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  1. Re:Can we be a little more inclusive? on Senate Hearing On Laptop Seizures At US Border · · Score: 1

    It sucks, but this is all predictable. And I wouldn't mind a good arguement on it, but I'll be short and say that we non Americans deserve what we get since US of A is primarily an immigrant nation, its power is/was given to it by other countries -- from power to knowledge. The people the citizens of the USA seem not to mind too much, so you might as well stay home and do your best to protect your homeland.

  2. Lools IIS can't hold its own on Real-World Firefox 3 Memory Usage Leads the Field · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Not really surprised though.

  3. Just incase any hardware people are listening on Kernel Builders Appeal For Open Source Drivers · · Score: 2

    Regardless if I am buying for myself or a client, or for Windows or GNU/Linux, explicit Linux support (by way of drivers) is always a +1 for me.

  4. Re:No Linus? on Kernel Builders Appeal For Open Source Drivers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I suspect Linus specifically likes to take no (public) stand on these things, and I don't blame him. People use his name for so many different things as it is, even though, interview after interview he states that he is just an engineer and doesn't really care. I myself care, but that's besides the point.

  5. Re:Javascripts popularity is no real suprise on Brendan Eich Discusses the Future of JavaScript · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well iterative solutions are almost always faster across languages.

  6. Javascripts popularity is no real suprise on Brendan Eich Discusses the Future of JavaScript · · Score: 2, Insightful

    VBScript sucks balls and Javascript is capable of getting the job done.

  7. Re:Curious demographic on Hotmail Full Version Incompatible With Firefox 3 · · Score: 1

    Well I have a Hotmail account, I just don't check it, and there seems to be no way to delete it. And you don't need a Hotmail account to have a Passport account.

  8. Curious demographic on Hotmail Full Version Incompatible With Firefox 3 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I am somewhat curious about the type of person that uses Firefox 3 but has a Hotmail (note not Passport) account that they actually check.

  9. What's special about 9/11/2001? on House Votes For Telco Immunity; Obama Will Support? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What about 9/11/2001 is legally relevant? Ie, what makes wiretapping (or whatever it is being called) okay after that date?

  10. Re:OK fine on Studies Confirm That Bad Boys Get More Girls · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Money (not all the times, but most)

  11. Why is the bar for IE so low? on Comparing Firefox 3 With Opera 9.5 On Linux · · Score: 1

    I am no statistician, but I kinda assumed that the 'Total Duration" group in the Javascript Engine Speed test was a sum of the previous bars. Assuming that is true, why is the bar in that group for IE 7 so short? http://www.linux.com/var/uploads/Image/articles/139212-3.png

  12. Re:Democracy on Internet Pirates In France To Lose Broadband · · Score: 5, Insightful

    While I understand your point. Democracy does not inherently mean that the best result will be the outcome. What percentage of parliament is ever near objective, and full aware of the what is as stake on both sides?

  13. How gulible are people? on McCain Backs Nuclear Power · · Score: 1

    45 nuclear power stations? In the us? really? Forgetting that people are way too paranoid to let this happen, that's a lot of development for a 4 year term.

  14. Re:Stupid and lazy. on Helping Some Students May Harm High Achievers · · Score: 1

    Who says they were being spent disproportionately on the bright and talented. They usually can work with the baseline education, esp. considering that they are bright and talented.

  15. Re:Foolish idea: Millions of downloads on the 1st on A Few Firefox 3 Followups · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Should they have waited when there were no bugs?

  16. Sex? on All Your Coffee Are Belong To Us · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry, that's the first thing that came to mind on the question of what more could a hacker want.

  17. Re:Anonymous Coward on XP Deathwatch, T Minus 2 Weeks · · Score: 1

    What's the significant difference?

  18. Re:Not a recent development on Wall Street Becoming a Linux Stronghold · · Score: 5, Informative

    1. If you think you can get an issue speedily resolved because you paying for the software, then you obviously aren't employed in that sector.

    2. Using open source does not mean that you can't buy support, its completely up to you

  19. Re:Ohhh, more great news... on Nokia Urges Linux Developers To Be Cool With DRM · · Score: 1

    Mono?

  20. Re:So Copyright Infringement is Not Theft? on Microsoft Goes After "Career Pirates" · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In my opinion, no.

  21. Fair idea on Microsoft Goes After "Career Pirates" · · Score: 0

    They have valid reasons to do this. I wish them luck.

  22. Thank you RedHat on Red Hat Makes a GPL-Compatible Patent Deal · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not sure why there is even a patent on this, but making a deal which protects everyone is pretty nice.

  23. Re:I was expecting more to see Opera 9.5 news... on Firefox 3 Release On Tuesday · · Score: 3, Funny

    Guess no one submitted a story on it.

  24. Re:Opera 9.5 released today on Firefox 3 Release On Tuesday · · Score: 0, Troll

    Thought Safari was the other best browser? BROWSER WARS!!

  25. Re:Slashdot, as usual, can't wait to bash Britain. on UK Can Now Hold People Without Charge For 42 Days · · Score: 1

    You're being a bit unfair. Of course the police *can* hold a suspect for 42 days. The fact of the matter is they can hold a suspect for as long as they want, in fact keeping them "forever" may be easier. All this bill aims to do is extend the legal date.