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  1. Re:List of free Windows firewalls on ZoneAlarm Employs Scare Tactics Against Its Users · · Score: 1

    if someone paid for windows, it seems reasonable to pay little more for such an important piece of software like firewall.

    No. $100-$300 for a consumer operating system should be enough, god-damn-it. No more money should have to be spent just to operate the fucking thing.

  2. Re:I stopped using that crap... on ZoneAlarm Employs Scare Tactics Against Its Users · · Score: 1

    If you really intend to act as a human traffic controller for all software on your PC, and seek software to enable you to do that, your time is not worth very much.

  3. Re:Obligatory Simpsons on Opossums Overrun Brooklyn, Fail To Eliminate Rats · · Score: 1

    You can tell there's a nutria rat in the water because it looks like a medium dog is swimming towards you, and your real dog is cowering in fear.

  4. Re:I'd hate to be... on Texting On the Rise In the US · · Score: 1

    Right. Because Internet Relay Crack is so much better than texting!

  5. Re:bullcrap on Countering a DMCA Takedown In the Magnet Wars · · Score: 1

    Let's see how long it takes for my comment to be removed.

    If there is a God, i demand that he strike me dead and burn me to a crisp right now! Heyyyy! God! Hey!

  6. Re:bullcrap on Countering a DMCA Takedown In the Magnet Wars · · Score: 1

    If you disagree, please cite a court case or state/federal law to back up your claim.

    No, I'm pretty sure you need to cite court cases. You don't get to be the "provide citations for everything you ever say" fairy.

  7. Re:bullcrap on Countering a DMCA Takedown In the Magnet Wars · · Score: 1

    You must live in Europe.

  8. Re:Of course; on GOG.com Not Really Gone · · Score: 1

    I'm half-hoping, half fearing that I'm going to find out this dude has spent his career replacing perfectly drives instead of removing the disk controller from Device Manager and letting it reinstall (the correct way to resolve the stuck-in-PIO-mode issue).

  9. Re:Unintended consequences on GOG.com Not Really Gone · · Score: 1

    PIO mode kills drives?

  10. Re:stating the obvious... on Are Desktop Firewalls Overkill? · · Score: 1

    I do agree. I just couldn't let the jab pass me by.

    I also run no security software at all (except what comes with Windows).

  11. Re:Funny you should mention that... on Are Desktop Firewalls Overkill? · · Score: 1

    If that's sarcasm, it's funny.

    If not:

    Right.

    Breaching a plate glass window with the front of your skull, forcibly clearing the steering column with your pelvis and genitals, then flying through the air several feet and landing on the nearby terrain at high speed is better than remaining strapped to a padded seat.

  12. Re:stating the obvious... on Are Desktop Firewalls Overkill? · · Score: 1

    "All you security experts are liars, I've only been penetrated against my will twice!"

    But officer, he was asking for it!

  13. Re:Immature and Gun Happy on Hunters Shot Down Google Fiber · · Score: 1

    I find it disturbing that, in the unique case that we have someone we CAN deny basic human rights to, we instantly do it.

    Way to make sure everyone knows it's only international law that causes us to treat all men as created equal.

  14. Re:Probrem! on Stewart and Colbert Plan Competing D.C. Rallies · · Score: 1

    That's +Informative

  15. Re:Oh what rubbish on Linux Kernel Exploit Busily Rooting 64-Bit Machines · · Score: 1

    You had better be using certificate-based encryption, or you have almost nothing.

    OK, I partially retract that. Bog-standard wireless encryption is enough to keep people from stealing your internet connection. For people who aren't worried about being deliberately targeted for data they possess, WEP could be enough.

  16. Re:Need help patching/checking on Linux Kernel Exploit Busily Rooting 64-Bit Machines · · Score: 1

    I can't see the password for some reason.

  17. Re:*Yawn* Local Root Exploit on Linux Kernel Exploit Busily Rooting 64-Bit Machines · · Score: 1

    You had me until the last word.

  18. Re:Then perhaps do as the GP asks on Linux Kernel Exploit Busily Rooting 64-Bit Machines · · Score: 1

    I don't think you get an out for Windows Firewall, if that's what's on your mind.

  19. Re:Bad Publicity... on Linux Kernel Exploit Busily Rooting 64-Bit Machines · · Score: 1

    You have to rethink what it means to be "poor". I live in the US, work a full-time job in the IT industry, and I can't afford a hamster.

  20. Re:poorly described on Linux Kernel Exploit Busily Rooting 64-Bit Machines · · Score: 1

    Running a web server in a way that wouldn't work for most people isn't a solution to a kernel exploit. It's a workaround.

  21. Re:There's more on IBM Patents Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Movies · · Score: 1

    You're stretching all logical thinking to mean "software patent". It's a real strain, I'm afraid.

  22. Re:50 Years Away? on Construction of French Fusion Reactor Underway · · Score: 1

    It was only 20 years away.

    But then they invented the aorist rods...

  23. There's more on IBM Patents Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Movies · · Score: 1

    The simple essence of "Choose your own adventure" is only a small part of the patent.

    If you RTFP, you'll find voting mechanisms, pricing models, variable vote weighting based on a pricing model, and a proposed rating system.

    I think they deserve the patent.

  24. Re:Impossible? on Left-Handed Gamers Getting Left Behind? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Being off-handed is one thing. You are what is referred to as being "all thumbs".

  25. Re:Ubuntu users have more problems on Shuttleworth Answers Ubuntu Linux's Critics · · Score: 1

    You can also see that Malawi, Swaziland, Ghana, and Zimbabwe have the highest regional interest for "bible", so what can you conclude about that? Are those the most "Christian" nations?

    Actually, that might be a yes.