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  1. This is a good thing on openSUSE Hobbled By Microsoft Patents · · Score: 1

    I don't care if every computer in the country gets nuked to enforce IP law. I'm for whatever it takes to wake people up, force their hand, and resolve the issue once and for all. Maybe then we'll know the public's true opinion on the matter. They're for it now because they're not aware of its effects. Incidences like these will help clear things up for them.

  2. Re:I have the right on Blizzard Seeks to Block User Rights, Privacy · · Score: 1

    Or all of you could avoid the situation altogether and simply pull the plug. In light of all this, I don't understand why you continue to give any money to them.

  3. Re:Because illiterate tools are what /. is all abo on Utah Bans Keyword Advertising · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...wide interpretation of the 1st...

    "wide interpretation"? Just how many ways can you interpret ...no law...? The interpretations we've been getting are way too narrow, and just plain wrong.

  4. Re:Ironic, isn't it? on Google Faces Plagiarism Questions Over Chinese Software · · Score: 1

    Tibet doesn't "belong" to anybody. If google plagiarized anything, then, contrary to what the original poster said, it is wrong, regardless of what China may or may not have done. Too simple. But with some people around here, between China and spammers, retaliation and vengeance, justified or not, trump fairness and justice every day of the week.

  5. Re:Car stereo on Google Admits to Using Sohu Database · · Score: 1

    So you're saying that an extra copy of your stereo diminishes the value of the one you have in your car somehow? Or are you just upset that he "paid" less for it than you did for yours? Should we set a quota of the number of stereos on the street so nobody can sell one for less than the price you paid? Please remember that all value placed on currency is strictly faith based, especially now. If nobody wants your money, it isn't worth dog poop, with or without the counterfeiters.

  6. Too funny! on Utah Bans Keyword Advertising · · Score: 1

    Government's role needs to be closely defined, and carefully watched -- its powers must be limited, and its growth must be contained.

    Sure, pal.

  7. Re:To all you people on Sunspots Reach 1000-Year Peak · · Score: 1

    You don't need a gas-guzzling quasi-military vehicle just to go shopping.

    I disagree

  8. Re:1000 years ago on Sunspots Reach 1000-Year Peak · · Score: 1

    All things considered, you would probably be a poor peasant, half starving, and about to drop dead from plague or some other ailment at the ripe age of 30.

    Not me. I would be with a Mayan princess on the Yucatan, sipping on a cacao "cooler" at the ripe old age of 90.

  9. Re:sturdy? as opposed to a helicopter? on Combined Hovercraft and Helicopter · · Score: 1

    The vanes inside the attached boundary layer simply direct the airflow to either side for what appears to be yaw control. I couldn't see them, but there's probably a set in "front" also. Movement is accomplished by the moving panels on the bottom. It appears to stay upright naturally.

  10. Re:Car stereo on Google Admits to Using Sohu Database · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Did he leave you an exact copy?

  11. Re:sturdy? as opposed to a helicopter? on Combined Hovercraft and Helicopter · · Score: 1

    Not exactly sure, but I believe the problem arises when you get within the rotor's diameter above the ground. One reason they hover so high during search and rescue is to stay out of ground effect. When that air hits the ground, it has nowhere to go but out and then up due to the tip vortices to be sucked back into the rotor. If it were the other way around, these guys would have a heck of time putting those towers on top of the skyscrapers, seeing as they don't move too much...unless it's really windy. Note however that a helicopter can hover at a higher elevation in ground effect(mountain plateau for instance) than out of ground effect

  12. Only 260 shopping days left on Combined Hovercraft and Helicopter · · Score: 1

    I want one.

  13. Heh, Get too close to a wall on Combined Hovercraft and Helicopter · · Score: 1

    and that same Coanda Effect might suck you right into it. Stand close a fast moving train to feel the same effect...but not too close...unless, of course, your buddy has a video camera handy to film the ensuing mayhem.

  14. Re:Find it hard to believe? on 100 Million iPods · · Score: 1

    The day is young :-) Ok, the week. Offices are closed already. Not that I'm doubting anything, I'm merely embracing and extending the thought, but just because they got caught once, it doesn't mean they won't try and try again. I'm not starting an argument. I'm just pointing out that people are capable of anything (Do you hear that, P?). Now, let's hook 'em all up and make a really big RAID.

  15. Re:Ironic, isn't it? on Google Faces Plagiarism Questions Over Chinese Software · · Score: 1

    Did China ever take anything directly from Google? If not, the analogy stands.

  16. Re:Find it hard to believe? on 100 Million iPods · · Score: 1

    As a publicly-traded company, it would be pretty hard to fudge these numbers and get away with it, but I guess anything is possible.

    You think?

  17. MciPod on 100 Million iPods · · Score: 1

    over 10 billion sold

  18. Re:BioFuel isn't a renewable on Biofuels Coming With a High Environmental Price? · · Score: 1

    I smell a .SIG here...but not here. BTW that might be a good reason to grow the stuff out at sea, because your neighbors will know you're not cultivating gardenias.

  19. Re:BioFuel isn't a renewable on Biofuels Coming With a High Environmental Price? · · Score: 1

    Cut out the middle man. Let's just burn the money. But seriously the weather, I don't understand why the algae thing is getting so little press. You already know the possible yields, right? Even the most pessimistic numbers are ten times higher than the next best thing(Palm oil I believe) Plus, there's no reason to use any land at all. It all can be floated out in the ocean. Actually I do know why algae doesn't get mentioned much. There are no big, organized groups growing the stuff to lobby the politicians and make noise on the TV. Anybody who can work a mere 28,000 square kilometers will be able to fuel almost every car in the states.

  20. Re:funny, most inseatphones are not active. on The Real Reasons Phones Are Kept Off Planes · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I never was good with numbers. That's why I stay away from Vegas, too. Please don't take what I say too seriously, but I'm still in no hurry to take unnecessary risks for the sake of convenience and profit. What's the hurry? It's a little like a kid crying because the batteries wore out in his new toy. I consider the demand a wee bit irrational. Regardless, I may be irrational about the airlines, but flying in the Cub is still much more pleasant and relaxing, and worth the risks. I'll let the Wall Street scammers squeeze into their kerosene burning tin cans.

  21. Re:Well... on Dealing With Venom on the Web · · Score: 1

    I think, with the lawsuits going on, anonymity is a good thing. We need to do whatever it takes to avoid the witch-hunts and fish nets. It is important when reporting security weakness. And for just all around avoiding harassment. This obsession with identifying the messenger is beyond me.

  22. Yeah well on Satellites Mating Via Robotic Arm · · Score: 1

    At least they're doing it... in Space.

  23. Re:With hope on Patti Santangelo v. RIAA May Be Over · · Score: 1

    I don't care if the RIAA learns anything at all. What matters is what we learn as voters when we decide how much authority to hand out to the politicians. If we don't change, don't expect them to. They will always do what they can get away with. That's just nature, and nobody is going to change that. If we want them to behave, we have to reign them in. Nobody will do it for us. If this is to become a real election issue about one's right to live free from harassment, then change will be swift and sure. However, between now and election time there will be plenty of distractions thrown our way, and chances are they will accomplish their intended goal, and all this will all be forgotten as the "terror" alerts fire off and the next Harry Potter movie comes out. On the other hand, like you, for some reason, I have hope also. We aren't dead yet.

  24. Re:This is ridiculous on Canadian University Students Taught To Protect IP · · Score: 1

    Basically what they want taught is that no information should be shared unless money changes hands.

    How are ya doin', Bob?

    Gimme a dollar, and I'll tell ya, eh?

    Think it'll rain tomorrow?

    Wouldn't want to say. You might take that info and parlay it on raincoat futures, make a fortune, and not give me what's rightfully mine.

  25. Re:funny, most inseatphones are not active. on The Real Reasons Phones Are Kept Off Planes · · Score: 1

    ..it radiates harmonics...

    This is my point. The harmonics are weak, but they exist. Just like a freak wave in the ocean, you can get the same in RF. A "perfect storm" so to speak. Anything could happen if you have 50 or 100 phones together in such close quarters inside that giant Pringles can.