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  1. Re:1/sec, 50/min, 200/hour, 1,000/day. on Australian Rules to Crackdown on Spam · · Score: 1

    This is the logical fallacy called Arguement From Ignorance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_ignora nce). Just because a solution does not completely solve the issue does not mean it is without merit.

    Of course, while an overzealous email counting system will by its nature lessen spam (if only for a short time while the Bad People try to find a way around it), it's a real pain in the ass to users.

  2. Re:1/sec, 50/min, 200/hour, 1,000/day. on Australian Rules to Crackdown on Spam · · Score: 1

    If your ISP does it like AOL, it'll count for each address, not each message.

    So if you're on a discussion mailing list (yes, they still exist) with 50 members, sending 20 messages in a day will get you teh banned.

  3. Re:Just because everyone does it... on Game Site Space For $$ · · Score: 1

    Um, what?

    A preview is what game site give you before the title is released. Hence the "pre" preposition.

    A review is what you get once the game has been released (or in the case of magazines, shortly before when they have a final copy to work with). "Re" meaning "again" here.

    Now we get to the shared root -- "view." There is no necessary viewing of the material in an reviewtisement. It is most likely just some guy pushing the product without opinion, therefore a lie.

  4. Re:Let's not be hasty on Professor Bans Laptops from the Classroom · · Score: 1

    Hi, welcome to Earth. You must be new here.

    On this planet, every person has their own idea on how Things Should Be. In most cases, they will actually expend effort to compel people to follow these ideas.

  5. Re:But... on Mozilla Firefox 2 Alpha 1 Available · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Aww, hope is so cuuute :)

    Just kidding. Now instead of only crashing your machine, it'll take out every other box in a 3-hop radius.

  6. Re:snark of the day :) on New Star Wars TV Series Confirmed · · Score: 1

    Hey, now. Enterprise had its good parts...

    (all conveniently located in the space montage during the show's first 30 seconds!)

  7. Re:Freaky on New Star Wars TV Series Confirmed · · Score: 1

    I'm assuming there could not be a Solo in this TV show, and Star Wars isn't Star Wars without Solo

    Actually, Lt. Solo's dark years in the service of the Empire before he rescued Chewie sound a lot more interesting than Luke's story.

  8. Could've picked a better setting on New Star Wars TV Series Confirmed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It would cover the 20 years in the life of Luke Skywalker growing up that remains a mystery to most film-goers

    I thought the whole point of the opening on Tattooine was that Luke was bored to tears on his home planet, and that his whole life up until this point was a choice between tendin' to the vaporators and picking up power converters at Tosche Station.

    That said, if he hated his life enough to consider signing up for the Imperial military, why would it be of any interest at all to us?

  9. Oh noes on New Star Wars TV Series Confirmed · · Score: 5, Funny

    McCallum said there would be 'a whole bunch of new characters'

    Meesa cries a bit at that ominous remark

  10. Re:It's about time! on Australian Labor Party Proposes ISP Level Filter · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty certain if The Disney Channel started broadcasting "Mickey Does Minnie Pluto-style" in the middle of the day then it wouldn't be around for much longer.

    But the story would live on for years in the hearts of the apopleptic, seething media.

  11. Re:Filtering software is too hard to install? on Australian Labor Party Proposes ISP Level Filter · · Score: 2, Funny

    if anything encourages them to go behind your back and hide things from you

    "If you block me now, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine..."

  12. Re:What? on Australian Labor Party Proposes ISP Level Filter · · Score: 1

    Um, you do realize that a substantial amount of the reasons to become a porn actress involve a little "I'll show you, daddy!" issues, right?

    I can only see this coming back to bite you in the ass.

  13. Re:Wanted: more babysitters on Australian Labor Party Proposes ISP Level Filter · · Score: 4, Funny

    "protecting" their kids from everything short of bottled water.

    You trust that shit? It could be zebra cum -- you just don't know!

  14. Re:I gotta do it! on Australian Labor Party Proposes ISP Level Filter · · Score: 1

    Of course, you can say that you need the gun to protect yourself against the government, but that's just bullshit. If the government wants you dead, no gun will protect you.

    The idea is that during a revolution, an armed populace vastly outnumbers the army. They might kill you, yes, but not everyone.

  15. Re:What American has been incarcerated without tri on Google Avoids Surrendering Search Info · · Score: 1

    Remind me to close those br tags...

    Anyway, my point was that citizens aren't the only ones that have civil rights. Otherwise you could shoot tourists as they come out of the airport terminal and say "Not to worry, officer, they're not citizens!"

  16. Re:What American has been incarcerated without tri on Google Avoids Surrendering Search Info · · Score: 1

    Um, isn't it a little early to be hitting the crack?

    they're not citizens!"

  17. Re:CRT on Philips Recalls Almost 12,000 Flat Panel TVs · · Score: 4, Funny

    The tingle just means it's working!

  18. Re:Hmm on The Chinese Socialist MMOG · · Score: 1

    That sounds like something that would get you Wanted -- where other players can kill you for a day of age free of lawsys penalty.

  19. Hmm on The Chinese Socialist MMOG · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How much do you get for killing infant girls?

    //and before you ask, yes. When this type of thing is so pervasive in your country, it is very necessary to repeatedly point it out

  20. Re:Oh PLEASE, dear God on eBay in 'Buy It Now' Patent Dispute · · Score: 0

    It's worse than you think.

    I just took a look out the window and all the stores outside are closing down. Patents... serious business...

  21. Okay, I'll bite on 1001 Islamic Inventions · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Party happy long time boom boom belt" is in the top 20, right?

  22. They asked for it on McAfee Anti-Virus Causes Widespread File Damage · · Score: 1

    There's one action that is responsible for almost all computer-related problems -- crashes, virii, corruption -- and that's blindly running code without checking it out first (either yourself if you have the know-how, or waiting for others who do to test it out first).

  23. Re:1983? on States Pass Thousands of Info Restriction Laws · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You dumbass, he was implying that we're on the brink of an Orwellian world.

  24. Re:Time to grab... on .eu Domains to Go on Sale in a Month · · Score: 1

    French? More like p.eu!

  25. Re:The devil is in the details. on 12 Steps To Regain Industry Confidence · · Score: 1

    I think if you keep trying to comment before the wait period is up, the counter resets (but keeps track of your last comment time)