22. Re:Don't forget about Wal-Mart on Amazon Talking with Netflix And Blockbuster · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was just at a wal*mart getting some food and they had a huge widescreen tv set up with the star wars frito-lays display. On the widescreen tv was running a full frame version of phantom menace with big black bars on the sides.

  23. Re:Sources of info? on Girls Got Game · · Score: 0, Redundant

    >> It seemed to me that gamer culture was a bit more girl-friendly in Japan than in the States

    I guess you could say that

  24. Re:In Other News on Bungie Unveils New Halo 2 Maps · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Halo 2 maps will not be free, you have to buy the dvd or subscribe to xbox live.

  25. Re:lazy cuss that I am... on Google Weather Service And GMail Improvements · · Score: 1

    According to Wikipedia

    WX was the common telegraph abbreviation for weather. It was used primarily with Morse code, but its use still continues even today.