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  1. Re:One alternative.... on Windows 8: More EULA, Fewer Rights. · · Score: 1

    And aside from Apple, which OEMs will allow you to purchase a laptop/desktop without Microsoft Windows?

  2. Re:A lot of words on Apple Fires Back At DoJ Over eBook Price Fixing · · Score: 1

    oops.

  3. Re:lulz on Iran Reverse Engineers Cobra Attack Helicopter · · Score: 1

    but I think the US would learn its lesson regarding that and just be happy with taking out the current government without an occupation.

    I believe that you are crediting US officials with way more wisdom than they possess.

  4. Re:A lot of words on Apple Fires Back At DoJ Over eBook Price Fixing · · Score: 1

    Your original post implied that predatory pricing couldn't be prosecuted at al all, hence the use of "entirely" in my response.

  5. Microsoft and work on Microsoft Wrongly Gives Britain the Day Off · · Score: 1

    Remember the good old days when Microsoft prevented you from working because its software crashed?

  6. Re:day off? on Microsoft Wrongly Gives Britain the Day Off · · Score: 1

    Bank holidays are not statutory holidays in that sense.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_holiday

    From the Wikipedia entry:

    A bank holiday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom or a colloquialism for public holiday in Ireland. There is no automatic right to time off on these days, although the majority of the population is granted time off work or extra pay for working on these days, depending on their contract.[1]

  7. Re:2038-2039 & 32-bit UNIX has a "problem" on Microsoft Wrongly Gives Britain the Day Off · · Score: 1

    Using 64-bit processors is just a stopgap! What happens in 292 billion years?

  8. Re:What did the military expect? on Backdoor Found In China-Made US Military Chip? · · Score: 1

    In The Guns of August, Tuchman mentions that the heavy artillery for the Belgian fortress of Liege had been ordered from Krupps, who failed to deliver.

  9. Re:Particularly in a press release like that. on Backdoor Found In China-Made US Military Chip? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Suing is easy, just file in the appropriate court. The hard part is winning, or even getting a judge to let you proceed.

  10. Re:Oxford Comma matters on Apple Fires Back At DoJ Over eBook Price Fixing · · Score: 0

    I believe the Oxford Comma only applies if you have a list of three or more items: This is contrary to law, sound economic policy, and Supreme Court rulings.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_comma

    The serial comma (also known as the Oxford comma or Harvard comma, and sometimes referred to as the series comma) is the comma used immediately before a coordinating conjunction (usually and or or, and sometimes nor) preceding the final item in a list of three or more items.

  11. Re:A lot of words on Apple Fires Back At DoJ Over eBook Price Fixing · · Score: 2

    It is only illegal to use the monopoly to drives prices higher and rape the customer.

    Wikipedia doesn't entirely agree.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_pricing#United_States

  12. Re:the internet does not live in the ether on Internet Defense League: A Bat Signal For the Internet · · Score: 1

    I view waging war as more sociological than technical. Indeed, Hitler thought it was more important to nationalize people than banks or factories.

  13. Re:lulz on Iran Reverse Engineers Cobra Attack Helicopter · · Score: 1

    Those are of course fascinating questions.

    And how many people will have to die to answer them?

  14. Re:lulz on Iran Reverse Engineers Cobra Attack Helicopter · · Score: 1

    Iran is larger than Iraq, and has roughly three times Iraq's population. Also, Iran doesn't seem to have the internal divisions of Iraq. The Iranians might eventually lose to the US, but they could inflict some damage.

  15. Re:Is Iran really such a threat? on Iran Reverse Engineers Cobra Attack Helicopter · · Score: 1

    I found it "interesting" that the article says that Iran's acquiring nukes will lower the nuclear annihilation vulnerability rankings of every other state except Israel (and Iran itself).

  16. Re:Americans have greater liberty on Germany Sets New Solar Power Record · · Score: 1

    "Rah Rah" is something cheerleaders say; some people call cheerleader rah rahs. The GP is basically saying that cheerleading is not an argument.

  17. Re:It's Just Gigawatts on Germany Sets New Solar Power Record · · Score: 1

    But 10Mb isn't a speed. It should be 10Mb/sec. Of course, maybe it was 10MB/sec.

  18. Re:Wait, what now? on Free Desktop Software Development Dead In Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    And no one will fork it?

  19. Re:No on ARM, Intel Battle Heats Up · · Score: 2

    Wouldn't the companies too small to be noticed not have an image at all?

  20. Re:I have a simple solution: on MS Will Remove OEM 'Crapware' For $99 · · Score: 1

    No users */home in *nix) partition? And a 50GB swap partition seems excessive.

  21. Re:blank PC withont OS on MS Will Remove OEM 'Crapware' For $99 · · Score: 1

    Can we say "cliff-tiered pricing"? I knew you could. It's cheaper for the manufacturers to bundle Windows with PCs. Also, how many people would want to take a blank computer to an MS store to install Windows? How many Microsoft stores are there?

  22. Re:sounds expensive... on MS Will Remove OEM 'Crapware' For $99 · · Score: 1

    How can you access the internet after you reformat your hard drive?

  23. Re:sounds expensive... on MS Will Remove OEM 'Crapware' For $99 · · Score: 1

    Actually, in Linux my printer (HP Color Laserjet 2025dn) did just work by plugging it into my USB port, as did my USB ethernet connection, and my external DVD drive. Windows 7? Not so easy (haven't tried the external DVD drive).

  24. Re:Surreal on MS Will Remove OEM 'Crapware' For $99 · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't f**** be the same as f*?

  25. Re:I do it for free... on MS Will Remove OEM 'Crapware' For $99 · · Score: 1

    You have LED registers? We dreamed about having LED registers!