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  1. Re:Go To Jail, Do not Pass Go on Gary McKinnon Loses Extradition Appeal · · Score: 1

    It's no different that getting into bank accounts, credit card accounts, school records, etc.

    For that particular example, yes. Usually those who commit the act of stealing credit card numbers have to deal with the state suggesting the intent of malicious use. If this guy is not being charged with such, it's highly likely there is zero evidence of it.

    If you excuse him, then no one can bitch and moan about hackers and vulnerabilities in Windows, OS X, Linux, or anything else is a false dilemma. There is a middle ground (sentencing him for the commiting an act without the malicious intent.

  2. Re:to extradite or not to extradite on Gary McKinnon Loses Extradition Appeal · · Score: 1

    if I'm not mistaken, some more progressive non-bible-belt states in the USA already have forbidden such practises, as any civilised society would do

    If there's one thing Jesus taught us, it's that bad people must be hung by the neck until they are dead. It was in his Sermon on the Gallows.

  3. Re:Interesting comparison on Gary McKinnon Loses Extradition Appeal · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You have no issue with a prosecutor jesting in his official capacity as the one who suggests a sentence without penalty?

    I guess you're okay with police officers and judges jesting in a similar matter. This are Serious Court and this is Serious Business, instead we have the "good guys" acting like kids on a playground.

  4. Re:Shut up and take your medicine on WTO Again Sides With Antigua Over Online Gambling · · Score: 1

    Even your sleepwalking populace might notice a proposal to amend the Constitution to remove Habeas Corpus protections.

    You know when you discover your car is ready to hit 100k or 200k miles, and you keep checking back, only to miss the big moment? Guess what, it happened again. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Commissions _Act_of_2006)

    In General- No person may invoke the Geneva Conventions or any protocols thereto in any habeas corpus or other civil action or proceeding to which the United States, or a current or former officer, employee, member of the Armed Forces, or other agent of the United States is a party as a source of rights in any court of the United States or its States or territories. [Act sec. 5(a)]

  5. Chrono Trigger on The Nintendo DS Games Wishlist · · Score: 3, Interesting

    With Final Fantasy 4 Advance-esque extra features

  6. Re:there might be a difference on Kids 'Unaffected By Game Violence' Says Study · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, that's not funny. A grue killed my whole family.

  7. Re:Actually a shame this is a joke on Star Trek "DeMastered" Video Service to Launch · · Score: 1

    Would actually be nice to have the original commercials and stuff.

    Not only would a television network never *dream* of providing free publicity, but it would likely be a violation of copyright as well. Just saying.

  8. Re:Demaster? on Star Trek "DeMastered" Video Service to Launch · · Score: 1

    +5, Incredible

  9. Re:Colorblind on Star Trek "DeMastered" Video Service to Launch · · Score: 1

    I think it had more to do with the practical application of having to recast a major role or two every episode.

  10. Re:Internet's reply: on Canadian Broadcasters Seek New Internet Regulation · · Score: 1

    No, they can mandate a firewall that blocks all objectionable content from getting into Canada.

    Nose, meet knife. This is in regard to your upcoming appointment with the face.

  11. Re:Shut up and take your medicine on WTO Again Sides With Antigua Over Online Gambling · · Score: 1

    Touche :)

    Obviously, it results in a pime taradox.

  12. Re:Shut up and take your medicine on WTO Again Sides With Antigua Over Online Gambling · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In a democracy, the government's purview is not to protect their people, but obey their commands.

  13. Re:Not even about evolution as a concept on 48% of Americans Reject Evolution · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Exactly. Let's look at the question again: Is evolution well-supported by evidence AND widely accepted within the scientific community?

    Note the logical construct "and". They're asking for A and B to be true. This rules out:

    People who think A is false (any religious zealot)
    People who think B is false (anyone who believes in evolution but is disallusioned by its acceptance)

  14. And then there's always Perfect Dark on Most Impressive Game AI? · · Score: 1

    Nothing could have prepared me for unlocking darksims, chasing one towards a ladder, and then finding him rotate his upper body completely around to fire back at me as he continued to ascend.

  15. Easy on What is the Best Bug-as-a-Feature? · · Score: 1

    The original metroid's "hidden worlds".

    If you let a door close on you and kept crouching/standing up, you could go outside the map, and the game would end up filling in new areas as best it could. Easy to get stuck, one way doors, and other nasty traps, but endless fun.

    http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/file/519689/42 503

  16. Re:How fitting on Take Two's Board Ousted by Shareholders · · Score: 1

    As long as you stay on the roof, the helicopters are all you need worry about.

  17. Re:About time on Why the RIAA Doesn't Want Defendants Exonerated · · Score: 1

    Most defendants won't hand over their private evidence until they are demanded to do so by a court

    Funny, I always thought the burden was on the prosecutor/plaintiff to prove YOU were guilty/liable. As long as I'm sure I didn't do it (and reasonably confident), can't I just sit in the courtroom and doodle all day?

  18. Re:Analysis from the Future on Google to Viacom - The Law is Clear, and On Our Side · · Score: 4, Funny

    sharing books was nasty and wrong--something that only pirates would do

    Somehow I doubt there was ever a pirate sitting on the deck of his vessel in the early evening, sipping his tea and perusing The Lay of Leithian in his off-hours from pillaging the nearby towns.

  19. Re:Tag this: on Google to Viacom - The Law is Clear, and On Our Side · · Score: 3, Insightful

    False dilemma, red herring, total logical disconnect.

    Your wife owns herself. And no one's arguing that we should drop ownership of property laws. Objects can be owned by nature of them being tangible.

    Information is nothing but a different 'type' of object, and there's no reason there should't be ownership laws involved

    How about "the will of the people?"

  20. Re:Tag this: on Google to Viacom - The Law is Clear, and On Our Side · · Score: 1

    I dunno, people on the intrawebs have grown pretty strong at endeavoring to produce stuff for free to the world (fanart, remixes, mods). Sure, you'd lose the work of some (like Harry Potter), but it wouldn't disappear entirely.

  21. Re:Nothing says you 3 your customers on The Elite's Sour Side · · Score: 1

    Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas

  22. Re:But did EA get dibs on on EA Locks Up Lord of the Rings IP · · Score: 3, Informative

    Bilbo's Birthday Party to the start of the Quest was 17 years and it took the Hobbits about a year and a half to travelto mordor and back. (April 3018, when Gandalf arrived at Hobbiton until November 3rd, 3019, the Battle of Bywater).

    Silmarilion takes place over about 5500 years. The first 4500 were before the awakening of the elves, 500 or so before the sundering of the Noldor, and then another 500 between days after the creation of the Sun and the Moon until Melkor was cast down.

    Long time, so sayeth wikipedia.

  23. Re:You have *got* to be kidding me. on Circuit City and the American Dream · · Score: 5, Funny

    After ten weeks of watching cartoons and eating cocoa puffs, I might not want to go back.

  24. Re:So take your business to Best Buy on Circuit City and the American Dream · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Turd sandwich... giant douche?

  25. Re:PS3 wasn't expensive enough! on Sony May Be Planning 80GB PS3 · · Score: 1

    Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.