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  1. Good luck with that pricing on Vivendi Calls iTunes Contract Terms "Indecent" · · Score: 1

    Good luck with getting me to pay $2.99 for music I'm not even willing to download for free.

  2. Don't do for profit on Game Pirate Sentenced To Jail Time · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you're going to pirate, don't do it for profit. I can't support piracy for profit, sorry.

  3. Just installed NoScript on GoogHOle Exploits GMail, Picasa and 200K Other Sites · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And Slashdot seems to be triggering NoScript quite a lot.

  4. How many work on Linux on GoogHOle Exploits GMail, Picasa and 200K Other Sites · · Score: 1

    Seems like these articles are never clear (or I just miss it) but how many of these exploits work on Linux?

  5. Re:I think women are better than that on Berners-Lee Challenges 'Stupid' Male Geek Culture · · Score: 1

    I guess I am just inexperienced. I haven't yet come across any type of only boys thing in IT. I'm quite young, so maybe it has yet to occur.

  6. I think women are better than that on Berners-Lee Challenges 'Stupid' Male Geek Culture · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I don't think they need men or other people to make excuses for them. Women honestly interested in IT and have skills will make it. How about we work to remove the males from IT who don't have the skills to really be there.

  7. I just assume that they are on Cory Doctorow's Fiction About An Evil Google · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I consume a number of Google services, and bare no grudge against them. However, tend to assume that all big companies with access to a lot of user data is in bed with the US government. Frankly, I don't know why one would assume otherwise. Simply act accordingly when using the services of such companies.

  8. Re:Open source in commercial software? on Gartner Says Open Source "Impossible To Avoid" · · Score: 1

    Nothing about the GPL says you can't sell software

  9. I only wish on Nasdaq to Delist SCO Sep 27 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I could some how take credit for this, it seems like a positive achievement.

  10. Wonder if this works better on a LAN on Smash Bros. Online Mode Confirmed · · Score: 1

    I can only hope such a game works better on LAN

  11. Re:The big feature! on OpenOffice 2.3 Released · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the tip, I wonder what was the original reasoning for a left justification.

  12. When complaining about missing features on OpenOffice 2.3 Released · · Score: 4, Insightful

    as is inevitable, it might help if you give details, and leave out things like "doesn't act exactly like Word"

  13. Re:Ads on False Ad Clicks Cost Google 1 Billion Dollars A Year · · Score: 1

    Before Google Ads, I could have probably said the same, but I have come across some click worthy Google ads.

  14. Re:More important than homebrew potential on Wii Uses Elliptic Curve Cryptography For Saves · · Score: 1

    I don't really see a good argument for anyone to modify saved games. There is zero benefit to the end user, unlike DRM on music. If the encryption disallowed use of the saved game, that would be problematic, but if it disallows mods of the saved game, that makes sense. Think modding your saved game to make you a level 10 player, not very nice if this game has to go online.

  15. Take what you get on Stealthy Windows Update Raises Serious Concerns · · Score: 1

    People have been warning about such things for years. I know this sounds terrible, but no one on Slashdot should be surprised by that this. Take what Microsoft has chosen to give you.

  16. Re:Price difference on OLPC Cost Rises To $188 Per Laptop · · Score: 0

    I like how you say run Windows XP like that is a selling point

  17. Hasn't come out on Wii yet on DDR3 Isn't Worth The Money - Yet · · Score: 1

    That's just because it hasn't gotten out for Wii just yet.

  18. Re:I don't get it on Compiz Gets Thumbs-Up for Gutsy Gibbon · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure current DEs handle the niceties you described. KDE allows that for sure. Or did I misunderstand?

  19. Re:Unsolicited math analysis that might have value on Wii Outsells 360, PS3 Worldwide · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't you have to subtract the loss per console? or is the 360 selling at a profit now?

  20. Re:Surprising in some ways, unsuprising in others on Wii Outsells 360, PS3 Worldwide · · Score: 1

    Well compare the advertising for Halo 3 to Metroid Prime

  21. Re:It's just so pointless on Wii Outsells 360, PS3 Worldwide · · Score: 1

    how do you know that it's the same people?

  22. Re:Xbox 360 Dead In The Water? on Wii Outsells 360, PS3 Worldwide · · Score: 1

    If Halo 3 is the game every 360 _owner_ wants, why do you expect that to increase console sales significantly?

  23. Re:Surprising in some ways, unsuprising in others on Wii Outsells 360, PS3 Worldwide · · Score: 1

    A lot of Nintendo fanboys are complaining that Nintendo _isn't_ advertising enough.

  24. More games please on Wii Outsells 360, PS3 Worldwide · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I got myself a Wii. Just need a proper LAN multiplayer FPS and a Summer Smash Brothers, and maybe even a hardcore Mario kart.

    I've actually spent hours playing Super Mario Brothers on the Virtual Console

  25. BSD okay for Windows but not for Linux? on Theo de Raadt On Relicensing BSD Code · · Score: 1

    So it is okay for Microsoft Windows to make use of BSD code, but it is not okay GNU/Linux because GNU/Linux 'locks the code away'?