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  1. bad idea. But hey it's just public airwaves, what is the worst that could happen?

  2. Re:Here's the deal on Do Good Programmers Need Agents? · · Score: 1

    Quick Question: (Completely off-topic)... In civil engineering how do you tell the B.S. candidates from the actual quality candidates? So as far as I've seen it's about 1 good in 20 total. I must be too judgmental. Also, anywhere to find your contact info?

  3. The fall of apple has amazing acceleration on Apple Is Forced By EU To Give 2 Years Warranty On All Its Products · · Score: 0

    Every day I keep seeing more and more apple products cracked, shattered, outdated, unsupported and useless. The company who is famous for their support and quality is oddly now unsupportive and producing low quality products. I think the finance guru's have infiltrated the ranks of what was once a excellent budding technology company. A great example of this is the proprietary lock-in technology death is facetime. While facetime is just google video chat, the two systems do not integrate. Ultimately sealing Skype's dominance as a unifier in the world of video chat. This position is a direct failure to lead a market with innovation and instead strangles an emerging market with restrictions. iMessage is another great example of apple's failure as a leader. That said, Andriod is a lost puppy, sony shoots their customers repeatedly, Nokia still can't find their white flags to make friends, RIM way up in canada just heard about a guy named Obama and Microsoft can't figure out which company to buy. I guess I see why Apple is the market leader, all it takes is to beat out the rest....

  4. Re:For those of us in cold climates... on California Utilities to Control Thermostats? · · Score: 1

    Encryption: @#$SFJD@#$SD

    Encoded: 42

    "encrypted and encoded" is way better than encoded encryption.. People would be trying to
    guess at the switching encryption method for ever.

  5. Useable code on Crowther's Original Adventure Source Code Found · · Score: 1

    In the thread about it someone posted modified code that can actually compile.. (Even with cygwin!)
    http://www.russotto.net/~russotto/ADVENT/
    I just compiled and it was flawless, so cheers

  6. Re:What about other licenses? on USDTV Subscribers Gouged For Linux USB Keys · · Score: 1

    Most projects that do this keep a management system
    on both of the branches of the code.

    This way when they publish their GPD'ed code they just publish the entire code minus the
    3rd party functions and sections.
    The way I've run into it is they just have the third party stuff kept seperate from the OSS
    content. That way you can still mainly work with the OSS stuff with out the copywritten stuff.
    (just means you have broken functions all over the place)

    Just my two cents..
    and i hate computers.

  7. Re:Sale has already been completed on Amazon Adjusts Prices After Sales Error · · Score: 1

    after waiting tables for quite a long time. that is not the normal situation.
    The watier has bought the food on his line of credit against the restraunt as soon as he picks up the plate in the kitchen.
    His bill to you is his problem not the restraunts. If he screws it up, he'll pay for it at the end of the night
    out of his tips.

    You just end up being a quick, nice guy who can remember to add up everything.
    I've forgotten to add tons of crap onto peoples bills, when your running 10 tables crap happens.
    Do I get mad at the tables for not correcting my failure to document a sale? no that would be silly.
    It's the sellers error, and the seller eats it. (Cost of doing business).
    Running 10 tables for a entire night, buying a plate of food is really a minimal cost.

    Amazon is not just selling 100 dvd's a month they are selling millions.
    The fact that a few thousand ended up costsing them 100% loss.
    Well, thats just the cost of doing business.
    I'm sure it won't hurt their bottom line.

  8. video? on NASA World Wind 1.4 Released With Trailer · · Score: 1

    am I missing something or the video references is really lacking a link?

  9. analog hole on MPAA Sues Company For Selling Pre-Loaded iPods · · Score: 1

    Awe.. and who says they are breaking CSS when they do it
    couldn't they just as easily said they bought a dvd player, and captured the input and encoded it?
    Would that not be a legal way to make a digital copy?

    This is really a childish game put on by the MPAA..
    They get their dam'ed money in the end, their problem is that they don't get enough..
    Saddly Expect to see more of these.
    with the speed of internet/cpu's today there is absolutely no reason why we do not have
    fully functioning remote libraries of movies purchased with public funds.

  10. Re:Too many people = the root of all evil on U.S. Population Hits 300 Million · · Score: 1

    i vote we fix that starting with you. ;P

  11. Re:Fearmongering is not the way to do this. on Mass Extinctions from Global Warming? · · Score: 1

    Oh, western culture is so much worse than eastern culture, with their freaking eastern desert landscape!

  12. mass transit on California Sues Automakers for Global Warming · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The only way the people of california should back this..
    is if 100% of the award.. goes to creating a mass transit system.
    No lawyers fee's, No campaign contributions, Just fund a construction project
    to move people fast, efficient and CLEAN.

  13. Contact Info on Neuroscientist Halts Research to Stop Extremists · · Score: 1

    If you are unhappy with their project you can always send them a email.
    Their email address is on the site: UCLA@PrimateFreedom.com

    Write constructive things and not slander... slander is easy to computer generate.

  14. another way on The Multi-Pointer X server · · Score: 2, Insightful

    another way i can be at the computer, and yet someone can come up and steal it away from --

  15. Re:spreading themselves thin on Hands on: Google Spreadsheets · · Score: 1

    I'm a student..
    I give out my personal information even time i enter a office.
    Me($.43) and my $13.03 dollar checking account need to balance my money in and out.
    I doubt google will make much cash off my use, but still they offer.
    And your running around screaming foul, At least google tells you they are stealing your info.

    MS just hides it in a eula and expects you to be ok with no rights to your own work.

  16. Re:Drugs are no help on Psychopharm Going 'Mainstream' In Schools? · · Score: 1

    yeah, I was at that final..
    I was the kid behind you..
    I nailed the final also.
    Except the night before and after the final.
    I got nailed by my girlfriend.
    When i only assumed you were A) busy studying in the library, or B) sleeping for 2 days till it wore off.

  17. note to self on Techies Asked To Train Foreign Replacements · · Score: 1

    When I hear of these companies downsizing or screwing over their workers.
    I just make sure of one thing i can control.
    I will never do business with them.
    Never say never, but dare if i lay down and allow my morgage to pass through their slim ridden fingers.

  18. Re:Never? on Space Elevator An Impossible Dream? · · Score: 1

    ya know I said the same thing about biology 1.2 billion years ago.. Funny thing it just keep getting more complex. ;)

  19. ok Fine on UK Government Wants Private Encryption Keys · · Score: 1

    Ok, Fine..
    but will they at least write some good encryption software todo it with.
    Most encryption software sucks.

    Side note, would this also mean we don't have to use the verisign terriost any more?

  20. Back stepping on HD Video Could 'Choke the Internet'? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So, The large corporations are now backstepping. Wait
    when we ran all of those small companies out of business by
    undercutting them and promising the world (and providing something much less) we were actually ruining another business model?

    They are in year long contracts now with people who had a expectation of a service. Since most isp's haven't constantly been upgrading capacity as their client base grows, there is going to be a huge thunk when people realize
    that there has been a lot of pocketing profits. Profits that should have gone
    into improving the network.

    The thunk is comming

  21. public on The NSA Knows Who You've Called · · Score: 1

    The whole bitching over this thing is trivial.
    If you really think your phone conversations are 'secure' then you are saddly mistaken. Telecommunications corps. are like giant black holes for information.
    Put on a yellow vest and you can walk right in and request any information you want. Yes, Terriost, or 15 year old kids can do the same dam thing.

    As the UK posters, Why would your government tell you about a secret database of phone calls? I am sure in the UK the inteligence community has a little tigher grasp on the media, you know with their ability to locate all of the vechicles at any given moment.

    These are not new ideas. What is 'new' is they are being half-assed reported. Reporters are scrambling for a story so quickly that they do not A) check facts and/or B) care about what their stories say. With the invent of cable news, has also come 23.5 hours of worthless topics and rehashing cspan.

    If it is a secret government spying ring, I seriously think we should leave it up to the gentlemen with the PHD in pych. who has worked his way up to his position.

    If and when it is used illegaly, then there should be action from the justices. Not congress.

  22. Re:-1, Arrogant Ass on Server Monitoring With Munin And Monit · · Score: 1

    I agree.. this guy is an ass.

  23. IE purchase? on Return of the Web Mob · · Score: 5, Funny

    So........
    When i went to purchase these 25,000 computers with my trusty Internet Explorer v4.0, I actually got A DEAL!. They tossed in a extra computer now I control 25,001. These guys are soo nice!.

  24. Re:Good thing for parents on iPod Update to Address Volume-Level Concerns · · Score: 1

    I grew up with siblings..
    So.. I never heard 'turn it down', if it was too loud one of two things happened.
    I got punched in the size with a 'Turn it F'ing down'..

    Or someone ripped the headphones off my head inorder for them to use it.

    Both of these of course ended up with a manditory fight, something or someone always ended up broken. Yet now i do not run around blasting my music loud or doing other equally stupid actions. ;)

    So not physical punishment just siblings, a always giving "Feature" in life.

  25. Re:How do they even write these patches??? on Two Unofficial IE Patches Block Attacks · · Score: 1

    glad to hear you moved to linux..
    btw.. your sites down. ;)