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  1. Re:California doesn't need the U.S. on California Edges Toward Joining Real ID Revolt · · Score: 1

    If the state is so great, why are the majority of people leaving it coming to Nebraska? We've imported most of it's gangs aswell!

    captcha: senate

  2. Re:Turn off computer or modem when not using on Mass Website Hack Compromises 200,000 Sites · · Score: 1

    Most if not all cable modems have a standby button on it to literally "turn off the internet".

    It's usually located on the top, if it's a Motorola.

  3. Re:defective by design indeed ... on British Airport Will Require Fingerprints From Domestic Passengers · · Score: 2, Informative

    Besides my natural "what the fuck do you need my fingerprints for", it seems it would have honestly been cheaper to segregate the areas instead of having to maintain a fingerprints system for _x_ years.

    But then again, maybe it's cheaper to have those systems now. Even one of the local grocery store chains has a check cashing method where you just have to scan your fingerprint.

  4. Paint.NET on Google Funds Work for Photoshop on Linux · · Score: 1

    Now if only we could have a Linux Paint.NET...

  5. Re:Do arms races ever work? on BitTorrent Devs Introduce Comcast-Proof Encryption · · Score: 3, Funny

    It would make it heavier and fly a bit lower, leaving you open to Dog in the Middle attacks.

  6. Re:Do arms races ever work? on BitTorrent Devs Introduce Comcast-Proof Encryption · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes. Once they actually do make disc based media that can actually take a fall, we'll be using the FDTP (Flying Disc Transfer Protocol) method.

    However, the packet drop in windy places would be too much.

  7. Re:Crisis Averted! on Writers Strike Officially Over · · Score: 1

    That works both ways. If the corrupt unions weren't overpricing labor, companies would have no reason to outsource to China.

  8. Re:Crisis Averted! on Writers Strike Officially Over · · Score: 1

    AC, meet OSHA.

    OSHA, AC.

  9. Re:I visited starbucks on Starbucks Drops T-Mobile For AT&T · · Score: 1

    1) Americans, not USians. you AUSian.

    2) Fast food coffee is completely different to what people make at home. Do you want it fast, or do you want it to taste good? Either way I drown it in creamer.

  10. Re:I'd write the crap code. on W3C Gets Excessive DTD Traffic · · Score: 1

    why not collect all URLs first and then apply a banlist against them?

  11. Re:Public Record? on WV Assessor Sues to Keep Tax Maps Off the Internet · · Score: 2, Informative

    Interestingly, Omaha does this aswell:

    http://www.dcassessor.org/

    However, they do display parcel ownership. In fact, by name is one of the search options..

  12. Re:Now that you mention it... on Intel Sued Over Core 2 Duo Patent Infringement · · Score: 1

    There are no universities that run on public funding University of Nebraska says "hi".
  13. Re:CD checks for online games on Blizzard Patches No-CD Support Into Warcraft III · · Score: 1

    It doesn't, they lock your hours to the phone number you dial from now.

  14. Re:Dammit, now I need another excuse on Apple Updates iPhone and iPod Touch · · Score: 1

    A car is a status symbol.

    Everybody has a cellphone now, though.

    (and honestly, I wouldn't pay more than 14k for a new car)

  15. Re:Whither Nvidia/PhysX? on NVIDIA To Buy AGEIA · · Score: 1

    Good luck with that then. nVidia screwed Microsoft over on the Xbox, and MS has been making them feel it ever since.

  16. Re:Of course men not obsolete just yet on Sperm Made From Female Bone Marrow, Men Obsolete? · · Score: 1

    I seem to also remember that women tend to be shorter than men not due to testosterone levels, but estrogen levels. Estrogen is apparently (don't quote me on this) what makes your bones 'fuse' and so women of course have their bones start to fuse and not grow taller anymore at a younger age. Whereas a male can keep getting taller well until you're about 23-25, due to much lower estrogen levels.

  17. Re:Common wisdom on Do Any Companies Power Down at Night? · · Score: 1

    About the only organization that I've seen keep machines around for an epic amount of time is libraries. The scanner machines at the one I worked at were late 70s or mid 80s, I can't remember what they told me. The boxes themselves were about as big as an alienware case, all just for the barcode reading. I accidentally broke one on the job one day (something with the power plug) and the IT guy told me that they were lucky to be able to fix it.

    They upgraded from Windows 95 to Win XP Pro in about 2004 or late 2003. The receipt printers are from the early 90s, and are only replaced if they are so dead that they can't be brought back (there's about 3-4 replacement printers in the back rooms, that just sit there).

    Then again, it'd probably help if the library had more than 2$ per person living in the city in their budget.

  18. Re:Which GPL Version For Ogg Frog? on Trolltech Adopts GPL 3 for Qt · · Score: 1

    You can always add the clause in later, or take it out later - as long as all the code under that release is yours or all contributors agree.

    Example:

    you release version 1.0 under GPL2 only.

    people contribute to your project, now it's at say, 1.2

    At this point, you could re-release 1.0 under the GPL2 + future, GPL3, MIT, whatever. You could do the same with 1.2 if you got all contributor's permission to do so. Technically, people could keep going with the original license, but a branch like that wouldn't last too long on a smaller project.

    This is because you automatically copyright your code when you first write it. When you put the GPL on it, you're just putting a license on it for other people to use it - you're not transferring your copyright. You could make the Really Awesome Cool License, and it just says "You are free to use this code in any commercial or noncommercial program, as long as you send an email to my address and include me in your program credits", and that's a legit license.

  19. Re:Cue the bitching on New Firmware Fixes Previously Bricked iPhones · · Score: 1

    New iPod Touches do in fact, get these 'apps' for free. Either it was a pain in the ass to get them working correctly on the iPod version, or.. I don't know.

    Although if you've already paid for an iPod touch, 20$ is not that much for all those apps. And honestly, you were happy with the original featureset if you DID buy one.

  20. Re:Fundamentally broken on The Doctor Will See Your Credit Score Now · · Score: 1

    I would imagine the massive power draw and training of the operators would be where all the cost comes from. Yeah, they probably paid back the actual original purchase a long time ago, but it's not 'free' for them to use it afterwards. Your car doesn't stop generating costs after you pay it off...

  21. Re:Only human on 10-year-old Microsoft Ticket Resurfaces? · · Score: 1

    My brother had a short job at Wal Mart as one of the cart pushers. He had to stop because he was getting sick, literally, due to his asthma and the suprise cold weather. So he gave them notice.

    Over a year later they called up the house and asked why he hadn't come in that day....

  22. Re:Good for safety on GM Says Driverless Cars Will Be Ready By 2018 · · Score: 1

    So apparently you have trouble seeing taillights/headlamps?

  23. Re:The Collapse Of Microsoft's First Party Support on EA/BioWare Deal Finalized, Nets EA Ten Franchises · · Score: 1

    No, Microsoft does not own 51% of Bungie, because

    1) If they -did-, Bungie would be working on Halo 4 right now. Which they are not.
    2) Bungie wouldn't even be able to -entertain- the idea and discuss working on other consoles. Honestly, I think they'll wait for the next generation to go multi-platform.
    3) It's kinda hard to own 51% of a private company that has no shares! (Honestly, they had to do that - if Bungie went independent as a publically traded company again, they would have been a victim of a hostile takeover by one of the big publishers so fast that it would have made their heads spin)

    Microsoft only has a "investing stake" in Bungie at the moment, which I take to guess is a contract we'll never read that states how many more titles Bungie can make that MS will automatically publish and/or says that any 360 exclusive title will be published by MS.

  24. Re:I don't get it... on Boeing 787 May Be Vulnerable to Hacker Attack · · Score: 1

    Hope to god he isn't playing Starfox Command...

  25. Re:The Opera browser in the Wii isn't great on DS Games To Be Downloadable to the Wii · · Score: 1

    Know what's irritating? The embedded flash player that Gametrailers makes available for sites works perfectly fine on the Wii (except for age gated videos - I guess it doesn't agree with something in that). But if you try to go to their actual site and browse them, the site will block them out and say you need to upgrade flash.

    In other words, their fancy javascript is checking for a higher version than they actually use.