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  1. Re:Define "manage" on Genetic Mutation Enables Less Sleep · · Score: 1

    Was it a good book? Title?

  2. Re:My digital album format on Music Labels Working On Digital Album Format · · Score: 1

    Regarding TLAs, the acronym is a euphemism to mask the true intent.

    Digital Restrictions Management

    No acronyms. When educating people, we need to be clear, concise, and accurate.

  3. Re:bankrupt then what? on RIAA Awarded $675,000 In Tenenbaum Trial · · Score: 1

    This is not insightful. The whole point of threads is so that we can branch of and discuss things related to other posts. Just hide the top "health insurance" thread and move on.

  4. Re:What are they paying now? on Experimental Fees Settle Royalty War For Internet Radio · · Score: 3, Informative

    If I understand, that's just for the right to not be sued for broadcasting the music. Broadcasters still have to pay to buy the music, for bandwidth to stream the music, hardware to do that, people to select music, build websites themselves, manage online communities, manage advertising relationships, etc.

    AND that's the minimum. So if you have zero listeners, you have to pay $25 000 per year just to start.

  5. Re:A modest proposal on Incandescent Bulbs Return To the Cutting Edge · · Score: 1

    Doesn't underrated grant Karma?

  6. Re:Since When Does Infringement Equal Jail Time? on Don't Copy That Floppy! Gets a Sequel · · Score: 1

    I may be wrong about this, but weren't the "you wouldn't steal a car" videos a parody? The ones that show up on the top of the search results must be parodies.

  7. Re:Things his dog ate?! on Most Blogs Now Abandoned · · Score: 1

    I've never heard of these particular youtubers. Sounds pretty funny actually (smoking man and sitting girl). Do you have some links to those two?

    There are some interesting things that occasionally catch my attention on YouTube. Some tubers are using the video and reply features to generate discussion and hold debates on hot topics. Granted, the interface is clumsy for that use, but encouraging young people to debate with people with differing viewpoints from all around the world is a good thing.

    There's this guy who goes around parodying fundamentalist believers and he gets and insane amount of views for that shtick. I see it as a sort of performance art/social commentary for a new generation.

    (Obviously most of this is covered in a pile of rubbish, but you know what they say "90% of everything is crap".)

  8. Re:Whew! on Google Considers Taking Beta Tag Off Gmail · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, it doesn't get any beta than this.

  9. Re:Scrap is the wrong word here on Mozilla Preparing To Scrap Tabbed Browsing? · · Score: 1

    See also LastTab. I used the ctrl-tab functionality with preview until I adopted a Chrome-style workflow. LastTab with only the "Focus last tab selected when current tab is closed" option + Tabs Open Relative.

    I'm not a fan of extensions that do a million different things.

  10. Re:Why does Slashdot constantly side with PirateBa on Judge Reviewing Pirate Bay Trial Bias Is Removed · · Score: 1, Insightful

    And those movies never could have existed if the source material was under the extensive copyright schemes we have today. So your point about being fair actually supports the opposite argument.

  11. Re:Why does Slashdot constantly side with PirateBa on Judge Reviewing Pirate Bay Trial Bias Is Removed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's sarcasm. All those "original ideas" are not original. Meringuoid is using them as examples of Disney's hypocrisy.

  12. Re:Simple solution on McDonalds Free Wi-Fi Users Soak Up Seating · · Score: 1

    With regards to your point about shame, my guess is that it's supposed to make you feel cheap. Which many associate with the poor. Also asking for thing for free could be associated with begging.

  13. Re:overpaid? on Pentagon Lost Billions, Pennies At a Time · · Score: 1

    When one person discovers a way to save over $100 million per year, I think a reward is well deserved.

    (Unless he was the cause of the original inefficiency)

  14. Re:Not to trot out the correlation-causation thing on Do We Need Running Shoes To Run? · · Score: 1

    I suspect the doctor would have thought about that. Academia teaches undergrads that they need to factor in all the different variables when doing analysis. I'm assuming the PHD folks look for the same thing account for it.

  15. Re:hmm .... on Do We Need Running Shoes To Run? · · Score: 1

    What type of shoe does he buy from Michaels? Does he get the same ones every month?

  16. Re:Benefits... and glass shards on Do We Need Running Shoes To Run? · · Score: 1

    I've read one account from an overweight guy who got his doctor to write a note that he had to wear his Fivefingers to work. If that doesn't work for your workplace, these types of articles seem to attract a lot of minimalistic shoe advice. Maybe those Vivos would be more work appropriate?

  17. Re:{{Non-free use rationale}} on EFF Lawyer Calls YouTube ContentID Worse Than DMCA · · Score: 1

    That's very true. I'm simply being lazy and hoping that someone else will do it.

    (Which is exactly what blocks fair use users(?) from filing counter-claims in the first place.)

  18. Re:If you can give a convincing fair use argument on EFF Lawyer Calls YouTube ContentID Worse Than DMCA · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Write up your experience with filing your counter-claim. Add an easy to understand explanation of what DMCA is and why it's bad. The key is easy to understand and follow.

    Post it to a blog or website. Report back to slashdot and we can distribute it among young YouTubers.

    Education + youthful resentment of authority + Gen Y/Gen Z entitlement - Music videos == digital revolt.

  19. Re:What about those who were ahead on trades? on April Fools Sees Fake Extra Millions For Users of Brokerage Site · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So who gets to define what fraudulent cases means? Couldn't true fraudsters say "I was just playing around because I thought it was joke money!" ?

  20. Re:I've been a member for what...4 years now on Slashdot Launches User Achievements · · Score: 1

    Since there is an achievement for posting in this historic April Fools story, I might as well get it.

  21. Re:Oh right, proprietary headphones needed on Update — No DRM In New iPod Shuffle · · Score: 1

    You could also go and buy one of the older model shuffles. They're still available both new and refurbished.

    Or, of course, you could buy another brand mp3 player. Since the shuffle, there has been a lot of similar products released.

  22. Re:Okay... on The Universe As Hologram · · Score: 1

    I've heard about these 2-d universes projected onto 3d space before (in some science fiction). Sounds curious.

    Anyone know where I can get some non-physicist information on this?

  23. Re:I don't get it on Windows 7 Beta Released To Public After Delay · · Score: 1

    I see.

  24. Re:Different torrent client ? on BitTorrent For Enterprise File Distribution? · · Score: 1

    I love unison, but for simplicity rsync would probably do fine for a push environment.

  25. Re:ugh on After 4 Years, HydrogenAudio Opens New 128kbps Listening Test · · Score: 1

    These guys look like they have a simpler setup. http://www.soundexpert.info/index.htm

    Download the file, compare the sample to the control, and fill out a little survey on how degraded the sample sounds.

    Rinse and repeat.