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  1. Re:Circle of violence on Home Defense, Geek Style? · · Score: 1

    Almost surely unarmed?

    Says who?

    Shooting doesn't mean killing. Owning a gun doesn't mean shooting.

  2. Re:Privacy in public on Chicago Pondering Huge Camera Network · · Score: 1

    There is no expectation of privacy in a public place as far as the law is concerned.

  3. Re:hmm, but is this really a good thing? on Faster Updates for DNS Root Servers Arrive · · Score: 1

    Why can they not cache it same as always? You do a lookup on a domain at X, you can keep it cached for X + however long you wish.

  4. Re:Why should I trust Real? on Ask RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser · · Score: 1

    The options for some of the stuff were all unchecked, unless you scrolled down, which were all checked "on" by default.

    That is one deceptive practice I remember Real doing. The other was that they were tracking users (UIDs) without consent very early on, before this then became the norm and took a LOT of heat for it.

  5. Re:Awesome idea on Tivo and Netflix Partner For DVDs on Demand · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You can already remotely schedule programs on your TiVo through the tivo.com web site. I would think that this "on demand" service would also be added to the remote scheduling options.

  6. Re:Um yourself on Make Money Fast · · Score: 1

    Really? Why don't you take a look at your bills sometime, as they all contain color shifting ink and have since the 1990s. The also have colored threads running through them. What used to be a universtal "greenback" is no longer so.

    Maybe you stare at too much porn and should have your eyes checked.

  7. Re:Obligatory USian Viewpoint on Make Money Fast · · Score: 1

    Um, current US currency (such as $20s) is far from the "green" you see on TV. Has been this way for a few years now.

  8. Re:source license revenue from where on SCO Caps Legal Expenses At $31 Million · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's a combination of EV1 revenue being booked and the fact that they now count "Unix licenses" in the deal since they give out a "Linux license" with every Unix purchase.

  9. Re:This is too good.... on Microsoft Funded Study Cinches 10yr Deal · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You also forgot MS' new strategy of lumping 2 or 4 or 40 security holes into one "vulnerability".

    Some OSS vendors do this too, but not to the same extent.

  10. Re:I think you're wrong JohnQPublic on Munich's Linux Migration Raises EU Patent Issues · · Score: 1

    I've never of heard of that happening with FOSS.

    If you can break the encryption scheme of these letters - (O S C) - I bet you have.

  11. Re:Bounces on the line and kicks up chalk... on Is Sveasoft Violating the GPL? · · Score: 1

    " Reasonable being no more than the cost of the media + distributing it."

    Where do you get that definition from?


    From the GPL? ..." for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution,"

  12. Re:Bounces on the line and kicks up chalk... on Is Sveasoft Violating the GPL? · · Score: 1

    Reasonable being no more than the cost of the media + distributing it. I think it would be hard to find an accountant that will show that as a $49 cost.

  13. Re:Bad Choice on Rendezvous Renamed to OpenTalk · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can hear the IT folks gripping.

    Yeah, well it's hard for us to find girls.

  14. Re:The Microsoft mentality on Cut-Rate Windows 'XP Starter Edition' in Thailand · · Score: 1

    No, abuse of monopoly position isn't free-anything. Not free market, not free trade, not free dom.

  15. Re:Doesn't mean people are happy with it... on Copy-protected CD Tops U.S. Charts · · Score: 5, Funny

    I cen see the tracks on the first album now...

    1. All Your Bass
    2. Hot Grits
    3. In Soviet Russia
    4. Dupe of Earl
    5. I'm a Cowboy (Neal)
    6. BSD is Dying
    6. ???
    7. Profit!!!

    As long as goatse isn't in the liner notes...

  16. Re:Linux is magically more secure on Lindows Allowed to Use Company Name in Holland · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Really? So all the holes in Outlook through the years haven't meant anything?

    And the fact that all home users were "root" by default prior to XP means nothing?

    And the fact that unless set up differently, even in XP the average user is "root" is not an issue?

    Suuuuuuuuuuuuuure....

  17. Re:The "superior" quote comes from Paul Thurrott.. on HP Working With Apple To Add WMA Support To iPod · · Score: 1

    Actually, he's running it inside of another Microsoft OS so as to sandbox the beta.

  18. Not Really New on RIAA Takes the Fight to the Streets · · Score: 1

    The NYPD has had an active anti-piracy campaign for years. I took part in a raid that included the NYPD, a couple of Feds and a handful of MPAA people on a place cloning videotapes in 1993-94. Maybe the RIAA has never done this type of thing before, but the MPAA was doing it a decade ago (or more). We also used to nab street vendors of CDs and videos w/o the MPAA or Feds involved.

  19. Re:No messy Dell battle on Microsoft Word Forms Passwords Hacked · · Score: 1

    Um, you don't download it, Dell sends it to you, with the quote information/pricing in unmodifiable fields so that comapnies can't tamper with it/change the pricing.

    While I don't think it is much of a concern, imagine what happens when things get automated the way MS wants and XML enabled services enable the exchange of the document, digitally signed via MS Passort, to constitute the agreement between the two. Edit your pricing, sign it with Passport, send it back to Dell, automatically processed, get 10% off without anyone blinking.

  20. Re:On other news... on Bob Young's Open Letter to SCO/Darl McBride · · Score: 1

    Insuring:

    2 : to make certain especially by taking necessary measures and precautions

  21. Re:Hrmm ? on Xandros version 2 · · Score: 1

    Why is the parent modded funny? Is this not what RH did for KDE apps when they went with Bluecurve?

  22. Re:Speculation for Nerds. Hardly matters. on Security Experts Doubt SCO's Claims of DoS · · Score: 1

    No, if it is a SYN attack as SCO claims, it can affect a single box, as a SYN attack will not necessarily use all your bandwidth. It may, but it may not.

  23. Re:ATF- what an odd agency... on Head Of ATF To Direct RIAA Anti-Piracy · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.atf.gov/about/history.htm

  24. Re:And it needs to be ... on California to Require Paper Voter Receipt · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No, a national standard for voting is a bad idea. It would allow a national exploit as well.

    It is much better, if more expensive, to allow counties to implement the voting system they see fit.

  25. Re:Attitude indeed on Brazil Moves Away From Microsoft · · Score: 1

    The bus is the transportation of choice for poor people. Ramen is the food of choice for poor people. Taco Bell is the restaurant of choice for poor people. Welfare is the lifestyle of choice for poor people.

    Where does that put linux?


    ...with Tux as a talking penguin riding in the back of the bus on his way to cash his welfare check while blabbering about Yo Quiero Ramen noodles?