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  1. Re:Bill of Rights == our own Tough Guy Manifesto on Newt Gingrich Says Free Speech May Be Forfeit · · Score: 1

    Actually, I can tell you what to belive - you just dont have to listen.

  2. Re:How and why? on The Great Firewall of Canada · · Score: 1

    In Denmark they just have a lying DNS server (a blocked site will result in an ip to a "this site is blocked" message) - so OpenDNS can break it very easy.

  3. Re:Not really Christians on U.S. Classrooms Torn Between Science and Religion · · Score: 1

    That poll properly only asked Christians in the US - a vocal and too powerfull group that deservs some bitchslapping.

  4. Re:Which Hell? on U.S. Classrooms Torn Between Science and Religion · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Or howabout the most violent place on earth - helvedgård voldsted (literally "hell farm, place of violence" if you ignore the spelling) on the little island of Als, Denmark?

  5. Re:Next time saving pill coming on the market on Drugs Eradicate the Need For Sleep · · Score: 1

    Actually, we joked about making the ultimate geek chair - having a computer monitor your blod for suger, vitamin and various other drugs and then use it to control a drip like they use in hospitals. That way you would be able to have extented computer hacking times.

  6. Re:My wishos on GoogleOS Scenarios · · Score: 1

    there is no way to absorb all the material inside any datacenter. There is simply too much information on the WWW. Look at the amount of info in the wayback archive.

  7. Re:Some Truth to This on Gamers Divorced From Reality? · · Score: 1

    So - things change, we dont grow our own food anymore, we dont sail ships made of wood and a person could travel around the earth in 80 hours. Hell I am pissed if my ping time to google is 80 miliseconds.

    No I dont go out much - so what? I fail to see a problem. Oh scratch that Mr. Hitler is the problem, but fortunetly we can deal with that - make sure he lives in the real world, disconnected from anything technological for the reminder of his sorry, useless life.

  8. Re:Some cases differences are substantive on Florida Judge Upholds Conviction By Defining "Email" To Include IMs · · Score: 1

    How can they appeal a case once it has reached the Supreme Court?

  9. Re:computer crash? on Vista's EULA Product Activation Worries · · Score: 1

    Well computers - being fragile and dangerous - will naturally fail. So atleast in Denmark it is your problem if the computers fail and you cant turn in your exam paper. And atleast in my elementry school we where only allowed to use the computers the school had - so I had to bet my exam on a Windows computer that would eat you floppy if you pulled the mouse out. Wonderfull.

  10. Re:never get that far on Vista's EULA Product Activation Worries · · Score: 1

    But even so - it is getting so close to blackmail and it only takes one person to get Bill arrested. Then the goverment will procecute him. Would be really really fun to watch.

  11. Re:Open, well-used, file formats. on Archiving Digital Data an Unsolved Problem · · Score: 1

    Hmm - the problem with ODF/PDF is that it cannot be chanced by hand - however LaTeX source code can.

    As for music I agree Either FLAC or Wav depending on what you want.

    Media? Codac used to make some gold cds that they claimed lasted 12 times as long as the average cd. Other than that you should look at something like a good oldfasioned stone. They last a real long time.

  12. Re:My solution for digital photos? on Archiving Digital Data an Unsolved Problem · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Wonderfull plan - but what if you cant find a working C compiler?

  13. Re:Better ideas on The Web Fueling A Crisis In Politics? · · Score: 1

    Regarding the 1st amendment issues, this is a job requirement. Just as a military scientist can't speak of what he's doing outside of specific, controlled circumstances, people wanting the job of legislator must also see to it that they conform to the job requirements regarding what they are doing and what the plan to do.

    The difference is that the military scientist has chosen to accept the job - if I sit down and analyse what the military is likely to do (and get it right) I have every right to put that one every billboard in the US. But under you proposal I do not have the right to analyse what the politicans are going to do (This candidate supports gay marriage - he will clearly destroy marriage) and post that to all the billboards in the US. And that is against the 1 admentment.

  14. Re:The summary is an understatement. on FCC Meets To Investigate Cookie Abuse · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I have a solution - Firefox allows you to make all cookies temporary, so they are gone next time you restart the browser. Much more easy that way.

  15. Re:99-1 law on Internet Only 1% Porn · · Score: 1

    No no no. Unix is a series of Canals the most frightening of which is the root canal.

    Hey why do you think early geeks wore white?

  16. Re:They forgot Denmark on Top 10 List of Worldwide Internet Censors · · Score: 1

    We already got a filter in place to prevent access to cp. It has been abused in at least on case and it has not been a year yet.

    The worst part is that it is trivial to break (certain sites return a fake ip) so it does nothing, but look nice.

  17. Re:Text browsers on Google's Test Search Engine · · Score: 1

    There is a browser called links - and it is so much better than lynx.

  18. Re:cam i underline that comment? on Voting Machine Glitches Already Being Reported · · Score: 1

    Wake me up when you have a green president or a majority of the house or senate that is green/libetarian/other third party.

    That some mayor/sheriff gets elected does not mean anything - they hold nearly no power anyway.

  19. Re:Is that legal? on HBO's Hacking Democracy Available Online · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ignoring the copyright infrigment/theft debate - whatever harm that resolvs from stealing that video is nothing compared to the damage a stolen election would do.

  20. Re:As always... on The End of Net Anonymity In Brazil · · Score: 1

    So - we get to bash the US and we dont get stupid laws.

  21. Re:How long ... on US Citizens To Require ''Clearance'' To Leave? · · Score: 1

    Plus there is the hole old slave railroad that you could use.

    The only problems is Harper and weather or not he will send you back.

  22. Re:wait, what? on US Citizens To Require ''Clearance'' To Leave? · · Score: 1

    At the check point charlie museum in Berlin they have a permenant exhibition showing different ways in which some form east mangeded to escape to the west. One of them is a guy who built device - not unlike a submarine - that pulled him under the water. I imagine that one could get hold of the design and use it to cross the river.

  23. Re:Not so hard to catch on Bot Nets Behind Recent Spam Surge · · Score: 1

    Sometimes I wonder what will happend if you buy some of those shares figure out when the spammers are going to sell them and dump yours just before - riding the wave instead of the spammer and making some money in the process. The question is ofcause if it is legal.

  24. Re:most unpopular entry ever? on NPR Finds XM's Achilles Heel · · Score: 1

    Actually I enjoy my DAB radio - allows me to hear classical music 24/7 (not that I do but still).

    As for FM - only when I am driving with somebody who hears it. Haven't heard AM radio for a long time - that one is mostly dead (execpt for ships at sea or Hams).

  25. Re:I'm not going to beg. on Vista to Allow "One Significant" Hardware Upgrade · · Score: 1

    Why - it will only take a few moments to crack it. No reason to waste time with a dealer.