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  1. What am I missing? on More Voting Shenanigans in Florida · · Score: 1

    1. The elections haven't taken place yet. So how could this story be correct?
    2. A search of the Miami Herald site -- the cited source -- does not turn up a similar story.

    Am I missing something here?

  2. Re:Why don't I ever get these calls? on How To Sue the Auto Dialers · · Score: 1

    For a thankfully brief period of my life (teenager at the time) I was doing telemarketing. I discovered then that there are reverse-lookup phone books, where all phone numbers -- organized by street address within city -- are available, even unlisted numbers.

  3. Re:AI for spam?! on Bot Nets Behind Recent Spam Surge · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, it's not largely done in XP. Last I checked, it's still possible yield control of your computer by clicking on a popup box while in IE. Likewise, I can still install a malicious program from within Firefox, albeit with a couple more clicks.

    I really don't blame Microsoft (or Mozilla) for this; if a user is bound and determined to do stupid things, they can't be stopped.

    The solution? Beats me. Shoot all the idiots, maybe?

  4. Re:So Much for IE7's Anti-Phishing on MySpace Accounts Compromised By Phishers · · Score: 1

    Another enlightened Myspace user...

  5. Re:Please upgrade BLINK on HTML to be 'Incrementally Evolved' · · Score: 1

    Way to go with the sense of humor!

  6. Re:woo, guess a few judges have read the law on Judge Says RIAA Can't Have Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    That's a bit disturbing to hear. Hopefully this latest development is a sign of things to come.

  7. Re:woo, guess a few judges have read the law on Judge Says RIAA Can't Have Hard Drive · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Yes, but the RIAA says this is the very first time this has happened to them. So I wouldn't diminish its significance. I predict that this decision will be the gold standard for future hard drive analyses in the RIAA v. Consumer litigations, and that the RIAA is not at all happy with it, since the RIAA's ability to manipulate the results of the analysis is greatly diminished. These are not the kind of lawyers that are on a quest for the truth.
    Isn't waht your implying enough to get the lawyers in question disbarred or at the very least censured? Do you really think that they've been willing to take that kind of risk on a regular basis?
  8. Re:not likely on Congressman Calls for Arrest of Security Researcher · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Is there no other way to point out that something may be easily forged besides actually creating a tool to forge it!?

    Come on software security researchers -- is there no other way to demonstrate exploits in Internet Explorer than to actually create and release the exploit code?!

    I mean seriously -- isn't this the same question in a different wrapper?

  9. From the headline on EMI Exec Says 'The Music CD is Dead' · · Score: 1

    I thought that someone in the industry had bought a clue. Then I RTFA.

    Ah, well.

  10. Our uber advanced filter here at work... on Dirtiest Jobs in Science · · Score: 3, Funny
    .. it picked up on the word "dirty" in the headline and told me:
    Under the current [company name deleted] Information Technology Risk standards, a request for http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/Careers/10/26/cb.dirty. jobs/index.html is indicative of malicious activity. For more information regarding coporate [sic] policy, please refer to the following:

    Or maybe it was the word "careers" that tipped it off.

  11. Re:64-bit on Java To Be Opened For Christmas? · · Score: 1

    I wish that were more widely used -- generally offensiveness aside, the GP poster indirectly raised a valid point. The general perception of Java has suffered greatly because of early experiences that people have had, and continued (though dwindling) web-site usage that relies on plugins.

  12. Re:Business opportunity! on Hell.com Domain Name Up For Sale · · Score: 1

    Yeah. Count me in for a dollar.

  13. Re:I've never seen so many questions... on Microsoft's IE Team Leader Answers Slashdot Questions · · Score: 1

    Honest? Hell, I would have settled for lies as long as they were relevant to the questions being asked.

  14. Re:wtf? on Microsoft's IE Team Leader Answers Slashdot Questions · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I have reread that question and answer five times. I still fail to see the relation between the two.

  15. I've never seen so many questions... on Microsoft's IE Team Leader Answers Slashdot Questions · · Score: 1

    ...dodged in one place.

  16. Re:Its the support costs that are interesting on Oracle Linux Explored · · Score: 1

    Dude, what do you do to your dogs? I've had several, and not one (including some big breeds) has lived less than 12 years.

  17. Re:tell your girl... on Moore's Law For Razor Blades? · · Score: 1

    Shaving prevents hair in teeth issues for the guy, and -- I'm told -- provides a much more pleasurable general experience for the woman, as there's a whole lot of sensitive skin exposed. In addition hair tends to trap odors which -- while stimulating in mild degree -- can grow unpleasantly strong (up close, I mean) in the space of a few hours with clothing on, even for a well-groomed, healthy woman.

  18. Re:Damned liars ! on Moore's Law For Razor Blades? · · Score: 1

    I used to do that, but I realized that the running water over the freshly-shaved skin was making my face break out something awful (into my early twenties). I started shaving with shaving cream, and just wiping it off after instead of rinsing, and no problems ever since.

  19. Mod me funny... on Politicians Have Poor Grasp of Technology? · · Score: 4, Funny
    ... 'cause I'm gonna post "Series of Tubes" for the 15th time in this thread. Ready? Here goes:

    Series of tubes, anyone?

    Ha ha. That was funny.

  20. Re:Politicians Have Poor Grasp of Technology? on Politicians Have Poor Grasp of Technology? · · Score: 1
    Hatch criticized Moss's 18-year tenure in the Senate, saying that many Senators, including Moss, had lost touch with their constituents
    Silly rabbit, the corporations are the constituents.
  21. Re:64-bit on Java To Be Opened For Christmas? · · Score: 1

    Ahh, gotchya. I misunderstood, my bad.

  22. Re:64-bit on Java To Be Opened For Christmas? · · Score: 1

    Do you still use PHP? How quaint...

  23. Re:64-bit on Java To Be Opened For Christmas? · · Score: 1
    Why would anyone use Java unless forced to by some crappy web site?
    Good morning, did you know there's a whole world of server-side programming out there?
    For 99.9% of the world, the plugin is all that matters.
    I think you meant: For 99.9% of the end users, the plugin is all that matters.
  24. Re:64-bit on Java To Be Opened For Christmas? · · Score: 1
    Whenever I seem to need a little extra power, my computer seems to be stuck around 50% because whoever wrote the program (VB.Net Compiler) doesn't think that making threads is a good idea.
    I'm sorry -- I freely admit that this may be my ignorance of vb.net shining through -- but did you just blame the compiler for not putting threading logic in your code? Am I missing something here?
  25. Re:greater or lesser evil on Google Under Fire Over Racist Blogs · · Score: 1
    It reminds me of the 50's when you didn't agree with someone you'd call them a communist.
    Shut up, you commie bastard!