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  1. Re:Good for OGG format? on BBC Threatened Over iPlayer Format · · Score: 1
  2. Re:One Click Goatse! on RealPlayer to Support One-Click Video Ripping · · Score: 1

    goatse.cx was taken down, so goatse.cz took it's place. although in this case I can forgive you for not clicking either link to find out for yourself.

  3. Obviously on Apple Sued Over 'Lacking' Macbook Display · · Score: 1

    Because those manufacturers of computers don't guarantee a color depth that the monitors can't achieve, whereas Apple did, in this case. In case you didn't read TFA, Apple said their screens had an 8 bit color depth, but they only had a 6 bit color depth.

  4. Re:This would be like.... on Apple Sued Over 'Lacking' Macbook Display · · Score: 1

    Light trucks are also cars. Car is synonymous with simply "automobile".

  5. Re:This would be like.... on Apple Sued Over 'Lacking' Macbook Display · · Score: 1

    I think you are confusing cars with sedans. SUVs are indeed cars.

  6. Obviously on Apple Sued Over 'Lacking' Macbook Display · · Score: 0

    Because "Linux" and "Windows" don't sell LCD screens.

  7. not "smited" on Apple Sued Over 'Lacking' Macbook Display · · Score: 5, Funny

    Today's conjugation of the day: smite.

    God is a smiter.
    God is about to smite Bob.
    God is smiting Bob.
    God has smote Bob.
    Bob has been smitten.

  8. ATTENTION!!! on ISPs Hate P2P Video On-Demand Services · · Score: 3, Funny

    It should be noted that TFA is talking about British ISPs. The summary did not make it clear, and I think it's a very important distinction, especially because the site FAQ states this is generally an American site and everything is usually assumed American unless otherwise specified.

  9. What's the problem here? on 20 Years of Bill Gates Predictions · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Spam HAS been solved, it's just that most people aren't implementing the fix. Use Gmail if you don't want to set up your own filtering system.

  10. That's all well and good, but... on Windows Media Center Restricts Cable TV · · Score: -1

    That's anecdotal evidence and doesn't prove anything. It could be just as likely that you got one of the few good cards, rather than the GP getting one of the few bad cards.

  11. Re:Try myself on Windows Media Center Restricts Cable TV · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I've been looking into buying a digital decoder for cable for my computer

    Where have you been for the past year? You can't buy a digital cable decoder for your computer. They are only being sold to OEMs that provide "certified" computers to make sure that nobody can hack up the hardware. Even if you did manage to get your hands on one, it wouldn't work on your PC, only a certified one.

  12. Re:Goodbye, Photobucket on News Corp to Purchase Photobucket · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You should be able to, but unfortunately that is not the case. If you start removing pornographic images from your image-hosting site, you then assume responsibility for continuing to do so. Any defense that says "I can't be bothered to do it all the time" will be overruled by the argument "but you did it here, here, and here, so you know it's wrong and you frequently act upon it".

  13. Re:The Pokey Mon Effect on News Corp to Purchase Photobucket · · Score: 1

    Before Google's buyout of Youtube, the site still managed to make enough revenue to cover their $1,000,000 a month hosting charges. I think you are severely underestimating the moneymaking power of ads.
    With 41,000,000 people registered, and each one with many friends who probably browse their page once in a while, with each page displaying an ad and a probable ad response rate of 10% with a dime per response, it's still enough to make hundreds of thousands of dollars daily.

  14. Re:Goodbye, Photobucket on News Corp to Purchase Photobucket · · Score: 1

    By taking the initiative to filter their site, they assume responsibility for doing so, always. If they simply took a hands-off approach, then they would be protected by the communications decency act, which states that an interactive website is not responsible for user-provided content.

  15. Re:Lucky Canadians on Warner Brothers Pulls Canadian Previews · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Oh, my mistake. I thought they said previews, rather than early screenings.

  16. Re:Lucky Canadians on Warner Brothers Pulls Canadian Previews · · Score: 0, Troll

    Also, they still have http://www.apple.com/trailers/

  17. Lucky Canadians on Warner Brothers Pulls Canadian Previews · · Score: 5, Funny

    Too bad they don't do that here, too, so I wouldn't have to sit through so many previews just to see the movie I paid to see.

  18. Re:I'm not surprised... on Europe's Galileo Program In Serious Trouble · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yeah, because we all know that no European nations have ever had any civil wars, or invaded other countries for their benefit. Ever.

  19. Re:Well, then on Disney Says, You WILL Watch the Ads · · Score: 4, Funny
  20. Re:Free as in Freedom, good sir on Dell Partners with MS/Novell for Linux Servers · · Score: 1

    Does Ubuntu Linux cost money? No, which makes it free as in Beer. That's not to say it isn't ALSO free as in freedom, but obviously Dell doesn't care about the latter, so I was simply addressing the former. The only reason Dell would offer Microsoft/Novell Linux over the free-as-in-beer Ubuntu Linux, is if Microsoft paid Dell executives kickbacks for doing so, and Novell gave Microsoft a cut of their profits.

  21. Re:He most certainly IS under US jurisdiction on Australian Extradited For Breaking US Law At Home · · Score: 1

    Are you trying to claim that the people in Darfur are refusing protection offered to them by the government?
    That's what the subject is. Not people who lack government support, but those who refuse it.

  22. What really happened: on Dell Partners with MS/Novell for Linux Servers · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Microsoft was caught off-guard by Dells move to put Linux on their machines. Microsoft was simply not expecting them to do it. Now that they realize that Dell is serious about it, they offered Dell kickbacks in order to put Microsoft/Novell software on the machines instead of the free-as-in-beer Ubuntu Linux so they can keep control over their customer base.

  23. Re:Lame on Is Virtual Rape a Crime? · · Score: 1

    If it was as simple and easily defined as you make it out to be, it would not generate so much heat, would it?

    That's a false assumption. No matter how sure or definite anything is, there will always be loads of morons who will argue against it anyway. Look how many people don't even believe global warming exists.

  24. Re:Digg decides to stand up to the MPAA! on Digg.com Attempts To Suppress HD-DVD Revolt · · Score: 1

    Under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act,
    "No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider".

    In other words, he isn't responsible for anything Digg users post.

  25. Re:But who buys Apple computers ? on 6G iPod & Apple's Future · · Score: 1

    It does have the slick UI, and any sync program will work on it because it mounts as an external hard drive. It accepts any legal content source besides itunes, including the many subscription services out there. As for video, you can record it from any video output on any video device, via component or composite or what have you. What's more, you can also hook it up to a TV and play media back on it at a higher resolution than the screen on the player itself.