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  1. Re:And.... on Science Fair Project Exposes GlaxoSmithKline Lies · · Score: 1

    This is why we need a stronger DMCA to make illegal to "disassemble" proprietary formulas.

  2. Re:hmm... on How To Properly Archive Data On Disc Media · · Score: 1

    You mean the picture, right? I already saw it once. That was good enough. Naw, Slashdot is all about the comments. Most of the "articles" are just ads.

  3. Disks BAH! on How To Properly Archive Data On Disc Media · · Score: 2, Funny

    I prefer cylinders. If they were good enough for grandpa, they're good enough for me.

    Note: With I can gather from the name of the site, it appears they might also sell hats, but I couldn't find a link.

  4. Re:Patrick McFarland? on How To Properly Archive Data On Disc Media · · Score: 1

    I never read the articles on Slashdot. That's what Playboy Magazine is for.

  5. Re:There should be no debate if DHS gets its way on DHS Wants Master Key for DNS · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I like this:

    "...These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations."

    After re-reading it, up to that point, the hole was a bit smaller than I originally thought, but all that stuff about one's "honor and reputation" still leaves an opening if the authorities are allowed to use such things to protect their interests.

    I'll check up later to see if the bill of rights has the same type of restrictions.

  6. 48% percent of the world on 48% of Americans Reject Evolution · · Score: 1

    reject Americans

  7. Re:There should be no debate if DHS gets its way on DHS Wants Master Key for DNS · · Score: 1

    I afraid I would have to disagree. The UN is just made up of corrupt governments(including the US), each with their own agenda for their own benefit. It is a pirates convention in every sense of the word. Oh, wait, that's the WTO. Oh, well, same thing. Same kind of people. The only thing uniting them is their greed. For that reason, I'm grateful that they don't get along. I've read their phony-baloney "human rights" declaration. It leaves a lot of nice holes you can drive the proverbial truck through that allow the cops to knock down your door at any time. The American bill of rights is much better by a long shot. It is not to blame for its widespread misinterpretation by the courts, and most people in general, it seems. No, the only people who should "control" the internet are those who wish to set technical standards, like a weights and measures type group with no political ambitions to judge content.(Yeah, dream on, buddy) Otherwise, "out-of-control" would suit me just fine. We had beer before the internet. We'll have it long after.

  8. Re:In unrelated news... on 48% of Americans Reject Evolution · · Score: 1

    It also explains the class of people who get elected to high office. Nothing but a bunch of snake-oil salesmen.

  9. Re:The crucial signing key is for Windows Update on DHS Wants Master Key for DNS · · Score: 1

    Well, to tell the truth, I can't even find the option to turn it off or on. Maybe they didn't install that module on my slax disk.

  10. Re:What-the? on Google Using Pre-Katrina Imagery on Google Maps · · Score: 1

    Hey, if the issue of flag burning and gay bashing and other distractions can win an election, we can't blame these guys for trying to find another electoral "g" spot. They're doing their best to take our minds off the real problems so we don't get upset. And the debt...well, we all know what purpose the debt serves. Like water, money has to flow, or it gets all stinky and full of algae.

  11. Re:The crucial signing key is for Windows Update on DHS Wants Master Key for DNS · · Score: 2, Funny

    Heh, Good thing I turned off Windows update

  12. There should be no debate if DHS gets its way on DHS Wants Master Key for DNS · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Control over the internet needs to be taken away from the Americans. We need to assure that nobody has "control" over the internet.

  13. Re:Like U.S. Copyright used to be? on Private File Sharing To Remain/Become legal In EU · · Score: 1

    And the carriage maker just changed the shape and material to accommodate also. Blacksmiths make wrought iron patio furniture(?) I guess only the buggy whip guy was left out in the cold.

  14. Re:Cuba a potential major sugar producer on Dept. of Energy Rejects Corn Fuel Future · · Score: 1

    The infrastructure is currently geared toward producing corn.

    Well then, it's time to change gears :-) Get 'er outta granny, son, and put it into second.

  15. Re:Not the whole story... on Russian School Teacher 'Pirate' Case Re-Opened · · Score: 1

    Nope. Sorry. Coolness applies equally to everybody. Taking is uncool no matter who you do it to. That's why copyright is uncool. It takes from the public and gives special privileges to the publishers. Besides, It's impossible to "rob" a government. They'll always pass it on to you-know-who.

  16. Re:Not the whole story... on Russian School Teacher 'Pirate' Case Re-Opened · · Score: 1

    ...cut the costs and pocket the difference.

    So he did it to steal money? Defiance is cool. Robbery isn't.

  17. Re:Just hang him now on Russian School Teacher 'Pirate' Case Re-Opened · · Score: 1

    ...drive the public to fix a damaged copyright system

    I'm trying, man. I'm trying. But it appears that people like "damaged". Too much fear of the unknown, I guess. My idea brings out the luddite* in everybody, even the moderators.

    *merely meaning anti-progressive in this case

  18. Re:Russian website on Russian School Teacher 'Pirate' Case Re-Opened · · Score: 1

    Those were words? I thought it was some new crypto.

  19. Re:Cuba a potential major sugar producer on Dept. of Energy Rejects Corn Fuel Future · · Score: 1

    I was hoping we could float them out in the middle of nowhere. If these giant pools were attached to a tug boat with all the processing equipment on board, they could be kept out of the way of bad weather. A strip along prime coastline is the last thing anybody would want.

    Suck up oxygen? I thought they produced oxygen.

  20. Re:Trade water for petroleum? on Dept. of Energy Rejects Corn Fuel Future · · Score: 1

    The algae grows on the surface, and the space we need is infinitesimally small. If we're going to pump it inland, then we may as well harvest the fresh rain water that constantly falls on the ocean. Big savings there.

  21. I guess on Fortune 1000 Companies Sending Spam, Phishing · · Score: 2, Funny

    As long as it wasn't the computer controlling the inanimate carbon rod, we should all be okay, right?

  22. Re:How to stop frivolous law suits on Why the RIAA Doesn't Want Defendants Exonerated · · Score: 1

    The fuzz I see is growing around the word "unreasonable". That could be anything that 51% of the people say it is. Notice that the word is left out of the... first amendment, in its stark simplicity and exactness, and yet the debate is even more heated over it.

  23. Re:Cuba a potential major sugar producer on Dept. of Energy Rejects Corn Fuel Future · · Score: 1

    Nowadays they are called "glitches". Everything we do requires a few changes from the original plans as we go along. That's to be expected and hardly should be considered a show stopper.

  24. Re:How to stop frivolous law suits on Why the RIAA Doesn't Want Defendants Exonerated · · Score: 1

    Signed contracts are a completely different matter altogether. What the these groups are doing does not involved signed contracts. They are arbitrarily issuing statements that can result in a person, who is completely uninvolved, losing his personal property because it is a "civil" matter. And failure to comply can result in jail time. The 4th amendment has just as much place here as any. And the 5th, for what that's worth.

  25. Too slow on Using the Terahertz Spectrum for Wireless Communication · · Score: 1

    I want gamma ray wireless.