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  1. Re:Huh. on South Park Creators Given Signed Photo of Saddam Hussein · · Score: 1

    That must be why America is such a paradise under the Deomcrats.

    You have no idea how true that is.

    Neither do you .

  2. Password Reminders DO make it easier. on Password Resets Worse Than Reusing Old password · · Score: 1
    I was looking up selling my steam games on ebay and then discovered it was not "legal". I also happened to find someone who took a screen shot of their steam account games page. Which just happened to have his full email address.

    By googling his email I was able to determine which college he went to and worked at the radio station. He also had a facebook that listed his home town.

    I attempted to log in to his email account (Yahoo!) and tried to do a password reminder. It asked me what his high school mascot was. There was only two high schools in his town and I made a guess. I was right.

    I then had access to his account and all it took was a little googling and an educated guess. Password reminders are the devil. Luckily I was nice enough to do nothing with it.

  3. Re:Panic? on Panic in Multicore Land · · Score: 0

    "I think "panic" is a bit of an over-reaction. I use a multicore CPU. I write software that runs on it. I'm not panicking."

    The problem with your statement is, they are talking about programming the CPU not programs that run on the CPU.

  4. Re:Why? on Family Guy Spins off Cleveland · · Score: 1

    American dad was actually started before Family Guy returned to TV. It was going to be Seth's new show, since family guy had died. Then when FOX decided to bring Family Guy back, they just kept both since they had already planned to air American Dad. The pilot show for American Dad had been floating around on the internet for a long time before Family Guy was announced as returning. Most of the good original writers went over to American Dad upon its creation.

  5. Re:Suprnova? on The Pirate Bay Tops 10 Million Users · · Score: 1

    Supernova alone was no where near that high. ALL torrent traffic from EVERYWHERE accounts for 35% of the internet, according to this past slashdot article: http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/11/04/1749257.shtml?tid=99&tid=17

  6. Re:Would legal/insurance issues kill it? on GM Says Driverless Cars Will Be Ready By 2018 · · Score: 1

    But I do agree fully with you that legal/insurance-problem might be the biggest dealbreaker.

    So why develop any new science? Lets just stay in the stone age and live in fear of the great legal T-Rex.

  7. Re:Why are slashdotters on Hidden Music Claimed In Da Vinci Painting · · Score: 1

    He was a composer, and for those who would care to look instead of posting blind comments on slashdot you might have known that:
    LEONARDO DA VINCI AND MUSIC
    http://www.goldbergweb.com/en/magazine/essays/2005/02/30640.php/

  8. Re:getting gouged by whom? on Getting Gouged by Geeks · · Score: 1

    You have to wonder though how much help that MediaWatch show is doing if it continues to be able to run. The answer might surprise you. Or not because it's 0.

  9. Re:Just plain cool ??? Just plain stupid on How To Turn a Mini Maglite Into a Laser · · Score: 1

    Two more words: Americans don't have it

  10. Re:Well, finally. on FBI Raids Home of Suspected NSA Leaker · · Score: 1

    "Some people don't get it. Others let the lion's share of the media do the thinking for them. Leaving Iraq won't stop these people. Being nice to them won't stop these people. This thin-slice of the Muslim world hates because they know no other way to vent from their misery, and we get to be the targets."

    Well staying in Iraq won't stop them either.
    Support our troops, right?

  11. Re:*sigh* on The Pirate Bay About To Relaunch Suprnova.org · · Score: 1

    Long story short: The band is not that good. If it was music would spread an attendance would increase. The music is spreading so it is probably marginal but the antecedence is not their because they are not worth $10 to see live.

    These are the lies continuing to be spread. "It's not cause we suck, its file sharing!" "It's not that, as a major label, we release anything and everything thats sound like everyone else at hugely marked up prices, its file sharing!"

    Bands do not explode overnight. It takes a lot of work, and the fan base is slow to grow. Many work second jobs for many years. Seems to me you have unreal expectations.



    In the hardcore scene many small band MP3s are spread around on torrents. Its the release (or spread) of demo tapes from small bands that generates buzz and attendance. There are plenty of bands I would not have known of or never bothered seeing if I had not downloaded a demo people were buzzing about.

  12. Re:Question for any Americans reading Slashdot. on White House E-mail Scandal Widens · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/images/P1-A F888_Inequa_20061001190109.gif I am just wondering where on earth you see a "significant closing" of the income gap during the Clinton years? It has always, and will continue to rise. With our current government it is an inevitability. No amount of democrats will change that. What we need is a new system.

  13. Re:Question for any Americans reading Slashdot. on White House E-mail Scandal Widens · · Score: 1

    So instead of crying about it on Slashdot, get out there and MAKE it change ala' the French proletariat.

  14. Comcast wanted to share on Watching My Neighbors Watch On-Demand TV · · Score: 1

    I actually experienced a similar "issue" after comcast "installed" their new service in my fiancee's home. We did not have the digital service coming to the house yet for some reason, but on the higher channels you were watching others on demand. The people in this neighborhood really liked pornography. The best part was when they would rewind over their "favorite" seen over and over. And the fast forward to the next BJ scene, and rewind that a few times. Too funny. I was sad when it left.

  15. Re:the Injust Trade Barriers - Oh My! on China Slams US Piracy Complaint · · Score: 1

    I assume you mean the 2 A-10s firing on Canadians, not British? This was a sad, yet accidental act.
    How the hell does WACO relate to this anyway? It really has no bearing to what you are talking about. Overuse of force? LOL.
    Rodney Kind is piece of human crap.

  16. Re:Who's at fault though? on PowerPoint Bad For Learning · · Score: 0, Troll

    At least that is what I guess they are teaching at colleges, out new director of marketing that has a MBA in communication and Business Must have went to a powerpoint training class at Notre Dame. BTW, he puts his degrees and alma-matter on EVERY fricking presentation he does.

    Well, my question is does he know how to spell the word "our"?

    That must be what separates the men from the boys.

  17. Re:Pshaw! on Dell Laptop Burns House Down · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Online petitions are a joke and a waste of time. To date an online petition has never changed anything. http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/internet.ht m I'm sure it will work great. :\

  18. Re:Of course... on Will Telecommuting Kill a Career? · · Score: 1

    Im sure that his been stated....but how the hell did this generic comment EVER get rated a +4? All he did was quote the slashdot commentary at the top. If thats all it takes to get a +4, I am getting a new strategy.

  19. Re:Useless in other coutries on Robotic Deer to Fight Illegal Hunting · · Score: 3, Funny

    I tried this same defense. Someone put a 7-Year old girl on the side of the road. I stopped, picked her up, drove across state lines, and raped her. They tried to tell me I was responsible. Hah. I let them know it was entrapment. I was provoked into committing that crime.

  20. Re:Legal age on Drinking Alcohol May Extend Your Life · · Score: 1

    But I can comment on how it would effect casualties.

    According to this study:

    "According to the data, drinking a moderate amount of alcohol -- up to four drinks per day in men and two drinks per day in women -- reduces the risk of death from any cause by roughly 18 percent"

    So, lets look at the hard facts here.

    According to http://www.icasualties.org/oif/ there is a total of 2953 confirmed US deaths in Iraq. So, if we had started all soldiers on a "moderate daily" drinking program, there would only have been 2421.4 deaths. I would say this is pretty important. Someone should forward this thread to Bush immediately.

  21. Re:Maybe it's just Windows XP? on Why Do Computers Take So Long to Boot Up? · · Score: 1

    My windows XP takes about ~6 seconds. It used to do it marginally quicker, but that was after a fresh OS reload. Granted it is still fairly near a new reload (at 3 months) but it still does it in ~6 seconds. I have an overclocked 4400, 2gigs ram.

  22. Re:Oh, please. on Teen Creates Device to Track Speeding · · Score: 1

    The key line in your oh so wise paragraph is "my (hypothetical) kid". Raise one first.

  23. Re:Legalise "Them"?? on The Technology of Drug Prohibition · · Score: 1

    How on earth does it become easier to treat addicts and abusers? They are still just as addicted to the drug. Infact, it would probably make it harder to treat addicts. Take for instance, why cigarettes are so hard to quit. A couple of the biggest reasons is that they are everywhere you go and are easy to get, just walk into your local gas station. So what is it about making drugs easy to get and essentially "everywhere" that makes it easier to quit/treat? And unless you charge very little for the drugs, there will still be crime. How is a constant crack addict going to afford the drug at Wal-Mart? Why he will have to steal. Drug legalization is just an excuse for high ons to use legally. It is no better an idea than keeping them illegal. My idea is to just give the drugs away. In as large quantities as the user wants. Free of charge. This way, the real addicts will kill themselves off, doctors will be rich and we all win.

  24. Re:What if.... on Steering Wheel Checks Alcohol Consumption · · Score: 1

    I have heard rumors of something called "Soap and Water". Sounds pretty far fetched, but who knows, maybe it works.