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  1. Re:Speaking of AJAX... on So How Do You Code an AJAX Web Page? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Slashdot is currently testing just that among a small group over users. http://slashdot.org/faq/com-mod.shtml#cm120

  2. Re:to block this waste of space on Places Rated, Skeptically · · Score: 2

    We get it. Some people don't like Backslashes. If you don't like it, don't read it, but stop bitching about it everytime one is posted. It's getting really anoying having the first 20 comments for every backslash article complaining about them.

  3. Re:Got a better idea.... on No OLPCs for Indian Schoolchildren · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think supporters of OLPC believe that it falls under "Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish ...". If you simply give aid to these countries, aid will have to be given to them year after year; however, this can be solved if they are educated to be able to provide for themselves.

  4. Re:Cleanflix, not Walmart on Cutting out the Naughty Bits Ruled Illegal · · Score: 1

    Some believe that the fetus already has a soul, and getting an abortion is murdering that fetus. It doesn't affect me, it affects the unborn child.

  5. Re:Cleanflix, not Walmart on Cutting out the Naughty Bits Ruled Illegal · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I agree with what you stated about gay marriage, etc. My religion believes that in the premortal existence, two separate plans were presented. Satan's plan, which God did not choose, was to coerce people to be righteous so that everyone could receive exaltation. Jesus's plan was that people should be free to choose: there must be opposition in all things. Some people definitely go too far into pushing their beliefs on others; in my opinion this is following Satan's plan and it is unfortunate that most people of my faith act this way and are not more tolerant.

    However, the line must be drawn somewhere. Your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins, and many believe that abortion is included in this.

  6. Re:Cleanflix, not Walmart on Cutting out the Naughty Bits Ruled Illegal · · Score: 0

    I was recently reading A Clockwork Orange. My copy of the book contained an introduction by
    Anthony Burgess regarding whether or not the 21st chapter of the book, which he has written for the original copy, but which was not included in the American version of the book, should be included. In the introduction he said, "I meant the book to end in this way, but my aesthetic judgment may have been faulty ... Eat this sweetish segment or spit it out. You are free.

    The writer may have had their vision for the work, but ultimately it is up to the audience to interpret this vision how they wish. If they decide to skip a chapter, or to delete a segment, to draw conclusions that the author never intended, it is their decision to make.

  7. Cleanflix, not Walmart on Cutting out the Naughty Bits Ruled Illegal · · Score: 5, Informative

    As others have already stated, this has absolutely nothing to do with Walmart. This applies to services such as CleanFlix, which are very popular in Utah and Idaho. I am a Mormon, and I frequent Cleanflix often. Some movies are very enjoyable, but contain bits that I don't wish to see. If the mainstream want to see those bits, fine, go ahead; these services are not for them. If I don't want to see it, how does it affect you? Cleanflix allows me to rent movies that I would not otherwise rent, they are now turning away a potential customer. This does not hurt the copyright holder, they still receive the full purchase price for all the movies that Cleanflix uses. Their revenue is not altered in any way by this editing.

  8. Re:Ads will conveniently follow your bookmarks on Google Releases Google Browser Sync Extension · · Score: 0

    The "we" that it is referring to the the browser extension. The extension has to store the pin to decrypt the settings.

  9. Re:Can you burn UMD? on Another Sony Format Bites the Dust · · Score: 0

    No, UMDs cannot be burned.

  10. Re:Title misleading on 20k Down Can Get You Up Into Space · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hence the "Down".

  11. Missing Option on Top 10 Web Fads · · Score: 2, Informative

    Missing Option:
    Numa Numa

  12. Re:All Fluff. on Google Toolbar for Firefox Released · · Score: 0
    This extension will show the pagerank in your status bar.

    https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php ?application=firefox&id=262

  13. Re:Anyone get the feeling... on Patriot Act to be Expanded · · Score: 0
    To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

    Theodore Roosevelt, 1918

  14. Other factors on Settlement Proposed in iPod Class Action Suit · · Score: 0

    The encoding of the music, bitrate, volume, constantly switching songs, and other factos will change the battery life. Is any of this taken into account?

  15. Re:OT - "Old People in Korea" jokes? on Latest "iPod Killer" Takes Aim at the Mini · · Score: -1

    The joke came from this article: In Korea, Email Is Only For Old People.

  16. Re:i like the stat on MPAA Piracy Survey - Junk Research · · Score: 2, Interesting

    All the downloaders are too young to vote.

  17. Re:The last time I listened to Live Radio on Interesting Tech-Related Online Talk Radio? · · Score: 1

    For those of us who don't use real... http://www.earthstation1.com/WOTW/War_of_the_World s.wav