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  1. Re:Already secure on NSA Director Says the US Must Secure the Internet · · Score: 1

    Not to mention there's always the fail-safe physical method.

  2. Re:My first post robot on The State of Household Robots · · Score: 1

    Working as intended. It's a feature.

  3. And in Discworld.. on Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Sell Speeding Passes for $25 · · Score: 1

    It worked for Ankh-Morpork. After the creation of the thieves guild, there were a significant reduction of illegal thefts, and thievery was essentially controlled.

    This would be akin to a speeding guild. I'd see a significant reduction of illegal speeding, and speeding to be generally controlled.

  4. Why? on Solving an Earth-Sized Jigsaw Puzzle · · Score: 1

    Is there any reason, if people will SILL live in California despite anything you can dig out?

  5. Re:Isn't the point moot now? on Australian Crackdown On Console Modchips Likely To Continue · · Score: 1

    Deterrence so that people don't go unlock the gate again after they herd all the cows back in. Else what's the point of any other punishment in existence?

  6. Re:Nothing new... on China Demands Real Names From Mobile Phone Users · · Score: 1

    No one said that their new definition of "terrorism" has to any way resemble "terrorism". Nor do they have to use the actual words, only the intent. Before terrorism, we had "Protect the children" (and after that we'd still have that unless something solves that). And before that, we had "Stop the Commies". With the rise of China, we may well see this coming into play again.

    It's a never-ending cycle, they just need an excuse, any excuse will do.

  7. Re:Nothing new... on China Demands Real Names From Mobile Phone Users · · Score: 3, Interesting

    False, they'll just define something else as terrorism.

  8. Re:I lol'd at the contradictions on Armed Man Takes Hostages At Discovery Channel HQ · · Score: 1

    Need more nukes.

  9. Re:Ummmm....wikileaks is foreign on Newspapers Cut Wikileaks Out of Shield Law · · Score: 1

    Why should there be a peacekeeper? Let it go FREE!

    If a country wants to censor their own internet, so be it. But one country censoring the internet shouldn't affect the internet between two other countries.

  10. Will it involve multitouch screens? on US Spends $11M To Kick-Start Video Search · · Score: 1

    (like Minority Report?)

  11. Re:both the previous posters on CTRC Orders Big ISPs To Provide Matching Speeds For Resellers · · Score: 1

    The obvious solution would be to have the government do the wiring, just as they build roads.

  12. Re:WTF copper lines? on CTRC Orders Big ISPs To Provide Matching Speeds For Resellers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yes, but that's a separate problem which "matching speeds" or "network neutrality" doesn't solve. That's a problem with "monopoly", plain and simple.

  13. WTF copper lines? on CTRC Orders Big ISPs To Provide Matching Speeds For Resellers · · Score: 0, Troll

    Maybe it's just me, but if you're using copper lines, you're hopelessly outdated and deserve to be kicked out of the market, like horse carriages and floppy disks.

  14. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. on Researchers Cripple Pushdo Botnet · · Score: 1

    Pushdo, botnet. A network barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology.

    Or in other words; if you can't kill it off in one strike, it's just going to evolve into a better, stronger botnet..

  15. Re:Not limited to logogram-based languages on Wired Youths In China & Japan Forget Character Forms · · Score: 1

    Are you by any chance, a doctor?

  16. Re:Unbelievable on Robot Swarm Control On Microsoft's Surface · · Score: 1

    For some types of disasters yes. Try doing the same when it's several hundred meters underground, or any other number of situations where you can't get people in due to safety or situational reasons.

  17. Re:RTS games? on Robot Swarm Control On Microsoft's Surface · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The whole point of this is to micromanage troops. Sure, you can control large numbers of units efficiently using that, but can you control a trio of SCVs to heal each other, another 4 to poke a group of irritating zergling, swap roles to make sure all of them receive no casualties, and initiate an SCV rush on a zerg base? (well, unless you're korean)

  18. Re:Sleepycat on Glibc Is Finally Free Software · · Score: 1

    Then the preamble failed in it's job. The preamble is (supposedly) the non-lawyer-speak of the rest of the agreement, the rest of the agreement enforces the preamble in it's implied definition, while dealing with legal issues.

  19. Re:Sleepycat on Glibc Is Finally Free Software · · Score: 1, Insightful

    That's that the preamble is for.

  20. Re:They released it under the BSD license? on Glibc Is Finally Free Software · · Score: 1

    Yes, I mean something along the lines of copyfraud. More notably, how can I defend a work against copyfraud, what sort of evidence do I need?

  21. Re:iPads are not phones on Fat Fingered Sumo Wrestlers Given iPads · · Score: 1

    Get a Samsung Galaxy instead; they're like ipads, except using Android and has phone capabilities!

  22. So, what else to do other than sitting? on Sit Longer, Die Sooner · · Score: 2, Funny

    Other than sitting, standing, walking, and laying down, I can't really think of what else to do. Given 12 hours sleep and 3 hours sitting, that still leaves me with 9 hours of whatever. I can't really imagine why I'd need to stand or walk for more than 4 hours... Maybe I'll just go and lie down some more. That's still ok, right?

  23. Re:Excludes any comercial interests. Bad Summary-- on MPEG LA Announces Permanent Royalty Moratorium For H264 · · Score: 1

    Isn't free usage by implication non-commercial, and vice versa?

  24. Don't explain the joke! on How To Index and Search a Video By Emotion · · Score: 1

    Seriously, the first time you hear a joke is much more effective then subsequent times. So how would you be able to find jokes then?

  25. Re:They released it under the BSD license? on Glibc Is Finally Free Software · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How exactly do you put something into public domain legally, such that you can legally protect them to be in public domain? Really, serious question.