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  1. Re:Uhm, Why? on The Tyranny of Copyright? · · Score: 1

    Why? To shut them up?

  2. Oh Shit on Bill Gates Forecasts Victory Over Spam · · Score: 1

    Oh shit, I feel much better now, that I know The Beast is protecting us....

  3. Re: No on Wal*Mart continues push for RFID adoption · · Score: 1

    No, I'm saying that at the State Fair, I use my IPaq and point my mini/directional antenna at your butt right in front of me in line. Then mug you behind the cotten candy stand...

  4. Re: Flamebait on Arrest in Caridi FBI Investigation · · Score: 1

    It's called Martial Law you asshole, look it up.

    WTF is this hostility, Coward? What's your stake? (Or did you lose it in the stock market crash?) Noam Chomsky says that the ultimate corruption, is when an organism chooses, adverse to its own self-interest persistently, in the face of overwhelming evidence, LOL.

    It has been put into place nearly a half dozen times in the history of America

    You're going to have to back up this statement with a few facts.

    - just because you have the interplaceneterweb doesn't mean that it still can't be useful.

    This sentence doesn't make any sense. Please clarify.

  5. Stego on Arrest in Caridi FBI Investigation · · Score: 1

    Stego serial numbers.

  6. Re: But on Arrest in Caridi FBI Investigation · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What do you call a crime? Corporate CEOs and their radical self-interest, now control our legislative system, which is furiously dismantling our judicial system. (war powers act, PATRIOT, etc) Gen Tommy Franks actually said, that if there's another major terrorist attack, the Constitution may have to be suspended! WTF? We've had much worse crises, and haven't had to suspend the Constitution.

    Where do you stand on (the current) abridging, and (the proposed)suspending the United States Constitution?!

  7. Re: You're right about distance, but not privacy on Wal*Mart continues push for RFID adoption · · Score: 1

    Yeah, RFID 'long-range' is considered four meters. But with a dish, you could be read at much greater distances, OK?

    Further, Hitachi is now making a microscopic RFID tag. How would you like it, if I pointed my antenna at your wallet and read exactly how much money you have at the moment?

  8. Re: Sure. on Wal*Mart continues push for RFID adoption · · Score: 1

    Those book tags are just a capacitor and antenna, and are discharged at checkout.

    And every RFID tag has a unique serial number, and so will certainly be used not just for inventory, but 'anti-shrinkage'.

  9. Re: Arbitration on Wal*Mart continues push for RFID adoption · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but new chips have anti-collision built-in.

  10. Re: Here's How to Disable on Wal*Mart continues push for RFID adoption · · Score: 1

    Here's the first-time this idea's been proposed; our gift to /. :

    It's easy to burn out RFID tags... with a stun-gun. ZZZYYYAAAPPP!!!

  11. Re: Other Costs on Wal*Mart continues push for RFID adoption · · Score: 1

    But there are other costs with RFID, particularly the reader, compared with barcode.

    Right, a few companies are now making RFID tags (inlets) using silver-epoxy for the circuit. Basically a silk-screen process over Dupont Melinex substrate, then thump down a special material that when compressed is conductive and when not, insulates. And thump the chip, bake and it's done.

  12. TGFM on MandrakeSoft Roundup · · Score: 1

    Thank god for Mandrake.

  13. Re: Best in the World on MandrakeSoft Roundup · · Score: 1

    WTF is wrong with Parisian brothels? They're the best in the world!

  14. How is it Better? on FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE Review · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I Dled 5.2, but it's all curses-based. And I didn't see any sign that KDE comes with it.

    With my limited info, it seems like a bigger hassle than Mandrake. (just spitballing here)

  15. Re: One Solution on Morpheus Infiltrates Other P2P Networks · · Score: 1

    Seems like, if you get a dummy file, you could just re-post it, adding to the name "(is a dummy file)". Wouldn't others then get the warning?

  16. Re:Two keys for any successful new P2P client on Morpheus Infiltrates Other P2P Networks · · Score: 1

    Deal with it. Boycott or abstain, but overpricing doesn't give you any legal or moral right to steal.

    "Moral"? Are you sure you want to talk about 'moral'? When the record industry throughout its history has raped and left in poverty, artists like Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy, Johnny Winter, and most other true originals? These people are artists, not brokers. They had to trust their managers to bring fair recompense for their contributions. And their managers/labels never failed to rob them blind.

    This is not to mention the court finding of the Industry's price fixing of CDs. Since the beginning of CDs, customers have been overcharged 30%.

    So Sony and AOL are upset that they'll have less cocaine and fewer cigars? Let me explain something: what we're witnessing is economics. So much pressure has built up in unfairness, that the more technical people will find ways to balance it. This will be the case from now on, where there's inequity.

    As far as I'm concerned, we should cut out the labels altogether, in favor of direct purchase from artists or music pools.

  17. Re:Space shuttle on The Amazing Properties of Aerogel · · Score: 1

    Foam is FAR cheaper. All they needed to do is invest in better cement. (and be nicer to the 'help', cough).

  18. Re:I wonder on The Amazing Properties of Aerogel · · Score: 1

    No, but physics says that on this Earth, silica will always be heavier than air.

  19. Huh? on SUSE Linux Receives EAL3 Certification · · Score: 1

    You've gotta be kidding. Mandrake deserves this more than Suse.

  20. Re: Too Late on SCO Lobbying Congress Against Open Code · · Score: 1

    M$ invested a very lare amount of cash in SCO, right before the legal assault. Some more cynical people think that this was the impetus... Who benefits the most from *nix being outlawed?? I think M$. (cough)

  21. Re: Nah on SCO Lobbying Congress Against Open Code · · Score: 1

    Jobs have moved offshore, because the tax cuts freed up alot of money for re-tooling.

    Of course we save money by moving mfg offshore. But I prefer to support companies that have a commitment to US jobs, like Vishay.

  22. Re: Yup on SCO Lobbying Congress Against Open Code · · Score: 1

    Give this man a gold star. Couldn't agree more.

  23. Re:Going to move to Europe, I guess.. on SCO Lobbying Congress Against Open Code · · Score: 1

    My friend, we are all that matters...

  24. Oppression on SCO Lobbying Congress Against Open Code · · Score: -1, Troll

    Excellent.

    For those not old enough to remember, Hitler also demanded that all control be allowed to CEOs.

  25. Re: Aerogel Sombrero on The Amazing Properties of Aerogel · · Score: 1

    Don't even need special clothing to hide from satellite. Aerogel Sombrero!