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  1. Re:Overlooked real target for the fit board on Nintendo - "Everyone is a Gamer" · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up.

  2. Re:that dilbert comic about OS's comes to mind: on 13-Year-Old CEO Steals the Show At TiECON · · Score: 2, Informative
  3. In other news... on Is Computer Science Dead? · · Score: 1

    "Some guy wonders if Automotive is dead. His argument is that everything needed in a car has been created, so what more could we need ?"

  4. Another question on When Your Site Ceases To Exist · · Score: 2

    I have a website that got around 600 visitors a day with a certain domain name (.fr).
    When my host had to renew the subscription for the domain name, they didn't, even though I paid. Then someone "stole" the domain name when as it was free.
    Now I had to buy another domain name (.com) and some a**hole put ads on my former domain.

    Does anyone know what I can do to have google index the new one and give it the position my former domain name had ?

  5. Re:Good for the US on BBC Episodes Legally Available Via Peer To Peer · · Score: 1

    ...and since when does the audience deserve good content ?

  6. Re:Does the question of "right" matter? on Government Has a Right to Read Your Email? · · Score: 1

    It is relevant, because then proof obtained in this way will not be accepted in court.

  7. Re:Transcript from Experiment on Material With Negative Refractive Index Created · · Score: 1

    Nope that's more in the lines of "I'll be back.", actually. And some "I'm too old for this shit..."

  8. Hey on Is Internet Addiction a Medical Condition? · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Hey, I once sucked dick for coke and you call that an addiction ?

  9. Re:Energy on Hydrogen Won't Save Our Economy · · Score: 1

    No, the point of the article is that hydrogen is not a source of energy. And all I'm saying is that just because solar power is not available 100% of the time doesn't mean it can't be used. I merely provided an example of how to store energy produced during daytime and restore it at night. As for the fact that solar is only practical on tropical latitudes, well, I don't know, but I'm sure with some research, yield rates will improve. Hopefully we will see that. I just find it unbelievable how people can reject solar and wind power. They are expensive, but the more people use them, the cheaper they'll be.

  10. Re:Energy on Hydrogen Won't Save Our Economy · · Score: 1

    Then I guess we could use these experts as a source of energy if there are that many of them.

    As for what we do when it's dark ? We use the stored hydrogen produced before. Just because a plant works 50% of the time doesn't mean it's not a good design. Just make it bigger and it'll produce more energy... I kinda wanna say "D'uh".

  11. Re:Capacity. on iPod To Eventually Hold All the Video In the World? · · Score: 1

    And where are home videos, documentarys, corporat films and music clips ? and television ads ? Are they not known ?
    Or if you mean "that most people know", that's a lot less.

  12. Re:More than unworked muscle aches? on Wii Aches - Couch Potatoes Working it Up · · Score: 1

    Since sports movements are not always safe, this can be bad too. I mean, take weight lifting for example. If you don't do it properly, you'll hurt your back. Hence sports movements can be bad. Well here too, if you don't stand correctly or watch your position, eventually you might get hurt. But that's also true with watching tv or aving sex.

  13. Re:Well, this is one stupid case on Do You Own Your Native Language? · · Score: 1

    Of course, but that's considering the article is wrong. When someone says things aren't that simple, I'll listen too. In the meantime, from what we know, it sounds like they want to keep their culture to themselves. Which is fine, but if someone does learn their language and does anything with that knowledge, that shouldn't entitle them to claim rights to the language.

  14. Re:A thought expiriment... on Do You Own Your Native Language? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But the question was "can you own your NATIVE language ?". Obviously you didn't invent it. People taught it to you. Why should you have any rights to it, other than the right to use it ?

  15. Well, this is one stupid case on Do You Own Your Native Language? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Someone should sue them for using English. What the hell is their problem ?

  16. Why ? on Why Not Use Full Disk Encryption on Laptops? · · Score: 1

    Because the people who steal laptops are often the type of people who won't know about this, so it won't protect you from being robbed...

  17. Hopefully on Opening Diebold Source, the Hard Way · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Hopefully more people including journalists will receive that, have experts look at it and expose the scam.
    Sounds unlikely though, since this is all illegal.

  18. I can't believe on What Are Your Top Five 'Comfort' Games? · · Score: 1

    I can't believe no one mentionned Super Mario Kart.

  19. Re:How long before the Microsoft rebuttal report? on French Government Recommends Standardizing on ODF · · Score: 1

    Oh I assure you that we get our share of lobbying. Don't worry about that. Just this week I heard they were judging a case where construction industry lobbies did all they could for like 15 years to stop the public from being informed about the danger of asbestos.
    And yes, most people here, and I am talking about work-class type of people have no problem with lots of big industries being mostly managed by the state. However, for some reason, more and more of them are being sold to private companies, and for some reason, it looks like we can only watch and moan. Can you say lobby ?

  20. Re:Primary Goal of the Mission on Face on Mars Gets a Make-Over · · Score: 1

    I speak European. And a little bit of algebra.

  21. Re:Small is not good for mechanical applications n on Engine On a Chip May Beat the Battery · · Score: 1
    It's a really nice gun

    Does a nice gun cause fun pain, sweet death and happy mutilation ?

  22. Re:The software patent system almost requires this on Microsoft [to patent] Verb Conjugation · · Score: 1
    Software patents are here to throttle the rapid development of technology to the point that the powers that be can keep up with what's going on.
    Are you saying that's a good thing, or are you just stating facts ?
    Cos if a company resorts to applying for patents just so that other companies won't sue it, maybe we should forget about the whole thing...
  23. Silver surfers on The Internet Not for Old People · · Score: 2, Funny

    silver surfers ??? Did I miss something here ?

  24. Re:Philosophy 101 on ESR Says Linux Followers Should Compromise · · Score: 1

    There is one thing I don't understand:
    - GNU/Linux is available as many different distributions.
    - People can get the source code whenever they want.

    Why can't some group build a project to get a particular distribution to the masses with proprietary whatever (codecs, flash, etc.) ? That says nothing about other distributions compromising, really.

  25. It's not too bad until... on Is Corporate Speak Invading Your IT Department? · · Score: 1
    You think you have it bad ?
    What do you think happens in a non-English-speaking country, when your boss, whose native language is clearly not English, speaks too much English in meetings ?
    They just tend to insert random English words in every sentence, 50% of the time, pronounced badly, sometimes, at the wrong moment.

    It's just pathetic. On the bright side, though, it makes for interesting meetings if you try to track every word that shouldn't have been pronounced, and compare your list with your colleagues. Business loto, anyone ?

    Example in French: Le quality man fait la glue entre les différents business types.