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  1. hidden assumption on US Says 4.3 Billion People Live With Bad IP Laws · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "without effective intellectual property protection" != "Bad IP laws"

    Just sayin'.

  2. Re:Generational turnover on Why Making Money From Free Software Matters · · Score: 1

    Honestly, if you spend our first date picking uncomfortably at the Japanese delicacies you ordered but can't bring yourself to taste, I'm at least 50% less likely to impregnate you.

  3. Re:Huh? on Sony Can Update PS3 Firmware Without Permission · · Score: 1

    Jesus christ, jump the gun much? I didn't say ANY of that shit.

    In fact, I even said that this particular conspiracy theory could easily be TRUE.

    But please, by all means, continue to make straw men and knock them down. It's making me take you way more seriously. I promise.

  4. Re:Counting people? Round up! on At Issue In a Massachusetts Town, the Value of Two-Thirds · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah, this strikes me as a pretty trivial problem to solve.

    If the process requires the approval of 2/3 of the voters or more, then the lowest whole number that satisfies this requirement is the lowest number of votes which can pass the motion.

    Fucking duh, Massachusetts.

  5. Re:Get it Back on After DNA Misuse, Researchers Banished From Havasupai Reservation · · Score: 1

    "Oops, one of the researchers fucked up the informed consent forms. All our results are thoughtcrime now. Better delete 'em before we get sued."

    Uh, yeah, that's how it always works.

    If you fucked up the informed consent forms, you don't have informed consent.

  6. Re:Huh? on Sony Can Update PS3 Firmware Without Permission · · Score: 1

    Though this particular theory may very well be true, using the word "sheeple" does not make you sound like any less of a conspiracy theorist.

  7. Re:Huh? on Sony Can Update PS3 Firmware Without Permission · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Your approach is silly and untenable, and tech vendors bank on that fact.

    Imagine how sales would soar if EB refused to sell you a product until you'd had the EULA explained to you in the store. If every customer actually practiced the "common sense" you're espousing, they would either spend all their time reading, or they would have to abstain from most of the tech market on principle.

  8. Re:Who cares? on Cox Discontinues Usenet, Starting In June · · Score: 1

    Does Comcast actually give you 20Mbps to the internet?

    Or do they give you 20Mbps to the CMTS, from which you share 100Mbps with 50 other subscribers?

  9. Re:Who cares? on Cox Discontinues Usenet, Starting In June · · Score: 3, Informative

    DSL is just as fast as cable, at least the way that residential providers do it.

    I mean, sure, technically speaking a DOCSIS HFC network has higher last-mile capacity than an equivalent DSLAM, but when have either cable or DSL speeds ever depended on anything other than the provider's oversubscription ratio?

    And as for television... Every internet connection comes with TV now.

  10. Re:Ready Pitchforks! on Steve Jobs Recommends Android For Fans of Porn · · Score: 1

    *whoosh*

  11. Re:Many eyes = problem? on Source Code To Google Authentication System Stolen · · Score: 1, Insightful

    that they weren't really relying on obscurity, rather the enemy now has that much better a chance of finding something they missed

    That's called relying on obscurity. If having the source code lets you find something Google missed, that means Google missed something.

  12. Re:its a step in the right direction on SEC Proposes Wall Street Transparency Via Python · · Score: 1

    I say Lisp. It's timelessly irrelevant.

  13. Re:No OOP on SEC Proposes Wall Street Transparency Via Python · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, depending on the language, sometimes you can shortcut access to the other person's privates using 'friend' functions.

  14. Re:What is the sound of one hand coding? on Why Computer Science Students Cheat · · Score: 1

    Most papers I've ever written at university, had maximum length requirements.

  15. Re:The fatal flaw is: on Fatal Flaw Discovered In Invisibility Cloaks · · Score: 2

    As far as anyone's sensors were concerned, that'd light you up like a Christmas tree.

  16. Re:The fatal flaw is: on Fatal Flaw Discovered In Invisibility Cloaks · · Score: 5, Funny

    This solution will never work.

    No one has even suggested routing extra power to the main deflector array yet.

  17. Re:is this suspicious? on Why Computer Science Students Cheat · · Score: 1

    i+=1 isn't taken yet?

  18. Re:What is the sound of one hand coding? on Why Computer Science Students Cheat · · Score: 1

    "At least 1000 lines"

    What a weird requirement for a programming assignment. I can't imagine a boss ever asking an employee for this.

    Actually, I guess I can. Ugh.

  19. Re:Am I the only one.... on Oracle Wants Proof That Open Source Is Profitable · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Way to flip it around on me! I didn't see that coming.

    Good thing I only said "If I was", speaking on behalf of no one except me.

    (furthermore, though I am indeed a guy, my previous comment gave you no reason to conclude that I wasn't merely a girl who already had an account. You got lucky.)

  20. Re:Am I the only one.... on Oracle Wants Proof That Open Source Is Profitable · · Score: 1

    If I was a girl browsing slashdot and thinking about creating an account, you would've just changed my mind for me.

  21. Re:And The Flip Side ... on Oracle Wants Proof That Open Source Is Profitable · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Really, the time to deliberate about whether open source projects can be profitable, is before you buy out a bunch of open source projects.

  22. Re:What's his Slashdot name? on 3rd Grader Accused of Hacking Schools' Computer System · · Score: 1

    CmdrTaco, obviously.

    9-year-olds love tacos.

  23. Re:you can't seriously be defending childs on 3rd Grader Accused of Hacking Schools' Computer System · · Score: 1

    there's such a thing as taking pride in your work... then there is psychotically remaining attached to your work and assuming you and you alone can forever more decide how your work is used

    you should be arguing about copyrights before Congress.

  24. Re:More likely, on 3rd Grader Accused of Hacking Schools' Computer System · · Score: 1

    Hah. I remember those lame-ass win95/98 "kiosk" mods. I think my school used one called FoolProof.
    No actual program execution control or permissions policies, they just disabled some UI elements (like the Incredible Vanishing Start Menu) and hoped that no teenager had ever used a CLI before.

  25. Re:More likely, on 3rd Grader Accused of Hacking Schools' Computer System · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, preteens ain't got any skillz unless they've coded their own sploit. I bet this kid doesn't even know how to write kernel patches. What a retard.