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  1. Re:I like STEALING THINGS on Music Industry Threatens to Pull Plug on Apple · · Score: 2, Interesting
    English is a living language, the word fuck used to mean "to hit" and faggot means "a bundle of sticks." There's a very real chance that words like piracy and theft *will* apply to downloading music.

    Mind you, I'd like downloading music to only be referred to as copyright infringement.

  2. It can tell when a glass is empty... on Intelligent Coasters Keep Beer Mugs Full · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...but can it tell when you've had enough for the night?

  3. Re:AICN has several pictures. on Episode III Deleted Scenes Leaked Online · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I sometimes wonder if they don't purposefully create scenes with the intent of only putting them into a DVD release to entice people to buy them.

  4. Re:And we also have THIS to contend with on FBI Agents Put New Focus on Deviant Porn · · Score: 1

    100GB is not an addiction.

  5. Re:no point to be an engineer in the US on Why Students Are Leaving Engineering · · Score: 1
    You know, something just occured to me, and I'm pretty ashamed I didn't think of it before.

    How long, in a democratic nation like India, will it take for the residents who are skillful in their field to demand more money?

    Here's to hoping that the free market behaves like an imblance in pressure. Maybe it will equalize.

  6. Re:Hard work on Why Students Are Leaving Engineering · · Score: 1

    Not to be the starry-eyed dreamer, but not everything is about money.

  7. Re:Article summary on Why Students Are Leaving Engineering · · Score: 1
    Just major in Computer Engineering Technology at NU. I graduated from there and you don't even have to open the books to pass. And you're only required to do a couple of terms Calc, that's it.

    If it wasn't for Weinstein, a professor there, I wouldn't have learned anything.

  8. Re:What exactly is the problem? on LimeWire to Block Copyrighted Work · · Score: 1
    I believe I have some data about his statement.
    From Dictionary.com:

    joke, noun
    gag, laugh, jest, jape
    a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

  9. OH MY GOD, FLIPPER!! on Armed Dolphins Released Into Gulf of Mexico · · Score: 1

    RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! Someone, find a shark to save me!

  10. Re:Good! on Revamping the Movie Distribution Chain · · Score: 1
    "Slashdot is filled with guys that can't socialize"

    Heh, I can socialize just fine. The trouble for slashdotters is finding people they actually want to talk and listen to.

  11. Re:I guess I now understand... on Google Responds to Authors Guild Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    And I think it's good that they are legal. I'm just hoping they keep on the legal side. Maybe they'll leave print in beta like their news. ;)

  12. Re:I guess I now understand... on Google Responds to Authors Guild Lawsuit · · Score: 1
    "I don't see anything about their behaviour that suggests a commercial exploitation."

    AdWords

  13. Re:At a guess on The Future of the iPod · · Score: 1

    I guess they forgot to put on the warning:http://www.synthtopia.com/news/05_01/Apple _iPod_Shuffle_Warnin.html

  14. Re:THANK YOU APPLE!!! on The Future of the iPod · · Score: 1

    I can respect your view as long as you keep in mind that there are people who want multi-devices.

  15. Re:Eat Your Cake on The Chumbawamba Factor · · Score: 1
    Yes, completely different, because companies are more important than people, everybody knows that.

    I really wish there was a +1 Sarcasm tag.

  16. Re:Don't worry... on Trigonometry Redefined without Sines And Cosines · · Score: 1

    That's why you should go with football. If your football career ends, you can still join the mobile infantry and kill bugs.

  17. Re:No sines and cosines? on Trigonometry Redefined without Sines And Cosines · · Score: 1

    Not to flame, but if you meant astronomy when you said astrology, you just made a whole bunch of astronomers mighty angry.

  18. Re:Doom and Gloom on Global Warming Past The Point of No Return · · Score: 1

    The minority opinion isn't always wrong. Just ask Mr. Hubble.

  19. Re:Just say 'No' to giving schools the SSN on Another School Exposes Private Information · · Score: 1

    Yep, same at Northeastern. I went from freshman to graduation without them getting anything done about it. And with those scantron sheets, you had to put the SSN right on the paper otherwise they wouldn't grade it and you'd get a 0.

  20. Re:now that they've had their data exposed... on Another School Exposes Private Information · · Score: 1
    I'm sure my university is poor. After all, my president only made $500,000,000 as an annual salery.

    Oh, and they're increasing tuition as well.

  21. Re:what i'm curious about... on P2P Now and Then · · Score: 1

    You must learn patience. If you choose not to pay for content in cash, then you must pay for it in time. As for bittorrent, the age of the torrent is important in my experience. The older it is, the fewer peers and seeds there are.

  22. Re:Blank tabs rule on IE UI Designer On His Switch To FireFox · · Score: 1
    Tabbrowser Extension does this. And they seem to do a very nice job. I've been having my home page pop up on new tabs for a while now, and I've been able to rearrange tabs too, without using the 1.5beta. And yes, you can choose blank or last as options as well. Heck, you can even type the url into the current tab and get a new tab created for that address.


    http://piro.sakura.ne.jp/xul/_tabextensions.html.e n

  23. Target audience? on Airgo Quadruples Wi-Fi Limit · · Score: 1

    I have to believe this is for corporate use, but if so, I hope the new standard sports heavy security.

    I hope its not marketed towards Joe Sixpack. I'm sure he'll be impressed right up until he realizes that his Cable is only 6Mbps.

  24. Re:Oh Well. on Dissecting U.S. Violent Game Bills · · Score: 1

    Who wants to play a game where the object is to die?

    (Joking)

  25. Re:120 GB... on Seagate Momentus 120GB 2.5" HD · · Score: 1

    I treat my laptop as a backup to my desktop. Whenever my desktop is down for a while, waiting for a part, a system failure, or when I simply can't get to it. If I need to grab some CD or DVD images to test out a distro, I need that space. Having said that, 40-60 GB of space usually does the trick for me. But I assume there are people out there who need more than I do.