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  1. Re:They are all gay on MD Appellate Ct. Sets "New Standard" For Anonymous Posting · · Score: 1

    You really hate free speech that much? Please accept my pity.

  2. Re:Wikipedia, so what. on Bill Would Require ISPs, Wi-Fi Users To Keep Logs · · Score: 1

    But the cost of anonymity means I have to have anti-virus software, can't run as admin all the time, can't use certain techniques to access a SQL database from a web page..

    No, you have to do these things because the people that designed your operating system did a crappy job. Is it a good idea to walk around a dark parking lot at night shouting about how much money is in your wallet as long as there is a security camera watching over you? You are responsible for your own safety, stop insisting that you are so incompetent that the government has to trample everyone's rights just to protect you a little bit.

    ...and I'm not sure I wouldn't be willing to just give up a name in exchange for using my computer without having to worry that some asshole from Russia is going to turn me into a botnet.

    And no amount of laws passed in the U.S. are going to stop those Russians from attacking your PC. Giving up your own freedom because you are convinced it is the only way to fix things makes you no safer and continues your slide into a world of constant surveillance.

  3. Re:Wikipedia, so what. on Bill Would Require ISPs, Wi-Fi Users To Keep Logs · · Score: 1

    I want to say this:

    1) I dont want to be monitored.
    2) I dont want to be watched.
    3) I dont want to be followed.
    4) I have done nothing wrong.
    5) I have committed no crime.

    There are people that consider these things to be criminal and saying them in person will get you attention. Unfortunately, people like you are part of the problem.

  4. Re:Where's the story? on Microsoft.com Makes IE8 Incompatibility List · · Score: 1

    The google homepage html is about 6k, wireshark shows 3k transferred (gzipped) arriving in three packets. Your read call was likely buffering and you didn't realize it.

  5. Wrong. on Bill Would Require ISPs, Wi-Fi Users To Keep Logs · · Score: 1
  6. Re:I disagree. on Bill Would Require ISPs, Wi-Fi Users To Keep Logs · · Score: 1

    No, without the ability to speak anonymously, things that are "objectionable" or "taboo" will never be spoken as no one will want their name associated with it, even if its not illegal.

  7. Re:How can people expect... on Arctic Ice Extent Understated Because of "Sensor Drift" · · Score: 1

    Face it, people, the time when scientists did their thing to broaden humankind's knowledge is over (or probably has never happened in the first place).

    /facepalm

  8. Re:FUCK ARTISTS on Pirate Bay Day 3 — Defense Requests Dismissal · · Score: 1

    Wrong, fuck the media companies that rob the artists. You really think pirates want to see the artists stop producing? I dont think you understand the point of pirating.

  9. Re:What else can you do? on Student Arrested For Classroom Texting · · Score: 1

    Its sad that you're modded troll. I completely agree with you.

  10. Re:Math? on Mars Winds Clean Spirit's Solar Panels Again · · Score: 1

    Most American incandescent bulbs are 60W. I dont think CFLs have really caught on, though I do use one out of 8 or so lamps in my apartment..

  11. Re:Math? on Mars Winds Clean Spirit's Solar Panels Again · · Score: 1

    FTFA:

    The cleaning boosts Spirit's daily energy supply by about 30 watt-hours, to about 240 watt-hours from 210 watt-hours. The rover uses about 180 watt-hours per day for basic survival and communications, so this increase roughly doubles the amount of discretionary power for activities such as driving and using instruments. Thirty watt-hours is the amount of energy used to light a 30-watt bulb for one hour.

  12. Re:Hopefully attacks like this won't be as prevole on Hackers Jump On Newest IE7 Bug · · Score: 1

    Yes, finding all those dependencies is so difficult!

    emerge app
    apt-get app
    yum install app

  13. Re:If the story line holds true to the original... on Review: F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin · · Score: 1

    What???? Are you serious? I am playing it on a GeForce7950GX2 and it seriously strains that card at medium detail. The graphics are amazing and a 100% improvement over FEAR1. The effects are better too with motion blur and hallucination scenes that blow everything in FEAR1 out of the water.

  14. Re:minor pedantry on Hackers Jump On Newest IE7 Bug · · Score: 1

    Written by the same people using the incorrect definition of virii in the first place... give me a break.

  15. Re:Stay away from root on Malware Threat To GNOME and KDE · · Score: 1

    Sure last month I made a backup. What about my last 29 days worth of data?

  16. Re:A Strawman for the Symptom on Pirate Bay P2P Trial Begins In Sweden · · Score: 1

    Your anecdotal evidence does little to sway my opinion. I own about 12 xbox 360 games yet I have played many more on my 2nd (modded) 360. Do you think I should owe the other publishers for the games I played for an hour and did not enjoy?

  17. Re:A Strawman for the Symptom on Pirate Bay P2P Trial Begins In Sweden · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yeah, I hope those guys go to prison! I mean they have never heard of your band before and have no idea what the music sounds like, but they should go to prison for downloading your album and listening to it before they buy it! Who needs fans or customers right? Just send them all to jail!

  18. Re:A Strawman for the Symptom on Pirate Bay P2P Trial Begins In Sweden · · Score: 1

    You're right. Candy and soda are way overpriced too all in the name of profit.

  19. Re:Security cameras. on Cambridge, Mass. Moves To Nix Security Cameras · · Score: 1

    Good, they had cameras... in the bank! Not at every street corner from the crook's house to the street the bank was on.

  20. Re:suddenoutbreakofcommonsense on Cambridge, Mass. Moves To Nix Security Cameras · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I will never be OK with dragnet surveillance of the entire population. With those cameras, they would be able to know where you are, when and how often. This is complete invasion of privacy. As a citizen of the US I would expect you to enjoy your freedom to do what you want without being subject to the prying eyes of anyone else.

  21. Re:End Copyright on Pirate Bay Operators Stand Trial On Monday · · Score: 1

    No, but you do have the option of selling support contracts to your clients. Training, installation, migration and maintenance are all areas where an expert would be well received and highly paid for.

  22. Re:Well, it's a good bet... on Obama To Name Melissa Hathaway Cybersecurity Chief · · Score: 1

    I find your willful blindness appalling.

  23. Re:TrueCrypt is very fast on How To, When You Have To Encrypt Absolutely Everything? · · Score: 1

    This is definitely possible if the truecrypt driver does more intermediate disk caching. Less IO and better overall performance.

  24. Re:Phelps poll on Utah Mulls a Database of Bar Customers · · Score: 1

    Somehow I think he could survive without millions of dollars in sponserships.

  25. Re:Not only on MacOS X... on Google Earth 5.0 Silently Changes Update Policy · · Score: 1

    Scheduled tasks is where the updater SHOULD be. I dont mind if it runs once a week at midnight. A process that runs all the time is unacceptable.