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  1. Re:Finally on Voting Drops 83 Percent In All-Digital Election · · Score: 1

    Seriously, perl regex to validate an email is your example of a challenge?

    Turn in your geek card.

  2. Re:and the pirates win again on Empirical Study Shows DRM Encourages Infringement · · Score: 2, Informative

    Don't feed the troll. Stewbacca is a well known MAFIAA shill.

  3. Re:and the pirates win again on Empirical Study Shows DRM Encourages Infringement · · Score: 1

    It was stated several times that Disney and Dreamworks are the worst offenders.

  4. Re:and the pirates win again on Empirical Study Shows DRM Encourages Infringement · · Score: 1

    2 days? Bah.

    Try ten years. That's for a real OS.

  5. Re:and the pirates win again on Empirical Study Shows DRM Encourages Infringement · · Score: 1

    If you're trying to convince me not to get married, you've sold me.

  6. Re:and the pirates win again on Empirical Study Shows DRM Encourages Infringement · · Score: 1

    You probably can't get sued for it.

    Probably.

    That's about it. Of course, with the illegal free version it's probably won't get sued for it, so even then the difference is minimal.

  7. Re:It's 10 seconds to the wrong people on Empirical Study Shows DRM Encourages Infringement · · Score: 1

    I discovered that while you can't skip them, you can still fast forward. You have to hit the button again for each one, but it still helps.

  8. Re:Religion is a political tool, no more, no less on How Comic Fans & Shops Are Stereotyped · · Score: 1

    Religion exists solely because our brains are programmed for it. That some take advantage of that for their own gain is a feature of civilization--exploiting others for personal gain is the defining feature of civilization.

  9. Re:Sad but true on How Comic Fans & Shops Are Stereotyped · · Score: 1

    That STILL exists?

    Jeebus, I used to use that as my alarm back in high school.

  10. Re:How About Typing Comics Fans as Sex Offenders? on How Comic Fans & Shops Are Stereotyped · · Score: 1

    Customs, not postal. Customs can pretty much do what they damn well please.

  11. Re:How About Typing Comics Fans as Sex Offenders? on How Comic Fans & Shops Are Stereotyped · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So why are the Saw movies legal?

    According to your argument, anyone who enjoys them must be a likely serial killer.

  12. Re:Typical Hypocrisy on How Comic Fans & Shops Are Stereotyped · · Score: 1

    You are simply wrong. The whole point of this discussion is that it is NOT blanket illegal.

    It is only illegal if it is determined to have no literary or artistic value, i.e. it's only purpose is titillation.

    Otherwise, it is legal. So not only are you not a lawyer, but you have no reading comprehension.

  13. Re:How About Typing Comics Fans as Sex Offenders? on How Comic Fans & Shops Are Stereotyped · · Score: 1

    All Hail Ceiling Cat!

  14. Re:How About Typing Comics Fans as Sex Offenders? on How Comic Fans & Shops Are Stereotyped · · Score: 1

    Problem is people like the proscecuting attorney, and apparently the jury (and a few people I know personally), off the top of my head, DO think of it as child exploitation.

    Sure, they are idiots, but that doesn't change the seriousness of this.

    You're assuming he was being ironic, when really, I'd be surprised if that was true.

  15. Re:maybe those who are complaining can explain: on Homeland Security To Scan Citizens Exiting US · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Precisely because of shit like this.

  16. Re:just cause it was hatched under bush ... on Homeland Security To Scan Citizens Exiting US · · Score: 1

    He abdicated in favor of Bush.

  17. Re:Honestly, what's the big deal? on Homeland Security To Scan Citizens Exiting US · · Score: 1

    You're telling me that you need to fingerprint the man handing you his passport to verify his ID?

    Sure, passports can be forged, so can fingerprints though. In fact, it's likely easier to forge prints than passports.

  18. Re:Passport issue on Homeland Security To Scan Citizens Exiting US · · Score: 1

    That's still $10/year. You can't even eat one dinner in a restaurant for that.

  19. Re:i totally agree with your sentiment on Homeland Security To Scan Citizens Exiting US · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Rolled a 1 on your reading comprehension.

    You are convinced that the dragon is vulnerable to fire.

    You cast fireball.

    Dragon laughs in your face.

    Dragon eats you.

    You are dead.

    You should have tried the Hooked on Phonics feat. /DMmode

  20. Re:Likely cause... on Is Playing a DVD Harder Than Rocket Science? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, but I wish I had said it like you did.

  21. Re:I feel MUCH safer now! on Data Breach Exposes RAF Staff To Blackmail · · Score: 3, Insightful

    He didn't need to. He was writing about the UK 60 years ago.

    Now he'd just kill himself.

  22. Re:Since the RAF already knows... on Data Breach Exposes RAF Staff To Blackmail · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just because their bosses already know doesn't mean their wives did.

  23. Re:Tell me... on Data Breach Exposes RAF Staff To Blackmail · · Score: 1

    Oh encryption isn't nearly as good as hiding it in an anal cavity. Even if they find it, they won't want to listen.

  24. Re:Likely cause... on Is Playing a DVD Harder Than Rocket Science? · · Score: 1

    I don't see how OSS has anything to sort out. The fact that it is illegal is something for head-up-their-ass legislatures to figure out.

  25. Re:Likely cause... on Is Playing a DVD Harder Than Rocket Science? · · Score: 0

    No, not anything. Only if it bashes DRM.