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  1. Re:in other news... on Microsoft Releases Specs for Binary Formats · · Score: 1

    APRIL FOOLS!!!

  2. Re:Subject Matter - Questionable? on Pope Cancels Speech After Scientists Protest · · Score: 1

    What does the Space Pope have to say in the matter?

  3. Re:I don't really care. on Digital Watermarks to Replace DRM · · Score: 2, Informative

    If the RIAA were to attempt to utilize watermarking in court, then the watermarking algorithms would become fair game for the defense, which would yield to publicly available methods to strip the watermarking...

  4. Re:Verizon is starting to get it on Verizon Wireless To Open Network · · Score: 1

    Are they starting to get it, as you suggest, or are they getting something else -- that the FCC might soon ban them from locking down their network & sold hardware?

    T-Mobile, AT&T, and Apple are already getting sued for this...

  5. Re:Hashlist++ on Using Google To Crack MD5 Passwords · · Score: 1

    Oh my god -- it's LEARNING!!!

  6. Re:MD5 Lookup Site & Names on Using Google To Crack MD5 Passwords · · Score: 2, Informative

    md5oogle.com (http://md5oogle.com) is what you want...

  7. Re:Anthro's Adjustable Laptop Cart on Lap Desks · · Score: 1

    Looks nice, but how stable is it? Also, I see the wheels lock -- is this effective in keeping it from sliding?

  8. Re:Whoops on Symbian Blasts Google's Phone Initiative · · Score: 1

    Pride? I think he sounds scared...

  9. Re:Yet another conspiracy loon goes to +5 on Hans Reiser Interview on ABC's 20/20 · · Score: 1

    Listen pathetic loser, I haven't supported him.

    [Try reading that again]

    Listen pathetic loser, I haven't supported him.

    All I've been doing is describing how weak the government's case is, which is something on which the press have made numerous commentaries.

    You're so blinded by hatred that you create ideal enemies out of anyone even slightly less fervent than you. I'd really hate to live in your world--I'm sticking with the real one.

    And don't tell me to be courageous, ANONYMOUS COWARD. This is one time where the shoe really fits...

  10. Re:Yet another conspiracy loon goes to +5 on Hans Reiser Interview on ABC's 20/20 · · Score: 1

    You're simply lying, Anonymous Coward.

    You have no argument based upon anything I've actually written, so you make stuff up and attribute it to me. None of what you've written is true, nor is it based upon anything I've written.

    Why don't you try to actually *read* what I've written in this thread, instead of resorting to your ridiculous, baseless, ranting.

  11. Re:Yet another conspiracy loon goes to +5 on Hans Reiser Interview on ABC's 20/20 · · Score: 1

    You're making this up as you go along. Minute amounts of blood in the (alleged) victim's home is meaningless.

    He bought books on *detective techniques* and he bought them *after* the disappearance, not "how to get away with murder" before the fact.

    Any "secret" evidence the police has is apparently too secret for even the trial judge.

    I don't have to come up with evidence to the contrary -- that's not how our criminal justice system works. If the prosecution can't come up with sufficient evidence to disprove alternate theories, the guy can't legally be convicted. The defense is under no obligation to prove anything.

    If you claim I am making up conspiracy theories, please point specifically to any such conspiracy theory, or first learn what the term means.

    As to your belief that anyone leaving the country must leave proper records of their departure, this is ludicrous. I suggest you take a stroll down South from San Ysidro and find out how much ID you need to leave the US.

  12. Re:No body on Hans Reiser Interview on ABC's 20/20 · · Score: 1

    > They don't have a body; they do have evidence of a crime.

    What's the evidence of a crime? And which crime? Arguing with his wife -- something the child strenuously denies *ever* having said? Groceries in disarray in the car? If that's a crime then my wife deserves a lethal injection...

    You can find drops of my blood in my house, I'm sure, but that doesn't mean my wife is a murder (yet)...

    None of this alleged evidence suggests murder, let alone definitively. And *all* of this easily supports a defense claim...

    And in terms of the prosecution holding "secret" evidence -- they can't -- it had to be disclosed already.

    Note that I'm NOT saying he didn't kill his wife -- it's possible -- just that the prosecution doesn't have a case.

  13. Re:No body on Hans Reiser Interview on ABC's 20/20 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The problem for the prosecution is that in the absence of any real evidence suggesting murder (pool of blood, scene of an altercation, etc.), any conceivable theory by the defense trumps a murder story.

    The cops/prosecution decided Reiser must be guilty since he's really weird, despite no real evidence that a crime was committed at all. Having followed the case locally (from across the bay), I and many others were surprised the case even passed basic plausibility by the judge holding the preliminary hearing.

    The reality is, in fact, that she may very well be alive and well in Russia...

  14. Re:Of course, he has an agenda on ARPANet Co-Founder Predicts An Internet Crisis · · Score: 1

    I thought Al Gore destroyed the internet?!

  15. I hate "UP TO"... on Aussie Claims Copper Broadband now 200x Faster · · Score: 1

    ... the most meaningless phrase in American Marketing.

    Anytime I see "up to" in a marketing statement I interpret this as meaning "you'll never get as good as"...

  16. I'm in violation too... on Admins Accuse Microsoft of Hotmail Cap · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... this is a well known anti-spam technique -- it helps thwart dictionary attacks. Hotmail allows 10 recipients, my email server allows at most 1 (one). Of course, my domain only has one email account...

  17. I envision... on D.C. Commuters to be Scanned With Infrared Cameras · · Score: 1

    ... new dummies on the market that can be plugged in to your cigarette lighter...

  18. I don't want to be like BIll Gates on The Fall Geek TV Lineup · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just want his money.

  19. Re:Buy a faster modem on What To Do When Broadband is Not An Option? · · Score: 1

    This refers to the serial line transfer rate between the computer and the modem...

  20. Re:Buy a faster modem on What To Do When Broadband is Not An Option? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    No one has ever gotten 56kb in the US, due to bureaucratic rate limitations on analog lines... But many, many people don't get close to that because of line quality, which also degrades with distance...

  21. I had an '@' in '84 on What To Do When Broadband is Not An Option? · · Score: 1

    in my email address... I had another address with '!' too...

  22. Re:Prior art on HP's Inkjet Technology Used to Administer Drugs · · Score: 2, Funny

    I assume you mean to rotate around the axis on the astral plane...

  23. Re:Prior art on HP's Inkjet Technology Used to Administer Drugs · · Score: 1

    Dude, what char major, minor numbers are you using for /dev/lsd??!?!

  24. Re:What are the odds? on Safest Seat on a Plane, Or How to Survive a Crash · · Score: 1, Informative

    It's all about skewing the data to make whatever point you feel like. Actually, cars are still more dangerous per passenger mile. However airplane flights are generally only dangerous at take off and landing. I.e. airline flights are equally dangerous regardless of distance, whereas car accidents are more likely the longer the trip. But then we know that most car accidents occur close to home... but then most car trips are short ones close to home... etc. etc. etc. ad nauseum...

  25. Wrong Amendment on Executive Order Overturns US Fifth Amendment · · Score: 1

    Try #4, regarding "seizures"...