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  1. Implications for companies using similar tactics? on Lexmark's DMCA-Abuse Case Coming To An End · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Ok, so this is good news.

    But I'm curious about the implications this ruling will have on other company's attempts to do a similar thing.

    There was a story a while ago about HP region coding their printers, and just recently about BIOS approved cards only in laptops.

    I hope this sets some kind of precedent that stops this harmful tactic!

  2. FSCKING LEARN TO SPELL!!!! on Nintendo With Possible Palm OS Capabilities · · Score: 0, Redundant
    THEIR intentions.

  3. Origin of term Ivy league? on Who Needs Harvard? · · Score: 1
    I'd be interested to find out how the phrase "Ivy League" came to refer to a group of specific universities.

    What's the significance of the term?
    Anyone have any idea?

  4. 5 years isn't long! on Advice for Returning to School After Long Break? · · Score: 1
    I'm starting uni again in February after a 15 year break!

    I wasn't worried about it until I read this "ask slashdot" from a guy worried about going back after a 5 year absence.

    Should I start worrying?

  5. Re:Amazing on Apple Defendants Interviewed · · Score: 1

    We have a poster that can't spell.

  6. A toss up between on Top 25 Innovations of the Past 25 Years · · Score: 1

    The DMCA and the Patriot act??

  7. IIS - that explains it! on Microsoft's Technical Glitches at CES Explained · · Score: 3, Informative
    Wow - not even half a dozen posts and his website is already down.

    But Netcraft (and "What's that site running?") goes a long way to explaining why!

    blog.seanalexander.com Windows 2000

  8. Talk about... on Countries Plan Land Rush in Warming Arctic · · Score: 2, Insightful
    ... the rape of the natural world.

    Sometimes I wonder if I really am the only one that gives a shit.

    Am I the only one that mourns for all the lost (and soon to be lost) species?

  9. Innovation will have to come from outside the US on Straw Converted to Gasohol in Canada · · Score: 3, Insightful
    With the American government completely owned by the governments of oil producing countries and the management of oil producing companies, our dependence on fossil fuels will only be broken by a foreign nation. They at least have the freedom to innovate!

    Good on you Canada, I hope other nations pick this up and help run with it.

  10. PLANTS? on AMD Plants Turion Line of Mobile Chips · · Score: 2, Funny
    Huh? Does the modern chip require sandy soil? How much water does it need? Does it prefer lots of light but no direct sunlight?

    What colour flowers does it produce? And do they attract butterflies?

    Last of all, when is my local garden centre going to stock them?

  11. Darth's head on LEGO Star Wars Video Game · · Score: 1
    I nearly died laughing when I saw the animation illustrating that if you press on Darth's head, his light sabre lights up.

    What do you have to do to get Luke's to light up, hmm?

  12. Printer Usage... on Reliving The Glory Days of SGI · · Score: 1
    Printing under linux still is a right royal PITA.

    It seems to be one of those things where it all just works for you and your particular setup, or it's just a total disaster.

    I unfortunately fall into the latter category.

  13. Will this seaweed survive? on Seaweed Antibiotics? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    With other marine creatures in jeopardy due to environmental changes such as increased water temperate and over fishing, there would be some sort of poetic justice happening if this species of seaweed were to die out just as its uses become apparent to the great unwashed masses.

    Wouldn't it be nice if its commercial value led to the preservation of the world's oceans and responsible use thereof rather than the currect practice of exploitation?

    Well, I can dream.

  14. OI, EDITORS! on In Korea, Email Is Only For Old People · · Score: 1
    Dear Slashdot editors,

    The spelling checker has been around for a very long time now.

    Please consider installing one on your operating system of choice, and then, more importantly, consider using it on articles before publishing them!!

    Now, repeat after me, s-a-v-v-y.

  15. Skillz on Impressive Half Life 2 Case Mod · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The date of its construction aside, I wish I had not only the skill and equipment required to do something like this, but the creative ability to even know where to begin!

  16. Work Visas on Westerners Migrating to India for Jobs · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So how does that work as far as work visas are concerned? Does the company also arrange for the correct visas or are the "tourists" technically working there illegally?

  17. In some countries its NOT illegal to download on The Music Man · · Score: 1

    There are countries (notably in Europe) where downloading music and videos from the net is NOT illegal. Whether this law applies to the person that's the subject of the article or not is a different matter. But is some respects he IS correct.