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  1. Re:I'm not big on security by obscurity, but... on Cart Locking System Released as Open Source · · Score: 1

    They're likely quoting the cost of purchase, not how much it's worth after several years of beef juice leaking all over the bottom.

  2. Re:Redefining the shopping experience... on Cart Locking System Released as Open Source · · Score: 1

    Unless they deliver ~7pm, the rest of us kind of have to go to work. Who's going to let them (and my delicious groceries) into the house?

  3. Re:I'm not big on security by obscurity, but... on Cart Locking System Released as Open Source · · Score: 1

    But why do shopping carts disappear in the first place? -Mexicans (collect metal scrap)
    -Chinese (collect bottles/cans)

  4. Great idea on New Zealand Banks Demand a Peek at User PCs · · Score: 1

    The police should immediately adopt this.

    Want to file a criminal report? Let us search your home first, citizen. As long as it's not mandatory, things are perfectly legal since you're consenting to it. You're free to stop using our services at any time.

  5. Re:the power of suffering with fortitude on The Man Who Went Through 11 Xbox 360s · · Score: 1

    No, you are immediately offered a position in Ballmer's department for anti-google initiatives.

  6. Re:Hot Button Words on Citizen Journalism Combating Chinese Censorship · · Score: 1

    ...and "purge" means "kill"

  7. Re:Deadly Towers on Games They'd Like Us To Forget · · Score: 1

    Did you mean: shitty towers?

    I got this on the original NES, and it was pretty fun. The dungeons were a bit monotonous, but once you mapped them and figured out what every item did you were well on your way. The "hidden zones" were very intrieguing, I thought I'd found some easter egg secret part of the game. And once cheat books/videos came out with the E/F code to skip to the end, I actually reached the final boss on several occassions.

    Whole game needed to be smaller, though. Or at least not require so much backtracking.

  8. Chase on the streets of San Franciso? on Identity Thief Apprehended By Victim · · Score: 1

    Did it follow the mandatory formula?

    1) Crash through, or at least pass by a rail trolley
    2) Jumping the tops of hilly streets
    3) At least one elderly person/woman with a baby carriage serenely crossing against the light
    4) A ferarri and a "hum-vee"

  9. Re:Blank RAM on Judge Orders TorrentSpy to Turn Over RAM · · Score: 1

    Isn't that a schroedinger's cat? By running a program to capture ram, you'd be altering the ram.

  10. Re:HD on Judge Orders TorrentSpy to Turn Over RAM · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Are you crazy? You can't play "oh, I meant" games here. He is Serious Judge and this are Serious Court.

    What if he said "Oh, he's not guilty, but I really meant 5 years in prison."

  11. Re:What a Power Trip! on Is Videotaping the Police a Felony? · · Score: 1

    I dunno, it seems like they were enforcing it pretty thoroughly even when it was questioned openly.

    Nevermind a meeker victim.

  12. Re:mmhm... on The Sopranos Ends With a ... · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The ringwraiths were on a mission of stealth. Though they did win a battle with the Rangers at Tharbad according to Unfinished Tales, Sauron wasn't about to use up his fiercest weapons so early in the war, for many reasons. Revealing them clearly would urge everyone on the sidelines to prepare, and a trail of dead bodies kind of makes it hard to tail the ringbearer all quiet-like. Also, the ringwraiths' innate power was tied to Sauron's, and he was still recovering his strength.

  13. Re:"A Chip on DVDs Could Prevent Theft" on A Chip on DVDs Could Prevent Theft · · Score: 1

    Where should I begin?

    Scenario 1: Register shoots beam, misses DVD. How do you confirm it's readable without opening the package? Better yet, how do you return the DVD without being told you're a thief?
    Scenario 2: Clerk forgets to deactivate protection at all
    Scenario 3: Un-protected DVD still unreadable by some DVD players Scenario 4: Corrupt data at factory, leaving DVD un-unprotectable Scenario 5: Unexpected data damage due to overall process (loss of resolution, decreased disc shelf life, etc)

  14. Re:Fair use on MPAA Committed To Fair Use and DRM · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Not our problem.

    What money did Da Vinci need to raise in order to create the Mona Lisa? Who funded the statue-carvers of Easter Island? How much of an advance did JK Rowling get in order to start Harry Potter (hint: zero).

    Creative works made with only profit as a motive are not culturally fundamental. We'll live without them.

  15. Re:Yeah, what kind of idiot would you.. on The Best and Worst US Internet Laws · · Score: 1

    Flow control?

    You too? I notice at the end of the month my connection starts getting all testy and ornery. Then on the first, it's fine again. 30 days. Like clockwork.

  16. Re:Serious on Serious Game May Help Track Missing Kids · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Unnatural selection on Human Blood May Contain A Cure For AIDS · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd put money that if the human race survives a few thousand more years, that antibiotic allergies will be selected out of the gene pool.

    Is the correllary true? That if the human race diminishes we will not have acess to this AIDS technology? The pool will be "closed", so to speak?

  18. Re:FCC? on Cell SMS in Planes on Trial Down-Under · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In theory maybe what you say is true, but in practice the world just doesn't work like that.

    Yes, that's why I was careful to include "supposed to", though not for the reasons you mentioned. I was more referring to the governmental decree that a commercial airline is not allowed to operate without abiding by numerous legislations.

  19. Re:"Voice Calls Will be Blocked" on Cell SMS in Planes on Trial Down-Under · · Score: 1

    Didn't they decide to act after learning that the other 3 planes had already crashed and acceeding to their demands would likely end the same way?

  20. Re:Three-month *trial* on Cell SMS in Planes on Trial Down-Under · · Score: 1

    A police has kept you on the tarmac overnight.

    You has dysentary.

    You has died.

  21. Re:FCC? on Cell SMS in Planes on Trial Down-Under · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm sick of being in a public place and having everyone yapping on their cell phones.

    Airplanes are (supposed to be) private possessions of private companies. If you don't like a airline that supports cell phone use, you are free to take your business elsewhere.

  22. Re:Yeah, right... on Canadian MP Calls For ISP Licenses, Content Blocks · · Score: 1

    Of course the list is secret, because publishing it would be tantamount to publishing a list of "good terrorist... sites"

    Maybe we can tie it to user ratings to help ensure that. A++++++ GREAT SIET. WOULD DEFINITELY JIHAD WITH AGAIN

  23. Re:what's happening on Canadian MP Calls For ISP Licenses, Content Blocks · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Politicians that desire to plunge headlong into tyranny are always something to worry about.

  24. Re:I knew someone on Major UK Child Porn Investigation Flawed · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure you get the yellow star award even if you go to jail fighting the charge.

  25. Re:congrats you have yourself a police state! on Major UK Child Porn Investigation Flawed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "And as for this, I fail to see how following up on actual legitimate evidence... is evidence of a police state."

    Um, because they didn't. It appears these people had their homes searched and ended up on trial because no one followed up on the evidence to see if it was legitimate