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  1. Re:Yeah right on Yahoo Closes Chat Rooms to Anyone Under 18 · · Score: 1

    They'll tell little Timmy to go into his dad's wallet to get a credit card they can verify.

  2. The day the internet choked on Novell's Releases Linux Usability Testing Videos · · Score: 4, Funny

    200 videos + slashdot link = massive conflagration.

  3. Re:stop it at the user level on Creators of Massive Botnet Arrested · · Score: 1
    Software detection of bots on users computers, possibly handed out and required to be installed on susceptable* computers by the ISP that's connecting you.

    *Namely windows computers.

  4. Re:They're complex. on Digital Camera Failures · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's "emission" critical.

  5. Crime is organized on Creators of Massive Botnet Arrested · · Score: 1
    So should it's resistance be.

    My hat's off to them that they nabbed 3 guys, but there must be other botnets out there. And I think an effective way to stop it would be at the user level. It would be like taking away all the soil and water from coca farmers. Sure, have your plants, but can you grow them?

    Disclaimer: I am not equating botnets to drugs.

  6. Re:Why, oh why.... on California Passes Violent Games Bill · · Score: 1

    I know, that's why I only quoted the title, and not the whole message, and I agree that its worse in the US.

  7. In my experience... on Pay-Per-View to Provide DVD After Viewing? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...Pay-Per-View comes out after the DVD release, so everyone who wants the DVD for home viewing probably would have it by then. I can't really see the point to this.

  8. Re:Why, oh why.... on California Passes Violent Games Bill · · Score: 1
    "official censor"

    Let's all take a moment to reflect on this phrase, and shake our heads a little.

  9. Ah, Memories on How the Lisa Changed Everything · · Score: 4, Informative
    I remember the good old days, back when the Apple computers were simpler. When the mouse only had 1 button.

    I kid, I kid.

    Anyway, here's a picture of the orgional ad: http://www.jagshouse.com/lisabrochure.html

  10. Re:The BetaMax/VHS comparison is irrelevant... on Why Microsoft Hates Blu-ray · · Score: 1
    "You will be able to buy them pre-burnt."

    Amazing, this technology is! They already have a copy of my data I want to back up already burt for me, even before I decide what it is!

    I think it was pretty clear that I was referring to when they sell drives to the public to burn their own stuff.

  11. Re:Technology for technologies sake on The Intelligent Door Handle · · Score: 1
    I agree with you 100%, but let me take this one step furthur. Why must new technolgy promise to make something obsolete? I mean, even with cars, trains, and planes, you can still find places that will give you a horse drawn carriage ride: http://www.woodacresfarm.com/

    Point is, things like locks will hang around for a long time, especially if the alternative is too expensive for some people.

  12. Re:what right? on Court Rules in Favor of Anonymous Blogger · · Score: 1
    Damn, I wish I could edit posts, anyway, here's the actual quote:

    Sam: In 1787, there was a sizable block of delegates who were initially opposed to the Bill of Rights. This is what a member of the Georgia delegation had to say by way of opposition; 'If we list a set of rights, some fools in the future are going to claim that people are entitled only to those rights enumerated and no others.' So the Framers knew...
    Harrison: Were you just calling me a fool, Mr. Seaborn?
    Sam: I wasn't calling you a fool, sir. The brand new state of Georgia was.

  13. Re:what right? on Court Rules in Favor of Anonymous Blogger · · Score: 1

    I'm glad other people realize this. Reminds me of a scene on the West Wing (I wonder if people learn more about government because of that show) where they were interviewing people. And somehow they got an anonymous letter that was sent and were able to trace it back to this judge. Bartlet then said that he didn't want an idiot on the bench as a judge if he believes that only rights that were enumerated were actually held by the people.

  14. Re:The BetaMax/VHS comparison is irrelevant... on Why Microsoft Hates Blu-ray · · Score: 2, Insightful

    200GB?
    How long will it take to burn *that* disk?

  15. Re:Prior Art on Google Maps Graduates · · Score: 1

    Graduates have been mapped before, any time one dares another to place themselves on the photocopier/scanner.

  16. Re:Sick and should be forbidden... on Researchers Reconstruct 1918 Flu Virus · · Score: 1
    "What is the mortality rate of Ebola virus infection?
    Mortality rates during epidemics have ranged between 53% and 88%."

    http://www.emedmag.com/html/pre/ter/BT0502.asp

    Not a very pretty rate. I was hoping to find stats that disagreed with you.

  17. Re:I would be much more interested... on Researchers Reconstruct 1918 Flu Virus · · Score: 1

    I heard that the cold is a DNA virus (correct me if I'm wrong, PLEASE) but there are over 100 variations of that DNA. So, my advice is, get a cold 3 times a year, and by the time you're 50 you just might not get a cold again. Sadly, the flue is an RNA virus, and mutates a lot.

  18. Re:Actually... on Linus's Baby Comes of Age · · Score: 1

    Linus doesn't do backups, though I'm worried about how he'd go about mirroring himself accross the net.

  19. Re:What do you expect? on Bush Supreme Court Nominee Former Microsoft Lawyer · · Score: 1
    "Well, there's the worry that they will break in the future. That worry is not something they should have,"

    I appreciate the point you're trying to make, but it is false logic. Anyone who has that operation should realize that the failure of these implants is possible. They accept that risk at the time of surgery, otherwise the surgery would not be performed. That's a reasonable fear. I think the point trying to be made is that it's unreasonable to fear failure of a guaranteed software feature. That point, is still debatable.

  20. Re:Perpetual Payment Processing on AMD Geode Internet Appliance · · Score: 1

    Of course you pay a monthly fee to keep your DVD player working, it's called "the electric bill." Even people who own their own land and are in the clear still pay taxes.

  21. Re:The /. effect on BitTorrent on Star Wreck Released as Download · · Score: 1

    Now if only we could have gotten some kind of torrented example for that deviant porn article a few days back.

  22. Re:Get the DVD on Star Wreck Released as Download · · Score: 1

    If you want a DVD, burn it in Nero VisionExpress. You don't need to re-encode or anything, it transcodes it as its being burnt. If you're using OSX or Linux, well, I haven't had the need to fiddle with burners for those yet, and I don't know if K3B or Toast can handle that.

  23. Re:Customer Lock-In on Vista Licensing Speeds Linux Move · · Score: 1

    The walls started out thin, but this one is thick enough to cause some damage.

  24. Customer Lock-In on Vista Licensing Speeds Linux Move · · Score: 3, Insightful
    "Princess Leia: The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."

    Seriously though, I wonder what Microsoft is thinking sometimes. It's like they're playing chicken against a cement wall with a tank.

  25. Re:That will probably mean.. on Neiman Marcus Offers First Moller Skycar For Sale · · Score: 1
    "it is an energy storage medium."

    Wait there a minute, are you telling me that gasoline *isn't* a storage medium for energy?