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  1. Re:Yeah, right... on Movie Industry Cries All the Way to the Bank · · Score: 2

    What next? Will we be required by law to pay a private security guard to stand over us and make sure we don't pirate software?

    Well I'm sure the US Government will allow us to come up with self-regulated rules on this issue before they require by making it a law.. we should start now.

    I'll charge you $400 a week for myself to watchover you, and i'll do it virtually since i'm charging such a cheap price ;)

  2. Re:Potential profits are important! on Movie Industry Cries All the Way to the Bank · · Score: 3

    Because without open and honest debate oover laws crafted by users and producers of content we will eventually lose the ability to loan a DVD or a CD or whatever the nextgen of media will be(MPAADISC for example) to a friend to listen to and apreciate or even to make a back up copy... Potential profit is just that! POTENTIAL I'm not gonna go buy the britney spears CD but I have listened to an MP3 of it downloaded by a friend here at work and we laughed at how gay it was and converting it (in parts) to .wav and making it a start up sound on 10 people's computers here.. so the company loses potential profit.. but thats all it ever was since we would never be dumb enuff to ever buy it since we used it for less than 1 minute of amusement.

    Also on the otherhand I have downloaded MP3's of an amazing artist Victor Wooden who plays BASS with bela fleck and i was so impressed with it that I went out and bought his whole collection of CD's. which would never have happened(from me) had i not heard a few of his songs first...

    good enuff answer for ya?

  3. Well they could have made more! on Movie Industry Cries All the Way to the Bank · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't forget if there wasn't 350,000 downloads(hehe yeah right) a day of pirated music online this banner year for the film industry would be even great which is of course more reason why we should support all of their digital copyright ideas right away and with out any debate!!

    hehe i got a bridge in brookyln i can sell ya reall cheap to :) hehehe you could even charge people
    $25 for a once a year fee
    $ 2 per hour of use
    $ 5 for 1000 views of the bridge from the road

    ok that was cruel :)

  4. Sadam Hussien finds a use for 2000 PS2's he hot! on PS2 Linux Kit Shipping in May · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Now with linux available Sadam Hussien can finally find a use for all thise PS's he supposedly got diverted to himself for weapons modeling :) hehe...

    hey I find it amusing!

  5. Ads do work.... on Slashdot IRC Forum Today · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Granted now I never ever click on a banner ad.. But I dunt click on my television screen either(well while sober) but occasionaly i'll see a banner ad and i will type in the url or go to the website if its sumthin i'm interested in or catches my fancy as i'm sure its the same for lots of people.. I wonder if one of the main reasons people don't actually clock on the banners(i know its my reason) is that i don't want them to keep that kinda information on me :) simple as that. but ads are still effective.

  6. Connecting to irc.slashdot.org on Slashdot IRC Forum Today · · Score: 2

    /server irc.slashdot.org
    [error connecting... subscription not pade]

    Damn!!!

    On a more serious note i also saw the "test" of that ad this morning and was wondering what the hell it was at first(had a flashback thinking i was news.com for a minute there.. hehe lsd). its not that obtrusive at all.. and personally i don't really mind ads as long as they are not pop up kind...

  7. Think Different... on Disney Blames Apple For Music Piracy · · Score: 2

    hehe guess we are thinking different :)

  8. Re:Standardisation on Why Batteries Haven't Kept Up · · Score: 3, Insightful

    One of the interesting things is that back in the 50's-60's and 70's was that devices were generally made to fit the batteries. Now a days batteries are designed to fit the devices offering more flexibillity in design. I think thats a fair trade off to have have 100's of battery types and sizes vs have a few desgins of battery shape that everything has to be designed around.

  9. But...... How Fast... on Smallest RC Cars? · · Score: 2

    they say: World's fastest - up to 4 times faster than other micro R/C cars

    So how fast do the others go?

    Inquring minds want to know....

  10. Re:At what point... on Japanese Video Chain Cashes in on Mobile Internet · · Score: 3, Funny

    You Say: On the other hand, if that 90% of the people, instead of ignoring the flyers, punched the flyer-hander-outer in the nose and burned down the flyer-hander-outer's store, you'd see a sharp decline in flyer-hand-outism.

    I say: Does this mean we can and should beat the living shit out of jehova's witnesses and other god loving preacher type monstrosities that come my home door? sounds like a great idea to me!

  11. Its quite Obvious on Who Is Liable For Software With Security Holes? · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Correct answer is: Cowboy Neal!

  12. PORN ADS CAUSE CELL PHONES TO BE BANNED! on Protect Your Cell Phone From Spam · · Score: 3, Funny

    hehe I can see the headlines now! US district court has declared that cell phones are a transmission device that carry morally offensive advertising and will be banned in all areas to protect children..

    hehe that would be amusing... first hold the backbones liable for the content.. then the cell phone providers.. well it would stop possible cell ads in the futre :|

  13. Child Porn and Cameras on Is The Net At Fault For Illegal Filesharing? · · Score: 2



    Using this same concept why don't we simply hold Nikon & Cannon and other camera makers responsible for child pornography. For with out the camera makers the photos could not exist.. of course child porn sites that use MS front Page or any other program to create the pages that display them should be liable to.. say good bye to notepad.exe as well soon..... hehe we might get litigated back to a technology level that would make the amish look advanced. would'nt that be somthing?

  14. Only posted for 3 minutes... on Biohackathon · · Score: 1, Funny

    and already slashdoted..... impresive... think they can bio hack the bandwith/server they have? :)

  15. Australian beer on Email (and Filters) for all Australian schools · · Score: 1

    Not only is there beer not as cheap here in the US. but it tastes like piss! they rant & rave about how high the alcohol content is! great.. umm what happened to taste guys? they laugh and say they export their shit beer fosters to america! well that shit beer is better then the rest of the crap they drink there... damn shame.. 30 million people and not one can brew a decent brew... ::sigh::

  16. Makes ya Wonder.... on Email (and Filters) for all Australian schools · · Score: 1

    Kinda makes ya wonder when the people responsible for enabling filters in the first place will realize that the more time you spend blocking a type of site to be accessed the more interest is then generated in those types of sites. I also just got back from being in Australia for the past month and(aside from New Zealand being a more entertaining country) no local australians i met or article i read make a big issue over filtering there.. just the people i met and what i read thoe....

    www.evolutionarydeadend.com

  17. I completely disagree!!!! on ICANN At-Large Study · · Score: 2

    I hope what you typed there was a joke, but i fear it wasn't.. so your upset because you typed classicgaming.org wrong and got a gazillion ads... learn how to spell man... the whole point of a global network set up the way it has been so far is a place where any one can say and do(hopefully) anything.. so if your taken advantage of because you got pudgy fingers.. tough get over it.. or go and play with your doll house some more.

  18. How long before the media is sued now?!?! on MP3.com Sued for 'viral' Copyright Infringement? · · Score: 2


    I know! Lets all sue the media for viral dissemination of sites know to distrubute MP3's of artists music. Since it is quite obivous that if the media had not spent so much time publicizing mp3.com and napster, then less people would hear about it less "damages" of course would have been done :) .... 3-4 years before we are this level? what do you think???

  19. 5 years!?!?!?! on Disk Storage Limits Loom 3-5 Years From Now · · Score: 2

    So in 5 years when we hit a wall i'll just have to buy 2 or 3 900gigabyte drives for 80 dollars a piece instead of 1 1.5tearbyte drive at currently levels? damn those technological walls!

    hehe i crack myself up :)

  20. Re:and more DOS on EFNet on the Rocks Again · · Score: 2

    Why is this moderated up? Efnet's website is now slashdoted and efnet.org has nothing to with the efnet irc servers... think before you post.. specially since yer a doctor..

  21. only 25 meters for 400 grand?!!!? on Japan Tests Reusable Rocket · · Score: 3

    Damn I can go at least 100 meters with my estes Model rockes for 8 bucks an engine.. not reusable... but the body is :)

  22. I work for a Wholesale VOIP carrier on IP Telephony Hardware Stretching Toward Home Users · · Score: 4

    I've worked in VoIP for a carriers carrier company for the past 2+ years and its amazing how fast we've grown.. Anyone who uses pre-paid phone cards has about 20 percent chance of their call going over VoIP for domestic(US) calls and 60% chance for International during some leg of the call and they never know.

    The next logical off step after phone-voip-phone and PC-Phone is Phone-Phone mini gateways.

    In the next year you'll be seing usb boxes hanging off your computer or etnernet ones of your hubs that plug into your house phone network(unpluggin from outside telco legacy network) and you will be able to use your hose phones to Call anywhere and recieve calls..

    Its gonna be a great next few years and after 5-10 your gonna see the need for ILEC's completely disapear NPA assignments and thats it..

  23. Re:And that will keep them from using DVD technolo on U.S., Japan Ask Sony To Not Outsource PS2 To Taiwan · · Score: 1

    Very Simple answer.....

    DVD technology is guarded by the US Government therefore its a billion times more secure :)

    net use g: \\nukes.whitehouse.gov\topsecret\newestwarhead.pdf

    Hehe oh i crack my self up :)

  24. YAY!!! LET US ALL REJOICE on Public Outcry Over Popup Ads · · Score: 1



    I think i speak for everyone when the most annoying thing in the world these days(other than hearing isreal and arafat fighting over who shot who first) is the freaking X10 adds on nearly every web site!!! i'm so happy to turn em off finally and still have my pop up windows for sites with useful popup windown stuff :)

  25. Instead of Black Listing Open Relay Operators... on ORBS Forks · · Score: 1

    Why not instead of Black Listing Open Relay operators just create a rule in your own mailbox forwarding all spam you recieve to every Open Relay Postmaster you can find.. eventually they will get the idea when there box has 5000 messages an hour.... Just a friendly way of saying you got open relay :)