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  1. Easier than iTunes on iTunes' Windows Problem · · Score: 3, Insightful

    1) download mp3 from
    2) copy to USB mass storage

    No extra software
    No heavy handed overlord control
    No platform or hardware specific requrements

    Thanks iTunes, but no thanks.

  2. Looks like the youtube clip on it is here on Mechanical CPU Clock · · Score: 4, Informative
  3. I bet they go back to isolation on Iraq Emerges From Isolation As Telecommunications Hub · · Score: 1, Funny

    I bet they cut the cable a month after getting their first DSL bill.

  4. why is this not cross-platform? on New Targeted Mac OS X Trojan Requires No User Interaction · · Score: 1

    If you need to hit a link for the exploit, I would guess this is a malicious Java applet. What role does the browser and platform play then?

  5. Just for fun on China Erases New Internet Rumors, Shuts Down Sites · · Score: 1

    Take out the words China and Bejing in the summary and re-read it.

  6. Re:What About Machine Language and Assembly? on Oracle and Google Spar Over Whether Programming Languages Can Be Copyrighted · · Score: 2

    If they were copyrighted, wouldn't the assembly and machine language folks get the last laugh?

    Yep. Imagine the orgy of copyright lawsuits coming out if the judge rules languages are copyrightable.

  7. There's always the Flashblock plugin on Mozilla Testing Click-to-Play Option For Plugin Content · · Score: 1

    "..Blocks Flash so it won't get in your way, but if you want to see it, just click..."

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashblock/

  8. You can't debunk religeon with science on Indian Man Charged With Blasphemy For Exposing "Miracle" · · Score: 1

    Most people won't understand how water can travel uphill. Besides, as long as the "believers" aren't hurting anyone, why fck with them? Leave 'em alone to believe whatever they want. You're just going to come across looking like you're calling them stupid, simple, ignorant or wrong and that never goes over well with anyone. Agree to disagree and leave it at that.

  9. Aw c'mon, just use ice on Coming to an Ice Cream Shop Near You: Soft Serve Beer · · Score: 1

    Besides, as the ice melts, you have more beer.

  10. DoJ money grab on DoJ Files Suit Against Apple, Ebook Publishers · · Score: 1

    I'd like to think that the DoJ is actually interested in keeping the future of published works out of proprietary formats but I know better.

  11. Re:Conservatism on Iran Plans To Unplug the Internet, Launch Its Own 'Clean' Alternative · · Score: 1

    America, take note.

    Note taken. Please refer to our presedential candidates to see our progress.

  12. Mozilla is open source code on AOL Patent Deal Means Microsoft Now Holds Vestiges of Netscape · · Score: 1

    Theoretically, versions of derived works from the Netscape code base are safe. If M$ decides to change the license, anything going forward, from this point on, would need to be forked from the current (open source) codebase.

  13. 10% more graduates will be disappointed on US CompSci Enrollment Up For 4th Year Running · · Score: 1, Interesting
  14. More concerned with law enforcement than spies on FBI Says American Universities Infiltrated by Spies · · Score: 4, Insightful

    These days, I'm more afraid of the law enforcement on campus. I'm not aware of spies braining anyone with a nightstick (and stealing their phone) for recording them, or pepper-spraying someone for sitting on the sidewalk.

  15. Only available on mysterious alternative markets on SMS-Controlled Malware Hijacking Android Phones · · Score: 1

    This is not available on AndroidMarket/GooglePlay, so how widespread is it?

    "TigerBot hasnâ(TM)t yet surfaced in Google Play (formerly Googleâ(TM)s Android Market) but does appear to be making the rounds on alternative markets." TFA

  16. Seems obvious to me on BioWare Announces Free DLC To Add More To the Mass Effect 3 Endings · · Score: 2

    Most people never finish these games and they know it, so why spend a lot of time on a great ending? For return customers? HAH! when you're the only game in town, you don't need to worry.

    The second part is they really only care about the first couple months of the user experience. They put just enough effort into the game so they can still make high volume sales before anyone has a chance to get the shitty parts where they "duct taped" stuff on. By the time anyone figures it out, they've already made a ton of cash on it.

    I just quit buying the new titles until they are a year or so old.

  17. Senator *AND* he leads the MPAA??? on MPAA Chief Dodd Hints At Talks To Revive SOPA · · Score: 1

    I guess corporate dollars and political motivation can't get spelled out much clearer than that. Anyway, there have been plenty of alternatives proposed to SOPA/PIPA. If he can't work with what's been proposed then he should be fired.

  18. Is there an OpenGL version? on Browser Emulation of 1975 Computer Runs First 16-Bit Home Game · · Score: 1

    I think that would look really sweet.

  19. Re:Culmination of a dream on The Supreme Court To Rule On Monsanto Seed Patents · · Score: 1

    I don't think that the US government wants to give up that sort of power.

    FTFY: I don't think that the US government wants to sell that sort of power cheaply.

  20. A New Direction on Yahoo Layoffs Begin, CEO Sends Employees Apologetic Letter · · Score: 1

    What they mean is; instead of swirling around the bowl at an agonizingly slow pace, they are wanting to pack as much cash into their pockets as they can and shoot straight for the drain.

  21. I thought cell phones were bad enough on Google Glasses Announced · · Score: 0

    I am now dreading being next to the person on the plane or the bus who is screaming into one of these during a google voice session while making all kinds of crazy gestures to read their email.

  22. Not surprising on AT&T Microcell Disassembly; Security Flaws Exposed · · Score: 1

    Brought to you by the same guys charged with domestic evesdropping: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/01/70126

  23. coral cache of page/pics on 150 Gigapixel Sky Image Contains 1 Billion Stars · · Score: 1
  24. 688 changes on Microsoft Counted As Key Linux Contributor · · Score: 1

    I would be interested to see what these changes are. There is no link TFA.

  25. Where will the funding come from? on Neil deGrasse Tyson Outlines a Plan For Saving Earth From Asteroids · · Score: 0

    If the US takes this on, I would surmise it would fall under NASA's umbrella. With their funding being cut, though (total of $17.7 Billion for 2012*) I don't see a lot of excess to whittle off for exploring options. Most likely the military will absorb the cost, but don't expect to see "kinder and gentler" on their option list.

    [*] - http://io9.com/5885042/how-will-the-white-houses-brutal-budget-cuts-affect-nasa