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  1. The best protest is the ballot box. on The Future of Tech And NSA Wiretaps · · Score: 1
    I largely agree with you, but when groups like Greenpeace get involved with obstructing the military, then they're only helping the swing voters go along with this bad legal precident. The best protest is at the ballot box, not jeering alongside naval vessels or trespassing military installations.

    http://www.police.govt.nz/operation/wharf/

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Warrior

    All it will take is one undercover agent joining one of these protests and attacking the police/authorities and these policies will get more support.

  2. security measure on Microsoft Hires GUI 'Design Guru' · · Score: 1

    Ctrl-Alt-Delete is used in Windows NT/2K/etc as a security measure, as the OS is designed to filter all access to the hardware. This prevents something from loading before Windows or with Windows to keylog. If a program was imbedded in such a way the system would reboot rather than allow a logon, I think...

  3. Why is on Xbox Modders Charged Under DMCA · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Why is the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement handling this and not another agency? Did they find this via imports of mod chips? I can already imagine the **IA lobbying for a new Federal department inside the FBI to deal with this sort of stuff.

    I'm intrested in what game programmers / creators think of the penalties that could be imposed. Would you prefer a large fine to jail time?

  4. Re:Now we can get rid of MacIE! on Microsoft Ends IE for Mac · · Score: 1
    Congrats, but there will be countless other developers who will make near-perfect websites who will get a call from an irate client at 4 in the afternoon on a Sunday over some luddite who still uses Netscape 4.7 on their Windows 98 box.

    I'm not a web dev. so maybe that won't happen with MacIE, but from what I've seen there will still be some pros testing sites with it.

  5. Re:Chistmas Lights Webcam for Celiac Disease on Season's Givings? · · Score: 1

    If you link to the webcams Komar will create a special pop-up for your link if it has enought traffic. Don't ask what a friend wrote about it, nor what Komar had the pop-up say... ok?

  6. Re:This company should be charged... on Cell Phone CEOs Marked For Phone Cloning · · Score: 1
    God save our Queen, and Heaven bless The Maple Leaf Forever! - dadragon's sig.

    I'm deeply disturbed you bow to some old woman on another continent with a crown on her head and worship a maple leaf.

  7. Re:Self Hosting on Blog Services Outgrow Their Data Centers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Most people are happy to put up with ads in exchange for not having to setup a server and DynDNS, power, etc. You get the geek accolades, but the average blogger is not a geek, it's someone who posts soupy drek.

  8. MySpace? on Blog Services Outgrow Their Data Centers · · Score: 1

    Such as the downtime and issues that pestered MySpace until the Fox Empire bought it?

  9. Re:It'll be the same as now...mostly on What Will The Future Desktop Interface Look Like? · · Score: 1
    Exactly, I use the "Windows Classic" theme in XP, which basically debuted with Windows 98. I have Start, 15 "Quick Launch" icons, and 3 rows for open windows, and the "System Tray" area. I could have multiple desktops using one of Microsoft's PowerToys, or a cool theme, but this works best for what I want and need to do and it doesn't suck up resources.

    I'm still amazed how many people don't know Quick Launch is even in XP because Microsoft turned it off by default. When doing phone support (almost never, thank god!) it drives me crazy that people close out of stuff that would save both of us time had they just minimized it. Let's hope at least "Show Desktop" is back again as default-on in Vista.

    How "Virtual Folders" are going to be a selling point to those sorts of users I'll never know. Too bad Microsoft's built-in tutorials get really no use from most end users.

  10. First Perception Ruined It on XP SP2 Adoption Lagging Overseas · · Score: 1
    I imagine XPSP2, like the new XBox's release issues, has set both items as "bad" to the majority of late adopters. For all the systems that worked fine after installing SP2, there were a handful that would not work with SP2 without a BIOS upgrade. Guess which ones left the impression.

    There are people still a year later who want to avoid it at all costs, so much so they have used to the HOSTS file to block Microsoft.com.

  11. Re:Possible reason on XP SP2 Adoption Lagging Overseas · · Score: 1

    In my store we downloaded a single Network Install copy of it and burned it to CD, it's been used countless times. Microsoft even offers SP2 on an standalone CD, I think you have to pay shipping though.

  12. Re:It just works... mostly on Ruby on Rails 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Well, great, for developers. For PHB, that means no go.

  13. Yes, MSRT removes F4I on Microsoft Patches Fix IE, Sony Flaws · · Score: 4, Informative
    Yes, Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool removes First 4 Internet Rootkit as of December 7th.

    "WinNT/F4IRootkit is a kernel-mode rootkit used for copy protection on certain Sony BMG audio CDs. There are several versions of this rootkit. The rootkit hides certain Windows system resources, including files, processes, and registry settings. The rootkit can be used by attackers to hide malicious content on the computer." -Microsoft

    http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/fa milies.mspx

    http://www.microsoft.com/security/encyclopedia/det ails.aspx?name=WinNT%2FF4IRootkit

  14. Re:Laptop Screens on DIY LCD Backlight Repair · · Score: 1

    If it is just a backlight issue you should be able to see, very faintly, the image onscreen.

  15. The frame rate on Gamers Better at Driving w/ Cell Phones? · · Score: 3, Funny
    There's a difference between games and real life.

    The frame rate is so much better!

  16. Re:Big Corps on An Interview with Jeffrey Kalles · · Score: 2, Informative

    Jeff says in TFA that the industry is so small that he's bound to work with some of the people at Nintendo again. That, and pissing off your longest reference isn't a good idea.

  17. Re:The joke is soooooo easy on Christmas Shopping For A Gamer · · Score: 1

    But I started with 5 of them!

  18. Re:There's no such thing.... on Building Intelligent .NET Applications · · Score: 1
    Language evolves, even if technology (as far back as printing in Europe) has slowed down the evolution.

    Do you go to the cleaners or the cleansers?

    Does gay mean happy or homosexual?

    Still, they're and their and there I find annoying, but I imagine it is for non-English speakers trying to learn it.

    I hate that Microsoft can backport DotNet into Windows 2000 but intentionally cripples new games like DS2 not to work with it.

  19. Re:This brings a WHOLE new meaning... on The 3 Billion Dollar Typo · · Score: 1
    I just took a look at it, it is amazing how dead FC has become: http://www.fuckedcompany.com/

    Maybe letting the boards/comments sit in the gutter for years wasn't the way to run a site.

  20. Re:Guy bashing. on Music Should Be Heard But Not Understood · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are you suggesting we dig him up to do that?

  21. Limbaugh's explaination on Traditional Radio Endangered By New Tech · · Score: 1

    Let me attempt to explain this based on Limbaugh's explaination. He would begin his show a few minutes or less before the broadcast so the time difference is passed over when fed to the transmitter. This removes less than a second here or there in unnoticable (to most) segments, so he's still doing X length show but the network gets X - Y seconds removed. It may sound inane, but a commerical spot on Limbaugh's national show is huge. (Limbaugh's syndicator is Clear Channel owned Premiere.)

  22. Re:How about some free downloads too? on Apple Adds New TV Shows To iTunes · · Score: 1

    What better way to hook in some new users than offering a first run of a show in iTunes? Just the buzz it will create for the first airing will be worth it.

  23. Re:Refund on Marquette Dental Student Suspended For Blogging · · Score: 1

    Last time I checked almost all universities in the USA get some government funding, it's the reason many unis have dropped some male sports to keep up with Title 9 requirements. Couldn't and shouldn't the government enforce free speech?

  24. Terrestial Radio is killing itself. on Traditional Radio Endangered By New Tech · · Score: 1
    Terrestial Radio is killing itself. I'm a self-professed radio geek, and I regularly read the New York Radio Message Board and Radio Info.

    The denial on both sites is amazing, it is exactly the same arguements radio made when TV appeared, and TV made when cable appeared. The primary talk is "localism, localism, localism" but the real reasons that young listeners like myself are fleeing are small repetitive playlists and too many commericals. Like the RIAA, they fail to understand we have new options.

    Satellite has the advantages of few if no commericals, and no content restrictions, much in the way cable battles terrestrial TV.

    I've been suggesting for months Sirius head Mel Karmazan will offer some channels for free* in an effort to lure listeners. Of course, by free, I mean ad-filled. (Mel K is a sales guy, after all)

    I'm suprized how many stations "go Christmas" these days, one would think breaking listener habits are harmful.

  25. Re:Satellite Radio Sucks on Traditional Radio Endangered By New Tech · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I can only comment on XM here, but there aren't commercials on the music channels*, but there are some on the talk stations as most talk shows are syndicated to terrestrial radio (so they have commericals). *XM over-promotes the programming available on other channels, such as live concerts and things.