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  1. Re:Yep, that's why God put em there on Something May Have Just Hit Jupiter · · Score: 1

    Yes, but in your rush to denigrate people who believe differently than yourself you did.

    You mean like the jackasses who insist the universe is 6000 years old?

    Maybe they have a different concept of year? Just like 40 days and 40 nights is not a literal 40 days - it just means a very long time.

  2. Re:Good to see it doing it's job on Something May Have Just Hit Jupiter · · Score: 1

    The gas giants are there to act as a magnet for comets/asteroids etc, so they don't end up near us.

    I don't remember that part of Genesis...

    Which part do you remember?

  3. Re:haha on Amazon Pulls Purchased E-Book Copies of 1984 and Animal Farm · · Score: 1


    Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. This comment may not be copied in any way, including but not limited to caching.
    </quote>

    Joking and such aside... would this stand? Legally?

  4. Something wrong with this survey on Canadians Find Traffic Shaping "Reasonable" · · Score: 1

    Who the hell did they call for this survey? Did they use extension numbers?

  5. Re:Contact your state senator!!! on Pandora Wants Radio Stations To Pay For Music, Too · · Score: 1

    oh! and you can download tabs off the OLGA.... oh wait. . . hope you're original.

  6. New Model - Bill everyone on Pandora Wants Radio Stations To Pay For Music, Too · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just give up and bill everyone:

    Bill the artists for making it and everytime it's played.
    Bill the distributor and packaging plant.
    Bill the radio stations for playing it.
    Bill the store for selling it.
    Bill the Moving Picture Experts Group when it's moved digitally.
    Bill your mom.
    Bill the listener for liking it.
    Bill them if they don't like it.
    Bill Microsoft and Al Gore for bringing the internet.
    Bill Apple and the beatles.
    Bill Linux just cause. ...and when they don't pay: Sue them.

    This Greed - It's becoming bloody disgusting.

    ---
    "Don't be too troubled. He'll be all right now. He left a packet for you.
    There it is!"

  7. Control on Study Deconstructs Canadian Copyright Lobby Deception · · Score: 1

    The only reason copyright exists is to allow a 3rd party to benefit from the works of an artist.

    The artist seeks a 3rd party to exihibit his works for publicity, but this should not be withstanding ad infinitum.

    Perhaps artists need to include a clause in their contracts opening up their works (for derivitives, etc) within a
    reasonable timeframe.

    Copyright is about control. Control of the artists, control of the audience.

  8. God Damn Us... on Renowned Geneticist Analyzes Consumer DNA Tests · · Score: 1

    ...and let geneticists sort us out.

  9. Re:How I got some respect on How Do IT Guys Get Respect and Not Become BOFHs? · · Score: 1

    Indeed, a horror IT story from hell. My hat is off to you. Respect.

  10. Take your time on How Do IT Guys Get Respect and Not Become BOFHs? · · Score: 1

    Unless it's a priority 1 issue, let the user sweat it out. Remember, hold is your friend - lets 'em know who's in charge. Or more seriously, take everything with a grain of salt and solve it at your own pace, if you let the user dictate your panic level, well, you're good as lost.

  11. Hypocritical on Wikipedia Bans Church of Scientology · · Score: 0

    Not defending Scientology, but does Wikipedia not champion free speech?

    Free speech is neither good nor evil, it simply is in its simplest form an opinion that someone voices.

    Whether that opinion is cast in a positive or negative light is up to the listener.

    Perhaps Wikipedia can find a way to create a balance - (Postive/Negative/Neutral Articles? Karma System?) for controversial topics.

    Facts that are Facts can come from both outside and within an organization.

    --
    "If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." GW.

  12. Re:Screw that! on Microbes 100M Years Old Found In Termite Guts · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is what killed them off, their tastiness.

  13. I don't blame them on The Hard Drive Is Inside the Computer · · Score: 1

    Of the thousands of people I've supported so many of them called the computer a hard drive, I politely correct them once and if they persist, I don't correct them again. They've decided the piece of technology is in fact a hard drive and why waste my breath explaining what every piece is, if they're not interested. Sometimes I get an old guy asking questions about everything who is genuinely curious and has an attitude to learn so I explain as much as I can in laymans terms.

    Not everyone cares how things are made and essentially these same people pay my bills so I don't blame them.

    --
    "What? No eggy-wegs?"

  14. Re:Interesting on 220-mph Solar-Powered Train Proposed In Arizona · · Score: 1

    My first thought was of Blaine the Mono... but good call.

  15. Re:That's "dilithium" on Ultra-Dense Deuterium Produced · · Score: 1

    You sir, are a genius.

  16. Simple english for US RIAA on US Says Canadian Copyright As Bad As China's, Russia's · · Score: 1

    "Copy?" "Right!"

    How can I copyright freedom?

  17. Oh yes! on Bolivia Is the Saudi Arabia of Lithium · · Score: 1

    This makes me happy. Very happy.

  18. Re:Hmmm ... on Is Your Mood a Result of Where You Live? · · Score: 1

    Dude. The shit-hawk is gonna get ya.

  19. Re:I have a feeling.... on Vista Post-SP2 Is the Safest OS On the Planet · · Score: 1

    you have to pay for the driver signing....whether it works or not is a different matter. It's all about the dollars. $$$

  20. Actually,,, on Flawed Map Says L.A.'s Crime Highest Next to Police HQ · · Score: 4, Funny

    The map is accurate for the most part, it's just a block off.

  21. All he is saying... on Obama Calls For Nuke-Free World · · Score: 1

    Nuke free... or else.

  22. End User license Agreement on Chrome EULA Reserves the Right To Filter Your Web · · Score: 1

    Does this mean that Google reserves the right to filter my web browsing experience in Chrome (without my consent to boot)?

    Well, agreeing to the eula means you consent, no?

    Eulas are not worth the ink they're printed with.

    ---
    'Arret' means stop. Thank you. ~Whoosh~

  23. Help me I'm being misled! on Appeals Court Rules Against Google On Keyword Ads · · Score: 1

    From the PDF:

    "Rescuecom alleges, however, that a user might easily be misled to believe that
    the advertisements which appear on the screen are in fact part of the relevance-based search
    result and that the appearance of a competitor's ad and link in response to a searcher's search for Rescuecom is likely to cause trademark confusion as to affiliation, origin, sponsorship, or approval of service."

    When I did a search for 'Rescuecom' my adsense suggestion was 'iyogi.ca' with the caption 'Get computer service better than rescuecom'.

    However, Google is providing data on a subset of keywords based on your inquiry - Just like meta-tags in webpages. Anyone can choose their meta's and adopt their page to be listed higher in the ranks. Adsense is just the paid ('Sponsored links') portion of the page.

    There is no bias.

    And Rescuecom apparently has a low perception of its clientbase.

  24. Re:More F'ing Quebec on Quebec Says 'Non' To English-Only Video Games · · Score: 1

    The signs in Canada say "Stop" - and they mean "Stop" the signs in Quebec say "Arret" which means slow down.

  25. More F'ing Quebec on Quebec Says 'Non' To English-Only Video Games · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Stop signs in quebec say 'Arret' instead of 'Stop' which is displayed in France. I am french descendant but hate the self-imposed decision to ignore the worlds decisions. Most Quebecors don't realize they are an abandoned colony. THIS IS WHY THE ENGLISH WON AGAINST QUEBEC. --- And apparently driving school is optional....