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  1. I've said it again and again on SVP : More Video Anti-Copying Technology · · Score: -1

    If you don't like it...
    don't buy it.

  2. Re:WINE is not just for "basic apps." on 10 Points About Transgaming's Cedega/WineX · · Score: -1

    You should have told the guy who sold you the guide that you use Linux. I'm sure if enough people told him, he'd put out a Linux version, or even better, put out a completely FOSS version!

  3. I have a few expat friends in China on Googling Behind China's Great Firewall · · Score: -1

    They have no problem getting on IRC and onto Google through China's little censorship attempt.

  4. Re:Engineering? on Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering · · Score: -1, Troll

    At least it's work in America rather than India for you CS punks.

  5. Engineering? on Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    EE here. Please stop calling yourself "Engineers", because you're not (B/M/PhD.Sc vs B/M/PhD.Eng), and you doing so degrades my trade.

  6. Re:Funny enough, I was planning on voting for Kerr on Bikes Against Bush Creator Busted · · Score: 0

    "Americans vote for a party and a president."
    Wrong.
    They vote to change their state's vote in the electoral college.

    In parliamentary nations (such as Canada, Britan and India) the PM has even more power than the President of the US (assuming that they have a majority government, which the Liberals in Canada currently do not) because everyone votes in party lines, and the PM chooses the Senate.

  7. Re:Funny enough, I was planning on voting for Kerr on Bikes Against Bush Creator Busted · · Score: 0

    At least Bush has the decency to renounce the radical right, while Kerry caters to extremist proto-fascists:

    http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040823/D84L3OO00 .html

    CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - President Bush denounced campaign commercials aired by outside groups on Monday, including an ad that accuses John Kerry of lying about his combat record in Vietnam.

    "That ad and every other ad" run by such groups have no place in the campaign, Bush said when asked about the commercial sponsored by Swift Boat Veterans For Truth that has roiled the race for the White House.

    Asked directly whether his Democratic rival for the presidency had lied, Bush said, "I think Senator Kerry served admirably and he ought to be proud of his record."

    The president made his comments as the Kerry campaign fought back against charges made by the outside group about the senator's wartime service in Vietnam for which he received five medals.

    In a conference call with reporters arranged by aides to the Democratic presidential candidate, Navy swift boat officers Rich McCann, Jim Russell and Rich Baker said Kerry acted honorably and bravely and was well qualified to be the nation's commander in chief.

    "He was the most aggressive officer in charge of swift boats," Baker said.

    Additionally, crewmate Del Sandusky said at a news conference in Harrisburg, Pa., that he personally witnessed the battle action for which Kerry received Silver and Bronze stars and two of his three Purple Hearts.

    "He deserved every one of his medals," said Sandusky, a retired computer repairman who drove Kerry's Navy swift boat boat for nearly three months.

    In Texas, Bush said, "I don't think we ought to have 527s," a reference to the outside groups that have poured millions of dollars over the past year into attack ads. Bush himself has been a main target of ads costing some $60 million. Bush said all of the ads should be stopped.

    "That means that ad," he said, referring to the anti-Kerry ad, "and every other ad."

    The anti-Kerry ad, no longer running but much publicized in news accounts, says Kerry didn't deserve his Purple Hearts, lied to get his Bronze Star and Silver Star and unfairly branded all veterans with his 1971 congressional testimony about atrocities in Vietnam.

    "I couldn't be more plain about it," Bush said "I hope my opponent joins me in condemning these activities of the 527s."

    With polls suggesting Kerry's standing was beginning to slip - at least among veterans - the Democrat last week called on Bush to call for the attack ads to be pulled from the air. He also accused Bush of allowing front groups to "do his dirty work."

    Bush's campaign heatedly denied any connection with the anti-Kerry group, and called on the Democratic challenger to join the president in a call for all outside groups to pull their ads.

    Underscoring the impact of the anti-Kerry ad, the Democratic National Committee began airing a commercial last week that offered a testimonial to Kerry's fitness for national command.

    And in a shift in strategy, Kerry's campaign has responded with two commercials, despite plans to preserve its campaign funds for the general election campaign.

    Kerry running mate John Edwards said Sunday that Bush needed to tell the veterans group to pull its anti-Kerry ads. Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona has said the tactics are the same kind used on him and asked the president to denounce them.

    A new Kerry ad says Bush smeared McCain four years ago and "now, he's doing it to John Kerry."

    A former Vietnam prisoner of war, McCain lost the South Carolina Republican primary in 2000 after Bush supporters accused him of opposing legislation to help military veterans. McCain never recovered from that primary loss.

    Former Sen. Bob Dole, a World War II veteran and 1996 Republican presidential nominee, suggested Ke

  8. Re:Funny enough, I was planning on voting for Kerr on Bikes Against Bush Creator Busted · · Score: 1

    There is reciprocal support between candidates and their supporters. Perhaps if Kerry would denounce his frothing at the mouth supporters yhbt I would vote for him, but he does nothing of the sort. He takes all he can get, even from prototerrorist groups.

  9. Re:Funny enough, I was planning on voting for Kerr on Bikes Against Bush Creator Busted · · Score: 1

    At least I was able to write a post without copying Billy Madison.

  10. Godwin's Law: You lose on Bikes Against Bush Creator Busted · · Score: 1

    Have a nice day.

  11. Re:Fine line on Bikes Against Bush Creator Busted · · Score: 1

    Paint comes off over time too.

    The fact remains that he was damaging the commons. He could have rented a billboard or purchased roadside property if he wanted to do this, but he didn't. He assaulted the property that I pay for without consulting me or my representatives. For this I will not stand.

  12. Funny enough, I was planning on voting for Kerry. on Bikes Against Bush Creator Busted · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't agree with most of the crap Bush believes in. For what it's worth, I think Bush is a sleazy, shady douchebag. And, save for the level-headed folk I see on Slashdot, I can't fucking stand Bush supporters and militant Republicans. I really hate those fucking pudgy, clean-shaven, uptight business suit republican twats on my campus. But my distaste for conservatives and Republicans pales in comparison to my distaste for whackjob liberals.

    The way the left-leaning have conducted themselves in regards towards Bush is utterly fucking appalling. Never before in the 20th century have I seen people so fanatically and stupidly obsessed with insane and idiotic hatred towards a president. When Clinton was president, I was appalled by the behavior of Republicans towards him, and I can tell you that as a left-leaning person myself I donated to Nader and was rooting for Al Gore. But the hatred for Bush has taken a new low.

    One can make a great case for hating Bush. He's fucked up a lot, he was not level with the American people, he supports laws and ideologies that are potentially dangerous in regards to our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And that's not to say that there have not been plenty of reasonable, erudite condemnations regarding Bush. But this is not true for the majority of Bush haters. If you're going to hate on Bush, hate on him for the right reasons, and do it in a reasonable, erudite manner. For example, when he says "the terrorists hate our freedom," instead of accusing him of stupidity, try to disprove that claim in a reasonable, intelligent manner.

    That's not to say that the right wingers are not full of profoundly stupid anti-Kerry idiocy. But it does not hold a candle to the stupidity in which the left has bashed Bush. Instead of rational discourse, we are treated to whiny, strawman lecturing by Tom Tomorrow and Gary Trudeau. Instead of tact, we hear cries of "Bush iz dum lol." Instead of truthful discourse on Bush's evils, we have fat media whoring fucks lying and distorting the truth in ways which makes George Bush look like George Washinton. Moore should have learned a thing or two from Bush - lying to make your case will always bite you in the ass in the long run. Instead of balanced, fair investigation, we see one-sided rants and conspiracy theories propogated by Rolling Stone and other mags, which then have the tenacity to complain that the media is controlled by capitalists and righties (I think the media is controlled by no one). Instead of voting one's conscious, we see nihilism and cynicism towards the political process, with the mantra "anyone but Bush." We see Bush punching bags, Bush bashing books, basically a capitalist franchise of playa hating which legitimizes the very capitalist system the idiots abhor as being spearheaded by Bush. An entire culture of angsty, misguided stupidity. So, I'm being angsty in the other direction.

    In short, the liberal left has managed to piss me off more than the Radical Right. And as far as I'm concerned, Kerry's differences are so miniscule so as not to make a difference. Better to stick with the evil you know than the evil you don't know. But most importantly, I'm voting for Bush as a big FUCK YOU to all the idiots who have made me lose faith in the liberal mode of thought.

    I can't argue with these people, I can't reason with these people. There is nothing I really can do in any tangible manner to silence their idiocy. But as an American citizen, I can cast my vote.

    So unless Teresa Heinz personally gives me a blowjob, or Bush consumes an infant on live television, my vote will be going to Bush this November, and there is nothing anyone can do about it.

  13. Re:Global images on Free DVD Recording Tool For Linux? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Because standard ISO images won't take audio tracks. They don't take Dreamcast images. They only take ISO9660 filesystems.

  14. Global images on Free DVD Recording Tool For Linux? · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know of any Linux DVD burning software to burn global images? (Sonic RecordNow .gi)

  15. Hrm on Longhorn to be Released in 2006, Sans WinFS · · Score: 0, Troll

    Could this delay mean that the year of Linux' dominance over microsoft is finally approaching?

  16. Space age? on Space-Age Houses · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wasn't the 1960s the "space age"? If so, I live in a space age house!

  17. Devo! on Hamster-Powered Night Light · · Score: 5, Funny

    Man has finally harnessed the power of animals. Soon we will be able to bring animals to other fields, replacing farm equipment and automobiles.

  18. The truth? on Not Enough Ads? Install Adbar. · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do not try to block the ads. That's impossible. Instead only try to realize the truth. There are no ads. Then you'll see that it is not the ads you block, it is only yourself.

  19. GNU/Chess on Hydra vs. Shredder · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone know how GNU/Chess stacks up in comparison to these?

  20. The truth? on Federal Reserve To Use Internet For Money Transfer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do not try to transfer the money online. That's impossible. Instead only try to realize the truth. There is no money online. Then you'll see that it is not the money you transfer online, it is only yourself.

  21. Oh no! on DVD Player Maker's Margins just $1 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The CEO can only give himself a -1- million dollar bonus this year, and the stockholders are barely taking in any dividends! They better start cutting wages!

  22. I'm a dummy (typo) on Microsoft Windows: A Lower Total Cost of 0wnership · · Score: 1

    Should be "IE is faster than Mozilla"

    In the same way that IE is faster than Mozilla (because it's part of the OS), Windows has a lower TOC because a lot of the training costs have been absorbed by the Government - the average high school student gets hundreds of hours of Windows specific training, and no Linux training.

  23. Hidden costs on Microsoft Windows: A Lower Total Cost of 0wnership · · Score: 2, Informative

    In the same way that IE is faster than IE (because it's part of the OS), Windows has a lower TOC because a lot of the training costs have been absorbed by the Government - the average high school student gets hundreds of hours of Windows specific training, and no Linux training.

  24. Dimensions? on Speculation About An Apple Tablet · · Score: 1

    This would be great if it was maybe double the width of a regular PDA. Even better with a foldout keyboard, but I'm sure we could survive without one.

  25. Re:Oh, the irony... on Biometrics at the Statue of Liberty · · Score: 1

    Any time that you leave your house you overtly -submit- to being monitored in one way or another - it being computerized doesn't make any difference.