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  1. The price of EVERYTHING is going up... on Music Downloads = Expensive Concerts? · · Score: 1

    ...except for wages and salaries for the average person.

    P.S. Anyone who will pay $250 to watch an over the hill Madonna gyrate to electronic dance music in a leotard deserves that visual & financial punishment.

  2. Future criminal prosecutions - the future is now on New Internet Regulation Proposed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    During his speech, Gonzales also warned that Internet service providers must begin to retain records of their customers' activities to aid in future criminal prosecutions

    Future criminal prosecutions, whenever the government deems it necessary for those who might cause problems for them. The implication is the government does not trust its own citizenry, and must have the ability to invade their privacy at any time in order to control or silence them.

    What other ways can people be spied on by the government? Is this what we want, a paternalistic government and a paranoid society?

  3. Old Star Trek Tech vs. New Gagdetry on J.J. Abrams To Direct New 'Star Trek' Film · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So what I want to know is, are the controls and panels going to look like they are made from Lego sets?
    Or will it be super sophisticated and electronically dazzling, or will it look like it does in the TV series era, cheap sets with cardboard controls and hand-painted view screens?

    Fascinating.

  4. You can buy high-impact OS ads on IBM to Oracle - You Can't Buy Open Source · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  5. 1069 Diggs: Growing Censorship Concerns at Digg on Growing Censorship Concerns at Digg · · Score: 1

    I digged it, did you? er...was it just Slashdotted?

  6. Dell Dude's Denunciation Drives Dell's Decline on Dell's Marketshare Decline Due to Intel? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dell's decline is due to its denunciation by the dumped Dell Dude.

  7. Everyone is Searching for Something... on Bush Admin. Appoints Civil-Liberties Officer · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Alex Joel recalls being unable to tell the good guys from the bad as both armed soldiers and civilians alike would order his family out of their car to search it.

    This is an ironic statement since he could he be talking about either Guatemala or Iraq.
    Article with search pictures

  8. McNealy is selling, what is this telling? on Sun's Scott McNealy's Days are Numbered? · · Score: 2, Informative

    INSIDER & RULE 144 TRANSACTIONS REPORTED - LAST TWO YEARS
    Date Insider Shares Type Transaction Value*

    17-Feb-06 MCNEALY, SCOTT G.
    Chairman 2,400,000 Direct Option Exercise at $3.125 per share. $7,500,000
    17-Feb-06 MCNEALY, SCOTT G.
    Chairman 2,400,000 Direct Sale at $4.30 - $4.37 per share. $10,404,0002
    17-Feb-06 MCNEALY, SCOTT G.
    Chief Executive Officer 2,400,000 Direct Planned Sale $10,344,0001


    Get out while the gettin's good, take the money and run.

    Sun is trading at $5 a share, time to buy? or forgeddaboudit!?

  9. Re:Hm, let's see... on Google in China - The Big Disconnect · · Score: 1

    You are correct, it is a different mindset. I do not think many rural poor are going to want to study, they are probably more worried about putting food on the table and not stirring up trouble with the censors/govt.

  10. Google Freedom 2.0 on Google in China - The Big Disconnect · · Score: 3, Insightful

    students thousands of miles from Shanghai or Beijing will be able to access online course materials from M.I.T. or Harvard and fully educate themselves.

    But what good is an ivy-league education if you can't freely express your ideas?

  11. Yahooligans! on Yahoo! Allegedly Helps Beijing Arrest a Third Reporter · · Score: 1

    Hey guys, check out our new feature at Yahoo! If you use Yahoo! and write about something your government doesn't like, we will help them arrest you!
    Yahoo, for all your tyrannical needs!

  12. What is the first thing said after downloadng xxx? on Porn Industry Trials Burnable DVDs · · Score: 1, Funny

    It burns, it burns!

  13. Microsoft can make that money back in 5 seconds on Microsoft, Autodesk Guilty of Patent Infringement · · Score: 1

    That amount of money to be paid by Microsoft is the rough equivalent of $15.50 to the average person.
    At least the guy may get compensated for their misdeeds?

  14. Every MS Patch is Utmost Severe? on Microsoft Admits to Hiding Flaw Details · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Reavey said businesses should use Microsoft's severity rating system to help with patch deployment timetables. "It's important to remember that the best way to be safe and secure is to apply all the updates. We are providing patches for everything."

    'Everything' you say? Um, well...apparently NOT.

    Can there truly be a flawless operating system?
    Is it possible to design an easy to use, accessible, and reliable application that has no security holes?
    I think not, but if you could, you may become richer than Gates himself.

  15. Vendor Capital on Facebook Raises Another $25M · · Score: 0, Troll

    Don't worry, we will quickly burn through that $25 million of VC as soon as they put out the free chips, soda and candy.

  16. I'm willing to bet that working at Microsoft is... on Working at Microsoft, the Inside Scoop · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... 1000 times better than working at most jobs these days. And, if it really sucks at least you can put it on your resume for a better location and position at your next job.

  17. Bully Pulpit on a Sinking Ship on FCC Commissioner Wants To Push For DRM · · Score: 1

    Great! Now maybe we can make even more money by having the FCC regulate random sounds we hear in public spaces, our thoughts or even our posts!

    P.S. If you just read the above post, it is pending protection by DRM in the near future. So, in order to avoid a lawsuit, please send your 2 cents right away.

  18. $1 Billion Tax Collection on The IRS Hits Symantec with a $1 Billion Tax Bill · · Score: 3, Funny

    Great! This money will be well spent by Congress, oh wait....
    it is already gone, what a shame, before I could even finish my congratulations.

  19. Open source ramblings on Dvorak Avocates Open Sourcing OS X · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dvorak claims OS X and Apple in trouble. He suggests open sourcing OS X for an epic battle with Linux. In many ways, this is just insane rambling, but it's certainly entertaining on some levels.

    How about we Open Source Dvorak's articles and let some other insane ramblings ensue, in fact, I have a few of my own.

    First, I want a epic battle between humans and robots complete with protests, picketing, egg-throwing, and flaming.

  20. Why not Oracle? on Hey Oracle, Why Not Ubuntu? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just hire some people and make your own software? Is this too hard?

  21. AdvancedMerchandisingDevices on AMD Calls on Microsoft for Intel Antitrust Case · · Score: 2, Funny

    AMD filed a lawsuit against rival Intel last July, charging that the chip giant has "unlawfully maintained its monopoly by engaging in a relentless, worldwide campaign to coerce customers to refrain from dealing with AMD."

    There's nothing you can do, there was an Intel inside. The revelation of his presence sent some very bad signals which were chipping away your reputation.

  22. Brundlefly on Tiny Flyer Navigates Like Fly · · Score: 1

    Didn't we already learn that mixing flies and machines only leads to an unmitigated disaster?

  23. Pentium Computers Vulnerable?? on Pentium Computers Vulnerable to Attack? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Pentium Computers Vulnerable to Attack?

    YES! Nothing to see here, please move along.

  24. Microsoft Encarta Writes Oklahoma Evolution Law on Microsoft Helps Write Oklahoma's Anti-Spyware Law · · Score: 1

    The next thing you know, Microsoft will be writing Evolution into Oklahoma law, too.
    This could be the onset of a new great age of enlightenment, OK?

  25. I, for one, welcome Boot Camp for XP on Bunk Camp - Apple Gets It Wrong? · · Score: 1

    How else am I going to load MSPaint on my new MAC?

    But seriously, its a start to a having a computer that can and will run anything - so it is a good thing.