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  1. Re:Story authors should have posted a .torrent. on Visual Autopsy Of An ATM Card Skimmer · · Score: 1

    question - why don't "overrated" mods come up for metamod?

  2. Re:Here is what I do on Visual Autopsy Of An ATM Card Skimmer · · Score: 1

    as he said and you quoted, it _used to be_.

  3. Re:It was the bad fight on Russian Rovers on the Moon · · Score: 1

    NV's weapons came from mostly China and France (US military aid to France, which was then abandoned/stolen), not USSR.

  4. Re:No admision of guilt on One Man's Check From The RIAA · · Score: 1

    They were found guilty of price-fixing. Logically, that means the price "should have" been lower.

    this isn't a matter of it should go down because its value goes down... it's a matter of the price should go down because it [legally] didn't reflect the correct market value

  5. Re:The Ultimate Paradox on Sim City Inside The Sims - Russian Doll Effect? · · Score: 1

    except, the paradox implies that no-one has a beard (since everyone either shaves himself or is shaved by the barber)

  6. Re:Circular on Arctic Ice Holds Much CO2 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ice is not water. [PP was saying that] it's possible that cold open water works better than ice and would offset the warm water elsewhere

  7. Re:Don't you love regulations? on Free World Dialup Under The Gun Again · · Score: 1

    that's only as much a medical application as the drivers license is for putting a name other than "John Doe" on your hospital bed (or corpse), or perhaps those bracelets people with allergies / diabetes / etc have... (the former aren't regulated by the FDA, i'm sure... are the latter? i don't see why, it's purely informational)

  8. Re:Games on cell phones are not new on Plain Cell Phones Fading Away? · · Score: 1

    having it actually ring _would_ be unique... unlike some of the more overplayed "ring-songs" (i know which ones i'm thinking of but i don't know the names)

  9. Re:Not usually on Electronic Burglary in the Senate · · Score: 1

    It's not "Breaking and entering" when the door's unlocked (or even, i think, if you pick the lock rather than breaking it), but it is "Unlawful entry" (i.e. the "entering" part of "breaking and entering")

  10. Re:It depends on the counteroffer on Microsoft to sue Mike Rowe for Copyrights · · Score: 1

    i'd thought they had alleged that he committed a criminal act by "offering" to sell the domain, carrying a far greater penalty than the trademark infringement itself

  11. Re:It depends on the counteroffer on Microsoft to sue Mike Rowe for Copyrights · · Score: 1

    Finally, with all of that in mind, offering to buy the domain name is not unethical at all. No need for any Bar to step in and get involved.

    It's called entrapment, and it's illegal.

  12. Re:informative ?!? on Apartment Lit Solely by LEDs · · Score: 1

    fluorescent, then. whichever... actually, what _are_ those, anyway?

  13. Re:Don't believe should be a blue sky on Colorization of Mars Images? · · Score: 1

    The color pictures from Mars Pathfinder are a spectacular reminder that the sky is not blue on Mars.

    Correct me if i'm wrong... isn't the integrity of these very pictures in question in the article?

  14. Re:it's about time some one did this on California Bans Front-Seat Computer Use · · Score: 1
    books should be outlawed too if laptops are

    Yes, in fact, they should. Do you honestly believe it should be legal to read a book while driving?
    Do you honestly believe it should be illegal to read a book while riding in the front side passenger seat? geez, remind me never to vote for _you_
  15. Re:Well... on 8th Grader Suspended for Using 'net send' Command · · Score: 1

    you're restricted from using the command line at a _college_? and using NT/2k/XP, too... what damage are they afraid you'll do without an admin account?

  16. Re:Is it just me.. on Skip The IP Address · · Score: 1
    Noiptun is a client-server based application that allows secure communication with computers that do not have an IP address.
    the story itself also says that an ip _stack_ is required, but no _address_... you are the one who has it backwards
  17. Re:Uhhh ARIA said different. on CD-Rs and MP3s Not Hurting Record Sales · · Score: 3, Informative
    "More than 80 % of people who received burnt CDs say that they would 'rarely' or 'never' buy a copy of a burnt CD they had received. More than 50 % of file sharers tend not to buy music they have downloaded (ie. 'rarely' or 'never' buy)." --- No, I know I wouldnt "Pay" for a burnt CD.. I'd pay for the original item.. but never for "burnt CD". Wouldnt the be "burned" ? http://www.aria.com.au/news.htm
    read it again. it says they wouldn't "buy a copy of" [meaning, buy a legitimate disc] for something of which they had already received a CDR copy.
  18. Re:It would be WAY too easy . . . on You've Got Spam: AOL Blocks 1/2 Trillion Spam · · Score: 1

    that's incorrect... many people incorrectly believe that its status as an "independent agency" (from the 70s) means it's not part of the government, when it really only means it's no longer a cabinet-level department or attached to any.

  19. Re:What??? on Nigerian Scammers Claim Another Victim · · Score: 1

    though the oldest reference GPP could find was 1991, snopes dates the "spanish prisoner" scam at least as far back as the 1920s. that's more than 73 years

  20. Re:Biohazard tent on Cube House · · Score: 2, Funny

    The downside was when someone let one rip, well it lingered.

    That's the biohazard part... brilliant!

  21. Re:"standard" piece pack on Making Your Own Board/Card Games? · · Score: 1

    I would have said thousands. Millions even... What do you have against piecepack anyway?

    Just because he says "dozens or hundreds" instead of "thousands or millions" doesn't mean he has anything against them... given the posted number of 78, i'd say he was more correct than you (sure, there's probably lots more not posted there, but probably more like "hundreds" than "millions")

  22. Re:When will they learn on MUTE: Simple, Private File Sharing · · Score: 0, Troll

    what makes you assume the mp3s came from the cd and not the vinyl record (using generic terms, as people have actually tried to apply your argument to stuff that _was_ released with the same title on both formats) ?

  23. Re:Absolutely right on 235,000 Fewer Programmers by 2015 · · Score: 0, Troll

    well, what if _all_ the employers do that? think about it

  24. Re:Can you blame them? on Have You Fought Your ISP Over Bandwidth Limits? · · Score: 0, Troll

    i would prefer to be cut off after X MB download in 30 days rather than after f(X) MB where f() is unknown

  25. New Mastercard Commercial on The Cost of 12 Days of Christmas · · Score: 1
    A partridge in a pear tree
    $77.50
    Two turtle doves And a Partridge in a pear tree
    $135.50
    Three French Hens, Two turtle doves And a Partridge in a pear tree
    $150.50
    Four calling birds, Three French Hens, Two turtle doves And a Partridge in a pear tree
    $550.50
    Five golden rings, Four calling birds, Three French Hens, Two turtle doves And a Partridge in a pear tree
    $911.75
    Six geese a laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, Three French Hens, Two turtle doves And a Partridge in a pear tree
    $1 061.75
    Seven swans a swimming, Six geese a laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, Three French Hens, Two turtle doves And a Partridge in a pear tree
    $4 561.75
    Eight maids a milking, Seven swans a swimming, Six geese a laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, Three French Hens, Two turtle doves And a Partridge in a pear tree
    $4 602.95
    Nine ladies dancing, Eight maids a milking, Seven swans a swimming, Six geese a laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, Three French Hens, Two turtle doves And a Partridge in a pear tree
    $8 833.84
    Ten lords a leaping, Nine ladies dancing, Eight maids a milking, Seven swans a swimming, Six geese a laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, Three French Hens, Two turtle doves And a Partridge in a pear tree
    $12 755.28
    Eleven pipers piping, Ten lords a leaping, Nine ladies dancing, Eight maids a milking, Seven swans a swimming, Six geese a laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, Three French Hens, Two turtle doves And a Partridge in a pear tree
    $14 737.68
    Twelve drummers drumming, Eleven pipers piping, Ten lords a leaping, Nine ladies dancing, Eight maids a milking, Seven swans a swimming, Six geese a laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, Three French Hens, Two turtle doves And a Partridge in a pear tree
    $16 855.28
    For a grand total of: $65 264.28 Having the song repeated endlessly since age 4: Priceless