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  1. Re:Who owned the code he modified? on USAF Violates DMCA, Escapes Unscathed · · Score: 0

    While it might be fun to think you do, you don't really have your "own time" once you belong to the military.

  2. Re:DMCA applies to individuals only? on USAF Violates DMCA, Escapes Unscathed · · Score: 0

    There are copyright laws that precede the DMCA, they would apply to Google in that case. The DMCA was put together mostly for the circumvention of copy protection involved in copyright violations. You don't have to circumvent any kind of copy protection to get TV shows on the YouTubes.

  3. Re:So... on Plastic Fiber Could Make Optical Networking a DIY Project · · Score: 0

    I have a fiber tone generator and tone finder at work.

    It's not a "tone" per se, but a special frequency that is inserted through the jacket of the fiber, not the connector. So you can use it to find live fibers, without affecting traffic on the fiber. The detector will "hear" this frequency through the jacket of the fiber. This device will even tell you which direction the light in the fiber is going, so you know if you have the transmit or receive, all through the jacket.

  4. Re:How much? on How Much Does a New Internet Cost? · · Score: 0

    It is even more noteworthy to state that using solely 10GigE over the single mode fiber in the ground would be stupid.

    DWDM (Dense Wave Division Multiplexing) technology has been available for years now, and works over these fibers. You put DWDM equipment on the fiber on each end, and run multiple channels of 10G wavelengths on there. Not just one. With today's technology you can get 80 10Gig wavelengths on 1 pair of fiber. Running multiple OC-48's, 10GigE, GigE, whatever you need on it.

    With next year's technology, that'll be 80 40Gig wavelengths, then not long afterward, 80 100Gig wavelengths.

  5. Re:No, no they couldn't on DS, PSP Could Claim Supremacy in Console Wars · · Score: 0

    Except they have always been called game consoles.

    I don't give a fuck if you think the name is stupid, that's what they're called.

    And that is why "handhelds" are handheld game consoles.

    That's what handheld is short for, sorry.

    My imagination has nothing to do with why they call them consoles.

  6. Re:No, no they couldn't on DS, PSP Could Claim Supremacy in Console Wars · · Score: 0

    Yes, the DS could.

    Handheld is short for "handheld CONSOLE" it always has been.

    Unless you have some other explanation of how they were named simply, "handhelds."

  7. Re:Do fix-alls really exist? on Super-Vaccine For Flu In Development · · Score: 0

    When was the last time you had a family member catch polio?

  8. Re:That's all they're refuting? on Diebold Demands That HBO Cancel Documentary · · Score: 0

    Paper punch card ballots are still counted by machines.

    That IS electronic voting.

  9. Re:If only they had done 720p on Wii Confirmed at 480p · · Score: 0

    How exactly is it "never showing you the full picture?"

    Games for the Wii are made to be 480p. Hooking the console up with HD would not give you more resolution.

    And how does it "never talk to it?"

    Last time I checked, HDTV's have ALL inputs, RF, RCA, S-Video, Component, and DVI/HDMI. So what's not talking again?

  10. Re:Those who ignore facts are doomed to look stupi on Sony's Obsession with Proprietary Formats · · Score: 0

    Warner Home Video released the first 3 HD-DVD titles. So I doubt that Universal Pictures is the "only" one of the major media houses to pledge support for HD-DVD.

  11. Re:typical programmer on Best Buy Invaded By Blue Shirt Improv Artists · · Score: 0

    Yeah, that's real smart. After teaching your kids to dial 911 in an emergency...

    "Oh, BTW, don't forget to press 1 after it answers!!!"

    911 is for emergencies, plain and simple.

  12. Unobligatory Blazing Saddles quote... on New Battlestar Galactica Spin-off Series Announced · · Score: 0

    Gov. William J. Le Petomane: Affairs of State, must take precedent over the Affairs of State.

  13. That's nothing new on Sony Announces Date for Blu-Ray Roll Out · · Score: 0

    You couldn't "backup" your DVD movies when DVD's were new either, and you couldn't backup your CD's either when they were new, and it took even longer than DVD's before you could. And DVD's are copy protected as well, it's just been broken, and was broken before most people could affordably make their own "backups." Why would it be any different this time around?

    Besides, if you don't know how to take care of your discs, you should probably learn how before investing money in new technologies.

  14. What happened to $499? on Apple Announces Wonderful Toys · · Score: 0

    I thought the big deal about the MacMini when it was released was the $499 price tag, along with it's smallness.

    Now it's $599? That gets less appealing to the masses that they may have been marketing to at the $499 price point.

  15. I guess I'm screwed then... on Yahoo! Bans "Allah" in Screen Names · · Score: 0

    Hint, look at my username...

  16. Re:Oh on Cisco Moving On Set-Top Boxes · · Score: 0

    They're paying $6.9 billion for Scientific Atlanta. I imagine a ton of IP comes with that.

  17. Re:Some just don't compare... on Best of What's New 2005 · · Score: 0

    Not to mention, the PSP was new in 2004, not 2005.

  18. Re:Hah on Level 3 and Cogent Reach Agreement on Peering · · Score: 0

    "somebody (read: Cogent)"

    So Level(3) can't violate the agreement?

  19. Re:User base? on 20 Years of NES · · Score: 0

    I think you missed the point being made that the GamePark is not going to be selling well enough to doom Nintendo in any way, shape, or form.

    If you can't walk into a store in Ft. Wayne and pick it up off the shelf, alongside every other mainstream game machine, then there is no doom to speak of.

    Thank you, play again.

  20. Re:Infinite Levels on Review: We Love Katamari · · Score: 0

    But the Eternal modes weren't that fun anyway. I played them all ONCE, because all you need is once. When you roll up everything on the screen, what is the point of going back?

    Not to mention, there is not as much stuff in the Eternals as there is in the same timed level. You can get around 837m on Eternal Moon, and with the timed version, you can get around 880m.

    And to answer your question, there are no Eternals in We Love Katamari.

  21. Re:And why not? on eDonkey Tells Congress It's Throwing in the Towel · · Score: 0

    OJ lost a civil suit on the same matter.

    The burden of proof is much lower in civil cases.

  22. Re:a citizen can't afford a lawsuit on Mothers Taking the Fight to the RIAA · · Score: 0

    They need to dig Johnnie Cochran out of the grave for this one.

  23. Re:Get a life on Kernel.org Moves to Oregon · · Score: 0

    Man, you sound so totally secure with your sexuality .

    So secure that you had to let everyone know what it was, and for THEM to get a life.

    I can smell your testorone from here.

    It's making me horny.

  24. Re:Will MS have to pay Sony to use BluRay? on Blu Ray Drive Will Cost $100 Per PlayStation 3 · · Score: 0

    They are already paying royalties to use DVD in the original Xbox and will for the Xbox 360.

    And guess who helped develop DVD? Sony.

  25. Re:Hi-Def XviD on Blu-Ray To Punish Users for Modifying Hardware · · Score: 0

    Is that your magical DVD player that doesn't do upconversion to 720p or 1080i, but actually outputs native 720p and 1080i?

    Upconversion to 720p and 1080i is not the same as viewing it natively on an HDTV.

    So I fail to see how you're going to watch Hi-Def films on your existing hardware. And Hi-Def movies and TV shows are already available on BitTorrent, so I'm not sure what you meant by "As soon as..." either.