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  1. Why did you guess who was wrong when the numbers were right there?

  2. Re:Google has quite a history on Google Looks To Convert Print Pubs Into E-Articles · · Score: 1
    From TFA:
    http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/pdf/00-201P.ZO

    Usually called the Tasini case, freelance writers sued the New York Times and other print publications for licensing individual articles to database companies without permission from the writers, who retained the copyright on the articles.

  3. Re:Falcon Punch on Falcon 9 Prepares For High Stakes Launch · · Score: 3, Funny

    Too bad they were not ready for launch 10 years ago. They could have called it the Millennium Falcon.

  4. Re:Er... on Switzerland Pursues Violent Games Ban · · Score: 1

    The summary was taken from an article on a UK-based web site. So Switzerland is closer to their home.

  5. Re:Just more proof... on PageRank-Type Algorithm From the 1940s Discovered · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    semper ubi sub ubi

    More like: Semper Ubisoft DRM

  6. Re:Three strikes policies? on ACTA Document Leaks With Details On Mexico Talks · · Score: 4, Funny

    Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceedest on to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then thou become naughty in my sight, and thy internet connection shall be snuffed.

  7. Re:That's good on US To Build Nuclear Power Plants · · Score: 1

    Imagine if the US outlawed Aluminum recycling because at some point in the process you could use it as Thermite.

    Otherwise homeless people picking up cans from trash would have been put on the terrorist watch list.

  8. Re:Aussie Jack Thompson? on Aussie Attorney General Says Gamers Are Scarier Than Biker Gangs · · Score: 2, Funny

    Kangaroo Jack Thompson.

  9. Re:Gessner's Book Arguing Against Books? on A History of Media Technology Scares · · Score: 1

    The printed press was developed more than 100 years before that book came out so it was probably printed.

  10. Re:That's not a knife. on Aussie Attorney General Says Gamers Are Scarier Than Biker Gangs · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You had me fooled. I thought it was a warhammer.

  11. Re:Obligatory XKCD on Quality Concerns For Kingston microSD Cards · · Score: 1

    This xkcd comic goes well with the headline of the previous thread: "This just in".

  12. Re:MicroSoft Going To Innovate.... on 10 Microsoft Acquisitions and What They Mean Now · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but I prefer my "bleeding edge" technology products to be named after certain feminine hygiene products.

    Well you're in luck! Apple has one called the iPad! [*]





    [*] No woosh necessary. I knew that's what the parent meant.
    You can call me Admiral Obvious. I've been promoted.

  13. Re:Prodigious rush on NASA Solar Probe Blasts Toward Rendezvous With Sun · · Score: 1

    When did 'an iTune' mean anything?

    Now.

  14. Re:In other news, the Saints appeal their Bowl Win on RIAA Insists On 3rd Trial In Thomas Case · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can I get this as a car analogy please?

  15. Re:Google on Google's Experimental Fiber Network · · Score: 1

    Competition is GOOG.

  16. Re:To which Lord Vader of the RIAA replied, on Lord Lucas Says Record Companies "Blackmail" Users · · Score: 1

    To late for him. The first step to becoming a Lord is not thinking Jar-Jar was a good idea.

  17. Re:It's true on Apple's Trend Away From Tinkering · · Score: 1

    On Windows and Linux (KDE, Gnome...I can't speak for any other set up as I havn't used them. I'm pretty sure Xfce acts the same way though) you can scale windows from any edge or corner, but not on OS X. There seems to be no logical reason for this, and it causes problems if the scaling corner has been moved off-screen or underneath the dock. This is admitedly a minor gripe, but none the less present

    The logical reason, at least for me, is that I usually move windows around more than I resize them. Being able to move a window my grabbing any edge of the window instead of having to grab the title bar makes it faster for me.

  18. Re:50-fold savings? on NZ School Goes Open Source Amid Microsoft Mandate · · Score: 1

    Are you the guy who managed to sell a bridge to nowhere in New Zealand?

  19. Re:Greetings Earthling! on Using Outlook From Orbit · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am a Martian prince from the Splugorthian region of the Xylerom. I have inherited a bountiful estate worth 1.8345E8 drow'xlian that I must hide from the ruthless Prxyzzilic crime family. I am willing to share 20% of my fortune with you will allow me to deposit fund in your account. Please send me your account information if you wish to do business. Live long and prosper! Prince Ryzzriwz

    It's a trick! He's Vulcan.

  20. Re:Once they discover the spice worms on NASA Satellite Looks For Response From Dead Mars Craft · · Score: 1

    Isn't that the plot of Michael Bay's next movie?

  21. Re:Assassinate the original owners on How To Judge Legal Risk When Making a Game Clone? · · Score: 1

    Once they're all dead, they'll be no-one left to sue you.

    Are you an illawyer? Is this official illegal advice?

  22. Re:does AVN have the same rules? on CES Vendors Kicked Out of Hotels For Showcasing Wares in Room · · Score: 3, Funny

    Viagra can convert firmware into hardware.

  23. Re:Unsure. on The Perfect Way To Slice a Pizza · · Score: 2, Funny

    .5...

  24. Re:To much reinvention on One Way To Save Digital Archives From File Corruption · · Score: 3, Funny

    ReiserFS is good for that also. If you make a deal with the 'file system' it will tell you where your 'file' is hidden.

  25. Re:Oh, AGAIN? on Infinity Ward Fights Against Modern Warfare 2 Cheaters · · Score: 1

    What I liked about twinking wasn't the fact that I'd be overpowered, it was that there was a point where I could say: "I have the best gear possible for this level" and not have to constantly grind/farm to update my gear.

    Having players who disabled XP gain matched against each others means that winning and losing is a contest of skill and teamwork. I see that as a positive aspect. Destroying outmatched people got old surprisingly fast for me.