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  1. Re:"Obama (D-IL), Yea" on Senate Passes Telecom Immunity Bill · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't see why people expect another ivy league lawyer+politician to bring change. Are people really so race sensitive that they think that because he is dark skinned his actions will be significantly different from other politicians?

  2. Re:I didn't know Obama was supporting this on Senate Passes Telecom Immunity Bill · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why wouldn't he?

  3. How much do those MS Windows licences cost? on Asus Confirms Specs, Price of Eee PC 904 and 1000 · · Score: 2, Informative

    $0?

  4. Re:BLASPHEMY! on Linux For Housewives. XP For Geeks. · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have to say, a stable Linux distro can be pretty boring. I like Fedora though, they throw in little quirks every now and then to make it all interesting.

  5. Re:The "little rant" detracted a bit. on Linguistic Problems of GPL Advocacy · · Score: 1

    Agreed. I haven't really seen much of a flame war of BSD vs. GPL on Slashdot either, maybe I just browser at to high a level.

  6. Re:GPL is nice LGPL is better. on Linguistic Problems of GPL Advocacy · · Score: 1

    Based on the description of the article, I dear say it has increased my liking of GPL over BSD. Before I didn't have any significant preference other than that my OS of choice utilized the former. But if the GPL "ensures all derived works are also free." Seems that it is the ideal choice (for me) for any free work that I do. If I am paid to do open source of course, the payer gets to decide. But to address the parent, I can no more force someone to open source an app, than I can force them to use my code.

  7. Re:Judicial oversight on Telecom Immunity Bill Hides Spying Provisions · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Who says it ever gets to the courts?

  8. Re:Listen up on User Charged With Felony For Using Fake Name On MySpace · · Score: 1

    The law isn't supposed to care who the accused is, or what they may have done.

  9. Why? on What Is the Best Way To Disinfect Your Laptop? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you're the only one using it, why disinfect it? You did say you're over the cold, right? It isn't going absorb EM fields from the laptop and mutate there by making it immune to your immune system. Maybe less disinfectants would actually be a good idea in your case. Aside from what you get from your mother, your body needs to learn itself.

  10. The nice thing about music and movies on ISPs to Ban P2P With New European Telecom Package? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Is that I can live pretty well without them. Who knows, I may even get more work done.

  11. You get what you pay for? on Latest PS3 Firmware Update Requires Hard Disk Wipe to Fix · · Score: 0, Troll

    May Sony should have spent some more dollars on the system, and charged closer to its value. Mistakes can't always be avoided, but it helps to not have to be saving every penny so you don't go broke trying to sell your product.

  12. Re:Why a Windows PC? on What Happens When You Reply To ALL of Your Spam · · Score: 1

    I read the article too, I didn't get the sense that the effect on the PC was the primary thing being observed.

  13. Why a Windows PC? on What Happens When You Reply To ALL of Your Spam · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Since the point of the experiment wasn't to test the operating system, why give the test subjects the operating system currently most affected by malaware? Why not a Mac or presetup Linux box?

  14. Re:Didn't even know it was "done"... on A Year of GPLv3 · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm pretty sure Samba uses.

  15. Textbooks are ridiculously expensive on Expensive Books Inspire P2P Textbook Downloads · · Score: 1

    And the scheme of revisions that only change the spelling errors and the problems/answers is deplorable. It's a shame that people supposedly in the business of education engage in such activities. More curious to me however, is the fact that educational institutions haven't banded together to write and share "open" textbooks.

  16. What's with the cheap shot? on Some Developers Leaving Google For Microsoft · · Score: 1

    "Sorry open source fanatics, your world is not for me!" What the fuck does open source have to do with his move from Google to Microsoft?

  17. Re:Moon vs Mars - benefits... on Ares V Rocket Bigger and Stronger For Moon Mission · · Score: 1

    The moon is close by, and has less gravity. Think launchpad.

  18. Re:Darwin on Text-Messaging Behind the Wheel · · Score: 1
    Why?
    • There's only one radio station that I like, if it changes its by a passenger, or by myself before I start my drive to work
    • My SO can tell you that I hate talking in the car
    • I darn well don't have sandwiches in the car
    • My car doesn't have a CD player
    • And I am chronically tired, but I am also lazy, so if I am too tired to drive, I am most likely in bed
    • When I got my first car in the USA, I purchased a bluetooth headset over a week before I met with the car dealer

    I am not against cellphone use, I am against holding the phone while you drive. Also, men should just just keep all talking to a minimum when driving. Men's brains just aren't for that kind of multitasking

  19. Sweet on US To Get EU Private Citizen Data · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I really don't have a problem with a country messing with its citizens and even its geographical neighbors -- I think that's well within every countries right even if I don't like the specifics of what they are up to (China for eg.). However, this apparent effort my the American government to rule increasingly larger parts of the words his really disheartening. How about they stick to spying on their own citizens, that's much more fair (since it is a democratic nation)

  20. This is what happens on Text-Messaging Behind the Wheel · · Score: 3, Insightful

    when society looks down on physical violence. A solid punch to the chin and that guy may see the error of his ways.

  21. Humans aren't smart enough to choose on Where To Draw the Line With Embryo Selection? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I consider myself a Christian, and while I see no problem with this in relation to my beliefs, I think that there are far too many unknowns and variables involved. The process of evolution has worked just fine so far, let it be. I don't think we are yet intelligent enough to control this aspect of humanity.

  22. Re:No good OS has been released since late 2007 on Internet Devices Get Their Own Ubuntu Version · · Score: 1

    I wasn't being sarcastic

  23. Why only China? on Sourceforge.net Blocked In Mainland China · · Score: 1, Insightful

    How about the British government? Or the USA's government? All things considered, I don't see how the government most open about their bad behaviour is the one most worthy of this.

  24. Re:No good OS has been released since late 2007 on Internet Devices Get Their Own Ubuntu Version · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I still hold that I like Windows ME, at least a user had a lot of control over what it did and did not do.

  25. Will a drivers surf history be evidence? on Chrysler To Offer Wireless Internet In 2009 Models · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Because if someone crashes into me, I would like to subpoena their cell phone and auto-internet records to see if they were doing something else instead of driving.