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  1. Re:Worst 3rd Movie Installment Ever on Star Wars Episode 3 Release Date Announced · · Score: 0

    What about Police Academy III?

  2. Re:I was working, at compusa on Task Force Finds Blackout Was Preventable · · Score: 0

    See, there IS hope for Slashdot users! Techies everywhere rejoice! Stop reading pr0n and bribe the hot chick you work with to marry you! =D

  3. Re:Tit for Tat on Privacy Complaint Against Google's GMail Service · · Score: 1, Insightful

    So under your premise then, when you go to MacDonalds, and they have marketing material up on the wall, it's indentured servitude?

    You're using Google's servers FOR FREE. You are in their place of business. Seems perfectly normal to me that they would show you an ad by using keywords in your email. Better that than seeing an X10 or Casino ad popup every time you browse a page.

    You must have learned this term in school and have been dying to use it for a month now. Your point is not very pragmatic.

  4. MOD PARENT DOWN on NPR's Car Talk Switches Back To RealAudio · · Score: 0

    They post a link to a site that nails you with a bunch of crappy popups only only has a link to a massive codec pack, not Real Alternative.

    Here's a better link to Real Alternative
  5. Re:April Fool's: An Important Message on UK Government to Tax Linux? · · Score: 0

    So take your browsing elsewhere if you don't like it. I hear fark.com likes users like you.

  6. Re:Don't do it on People with real l337 speak names? · · Score: 0

    Just a name dude... Jan can be pronounced "Yan"... There's a hockey player with that name. Jan Hlavic (sp?).

    I have a funny name (Costas). Got in tonnes of fights in grade school bcuz of it too. Stuff like "How much did you Cost Us" and "Crusty-Ass" and "Cock-Ass" and just about everything else you could think of.

    I got over it. There's a lot more to your dad's problems like social development and stuff...

    I for one feel that I'm better for it. Makes me less interested in persuing common trends and am willing to take steps to go against the grain.

    I'd contemplated going by my full name (Constantine), but am unwilling to switch it because my name is part of my identity, and I've got no issues with my identity.

    Too much vanity in the western world. That's why shows like extreme makeover exist. It's really sad.

  7. Re:Something wrong? on A History of PowerPC · · Score: 0

    IIRC DEC Alphas were 64-bit a long time ago... Were they SMP though?

  8. Re:OH Canada. on Music Industry Loses In Canadian Downloading Case · · Score: 0

    In spite of this, Canadian television has yet to produce a domestic hit television series, Hmmm... Like Kids in the Hall? This hour has 22 minutes? North of 60. And I'll bet Hockey Night in Canada is a hit television series. In fact we have produced some fine content.

  9. Re:Patenting an RFC? on Subdomains Part Of The Patent Frenzy · · Score: 0

    Remember Amazon's deal? They sued over the "one click" checkout. It's already happened successfully.

  10. Re:And here Slashdot shows its leftist bent on Congress To Force Cable a la Carte Plans · · Score: 0
    monopoly = monopoly is a situation where for technical or social reasons there cannot be more than one efficient provider of a good

    Technically, that's a natural monopoly - one where economies of scale make it a virtually impossible barrier for entry. eBay for example has a natural monopoly. No other company can establish the clientelle to build an online auction.

    Cable Co's are not natural monopolies. They can be forced by the FCC to open up their transmission lines for a fee. As well, signals carried over satellite do proved some competition, however I'd argue that Satellite and CableCos forms an Oligopoly, where it's easy enough for all parties to work together for increased profits.

  11. Re:Anyone else notice the tracking? on Google Updates Its Face · · Score: 0

    Yeah, beacause it's so difficult for google to search their http logs for all the searches that go on anyway.

    I really don't think it's a conspiracy to infringe upon your privacy. You never had it to begin with! Every GET style request is already logged anyway.

  12. Re:Fake hits on Google Updates Its Face · · Score: 0

    Totally agree. Google is slipping. Searching for product reviews doesn't get you a review any more, just pages that link to other pages that have product reviews. Those aren't useful at all! So in a nutshell. 1)Write an engine that imports ingram micro's product list. 2) Punch ever search term into google. Copy the results into your own page with banners and pop-ups. 3) ? 4) Profit

  13. Re: Isn't the largest threat Obesity? on Sony To Launch E Ink-based eBook In April · · Score: 0

    Really, the largest threat to American children in America is that they are fat. I say load up MORE books so those little fat-asses can get some exercise...

    Let's see how far into the depths of moderation hell this one goes :)

  14. Re:Why would I want to register under so many TLDs on .mail Domain To Eliminate Spam? · · Score: 0

    Screw 1.5... Why not just jump to Internet 2? www.internet2.org

  15. Re:Why switch? on Pixar Switches to Mac OS X and G5s · · Score: -1, Troll

    ROFLMAO!!! Mac runs Linux AS AN EMULATOR! Mac = FreeBSD, NOT Linux!

  16. Re:Nonsense ! on Apple Sued in France for iPod Music Royalties · · Score: 1

    This thread's getting offtopic dude... Still they modded you up to interesting so it warrants a response. Obviously the moderators are on crack today

    Well I find you a threat to me, only I have no evidence. Can I come invade your home without reprise? And if you defend yourself, can I label you as a terrorst for resisting my "liberation" strategy?

  17. Re:hmmm on Broadband Over Power Lines: Coming Soon? · · Score: 1
    However, if it decreases the market share, then I hope that will mean good things for all of us, lower rates. And that would be a good thing.


    Technically the market share will stay the same, electricity will tap into a market share Telco's don't feel is profitable or Cable Co's Don't feel is profitable or both don't feel it's profitable. Doesn't mean the market isn't there dude.

    Then when they've taken that, they'll have a customer base so they can compete with Telcos and CableCo's...

    Or they'll be jerks like satellite and over charge at $99 a month hoping to take advantage of rural areas.

    Either way, there's more cometition. It's what we need to lower our rates. Yay! I'm all for cheaper interent access!

  18. Re:Client caching on Firebird Relational Database 1.5 Final Out · · Score: 1

    I gues you've never installed Postgres on FreeBSD. cd /usr/ports/databases/postgresql73 make install clean And firebird: cd /usr/ports/databases/firebird make install clean Yeah, way easier with Firebird. lol when evaluating a database, it's not important to look at "ease of installation" unless your an IT "pro" who can't follow instructions. And there's a quite few out there...

  19. Re:cool! on Navy Jet eBayed - Some Assembly Required? · · Score: 1

    Correction... Kelly McGillis was the actress in Top Gun...

  20. Re:weee on Navy Jet eBayed - Some Assembly Required? · · Score: 1

    According the Patriot Act and Patriot Act II, the FBI doesn't need to ask him... They can just check his phone logs, computer usage, bank information, and anything else they want, and don't need a warrant... USA: Land of the Formerly Free :)

  21. What about 8-tracks? on TVI to Sue Over MS Autoplay Feature · · Score: 1

    I mean really, didn't those play automatically too? I remember my parent's 1975 T-bird had quadrosonic 8-track stereo...

  22. Re:we pay for crippled printers? on HP Discusses Anti-Counterfeiting Measures · · Score: 1

    Yeah, you totally missed the press release. I must have missed the press release where Kodak announced that they were going to stop making film. You DO know how to use google right? http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3948032/ Kodak will be making film for quite a while. ROFLMAO... You're insightful.

  23. Moderators on Crack on Radar For Safer Driving · · Score: 1

    How is this informative? This product's been available for ages at little dollar stores and stuff... What's next, he'll want a concave side mirror?

  24. Re:no end to analog on Audio/Video Conference with iChat and AIM · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Didn't you learn ANYTHING watching the A-Team? I recall almost every third episode they hacked a landline with a phone tap :)

  25. Re:Security on Wireless Keyboard w/o a Wireless Mouse? · · Score: 1

    Hmmm... That's a strange question. Is it any more secure than someone standing over your shoulder watching you type? The Bluetooth spec has a small, limited range. Someone / some device would have to be placed within a few feet of your work area. I mean, shoot, put a wireless webcam up and get the monitor as well... Really, why go to the trouble to place a bluetooth sniffer in place when you can set up a wireless webcam instead?