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  1. millionaires vs billionaires on The Lawsuit of the Rings · · Score: 1

    This is about as interesting as a major league sports strike.
    Businesses try to maximize profit, even at the extent of screwing partners over. Do I care how many millions PJ made of LOTR? No, but I do like to see contracts enforced, in case I ever get one large enough to care about.

  2. Re:ignoring? on BitTorrent: Sysadmins to face the music · · Score: 1

    These people need to learn how to make an X-Y plot.

  3. Re:Interesting but limited on RIAA Supporting Commercial P2P · · Score: 1

    "Since new Macs based on Intel can run Windows (I wonder if Jobs knew about this angle?) natively, this means Mac users won't be excluded as long as they buy a copy of Windows. (I wonder if Apple will have a special bundle to sell dual boot Macs?)"

    Oh yeah, I'm gonna load up Windows on my mac so I can use some shitty music store software instead of iTunes, and download music that doesn't play on an iPod.
    That said, if another music store starts doing better than ITMS, and supports macs, then I think Jobs would have no trouble letting iPods/iTunes support WMA.

  4. Re:Case in point on Aussie Spammer Faces Millions in Fines · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well that might be worth it if your customers can't tell frog legs from rat legs. I can't tell the difference, therefore I will not pay for either one.

  5. Re:Theft of service? on Aussie Spammer Faces Millions in Fines · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It sounds like a sarcastic comparison of spamming and copyright infringement. It's not stealingif the original is still there. I don't think they are the same, but there is some parallel.

  6. Re:Maybe because it isn't theft? on Software Piracy Seen as Normal · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up.
    Copyright infringement has nothing whatsoever to do with attacking ships at sea, killing, raping, and or enslaving the original occupants and stealing their money and supplies.

  7. Re:Mac Users are not impressed by ports. on Codeweavers to Support Mac OS X on Intel · · Score: 1

    Exactly.
    Someone like me, longtime mac user, may install windows if there are one or two apps that I need to use occasionally. I will not switch my day to day work away from MaxOSX apps, and most other will not either.

  8. Generalissimo on Broadcast Flag Sneak Not Attempted · · Score: 1

    Generalissimo francisco Franco is still dead.

  9. Re:Best Buy Linux on Big Retailers Timid About Selling Linux Boxen · · Score: 1

    That is a good idea, and the knowledgeable can just wipe it and install what they like.

  10. Can we banish the term Boxen on Big Retailers Timid About Selling Linux Boxen · · Score: 2, Insightful

    /. discussions are usually conducted in English, and boxes is a perfectly reasonable word. Boxen is an attempt to use German pluralization on the English word Box. Box is not a word in German, so it is not like boxen is a fun foriegn word to use to mix things up, it is just stupid, and not any shorter or clearer than boxes. If you are feeling 1337 than you could say 80x35.

  11. In Korea on Linux For Losers According To De Raadt · · Score: 1

    Only old people use Linix

  12. Re:Not just the USA on Google to Map San Francisco in 3D · · Score: 1

    They are an american company, so they start in the USA. Maybe someone should look at this as an opportunity to better serve the European customers.

  13. Sounds like a huge open-source business opportunit on Closed Source -> Charges Dismissed? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This should be obvious, if you want your evidence used in court you have got to supply ALL OF THE METHODS. If I were a cop or DA I'd be screaming at the salesmen who sold me these machines that will not hold up in court. Some competitor, who has machines that can stand up to scrutiny, ought to be making a killing on this.

    Linus should go to a MADD meeting:-)

  14. So let the terrorists watch Sopranos on Terrorist Link to Copyright Piracy Alleged · · Score: 1

    No I didn't RTFA, maybe I should, the joke was just too easy.
    Terrorists also jaywalk sometimes, and speed, should we lock people up for those violations?

  15. Re:Oh puhhleese! on The Pseudoscience of Intelligent Design · · Score: 1

    4000 years ago != 4000 BC, October 29th (or is it November?) at 9 AM.
    See we can have a /. style debate about intelligent design.

  16. Re:Maybe on Windows... on RealNetworks Invests in Legitimizing Free Music · · Score: 2, Informative

    Works fine on my macs too. I don't know what version I have, it is a few years old, but new enough to deal with the streaming audio sources I use. I actually click on realplayer even when I have a choice as it works as well or better for NPR shows (the main taudio I stream) than other methods.

  17. About time on Flying Cars Ready To Take Off · · Score: 1

    I'm reminded that we were romised flying cars and video phones in the 21st Century every time I introduce a new person to video chat.

  18. Re:I met a spam customer once on People are More Accepting of Spam · · Score: 1

    Do you post this comment to every spam story on /.? or do a lot of people know this cheerful woman with her business cards.

    Maybe we deserve dupe posts since so many articles are dupes.

  19. Re:This is all a smoke screen on Lack Of iTunes Phone Marketing Irks Motorola · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If anyone could figure out how to make a one button cell phone that works it would be apple and it would sell like crazy. My cell phone has way too many buttons (motorola C450).

  20. Re:While this is certainly a concern, on Women Leaving I.T. · · Score: 1

    I've never een anyone who could handly more than one mouse. How many do you use on your preferred system?

  21. Slashdotted on Legal Torrent Sites Help Legitimize BitTorrent · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    All those links in the summary are not loading for me right now. I wish there was a torrent...

  22. Re:for geologist out there on Having Fun With PowerBook Motion Sensors · · Score: 1

    Even better, take in into the field and measure orientations.

  23. Re:Bush won't let this happen on Build Your Own TV Without Broadcast Flags · · Score: 1

    I am well aware that the GOP has traditionally belived in smaller government. However, I have not seen anything in the actions of GWBUSH suggesting that he shares this view.

  24. Rumors for nerds on Apple to Buy TiVo? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Slashdot: Rumors for Nerds, stuff that we have no reason to think will happen.

  25. Re:So... on Apple Updates iPod · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sort of, except that Apple makes trendsetting hardware and many geeks do care about what apple is elling even if they eventually choose to buy something else.

    Nobody cares about dell announcements because they just bolt together commodity hardware. You buy Apple cause you want to, you buy Dell when they give you the best deal on something you could get from a variety of sources.