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  1. Re:Well, piracy hurts real people. on EMI Says Online File Storage Is Illegal · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The world changes. The market's demand shifts. And you, and people like you, continue to blame the customer base for wanting the product how they want it.

  2. Re:Compare energy, not gallons on $1/Gallon "Green Gasoline" In Sight · · Score: 1

    Every single NEW one. I've got a 2006 Honda, by no means is that an "old" car, and it's not on the list. So, what do we do with all the old cars/engines?

  3. Re:Laptop Stolen by Baggage Handlers on What Are the Best Laptop Theft Recovery Measures? · · Score: 1

    Why would you check expensive electronics? They don't call baggage handlers "gorillas" for nothing. 30 seconds to show a screener your laptop boots and isn't a bomb vs having it stolen or broken by some asshole?

  4. Re:Easy on Woman Sues Blockbuster for Facebook Privacy Violations · · Score: 1

    Browse at +3.

  5. Re:Not really.... on $399 Mac Clone Most Likely a Hoax · · Score: 1

    I'd like to thank this troll for reminding me to add a list of shock sites to my adblock filter in safari. I can now browse safer because of your asshattery.

  6. Re:Whither Fedora? on Red Hat Avoids Desktop Linux, Says Too Tough · · Score: 1

    No, that makes "a monopoly that breaks the law." Or "a law breaking company that has a monopoly."

  7. Naming? on Senator Proposes to Monitor All P2P Traffic for Illegal Files · · Score: 1

    Why not do what the fine gentlemen at Bang Bros do and name the file something like "BMF350500k"? You get the name of the site (BMF) the episode (350) and the quality (500k). Not that I have a membership or anything. My friend told me about that.

  8. Re:Why is it still a case where on iPhone SDK and Free Software Don't Match · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    My last car (a 1996 Eclipse) said right under the speedometer "UNLEADED FUEL ONLY." So did my first car (1988 Accord).

  9. Re:Gravel! Turn back! on Google StreetView Is In Your Driveway · · Score: 1

    But once asked to stop you must stop. Don't forget that part.

  10. Re:Gravel! Turn back! on Google StreetView Is In Your Driveway · · Score: 1

    As far as I know (from years of trespassing as a youth) if it isn't posted, you haven't been warned. Once you get warned, you must leave. And if you come back, the police can be called to remove you.

    Where I live there are a lot of wooded areas, and every 15-25 feet or so there's a big red "NO TRESPASSING" sign nailed to a tree.

    These people didn't even put up a cutsey little frog holding a "Private Lane" sign at the end of their driveway, and it looks exactly like a street. I've gotta side with Google on this.

  11. Re:Understanding Competition. on Jail-Breaking iPhones at the Apple Store · · Score: 1, Funny

    Twitter, why do you even bother to come back and post? Seriously. I'd rather read GNAA posts than yours.

  12. Re:argumentum ad verecundiam on Large Hadron Collider Sparks 'Doomsday' Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    His ability to read them and compare them to someone who actually knows what they're talking about? I'd say that would be enough.

    The guy is a biologist first, a radiologist at a VA hospital second, a math/science teacher third. He "dabbled" in physics.

  13. Re:WTF? on Large Hadron Collider Sparks 'Doomsday' Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    Hell, people were worried that driving in a horseless carriage at over 25MPH would suffocate anyone without a "wind screen."

  14. Re:Is it really "old" tech? on Why OldTech Keeps Kicking · · Score: 1

    MobileCast on the iPhone works over EDGE. I use it to download older episodes of podcasts I listen to.

  15. Re:I blame it on Apple... on The Wrath of the Apple Tribe · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The best part is the "You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same" slogan on the MASS PRODUCED SHIRT sold by the GAP.

  16. Re:I blame it on Apple... on The Wrath of the Apple Tribe · · Score: 1

    OSX86. I installed it on a 3 year old dell laptop I had lying around. OS X ran better on unsupported old hardware than XP had on the same laptop. 6 months later I had a Macbook Pro and I haven't looked back since. Next up is to replace my PC with a Mac Pro.

  17. Re:He needs to get towed a few times. on How Apple Got Everything Right By Doing Everything Wrong · · Score: 0

    Seeing as how it's private property, he can park anywhere he wants. He can park in the front entrance if he wants.

  18. Re:Auto upbreak. on Vista Service Pack 1 Is Out · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Things seem 'faster', copying files, something that use to take weeks now takes as long as it should."

    Does Internet Explorer feel 'snappier'?

  19. Re:Pertinent word... on Unreleased iPhone 2.0 May Already Be Hacked · · Score: 2, Informative

    They don't make it easy to refuse the update? "There is an update for your iPhone (version number here) do you want to download and install it, just download it and install it later, or ignore it? Pick one."

    It's VERY easy to refuse an update. Now, if they were forced down over AT&T, that'd be a different story.

  20. Re:Pertinent word... on Unreleased iPhone 2.0 May Already Be Hacked · · Score: 1

    But if it turns out that Jill started it by setting fire to Jack's mother, it DOES make you an asshole for judging a situation without having all the facts first.

  21. Re:Whatever you do . . . on US Plans "Disposable" Nuclear Batteries · · Score: 3, Informative

    The problem with Chernobyl wasn't nuclear power. It was the government who built the reactor. Research some of the new technology being worked on to make nuclear clean and safe and you'll change your tune. Start by googling "pebble bed".

  22. Re:Get 'em while they're hot on Wikileaks Airs Scientology Black Ops · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you are a good person, and you do good things, but you don't believe in the "right" God, what kind of God would punish you? Not the kind of God I'd want to spend eternity with, that's for sure. So I'm going to continue to help people and do the right thing and believing in no God.

    And if your God is real, do you think he won't know that all the good YOU did was because you were afraid of burning in hell for all eternity?

  23. Re:Get 'em while they're hot on Wikileaks Airs Scientology Black Ops · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I agree, it should be confused with modern day religions, since all are groups of adults believing in fictional stories and allowing them to control their lives.

  24. Re:Don't jump to conclusions on Verizon, Fiber Or Die? · · Score: 1

    I had that same experience with Time Warner right after they took over for Adelphia (so, Adelphia staff with Adelphia equipment that had Time Warner stickers over the old Adelphia ones).

    Modem kept dropping, cable boxes kept losing connection for the guide and the digital channels. They sent 5 techs, and the last one finally said "Enough with this" and re-ran from the pole to the house, crossing a very busy 2-lane for semis between two local small cities. He helped run some coax in the house, even left us 75' extra in case we moved TVs around. He checked every pole from our house towards town until he found a problem. Turns out that moisture was getting in somewhere and screwing us all up. Problem went away after he finished, and never came back.

    And the same thing happened before they sent the tech out. "Everything looks OK from here, the problem must have fixed itself." Took 'em 6 months to figure out that the problem wasn't going away without someone physically fixing it.

  25. Re:AT&T and Uverse on Verizon, Fiber Or Die? · · Score: 1

    Well, those tools should be fine, considering how the Terms of Use for your ISP has a bit in there about how hosting servers is against the rules and will get you cut off.