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  1. Re:Yawn on Theaters Unhappy About Faster DVD Releases · · Score: 1
    We left the container and a pile of bones behind; I'm sure the cleaning crew was non-thrilled.


    So your the Jack Ass who left that!

    Slightly Off-Topic Note>
    This post was posted using the Slashdotter 1.2.2 Firefox extension. My first time. It is almost perfect, I just wish it opened the reply in new tab.
  2. Re:Small steps or large leaps on First Steps Toward Artificial Gravity · · Score: 1

    Keep in mind that while computers do some very amazing things on the high end, the vast majority of people associate their usefullness with sending a picture of little Billy to grandma on his birthday.

    I'll give you that. Sorry if I sounded touchy.

  3. Re:Small steps or large leaps on First Steps Toward Artificial Gravity · · Score: 1

    Besides, space travel is not the only place that artificial gravity would be useful. How about gyms.

    Really? No, really? Are gyms the best you can come up with? No foam metal, no ultra perfect crystals, no new drugs or other chemicals? I can assure you, no matter how cheap this tech becomes (if it is even real), it will still be way more expensive than adding and subtracting iron plates.

  4. Re:Security Measures? on Download-to-own Films Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    Security measures will make it impossible to e-mail the film to somebody else

    Ok, I may or may not have downloaded a bunch of movies from bitTorrent, but I will say this; I have never, ever emailed a 4 gig file!

  5. Safe Browsing on Highly Critical Hole Found in IE · · Score: 1

    Did anyone notice this line in the blog that was attached to the orginal posting?

    We're going to continue to look into this but remind you also that safe browsing practices can help here, like only visiting trusted websites, etc.
    -- Technet

    So, I guss we should all avoid serch engines and just stick to our bookmarks for a while, huh.
    When I say we, I mean those of you still using IE...fools.

  6. Re:hmm on DoJ Following Porn Blocker Advances? · · Score: 1

    So does it filter out Rubens[?] Would Michelangelo's David be filtered out[?] How about anatomy/autopsy pictures?

    To answer your questions: yes, yes, yes, and even pumpkins too!

  7. Re:Virus? I think not. on RFID & Viral Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    So, um, yeah. Maybe, just maybe, you should RTFA. I know, I know. Pipedream.

    Hangs head in shame

    I apologize to you and the rest of the /. community. I will refrain from posting for 24 hours, starting now.

  8. Re:Virus? I think not. on RFID & Viral Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    Yes, if it could some how insturct the reader to copy instructions to other tags, then yes, I would define that as a virus. But that takes more than just simply sending an SQL injection or over running some buffer. Tags can be build for read/write, so this could become a possiblily.

  9. Virus? I think not. on RFID & Viral Vulnerability · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I understand that a virus could preform an SQL injection or a buffer over run, but these activities are not what defines a virus.

    In computer security technology, a virus is a self-replicating program that spreads by inserting copies of itself into other executable code or documents...-Wikipedia

  10. Re:Television is changing on A Look at IPTV · · Score: 0

    "Wow there's nothing but shite on TV isn't there?"

    But we all still flip through the channels a second, third, and fourth time before finally settling on either the History Channel, or the Food Network.

    -Thanks for all the cheese.

  11. Everyone Hates DRM, but.... on France To Force iTunes to Open to Other Players? · · Score: 0

    Everyone agrees that DRM is bad, but I don't think that Apple should be forced to help consumers defeat it. France could simply say that they will not enforce Apples copyright status unless they make alternate formats available.

    IMHO, companies should either have copyright status OR use DRM, but not both. I know that there are problems with this idea too, but it is better than what we currently have.

  12. Can we say... on Stealth Sharks to Patrol the High Seas · · Score: 0

    LASER!

  13. So if I buy my CDs from Canada... on Canada's CD Tax Out of Hand? · · Score: 0

    So if I buy my blank CDs from Canada, Can I legally illegally-download music here is the States?

  14. Math? on We Don't Need No Stinkin' Broadband · · Score: 0

    FTA:

    45% Too Expensive
    30% Just don't want it
    14% Dial up is adequate
    10% Can't get it
    05% Too complicated
    05% Don't know


    Even my math isn't that bad!

  15. Re:Although this seems "reasonable" in light of th on Google Delists BMW-Germany · · Score: 0

    The poor people that can't figure out that the BMW web site is www.bmw.com. To be honest if they can't figure that one out, then they can't be bright enough to afford a new BMW (can you guess the ones for Holden and Ford).

    The blocked URL is www.bmw. de , jack ass. I can only assume that you do not drive new BMW either.

  16. Re:Dynamic Demand on Smart Power · · Score: 0

    My utility company offers this devise for air conditioners. If you sign up for the devise, they offer a offer a small discount on your power bill. I have thought about it, but I feel that it is un-tested and I can imagine the headaches that could be involved. Maybe once the idea is wide spread, I will think about it again. However I don't want to be the guinea pig, especially in the heat of southern United States.

    Honestly, even if this did become widespread, I still don't like the idea of someone at some remote location having the ability to control what appliances I am using.

  17. MTV != Music on Microsoft and MTV to Launch Music Service · · Score: 0

    What does MTV have to do with music these days?

  18. Violating Patents! on Apple Is Accused of Violating Software Patent · · Score: 0

    I'm going to patent a process by which a set of exclusive rights is granted by a government to an inventor or applicant.

    This will stop the patent office in it's tracks!!!

  19. mammoth on Australian Science Makes the Regenerating Mouse · · Score: 0

    mammoth ...I thought you said mouse?

  20. Re:TFA indicates it is flawed on 'Uncrackable' Document and Product Security? · · Score: 0

    I don't see how this will be very efficient for wide spread use. For example, this would not help prevent the counterfeiting of money. Currently here in the US, and I assume other countries as well, paper currency is validated by cretin characteristics. Of course, these characteristics could by copied. But in order to fingerprint each bill it would require massive amounts of data storage and associated cost.

    Storeowners will likely not have the means to compare every single bill with the national currency database.

  21. Re:"certificates" on Microsoft's 10-year-old Certified Professional · · Score: 0

    I bet you could train a monkey to get a Micr0$oft Cert1ficat3 - but you still wouldn't hire them or give them a position of authority and responsibility.

    If you worked where I work, you would know that they can, they would, and they do!

  22. ...at distances of 6 to 60 kilometers on 107 Cameras to Scan Discovery for Damage · · Score: 0

    Whats this? NASA is using metric?

  23. Others have promised to respond soon. on AMD Subpoenas to Stop Document Destruction · · Score: 0

    ...As soon as we take out the trash!

  24. Re:Catching up using eye candy? on Longhorn Preview · · Score: 0

    From the image in the article, it appears to be more translucent than transparent.

    Examples of transparent materials are air and some other gases, liquids such as water, most glasses, and plastics such as Perspex. Transparent materials can be seen through; that is, they allow clear images to pass. Translucent materials allow light to pass through them only diffusely, and hence cannot be clearly seen through. Examples of translucent materials are frosted glass, paper, and some kinds of amber.

  25. weight != mass!!! on Planet Discovered with a Massive Core · · Score: 0

    ...weighs roughly equal to that of Saturn...

    Anything's weight could be roughly equal to that of Saturn, given the correct gravitational force! I think mass would be a better unit in this example.