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  1. Ergonomic? on Dolphin Inspired Mini-sub · · Score: 4, Funny

    The words: "Ouch, my spine." come to mind, though the follow up of "Don't worry, it doesn't hurt any more" are probably more worrying.

  2. Re:dumb people lose money, not freedom on Jail 'Greedy' Scam Victims, Says Nigerian Diplomat · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You forgot Boag's. Also, to the GP, they were talking about lager. Coopers is an ale (though not like a shit English ale).

  3. Re:Nothing New on Software Price Gap Between the US and Europe · · Score: 1, Funny

    Verzion localisations cost extra time and money. Localising products are a logiztical nightmare, all of the redoing everything, all of the retesting and then you have to have a separate diztribution system to make sure that they can get the localised version they need.

    Localised. :)

  4. Re:Keep it simple! on Best and Worst Coding Standards? · · Score: 1

    He said Cut and Paste, not Copy and Paste. He means keep it neat enough that it can be refactored easily, I think

  5. Re:Russia, China, Anyone.. on Senate Passes Telecom Immunity Bill · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Shouldn't they click "Launch"? Just pointing the thing isn't going to help them.

  6. Re:Maybe that is what went wrong? on Best Chair For Desktop Coding? · · Score: 2, Funny

    You did not forget them. I stole them, but now I feel bad, so here you go: ' '

  7. Re:another link on Platypus Genome Decoded · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... along with the echidna (kinda like an Australian version of a porcupine or hedgehog?)... Actually, the porcupine and hedgehog are more like foreign versions of the echidna.
  8. Re:Powerboost on Comcast Cheating On Bandwidth Testing? · · Score: 1

    It's not a Netgear WGT624 V3 is it?
    I have one of those and using BitTorrent crashes the router, though V2 of the same router worked fine (until an official firmware update bricked it).

  9. This is bullshit on US Policy Would Allow Government Access to Any Email · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Tag: fuckyouiwontdowhatyoutellme

  10. Re:Automatic Trademark? on Is a Domain Name an Automatic Trademark? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This case is clearly different in that the Nissan case relied on Nissan Motor being considered famous by 1994. Neither party in this case is famous.

  11. Re:Automatic Trademark? on Is a Domain Name an Automatic Trademark? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It wouldn't matter if he did have a trademark.
    It would cover his area of business, not an unrelated blog. There is no way that somebody would find the sites "confusingly similar."
    The guy's just trying to introduce a second revenue stream from his link farm. If anything, I think your site would increase traffic to his site, when people type it wrong.

  12. Re:Missing information in story on Future Looks Bright for Large Scale Solar Farms · · Score: 4, Funny

    So?
    New Jersey is 8,722.
    Just cover that...

  13. Re:surprise on US Senate Fails To Reinstate Habeas Corpus · · Score: 1
    I think you will find that you are speaking bullshit. From the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

    Article 9.
    No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
    Article 10.
    Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.
    Article 11.
    (1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
    (2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.
    Most countries are signatories to this. And if you think that because the articles aren't effectively enforced in most of those countries, you might be right, but if you think that's an excuse for the U.S. to ignore them, you'd also be right. It's just a really shit excuse. Read this document. You might actually learn something about the way people should be treated.
  14. Re:This isn't justice: too little, too late on Microsoft Loses EU Anti-Trust Appeal · · Score: 1

    The problem with this idea for policy is defining the point at which a company becomes dominant and what happens if they get there with closed proprietary systems that are not anti-competitive in nature when they are created. I agree that companies should have a responsibility to society and should desist from anti-competitive practices... I just don't think it is always so clear-cut.

  15. Re:well... on Toshiba Boosts Hard Drive Density By 50% · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I was hoping for something better... ;)

  16. Re:well... on Toshiba Boosts Hard Drive Density By 50% · · Score: 1

    Why hasn't anyone made a joke about short-stroking it?

  17. Re:I don't get this at all on Man Arrested for Refusing to Show Drivers License · · Score: 1

    So if Circuit City decides to hire employees whose sole job is to ask people if the employee can smack the customer on the arse on the way out (and then do it), then the employee would also be doing their job.
    It so happens that in both cases, it would be illegal to do the action without permission and legal with permission.
    So whether or not withholding permission makes a person a jerk, they still don't have to give permission.
    That is the total of the case. If you don't understand the deeper issues, read the blog and more of the thread, rather than just jumping in at the bottom.

  18. Re:Who is next? on Belgium May Prosecute the Church of Scientology · · Score: 1

    Have you heard of the anti-defamation league?

  19. Re:Open and Shut Case of Police Harrasment on Man Arrested for Refusing to Show Drivers License · · Score: 1

    It depends on the posted terms of entry.
    Just like when you are searched to go into a club or concert, there will be terms of entry that (generally) state that they can search you. If you don't want to be searched, then you can choose to leave.
    I'm not 100% sure about whether you can post terms of entry that allow searching once you have entered (including about to leave), but it is likely. To avoid a search like this though, just getting out of the store would invalidate any right to search you, so I would like to know, did he leave the store and then get asked to be searched, or was he still in the store at the time? If he was searched in the store and they found stuff on him, well then he still hasn't stolen it yet anyway... He'd just be carrying it (possibly to the cash register).
    Yeah, the store has no case.

  20. Re:I smell something... on Man Arrested for Refusing to Show Drivers License · · Score: 4, Insightful

    1. They have no just cause to search the bag since when they did the search they found nothing.
    Not finding anything has nothing to do with them not having just cause. They didn't have it. They may have had a suspicion, because people who don't want to be searched often have something to hide (because the other reason means the person is in the minority of society that thinks about a request to give up their privacy), but this is not a rule, and it is not good enough. Even if the police officer found something, the exact same lawsuit could exist, as anything found would be inadmissible (IANAL) due it being found in the illegal search.
  21. Re:Doesn't work for me on Google Earth Flight Simulator · · Score: 4, Informative

    Zoom to San Francisco airport and try it from there.
    It is weird, but it works.
    Also, use fn-up and fn-down in place of page up and page down on a powerbook.

  22. Re:that blog on Google Earth Flight Simulator · · Score: 2, Funny

    I could have summed it up in 30 seconds
    But you didn't.
  23. Re:This would be a great post for April 1 on Google Earth Flight Simulator · · Score: 1

    Did you ever try using that mode?
    It sucked and didn't give you all the degrees of freedom in a fluid way.
    You couldn't even point in an upward angle.

  24. Re:Motivated Youth on Teen Hacks $84 Million Porn Filter in 30 Minutes · · Score: 2, Funny

    You really should have posted this AC.
    Some guys are coming.

  25. Re:"Dishonestly obtaining free internet access..." on UK Police Cracking Down on Broadband Theft · · Score: 1

    I completely agree.
    Having to type a password on a clients computer when prompted, or tell clients the password when they are prompted is so annoying and difficult.
    It is so hard to filter out stray people accessing your wireless against your will like this.</facetious>
    What's wrong with a password or password? It at least shows token resistance. Or change your SSID to "DO NOT USE." You're probably just looking for plausable deniability.