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  1. The word is on Death of the Button? Analog vs. Digital · · Score: 0

    "whether"

  2. I'm starting to believe that the day when I see a on Humans Hardwired to Believe in Supernatural Deity? · · Score: 0

    "Is Vi made by God or is it the Devil's creation and why Emacs rules REPUBLICANS George W. Bush Global Warming Thermonuclear War religion in schools evolution intelligent design blah blah blah" article title is drawing nearer and nearer.

  3. Exploiting telnet on Worm Exploiting Solaris Telnetd Vulnerability · · Score: 0

    is like asking a retard to tie his shoelaces and then pushing him when he bends over.

  4. So, if they make it on Fuel Efficient Five-Gear Rocket Engine Designed · · Score: 1, Funny

    12,5 gears it will use 100% less fuel.

  5. Re:I took the test on Web-Based Assistant Changes the Face of Dutch Politics · · Score: 0

    According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda one of the methods of propaganda is the so called "black-and-white fallacy" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-and-white_falla cy.
    But actually, when you mentioned it, I think http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causal_oversimplifica tion suits this test much better.

  6. I took the test on Web-Based Assistant Changes the Face of Dutch Politics · · Score: 0

    and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
    Seriously, the way it works is just pure propaganda. It reduces choices to black or white.

  7. Next step on Scientists Try To Make Robots More Human · · Score: -1

    George equipped with a submachinegun plays hide and seek on the South-North Korean border.

  8. Re:The issue is not the pollution on Coal — The Other Alt Fuel · · Score: 0

    Current natural reserves of uranium will last for about another 60 years. Just like coal, gas and oil.

  9. Re:What he meant: on Windows Chief Suggests Vista Won't Need Antivirus · · Score: 0

    Considering the fact that an unprotected Windows XP system gets infected with blaster within a couple of seconds after being connected to the internet that would be a 10000% security increase.

  10. Re:doubleplusgood on Did Humans Get Their Big Brains From Neanderthals? · · Score: 0

    Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia. Minitrue.

  11. Re:Yes, DRM is inherently evil on MSN Music Purchases Not Compatible with Zune · · Score: 0

    They should rename it to Digital Rights Restrictions, or Digital Slavery.

  12. The last virus I had on Security Threat Changing, Says Symantec CEO · · Score: 0

    was msblaster. All those antivirus companies do is convincing people that if they pay $200 all those shiny buttons and icons in their tray will make them invulnerable to all dangers. People believe antivirus companies and proceed to click on everything they see in the web, get infected and then there's a huge conference about "security threats" where all those $200 bills are spent. IMO prevention shouldn't mean installing tons of resource-eating software, but just teaching common sense. I am really starting to think that there should be some kind of exam before one is allowed to access the internet.

  13. I can see now on Surprises in Microsoft Vista's EULA · · Score: 0

    why they want to move out of China.

  14. Gnomes on YouTube Restores Comedy Central Clips · · Score: 0

    1. Threaten to sue YouTube if they don't remove your materials from their database.
    2. Offer money to YouTube to restore your materials to their database.
    3. ???
    4. Profit!

  15. Re:Why are people freaking out? on Microsoft Partners With Zend · · Score: 0

    Microsoft trying to re-invent the web was never a good thing.

  16. Halloween fools! on China - We Don't Censor the Internet · · Score: 0

    Oh the cultural differences!

  17. It sill works. on Will the U.S. Lose Control of the Internet? · · Score: 0

    Why break it ?

  18. Oof on MySpace to Use Audio Fingerprinting · · Score: 0

    I misread "Myspace" as "Youtube" and I almost cared.

  19. Either that figure is incorrect on An Argument Against Software Patents · · Score: 1, Funny

    or these discussions usually consist of naked males and/or females agreeing with each other about software patents a lot.

  20. How is that useful ? on Seagate To Encrypt Data On Hard Drives · · Score: 0

    If you can't circumvent that, then the data on the drive becomes useless after John Luser forgets his password. If you can, then the thieves can too.

  21. Give me a break. on 3D Weather Data Visualization in Second Life · · Score: 0, Troll

    I thought the only people interested in second life are the ones who eat cats or dogs. Or the ones who call you a dicksucker with a high-pitched voice in any other game. Why don't you write about every crappy minor change in any crappy game ? Second life is almost as irrelevant for slashdot users as myspace.

  22. Re:Quit Your Sniping and See the Benefits on AnalogWhole, an Alternative To FairUse4WM · · Score: 1
    You are mistaken. It is still the very same method.

    Anything that shows the futility of the whole idea of DRM is a good thing!

    It doesn't show the futility of anything. The music you get in result is reencoded, that means really bad quality. So you have to break your music in order to exercise your rights as a customer.

    Anything that may still work the day everything else stops working is a good thing!

    What do you mean ? In the new uber extra high-definition quality anything standards everything gets encoded even on the way from one device to another. And we still haven't got a method to crack DRM in any other way.

    Anything that makes their job harder by forcing them to divert their efforts to yet another hole in the dike to plug is a good thing!

    Divert their methods ? I believe they have been using the same methods for some several years now. Your comment is totally irrelevant. Nothing really get's cracked or bypassed here. It's just the magic of analog music. It's about the same as learning the song by heart and then rewriting it and performing it. Might work. But it's not the real thing. And you still didn't crack anything.
  23. Re:Whowa... on IBM Sues Amazon For Patent Infringement · · Score: 1
  24. Is that it ? on My Dream App For the Mac · · Score: 1

    "Killer apps" ? Puh-leeze!
    1. Blossom - tamagochi, anyone ?
    2. Whistler - Wow. A Fruity Loops clone.
    3. Portal - Ayncing ? That's the kind of application you'd expect to get for free with your new PDA or mobile phone. I can't see anyone paying for it.
    4. Hijack - How is that supposed to work with different forum engines ?
    5. Atmosphere - No, thanks. I already have Bonzo Buddy telling me the current weather.
    6. Cookbook - There are thousands of apps that can keep recipes. There are thousands of apps that can help you schedule your meals/shopping. Unless it gets integrated with the iGroceries store calling it a "killer app" is as ridiculous as calling Mozilla one, because it combines the web browser with the email client.

  25. In totally unrelated news... on Visa Cuts Off AllOfMp3.com · · Score: 1, Insightful

    several multimedia corporations have recently signed an agreement stating that the only available form of payment in their soon-to-be-opened electronic music stores will be Visa credit cards.