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  1. Re:It's a numbers game on Why Is US Grad School Mainly Non-US Students? · · Score: 1

    $75,000 per year? The most expensive schools in the states tend to be private ones, and their tuition is usually closer to $35,000 per year, and no residency checks, everyone gets charged full

  2. Re:They still don't give the exact byte downloadli on Comcast Slightly Clarifies High Speed Extreme Use Policy · · Score: 1

    My Canadian ISP (Videotron) doesn't have a limit on the specific plan I bought (which is why I bought it). I haven't found another ISP without a limit, so I'll be sticking with this one. Anyone know of any other (local or national) ISPs which offer no limit plans?

  3. Re: your sig on Eavesdropping Didn't Help Uncover Terrorist Plot · · Score: 1

    I'm actually pretty sure he voted against the law making those pay raises automatic too.

  4. Re:Wow! What an innovative idea! on New Way of Extending Satellite Life Saves Millions · · Score: 1
    If it starts sucking air,

    It's in space. If it starts sucking vacuum, it's gonna break. Space makes things harder than just your car. Also, there are no service stations up there.

  5. Re:Wow on Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act · · Score: 1

    The point was that no such law can be passed and enforced. The 4th Amendment overrides anything congress can do short of proposing an amendment to the states.

  6. Re:Wow! What an innovative idea! on New Way of Extending Satellite Life Saves Millions · · Score: 1

    The tanks can refuel each other, so at the beginning of the mission you can easily fix the issue, the problem here is that it is difficult to tell if a tank is at 10% or 5%, so measuring where the fuel needs to go is very tricky.

  7. Re:Did a test like this years ago on Financial Services Firms Simulate Flu Pandemic · · Score: 2, Insightful

    and how does it work when one the person who is sent home is the one who is the guy who says yes or no to things or has the passworks do people who are still working brake the rules to get there job done even if that means that you have to hack a password.

    It means that your disaster recovery is very bad, and the organization should give more people access to the recovery tools needed for these things.

  8. Re:Good job Google on Google Re-Refunds Video Purchases · · Score: 1

    No, it means that if the credit card you bought the videos with expired, they'll need a new one to credit it to, otherwise it's impossible to give you a credit card refund.

  9. Re:Microsoft might be a monopolist... on Microsoft Moves in on the Graphics Market · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry, but in a professional context, PDFs aren't sufficient. Photoshop/Dreamweaver/Indesign files are massive, and for a reason. The 100x150 pixel image on the page is stored in the file at it's full 1000x1500 glory somewhere back there, so that when I have to enlarge it, it doesn't get all pixelated. A page image can be useful, but if you're going to be doing editing on multiple pieces of software, you need the full file, losslessly compressed. Oh, and I'm a newspaper editor in an Adobe/Mac shop.

  10. Re:Why not both? on Netflix Makes It Easy To Reach a Human · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think the point was that in addition to using only phone, they don't make you wait 1/2 hour to speak to someone, or get shunted from dept to dept.

  11. Re:Novell could go that way too on Novell Proclaims 'We're Not SCO' and We Won't Sue · · Score: 1

    The reassurance we have against Novell suing Linux users if they go down is that they are a massive distributor of Linux, and any suit they brought would be thrown out on grounds of unclean hands.

  12. Re:Contempt of court? on RIAA Short on Funds? Fails to Pay Attorney Fees · · Score: 1

    Yes, but as the summary said, it needs to go into judgment first. There's a process to this.

  13. Re:It's a Tactic on YouTube Begins Defense, Seeks Depositions · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They can use it to allege unclean hands. If Viacom is taking Google IP, and Google is taking Viacom IP, neither might be able to successfully sue. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unclean_hands

  14. Re:state==public domain? on DUI Defendant Wins Source Code to Breathalyzer · · Score: 1
    Evidence given to the defense in discovery (what TFA is about) is not released to the public in cases like this. If the defendant or his lawyers leaked it they could be sued. What this means is that he can look at it, his lawyer can look at it, and expert witness(es) can look at it.

    Now as far as the argument that the source code is state property. A. That doesn't make it public domain. Works of the federal government are public domain, works of state governments may or may not be depending on that state's law. B. If this state has such a law, then the source code must have been written by state employees performing their official duties. Oh, and the state will lose the suit to keep the source secret, because it is NOT theirs.

    IANAL, but I talked to one about this.

  15. Re:Vast exaggeration on Bank Run in Second Life · · Score: 1
    There is no requirement to accept USD, or anything else, as payment.

    No. Pull out a $1 bill. It says "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private." This means that if you're accepting payment for something in the United States, one of the means of payment MUST be US dollars.

    You can accept bunny rabbits as payment, but you must accept US dollars, and that's why US dollars are valuable.

  16. Re:Why is this here now? on Apple Updates iMac, iLife, .Mac · · Score: 1

    It could be a heat thing. High up air is less dense and doesn't conduct heat as well. So if you ran your mac mini at 100% processor usage at 12k feet, it might overheat, even though the same usage at 2000 ft wouldn't cause an overheat. Mac mini doesn't have an external vent fan so it can be more sensitive.

  17. Re:Backstop that lock... on The Study of Physical Hacks at DefCon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I would never want one of these signs. It seems like it would attract many criminals whose intent was to steal my gun.

  18. Re:Very wierd that the richest country in on US Paperless Voting Bill Advances · · Score: 1

    Illegal as that may be, secret ballots have other implications too. If I call my congressman's office advocating against, say HR 42, which would regulate the sales of science fiction novels, I don't want to have my opinion discarded cause I voted for the other guy in the last election. The above bill is fictional and is a lame reference to Hitchhikers' Guide To the Galaxy.

  19. Re:The evil CDT on Senate Committee Passes FCC Indecency Bill · · Score: 1

    I would like to see a fine applied to your post. I have a big problem with your use of the integer "N" because it's the first letter of one of the forbidden words. Please use a more neutral integer in the future; say, "X".

    Oh wait you can't use X either...

    Xylophone?

  20. Re:Stylus? on Open Source Linux Phone Goes On Sale · · Score: 1

    It's probably for a few reasons, and some of which I would agree with. One, multitouch is patented by Apple, so emulating it exactly would be illegal, and they have to find a way to do it that isn't in violation of Apple's patent. Two, (while IANASD and could be wrong) X11 and all the other components of standard linux interfaces are designed with a keyboard (not here) or single point (mouse) interface. I'd much rather run rock-solid X with a stylus than crashy Moko-X with fingers. And from reading their website, it's semi-finger, semi-stylus, depending on the app. Also, of course, you could just change it to be fingers for everything (and have to type everything 10 times).

  21. Re:What's up with bill attachment anyway? on NH Signs Bill That Rejects Federal Real ID · · Score: 1

    The reason it can be done is that as long as it's not in violation of the constitution (and even then, it's just unenforcable), Congress can put any content they want into any bill. The committee chairs in each house have massive discretion to add or remove irrelevant legislation from "must pass" bills. They can be removed by an amendment in the full House or Senate, but that's difficult.

  22. Re:Frist Post... on NH Signs Bill That Rejects Federal Real ID · · Score: 1
    If a state would enact a law that withholds all taxes of every kind collected from its citizens, especially income tax, there is nothing the Feds could do short of taking over that state's government by military force or other draconian measures.

    Such a law would be massively unconstitutional, as the Constitution (amended) allows the Feds to collect income tax without state interference. Nice idea, but totally unworkable.

  23. Standing on DOJ Accidentally Gives Lawyer Wiretap Transcript · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Well, this is proof of standing, the question now is will the court consider it admissible?

  24. Re:I call BS on MS Moves R&D To Canada Due To Immigration Problem · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I have looked into Canadian Immigration, as a foreign student there, and it can be difficult for unskilled/lower skill labourers to get in, for the people MS would want to recruit, it would not be a problem. You need 67 points on a 100 point scale. A college degree gets you about 20, a job offer 15, knowledge of English 16, being 21-35 gets you 10. That's 61, take some French classes and you're in.

  25. Re:What this really means on Ubuntu Dell $50 Cheaper Than Vista Dell · · Score: 1

    Dell will however package a Canonical support package with your purchase if you choose to pay them.