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  1. Re:What's the problem? on ISP Inserting Content Into Users' Webpages · · Score: 1

    Do you remember making long distance phone calls on a pay phone? That's exactly what they did, and I don't remember the operation every saying, "Please insert 25 cents to continue, or save that quarter and buy a Snickers bar."

  2. Re:Lobbying power? on US Citizens To Require ''Clearance'' To Leave? · · Score: 1

    for now...

  3. Re:If they are then on Mozilla Raking in Millions? · · Score: 1

    You are also aware that you can add keyword searches in Firefox... I have dict set to query Merriam-Webster, map set to query Google maps, 411 set to query phone number lookups, etc, etc.

  4. Re:Wishful thinking on Is the Dell/Microsoft Alliance Fracturing? · · Score: 1

    You can use the money you've made by selling Google.

  5. Re:Another Note About The List... on Time Names Battlestar Galactica Show Of The Year · · Score: 1

    He's nowhere, man.

  6. Re:Ob: MSlinux on Microsoft Warms Up to Linux · · Score: 1

    Given that the estimated ship date was September 2003, and it hadn't yet shipped, I almost believed it to be true.

  7. Re:Wait a minute... on Microsoft Sues Google For Hiring MS Exec · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where can I get these kitten burgers of which you speak? And do they have puppy fries?

  8. Re:[Theory] backwards-compatible AdSense competiti on Microsoft Denies Claria got Spyware Exception · · Score: 1

    That could be the solution to their piracy/security updates problem. No "Genuine Microsoft Software"? You get a special update that embeds an ad on the desktop, and a scrolling marquee ad in the toolbar.

  9. Re:Others should face liability also on German Youth Convicted for Sasser Worm · · Score: 1

    Clearly it was terrists or the government (if they are in fact different)

  10. Re:Next on the sensationalist news networks: on 'DVD Jon' Breaks Google Video Lock · · Score: 1

    Terrorists found to profit from cracked video players: feature at 11:30.

  11. Idea for Bram Cohen on Bram Cohen's Response to Microsoft's Avalanche · · Score: 1

    Add PARS to the Bittorrent protocol. From what I can tell, that is the only new thing proposed for Avalanche, except for DRM. Steal their good idea(s) for your own and get it into production first. Patent it, and then sue them if they put theirs into production.

  12. Re:Acceptance of facts on Canada Introduces DMCA-Style Copyright Law · · Score: 1

    You do not have a legal right to download music that is not yours. The law states that you are permitted to download a copy for personal use of copyrighted material that you already own, and you can't be prosecuted for doing so given the presumption of innocence. If you don't own the CD for it, you are infringing copyright, you just can't be effectively prosecuted for it.

  13. Re:Shutting down botnets is a pointless effort.. on Hunting for Botnet Command and Controls · · Score: 1

    But for the vast majority, it's not gross negligence, it's gross ignorance. For an educated user to let their system continue to run malware, spyware, etc would be negligence, but those educated users are the ones who a) don't get infected in the first place, b) are able to clean their machines after the fact. The problem are the Joe sixpacks, grandmas, and soccer moms. They don't even know there's a problem until they can't use their computer at all. You can't hold them responsible.

  14. Re:Smart logging on DOJ Wants ISPs to Retain All Customer Records · · Score: 1

    Why do you log the activity of Nabokov fans?

  15. Re:My pet on-hold peeve on Mobile Magazine's Notebook Tech Support Reviews · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The absolute worst is the fake picked up phone click followed by "Thank you for continuing to hold..."

  16. Re:The Difference on Back to Moon in 2015? · · Score: 1

    I heard there was a terrorist base on the dark side of the moon...

  17. For American audiences on The Formula for a Successful Sitcom · · Score: 3, Funny

    They forgot the following bit of the equation: ^T+A

  18. Re:A few questions... on DARPA Announces 2005 Grand Challenge Semifinalists · · Score: 1

    You're better off doing audio - you only need one input device instead of a whole bunch of different sensors. And you have a really good point about how humans drive, in that out of place sounds inform us to all sorts of malfunctions.

  19. Re:organized crime? on CA Warns Of Massive Botnet Attack · · Score: 1

    You forgot: Step 0a: Determine where zombie computer is, try to convince law enforcement in that country to collect enough evidence to lead you one step closer to the hacker.