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  1. Re:schadenfreude on More Unintended Consequences of the DMCA · · Score: 1
    I'm actually a fan of Steve Wright, and I know what a record is. I was trying to be funny.

    I failed.

    At least it sparked a couple replies!

  2. Re:Bust Buy creates business for others on Best Buy 'Geek Squad' Accused of Pirating Software · · Score: 4, Interesting
    This brings up a point, which I've usually ignored.

    Say you're fixing someone's winbox, and you need to reinstall something. The user nearly always "lost" the original discs, regkey, etc. What is expected of us? Buy a new version of all software so the user can lose it again?

    I usually pirate my way through it, no other option really. But how would a reputable shop deal with this? I hope geek squad isn't expected to buy another windows license every time a user lost their docs.

  3. Re:schadenfreude on More Unintended Consequences of the DMCA · · Score: 2, Interesting

    1. what is a record?
    2. wouldn't you be 50% likely to stutter in english?
    3. If you steal a steven wright joke, please attribute.
    4. sorry, If you infringe a steven wright joke...

  4. Re:Internet video on Free Net TV Threatens Telecoms · · Score: 1

    Well it sounds like you might have it soon. I've heard of rural people who will probably not have affordable highspeed options anytime soon who have built wireless links miles long. Heck, the record for unamplified is over 100 miles. You need directional antennae for this though.

  5. Re:Internet video on Free Net TV Threatens Telecoms · · Score: 1
    I set up a friend's network who was literally across the street from dsl using a cooperative neighbor, the "free" wlan router included with the neighbor's dsl, and a $20 wireless card.

    It's worked great for 3 years now, both people pay 1/2 and think it's great.

    Your neighbor might not want you to saturate the bandwidth with internet video, but some dsl is quite snappy these days.

  6. Re:How many did they buy? on Memory Manufacturers Could be Cheating · · Score: 1
    I agree. Additionally, there are actually legitimate reasons why retail may underperform sent samples.

    A retailer may have stock that was manufactured several months prior. The direct-sent stock would be the latest most improved stuff. What if they optimized their process in the meantime? Perhaps all current stock matches specs roughly and they've compared old apples to new apples.

  7. Re:Half a world away? on Sci-Fi Weapons to Join US Arsenal? · · Score: 1

    They've been doing that at burningman for years. Slightly lower power, though.

  8. Re:Mass marketing's obsession with top customers.. on Wal-Mart Controls Modern Game Design? · · Score: 1
    I always heard this about California.

    Population statistics CA: 34M, TX 21M according to google. NY has 18M.

    That's a much more balanced distribution than Walmart/other retailers, but your point is the same.

  9. terrorist timing on Wifi and Laptops Adds Up To Theft · · Score: 1
    Well, you didn't get modded down. And you didn't get modded up.

    I'd say it is perfect timing.

  10. Re:How about posting a job ad here for us... on Tech Workers in Higher Demand · · Score: 1
    It's interesting, you are giving your employees more of the risk and more of the potential payout. It'd be nice if more employers did this.

    The typical model is to have the employer take all the risk/payoff while the employee gets stability. A lot of people need a stable income, but some people are more flexible.

  11. Re:How about posting a job ad here for us... on Tech Workers in Higher Demand · · Score: 1
    I went through the motions of considering a minimum-wage programming job w/sizable bonus.

    It gave me the late-night infomercial get-rich-quick creeps. Unless you have a very well-established friendship with these people, you're going to scare a lot of people away.

    I would never work for more than a few weeks without guaranteed payoff unless I owned the company. Or knew the deal for a few years and didn't see anybody get screwed by it.

  12. Re:This is sort of like... on Tech Workers in Higher Demand · · Score: 1
    One problem with your comparison is the price of medical care goes up double digits per year. Another problem is the number of people on medicare goes up every year.

    If you leave the budget the same, that is less money per person to buy more expensive care. In other words, doubly less health care per person.

  13. Re:job cuts are down! on Tech Workers in Higher Demand · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Once they finally cut all the jobs, the next year they can crow about NO JOB CUTS!

  14. Re:That is BS on The .EU Landrush Fiasco · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I do understand it.

    No, you don't.

    That is misleading, the point is each of the registrars have equal change of connecting make request every second.

    A registrar following the spirit of the rules has 1 request/sec.
    A registrar with 99 fraud registrars has 100 request/sec.

    Think of the line as 1 second. Every time you make a request you go to the end of the "line." Someone with 99 shell registrars goes to the end of the "line." By the time he gets to the front of the 1 second line, their 99 other requests have also been processed.

  15. Re:That is BS on The .EU Landrush Fiasco · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I was involved in the Landrush. Each registrar was allowed one request per second. NO round-robin/line as mentioned on the sumarry.

    You don't understand?! If registrar X had 99 bogus registrars set up they get 100/second. That's more than 1/second.

  16. Re:Look at the Price! on Return of the Web Mob · · Score: 1

    I suspect that zombie PCs don't have many spare CPU cycles. It's a nice thought, though.

  17. Re:Hmmmm.. on How to Avoid Mobile Phone Interference w/ Speakers · · Score: 1

    Could the transformer or amp circuit generate enough power from ambient RF to provide amplification? If it can take days to discharge, even small amounts of power might suffice.

  18. It might be fun on Ad Measurement Is Going High-Tech · · Score: 1
    I'd like to poison their data. It'd be easy and fun.

    I'd never go to chain restaurants, never buy mainstream media, actively avoid anything I've noticed an ad campaign for. What little TV I watch doesn't have ads, the music I listen to is not mainstream, and if they can make anything of the fact that I watched 4 episodes of Farscape last weekend and listened to Big City Orchestra, they're my kind of marketers.

    If I could trust that the info was not being shared with law enforcement (big if) and didn't result in me having to see any ads, I seriously wouldn't care. My data is worse than worthless.

    I used to be a mystery diner for chains, it was fun to get paid to eat at horrible chains and make fun of them in a report.

  19. Re:Don't agree with global warming on Cleaner Air Adds To Global Warming · · Score: 1

    Oh, you are of the "Makes its own gravy" school of fishkeeper. It's a lot less work isn't it?

  20. Natural is unnatural on Cleaner Air Adds To Global Warming · · Score: 1
    I know what you're trying to say about "Natural"

    It isn't very accurate though. There are "natural" and "cultivated" pearls, "natural" death vs. accidental/disease, "natural" integers vs. integers, "natural" notes vs. sharp or flat notes.

    By your flawed logic, everything is natural, natural doesn't mean anything, so we just need to move to another word. I kinda agree, it is awfully overused.

    But Natural does not mean everything in the universe. Unless you can't tell the difference between B-flat and B-natural, in which case I'm not buying your cd.

  21. Re:Don't agree with global warming on Cleaner Air Adds To Global Warming · · Score: 1

    I feel sorry for your tank filter, gEvil.

  22. Re:Sheesh, what a day on Former BSA VP Confirmed as Tech Undersecretary · · Score: 1
    Sorry, your Scientologist pharmacist won't be providing that to you any more because he has found it is against his religion. You'll just have to fly to Canada to read /.

    I've offshored my pharmacist. I don't think they have Xian fundies or Scientologists in Pakistan.

  23. Re:Veeroos on Viruses Engineered to Construct Batteries · · Score: 1

    Man, if you just did your joke right someone could have modded the wrong one down and the right one up, everybody is happy!

  24. Re:Beginning of the End on Viruses Engineered to Construct Batteries · · Score: 2, Funny
    It ends when you stop watching.

    If more people realized this, the world would be a finer place.

  25. Re:I Think This Can Be Summed Up In Five Words on Life or Death for Tivo · · Score: 1
    Good point.

    I try to read an email or posting again if I'm getting offended, assuming it is joking or sarcastic. Sometimes I end up with a different perspective. It definitely isn't 100% reliable.