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  1. Re:Let em loose into the wild! on Glowing Chinese Pig Passes Traits to Young · · Score: 1

    It could be a fair fight if they are being hunted by cats that glow as well.

  2. Eunuchs only on US Courts Consider Legality of Laptop Inspection · · Score: 1

    Not a bad job to get to be a screener going through a homesick businessman's girlfriend/wife pics.

  3. No shit. on Microsoft Apologizes To Rival · · Score: 1

    n/t

  4. Re:Wow on Firefox Spoofing Bug Puts Passwords At Risk · · Score: 1

    Mr. Raff Firefox. Calling him Mr. Raff made me chuckle, like Mr. Ed or Mr. Larry. Not quite sure on the Aviv prefix, other than an ear of corn in the spring. Maybe it means he's a farmer/researcher.

  5. Wow on Firefox Spoofing Bug Puts Passwords At Risk · · Score: 1

    What a coincidence that the security researcher's last name is the same as the browser he is testing!

  6. Re:google SMS 466453 on Google Products You Forgot All About · · Score: 1

    It's in my phonebook. You can just dial 46645.

  7. Re:What will happen then? on Only 2 in 500 College Students Believe in IP · · Score: 4, Informative

    Stricter enforcement, of course. A professor at the University of Utah law college describes how everybody infringes. It's a veritable goldmine!

    The good stuff starts at the bottom of page 7 of the PDF.

  8. The Future of L[awsuits] and Sex on The Future of Love and Sex - Robots · · Score: 1

    I don't want my wang anywhere near a power source strong enough to power a robot.

  9. Re:This is great. on Online Sex Offender Database Leads To Murder? · · Score: 1

    This is where age of consent laws come into play. In Minnesota, the age of consent is 16 with a maximum disparity of 48 months. So legal sex can occur between somebody who is 16 and somebody who is 18, 19, or even 20, depending on the month. But if you're 21 with a 16 year old, it's statutory rape.

    Age of consent, while also arbitrary (and variable by state), addresses when somebody is deemed mature enough to be able to render meaningful consent, thus addressing the questions of age differences older in life versus those under 18.

  10. Thousands of terms? on Google Purges Thousands of Malware Sites · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Is it just me or do the first five pages of "common terms" in the PDF contain the term Excel, and then the next four pages contain the term vpn? It seems to me there were two common terms in these first nine pages with random words tacked on.

  11. Toy on Sloshing Cellphones Reveal Their Contents · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It sounds fun, but I don't understand how shaking a phone is functionally superior to simply looking at the screen to gauge battery life or messages. Not to mention shaking your expensive mobile device around may not be the smartest idea. Flying wiimotes, anyone?

  12. Re:How many IT professionals... on 90% of IT Professionals Don't Want Vista · · Score: 4, Funny

    Expert or not, I will not be using Google Sexchange before it's out of beta.

  13. Re:Uh...No. on 90% of IT Professionals Don't Want Vista · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I would largely agree, but when studying for the TS in configuring vista, I did find one feature that would be beneficial to businesses: The separate sets of security settings for networking depending on if you are connected to a public or private network. That would be fantastic for better protecting mobile users. Still, that hardly by itself outweighs the cons.

  14. After reading the summary on Microsoft Plans Flickr Competitor · · Score: 1

    I'm still trying to figure out, will it include video?

  15. Actual news release on Swearing at Work is Bleeping Good For You · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's the actual release from the source, rather than a Network World recap.

  16. Those were my organization's summer levels on Spam Hits 95% of All Email · · Score: 1

    We were at 95% spam back in June. September and October so far are 98%. Meanwhile, November 2006 was 89%.

  17. Re:Not shabby on Google Launches Powerpoint Competition, Web Ads for Mobile Devices · · Score: 1

    Additionally, it doesn't seem to compensate for systems whose system font DPI has been bumped up. The example presentation in the article looks pretty godawful at 120 DPI. Talk about having to know your audience (and the configuration of their systems)!

  18. Permission? on When Ethics and IT Collide · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Violating company policies and snooping is one thing, but employees do not own their computers and staff administering machines do not need permission to access systems.

  19. I don't care on Man Arrested for Refusing to Show Drivers License · · Score: 1

    I don't care if somebody at the door asks me for a receipt. But if I'm walking through the security sensors and they go off I just keep on walking. I'm not going to turn around and look around aimlessly like a lost puppy looking for approval. I know I paid for what I'm walking out with and I have no responsibility to waste my time responding their broken security system. Just calmly walk on through.

  20. Via e-mail? on Germany Plans To Email Trojans · · Score: 5, Funny

    The leader of your terrorist cell has sent you an e-card! Double-click the attachment to view it!

    [Attached: ecard.exe]

  21. My analogy on TorrentSpy Must Preserve Data In RAM For MPAA · · Score: 1

    Have you ever needed to remember something like a serial number for a short time and you can't or don't want to write it down, so you keep reading it aloud to yourself to remember it? Like "76A354T, 76A354T, 76A354T..." As long as I keep repeating it to myself, I can continue to remember it. That's what a computer's RAM is, with a helluva lot more the computer can keep repeating to itself. So to continue the analogy, the judge wants to be able to subpoena what I'm saying out loud to myself to remember. To do that there needs to be a tape recorder running at all times.

    As far as I can tell, when it comes to precedent this is what the judge is mandating. A constant stream of recording so it can be subpoenaed. After all, when I'm repeating seven characters over and over again out loud, that is data storage. Sounds like a pretty worthless precedent to me. Maybe it's a creative way for this specific case to request logging to be turned on, but that's it.

    "But your honor, I never said that."
    "Everything you say is being stored in the sound waves created by your voice, if only temporarily. Therefore, it is governed by federal discovery laws."

  22. waytoomanycommas on China's Open Document Format Fight · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's hard, to read submissions, when there, are so, many, commas.

  23. Re:Unfair standard? on Microsoft May Be Investigated By Attorneys General · · Score: 2, Informative

    You do not need to install Windows Desktop Search to search in Outlook 2007 in XP. In fact, I opted against it and unticked the checkbox for it to stop asking me.

    You can still use the traditional Advanced Find by visiting the Tools Menu -> Instant Search -> Advanced Find, or CTRL-SHIFT-F, or probably a whole pile of context menus.

  24. Re:DUPE on Microsoft Slaps Its Most Valuable Professional · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm just happy to see this discussion of the changes to the tagging system showing up, revealing that many of us found the previous system more useful.

    To see that enough people tagged an article even with "haha" for it to show up as a top tag on the main page was informative indeed.

  25. What? on Microsoft Sees No Conflicts With Patent Initiatives · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So they're thickly veiled threats?