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  1. Agreed, Reading the article's basis... on Canadian Government Going Big Brother? · · Score: 1

    After reading the paper which much of his article was referring to he's blown things way out of proportion. Each issue lists multiple possible solutions, the options are provided by 3rd parties. The paper then recommends an option, the scary pro-CP options in his article have *gasp* not been recommended by the committee!

    ISPs: recommended would need to do Notice & Take-down for copyright material stored on their facilities.

  2. Stability on Asetek's Extreme CPU Cooler Tested · · Score: 1

    I'll state this from the start, I don't overclock. I do however seem to remember reading that lower temps increase stability.

  3. Re:Isn't radio a step back though on Virgin Radio Launches 3G Radio Service · · Score: 1

    People who spend a lot of time in their cars (commuters, trucks & delivery) listen to the radio more often than not. Beyond the fact that *most* adults don't yet own MP3 players, radio still has call-in shows as well as weather, traffic updates, current events, etc.

  4. Cost is Killing SciFi Shows on Can Sci-Fi Fans Face the Future? · · Score: 1

    I think what kills the SciFi shows iis the cost to produce them. Most tend to have fairly large casts and recurring characters, wide variety of sets and add on the costs for CGI (weapons, space, etc)...

    I've been thinking if CGI costs were reduced the shows would likely last longer. To that end we need an 3D engine for rendering space which can output high resolutions to uncompressed video on everyday hardware :)

  5. Re:If this gets passed... on Utah Considers Forcing ISPs to Filter Content · · Score: 1

    I believe several countries (UK?) have content filters which block requests to specific IPs and URLs.

  6. Canada on Kazaa's Australian Assets Frozen · · Score: 1

    ISPs can't be forced to give up who used ISP address by corporations.

  7. Re:Looks nice on Google Weather Service And GMail Improvements · · Score: 1

    Fahrenheit is an arbitrary scale, for pretty much all scientific uses Celsius is the scale.

  8. Re:Intel is expensive? on Intel 6xx Series Reviewed and Benchmarked · · Score: 1

    It varies depending on the rating, at 2.8 vs 2800+ its only $20 CDN, however ramp that up to 3.8 and the difference is $370 CDN.

  9. Re:Bad Name on Hobbit Is A New Species · · Score: 1

    They died, no bones in ears for fossils.

  10. Anti-Competition on FCC Fines Company for Blocking Access to VoIP · · Score: 1

    I could be wrong but I believe this particular incident was anti-competition rather than for blocking certain traffic.

  11. Catch-22 on AMD Plans Simultaneous Desktop and Mobile Chip Releases · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Most have no use for dual cores and devs have no reason to implement support until their customers have them.

  12. Re:public schools on Bill Gates Proclaims US High Schools Obsolete · · Score: 1

    Wait time is not a result of a 1-tier system, it is a result of poor funding. A 1-tier system simply means that everyone gets the same care whether you're bill gates or hobo joe.

  13. Robust on Broadcast Flag in Trouble · · Score: 1

    The FCC mandated that support of the broadcast flag needed to be robust.

  14. Re:The UN????? on Should the UN Replace ICANN? · · Score: 1

    UN isn't anti-US, however the US is anti-UN.

  15. Revenue on Business Press Pays Attention To Blog Industry · · Score: 1

    I can't see much revenue for the blogging hosts, they still only really have banners/popups.

    Heavily viewed blogs could be used to promote products, ie give the blogger a free product in exchange for a favourable mention.

  16. Re:Slap a $20 down? on SCO Possibly Delisted from NASDAQ · · Score: 1
    Wouldn't you only need 50% + 1 for controlling interest.

    If SCO looses will IBM end up literally owning them through counter suits?

  17. Basketball? on Intel Announces Laser Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    I always thought it was a basketball reference, a close but no cigar type deal.

  18. Re:Patriot Act on California Wants GPS Tracking Device in Every Car · · Score: 1

    All they really need are periodic locations; to get from point A to B they had to drive there, not teleport.

  19. Re:Things i dont need on Inside Windows XP Reduced Media Edition · · Score: 1

    Once marketing gets a hold of it it'll be known as "Windows Secure Edition" and retail for twice the cost of Pro!

  20. Risk isn't a deterrent on Copyright Infringement and Shoplifting Contrasted · · Score: 1

    Studies have shown that risk isn't a deterrent, people don't believe that they will be caught. RIAA helped deter some people by giving people the impression that they would be caught.

    In my opinion physical theft should be considered as a more significant crime as there is actual loss. RIAA deals in a potential loss assuming that any download replaces a purchase and that downloads preclude purchases, both of which studies have shown to be false.

  21. Re:Answer on Personal Spaceflight Leaders Form New Federation · · Score: 1

    Carmack has money and has an interesting engine design.

    Just because Rutan won the X-Prize doesn't necessarily mean his setup is the best for long term.

  22. Re:Potential Redistributable Files on Copyright Infringement and Shoplifting Contrasted · · Score: 1

    I believe he's saying steal it when the factory is still in possession. Before its left the factory I would imagine the factory would only be able to get what they would have otherwise sold it to a dealers for, so not MSRP.

  23. Re:Where not-sucking == like photoshop? on Integrating OSS Graphics Apps · · Score: 1

    I find photoshop is only steps behind GIMP on a bad interface; I like the Jasc Paint Shop Pro interface but as they've add more features it has gone down hill.

  24. Re:the difference between this and movies is what? on DC Could Ban 'Mature' Video Game Sales to Minors · · Score: 1

    Retailers unfortunately will almost never stop selling to a portion of their market. Many corner stores would sell cigars, porn and booze to children if they were legally allowed to.

  25. Re:Never really understood the fuss on DC Could Ban 'Mature' Video Game Sales to Minors · · Score: 1

    Except that ESRB is run by the game industry, not by the government.