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  1. Re:Pointing out the obvious on Police Launch Drones Over LA · · Score: 1

    Do they need a warrant and/or probable cause?

    Don't worry, if they are they won't be for long.

  2. Extortion on GoDaddy Holds Domains Hostage · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How is this little more then extortion? They have a thinly veiled reason, but let's say the spammers pay up. Their domain is re-activated. What then? How does that stop them from being spammers? This is just GoDaddy grabbing people willy nilly and forcing them to pay for fees they've already paid for.

  3. Re:They more than likely thought they would lose on Microsoft Loses Appeal in Guatemalan Patent Claim · · Score: 1

    When ideas are patentable, what doesn't deserve a patent?

  4. Re:I see on Future(?) Design of Mobile Phones · · Score: 1

    Because I've yet to see a phone/whatever combo that was as good as seperate phone and whatevers.

  5. Re:addictions on Detox Clinic Opening for Video Game Addicts · · Score: 1

    Well I don't know about you but I don't find it very "in character" to constantly talk about which skillset maxes a particular race and profession while playing the game.

  6. Re:Bigger problem on Allergy-Free Kittens Produced · · Score: 1

    Nobody has mentioned that we still have a HUGE overpopulation problem in this country with cats and dogs. My local shelter has to euthanize 80% of what comes in.

    Well that explains it. With lazy people like yourself who aren't putting in 100% no wonder there are too many dogs and cats. I'm sure if you did your bit and put in an extra 20%, and everyone like you did the same, the problem would go away.

  7. Re:RFID on Tech Trendspotting For The Future · · Score: 1

    Hence the fact it's a 9 year prediction, not a 9 month one.

  8. Re:addictions on Detox Clinic Opening for Video Game Addicts · · Score: 1

    As in, curing the latter. Creating addiction centres for the latter. I think people should be encouraged to become addicted to the former. My addiction of choice is ArmageddonMUD where you can REAL roleplaying, not like your local D&D group or MMO.

  9. Re:addictions on Detox Clinic Opening for Video Game Addicts · · Score: 1

    The difference is mental and physical addictions. You can be addicted to something because you like something about it and you can be addicted to something because the product has within it an addictive substance (such as nicotine or caffiene).

    This is the former rather then the latter, and I personally think we should stick with the latter.

  10. Re:Encrypted? on Google Releases Google Browser Sync Extension · · Score: 2, Informative

    Do they store the PIN on their systems? Of course they do. Therefore they can unencrypt your info any time they want.

  11. Re:Even without bringing morality into the questio on Harvard Scientists to Clone Human Embryos · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I think the law against rape is wrong. So I'm going to rape you.

  12. Re:ahh on Huge Storms Converge on Jupiter · · Score: 1


    Ahh, so you admit to being a pedophile (Red Spot Jr., 6 years)


    I like the way your mind works.

  13. Re:Hmmm... on Planets Without Stars or Mini-Solar Systems? · · Score: 1

    But they're not single planets, but in fact an entire star system sans the star. To me a rogue planet doesn't suggest a cohesive system, but in fact a single planet (with or without moons) that have no other body related to it.

  14. Re:They may have a winner on Wii Graphics 'Better Than At E3' · · Score: 1

    If they really wanted to regain their reputation they'd get some games other then Mario Bros Redux. They had some success in this regard with one whole exclusive decent game (FF Crystal). Let's hope they can get that count up to 2.

  15. Re:Get your nose out of my kids a..es! on Congress Sets Sights on Videogames · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Actually, the government should stay the fuck away from someone teaching their kids any of those things. I believe that the right to think and believe whatever you want is still present in America? Right? Or have them liberals* taken that away?

    Teaching your kid all white people should be shot is different then shooting white people.

    you can go right ahead and buy it for them.

    Why should not being allowed content be the default position? What if I have a problem with talking animals and think it's the spawn of satan? Should I bribe^H^H^H^H^Hlobby the government to make that illegal?

    *Conservative being someone who upholds the ideals upon which America was founded upon, a liberal being someone who introduces ideas contrary to those ideals.

  16. Re:It's mid-term election time. on Congress Sets Sights on Videogames · · Score: 1, Redundant

    This is where you find out that the Democrats are the other political party and not "liberal" by definition.

    Actually I'd claim both parties are extremely liberal. With conservatives being those who support the ideals upon which America was founded. I'd have to look up quotes to be certain, but I'd say one of the founding principles upon with the USA was founded was the government not being a nanny state (otherwise why wouldn't they have just stuck with England?), with the "right to privacy" a strong indicator of this.

    I figure I might as well see if I can redefine conservative and liberal so that the current "liberals" can re-take the term conservative. That way we can use all of their tactics "are you unAmerican?" against the current "conservatives."

  17. Somethings faulty on Congress Sets Sights on Videogames · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The fact you seem unaware of there being more then 2 parties suggests a fault in your information gathering tools or methods. I'd suggest investing in new tools and/or methods to gather information with.

  18. Re:We need some examples. And try Opera 9! on Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 Released · · Score: 1

    [url=http://www.armageddon.org/login.php?returnURL =/request/index.php]This is just one of many sites[/url] (try logging in).

    Oh, and it's Opera 9 I'm using, not 8. It's slower then Firefox.

  19. Re:Show the world and be taken seriously! on Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 Released · · Score: 1

    able to be switched with another pair in 5 seconds,

    I'd like to see a Linux user who can change to the latest version of Internet Explorer (which a lot of bank sites demand) in 5 seconds.

  20. Re:thats it? on Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    I used Opera 8 for several months and found it to be slower and broken on more sites then Firefox.

  21. Let them have explosives and biological weapons on Home Chemistry An Endangered Hobby in U.S. · · Score: -1, Troll

    just make sure it's in you're neighborhood please. Not mine.

  22. Re:Wrong analogy on MS to Launch Paid Security Subscription Service · · Score: 1

    I suspect you have not extensively used Internet Explorer

    Using IE can be attributed to user error as well :P

  23. Re:Obligatory on MS to Launch Paid Security Subscription Service · · Score: 1

    I haven't restarted Windows XP in 3-4 months. It looks like you're friend just has low expectations. Was he using Linux? Because if he was a XP user (or apparently a Powerbook user) he'd know that the whole system rarely crashes.

  24. Re:Obligatory on MS to Launch Paid Security Subscription Service · · Score: 1

    Actually it's more like:

    "you've got this car, and we have basic locks and alarms installed. It's 20k."

    "Now if you want some windows on your car to stop people from climbing through, or the locks to actually work correctly instead of being able to be broken by this simple knife, then you'll have to pay 10k per year."

    Doesn't sound reasonable to me at all.

  25. Re:Utter nonsense. on FSF, Political Activism or Crossing the Line? · · Score: 1

    There's absolutely nothing that would justify any legal intervention or any other meddling with the market in this case.

    Then you support reversing the pro-DRM law meddling that's already happened (e.g. DMCA)?