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  1. Re:Yet another "not liable by technicality" on Rochester Judge Holds RIAA Evidence Insufficient · · Score: 1

    Who is a criminal? What crime has been committed? You know this is a civil matter, right?

  2. Re:is this topic really slashdot worthy? on Complete Set List for Guitar Hero III · · Score: 1

    That's only if you count the animated series as canon.

  3. Re:Whence the chipper tone? on Microsoft Finally Bows to EU Antitrust Measures · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "Men, we have not yet begun to stall!"

  4. Re:Can the RIAA be countersued? on RIAA Sues Usenet.com · · Score: 1

    Probably not, no, as the whole point of copyright is to give the copyright holder rights of distribution.

    But pray tell, how is it that a downloaded MP3 is usually of higher quality than what you would rip yourself? It doesn't exactly take a dual core to rip CD's.

  5. Re:These complaints are stupid on Class-Action Lawsuit Over iPhone Locking? · · Score: 1

    It's been a few years since I hacked my DirecTV Tivo (I don't even have it anymore) but weren't there some tamper evident stickers or some such that would indicate you had opened the case? Don't you void your warranty in doing so?

  6. Re:To see if you are affected under Cygwin on Microsoft Installs New Software Without Permission · · Score: 1

    Any monkey can click a mouse. That's not a measure of how easy or hard something this. The difficulty is in knowing or not knowing that command line even exists.

  7. Re:I hope that means other changes on Casual Gamers Forcing Gamestop to Rethink Store Layouts · · Score: 1

    One of the checkout drones at Best Buy did the same thing to me the other day when I bought the Darkness for 360. Complete with finger quotes for "scratched".

    I should have taken her up on it.

  8. Re:GPLv3 software? on Will GPLv3 Drive Users from Linux to FreeBSD? · · Score: 1
    Hence, "stuck to the letter of the GPL but violated the spirit of the agreement"

    Read what you're quoting, for chrissakes.

  9. Poor Skype... on Skype Worm Infects Windows PCs · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Hasn't been the best two months for them, has it?

    Interesting that Microsoft is, yet again, directly or indirectly, responsible for their misfortune.

  10. Re:be fair now.. on G.I. Joe No Longer the Real American Hero? · · Score: 1

    First, all we have are second and third hand accounts of what Bush actually said in this meeting.

    Second, I'd be willing to bet the people that keep these quotes handy don't believe a word that comes out of his mouth most of the time, so why do these same people assume he was being sincere here?

  11. Re:Who's next on Jack Thompson Sends Subpoena to Bush · · Score: 1

    Finally a CowboyNeal option that makes sense!

  12. Re:ASCII and thou shalt receive on Realtime ASCII Goggles · · Score: 1

    I rather liked him in Constantine. I think it suited his...ahem, "minimalist" acting style.

  13. Re:Have we gone backwards? on WGA Meltdown Blamed On Human Error · · Score: 1
    Where is all that "bloat" supposedly coming from?

    Your problem is shoddy programmers, not Windows.

  14. Re:This is how sabotage started on New York Taxi Drivers To Strike Over GPS · · Score: 1

    Yes, thank you, we saw Star Trek VI too...

  15. Re:Only 268 years left ... on Voyager Spacecraft Celebrate 30th Anniversary · · Score: 1

    Oh, you're no fun anymore!

  16. Re: Added Value on Why Make a Sequel of the Napster Wars? · · Score: 1

    Spider-Man 3 has grossed almost $900M world-wide. How exactly are we defining flop here?

  17. Re:Aren't they being lazy? on id and Valve May Be Violating GPL · · Score: 1

    Isn't that supposed to be one of the benefits of open source software? Not having to reinvent the wheel? Assuming one plays by the rules, of course.

  18. Re:Fuck the ESRB. on ESRB Responds to 3D Realms' Kvetching · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Realistically, yes you would notice, because that would be when the government steps in. Then you'd see what real censorship does to the gaming industry.

  19. Whither Insurrection? on Leonard Nimoy to Play Spock in Next Star Trek Movie · · Score: 1

    I often hear how many consider the tenth movie, Nemesis, the worst of the Star Trek films. I've determined that this is because the ninth movie, Insurrection, was in fact so horrible and vapid that it was excised from the collective consciousness.

  20. PROTIP: How to avoid 20 pages of click-through ads on Dearly Departed — Companies and Products That Didn't Make It · · Score: 5, Informative

    Find the "Printable Version" button on the first page. Condenses everything into one page.

    Most of these "news" sites have one.

  21. Re:Why not stream in-game, real-time? on Rockstar Allows GTA Fans to Call Liberty City Radio Station · · Score: 3, Funny

    There will be a TON of garbage among the recordings, like prank callers and people telling lame jokes.

    Oh, so you've used Xbox Live then.

  22. Re:Probably a skrull. on Captain America Buried in Arlington National Cemetary · · Score: 1

    I think the Skrull infiltration is likely Tony's "out". We'll find out that he knew about (or suspected) the Skrull's presence on Earth, and Registration was his roundabout way of keeping tabs on the superheros, to try and determine who was who.

  23. Re:Do they... on RIAA Wants Agreements to Stay Secret · · Score: 1

    Hold up. I'd bet it's only the copyrights involved in this particular case, i.e., the songs Lindor was accused of distributing.

  24. Re:You just haven't grown up yet on RIAA Wants Agreements to Stay Secret · · Score: 1

    Because you can go back and edit your posts and all...

  25. Re:You just haven't grown up yet on RIAA Wants Agreements to Stay Secret · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ma'am, there's a Mr. Godwin on Line 2...