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  1. Re:Until Apple announces OSX for non-Apple machine on Could Apple's Intel Desktop Threaten Linux? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is dead on imo. The situation isn't any different than before, Apple is still tying the OS and hardware. Linux is still free and uses (presumably) cheaper hardware.

    This is a story for the sake of having a story.

  2. Re:tsk tsk -- turning your 2yr-old into a pirate on DVD Decrypter Author Served With Take-Down Order · · Score: 1

    It might be legally wrong but morally...

  3. Re:Not Surprised on DVD Decrypter Author Served With Take-Down Order · · Score: 1

    Also known as protectionism rather than capitalism. Then again, thats not particularly new.

  4. Re:No DRM. Not on my computer. Not now. Not ever on Intel Claims No DRM · · Score: 1

    I was thinking an IBM PowerPC workstation or using an Opteron or Xeon, assuming it wasn't tacked on there too.

  5. Re:Repeat after me America on Class Action Suit Forces Palm to Replace Dead PDAs · · Score: 1
    Not to mention if the person pitched the PDA, replaced it, etc. they get shafted. Either they won't have it or they'll have upgraded it.

    Class actions generally suck for individual, they get settled late and often recieve less than the value of the product.

  6. Stock Market is Broken on IBM Europe Workers Strike · · Score: 1

    Isn't their job to be certain they can provide profit in the future for their shareholders (the owners of the company). Why would a company want to keep 10~13K employees that are obviously not necessary in the daily business? Simply because they are making a profit?

    Here, I'll say it, the stock market doesn't work. The concept, people purchase a share in the company to receive a portion of the profit; the reality, investors don't care about dividends, they care about increased value in their 'share'.

    Increased share value is linked to increase in profits and growth does have a ceiling. This is a big factor in western nations pushing for the 'modernization' of Asia, Africa, etc.

    The 'financial advisers' we hear on TV or read in print aren't doing it for the meager wages, they manipulate the system to forward their interests.

    CEOs are part of the problem, most are paid in part with shares. This may seem a smart plan, provide a vested interest in the company, unfortunately its also a reason to give the appearance of growth. This happens often but usually aren't as public as Enron, Worldcom, Bre-X etc. nothing happens to them, profits are hidden offshore and fines aren't paid.

    Isn't their job to be certain they can provide profit in the future for their shareholders (the owners of the company). Why would a company want to keep 10~13K employees that are obviously not necessary in the daily business? Simply because they are making a profit?

    Here, I'll say it, the stock market doesn't work. The concept, people purchase a share in the company to receive a portion of the profit; the reality, investors don't care about dividends, they care about increased value in their 'share'.

    Increased share value is linked to increase in profits and growth does have a ceiling. This is a big factor in western nations pushing for the 'modernization' of Asia, Africa, etc.

    The 'financial advisers' we hear on TV or read in print aren't doing it for the meager wages, they manipulate the system to forward their interests.

    CEOs are part of the problem, most are paid in part with shares. This may seem a smart plan, provide a vested interest in the company, unfortunately its also a reason to give the appearance of growth. This happens often but usually aren't as public as Enron, Worldcom, Bre-X etc. nothing happens to them, profits are hidden offshore and fines aren't paid.

  7. Re:Enlightened? What a farce. on IBM Europe Workers Strike · · Score: 1

    State enforced racism existed more recently in the U.S.

  8. Re:Who cares what IBM's profit margin is? on IBM Europe Workers Strike · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You've been watching too much Fox News

  9. Hmm... on Researchers Pinpoint Brain's Sarcasm Sensor · · Score: 1

    maybe it was me.

  10. Brain damaged? on Researchers Pinpoint Brain's Sarcasm Sensor · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, were you one of the subjects?

  11. Re:Oh please. on Exporting Knowledge Via Students · · Score: 1

    It amounts to the same thing, no access = no information.

  12. Re:Oh please. on Exporting Knowledge Via Students · · Score: 1
    executing journalists.

    Didn't the White House limit press access to reporters who toed the party line?

  13. Re:Re:Bleh on Google Ads for RSS Feeds Goes Beta · · Score: 1

    You can't give an axe to an axe murderer and claim you aren't responsible for what happens after.

  14. Re:Fry the BSA members in the Electric Chair on BSA Reacts to 'New' BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    Well, generally the idea will be that no one will be paid for making recordings at all, at least in the prospecting sense (invest with hope for return.)

    A few studies have already show that filesharing has little or no impact on record sales.

  15. Re:Consider immigration to the north... on Canadian Music Swappers Win Court Battle · · Score: 2, Informative

    Weed isn't legal. There have been talks of decriminalizing carrying small amounts, you'd get fined for having it, not sent to jail. At the same time they'd be implementing bigger penalties against those carrying large amounts and selling it.

    Essentially the idea is prevent the average person from rediculous punishments but at the same time crack down on the criminal element.

    Marjaunna isn't the serious drug that its been made out to be. As I understand it the original laws were based on a lot of wrong information.

    And no, I don't use it nor have I in the past.

  16. Re:Gifts? Online purchases? on Give Your DVD Player The Finger · · Score: 1

    It doesn't really have to be broken, all that has to be done is duplicate the unlock signal.

    The real problem is unless the biometric player is built into a display it'll be copied after it leaves the player.

    I suspect this will be about as successful as DVD-Gold where you'd buy rental discs

  17. Re:GPL enforcement in China??? on Effects of China's Software Policy on World Economy? · · Score: 1

    GPL only applies when you distribute software. My understanding is that if the Chinese government has their own distro, as long as they only used it on government systems they wouldn't be forced to distribute source.

  18. Re:Excellent on A Step Toward the Diamond Age · · Score: 1

    Haven't they been loosing money anyway? Something about the diamonds are difficult to mine?

  19. Hopefully on ISS Oxygen Generator Fails for Good · · Score: 1

    they'll cover shipping for warrentee repair.

  20. Err wine? on Supreme Court Allows Direct Shipment of Wine · · Score: 0

    How many minors have you met that would be interested in buying wine? Beer, hard liqour and coolers yes, but wine?

  21. Re:Violating the GPL on Dish Network Dishes Source Code for DVR · · Score: 1

    A warranty is for manufacturers defects, you modifying the software obviously wouldn't qualify.

  22. Re:PowerPC CPU? on The Xbox 360 Unveiled · · Score: 1
    I'm afraid you're the one who doesn't get it. Traditionally PC games at release aren't playable when set to highest quality on current hardware.

    PC Games are designed to *gasp* scale

  23. Re:AVG can be unstable. on Microsoft To Offer Virus Defense · · Score: 1

    I've been using AVG for quite some time on computers using Win2k Pro, WinXP and Win98, none of which have had any problems. Perhaps you already have a virus or something in your system is unstable.

  24. Nintendo also on The Xbox 360 Unveiled · · Score: 2, Informative

    Nintendo is also using PowerPC, I believe they're using 4x 2.5 GHz

  25. Re:PowerPC CPU? on The Xbox 360 Unveiled · · Score: 1

    How will they perform on a normal PC?

    Why does it matter. The other poster is stating that good PCs will outstrip the new consoles in quality in no time, how the minimum requirement performs has no bearing on how the top end scales.