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  1. Re:How are we getting screwed on this one? on FCC Unanimously Approves White Space Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    For the nerds, FCC means something different...The first two letters the same, the last means something different...

  2. Re:I imagine... on Bomb Explodes At PayPal Headquarters · · Score: 1

    I imagine when some saw a headline "PayPal Bombed" they thought, "They certainly have."

    Nope, millions rejoiced...

  3. Bah, its worth it. on Microsoft Hit With 280m Euro Fine · · Score: 1

    I think that it is worth $3 million a day to keep your OS closed, don't you?

  4. Re:I'll give odds on Star Wars Galaxies Emulator Test Server Hits Alpha · · Score: 1

    There are private Warcraft servers too.

    www.wowstatus.net

  5. Re:In the spirit of bad slashdot analogies, on The AT&T Whistleblower's Evidence · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The bush presidency is like a dam with a crack in it. At present, the crack is fairly small, but water is leaking out and the crack is widening. The question is, when will the dam finally burst? When will we see headlines talking about impeachment? When will people finally wake the fuck up and say enough is enough? Will there ever be an end to the war on terra? Will we ever see a terror level below yellow? Does anyone believe the bushit?


    Do you actually believe that the government would be any less power hungry if someone else was in power. They have gradually been taking more and more freedoms exponentially. Do you seriously think that the next president regardless if they are Republican or Democrat will give any of these freedoms back? Well, maybe superficially, but in whole, no.

  6. Re:Paranoid neo-con opinion notwithstanding... on The AT&T Whistleblower's Evidence · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yep, that is what it is all about. People have long since forgot what being a true hero and patriot really meant. You don't have to grab a gun an form a milita to do your part. Well, you may if you wait long enough.

    More people need to stand up and expose governments ( Not just the U.S. ) for what they really are. Fight back people.

  7. Re:Happy Birthday on CmdrTaco becomes An Old(er) Man · · Score: 2, Funny

    more people posting about dupes

    And More people posting about dupes leads to suffering...

  8. Re:Numbers? on Yahoo! Messenger Gets Phone Service · · Score: 1

    The calls have to be initiated from a PC, but can be made to traditional landline phones and cellphones. Yahoo customers can receive calls from those phones, as well

    You can recieve calls from other people.

  9. Re:RIAA has won on Digital Music Sales Skyrocket in 2005 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    RIAA has won
    Or have they?

    ...research showed that in Europe's two biggest digital markets -- Britain and Germany -- more music fans are now legally downloading music than illegally file-swapping.

    I think people have just found more "secure" ways of trading music.

  10. Re:Accurate? on 'The IT Crowd' UK Sit-com · · Score: 1

    Why does it have to be techically accurate? If that's their only goal, it probably won't be very funny. I'd rather that it have accurate insights into the way the two distinct mindsets (tech and non-tech) perceive and interact with one another in the workplace. Now that's a potential comedy goldmine.

    Well, if it was technically accurate, they couldn't have management in the show, and we all know that's where the real comedy is.

  11. Re:Way to go, MySpace users! on MySpace Users Revolt Against Murdoch · · Score: 3, Interesting

    When was the last time an internet boycott worked?

  12. Re:iPod prior art? on Creative To Defend Interface Patent Rights · · Score: 1

    If you were a Creative stockholder, would you want to invest in a company that gets a very, very small percentage of profits from a competitor's product sale through an interface patent royalty; or would you rather invest in the competitor making the better product as a whole, and the larger overall profit from it?

    I see your point, but as a stockholder, I could care less where the income comes from, as long as it comes.

    Oh, yeah, and are you willing to risk the time, expense and uncertainty of a legal battle?

    Chalk it up as an investment risk.

  13. Re:Recycled versign? on Consumer Friendly Downloads? · · Score: 1

    vendors to get their software "certified" as easy to remove...

    Symantec is crapping their pants. lol

  14. Re:Jokes? on Nintendo & McDonalds Providing WiFi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sure, while I'm at it, can I supersize my DS connection to a PSP connection?

  15. ITunes subscription service on Video iPod Oct 12? · · Score: 1

    They will all be wrong. It will be a itunes subscription service.

  16. Just a bit of sarcasm on ZDNet UK Begs for Google's Forgiveness · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Acting under the mistaken impression that Google's search engine was intended to help research public data, we have in the past enthusiastically abused the system to conduct exactly the kind of journalism that Google finds so objectionable.

    Just a bit...I sure Google will find a lot of humor in this. :-)

  17. Re:I support it totally! on The Commercial Future of Torrrents · · Score: 1

    And goes to show, the average person doesn't know what technology they are using to download something, they just want it fast and now. They could care less if it was helping the media companies.

  18. Re:I wonder... on Researcher Resigns Over New Cisco Router Flaw · · Score: 1

    Well if you worked for the Secret service and knew that the president was having young girls kidnapped so he could rape them would you keep your mouth shut?

    I knew it wasn't about oil...

  19. Re:Uh-huh. on Majority Of Customers Prefer Blu-Ray · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Generally speaking, HD-DVD is preferred by those seeking to reduce manufacturing costs while Blu-ray is preferred by those more interested in features and data storage.

    Yea, because the average consumer cares about manufacturing cost vs. features and data storage.
    This poll is about useless.

  20. Re:How about... on Nokia And Apple Collaborate On Open Source Browser · · Score: 1

    The market says different.

  21. Re:Does anyone use it? on Netscape 8 Breaks IE XML · · Score: 2, Funny

    Near his "any key."

  22. Re:Blank Reg on U.S. National Identity Cards All But Law · · Score: 1

    You missed the whole point I was trying to make.

  23. Re:Blank Reg on U.S. National Identity Cards All But Law · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As long as people keep voting for a party that does paltry little to represent their voters and their voters' rights, then American will continue along this sombre path of imperialism, corruption, world manipulation, and war all in the name of protecting our "freedoms."

    I was right with you up until the part above. This is in part why things happen as they do. The gov't gets people arguing about democrats this, republicans that, when the gov't institution itself is corrupt. It doesn't matter if they're red or blue. They will both try to screw you to retain and/or increase their power.

    Until we see that the problem is the federal government itself and fight the problem from that front, we will accomplish nothing in the smoke and mirros dems vs. reps debate.

  24. What?? on Is Obtaining a Windows Refund Still Difficult? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why would you buy a prefab machine with windows knowing that you didn't want it in the first place? If I buy a car and don't like the rims, I don't ask the manufacturer or dealer for a refund. Don't buy from that vendor. No one put a gun to your head. This is stupid.

    Any experiences - especially with vendors that do not offer an alternative?"

    The wording of that would lead me to belive that there are vendors that do offer an alternative. So once again...this is stupid.

  25. Re:Because passports are never wrong! on U.S. to Require Passport To Re-Enter Country · · Score: 1

    That's when you go greyhound or fly. ;-)