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  1. Re:Part Of The NVidia Zune HD 'Agreement' on Nvidia Lauds Windows CE Over Android For Smartbooks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Wasn't the ASUS thing proven to be some blogger's attempt to befoul ASUS? Why yes, yes it was. "just a quick whois reveals that the domain was registered by some guy with a hotmail address using godaddy as a registrar"

  2. Re:The magic of Blu-Ray! on Game, DVD Sales Hurting Music Industry More Than Downloads · · Score: 1

    BluRay may be penetrating well because people are confused. I don't own a BD player, but I got a BD movie for Christmas just the same. Still haven't traded it in.

  3. Re:No on Pixar's Next Three Films Will Be Sequels · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Cars is the wonder-baby-sitter for 2 - 6 year old boys everywhere! It's got "cool" cars that talk!

  4. Re:Two Year Associate's Degree of Liberal Arts on 11-Year-Old Graduates With Degree In Astrophysics · · Score: 1
    Yes, while he shows intelligence and a bit of wisdom, this comment also shows his immaturity and lack of experience (which can only be gained with time, time with which he has.)

    But, graduating college at 11 may not be his highest goal in life.

    "I want to be a movie actor and compete in the 2016 Olympics in martial arts," Cavalin told NBC affliate Wood TV. FoxNews

  5. Re:That's retarded on Protecting the Apollo Landing Sites From Later Landings · · Score: 1

    instead of sitting on your ass behind a desk counting the number of holes in your ceiling (like this professor)

    Oh, give him some credit, he was coming up with new constellations for the holes in his ceiling.

  6. Re:Let me be the first to say: on L0phtCrack (v6) Rises Again · · Score: 1

    Did you bother to follow the link? You'll find out that the top 10 or so are multifunctional. I use about 3 or 4 of them.

    The thing is, I would say L0phtCrack is the mediocre program compared to some of the specialized software on this list.

  7. Re:Let me be the first to say: on L0phtCrack (v6) Rises Again · · Score: 4, Informative

    But, somebody already has. Here is a list of 100 great Security tools. (It says "Network Security", but the tools are usually able to do more than just network processes.)

  8. Re:hurt the wrong people more on Microsoft Not the Only Firm Blocking IM Service To US Enemies · · Score: 1

    Sure the pictures are heart wrenching and worth every 1000 words they tell. Although, in some cases, I am also interested in the extra 100 words that the picture doesn't tell. Like pre and post events or surroundings not included in the picture.

    A good photographer can make a crowd of 10 look like 100, or 100 people look like 1000s. Similarly, a good propagandist will distort the events of a picture to suit their needs. Facts be damned, reality is what the people believe.

  9. Re:Texas? You Don't Say! on Judgement Against Microsoft Declares XML Editing Software To Be Worth $98? · · Score: 1
    If this is true:

    this covers pretty much any type of WYSIWYG editing

    Then "prior art" should take effect against this patent. It should be overturned at the PTO.

  10. Re:just doing their job on Cancer Patient Held At Airport For Missing Fingerprints · · Score: 1

    So far as we, the public, know.

  11. Re:hey Asus on Asus Slaps Linux In the Face · · Score: 1

    But why punish the entity that did not ridicule you. That's like dumping your girlfriend because that guy across the street, whom you've never met, called her a whore. Yet, there is strong evidence that she is completely faithful to you.

    /end bad anology

  12. Re:Which method would get the most dissemination? on Public Notices Going Online, Not In Newspapers · · Score: 1

    I can't think of a better way than to hide a public notice than in the local newspaper. In the past, when everyone got the newspaper, they actually read it all the way through. There wasn't much else to do. Since more people are getting their news online, it makes sense to move the notices online as well. I don't think they should be gotten rid of in the newspaper, there are plenty of people (poor or older) who don't have Internet access.

    When I did subscribe, I couldn't even tell you where the public notices were published. I saw the left-leaning headlines on the front page, moved to the comics section and read the few I liked. Then I went for the coupons.

    Having worked for an attorney (my father), I know that there are rules for distribution, and as another said, the amount of distribution is considered before the public is counted as sufficiently notified. In some cases in my state, posting on a public bulletin board at the grocery store and/or post office will count.

  13. Re:The focus should be on the account. on Calculating Password Policy Strength Vs. Cracking · · Score: 1

    Support desk: How may I help you?
    User: Yes, I just typed my password incorrectly three times, can you unlock it, please?
    Support desk: Sure. There you go.


    Sure, this type of social engineering trick may only work once, but perhaps the attacker might get lucky and continually get a different support person each time.

  14. Re:Don't Prosecute it - USE IT! on Craigslist Shielded From Prosecution In SC · · Score: 1

    they partially own it so they can force a hostile takeover and kill it. It hurts their eBay business. Granted, eBay hurts their business more than anything.

    I wish their was an equally popular alternative to eBay. Craigslist sort of answers the call, but is generally only effective locally.

  15. Re:Don't Prosecute it - USE IT! on Craigslist Shielded From Prosecution In SC · · Score: 1

    Tinfoil hat time... Who do you think might be putting a little cash in the pockets of politicians to entice them to shut Craigslist down?

    *cough*eBay*cough*

    Tinfoil hat is now off (laugh it's funny).

  16. Re:Why would an intelligent lifeform get violent? on Terminator Salvation Opens Well, Scientists Not Impressed · · Score: 1

    Speaking of those three laws. They're nice and all, but a roboticist doesn't have to follow them when building a robot and AI.

  17. Re:Young lawyer != good lawyer on RIAA Victim Jammie Thomas Gets a New Lawyer · · Score: 1

    The problem with the RIAA dragging out the case is that there are still court costs and filing fees that need to be paid. Is the attorney or the defendant going to cover this? In either case, the RIAA could still drag this out and cost the opposition "too much" money.

  18. Re:First post flag! on Remote Kill Flags Surface In Kindle · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I would think that selling Feature A, then disabling said feature is a basis for a Class Action lawsuit.

  19. Re:Unemployment Rates on Craigslist Kills Erotic Services Ads, Will Launch Adult Section · · Score: 1

    If I had mod points...

    That's exactly what I said earlier today (except not as eloquently)

  20. Re:Hmmm on Why Bother With DRM? · · Score: 1

    The problem is that to copy a game from a friend will almost always be the easiest path for most kids and college students (a majority of the target market). Without something in place, the producers/publishers may not make any money.

    DRM is probably not the answer, though. Because I have many legally purchased games where I am forced to load and scratch my disc to play it. I cannot "fair use" it to make my backup copy without jumping through a lot of hoops.

    Let's just say I see both sides of the argument, abhor DRM, but abhor the pirates just as much. (What happened to demos for games?)

  21. Re:But where does all that money go? on Intel Receives Record Fine By the EU · · Score: 1

    If it isn't clear* putting a star with a footnote is useful.

    * my jokes/sarcasm aren't always clear in text, either.

  22. Re:Adult Gaming? Hah! on On the Advent of Controversial Video Games · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's interesting. I didn't think I'd find it so blatant in WoW. However, some of the quests in that game appear to be the basic murder quests.

    NPC: Go kill that guy over there.
    me: Why?
    NPC: He put a rock in my way and made me stub my toe! Idiot! He's [insert race here] and I hate him and he needs to die.

    Of course, some of the better quests incorporate ideals of justice a little better.

    NPC: Go kill that guy over there because he's raping our sheep, burning our girls, and stealing our houses! And even though we're 20 levels above you, we're helpless to do anything about it.

    As you may have guessed, I don't like playing the bad guy. I never want to be in that mindset, it's a dangerous path to start.

  23. Re:Better off not working for them... on In France, Fired For Writing To MP Against 3 Strikes · · Score: 1

    And, yet, persecution, including murder, of other Christian religions still occurred with no Constitutional supported redress by the government for the afflicted.

  24. Re:Lemme make sure I understand on Apple Reconsiders, Approves NIN iPhone App · · Score: 1

    That's insightful?! Apple has always held a tight control over their products using any means possible. Before I knew about FSF, Open Source, and the ideology behind all of that (a young teen in the 80's), I figured out that a closed system was not good for the customer. IBM clones proved that to me - they were cheaper and performed just as well.

    For example, I'll never understand why a Mac user would by the crappy Mac router for $100, when the $30 Belkin, DLink, Linksys was just as good. (Yes, I understand, the latest Mac routers are much better and have more features.)

    Apple has been around longer than Microsoft and have been mistreating their customers longer.

  25. Re:Not quite unchanged on Apple Reconsiders, Approves NIN iPhone App · · Score: 0, Troll

    I've not listened to the song, but I am going to make some assumptions here: It has foul language, has a violent and/or sexual message.

    That's considered thought provoking? No, that's just laziness.

    Now, if I am wrong, it is because it really does have a thought provoking message on the status of culture, politics, religion, whatever. More points if it leaves out the foul language, violent and/or sexual messages... which, as I say, is laziness.