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  1. Re:Patents in perspective on No PodBuddy for iPod lovers · · Score: 1

    Just wait 17 yrs (or is it more now?)
    the patent will expire, then we will ALL benefit from this new advance.

  2. the latter part of the sentence on Electric Cars as Fast as Ferraris · · Score: 1

    electric cars that will make them as fast as a Ferrari....

    when dropped out of a plane

  3. Re:Keytronic E03600 Black on Blank Keyboard · · Score: 1

    400% profit? Hah, do you know how long it takes for them to rub out each letter?

  4. Re:See it dubbed! on Review: Star Wars Episode III · · Score: 1

    I can see it now, a "business method" patent for dubbing English films in English.

  5. Re:Mozilla's Security? on 2 Firefox Security Flaws Lead to Exploit Potential · · Score: 1

    people switch due to ads, etc,
    NOT due to security problems.

    Whose mum here knows about security problems at all? security problems are not a shopping factor for the average user.

  6. Re:Al-Kashi, a cool mathematician on Pi: Less Random Than We Thought · · Score: 1

    I never got this:
    how do you calculate PI?

    isn't it an observed ratio?

  7. Re:You -Really- Don't Get This? on Can an Open Source Project Be Acquired? · · Score: 1

    If this happens, does said author own the rights to outside bugfix etc during the GPL years?

  8. Re:This can only mean one thing.. on DVD Truce Between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD? · · Score: 1
    If HD DVD is going to be released anyway, and PS3 is going to use bluray anyway, and THEN they:re going to unify a format...

    Doesn:t that mean we:ll have 3 formats???

  9. Re:Heh on Bandai to Ship UMD and DVD Discs Together · · Score: 1

    Do I get 2 licenses for the release, or is it 1 license on 2 objects, or are they 2 objects that I own?

    Can I say trade in my UMD license for an extra DVD one?

  10. Re:god or mear mortal on Michael Robertson Says Root is Safe · · Score: 4, Funny

    I did it, it said bad command. I'm running as admin on WinXP.

    OK, your turn.

  11. when on Congress Ponders Opening up iTunes DRM · · Score: 1

    was FireWire/USB decided? I thought they aimed at different markets. I thought both types of devices still are sold/developed.

  12. Re:Rather pointless on PDF Tracking On the Way · · Score: 1

    I thought adobe banned PDF other readers. Do you have any links? cuz I'm waiting to stop acrobat crashing mozilla everytime i accidently click a pdf link...

  13. Re:Whole slew of legal issues. on Gamer Slain Over Virtual Property Dispute · · Score: 1

    because if it was considered real, then the company who made the game would need a special licence because they are printing money.

    what kind of bastard sells something their friend lent them anyway?

  14. Re:does it matter? on How Long Do You Want Digital Media To Last? · · Score: 1

    Yeh. Like the humble CD. Since the introduction of DVDs half a decade ago, CDs have no longer been readable by the current DVD related software available. Oh wait...

  15. if I had $10 million on Spammer Bankrupted by Anti-Spammer Suits · · Score: 1

    I would stop working and live off the interest. That's why spammers are stupid. They don't know when to stop

  16. Issues? on Japanese Localization Help? · · Score: 1

    Well, everyone in Japan speaks Japanese for one thing. If you can't, then be prepared for a fun time!!
    Sounds like a fun job tho. Where did you find it?

  17. Re:Never on When Would You Accept DRM? · · Score: 1

    Forget rights of first sale. Give me a DRM where I can reformat my HD or upgrade my motherboard/CPU and not have to dial-in to validate all my media...
    Which by def then doesn't really do the DRM part of DRM.

  18. by the way on Adobe Acrobat Toolbar Worse than Malware? · · Score: 1

    anyone know how to remove Acrobat 'integration' with mozilla? all it does is crash.
    while a save as + open takes all of 5s

  19. erm, by definition on EU Sleuths Think Microsoft Sabotaged Windows · · Score: 1

    you wouldn't normally expect a Media Player-free version of Windows to play Microsoft Word documents with embedded... media....

  20. Re:HAve you actually read the bill? on Utah Governor Signs Net-Porn Bill · · Score: 2, Insightful

    the problem is,
    1) ISPs wasting money on useless filters
    2) parents using computers as babysitters since the filters are infallible, right?
    3) said parents randomly suing ISPs because their infallible filters didn't filter out some site

  21. Re:Miniatures? on Ultimate RPG Gaming Table · · Score: 1

    Exactly. I've never heard of people using minatures... always thought they were just kids playing with action figures...

  22. Re:Trivial solution ... on The Story Behind Cell Phone Radiation Research · · Score: 1

    HAH. There was research shoing headsets DIRECT radiation INTO the inner ear, causing 3 TIME the exposure c/f phone to ear!!
    So there!

  23. Re:Mobile Phone data transfer on NTT's Cool - Human Area Networking Technology · · Score: 1

    actually, how this could be any faster than transferring via IR I don't know.

  24. damn on MPAA Developing Digital Fingerprinting Technology · · Score: 2, Funny

    soon I won't be able to send my calculation of the value of Pi to my friends..............

  25. Re:Douglas Hofstadter: When an A is not an A on Shmoo Group Finds Exploit For non-IE Browsers · · Score: 1

    so grandma opens paypal and the letters are in pretty pink.
    and then???