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  1. Re:Sounds pretty good to me on TSA Software Bug Creates Airport Bomb Scare · · Score: 1

    How about if it was this:

    Willie Williams, the airport's federal security director, said the screener saw something suspicious and notified a supervisor. The two manually rechecked all the bags on the conveyor belt but could not find anything. The suspect was escorted to another room in handcuffs for a full cavity search and finally released just in time to board their plane.

    Can I have a luggage sticker that says I refuse to be used in airport tests?

  2. Re:Locking down net access at work makes sense on Security Fears Prod Firms to Limit Staff Web Use · · Score: 1

    Exactly. I don't see how one can complain about web mail etc. Anyone who thinks they have a right to be writing personal mail at work needs to attend work ethics class. Thinks like IM are a super time waster.

  3. Re:Good to see application on Lab-Grown Bladder Transplanted · · Score: 1

    The patient cannot reject the new organ, as it is grown from their own cells. Question is whether a real organ is the same as a bunch of cells grown in a bowl shaped like the real organ. Wouldn't the pipes etc be heading the wrong way? What if the 'in' and 'out' pipes grew in the opposite side?!

  4. Bad example on Microsoft Says Recovery From Malware Becoming Impossible · · Score: 1

    Just because the U.S. government struggled with a PC problem, doesn't mean the average user or a mid sized corp would have the same problems. Face it, all U.S. government departments got a failing grade AGAIN this year on computer security - in its own internal audits! Any mid sized corp would certainly not sit on its ass for years on a problem. All places I've worked at had AV/backup policies in place and a PC restoration procedure. I don't see there being any problem.

  5. Re:Roach Intelligence on Cockroaches Make Group Decisions? · · Score: 1

    Not only can they survive a nuclear war, but they can count and divide?!

    Well, seems they can only divide by 2 now, wonder how long till they learn to divide by 3!

  6. Re:Emulation Layer on Why Windows is Slow · · Score: 1

    Clearly, access to the source makes managers want to 'use existing code', thus inhibiting clean implementations like WINE. It's like, I could sit down at the drawing board and design an emulator, or I could hack away at bits of existing code and always have something compilable.

    What would you choose as a paid prog with no pride in the code (it's not your code anyway)

  7. Re:So which is it... on Suing Google Over Pagerank · · Score: 1

    Shhhhhhhhhh,,,,,,,,,,,, It's a secret that the search ranking system is patented. Don't let anyone know!

  8. Re:SONY is a hydra on Sony DRM and the New Digital Hole · · Score: 1

    Hydra or not, when I choose never to buy a vaio again, it's because they don't work well with any other non-sony hardware products.
    When I don't buy minidisc.net, it's because its all lies
    When I don't buy sony digicams, it's because their MS/Pro/Super Pro have failed to work EVEN with their OWN hardware so many times due to design errors. (I count 3)

  9. Re:Illinois on ESA Wants Money From Illinois · · Score: 1

    Maybe it'll make the news and your governor can foot the bill himself. After all, ESA can-t be penalised just because Illinois is stupid and poor at the same time.

  10. Aah, at last on Sony Decides Against Blu-Ray Downsampling · · Score: 2, Insightful

    After the beta, minidisc.net, memorystick, memorystick pro, atrac, rootkit failures/debacles, Sony realises it cannot force crap onto consumers for very long.

    About bloody time.

  11. Re:Well DUH on Analysis of .NET Use in Longhorn and Vista · · Score: 1

    It just proves that porting is a pain even for rich giant co.s
    Who has ever seen any major app ported from C++ to a modern language anyway?

    The test is for NEW MS apps. These should popup soon enuf.

  12. Oh yeah? on Let Joe Average Help You Code · · Score: 1

    He's obviously never tutored an info-sys subject at uni. Marking programs submitted by CS degrees vs commerce degrees in the same subject clearly shows you need training to write proper programs.

  13. Fools on UK Government Confiscates Firefox CDs · · Score: 1

    "If Mozilla permit the sale of copied versions of its software, it makes it virtually impossible for us, from a practical point of view, to enforce UK anti-piracy legislation, as it is difficult for us to give general advice to businesses over what is/is not permitted."

    If Mozilla permit the sale of copied versions of its software, then no piracy is occurring, and no enforcing of UK anti-piracy legislation is necessary.

  14. Re:WHY? on Add 8GB of Storage to Your Cell Phone · · Score: 1

    Because phone makers != network providers

  15. Solution on Consumers vs. IP Owners: The Future of Copyright · · Score: 1

    I dunno, I can see another copyright extension act tagged at the bottom of a terror bill or education bill. /. why must I slow my brain down to post less than once/5min? I just read thru 3 articles here already. this is my 4th.

  16. Re:Why I should worry about it. on Houston Police Chief Wants Cameras in Homes · · Score: 1

    This is exactly right. Now, if only I could use this reason to explain privacy to my parents... maybe not...

  17. Re:The Law of Inintended Consequences on Tech-Ed Funding to be Tied to Copyright-Ed? · · Score: 1

    'the implications of illegal peer-to-peer network file sharing.' may be interesting, but I think 'the implications of legal peer-to-peer network file sharing.' should also be considered.

  18. Great idea on IM On Mobile Phones · · Score: 1

    RU going to charge us 20c per IM like you do for SMSs too? Sure sounds like a cash cow eh?

    Why is it Japan can charge 0.9c for not just an SMS but a REAL EMAIL from mobile phones, and 5yrs on western carriers are still ripping off teenage kids with $500 bills because of a few SMS conversations?

  19. Re:General taxation on British PC Tax to Replace TV License? · · Score: 1

    Solution. Tax life. All human lifeforms undoubtedly watch TV at least once in their lives. And BBC at least once.

    Thus, tax them all at birth. Also, at airports etc, add the TV tax at immigration. Next to the visa stamp would be the TV tax paid until: stamp.

    This solves problems 2,3 right there. 1,4 are not really problems.

  20. How many items on 19 Charged in Alleged Software Piracy Plot · · Score: 3, Funny

    add upto 6.5mil?
    I didn't know there was that much current software in existence.

  21. Should it be? on Does Your Employer Ban Skype? · · Score: 1

    Should you be chatting to your friends and family at work?
    If so, it shouldn't be banned.

    Collaborators? For work? Then use the phone.

  22. Re:It's worse than that on Iris Scanning For New Jersey Grade School · · Score: 1

    "So unless they are surrounding the school with barbed wire fences and have a guard at the entrance and exit, you won't stop the criminal from entering."

    And there you have the solution! Barbed wire will give children and parents a sense of security and the rest of the world something to laugh about.

    But seriously, if you've watched GATTACA you'll know that DNA turnstiles are the way to go for speed and security, NOT time consuming IRIS checkers. A bump from the back and you could lose an eye! Won't anyone think of the children?

  23. Re:Minor Correction to Article Summary... on New Rubik's Cube World Record Set · · Score: 1

    I think rubrics cube alone kinda implies a 3x3x3 cube

  24. see where the problem is? on Anti-Gaming Legislation in Florida Moves Forward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    *Left to their own devices...*

    Perhaps children should NOT be left to their own devices all the time...

  25. so the truth is out on FCC to Auction Airwaves for Inflight Internet · · Score: 1

    *The FCC is also weighing whether to allow consumers to use their own cell phones on planes.*

    Yeh? I thought using cell phones etc caused interference with flight systems. What else in the safety videos is bullshit?