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  1. Re:It's not a language on Delphi Renaissance · · Score: 1

    I am aware of this. I apologize for a mis-use of terminology. I often equate IDE/programming environments with the word language. My apologies and I will turn in my geek card for shredding.

  2. Languages die for a reason on Delphi Renaissance · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Throughout the years, we've seen many languages die out. It's a natural progression of technology. I can't but think this is merely an act of nostalgia. Is delphi really feasible with the countless superior languages out there, or are people using it for the same reasons they still play NES games?

  3. Re:some glorious act of disobedience or blasphemy on Wal-Mart Squeezing Record Labels to Cut CD Prices · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Actually, being one who roast his own coffee beans, I can asssure you that your statement is false. The process of decafinating beans also removes essential oils from the beans, resulting in a lackluster flavor. It is chemically impossible to have decaf taste "just as good" as the good stuff. I'll leave it to you to google for the exact process because unlike other arrogant people on here, I am not a teacher.

  4. No more C&D letter, just lawsuits on Supreme Court Rejects RIAA Appeal · · Score: 1

    So, instead of someone receiving a letter asking them to stop sharing, they are now going to be sued. Although this is a triumph over the DMCA, this could also backfire, forcing the RIAA to start filing more lawsuits against smaller pirates instead of a C&D slap on the wrist.

  5. Re:Horsepower? on Hydrogen Vehicle Generates Its Own Fuel · · Score: 1

    Until you have to do an emergeny manuever to avoid an accident. Then the 20 seconds to 60mph seems pretty damn stupid. I know I've had to stomp the gas on several occasions when a motorist wasn't paying attention and almost rear-ended my car while sitting at a light.

  6. Horsepower? on Hydrogen Vehicle Generates Its Own Fuel · · Score: 1

    But what kind of horsepower is the truck putting out? You can make a car run 100% pollution free using water if you want. If it takes me more then 8 seconds to get to 60mph, I don't want it. I'll stay dependant on my fossil fuels, thank you.

    Although, this is using a modified IC engine. So is this putting out HP similar to the stock engine?

  7. Re:Too Far? on Independent Developers Fight Piracy & Lose · · Score: 1

    I agree with you, but the thing is this. keys are figured with algorithms. no 2 are really similar.

    For example, a valid key may be 1a2b3c. Another valid key will NEVER be 1a2bc3. It would be more like 3g6d8h. i can't remember the last time I made a mis-type THAt bad. I don't think the "accidental wrong key" is a valid point here.

  8. WGET!!! on Unsung Heroes of Open Source Software? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hrvoje Niksic
    Designed and implemented Wget.
    Personally, I feel wget is the greatest software every to hit the GNU/Linux desktop!

  9. Beta is being misused! on Microsoft to Launch Online Music Store · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The store will also be in beta mode, lacking some of the features that will be added later, sources said.

    Seems to me that lately, Beta no longer means a testing phase. It now means "Hurry and saturate the market with an incomplete product so we can make money now and take business away from competitors!"

  10. Re:This is really dangerous in a lot of ways... on Caller ID Falsification Service · · Score: 1

    You mean all I have to say is

    As mentioned a million times throughout the comments

    And I won't get modded redundant? WOW!

  11. Re:Fight! on DEFCON 12 - After the Hangover · · Score: 4, Informative

    The fight was crazy. Basically the kid told the crowd to go to the Republican Convention and "Fuck up their shit" via any means possible. He told everyone to hack the website, use DDoS attacks, etc. He must be a fucking moron to start talking politics at a hacker convention.

    Basically, the crowd got pissed at his anti-free speech talk and started giving him shit. Security cut the talk short, and the crowd mobbed the stage to start firing questions at this punk. Eventually, 1 guy got nose to nose with the speaker, which is when he was wisked away by security.

  12. Re:this law stinks on Supreme Court Rules Against Anti-Porn Law · · Score: 1

    You, sir, get wittier with every posting.

  13. Re:this law stinks on Supreme Court Rules Against Anti-Porn Law · · Score: 1

    If the change must be done industry wide, then how will this adversely affect your site verses the 80 billion identical sites out there that must abide by the same rules. But I believe even you cannot want children to access the content on your site. If it's something as simple as requiring sites with adult content to have a domain .xxx, and web browsers would have built in .xxx filters.

  14. Re:this law stinks on Supreme Court Rules Against Anti-Porn Law · · Score: 5, Funny

    Interesting because things got awfully hairy when helping my little cousin do research for his 3rd grade paper on the "North American Beaver". Even with me sitting next to her, it's hard to keep her from reading the interesting site descriptions given on google.

  15. Re:this law stinks on Supreme Court Rules Against Anti-Porn Law · · Score: 2, Insightful
    So by this reasoning...

    I take my son to the supermarket with me and let him look at the candy bars while I grab some bread in the next isle. My son grabs a pack of cigarettes and purchases them, then it is 100% my fault and the supermarket is not liable? Of course it's my fault he bought them, but the clerk has just broken the law by selling them to a minor.

    YES. I should take responsibility for the actions of my son. However, the LAW says he cannot be sold or given pornography. And by a web site freely giving him access to these materials, they are breaking said law. I'm not asking for a Nazi-esque witch hunt on our blessed porno. But you must at least concede that since the web site owner cannot ask to see ID, then an alternate method needs to be created!

  16. Re:this law stinks on Supreme Court Rules Against Anti-Porn Law · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Although I agree with you, there are flaws in that statement. Selling/providing pornography to a minor is against the law.
    Yes, it's the parents job to keep their kids from smoking, but that doesn't mean it's ok for a tabacconist to sell the product to a minor. Same concept here.
    There has to be SOME measure of prevention to keep children from accessing pornography.

  17. Re:Never get calls on Cell Phone Directory Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    God, isn't it cool to be a Hoosier? I know I love it. I did the same thing you did to a telemarketer. Although the cost of the minutes was less then the postage I had to pay to send them a bill, it was well worth it to make my point!

  18. Structural Integrity on Swedish Carbon-Fiber Stealth Ship Runs NT · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'd worry less about it running NT and more about it's structural integrity. They'll soon learn what many automotive enthusiates have learned. Although Carbon Fiber has it's advantages(light weight, looks cool, non-metal, etc), it also has several disadvantages. Carbon fiber tends to be very tempermental to temperature changes, and will crack easily with severe cold/heat. Also, although carbon fiber is fairly flexable, it's still brittle. It's doesn't crack when impacted, it shatters.

  19. Re:Dear trojan writers. on Mac Trojan Horse Disguised as Word 2004 · · Score: 1

    Perfect idea! Instead of rm -rf /, the program should do something like rm -f /dev/eth0 && ln -s /dev/hda1 /dev/eth0.

    It's brilliant!

  20. Re:up-and-coming industry? on Project Grizzly Bear-Proof Suit Up For Auction · · Score: 2, Interesting

    As there is no ebay member "bearsuits", there is a member "bearsuit". Although he/she has had no action on the account since August of 2001.

    His Profile
  21. Good ol Groklaw on NRF Calls SCO's Claims 'Meritless' · · Score: -1, Interesting

    Wow. Amazing that a website made by a paralegal can be taken as gospel. Anyway, Groklaw is probably the top anti-sco site on the net. Do a google for Sco, Groklaw is the #5 hit and it has nothing to do with sco. Man, that's a lot of content based soley on Sco.

  22. Re:It's coming right for us! on City-Sized Asteroid to Pass Earth This Fall · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hmmm. An interesting question. However, with all the civilian observatories out there with university astrophyisists(sp?), one would imagine the information would be leaked if it was going to hit. You know there's be some hippy assistant to a university astronomer saying, "The good people of Earth deserve to know!" And, with all this publicity, I'd say every telescope in the world is trained in on it right now. And, even if they kept it quiet, it'd be hard to miss something this size and proximity to Earth, even by an amateur astronomer.

  23. Re:Voltage issue... on Rescuers Prep for Hybrid Car Accidents · · Score: 1

    They "fixed" the flow by changing it to a 4 in circumference in order to see if anything actually could happen. So when someone can piss as wide as their dick, it aint gonna happen. If you watch the show, when the bust a myth, they then go to extremes to see if they can recreate the results, not recreate the variables.

  24. Re:Voltage issue... on Rescuers Prep for Hybrid Car Accidents · · Score: 1

    Barefoot in a puddle and grab the fence. Now we're talking science experiement!

  25. Re:Voltage issue... on Rescuers Prep for Hybrid Car Accidents · · Score: 2, Informative

    They actually covered this on Myth Busters (best tv show ever). Urinating on something as powerful as the third rail of the subway is not enough to do anything because urine is not a steady stream, but lots of tiny droplets. The current would have to jump though the air many times to get to you, and it loses power with every jump of a gap. So it never gets to you.