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  1. No.. on U.S. Considering Ratifying Cybercrime Treaty · · Score: 1

    You have no "right" to drive you have a license to do so. If you don't submit to blood or breath tests you can be made to face the punishment because you agreeded to as part of getting licensed.

    The judge and the lawyer defending you in a US court will point out that a jury may not infer guilt by you not testifying in a trial in any other type of case. Not providing a key may not be used infer your guilt or to increase your punishment.

  2. Re:What's the problem here? on U.S. Considering Ratifying Cybercrime Treaty · · Score: 1

    If giving up your key is incriminating it is. You are under no obligation to help hang yourself. You don't have to tell anyone where the money or body is buried. A key is the same thing.
    Show where and how this has been held to be the case? The 5th is a pretty broad right.

  3. Re:What's the problem here? on U.S. Considering Ratifying Cybercrime Treaty · · Score: 1

    Amendment V

    No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. Thats one thing wrong with it. US Bill of Rights. I am sure a good study of the linked text will show many others.

  4. Re:BBC? on UK Releases Global Warming Report · · Score: 1

    What do you consider reliable?? BBC, CNN, FoxNews?

  5. Re:Why should we trust "them"? on UK Releases Global Warming Report · · Score: 1

    No that I don't buy weather or climate prediction short or long term with the tools being used. My Dr. did determine I have prostrate cancer by doing a TRUS on me. 50% of the "cores" showed abnormal celular division (cancer.) Thats not guessing. I am having it removed in about 8 days. I don't want to screw around. Doctors are pretty good about predicting with the tools they have. Much better than weather and climate predictors are. When they can equal that rate of prediction I will get excited.

    One thing is certain climate will change. It has changed in the past and will change in the future. The Human species will adapt or dissappear as our forerunners did.

    My reasons for doing my part to keep the enviroment clean and be responsible about the enviroment is selfish. I like breating clean air,having clean water and, saving money. That is the only way to go about changing peoples view point on the enviroment making it personal. A bunch of hippy crap or chicken litle BS just turns people off.

  6. Re:Don't be so simplistic - Read My Whole Statemen on LUG Pres Resigns Over Military Linux Use · · Score: 1

    Asshat, you need not filter me I will filter you as if I would ever bother to email you. As you should be able to see you are on my list now.

    Please keep your personal politics away from my operating system. You like most /. and internet socialists think because one uses Linux and supports Free Software and OSS they agree with your political thought and share the same goals you do. Don't cry when the world screws you over because you think you need to "share" your politics.

    After reading the comments of this thread and your post at zero I figured you would understand your 15 minutes of fame is just about up by now. Have a nice life please stay out of mine.

  7. Re:Don't be so simplistic - Read My Whole Statemen on LUG Pres Resigns Over Military Linux Use · · Score: 1

    Sorry buddy I don't need to read you "statement" you are an asshat who is now on my list.

  8. Re:Nothing to worry about on Ongoing Linux/Solaris Compromise Epidemic · · Score: 1

    Thank you Darl McBride. How do you like your new job as a cyberturfer?

  9. Re:Why? on Forbes Reviews Google's Gmail [updated] · · Score: 1

    Zactly don't get any free mail if you expect "privacy" from the providers.

  10. It's not just the spelling now on Microsoft Pays $440M to License InterTrust Patents · · Score: 1

    God I just re read that. Man my grammar is like, shit. Now it's not just the spelling. By brain is starting to disolve, I proof read that before I posted it.

    Now I need to change my sig.

  11. New head of Legal Dept. on Microsoft Pays $440M to License InterTrust Patents · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Microsoft® has a new head of it's leagl department. Thats what up. Settling and trying to hold on to it's money. If they had lost ( just might have) they would have spent more. This make good business sense. I still hate their guts but it makes sense.

    Look for them to make more settlements.

  12. Reject and Repeal on Second Round of EU Patent Fight, Coming Up · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This is a bummer that the non elected members who run the EU have rejected what looked to be a better compromise. My take is that we reject all software patents in the EU and repeal them in the US and Canada.

    Software patents are stupid it's like patenting an alphabet or individual words.

  13. From a few days ago. on Netsky Worm Variant Attacks P2P Services · · Score: 1

    "Online did it and I want hims to stops it."

  14. It doesn't get me at all. on Netsky Worm Variant Attacks P2P Services · · Score: 1

    Well you would have a hard time doing much on my own personal system unless you were root. Seeing as I am behind a seperate firewall and have no remote access running for you to try and exploit that leaves only me, something you might try to get me to do or, you actually getting in here and breaking a pretty long alpha numeric string. You might try finding some way to escalate your way into being able to install something or run a script to get your worm (this isn't a virus) installed if you could gain phyical access. The worst you might do is hose up some world writeable data files. It isn't going to be worth the script kiddie/spam peddlers time to try and own this box.

    Plus If I found you in my house I'd just shoot your worthless ass. Being in the country/state/county/town I live in I would probably get away with it too.

    Linux isn't usually insecure by design (Lindows shipped with the user as root for a while I heard.) With current distros you really have to try and make it insecure enough to exploit. A user could just be a total dipshit and break all the embeded security or rules that as a Linux or Unix user you should follow but I don't see many doing that.

    So the "for now" part is a farking dream by someone who doesn't know crap about Linux or Unix but what they think they know something about it IMHO. Unlike a very popular commercial operating System and software package Linux and Unix are not insecure by design.

  15. Oh goodie! on KDE 3.2: A User's Perspective · · Score: 1

    I started reading the comments and found the SOS. As usual all the same diptards simply use this as a another chance for Gnome and KDE users to troll each other.

    I use KDE it has all the things everyone complains it doesnt have and does all the things they say it doesn't do. Is intuitive and is usually preconfigured to do what I want. When it's not there usually is an easy to understand method to configure it the way I want that is easy to find and use.

    Oh I forgot KDE uses QT so it's double plus bad because some assbite can't read and or use his brain to understand QT is free if you are using it in a non-comercial way. Oh yea it's bad cause RMS doesnt bless QT too. Guess what I don't care this is not the Linux kernel or some closed binary I have to compile against it from some 3rd party.

    There are people who bitch about how KDE looks. Well mine looks the way I want it. It's wallpapered with a computer generated picture of of Mars taken from near the surface. The control pannel is at the top and I have a few icons on the right side of the screen. I works for me.

    If your not using KDE don't worry about it. I don't and wont use Gnome simply out of personal preference. I will not try and force my personal preferences on others. KDE works for me if it doesn't work for you use what you like. It nice and also very good to have choices. Free and open source software gives you that choice. Hell use the CLI is that is what floats your boat. Just don't bag on somethihng because you don't use it. like it, have nothing else to do.

  16. Re:Shouldn't we have a right to take our own life? on Suicide Caught on Surveillance Tape Appears Online · · Score: 1

    If the state forbids I end my life I am a slave of the state. Thats my take on it. It's that simple to me. I am pretty conservative about lots of stuff but what I do with my life and body is my own business. As long as I do no violence to others it's not the states business.

  17. Re:license for 312,000 ft? on FAA Grants Sub-Orbital License to SpaceShipOne · · Score: 1

    Not all that up on this however after reading this. Government Licenses First Private Rocket. I believe that the Xprize rules require the permit as one of the qualifers.

  18. Hmmm on Passive E-Mail Monitoring Leads To Arrest · · Score: 1

    Think they might be thanking you for your insight? I tried Jabber last year no one I know was using it. I gave up on it.

  19. Foil head gear on on Passive E-Mail Monitoring Leads To Arrest · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How about this: one country would spy on another countires citizens and that country would reciprocate circumventing any pesky laws and human right issues. I think this is the actual basis of Echilon.

  20. Go back. on Forget Mars. Should We Go To The Moon? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    To the moon and soon. I want to have humans back there before I die.

    It makes the most sense. Anything you will use on mars can be tested on the moon or in getting to the moon.

  21. Re:Or it could prove... on Unprecedented level of Virus Alerts · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Mod the above as insightful. I know lots of crap is just trojans to rip off cc info and act as spam relays but the poster is right about the script kiddies and their motivations. It's vandalism. My Wifes box usually gets at least one anti viral update a day (she runs Trend PCcillin.) I use Mandrake 9.2 99.9% of the time but have PC cillin on my W2K partition.

    I also think the Anti Virus companies hype this crap too much. But looking at the firewall logs shows to many people just don't get it.

  22. No problem here on Nvidia Drivers Enforce Macrovision's Rules · · Score: 1

    My DVD playback under Linux is functional. I don't have Windows Media Player installed on my W2K partition but my Power DVD works. I have a FX5200 and Happauge WinTV card I think the card might use the BT848 chipset though.

    Reading the article it seems to imply the the problem is with certain Windows Media player versions not Nvidia drivers. Is this correct?

  23. Justifiable on iPod: This Season's Must-Have for Muggers · · Score: 1

    I was justifiable.

    "Police said no motive has been confirmed, although evidence suggested the murder was the result of a domestic dispute after Pulaski erased the contents of Mathers' iPod."

    He had it comming. She just reformatted him in kind.

    Yea it's a sick joke. So what.

  24. I'm left handed too on Two-Fisted Computing · · Score: 1

    my marble mouse is on the left side. Since I don't use any thing but it for games/mousing it's not of any advantage to me either.

  25. Re:SW forgot the long term economic benefits on The Wrong Stuff · · Score: 1

    Unlike you mister dimple dick AC he chose to put his name on it.

    I think a huge amount of money will be made off of weightless sex tourism. If you think I am joking go see what the #1 legal drug sold in the USof A is. If you want human space flight just tell Joe Sixpack his penis will get bigger and stay up longer in space. You won't have any trouble finding money for human space flight.