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  1. Re:How long will this last? on Gnomoradio: Creative Commons Music Sharing · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This looks awesome, but how long before the RIAA starts feeding copyrighted music into the system and then gets it shut down? Things like this have to be their worst nightmare.

    Even for /. that statement seems a bit paranoid. I doubt that the RIAA would try to entrap people that are legally trading music the RIAA doesn't own when they have plenty of people actually illegally trading music they can go after.

  2. Re:So that's what that UFO I saw was.... on Genesis Capsule Crashes; Chutes Blamed · · Score: 1

    And here I thought it was another UFO..

    Can you say cover-up?

  3. Re:Whoops on Genesis Capsule Crashes; Chutes Blamed · · Score: 1

    OK, so we had stun pilots training for 5 years, couldn't they dive in ala James Bond with their own parachutes, grab the capsule and use their own parachutes to slow down it's fall? I mean, if they get movie people, wouldn't it work like that in real life.

    Except that the spacecraft would have been at a few thousand degrees. I guess Q would have had to stitch up an asbestos tux.

  4. Re:Gainesville Fl. Slashdot Meetup. on I-Neighbors, Not just another social network · · Score: 1

    I live in Gville/go to UF. What do you want to do?

  5. Re:Links to the Alphas buried? on Mozilla.org Relaunched · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Links to the bleeding edge 1.8 Alpha versions are not immediately apparent...why?

    That was the first thing I noticed, I'd have to guess they are trying to go more mainstream and make downloading their brower less ambiguous for the masses.

  6. Re:I can understand hating IE and looking to repla on AbiWord vs. MS Word, For Now · · Score: 1

    How much have you donated to open source in the last year? Money or talent?

    I have actually donated about US$40 this year. I'd give more but that's about all I can afford to give. As for talent, I'm afraid I am lacking there (for now at least) but I hope to one day be able to help out at least a little.

  7. Re:I can understand hating IE and looking to repla on AbiWord vs. MS Word, For Now · · Score: 1

    I just get a warez copy of MS Office.

    I did that for a while but I decided that I'd be much happier if I used free software and supported the open source community, if only in a small way.

  8. Re:I can understand hating IE and looking to repla on AbiWord vs. MS Word, For Now · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...but why am I supposed to hate Word? Seems a decent product and the sharepoint shared workspaces has turned out to be real popular with my users.

    If you already have Word/Office, then you shouldn't hate it. However, if you don't have it and can't afford it, then you may need an alternative. I personally can't afford MSOffice, so I go with OOo.

  9. Re:Use? on Alabama IT Whistleblower Fired For Spyware · · Score: 3, Informative

    The article said the program took in to account idle times and took no screenshots during periods of inactivity.

  10. Re:Sony's Business Model on Sony's "iPod killer" Fails to Draw Blood · · Score: 1

    Now that should be an Olympic event.

    Maybe at the geek Olympics.

  11. Re:Sony's Business Model on Sony's "iPod killer" Fails to Draw Blood · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wouldn't trust Sony's products farther than I could throw them.

    Do you realize how far you could throw a mini-disc?

  12. Re:What about..... on Traffic Control of the Future · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I would assume that they would use off-ramp type of turn lane and just adjust the traffic the same way for the cars entering the new direction of travel as they do for the intersections. No one says you have to make only 90deg. turns at the intersection (unless of course you plan on installing this system at existing intersections with no road modification). Howev,er there is still the problem of dogs, stalls, breakdowns and the like.

  13. Re:Gee. on Google's Fraud Squad Battles Phantom Clicks · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Here's the Google cache: google.

  14. Re:No big problems here on Is A Catch-All Address Worth The Spam? · · Score: 1

    And if a gmail invite would calm you down, I'll give you one :)

    You know, I've been a bit on edge lately too. I'd take one. my email

  15. Or on Stargate Atlantis Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    Or just a movie to show how it ends (a cure is found somehow, blah blah blah).

  16. Re:Nigeria? on Forward This Article And Get Paid $203.15 · · Score: 1

    Hey! Maybe we know the same guy! What a small world.

  17. Re:Natural selection on Dog Trained on 200-Word Vocabulary · · Score: 1

    Incorrect. You have given a prime example of artificial selection...

    I stand corrected. I love pedantry. ;)

  18. Natural selection on Dog Trained on 200-Word Vocabulary · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It would make sense that the dogs that could understand their masters best would be the one that would be bred and thus their genes would be passed on. So maybe it's natural selection.

  19. no surprise on Yahoo Anti-Spy Favors Yahoo's Adware Partners? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I hope this doesn't surprise anyone. Seeing as how altruism is rarely profitable, this is exactly what I expected to hear sometime about an adware removal program.

  20. when was it decided on Short Text Messages In Mid-Air · · Score: 4, Funny

    I want to know when it was decided that all the most annoying technology would be crammed into one device and then given to basically any idiot. I sure didnt vote on that.

  21. Re:So on Justice Department Censors ACLU Web Site · · Score: 1

    Weird, I always thought the first amendment was more "powerful" than the second one... Depends on who's holding to gun.

  22. Familiar? on E3 - Sony Drops PS2 To $149, Shows PSP, Hints At PS3 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Reminds me of the Sega Game Gear of so long ago.

  23. Re:Maybe... on FairPlay v2 Reversed, Playfair Back Online · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...Apple should hire the guys, as they are obviously at least as good as the guys they have now.

    I'd say they are better, its much harder to reverse engineer than to engineer.

  24. what?!?!?! on Spammer Sues SpamCop · · Score: 2, Funny

    " Seriously. Mentioning it on /. won't do anything."

    No wonder my litigation is moving so slowly!

  25. I think we all owe a debt to D&D.... on D&D Is 30 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    it paved the way for my favorite game, Knights of the Old Republic and really, the whole genre. Makes me want to dust off the ol' board and get the gang back together for another all night game.