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  1. Well on Texas Regulators Crack Down on App-Driven Hauling Service · · Score: 0

    So much for smaller government.

  2. Re:Sclerotacracy on Microsoft Circles the Wagons To Defeat ODF In the UK · · Score: 1

    AKA the Ministry of Information.

  3. Re:I go to a fair amount of movies on The Average Movie Theater Has Hundreds of Screens · · Score: 2

    My entire lawn for mod points to give you, good sir.

  4. Re:then it's also a Lenovo/Thinkpad decision on Ask Slashdot: How To Shop For a Laptop? · · Score: 1

    The IdeaPads are crap compared to ThinkPads, don't even consider them. It's like Lenovo's toy division compared to armored vehicle production.

  5. Re:Ummm on FBI Quietly Forms Secretive Net-Surveillance Unit · · Score: 1

    Exactly this. The FBI surely has better things to do than crack the whip on some kid copying a movie - aren't they supposed to be out catching the legitimate Top Ten Wanted guys? Somehow the so-called justice system got hijacked by media controllers and they even managed to drag INTERPOL in as well. Amazing. Just amazing.

  6. Re:Not likley to do any good on Details Of FBI Surveillance In Lulzsec Takedown Emerge · · Score: 1

    The police/prosecutors can, and do, lie as often as they like.
    Anything to get a conviction, which makes them look good.

  7. Re:How is this different than graffiti on wall? on Police Investigate Offensive Wi-Fi Network Name · · Score: 1

    4) You have a right to think the way you do, however wrong it is, but you do not have a right to put a sign out on your lawn preaching hate speech just because a bunch of people in your neighborhood are different than you. Everyone else has the right not to feel harassed by hate speech.

    You should tell this to the Phelps crowd.

  8. Re:ThinkPads on Ask Slashdot: GNU/Linux Laptops? · · Score: 1

    I've a W520 which has been working great with Linux

    My .02

  9. Given their observation of Iran's election on 'Project Vigilant' Recruits At Defcon To Track You · · Score: 1

    Why aren't they focusing the same attention on elections in the USA?

  10. The term I've always used... on New York Times Bans Use of Word "Tweet" · · Score: 3, Funny

    for those who "tweet" is "twat".

    Much more fitting.

  11. Surprised? on Texas Schools Board Rewriting US History · · Score: 1

    Business as usual in Texas (and/or any other conservative, arrogant state under the thumb of religion)

    Move along.

  12. Re:Who will write the software for the bird? on Real-Time, Movie-Quality CGI For Games · · Score: 1

    Where are my moderator points when I need them?

    +1 to you, sir.

  13. Why am I reminded of the film... on Wells Fargo Bank Sues Itself · · Score: 1

    "Road Lawyers"?

  14. Re:Just like fingerprints on Washington State Wants DNA From All Arrestees · · Score: 1

    >> "... but we really don't have the knowledge and technology to read it all for everyone ..."

    You forgot the all-important "yet" in that statement.

    What happens when the technology and data mining capabilities do exist to piece together everything about you? Will such data be infallible?

  15. Re:Some thoughts on pads and boards on Hands-On With SteelSeries Ikari Mouse and New 7G Gaming Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Try an old Model M. Never a problem with that sort of thing.

  16. Annoying, but not show-stopping. on Pidgin Controversy Triggers Fork · · Score: 2, Insightful

    While it is an annoying "feature" that the text box resizes, a better fight for devs to get into would be tackling larger aspects of the program... like making file transfers work, work reliably, in all protocols. Or perhaps adding webcam support or a plug-in for same.

    Maybe this isn't really about the text box itself but the attitudes which arose from the suggestion of changing its behaviour.

  17. Re:Dawkins may may a renowned evolutionary biologi on Richard Dawkins to Appear on Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    "He only has to be someone who believes that the evidence on the God question is at a similar level to the evidence on the werewolf question. -- John McCarthy Awww crap. I knew someone had been going through my garbage!
  18. Re:easy enough to fix on Domains Blocked By US Treasury 'Blacklist' · · Score: 1

    ...and watch what you say outside of a free-speech zone. Shhhhh! Don't let them know we still have free-speech zones!
  19. Re:1998 called! on Experiment Shows Traffic 'Shock Waves' Cause Jams · · Score: 1

    After reading it I am yet again reminded of the dark side of passive-aggressive I-Know-Better-Than-Thou.

    I live, work, and drive in Seattle, so this isn't just some offhand comment from far away.

  20. Was evolution taught before this? on New Science Standards Approved in Florida · · Score: 1

    I did not go through the Florida public school system, and do not know anyone who did. Still I have a hard time believing that they did not teach evolution before this... in *some* form. At least I hope they taught it, for it would be a crime against reason to omit evolution from the curriculum.

    Anyone from FL wish to chime in and shed some light?

  21. Most important reason: on Scientology Given Direct Access To eBay Database · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... so the CoS can get the name and address of the auction lister, then Fair Game them as they see fit.
    According to eBay's VeRO ToS they will gladly hand this information over.

  22. Re:Ebay is right on schedule on Scientology Given Direct Access To eBay Database · · Score: 1

    > "What kind of drugs do you have to take to get that delusional?"

    Dianetics et al, apparently.

  23. Re:Linux is slower in GUI on Why Linux Doesn't Spread - the Curse of Being Free · · Score: 1

    That's curious because on my desktop machine I use swap bays for the drives and have one with XP Pro for games and one with Ubuntu 7.10. Running on the exact same hardware, natively installed on a harddrive all to itself (though that shouldn't matter), the same Linux apps in general are faster than their Windows counterparts. I run mostly GTK apps, and the GIMP is noticeably faster in Linux than XP, as is Firefox.

    These are my experiences, YMMV.

  24. Re:Vista = dogfooding? on Microsoft Had Doubts About the 'Vista Capable' Label · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately that's how [most] things are done there.

    Explains a lot, doesn't it?

  25. Vista = dogfooding? on Microsoft Had Doubts About the 'Vista Capable' Label · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Perhaps they should have forced it upon employees for more "real-world" testing first?