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  1. You are no longer a Pirate on CRIA Admits P2P Downloading Legal in Canada · · Score: 3, Funny

    You are now an undocumented copier.

  2. Does Size Matter? on CRIA Admits P2P Downloading Legal in Canada · · Score: 1
    I wonder if storage capacity has had anything to do with changing attitudes.
    • Cassette Tape - copies 1 album
    • Compact Disc - copies ~12 albums (mp3)
    • Apple iPod - copies ~10,000 songs
    At 99 per song, I'm sure the average college student with an iPod, has spent $10,000 on iTunes, but perhaps the CRIA feels differently.
  3. Chastity Belt on How To Configure Real PC Parental Controls? · · Score: 1

    Simple methods can work for simple minds, but as the subject of control is now a teenager, more sophisticated methods will be required. My suggestion is self-control based upon the strength of the relationship, which means explaining beliefs (why), expectations (acceptable behavior), and consequences (the stick).

    Really now, there are no magic pills, and no magic software, that could possibly replace a human parent raising a human child. Or you could just say Fuck-it and let him be raised by daycare, then the public school system, and then finally the state correctional system.

  4. Re:Paper Trails Ranked By Value on Paper Trails Don't Ensure Accurate E-Voting Totals · · Score: 1

    Let me guess, you have never voted? It's pretty common for voters in the USA to show id when they vote so that the poll staff can verify that you are registered to vote and registered to vote at that polling location.
    Nope, worse than never voting, I live in California. If you pull out an ID, poll workers will tell you to put it away, refusing to look at it. Also, this last election I recieved my voter information in Spanish first, and had to wait two weeks for an English version to arrive, but that's another issue, maybe.
  5. Re:Paper Trails Ranked By Value on Paper Trails Don't Ensure Accurate E-Voting Totals · · Score: 1

    Voters should NEVER receive a receipt. Otherwise, people could be forced to vote for a certain candidate.
    I'm making an analogy ranking the value of paper trails. In voting (paper ballot/paper punchcard/etc) there should be a paper trail otherwise how do you do a legal recount when required?
  6. Then what do you think the topic is? on Electric Motorcycle Inventor Crashes at Wired Conference · · Score: 1

    Look at me! I can make off topic posts to push an agenda too :p
    Why do you think innovations are being sought with these new top-of-the-line batteries? Why do you think people are trying to promote their usage and safe design in a motorcycle? There is a lot of interest in alternate fuels, and more efficient means of transportation. Please don't think the topic is to make fun of the designer crashing :p
  7. Paper Trails Ranked By Value on Paper Trails Don't Ensure Accurate E-Voting Totals · · Score: 4, Funny

    High - When I buy anything with a credit card - (requires ID, receive receipt)
    Medium - When I get $20 out of an ATM - (requires ID, receive receipt)
    Low - When I buy a hamburger & fries - (no ID, receive receipt)
    Worthless - When I vote - (no ID, no receipt, no confidence)

  8. More License Terms on eBay Seller Sues Autodesk for $10 Million · · Score: 1

    Does the license still apply if I don't read the whole post. (You may have already answered this, but I just skimmed your post.)
    Yes. Partially reading the post, replying to, thinking about replying to, and not replying at all, all constitute your legal acceptance of the license. The terms of this license may by changed by us at anytime, but we have the responsibility to inform you of said changes, if we want to. If you want to take us to court, that is ok but you agree to only sue us in the one place on Earth that we say you can, which just happens to be the same place where we shopped around for a good judge. Have a nice day.
  9. Killa-Minivan on Electric Motorcycle Inventor Crashes at Wired Conference · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It doesn't matter if it'a KillaCycle, motorcycle, bicycle, or even a small car, because none of them are safe as long as they share the road with vehicles that are relatively so much more massive. If we want to realistically promote more efficient modes of transportation, then we should work to make the current hostile enviroments into safer ones.

    Before you flame, I'm aware he wasn't wearing a helmet, was showing off with a burn out, was riding an prototype vehicle, and that the minivan was a parked. But instead of addressing the rare occurance this incident was, I wanted to address a common occurance, and provide a solution that we could actually take steps toward achieving.

  10. Shrinkwrap License on eBay Seller Sues Autodesk for $10 Million · · Score: 5, Funny

    By reading this post you are agreeing that any posts you make are property of CowboyNeal, along with any devices used in manufacture and transfer of said posts. This includes your keyboard, computer, and that whole series of tubes called the internet.

    I apologize that this EULA isn't 50 pages long, and can be understood by a human being, but I'm not a real lawyer.

  11. By Specific Allegations on RIAA Complaint Dismissed as "Boilerplate" · · Score: 1

    do you mean that the initial complaint should list information like the song, artist, copyright holder, date, and time of infringement? If so, then I agree, but doubt it will be that hard for them to comply.

  12. Boilerplate level has always been sufficient on RIAA Complaint Dismissed as "Boilerplate" · · Score: 1

    I'd be interested in seeing exactly what constitutes their 'boilerplate' level of evidence. A third parties recorded snooping? Whatever it is, hasn't it been sufficient enough for most settlements and court proceedings, making this judgement a fluke, and not a new precedent?

  13. No updates on 'manual' on Microsoft Installs New Software Without Permission · · Score: 1

    I have my Automatic Updates (on XP) set to 'manual' (default is 'automatic') and my files are the older version (.374). But from the article it appears they aren't sure what process is intiating an update, and Microsoft hasn't revealed anything.

    I recall similiar things have happened before, and Microsoft claimed making a mistake, and I believe them as they would surely get caught, but it's really just another wakeup call about your own system security, and freedom to control your own computer.

  14. Define Available on FCC Says Analog TV Lives Until 2012 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is offering a proprietary converter box (digital to analog), for a nice monthly fee, going to qualify as available? That could mean that citizens wouldn't be allowed to purchase any third party devices, essentially enlarging cable operator monopolies.

  15. Typical Luck on Russia Tests World's Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Everytime I buy something it seems that only a month later a cheaper, faster, or larger version will appear. So I find it typical that as soon as an agreement is struck with North Korea, to identify and dismantle their nuclear programs, that in less than a month Russia is displaying a newer, cleaner (no radioactive contamination), and more powerful bomb.

    Maybe if enough of us complain, then we'll get $100 store credit.

  16. Slashdoters Just Don't Get It on Richard Stallman Proclaims Don't Follow Linus Torvalds · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's funny (or actually sad) to see people complain every day on Slashdot about Microsoft blackscreens, Sony rootkits, HDDVD/BluRay DRM, and Apple iLockedoutPhones when every single one of these issues is the freedom of the user being usurped by the company that sells it.

    How can these same people now not understand what a lack of freedom is? Why are they so willing to trade their freedom, for a lifetime of complaining on Slashdot about every company, politician, or government, when the only person that is truely at fault is themselves.

  17. Re:What about gaming systems? on Richard Stallman Proclaims Don't Follow Linus Torvalds · · Score: 2, Insightful

    GPLv3 seems to prevent measures to block cheaters.
    In a discussion about ethics and social values, some people consider their freedom more important than someones inability to imagine and consider alternative ways to play a video game.

  18. Soft Firewall + Hard Repercusions = Control on Is China's "Great Firewall" a Fraud? · · Score: 1
    These lines are from the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party

    The CCP uses both soft and hard methods concurrently. Sometimes they would be relaxed in some instances while strict in others, or they would be relaxed on the outside while stiff in their internal affairs. In a relaxed atmosphere, the CCP encouraged the expression of different opinions, but, as if luring the snake out of its hole, those who did speak up would only be persecuted in the following period of strict control.

    The West is familiar with a lighter form of the same technique, Dilbert calls it Management Lie #2: I have an open door policy
  19. kdawson Magnet Thread Here on Retailer Refuses Hardware Repair Due To Linux · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can we please start keeping all posts regarding kdawson in a single thread? That way he won't overload the server, while using the search function to troll for his name.

    <voice=Shatner>KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKDAWSON!!!</voice>

  20. Then Apple Should Buy 3 Cars on Canadian Bureaucrats Don't "Think Different" · · Score: 1

    Seriously, unless the meter prices are great enough that parking spaces go unused, then they aren't reducing any traffic. This begs the question (i'm sorry begs-the-question purists) but why would they want people to purchase Apple products from USA Apple online, instead of facilitating and promoting their own local economy?

  21. How About A Home P2P Network First on Swedish Company Trials Peer-to-Peer Cellphones · · Score: 1

    I would like to see a p2p wifi network, but not neccessarily on portable phones first, but instead on home computers. You'd think that scenario would be easier to create, maintain, and depend upon, but I guess the demand isn't there yet. I'm thinking the driver for such a change might come from a lack of net neutrality, where people are not only throttled in their communications, but cut off entirely.

  22. Check Out The Control Group on Brain Differences In Liberals and Conservatives · · Score: 0

    They used Ron Paul. And while he refused to press any keys at all, he had plenty to say about the government wasting taxpayer money on junk science.

    The study concluded that those in the control group, would be recieving very few campaign contributions, from companies that will produce scientific studies to order.

  23. Twitch Reflex Testing on Brain Differences In Liberals and Conservatives · · Score: 1

    On most games the M-key would open up a map, and the W-key would more your character forward, so... what video game are they playing again?

  24. They Are Telling The Truth on Broadcasters Oppose Wireless Net Service · · Score: 5, Funny

    Allowing others to make use of the white-spaces will create plenty of interference. Because any type of new communication or service will become and indirect competitor, and thus interfer with the broadcasters market and bottom-line.

  25. The French Aren't Threatening Anyone on French Threat To ID Secret US Satellites · · Score: 1

    They are making a tour de force to show they aren't insignificant (we have skillz), and that they can be trusted with information as one of the good guys (let's work together for common security).