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  1. Re:In order to counterpoint you: on ACLU Creates Map of US "Constitution-Free Zone" · · Score: 4, Informative

    Specifically, he declined to give them permission to search, so they told him to get out of his car and brought the dogs over.

    "Whaddaya know mister, the dogs smelled sumthin'. Hey, boys, looks like we got that there probable cause!"

  2. Re:Sure, but what if you're successful on "Stayin Alive" Helps You Stay Alive · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here's a list of alternatives.

  3. Re:Peace on LittleBigPlanet Delayed Due To Qur'an-Sampling Audio · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Nobody is trying to force public displays of pictures of Jesus

    Nope, nothing like that.

  4. Re:The RIAA doesn't represent ARTISTS? I'm shocked on Artists Strive To Wrest Rights From Music Industry · · Score: 1

    In the US, those functions are handled by ASCAP and BMI.

  5. Re:This is microsoft trying to help kill open sour on Microsoft Treating "Windows-Only" As Open Source · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Or Linux-only, or Mac-only, or Plan9-only. The point is that if someone wants to modify the code so it runs on an Atari 800, they're legally free to do so. Publishing the code, and saying, "You may do this, only, and no more", is certainly within their rights, but it ain't open.

  6. Re:Not surprising on No Space Porn (For Now) · · Score: 1

    And in spite of all that, someone's going to do it "off the record" soon enough anyway. The sex part. Filming notwithstanding.

  7. Re:Rye Playland on Debunking the Google Earth Censorship Myth · · Score: 1

    It looks like that whole image tile was damaged somehow - maybe a corrupt file, recreated from a lower-resolution image. Caretakingly hand-crafted in MS Paint, perhaps?

  8. Re:simply boycott them on EA Hit By Class-Action Suit Over Spore DRM · · Score: 3, Funny

    GP meant the 1790's. Kids nowadays.

  9. Re:Real geeks... on IE8 Beta 2 Fatter Than Firefox and XP · · Score: 4, Funny

    Real geeks parse the HTTP responses in their head.

  10. Re:what the hell? on Mayor Orders Mandatory Evacuation of New Orleans · · Score: 2, Funny

    due to dykes being breached.

    I won't go there. I won't go there. I won't go there.

  11. Re:Right Now, In the U.S. Vista Cost You $349 on Lenovo Requires NDA For Windows License Refund · · Score: 1

    You should also account for changing exchange rates, since the original offer wasn't in USD.

  12. Re:Yes but... on Space Cube – the World's Smallest Linux PC · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thanks for not letting us down.

  13. Re:Correction on Bottom of The Barrel Book Reviews-Confessions of a Recovering Preppie · · Score: 1

    Not every course in university applies directly to your career. Some are just for background/general knowledge. Some people just want the paper at the end. I personally think it's self-defeating, but I can understand that there are people who would do it.

  14. Re:Who are these people...? on Jerry Seinfeld Will Plug Vista · · Score: 1

    RUNAS doesn't exist in Vista?

    (I don't know, I've never touched it...)

  15. Re:Got it wrong on Was Standardizing On JavaScript a Mistake? · · Score: 1

    Good advice, and I do my best to follow it on my own sites. If only the developers of the other websites I have to look at would follow it. I have to admit, there seem to be fewer and fewer really bad examples. I think people are getting a clue.

  16. Re:Got it wrong on Was Standardizing On JavaScript a Mistake? · · Score: 1

    One of the biggest issues I've had with it is the poor performance (relative to what it's being asked to do) in the current browser engines. The good news is the current advances (e.g. WebKit) give me great hope.

  17. Re:Insurance? on How Do I Prevent Lan Party Theft? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am not the Dread Pirate Roberts...

  18. Re:"I love the phont, but..." on What's the Problem With iPhone 3G Reception? · · Score: 1

    Sounds like my marriage, up until the divorce. Now I'm paying early termination fees....

  19. Re:Freedom to take pictures in public spaces on Photographers Face Ejection Over Lenses · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well, if it was for, say, a chamber of commerce brochure (i.e., used to generate commercial business), then the horse's owner was correct in asking for some compensation for the use of his horse's likeness. For a newspaper, no.

  20. Re:Do the police... on Police Secretly Planting GPS Devices On Cars · · Score: 1

    But it would feel so good to cash that check!

  21. Typical on Home Science Under Attack In Massachusetts · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sounds like the actions of typical small-minded, small-town bureaucrats who are skilled mainly in keeping and expanding their power.

  22. Re:What would Stallman say? on Apple Sued For Turning Workers Into Slaves · · Score: 5, Informative

    My girlfriend used to work for AppleCare (in the call center). Here's what she said about it (from IM, so excuse the grammar/typing):

    well...your expected to check your company related email, stats, get your system booted, go aver any company alerts BEFORE you sign on. this requires most to come in early to do work related things. the catch is Apple doesn't pay you till you're signed on and your shift actually starts. Apple's argument is that you can do these other work related things between calls ... but that's difficult because calls come in constantly... and time in "idle" counts against you....

  23. Re:Sweet!! on $12 MIT Computer Based On NES, Not Apple II · · Score: 1

    I still have my old VIC-20. I should see if I can fire this up.

  24. Re:Start drillin'! on Hot Water, Hot Earth · · Score: 1

    Joking aside, I wonder how difficult/reliable it would be to harness that energy.

  25. Re:your programmers shouldn't be writing SQL on Diagramming Tool For SQL Select Statements · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?