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  1. Re:No gratitude? on Alan Cox Quits As Linux TTY Maintainer — "I've Had Enough" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Because the Internet is composed mostly of whiner douche-bags.

    FTFY.

  2. Re:Dell, HP, Lenovo, Asus: TAKE NOTE! on First MS Retail Stores Will be In Scottsdale, AZ and Mission Viejo, CA · · Score: 2, Informative

    Except that they aren't going to be selling computers of their own make, but systems made by companies like Dell, HP, Lenovo, or Asus.

  3. Re:Going the way of Gateway on First MS Retail Stores Will be In Scottsdale, AZ and Mission Viejo, CA · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wouldn't bet on it; after all, Microsoft is Too Big to Fail, right?

  4. Re:But with WalMart on The Downsides to Digital Distribution · · Score: 1

    Culture is to humanity as energy is to the universe: as long as humanity is around, so will culture; it cannot be destroyed.

  5. Re:But with WalMart on The Downsides to Digital Distribution · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Considering that Christmas was a subversion of a pagan holiday, you really don't have much room to complain.

  6. Re:*Sigh* on Gamerscore Hacking and Its Underground Economy · · Score: 1

    I can't be the only one who read that as "mormon" on the first pass...

  7. Re:Mod Parent Up on Critical Flaw Discovered In DD-WRT · · Score: 1

    Such WLANs can, and should, be configured to not allow access to the DD-WRT config page.

  8. Re:Mod Parent Up on Critical Flaw Discovered In DD-WRT · · Score: 2, Insightful

    DD-WRT leaves remote admin off by default, meaning that this vulnerability only affects those few people who thought they had some need for remote admin access.

    I'll also agree that people should change the subnet that their network uses, but if they already have "significant control" of a PC on the network, then what's the point in going after the router?

  9. Re:Why is this news again? on Windows 7 Hits RTM At Build 7600.16385 · · Score: 1

    Ah, but if it amazes you, is it truly wasted?

  10. Re:Why is this news again? on Windows 7 Hits RTM At Build 7600.16385 · · Score: 1

    Didn't look at the link, did you?

  11. Re:Why is this news again? on Windows 7 Hits RTM At Build 7600.16385 · · Score: 1

    Nerds/geeks/whatever can use Windows, too.

    But no true nerd/geek/whatever would use Windows!

  12. Re:Grammar/logic nazi time. on Why Game Developers Should Shut Up About Used Games · · Score: 1

    Troll harder.

  13. Re:Grammar/logic nazi time. on Why Game Developers Should Shut Up About Used Games · · Score: 1

    Troll harder, please.

    P.S. If you troll /., don't get you knickers (1. Also, knickerbockers [nik-er-bok-erz] loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees. 2. Chiefly British. a: a bloomerslike undergarment worn by women. b: panties) in a twist when someone calls you out on it.

  14. Re:Grammar/logic nazi time. on Why Game Developers Should Shut Up About Used Games · · Score: 1

    Neither did your English lesson.

    Troll harder, please.

  15. Re:Grammar/logic nazi time. on Why Game Developers Should Shut Up About Used Games · · Score: 1

    And yet my meaning was clearly understood by everyone involved in the conversation. As such, your nitpicking contributes nothing to the discussion.

  16. Re:They can stop it: Installs locked to hardware. on Why Game Developers Should Shut Up About Used Games · · Score: 1

    Negative. Microsoft has a tool online that can transfer the console-specific license to a new console, in case you, say, replace your first-gen 360 with a new (more reliable) one that has HDMI. Also, as part of their repair policy, when they send out a replacement system, they transfer all licenses associated with the broken system to the new one.

  17. Re:But on Why Game Developers Should Shut Up About Used Games · · Score: 1

    Yes. Call now to preorder.

  18. Re:They can stop it: Installs locked to hardware. on Why Game Developers Should Shut Up About Used Games · · Score: 4, Informative

    Inaccurate.

    When you purchase game content on XBox Live, the purchase is tied to both the gamertag AND the console. Both can use the content freely. That is, you can use the content with that gamertag, regardless of console, and you can use it with that console, regardless of gamertag.

    To make this a little clearer, if you take your gamertag to a friend's system, while you are signed in to that gamertag, you'll be able to use any content you've ever purchased while signed in to that gamertag. Conversely, if a friend brings their gamertag over to your system, they will be able to play not only the content purchased with their gamertag, but the content purchased on that system, but only while using THAT system.

  19. Re:They can stop it: Installs locked to hardware. on Why Game Developers Should Shut Up About Used Games · · Score: 1
    From the Steam Subscriber Agreement:

    You may not sell or charge others for the right to use your Account, or otherwise transfer your Account.

  20. Re:Bad news all around on LoTR Lawsuit Threatens Hobbit Production · · Score: 1

    The Walt Disney Corporation owns the copyright to Snow White (I think), but who's the author?

    I'd say the Brothers Grimm, but not even THEY can claim credit for it; it was originally a fairy tale "known from many countries in Europe": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White

    Seriously, Disney is built atop public domain works, which is why they are the poster boys of hypocrisy.

  21. Re:Bad news all around on LoTR Lawsuit Threatens Hobbit Production · · Score: 1

    Correction: 14 years, with the option to extend for ONE additional 14 year term, should the author still be alive.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Act_of_1790

  22. Re:Bad news all around on LoTR Lawsuit Threatens Hobbit Production · · Score: 1

    That's probably why he said "theoretically" expire. In theory, the copyrights will expire, in reality, the Disney execs will ring a little bell and the politicians they have at their beck and call will pop up and say "What is thy bidding, my master?"

  23. Re:Damn leeches on LoTR Lawsuit Threatens Hobbit Production · · Score: 1

    Whoosh, again.

    I'm not defending anyone. I was simply clarifying the point of the OP, which the parent post had clearly missed.

  24. Re:Bad news all around on LoTR Lawsuit Threatens Hobbit Production · · Score: 1

    Mod parent +1 Wrong Bard...

  25. Re:Damn leeches on LoTR Lawsuit Threatens Hobbit Production · · Score: 1

    Whoosh.

    If the copyright on The Hobbit had expired, nothing could stop Time Warner, or anyone else for that matter, from making a film adaptation of the book.