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  1. How many pirates really? on Aero To Be Unavailable To Pirates · · Score: 1
    "Microsoft has identified reducing piracy as a key way for the company to grow its sales of Windows"
    How much revenue really can MS expect from pirated copies of Windows?
  2. Too many IT resources spent wiretapping? on DHS Gets Another "F" In Cyber Security · · Score: 1

    Perhaps they spent all their IT resources wiretapping US citizens to worry about their own networks.

  3. He fails to mention he only rents music on Napster Blames Microsoft for Lack of Sales · · Score: 1
    From napster.com,
    It is necessary to maintain a Napster subscription in order to continue access to songs downloaded through the Napster service. If you are joining a subscription plan with an installment billing option (e.g. 1 year billed monthly), Napster will charge you for each applicable installment without further notice.
    In addition to being incompatible with 90+% of mp3 players, Napster rents out music. Even if I wasn't concerned about listening to music on an iPod this would prevent me being a customer.
  4. Microsoft will revolutionize RSS on Interview with Microsoft Exec on IE7 and RSS · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I guess RSS feeds will soon be able to exploit my win box :(

  5. Re:I would not be suprised at all. on WMF Vulnerability is an Intentional Backdoor? · · Score: 1

    I have no idea what the WMF spec looks like, but judging by Gibson's description I can't see this being part of the API. Is Wine really vulnerable too?

  6. Re:Another Religious War on Departure Of The Java Hyper-Enthusiasts? · · Score: 1
    You use the tool that will get the job done the best and easiest.
    I usually end up using the one someone will pay me to get the job done with -- faster and easier or not ;)
  7. Re:Can anyone deny we are heading to 1984? on Britain to log all vehicle movement · · Score: 3, Interesting
    My Grandfather fought Hitler across two continents to protect Britain from this kind of totalitarianism.

    I am increasingly convinced that the sacrifices of his generation count for less and less in today's world. It has always amazed me how government behaviour such as this or the recent revelations about the NSA in the US not only fail to alarm citizens but are widely defended.

    I was recently reminded during a conversation with a someone who grew up in Soviet Russia of the saying that the USSR didn't fall because the majority of the populace wanted freedeom - it fell because they didn't like standing in bread lines. I'm afraid the same thing might be true about the Nazis - that they are regarded as bad guys for committing genocide not for being a totalitarian regime, and that many people aren't bothered by totalitarin governments.

  8. "the script violated the essence of Superman" on Superman V: The Sordid Story · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did the script use Kryptonite for that?

  9. Re:Now correct me if im wrong... on Judge Finds For Apple in ThinkSecret Case · · Score: 1

    I don't think so. Here's a link to the Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press (amateurish webstie) listing journalists jailed for failing to disclose sources: http://www.rcfp.org/jail.html