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  1. Re:why call it carnivore? on Carnivore No More · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Privacy never even crossed their minds.

  2. Re:Variety text on Disney Plans Tron Remake · · Score: 1
    "In a lot of ways, ('Tron') was a movie about a man venturing into hell. Our job will be to keep the humanity as he ventures into an unreal world."

    Disney loves to keep it real. Real dumb.

  3. Re:Still falls just a bit short. on Decentralize BitTorrent with Kenosis · · Score: 3, Funny

    As soon as you enlighten us on how to send a directed IP packet without a destination address, I'm sure someone will write a few dozen p2p apps around it.

  4. Re:RTFM? Who does that. on Grokking Knoppix · · Score: 1

    I, on the other hand, do RTFM but giving a geek a manual is basically sending Jesus to sunday school.

  5. Re:Read this carefully on Don't Click Here For A Free iPod · · Score: 1

    Your sig would be easier as: fortune -m'All wars are civil wars'

  6. Re:hmm... on Apple Threatens iTunes.co.uk Owner · · Score: 1

    You could even make it about longhorns.

  7. Re:Comma ? on Snoop Dogg Gets Out the Vote · · Score: 1
    Sadly, that's the attitude of a lot young ones today.

    What's sad is that some people still think voting can make a difference.

  8. Re:My two discussion questions on The Dangers of One Party Rule · · Score: 1
    Well, that wouldn't really make a lot of sense... I mean, they were RIGHT WING nuts.

    Let's see, the National Socialist Party, the Communist Party...yep, everything checks out.

  9. Re:In the UK on Apple Introduces New G5 iMac · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You have to have a license to watch TV?

  10. Re:bull on Florida Ruling May Lead To E-voting Paper Trail · · Score: 1, Informative

    If the correct count is close (i.e. a human would be likely to get it wrong), then we bring in the humans to add error. So yeah, stealing the election...but not by the machines.

  11. I need those... on Software For Slackers: Lockout · · Score: 3

    I need the internet AND my root account (and several others) to do work. It sounds like it would only get people hard-rebooting to recover, perhaps doing more harm than good...

  12. Re:Asian Guys on Virtual Girlfriend · · Score: 2, Insightful
    No...if you either have a boy (50% chance), a girl and a boy (25%), or 2 girls (25%)...every 4 families generate 3 boys and 3 girls, on average. Any given child has a 50% chance of either gender.

    Any such strategy you try will not change the basic probabilities. Choosing whether you have another child, based on the gender of the last one, will not affect the gender of the next one. (Ultimately, the next couple to have children will only be picking up where you left off.)

    It could be said that the strategy described encourages those who are somehow predisposed to having girls, to have more children, but whether that occurs is outside the scope of this argument.

  13. Re:a few reasons on Why is Java Considered Un-Cool? · · Score: 2, Funny

    They're still trying to debug each other's code, in preparation for a rollout that will never come.

  14. Re:Just wait on Privacy vs. Security: Biometric E-Passports · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I only hope the US-citizens will see this for what it is and not re-elect another 4 years of warmongering.

    If we had a choice, we probably wouldn't. Unfortunately that issue, along with every other issue the government faces, has already been decided by the Party. The public has the oh-so-heavy choice of which face reads their speeches for the next few years.

  15. IHBT. IHL. HAND. on RIAA Grinds Down Individuals in the Courtroom · · Score: 1

    Because expending our energies coming up with a system that's tolerable to everyone is out of the question. No, we'd rather wear ourselves out arguing "yes or no" long after it's been determined that neither of the positions really work.

  16. Re:RIAA targets... on RIAA Grinds Down Individuals in the Courtroom · · Score: 1

    We are talking about copyrights here. It's generally considered that the person sharing the file is the one performing unauthorized copying and distribution. Downloading is probably illegal too, but they don't go after it so much.

  17. Re:Class-Action Defense? on RIAA Grinds Down Individuals in the Courtroom · · Score: 1
    For one thing, the plaintiff decides who is on each side (along with the claims of the suit, etc.). Legally these are all separate cases...I don't know if there's any history to support one or more courts merging (and thus rewriting) a group like that.

    This seems like new territory to me, but IaNaL.

  18. Re:Other IT Myths on IT Myths · · Score: 3, Funny
    guys who can hold a conversation. Not many people can do that better than a geek

    *rolling on floor snickering*
    We can hold conversations with one another (after the appropriate bonding rituals of course), but certainly not with...people...

  19. Compelling concept? on Strange Attractor - On High Concepts For Games · · Score: 2, Insightful
    uniqueness...Tomb Raider = female Indiana Jones...lack of obvious ancestry

    One of these things is not like the others.

  20. Re:Slacker Thee on Vive La Loafing! · · Score: 1
    (now, how that differs from the soviet union way I honestly don't know)

    In Soviet Russia, the bosses kill YOU.

  21. Re:Hm. on XP Starter Edition Examined · · Score: 1
    Probably never, because such a patch would be illegal, and if you're going to do something illegal, might as well just burn a full version of XP from your friend.

    But...piracy would be illegal, and if you're going to do something illegal, might as well kill your friend and take his machine/license.

  22. Re:Example? on Blaster Variant Creator Pleads Guilty · · Score: 1
    The beautiful thing about examples is that they don't need to be true.

    To the point, a justice system based on fear gains nothing by imprisoning the actual perpetrator of a crime versus the first name that pops into their heads. Proof isn't an issue these days; all they need is suspicion, and that's only to keep the records clean.

  23. Airtight proof on Blaster Variant Creator Pleads Guilty · · Score: 1
    In other news, I've just discovered the author of W32/MyDoom-A. I'll be alerting the authorities to this new evidence shortly.
    Administrator, Domain
    domain.admin@sco.com
    The SCO Group
    355 S 520 W
    Suite 100
    Lindon, UT 84042
    US
    801-932-5800
  24. Re:my top five ideas on Incorporating Machine Learning into Firefox 2.0? · · Score: 1
    3. proper page back/forward that DOESNT RELOAD the page, just redisplay the cached html/media.

    Holy fucking yes. This is the most annoying thing that has happened to web browsing ever, and it keeps creeping into more and more browsers without ever giving you the option to turn it off. It needs to die, now.

  25. Re:You'll never hear about the smart criminals. on A How-Not-To Guide to Cyber-Extortion · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Also, most crimes that go to court result in conviction (well over 90%).

    Of course. Bringing the innocent to trial would be unfair.
    -- Q, Encounter at Farpoint