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  1. In related News: on Internet Pirates In France To Lose Broadband · · Score: 3, Funny

    France is purporting to take a hard line on streets. According to timesonline.co.uk, a new measure approved yesterday by the French Cabinet would take away the cars of those, caught speeding. 'There is no reason that the streets should be a lawless zone," President Sarkozy told his Cabinet yesterday as it endorsed the "three-strikes-and-you're-out" scheme that from next January will hit illegal drivers where it hurts. Under a cross-industry agreement, car-manufacturers must cut off access for up to a year for third-time offenders.'

  2. Why am I not surprised? on Nuclear Warhead Blueprints On Smugglers' Computers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Encryption: Bad
    Laptop searches at the border: good
    reason: TERRERISTS!!!
    WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION!!!
    THE AXIS OF EVIL!!!

    let me guess once, what laws will soon be proposed (which will by the way legalize some more of the unconstitutional actions of the bush-regime...)

  3. Correction on Open Source Killing Commercial Developer Tools · · Score: 1

    I have to correct myself:
    "and people who'd rather quit their job, than embrace new technology, are no loss" is wrong - this is only the case, if you have competent decision makers, who decide to embrace real improvements, instead of buying bullshit-bingo products

  4. Also on Open Source Killing Commercial Developer Tools · · Score: 4, Funny

    Also Home fucking kills prostitution!

    and people who'd rather quit their job, than embrace new technology, are no loss IMHO

  5. Where's the story? on Dancing Micro-Robots Waltz on a Pin's Head · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Maybe I'm just too tired, but I only find sketches and texts via that link... no video, not even a single photo... I have seen nothing there that gives any indication that these robots actually exist

    so now "stuff that matters" includes people saying they did something?

  6. Support one side? on Obama Campaign Seeks LAMP Developers · · Score: 1

    philosophically, could the Open Source community support one side in a competition such as this?
    of course we can...
    we would as well support one side in "rebellion vs evil empire"... (infact, some of us do...)
  7. Correction on Cisco CSO Says Antivirus Money "Completely Wasted" · · Score: 2, Funny

    the malware industry is moving faster than the security industry, making it impossible for users to remain secure...
    ... on Windows machines!
  8. the creative people who drive the sales on Video Game Actors Say They Don't Get Their Due · · Score: 1

    ...to protect the creative people who drive the sales of these games
    I don't think they will matter that much in future games (I'd even say actors will be less significant in movies)
    http://www.naturalmotion.com/euphoria.htm
  9. Bad day to be a janitor? on New Urinal-Based Video Game Makes a Splash · · Score: 1

    Man, it's a bad day to be a janitor.
    I don't think so
    here in germany most urinals have something to "hit" nowadays (a soccer ball in front of a goal, a fly,...) because men tend to "aim" better (trying to hit them) which lowered the cleaning expenses significantly (40% was the most i heared of)...

    I'd guess those games might have the same effect - long term motivation might lower the soilings even more, so infact it might be a really good day to be a janitor...
    well, at least it might be a less bad day to be a janitor than usually
  10. ok, i found something about that on UK Agency Files OOXML Complaint, EU Demurs · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ok, I found something about that issue:
    the year 1900 bug has been "resolved" by declaring it non-mandatory...
    http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/101224
    (german)

  11. Re:some standards are more equal than others on UK Agency Files OOXML Complaint, EU Demurs · · Score: 1

    thanks for the list - i think i got another topic for you: iirc ooxml REQUIRES apps to have the same year 1900 bug (I'll google that)

  12. Simple answer on Microsoft Reaches Out To Blender · · Score: 4, Funny

    how they could help improve the experience of Blender users on Windows.
    by migrating them to linux...
  13. hello world on What Is the Oldest Code Written Still Running? · · Score: 1

    of course...

  14. Re:This couldn't have happened with Linux... on The 25-Year-Old BSD Bug · · Score: 2, Funny

    except for the code parts from Xenix (which is 28 years old) that was renamed to "SCO Unix" in 1989, which was - as we all know - stolen and illegally put completely into linux... (we have a suitcase full of evidence!!!)

  15. Oldnews on R2D2-Shaped DVD and Videogame Projector · · Score: 1

    heise reported this almost 14 months ago
    http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/87080
    (german)

  16. really, Really, REALLY old news! on Terrorist Recognition Handbook · · Score: 1

    there already is a well known, very accurate terrorist recognition handbook! look here

    short summary: hooknoses

  17. Re:If you get arrested and/or get put on trial... on Hans Reiser Guilty of First Degree Murder · · Score: 1

    If you find out that your boss is doing unethical and illegal stuff, quit your job.
    But what, if he throws chairs at you?
  18. German news... on Pentagon Manipulating TV Analysts · · Score: 1

    lately i have been wondering, why the german news report every suicide bomber in iraq, afghanistan, etc. (20-50 victims per day) while they say not one word about the 30 murdered people per day in the US

    I have the impression that they're trying to convince us, that the people from the middle east are extremely dangerous zealots - unlike the civilized western countries...

  19. I smell the next fine approaching... on Office 2007 Fails OOXML Test With 122,000 Errors · · Score: 1

    so the ooxml specification they give to their competitors is extremely different from what mso2k7 reads/writes..... this means they intentionally give wrong interface-specifications to their competitors... I don't know how it is with you, but i smell the next fine > $1,000,000,000 by the EU approaching...

  20. Simple Question on Brain Study Calls Free Will Into Question · · Score: 1

    If free will didn't exist - how could you plan doing something later?

  21. Re:African American? on African Americans and the Video Game Industry · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes! and LEARN OUR LANGUAGE when you come to our country, damnit!
    Especially the indians!

  22. TFA Is Right on Psychologists Don't Know Math · · Score: 1

    Imagine it were not 3 doors, but 1000000
    you pick one door, the moderator opens 999998 doors and says
    the right door is EITHER the one you chose out of 1000000 OR the other one that I didn't open...

    according to your argumentation that would still be a 50:50 chance...
    I hope this more extreme example helps you understand why TFA is right afterall...

  23. Re:What's The Perfect Balance For a Budget Laptop? on What's The Perfect Balance For a Budget Laptop? · · Score: 1

    Core2duo?
    what do you need that for? do you want to play crysis en-route? solve instances of NP-Complete problems?

    I have a laptop for working - it has 120MHz, 16MB SD-RAM, 500MB Harddisc, running damn small linux ... I have internet, e-mail, office, some compilers... and 8 colors!

  24. Re:Change Windows background color on What Font Color Is Best For Eyes? · · Score: 1

    in firefox you can force your own colors on websites (with the exception of graphics which usually have the designer-chosen background color - because $%&% Internet Explorer still has no decent .png transparency support)

    just go to extras -> options -> content -> fonts and colors -> uncheck "allow websites to use own fonts and colors"
    or on linux it's "edit -> options" instead of "extras -> options"

    (translated from the german version... the labels may be different)

  25. In related news on Sony Thinks Blu-ray Will Sell Like DVDs by Year End · · Score: 0, Troll

    In related news: microsoft thinks vista sales will go up soon...