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  1. Re:So, is anybody going to jail? on WV Voters Say Machines Are Switching Votes · · Score: 1

    I would think that tampering with an election would be treason.

    Execution is one possible punishment for treason.

  2. Re:more information on New 4GB Flash Drive Packs Quite a Punch · · Score: 0

    Hell, if I had mod points I'd mod up the troll for this story.

  3. Re:Ummm, copying VW folks? on Pushing a CPU to Heat Death, Intentionally · · Score: 1

    Funny, I thought the common perception of the Patent Office was that you could take any item, add internet to it and you could then get a patent on it.

    So no, I would have to say that he does not work for the Patent Office.

  4. Re:Oh good on SCO Goes Private With $100 Million Backing · · Score: 1

    How is that going to happen?

    Crack ash isn't worth anything.

  5. Re:Please... on First Organic Molecules Found on Alien World · · Score: 3, Funny

    Would you not welcome an overlord who won't be whipping you?

  6. Re:Would like to see a real world comparison for E on Benchmarking the Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    EQ is in many ways a very very bad example, or in some ways I guess a good example.

    Problem with EQ is that performance can vary greatly depending on the card, the drivers, and of course the settings.

    There are non-graphical settings within EQ that can slow down your computer in a raid environment that won't mess with it much in a non-raiding environment. Basically anything that logs information to your hard drive will really mess you up in a raid.

    But EQ has so many damn bugs in it that benchmarking would be useless. The West Bug being one that has been with the game for years now.

  7. Re:Argh! on Fifth Cable Cut To Middle East · · Score: 1

    Don't you mean heroin?

    C'mon get your drugs straight.

    Besides Afghanistan producing large amounts of heroin is part of the plan since most of it goes to China, former soviet block countries, and Iran.

  8. Re:Oh, wonderful, NASA joins the anti-autism crusa on NASA Wants "People People" for Astronaut Core · · Score: 2

    Normal is relative.

    I think those who make eye contact when they speak, have conforming body language, and understand the latest fashions are freaks.

    Problem with what you said though is (afaik) that autistic people have just as much problem dealing with other autistic people as they would with normal people, if not more.

    I don't think either straw man would be appropriate for a long term space stay though.

  9. Re:Definitions on Fox News / EA Spar Over Mass Effect 'Controversy' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The problem is that some people can't wrap their minds around the fact that games are a means of storytelling, not just a series of puzzles.

  10. Re:Y2K38? on Y2K38 Watch Starts Saturday · · Score: 1

    Yes, but if you say 2038 to someone they'll think of the year. Y2K38 gives ignorant people like me enough context to know to say "Huh?"

    Stupidity for the stupid.

  11. Re:I don't give a shit on Y2K38 Watch Starts Saturday · · Score: 1

    Now why did you waste a wonderful comment like that by posting as AC?

  12. Re:What specifications? on Public Request For Microsoft To Release Deprecated File Formats · · Score: 2, Funny

    So basically Microsoft could probably greatly improve their file formats if they sat down and attempted to write out documentation for them?

  13. Re:Microsoft cant do that on Public Request For Microsoft To Release Deprecated File Formats · · Score: 1

    I would have to say that that is just what they wanted the EU to think.

    When dealing with Microsoft a tinfoil hat may not be a bad idea.

  14. Re:Does google know that doubleclick is evil? on FTC Approves Google-DoubleClick Deal · · Score: 1

    Ridding the internet of Double Click is about as not-evil as they can get.

    Google does not need Double Click, Google knows that people hate Double Clicks stupid annoying ads, what better way to make the internet better than getting rid of one of its major annoyances?

  15. Re:What's puzzling? on Supernova Detonates In Empty Space · · Score: 1

    True, but being out in the middle of no where cosmologically speaking means that there is much less of a chance of an extinction event happening which means there is more of a chance of organisms developing to the point to be disappointed that they live in the boonies.

  16. Re:Freedom of Speech can be dangerous on NJ Blogger Fights for Anonymous Free Speech · · Score: 1

    In the case that you mentioned, of a member of the military openly discussing military movement it is not a legal use of free speech since it does put peoples lives in danger.

    I imagine there are a ton and a half of precedent on that topic alone.

    This is anonymously informing the population about what is going on in the local government. This is not putting anyones lives in danger, it could very well be considered a public duty. I would put this under the same idea as a reporter protecting their source.

  17. Re:something is replacing the atmosphere on New Results From Venus Express · · Score: 1

    I believe that is one reason they are searching hard for evidence of volcanic activity on the planet.

    Though if you crank up the surface temperature of a planet up to 400 degrees alot of things that normally wouldn't be a gas now are.

  18. Re:please stop with the Ocean Uranium Crap on Google Goes Green · · Score: 1

    Efficient use of monetary resources would either destroy the economy or cause gross inflation.

    When the person spending the money is the one who gets the money it doesn't add extra cash reserves into the general economy which is oddly beneficial to our current economic system. Not saying its a good system though.

    Remember its just a small percentage of the population that controls 99% of the worlds resources. The rest of the world is merely fighting over a fraction of whats not under their control.

    This is in reply to the $2T being efficiently spent point. To those in charge, that would be a very very bad idea.

  19. Re:Please don't link to video. on Hands-On With The Kindle · · Score: 1

    Another issue is that I would think a lot of the readers here are reading from their works.

    I don't know about where other people work, but the IT guy at my work will hunt you down if your clogging the companies bandwidth with videos.

    Multi-meg emails? Thats a beating.

  20. Re:How to verify their claims? on Scientists Dubious of Quantum Computing Claims · · Score: 1

    They prove it by showing that its not just something more normal. We know what we know, if this is what they say then it, then it is something we don't know. That would be the beginning of proof.

  21. Re:What about XP SP3 on Microsoft Admits Vista Has "High Impact Issues" · · Score: 1

    I'm not hugely technical or nothing, but I found http://www.nliteos.com/ to integrate service packs
    had to use it to integrate raid drivers for install on an Nforce4 board without a floppy.

  22. Re:As a consumer, what's in it for me? on Microsoft Answers Vista DRM Critics' Claims · · Score: 1

    Vista is not competing against Linux/OSX, as the GP noted Vista is competing against XP.

  23. Re:Better: why my GF doesN'T suck, and what on Why Software Sucks, And Can Something Be Done About It? · · Score: 1

    Is she plugged in? What are the lights doing? Might want to double check the connections.

  24. Re:Alek says HO HO HO ... ;-) on Linux Powers Controllable Christmas Lights for Charity · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's actually really annoying, because Digg visitors almost never stay for more than ~5 seconds (slashdot readers appear to at least read part of the story).

    I think you just said why a site that lets you play with Christmas lights is much more dangerous on Slashdot, than on Digg.

  25. Re:...and? on ESR's Desktop Linux 2008 Deadline · · Score: 1

    I know this idea hasn't got a shot in hell of working, but the reason that Microsoft is the monopoly it is, is because so many companies support it.

    If "A" government is serious about breaking up the monopoly, what they need to do is not bring them to court, what should happen is once a hardware company has enough market share then they should be legally obligated to provide quality drivers for multiple operating systems. If companies find this to be a hardship they could always work with open source programmers who would be willing to develop binary drivers in return for the information necessary to do so.

    Doing the same for software shops would be the nail in the coffin, though I imagine software shops will be able to scream hardship alot easier than hardware companies.

    Basically though, Microsoft is a monopoly due to other companies supporting them, Microsoft alone would not be a monopoly with out that support.