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  1. Re:If I had mod points, I would mod that up on US Immigration Bill May Bring a National Biometric ID Card · · Score: 1

    No, you have to imply it instead.

  2. Re:When they came for the iPhone users on Jobs Says No Tethering iPad To iPhone · · Score: 1

    Maybe it was tied to rebooting and not the network settings modification....

  3. Re:You get what you pay for? on Jobs Says No Tethering iPad To iPhone · · Score: 1

    ...by doing what everyone else does!

  4. Re:Reminds me of broadband internet in the beginni on Gas Wants To Kill the Wind · · Score: 1

    It's more reasonable for the Federal government to build out the infrastructure, then charge them a portion of the money they make using said infrastructure.

  5. Re:It could be related to ACTA, or. . . on Major ISPs Help Fund BitTorrent User Tracking Research · · Score: 1

    A contract allowing a third-party to shoot your dog does not forfeit any inalienable rights. Domestic animals are property, and can be killed ("put to sleep") by the owner, or anyone granted permission by the owner. A contract is a perfectly valid way to grant such permission.

    Except you'd be charged with animal cruelty (you're not a vet with a syringe, remember?) in this case, if you were the one shooting my dog. You'd also likely be charged with some sort of illegal euthanasia (again, you're not a vet), and potentially a host of other crimes involving the firearm (permit to own a gun in general, permit to own particular model of firearm (2 separate permits in jersey), permit to carry, the ammunition of said firearm (jersey, and likely another state or 2, require this separately from the gun permits), and the manner of use of the firearm (you have a permit for hunting, not for shooting a dog. they also don't appreciate you shooting in the backyard of your suburb, either.), if you didn't have licenses and permits for all of those things.

    I also wouldn't think the cops would leave any stone unturned in the investigation, as many of them likely own dogs and wouldn't ever want you near theirs, and would like very much to send you to jail for what you did.

  6. Re:Sooo... let's see on Why Broadband In North America Is Not That Slow · · Score: 1

    The New York metropolis (from Boston to Washington DC) alone about the size of Japan. Ponder that.

  7. Re:No sympathy on Ubisoft's Authentication Servers Go Down · · Score: 1

    Expecting people to finish their sentences is.

  8. Re:bundle fees have to end on ABC Pulls Channels From Cablevision · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think GP was referring to "pick channels individually" rather than "pay per time watched on a given channel".

  9. Re:It may suck now... on Why Broadband In North America Is Not That Slow · · Score: 0

    If by "waste your tax dollars" you mean "keep my grand kids from being as competitive in a global marketplace so they don't have as much income so they don't pay as much in taxes".

    Internet speeds are relatively important to grow an economy, which is exactly what we need to do. Internet speeds lead to increased efficiency in business, which makes us, as a country, stronger.

  10. Re:Sooo... let's see on Why Broadband In North America Is Not That Slow · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It because the raw amount of nearly totally empty area we have in the US is staggering. You guys have a little bit of Montana......we have Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Kansas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, North and South Dakota, Iowa.......and we have more than just that.

  11. Re:Well... on Why Broadband In North America Is Not That Slow · · Score: 1

    Every place in the US has two wired options maximum: 1 DSL and 1 cable. Technically, you can get more options on DSL. However, if Verizon is the local TelCo, any other companies pay to "rent" lines from Verizon, and almost always are more expensive for the speed.

  12. Re:It's the freeloaders time on Ars Technica Inveighs Against Ad Blocking · · Score: 1

    I don't know what crack you're smoking, but I have no-ad privileges here on /. from karma, and I still pay for a subscription occasionally because I like the site that much.

  13. Re:It's the freeloaders time on Ars Technica Inveighs Against Ad Blocking · · Score: 1

    +1 insightful. Most people don't realize this is something many marketers consider, especially in established companies or with established brands.

  14. Re:Display models? on Some Newegg Customers Received Fake Intel Core i7s · · Score: 1

    Someone stupid didn't notice the chips were fake after getting them from a distributor who stupidly bought them without inspection from a malicious grey market seller.

  15. Re:Video Games on Some Newegg Customers Received Fake Intel Core i7s · · Score: 1

    Posts like these need a limit of +10 instead of +5.

  16. Re:Video Games on Some Newegg Customers Received Fake Intel Core i7s · · Score: 1

    Megaman had to foreshadow his rise to awesome by screwing over Link and other RPG characters.

  17. Re:Evolution on Why Paying For Code Doesn't Mean You Own It · · Score: 1

    And I paraphrase nschubach: "Wow, because it's easy to copy a book (unbind + photocopier), a VHS, a DVD, a CD, a program, and the logo on my corporate letterhead, there's no copyrights allowed ever on any of them!"

  18. Re:ZFS sidesteps the whole RAID controller problem on Wear Leveling, RAID Can Wipe Out SSD Advantage · · Score: 1

    OMFG you used alot of acronyms WTF man?

  19. Re:Paypal and fraud... on PayPal Freezes Cryptome's Account · · Score: 1

    Good luck finding many viable global competitors to Paypal.

  20. Re:Paypal AUP only states sales of infringing good on PayPal Freezes Cryptome's Account · · Score: 1

    I hope you weren't referring to the first statement, because regardless as to TOS, they can choose not to do business with any given customer.

  21. Re:What's a Paypal? on PayPal Freezes Cryptome's Account · · Score: 1

    What? You do realize that the main reason for banks collapsing was because they took those loans, then decided to make all sorts of products out of them (bundling them together with better loans and selling as a package, making products similar to stock derivatives out of those packages, repackaging them into bigger packages, etc.), then since they couldn't "pull apart" the bad assets from the good, they got stuck with all of them, and couldn't pay the bigger banks the money they got loaned to buy these bundles, and then failed, right?

  22. Re:Look out Monday morning on Why Paying For Code Doesn't Mean You Own It · · Score: 1

    Ever heard the sound of WOOOSH?

  23. Re:Evolution on Why Paying For Code Doesn't Mean You Own It · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In these cases, not more than one copy of the book is in existence; I've only given you the book to use, without keeping the ability to use it myself.

    If I copy Photoshop, there's 2 copies of Photoshop. If I let someone borrow my hard drive, and they just USE the Photoshop install, then there's only 1 copy floating around, assuming no copying has taken place.

  24. Re:Human moment on Microsoft Sends Flowers To Internet Explorer 6 Funeral · · Score: 1

    "Not Suing" is much different than "Not Suing + Joining In".

  25. Re:Two screens not better than one. on Microsoft "Courier" Pictures · · Score: 1

    LOL. Designed not just for businesspeople, but successful ones. ;-)

    Its not funny, it's true. You think they market their devices to businesses that fail, so that they have no userbase in a year after launch?