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  1. Hey on Universal, Pay Those EFFing Lawyers · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd like to point out that sneaking TFA into TFS cheating. Damn you.

  2. Re:Privacy on Australian ISPs To Disconnect Botnet "Zombies" · · Score: 2, Interesting

    They don't discover that by listening in to content though. They do it after there have been complaints.

  3. Privacy on Australian ISPs To Disconnect Botnet "Zombies" · · Score: 0

    As much as I'd love to have these machines disconnected, I don't think ISPs should be looking at the content of any connection. from my perspective it's about the same as the phone company disconnecting me for spreading untrue rumours.

  4. Nice Troll on The Apple Paradox, Closed Culture & Free-Thinking Fans · · Score: 5, Insightful

    the open source and free software movements haven't produced anything remotely as useful as Mac OS X and the iPhone

    Many users of Android, Linux, and many other open source products might have some serious disagreements with that statement.

  5. Re:Bounty System. on Ursula Le Guin's Petition Against Google Books · · Score: 1

    Didn't Stephen King try this, and end up not finishing the story? I may be mis-remembering the situation ...

  6. Re:Who cares? on Rumor — AT&T Losing iPhone Exclusivity Next Week · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Admittedly, it is easier to design a simple fluid interface when you can only run one application at a time. It removes one level of complication that most of the other smartphones need to deal with.

  7. Re:Incorrect analogy. on Judge Lowers Jammie Thomas' Damages to $54,000 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That can hardly be described as "civil".

  8. Re:Incorrect analogy. on Judge Lowers Jammie Thomas' Damages to $54,000 · · Score: 1

    Did they ever actually prove the uploading? I'm not trolling here, I'm actually curious ... did they download a copy from her machine, or observe it from the ISP? I can see "intent to upload" otherwise ...

  9. Re:Obvious Solution on Prolonged Gaming Blamed For Rickets Rise · · Score: 1

    If my legs looked like the ones in the picture, I think I'd wear a cowboy hat and learn to talk like Sam Elliot. Chicks dig Sam Elliot.

  10. Re:Via Wikipedia on Prolonged Gaming Blamed For Rickets Rise · · Score: 1

    Please people, play some sports outside with your children. They spend so much time at their computer and console games that they're getting too difficult for us old folks to beat.

    And they're generally fairly annoying about it.

  11. Re:$5 million for how many users? on Microsoft Dodges Class Action In WGA Lawsuit · · Score: 4, Funny

    Relax, we have plenty of rage for both Microsoft and lawyers. No one needs to go without.

  12. Re:"...handwrite more than a bullet point..." ??? on Pen vs. Keyboard vs. Touch vs. Everything Else · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The downside for me is a pretty much complete lack of searchability. I find there's little point of writing something down on apper again, as odds are, I'll never be able to find it again.

  13. Re:For those too lazy on New Study Shows Youth Plugged In Most of the Day · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Especially since the way networks are run, you really *can't* make an appointment with your media anymore. Shows are either moved, cancelled by sports, or on hiatus. They seem to *want* us to download shows.

  14. Re:Bing dishonours my name. on Microsoft To Delete Bing IP Data After 6 Months · · Score: 1

    You've got to admit that there's probably a very small demand for searching for you specifically.

  15. Re:Enough is enough! on Microsoft To Ship Emergency IE Patch · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Serious question here: does the Chrome frame for IE6 protect users from this attack? It would be interesting to know, as MS stated that it increased the security exposure (which is true in theory, but generally false in practice from what I've seen, as all attack surfaces are not created equal.)

  16. Innovate without permission on Verizon and Google Offer Up Net Neutrality Truce · · Score: 1

    "Innovate without permission" is an excellent expression, although not completely descriptive of the goal in this case.

  17. Re:Encryption isn't free on What's Holding Back Encryption? · · Score: 1

    To encrypt all traffic when running your web servers on an IBM mainframe costs _many_ millions of dollars a year. In cases like this, and when you're already near capacity on your hardware, encryption applicances are a great idea (they make debugging easier as well).

  18. Re:Say it aint so... on Google Phone Could Drive Apple Into Allegiance With Microsoft · · Score: 1

    It may acquire a slight blue-ish tinge and flicker occasionally.

  19. Re:Apparently, not so much on Police Called Over 11-Year-Old's Science Project · · Score: 1

    In the US, it seems that the only technology skill worth having these days is how to write a patent. Perhaps they don't want these children to be distracted by wires and electronic components.

  20. Adam Baldwin on MiFi Attack Exploits GPS To Reveal User's Location · · Score: 1

    So that's what he's been doing since Firefly.

    "Shiny ... let's be good guys."

  21. Re:Virtual worlds, yes. Games, not so much. on Should Gaming Worlds Join the Workplace? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Perhaps the raid leader is rather poor in reality, and it's a group leader giving the orders, and a team member who cools off budding conflicts, with the raid leader being little more than responsible for the loots and invites

    So basically you have the same possibilities with in-game leaders as you have with business ones.

  22. Re:what is the state of ext4? on Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 2 vs. Early Fedora 13 Benchmarks · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seeing as Google is switching to it, I certainly hope so.

  23. Re:And an NGO is what? on Tech NGOs Working In Haiti · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm going to start an NGO specializing in business intelligence ... BI NGO.

  24. Re:Of course on Bing Gaining Market Share Faster · · Score: 2, Informative

    Have a look at Google Squared for those searches ... it's pretty cool, although you need to add a price column yourself.

  25. Re:Why collect that data? on Tynt Insight Is Watching You Cut and Paste · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Many password storage utilities use the paste buffer to keep you from needing to type the password, although the good ones will blank it out after a short period of time. This has the potential for some fairly serious abuse.