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  1. Re:Look.... on Microsoft Claims Google Chrome Steals Your Privacy · · Score: 1

    Doesn't the searchbox in Firefox do the same thing?

  2. Re:Look.... on Microsoft Claims Google Chrome Steals Your Privacy · · Score: 1

    It might not be your DNS, but it IS something with your system. I just installed Chrome on a fresh Ubuntu installation and it worked perfectly. Facebook pulled up in about 2 seconds. Check your proxy settings (System > Preferences > Network Proxy) and make sure it's set to Direct Connection.

  3. Re:Look.... on Microsoft Claims Google Chrome Steals Your Privacy · · Score: 1

    Given that most people rave about how fast Chrome is, I'm going to have to say that something is fucked up wrong with your machine. Your anecdotes aren't proving anything other than that you have a shitty computer.

  4. Re:Bah....Bah on IsoHunt Told To Pull Torrent Files Offline · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It is the same fucking thing. The torrent system is useless without .torrent files, thus hosting the torrent files is equivalent to hosting the files. The torrent clients have no other way of knowing where to get a file.

    At the very, very least, I might concede that it's aiding and abetting copyright infringement.

  5. lol on IsoHunt Told To Pull Torrent Files Offline · · Score: 1

    > Fung claims he's still hoping for a more agreeable resolution that won't result in IsoHunt closing its doors

    And I'm still hoping that I get bit by a radioactive spider and gain superpowers.

  6. Re:Know what... on Yale Delays Move To Gmail · · Score: 1

    Help me out here...how exactly does "client side" encryption interfere with the spam filtering of unencrypted emails that come into the server? It's not like spammers are going to send encrypted spam....no one could read it.

  7. Re:What about Flash games and other stuff? on Adobe Not Worried About the Future of Flash · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    EVERYTHING IS BETTER IN OPENSOURCE! Like operating systems, office suites, games, video codecs, photo editing software, video editing software, music stores....oh what? Those categories are all dominated by proprietary solutions? Oh, well shit.

  8. Re:Someone tell me again... on Why Some Devs Can't Wait For NoSQL To Die · · Score: 1

    So that means that every other week someone should post an article about why relational/non-relational databases should go away?

  9. Re:This will fail on Rapidshare Trying To Convert Pirates Into Customers · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'll have to remember that term next time I'm caught shoplifting. "No sir, I'm not a thief. I'm an non-paying customer!"

  10. Re:This will fail on Rapidshare Trying To Convert Pirates Into Customers · · Score: 1

    Explain how pirates are customers?

  11. Someone tell me again... on Why Some Devs Can't Wait For NoSQL To Die · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Why should I give two shits about what database system someone else uses?

  12. Re:Topsy Turvy World We Live In on Israel's Supreme Court Says Yes To Internet Anonymity · · Score: 2, Informative

    They didn't explicitly "approve" anything. They basically said that the legislature needs to make a law about it first. How long before that happens?

  13. Re:Patent risks on H.264 vs. Theora — Fightin' Words About Patentability · · Score: 1

    It's so strong that there's no such thing as a software patent in the US, right?

  14. Re:Patent risks on H.264 vs. Theora — Fightin' Words About Patentability · · Score: 1

    Actually, no. The difference is that one accomplishes a task, the other does not.

  15. Re:Patent risks on H.264 vs. Theora — Fightin' Words About Patentability · · Score: 1

    Can't any processs be broken down to math? I don't see how that argument really suggests that software patents are invalid.

  16. Re:This is not news. on Yelp Founder Says "No Extortion — Just a Misunderstood Algorithm" · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wonder if they're trying to adjust for people's tendencies to leave a negative review more often than a positive review. In other words, if you think you got screwed, you'd be more likely to post that than if everything was fine.

  17. I almost believe him on Yelp Founder Says "No Extortion — Just a Misunderstood Algorithm" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Salespeople are the biggest fuck-ups you'll ever work with. They always make all kinds of bullshit claims about a product that you, if you the technician, will get to correct and thus take the wrath of the customer. I worked in a tech support call center a few years ago and I'd always get two or three calls each day where the customer would complain that the sales person told him that the program did X and Y, but he couldn't make it do X and Y. I would then inform him that he was misinformed and the program really did not do X and Y, and then I'd sit through a barrage of abuse directed at the company.

  18. Re:What is the atmosphere inside China? on Chinese Reactions To Google Leaving China · · Score: 1

    My point was that everyone else in the world doesn't matter to the Chinese. They have their way of doing things and they seem pretty content with it.

  19. Re:Right... on Fixing Internet Censorship In Schools · · Score: 1

    School isn't a free for all. They should be looking at whatever the hell my tax dollars are paying their teacher to tell them to look at. They can access other sites on their own time/dollar.

  20. Re:but on Fixing Internet Censorship In Schools · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's an ok place to start look for sources. A better place is a journal/periodical database. Most of the time you can get free access via your school, university, or a public library. Google Scholar is also a good research resource.

  21. Re:bad analogy? on Fixing Internet Censorship In Schools · · Score: 1

    > In the US, kids today are not allowed to even taste alcohol until they move out of their parents homes

    That's actually not true across the board. In some states, parents can give their children alcohol.

  22. Re:Right... on Fixing Internet Censorship In Schools · · Score: 1

    Bit of a stretch there, claiming that the schools are denying knowledge, don't you think?

  23. Re:but on Fixing Internet Censorship In Schools · · Score: 1

    What the hell kind of sites were you trying to go to? I think you need to refine your research skills a bit. (HINT: if the url doesn't end in .EDU or .GOV, it's probably not a good source.)

  24. Re:Microsoft's tax cut and a sales tax on 10% Tax On Custom Software, $100M Tax Cut For Microsoft · · Score: 1

    What does the sales tax have to do with Microsoft? OH I see, you're just riding the negative wave and steering it toward a company that you don't like.

  25. Re:FOSS Contributions on 10% Tax On Custom Software, $100M Tax Cut For Microsoft · · Score: 1

    What's 10% of free?