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  1. Re:The test of whether one supports copyright: on DMCA Exemptions Desired To Hack iPhones, Remix DVDs · · Score: 1

    If you cannot sell the rights of your book, you might as well die out of starvation.
    So, to make you able to sell your book, it must have some value to the buyer.
    The buyer needs some kind of assurance that the book is still valuable after you suddenly die out of a car accident.

    Also, most people (not all) feel it incentive that their children or grandchildren benefit from their work. If writing books is not working this way, but earning money by dish washing is, most people would give up on writing books in favour of washing dishes.

  2. Re:I would on Would You Add Easter Eggs To Software Produced At Work? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yes, but you generally don't remove something known to be innocuous just because you suspect there is something buried deeper.
    You keep looking into the code, or ask the developer.
    Removing stuff that you don't know isn't a good solution, it might break the code too.
    If you don't trust your programmer, better you write your own code.

  3. Well, it is relative on Dark Matter Discovered Near Solar System? · · Score: 1

    Considering there are gazillions of galaxies, and each of them are farther than our own galaxy's center, it is damn close.

    Think of it this way: 3000 lightyears means, if that dark matter comes this direction maximum speed (at the speed of light), we have only 3000 years to try and avoid it.

  4. Re:Define soul. on Ray Kurzweil Wonders, Can Machines Ever Have Souls? · · Score: 1, Informative

    There is no such thing as a 'separate soul'. If people keep multiplicate but otherwise provided favourable conditions, each individual will develop a 'refined soul'. If people suddenly die, these 'souls' won't add up, simply go down with the body.

    How would you explain 'soulless' animals which somehow display self awareness, and various degree of awareness?
    It is simply brain size and complexity and experience that defines their 'soul'.

    Remember Terry Schiavo? Her brain slowly evaporated due to lack of oxigen, her ego and self-awareness diminished with her brain.

    Here, you got your anwers. If you want to live in blissful ignorance, don't ask questions.

  5. Re:Define soul. on Ray Kurzweil Wonders, Can Machines Ever Have Souls? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    BS.

    The observer is simply something that is affected. It needs not to have a soul.
    Your 'soul' is in your brain, get over it.

  6. Re:Huh? on McColo Takedown, Vigilantes Or Neighborhood Watch? · · Score: 1

    Why is it important if he is a Judge or not. S/he didn't say she will or did handle spammers in any way. Notice the 'should'.
    So, s/he is more like a legislator than a judge :) Or more, a concerned citizen with a vote.

    So, yeah, shoot all spammers in the head on site, twice.

  7. Re:No on McColo Takedown, Vigilantes Or Neighborhood Watch? · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's no ISP.

  8. that's not true, theoretically on Anti-Matter Created By Laser At Livermore · · Score: 1

    You might find some antimatter deposit, somewhere.

  9. Re:Mr. Heilmann, you should talk to Mrs. Streisand on Politician Forces German Wikipedia Off the Net · · Score: 1

    I don't know from where you got your information, but as far as i know, English is much more widespread in Germany, than lets say, France.

  10. yeah, blame google on Google Kills Yahoo Ad Deal · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not M$ who first ruined their stock by proxy, then whispered 'antitrust' long enough into the appropriate ears so Google had to cease supporting Yahoo.

  11. maybe i know what's the problem on Is Ubuntu Getting Slower? · · Score: 0

    They add more and more stuff in the default install which get their 'fair' share from CPU time and memory. You probably don't need half of them, but they eat time. Somehow this reminds me of Windows...
    In earlier distros i cared about what's running in the box, nowadays i'm more and more lazy, i don't really notice any performance increase despite i buy a stronger machine every 2 years.
    Probably, if i start killing some of these bloatware, i would get back a faster system.
    It's not really the distro's problem. The more they try to please everyone, the more code they gotta stuff in by default.

  12. as per wikipedia :) on Amazon Beefs Up Its Cloud Ahead of MS Announcement · · Score: 1

    "Condensation is the change in matter of a substance to a denser phase"

    So, yeah.

  13. the neutrinos are everywhere on Underground Lab To Probe Ratio of Matter To Antimatter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Even in your closet!
    So you don't have to look afar.

  14. Re:What about... on ACLU Creates Map of US "Constitution-Free Zone" · · Score: 1

    Don't give them new ideas :)

  15. blah, shall i force feed all jokes? on Amazon Beefs Up Its Cloud Ahead of MS Announcement · · Score: 1

    on page: www.bbc.co.uk/weather/weatherwise/glossary/c.shtml

    "A structure formed in the lower atmosphere by condensed water vapour and ice particles."

    In other words just what i said...

  16. definition of cloud on Amazon Beefs Up Its Cloud Ahead of MS Announcement · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Cloud is dense vapor high above you.

  17. She logged on with this virtual ex's character on Dutch Court Punishes Theft of Virtual Property · · Score: 2

    So, this is truly an illegal access (the character profile is password protected).
    On the other hand, she got the password from her virtual ex, so she got the password legally.
    If the game's policy forbids password sharing (most do), then her ex is also guilty (and none of them are criminally guilty, just broke the policy of the game).

  18. what? on LucasArts, Bioware Announce Star Wars MMO · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Kotor was considered rubbish?

  19. yeah, that ribbon on Microsoft Calls Today Global Anti-Piracy Day · · Score: 1

    That ribbon convinced me to give a shot to openoffice (more precisely a version of oxygen office). Which is still quite sluggish, incompatible and crashy. But at least looks familiar! compared to Office 2007.
    Good work, Microsoft!

  20. Re:firefox also crashes my machine on FireFox 3.1 Leaves IE in the Dust · · Score: 1

    This is ubuntu here, you insensitive clod.

  21. firefox also crashes my machine on FireFox 3.1 Leaves IE in the Dust · · Score: 1

    I got upgraded to 3.0.2 and since then i get occasional crashes. It could be the flash on 64 bit... but anyway.

  22. I still reserve the right to be forgetful on UK Court Rejects Encryption Key Disclosure Defense · · Score: 1

    I swear under oath that being forgetful is my only 'sin'. It is awful if law punishes this with years in prison.

  23. Huh? on UK Court Rejects Encryption Key Disclosure Defense · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Memorised encryption keys exist outside of your will?
    I'm sure the number exists somewhere out there, good luck finding it by brute force.

  24. Re:What the fuck on Mirror's Edge Planned As a Trilogy · · Score: 1

    The conduit was also a way to control the mass relay network, like a remote.
    Saren was the evil adversary from the beginning, and it stayed so till the end.
    You were just disappointed by a small plot twist.
    At least they didn't make any of your bosses betray and backstab you, like they did with Jade Empire :)
    And the reapers out there... I view it not as much of a cliffhanger, but some more work to do...

    Mass Effect was disappointing by the poor strategic combat. Most of the fodder missions were quite the same, enemies were at expected spots, same level layout, etc. Mass Effect's level designers must be fired or given a bigger budget.

  25. Heh, not so sure on Researchers Claim To Be Able To Determine Political Leaning By How Messy You Are · · Score: 1

    what about the library of congress?