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  1. In other news on House Passes Ban on Social Site Access · · Score: 1

    Schools, libraries, and other public computing venues have been subject to installations of illicit software known as "Tor." It is believed to be a child-hating pornography-spewing america-killing program that allows access to sites such as Myspace, Slashdot, and Goatse.cx in places where they are usually banned.
    More at 11.

  2. Re:How is this significant? on Fewer Heat Shield Dings on Shuttle Discovery · · Score: 1

    You're calling for a confirmation of statistical significance? You must be new here...

  3. Oblig. Wikipedia Link on Wikimania'06 Kicks Off Next Week · · Score: 2, Informative
  4. Re:But.... on Kazaa Agrees to Pay $100m to the Record Industry · · Score: 1

    If the hungry artists are fed, then the only thing they can complain about piracy hurting is their bottom line. Who is more likely to draw sympathy, a starving artist or "the man?"

  5. Now on Walmart Tries to Emulate MySpace · · Score: 1

    Now all they have to do is fix their product search on the main page. If it's not the right term for something, you get a list of completely unrelated books & music.
    Try searching for "light bulb." It should be a common thing, right? Nope... you get "Snow" by Curt Kirkwood and books about the historical effect of the light bulb.
    Other than that, I'm perfectly willing to give my soul over to the beast of retailing.

  6. Re:So they sue.... on BPI Sue AllOfMp3 In British Courts · · Score: 1

    Well then, they won't pay AS shareholders, but only by their positions as artists and consumers.

    People in green socks will be shot. People in red shoes will not be shot. If you're wearing green socks with red shoes, you're still on the block.

  7. Re:Randomly Generated? on IBM using Napoleon Dynamite Quote to Encrypt Data · · Score: 1

    computer hacking skills... infinite monkey-typewriting skills...

  8. Wow on Yahoo China has the Worst Filtering Policy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Every once in a while I think censorship has gotten bad here in the USA.
    Try searching "Tiananmen Square" on yahoo.cn and compare to yahoo.com.

    If I had more bandwidth, I'd gladly put up a proxy for these folks.

  9. Re:Medireview virus attacks yahoo. on Worm Wriggles Through Yahoo! Mail Flaw · · Score: 1

    A JavaScript ..erm...script should be treated as an executable. Sure, it's based on Yahoo's servers, but when you open it, it's run on YOUR PC and will do whatever good/evil deeds it's written to do.

    I think that a bigger detriment to your system comes with running modern Symantec products! AVG, ZA, and S&D make my day.

  10. Re:The beauty of Vista on June Windows Update To Be Biggest in a Year · · Score: 1

    I ran the new beta in a virtual machine for a while... Tried to install spyware crap from some website, and it asked if I really wanted to do that. Only problem is it does that for pretty much EVERY program. Good for lusers, but frustrating if you actually know what you're doing.

  11. Re:'inappropriate violence' on Oklahoma 'Games As Porn' Bill Now Law · · Score: 1

    "Better keep the kids away from the evening news then. It's a violent world out there, so we'd better keep them as far away from reality as possible."

    Mmmm, so Carlin-esque! I wonder what he'd think about all this...

  12. Re:Linux Hack on Icy-Flo - The solution to this summer's heat · · Score: 1

    I know a certain Al Gore that would like to make a documentary about you.

  13. lesson? on Upstart Bloggers at Microsoft Moving On · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "There's a lesson here for those starry-eyed adolescents who think the power of the blog is going to triumph over the power of the boardroom."

    That the power of the blog can be used to add to the power of the boardroom?

  14. Re:Same old, same old... on How Google Ranks Videos · · Score: 1

    Trade Secret(tm)

  15. Re:Just not feeling it today... on NSA To Datamine Social Networking Sites · · Score: 1

    I put my information out there for beered-up, iPod using college kids to see, not the NSA. By the system of the site I use (Facebook) you should be a friend of a friend, or attend OSU to see that. It's a little different than a sign in the yard.

  16. Facebook on NSA To Datamine Social Networking Sites · · Score: 1

    Hey! Those people aren't in my school network! Seriously, though... Would sites like Facebook open access to the NSA or can they just go in there, bypassing the usual requirement of being in the school network? I'd hate to have to see the NSA set up fake school e-mails at EVERY school on Facebook.

  17. metainfo on Captain Copyright Targets Kids · · Score: 1

    Link goes to a 5.05MB PDF. Sitting there downloading, I thought it must be pretty spiffy.
    Nope: 1 page black and white with about 8 lines of typing.
    Maybe the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency needs a bandwidth tax, too.

  18. Re:Honestly on Humanoid Robot Serves Beer · · Score: 1

    "I could've staged that in like two seconds with a lego mindstorm kit during the 11th grade in my AP C++ class."

    You COULD have done it. He went an extra step and actually did it. Besides, if you programmed a robot to pour beer in an 11th grade AP class, you'd probably have pictures somewhere other than /.

  19. Pictures on Humanoid Robot Serves Beer · · Score: 1

    Apparently, though, his robot is unfamiliar with foaming beer!
    Add a temperature/foam sensor to the bugfix list and you're set for v2!

  20. Re:Worldwide? on Miyamoto Concerned About Gamer Image Stereotype · · Score: 1

    "But it could also be the way Japanese society works, namely it's a very casted and stereotype producing system."
    Ever visited the USA? We've got plenty of those too, albeit perhaps more "unofficially."
    The further along a society is economically or socially, the more likely it is to have such disparities.
    Incidentally, Japan is often considered a "Western" country, as far as economic advancement goes. I guess it depends on whether you mean western by geography, or by material wealth.

  21. Question on How Do Businesses Scale Their Bandwidth Needs? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What, exactly, is the question? Is it: What kind of line should I have? or What kind of router hardware/software should I use? I'll shoot at the first question: You already have a fractional T-1, why not buy the whole thing? It's not as elite as redundant OC-48 lines, but like you said, you can't afford those anyway. If you want a step up from that, get redundant T-1 lines from 2 different providers in case one gets nicked.

  22. Re:I have a great idea on How iPods Took Over the World · · Score: 1

    Sounds good, but...

    What's this "record" thing? The only thing I can think of is a two-sided DVD. Is it like that?

    I kid, I kid...

  23. Re:To keep the Goodwin tradition on A DNA Database For All U.S. Workers? · · Score: 1

    Problem is, Hitler was (kind of) democratically elected.

  24. ahem...disney on Chicken and Egg Problem Solved · · Score: 1

    "The debate, which may come as a relief to those with argumentative relatives, was organized by Disney to promote the release of the film "Chicken Little" on DVD."

    I smell a conflict of interest. Since this study was obviously tainted, the chicken MUST have come first.

  25. Nearby on Three Neptune-sized Planets Found Nearby · · Score: 1

    ...And by nearby, we mean 41 light years away.