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  1. Re:does that include on Spain Adds 'Copyright Tax' to Blank Media · · Score: 3, Funny
    It's inversely proportional to sales... If you don't sell many copies, it must be pirates. Hell, if you're unable to make it into the charts you must be suffering, here have some tax.
    I don't even have an album. I'm gonna be fucking rich!!!
  2. Re:This is a good thing. on Spain Adds 'Copyright Tax' to Blank Media · · Score: 3, Insightful
    And if you don't like the tax, buy harddrives. They are cheap, less likely to fail, and a lot easier to use.

    Can you play hard drives on your TV or in your car? Can you mail them to your grandma or give them to your friends? Can you distribute them at a concert to promote your band, or at a convention to promote your indie game? You could, but it would be stupid and expensive. Recordable disks are very well suited for these purposes and there is no replacement yet.

  3. Re:Simple solution on Font Raid Spells Trouble for Publisher · · Score: 1

    Well, yours is in "DejaVu Sans Mono".

  4. Re:RMS says Flash is no longer an issue on RMS Calls to Liberate Cyberspace · · Score: 1

    Both of those you mentioned run fine under Linux with flash 7.

  5. Did they consider on Internet to Blame for Lack of Close Friends · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That maybe people use the Internet because they don't have any friends?

  6. Re:Good luck with that on DefectiveByDesign Supporters to Call on RIAA Execs · · Score: 1
    A good test for statements like this is to imagine yourself in the room with the artist, composer, author, or programmer whose work you're pirating, and explaining to them in person that you simply have no option but to pirate their work.
    I wouldn't do that, I would hand them a ten dollar bill for every album of theirs that I've downloaded.
  7. Re:Ugh. Why can't they just post the damn numbers on DefectiveByDesign Supporters to Call on RIAA Execs · · Score: 1

    He's not talking about the regular phone book. You don't have a copy of it.

  8. Re:This is to be expected on Library Chief Criticized for Requiring Subpoena · · Score: 1

    Just because their main suspect was proven innocent doesn't mean that there was no crime committed. It just means it wasn't him that did it.

  9. Re:No different than Dell/McAfee on AOL Tries New Tactic to Keep Customers · · Score: 1

    Unless you're behind a firewall on your network, I don't believe you.

  10. No they don't on Microsoft Workers Prefer Google · · Score: 4, Interesting
    The vast majority of computers at Google are Linux boxes. They give us a laptop also, and we get to choose between a Mac Powerbook and an IBM Thinkpad.
    Most people are Linux-only
    http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-06-15-n22 .html
  11. We get signal !! on Laptop Explodes at Japanese Conference · · Score: 1

    Main screen blow up :(

  12. Re:Ok, I was interested before but now.... on Wii-mote In Action · · Score: 2, Funny
    Once you have them hooked, they no longer yell at you to get off the damn computer and spend time with them.
    Yeah. And now my mom tells me to get off the GameCube so she can play Animal Crossing.
  13. Re:This is almost useless on UBC Engineers Reach Mileage Of Over 3000 MPG · · Score: 1

    But you have to actually start building prototypes for consumer models, instead of just making another lab car. The science does us no good if it is not applied in a real-world situation.

  14. Re:How about an API on Opera 9.0 Released · · Score: 1

    For Linux, I like to use Konqueror in KDE and Epiphany in Gnome because they both integrate well with other apps in the desktop environment. Konq has got a couple more features than the clean Firefox along with extension support, and Epiphany (based on Firefox) has a few converted extensions including Greasemonkey.

  15. Re:That's great! on Evolution installer for Win32 Released · · Score: 1

    The Evolution website says GroupWise (not free) works, and mentions a project for OpenGroupware.org compatability. This article also says people are implementing GroupDAV to make it work with servers including OpenGroupware.org and Citadel.

  16. Re:Too little, too late on Gates' Replacement says Microsoft Must Simplify · · Score: 1

    You know, they're removing some legacy support from Vista in an attempt to simplify. Those old apps might not work. I would get one of the betas and test it out, if it's not good start looking for a new solution fast.

  17. Re:MS Resources come with bagage! on Gates' Replacement says Microsoft Must Simplify · · Score: 1

    You paid $1500 for something that wasn't "remotely considered" top-of-the-line? You must have a job or something. If I had $1500 to spend, I would definitely buy something that could give a top-of-the-line desktop a run for its money.

  18. Re:Hmm, on Microsoft, Massachusetts, and IT · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I take that as a challenge. Imagine this:

    No. 2 pencils are the only kind of pencil anybody has. They're expensive though - about $50 for the cheaper models, and the ones with erasers go for $100 or more. And they are only manufactured by a monopoly that has complete control of the market, as far as most people are concerned.

    Little do most people know, you can go online and place an order to get a different kind of pencil mailed to you - for free. They also take suggestions. Because of all the suggestions, they're nice pencils - a durable plastic shell, soft rubber grip, and even a little clip to put them on things. And you never have to sharpen them, just refill them every once in a while instead of using up the pencil.

    But these are a little more complicated. The whole refilling proccess. And you have to push a button - usually the high-quality eraser - to get the lead to come out. And that means if you press hard while you're erasing, a bit of lead comes out then too.

    The big regular-pencil monopoly tries to keep the other guys down. They fund studies and have ads that proclaim thier pencil to be the best and easiest to use. They sell paper that the other pencils don't write on and claim that the free pencils are incompatible on purpose when anyone asks. At one point, you couldn't buy paper without paying for one of thier pencils too. And they give free pencils to the schools - most people don't bother learning how to refill the other kind once they know how to use the monopoly's pencils, even if they hate the monopoly. The company leaders love it - common laziness keeping the rich people rich.

  19. Re:Best looking 2D game ever... on 5 Gorgeous 2D Games · · Score: 1
    Are there plans to release it on DS, because that would be PERFECT.
    They are no longer plans. It's called Worms: Open Warfare. Apparently it wasn't that great :(
  20. PARENT IS TROLL on GoDaddy Holds Domains Hostage · · Score: 0, Troll

    64.233.166.178 - Server's IP
    178.166.233.64 - Your checked IP

    Nice try, troll. You're on my foes list.

  21. Re:Wiping disks... on A New Technique to Quickly Erase Hard Drives · · Score: 0
    1. Yes you can.
      The Department of Defense has a standard for securely erasing drives, they specify at least seven times (IIRC). Even then, someone very determined could still recover a little bit.
    2. That takes forever.
      It takes several hours to repeatedly write over an entire drive with random data.
  22. Sig on Yahoo China has the Worst Filtering Policy · · Score: 1

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  23. Re:Living with the danger you know on Jack Thompson's Violent Game Bill Signed Into Law · · Score: 1

    Yes, if you count all tornadoes within a hundred-mile radius. Most people are only ever affected by a tornado once in thier lives - in fact, I've lived in Texas since I was born and I've never seen one. The frequency is effectively the same.

  24. Re:Well, it appears to be working on Google to Launch Government Search Site · · Score: 1

    If you actually read the results, most of it is pages with phrases like "we do not distribute phone numbers" or "we do not distribute samples". But there are a few actual files that appear to be distributed incorrectly; right on the front page is a .doc that says "FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY - DO NOT DISTRIBUTE". It appears to just be a report on logistics.

  25. Re:Cliché on Trojan Compromises Oregon Taxpayers · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You won't get it. You didn't actually make a joke.