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  1. Re:Prioritized Citizenship? on United States Cedes Control of the Internet · · Score: 1

    Really.. I distinctly remember reading an article about this censorship in China not many months ago, but perhaps I misunderstood. In any case, it's not surprising that there is a written list, but just because it's there doesn't mean that censored topics are limited to it. You can still bust newspapers and blogs because of "national security" or "criminal activity" or whatever, even if it's not specifically on the list, which is what creates an atmosphere of fear of the government/police.

  2. Re:Great? In what way? on You OS Web Based Operating System · · Score: 1

    Opera runs natively on the NDS. I don't think there's any particular OS behind it, other than the device and API itself.

  3. Re:Hmm. on Xbox 360 Game Piracy Spreading In China · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't it be 'hangar', or am I missing some subtle point?

  4. Re:Two things on Can Games Make You Cry? · · Score: 1

    Actually, I recently found out it's possible to save him, if you manage to kill all the pale-faced guys busting through the door.

  5. Re:OKay... on Freeze-Dried Blood May Save Soldiers' Lives · · Score: 1
    It seems like it's made from a Robusta source, so it's probably bitter, with a hardened tone, forcibly overpowering anything you try to add to it.

    Now, on the other hand, if it were from an Arabica source, it would have a softer, more cultivated tone, less aggressive and not quite as dominating.

    Yes, I prefer Coffea Arabica, why do you ask?

    </bashing>

  6. Re:Prioritized Citizenship? on United States Cedes Control of the Internet · · Score: 1
    (Also, you definitionally can't censor yourself: a person deciding NOT to say something is a function of free speech just as a person deciding TO say something is).
    I'm not sure it works like that, because by that definition China enjoys Free speech. There's no written list of forbidden topics that will land you in jail, but rather, only occasional busts when someone does something wrong. In this way, the Chinese media must censor themselves consciously if they want to stay in business, and they must preferrably censore more than necessary, to be sure they're not overstepping some unseen line.

    If you choose not to say something, you must ask: why?

  7. Re:Another Get Firefox day coming soon... on IE7 to be Pushed to Users Via Windows Update · · Score: 1
    Hell, if I kept calc.exe running in the background for weeks, it'd probably start using up resources, too.
    No it wouldn't, because it's made well [1].

    If my computer is on, Opera is loaded. It stays loaded for as long as the computer is on, sometimes for days, if the computer's doing something. I wouldn't expect the same usability from Firefox, unfortunately. A rude message to apologists: why does Firefox need the same treatment as Windows, i.e. regular restarts?

    [1] blatant assumption

  8. Re:Another Get Firefox day coming soon... on IE7 to be Pushed to Users Via Windows Update · · Score: 1

    It is not absurd. For what reason should you periodically close a program, like you do with Windows, and just accept it?

  9. Re:Holy Shit on United States Cedes Control of the Internet · · Score: 1
    Well? I don't think the US owns the modern Internet, most of which is neither built nor used in the US.

    There is a high concentration of Internet activity in USian tubes, but that doesn't mean it should control the valves.

    Ok, bad, incorrect pun...

  10. Re:English equivalents of US units on True Unlimited Broadband in the UK? · · Score: 1

    Aren't US measurements the more convoluted ones?

  11. Re:Great? In what way? on You OS Web Based Operating System · · Score: 1

    Sure, but I have a hard time believing it would be as usable as soon. No real keyboard input, remember, and it's hard to fix when things go wrong (which they will).

  12. Re:This is a very good thing. on It's Official - AMD Buys ATI · · Score: 1
    AMD needs GPU functionality on the CPU
    Eventually we'll all probably just have huge processor packages that we plug expansion cards into, instead of a motherboard.
  13. Re:Great? In what way? on You OS Web Based Operating System · · Score: 1

    A web-based desktop system would be perfect for the Nintendo DS with the new Opera loaded.

  14. Re:Meh, I mean come on on Astronomers Awaiting 1a Supernova · · Score: 1

    The core dump is always a big mess too.

  15. Re:Great predictions of the unpredictable on NPR Looks to Technological Singularity · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yes, but the model they're using ("I imagine this could possibly happen..") is already horribly failure-prone in the first place.

  16. Re:Very few are neccessary on What Processes are Necessary for Windows XP? · · Score: 2, Funny

    No no, it's the other way around: the plugin kills the System process if it detects a "funny" post.

  17. Re:Black Viper's list on What Processes are Necessary for Windows XP? · · Score: 1

    Though the WRT54GL v5 runs on linux, and has basically the same hardware, except more memory.

  18. Re:A DigiPen Game on Now You're Thinking With Portals · · Score: 1

    You can do this in Narbacular Drop. There's one level, "Ladder" something, where instead of step by step going up platforms with flaming boulders rolling over them, you simply place a portal on a wall next to you and use it as a window. The other portal you place so it overlooks the next platform, and continue doing the same, except you now can continue placing the other portal looking through the first one, then use the portals when the other one has reached the top. Simply awesome.

  19. "Surveillance" on Talking Mirror, Pirate Skull Security System · · Score: 4, Funny

    It turns into a surveillance camera as the jacuzzi reaches the right temperature?.. o, I want that! Can I take screen caps?

  20. Re:Minor picking of a nit on Indian Government Lifts Ban on Blogs · · Score: 1
    Huh, at first I thought you somehow meant the parent poster, as in:

    "Your mother was a typo, and your father overdosed on apostrophes, you, you.. you misspelled worthless!!" *shakes fist*

    Would've been a rather biting insult.

  21. Re:Slashdot DS on DS Web Browsing Looks Refreshingly Good · · Score: 1
    Oh my, I just realized one could say 'double-dot' instead of 'colon', for maximum effect:

    H-T-T-P-double-dot-slash-slash-slash-dot-dot-org -slash-search-dot-P-L

    Now say it three times quickly.

  22. Re:J2EE on Slashback: Facebook Un-Ban, Exploding Laptop, FFXI II · · Score: 1

    Hum, how does Java misunderstand them, and don't just about all plaforms have separate STDOUT and -ERR?

  23. Re:beta on Windows Vista still Rife with Insecure Code · · Score: 1

    If you mean s/skies/seas/ then say so! :)

  24. Re:Dear AMD fanboys on Core 2 Reviews All Around the Web · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm a musician, and I need all the processing power I can get, the more the better. It also needs to be quiet, as in no noise at all. So yes, some people need low heat and fast performance in their desktops.

  25. Re:Fuzzy Math on A Humorous Introduction To IPv6 · · Score: 1

    No, you should print out the IP packets, photograph them, develop the film, make prints from the negatives, place the prints on a wooden table at the destination, and do OCR with a webcam.