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  1. Re:violence on Many Dead In Virginia Tech Shooting · · Score: 1

    Whatever. This has nothing to do with nationality, and everything to do with an individual. We don't even know if the shooter WAS an American. Not to mention, there's still word that there may have been more than one shooter.

  2. Re:I wonder what this will be blamed on on Many Dead In Virginia Tech Shooting · · Score: 1

    He's already blamed it on Counterstrike.

    I'll give you three guesses which cable news channel had him on the air - the first two don't count.

    sigh.

  3. Re:What a total outrage!!!! on Thousands of White House E-mails Deleted · · Score: 2, Informative

    The difference is, Clinton didn't pick and choose, he fired all of them, which is actually not rare among Presidents are of a different party than the previous.

    The question with the US Attorneys' firings are more along the line of - "Did they pick and choose who to fire based on who would look more favorable at their actions over the past 8 years?" rather than "Did they just fire all them Democrat-hired lawyers?!?"

    Same farm, same grove of trees, but apples and oranges, nonetheless.

    PS: I'm a Democrat who commonly votes Republican when the Dem is a 'tard. Oddly enough, I had a lot of trouble deciding who to vote for in 2004.

  4. Re:Labeling on Sunspots Reach 1000-Year Peak · · Score: 1

    Eh, I tend to agree with them, but vote for who I think is going to get the job done.

  5. Re:All copyrighted works should be held on Linux and OSS to Aid the Library of Congress · · Score: 1

    IANAL, but this doesn't sound correct. Don't you have to provide proof of creation in order to hold the copyright on something? If you don't claim it as yours, for example, by putting "Copyright 2007 Some Dude" or something like that, someone can copy it and use it until you ask them to stop. And if I'm not mistaken, just SAYING "Copyright" doesn't mean it is - there's more to do.

  6. Re:April Fools on AppleTV Becomes OSX Workstation · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The site itself wasn't an april fools joke, it actually existed and had several articles. I'm guessing the slashdotting led to a server crash, and perhaps they pointed the DNS to a new host prematurely (ie, haven't set up the Apache server)?

  7. Re:Inconceivable on Dvorak to Apple - Stop The iPhone · · Score: 1

    I do not think that word means what you think it means.

  8. Re:I do on Circuit City and the American Dream · · Score: 1

    There's a developer's union?

    WTF? Where?

    Oh wait, you probably mean "housing" developer or something, right?

  9. Re:Skycar on Boeing Working on Fuel Cell Aircraft · · Score: 1

    Unless he only has 5% body fat - it could be all muscle. Wait, this is /.

    Hmm.

  10. Re:Gaming on Samsung's 64-GB Solid-State Drive · · Score: 1

    It's called "Hibernate" and most modern OSes support it out of the box - albeit some require some configuration to turn it on.

  11. Re:Price: $500ish? on Samsung's 64-GB Solid-State Drive · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm sorry, Doug is in the server room, swapping Zip disks. How can I help you?

  12. Doesn't even compare on Samsung's UpStage Looks To Trump iPhone · · Score: 1

    Except this new device doesn't even compare to what Apple claims the iPhone can do - not by a long shot.

    The new phone uses an SD card for its whopping(!) 64MB of storage space. It also runs that crappy OS that Samsung/Sprint likes to put on their phones.

    Whereas the iPhone has 4GB (and I believe an 8GB model is in the works?), runs MacOS X, plays wide-screen video, has a multi-touch display, is quad-band, supports EDGE, supports WiFi, etc.

    How is this looking "Trump" the iPhone? Dear lord, this is like comparing a Yugo to a Lamborghini. It just DOESN'T compare.

  13. Re:Jacked up. on Scientists Powering Batteries with Soda, Tree Sap · · Score: 1

    as twitter just stated, why even bother refilling it when there's sugar in your blood stream. heck, I know I consume far more complex sugars than I should on occasion. Imagine powering a small beowulf cluster embedded in your skin with this!

    or something.

  14. Re:Why? on Third Stargate TV Series Named · · Score: 1

    More likely, the Ori are not aliens, but probably the same "human" race as the Ancients.

    Man, I'm a dork.

  15. Re:Just ridiculous notice to begin with on NFL Caught Abusing the DMCA · · Score: 1

    oh, in that case, 3 times! :)

  16. Re:huh on Borders Closes the Books on Amazon · · Score: 1

    No, you cannot patent a business model (though business methods are up in the air). Their patent is on "one-click purchase" or something like that. Last I heard there was a legal battle involving it.

  17. Re:For a $50 book... on Borders Closes the Books on Amazon · · Score: 1

    Comparing two cities in the same state is far from eliminating location. Try getting them in 2 days in say, Moab, Utah..

  18. Re:With Bobby, there's no schadenfreude on RIAA Balks At Complying With Document Order · · Score: 1

    Proper queens don't beg.

  19. Re:pro bono on RIAA Caught in Tough Legal Situation · · Score: 1

    I couldn't remember the term "on contingency", which is why I said "or nearly so" on the pro bono. Thanks for making what I was trying to say clearer, though.

  20. Re:d4 on Dungeons & Dragons and IT · · Score: 1

    Unless it's a dagger of troll-slaying (+4 vs Trolls)!

  21. Re:I would love it but for other reason... on RIAA Caught in Tough Legal Situation · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The term you're looking for is "chum".

    IANAL, but I watched several friends destroy their souls in law school - from what I understand, you're completely correct. If the RIAA starts bleeding in the water, lawyers all over will start taking the cases pro bono or nearly so. They usually ask for a small (30-40%) portion of the settlement, should you win.

  22. Re:Just ridiculous notice to begin with on NFL Caught Abusing the DMCA · · Score: 1

    twice as many.

    40 x 3 = 120

    40 x 2 = 80

    120 - 80 = 40

  23. Re:based on what gets votes mostly... on NASA Think Tank to be Shut Down · · Score: 1

    And this is why Senators and Representatives need term limits. Two for Senators, five or six for Reps. I think 12 years should be PLENTY of time to get programs you think are needed into place and moving.

    Instead we have 80-90 year old Senators and Representatives who lost touch with society and how it works in the 1970s. This isn't representation, it's a farce.

  24. Re:Not Free on Microsoft Gives In To the EU · · Score: 1

    There is, indeed, an IMAP server out-of-the-box on OS X. I'm not 100% certain, but I believe it's Cyrus IMAPd

  25. Re:Not realy accurate statement. on How To Request Better ATI Linux Support · · Score: 2, Funny

    Aren't you supposed to be posting this in the Opinion Center: Intel [tm] section?