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  1. Re:If I paid fees to attend the lecture... on iPods Valuable in the College Classroom? · · Score: 1

    My girlfriend, who teaches (at a university), tells me that you should be able to record video of a lecture and give it away for free.

  2. Re:If I paid fees to attend the lecture... on iPods Valuable in the College Classroom? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Actually, even without paying fees, many universities will let you sit in on lectures. At that point, it's probably considered public domain.

  3. Re:Fark? on AP to Charge Members to Post Content Online · · Score: 1

    Good point. I don't think that was a joke. But there are many, many other journalists out there with news stories that will end up on Google. I just hope GNN ends up on Google.

  4. Re:Or... on Biological Activity on Mars · · Score: 1

    Oh, MAN, that stinks. Why'd you have to go and do that? Can you open a window?

  5. Re:Just Curious on Biological Activity on Mars · · Score: 1

    Really solidly Western religious people will find a new way to interpret their texts such that it fits in - or they'll deny it's a contradiction, like they did with the dinosaurs. That's the thing. If you're dealing with something all-powerful, it can do whatever it wants, so you're always right.

  6. Re:Fark? on AP to Charge Members to Post Content Online · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If nobody posts AP stories anymore, the AP won't exist, and another news agency will take over (like the AFP).

  7. Re:Google.. on AP to Charge Members to Post Content Online · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "their images" Thanks.

  8. Re:Bunkers? on Asteroid 2004 MN4 May Hit Earth After All · · Score: 1

    Yes, you can. It's in the FAQ, and you have a preview button.

  9. Re:Bunkers? on Asteroid 2004 MN4 May Hit Earth After All · · Score: 1

    So explain that. Also, try line breaks. What you posted was essentially gibberish with no frame of reference and no grammar.

  10. Re:Bunkers? on Asteroid 2004 MN4 May Hit Earth After All · · Score: 1

    Mod down. This is just a bunch of numbers, you'll note that the energy and mass numbers don't even match up with those of the asteroid.

  11. Re:To answer your question... on Dell Still Intel Only · · Score: 1

    Not only is #2 illegal, I just called in to the FTC to confirm it, and they want to talk to me more about it because I'm in the range of the THREE HUNDREDTH (more or less) person who's called to tip them off, and the guy who called me back says that's enough for an investigation.

  12. Re:Does Dell really need AMD on Dell Still Intel Only · · Score: 1

    You have to be kidding. There are laws against exclusionary pricing.

  13. Re:Does Dell really need AMD on Dell Still Intel Only · · Score: 1

    And that's called an illegal business practice. When your company, through an anticompetitive business agreement, puts other companies out of business, your company should be shot down by the SEC. Why has nobody filed suit?

  14. Re:Put Astronauts in the Black Boxes on Black Boxes for Spacecrafts · · Score: 1

    Why not just ride the train or a bus? You have a very, very small chance of injury relative to a car. Trains are even safer than airplanes (although not with Amtrak's funding down to $300 million/year when they need $2B to survive).

  15. Re:Loband is not a client side filter on loband - Killer App for Developing World? · · Score: 1

    That's a good point. I was comparing defaults without thinking about full features...

  16. Re:Loband is not a client side filter on loband - Killer App for Developing World? · · Score: 1

    Only if you don't pay attention to the size of the images.

  17. Re:Debt Collection? Awesome! on Comcast Sued For Giving Customer Info to RIAA · · Score: 1

    It's ridiculous to claim that something won't show up on your credit report just "because it isn't related to a line of credit". Someone had checks drawn off a fake account under my name, and after it took the collections agency two years to find me, I found them after seeing bounced check items on my credit report. Simply telling off a debt collector will not get you out of trouble - the burden of proof is on you, even if it only means filing an affidavit of forgery.

  18. Re:Debt Collection? Awesome! on Comcast Sued For Giving Customer Info to RIAA · · Score: 1

    Why won't the debt show up on your credit report?

  19. Re:Watch out Microsoft on Start-up Granted Injunction Against Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Without all the convoluted logic... Little Guy == Good Big Company == Bad Which I tend to agree with.

  20. Re:What about the changes? on Battlestar Galactica in HD · · Score: 1

    What's this "less censorship" thing? The Sci-fi versions haven't been less censored that I've seen. I've got the DVD and the British TV version of the pilot, and they come out to exactly the same length. I've seen both the Sci-fi version of the show and I have the British downloads. No difference that I've seen. Am I missing something?

  21. Re:In other news... on Randomly Generated Paper Accepted to Conference · · Score: 1

    With a follow-up the next week.

  22. Re:Potential problems on New York Computerizes its Subway System · · Score: 2, Informative

    In the Japanese systems in Tokyo, there are people to check for such things, even though the system is automated. In the SkyTrain system in Vancouver, Canada, there are no personnel at any of the stops. I have experienced extremely packed stations after a hockey game got out, and I saw that the doors couldn't really be held open - like an elevator door, they closed slowly after being blocked open once.

  23. Re:Ridiculous on TiVo Buys Six New Patents From IBM · · Score: 1

    Sure, but often, if they invent while working for a company, the company doesn't have to buy it from them (even though it's not in their job description to write patents). Microsoft, being used as a 'good' company in this example, does pay their employees for patents. Many companies don't.

  24. Re:Ridiculous on TiVo Buys Six New Patents From IBM · · Score: 1

    It's resemble that "remark". Now, make like a banana and leave.

  25. Re:how about just.... on Daylight Savings Change Proposed · · Score: 1

    That was true 50 years ago, but it's not today. If you have a problem with light in high traffic areas, that's an issue. Fluorescents do not peak for several seconds/minutes as they used to.