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  1. Re:Human Nature on EU Car Makers Manipulating Fuel Efficiency Figures · · Score: 2

    Simple. Animaniacs is MUCH more clever than Corporate America...

  2. Re:Not a huge surprise... on Hacker Skips SimCity Full-Time Network Requirement · · Score: 2

    How are the graphics?

    They were good, but now I just get a text screen.

    How is the sound?

    It used to be awesome, but now it's silent.

    How is the gameplay?

    It used to be fun, but now it's really boring.

    I'm not seeing a problem in going from a 9.5 to a 4.

  3. Re:Only political power can protect your privacy on Google's Punishment? Lecture Those They Snooped On · · Score: 1

    It's not at all hard to believe if you read about how the developer did his work with an open source module that he was unaware was logging to that extent. He grabbed what he needed and threw the rest away but didn't know the logs kept it all because he really didn't pay enough attention to that feature of the module.

  4. Re:Bullshit premise is bullshit. on Google's Punishment? Lecture Those They Snooped On · · Score: 1

    Google's programmer grabbed an open source module. He wasn't aware of the extent of the logging, which included the full packets captured, which included usernames and passwords in some cases.

    Aaron Schwartz knew that accessing the public domain works in the manner he was made people unhappy. But he was not technically stealing or violating the policies. They offered him unlimited and then capped him.

  5. Re:Obviously they were the same crimes on Google's Punishment? Lecture Those They Snooped On · · Score: 1

    Is it even POSSIBLE to steal public domain data?

  6. Re:Seriously now... on Google's Punishment? Lecture Those They Snooped On · · Score: 1

    Actually, Aaron Schwartz was doing the equivalent of rebroadcasting CSPAN.

  7. Re:Seriously now... on Google's Punishment? Lecture Those They Snooped On · · Score: 1

    But even then they did collect some usernames and passwords that happened to be broadcast plaintext (to a website, for instance) while they were driving by.

  8. April 1st already?!? on Obama Administration Supports Journalist Arrested For Recording Cops · · Score: 1

    Is this 2 good rulings out of the Obama administration in a single day? Is it April Fools' Day already?

  9. Re:NO. on Is Daylight Saving Time Worth Saving? · · Score: 1

    Every computer system I've seen (and written) allows you to turn off DST. We could just turn it off.

  10. Regardless of the fairness or inconsequential of the tax, the government have no business knowing how many emails I send. For that matter the government has no business knowing pretty much anything about the bits I send.

    Stop trying to prop up dying industries by punishing technological progress.

    And yet, they're almost certainly already reading it.

  11. Re:Help me steal crap on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Flagged Channels For XBMC PVR? · · Score: 1

    hell windows 7 came preloaded on my computer

    You're doing it wrong. If you install your manufacturer's OEM version, you don't need a key at all.

  12. Re:First strike! on North Korea Threatens US With Preemptive Nuclear Strike · · Score: 1

    But MAD would also annihilate South Korea. And we like them...

  13. Re:First strike! on North Korea Threatens US With Preemptive Nuclear Strike · · Score: 2

    The problem is that NK has an army of mostly soldiers, even HORSES still. That means they will be spread all over the field, so bombs and drones won't be very effective.

    That's why you attack during one of their mandatory military parades. They're all in one spot then.

  14. Re:Oh good on Hockey Sticks Among Carry-On Items TSA Has Cleared For Planes · · Score: 3, Informative

    Bin Laden was found in Pakistan and I can assure you that Pakistanis love cricket.

  15. Re:You can on Rand Paul Launches a Filibuster Against Drone Strikes On US Soil · · Score: 1

    Or a couple small Asian women delivering newspapers in a pickup truck, that don't vaguely look like the large, Black suspect.

  16. Re:The enemy of my enemy on Rand Paul Launches a Filibuster Against Drone Strikes On US Soil · · Score: 1

    He may be a little strange at times, but this is a true statement.

  17. Re:The enemy of my enemy on Rand Paul Launches a Filibuster Against Drone Strikes On US Soil · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I quit being a Republican when they started arguing about "what constitutes torture"? I told them that every time they continued to call for donations...

  18. Re:The bottom line... on Salt Linked To Autoimmune Diseases · · Score: 1

    MOD Parent up! That's hilarious...

  19. Re:Everything good is bad for you on Salt Linked To Autoimmune Diseases · · Score: 1

    Even Jesus didn't get out of here alive folks

    I thought the whole point of his coming was that he did.

  20. Re:Do not buy asus on Microsoft Restores Transfer Rights To Office 2013 · · Score: 1

    I have an Asus Zenbook and I love it. I also have an EeePC netbook and a Transformer tablet. I love them all.

  21. Re:a good move on Microsoft Restores Transfer Rights To Office 2013 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Then the question becomes: why would i take windows 8?

    To get the free copy of Office, of course. Duh!

  22. Re:temporary allies, but not friends on The Accidental Betrayal of Aaron Swartz · · Score: 2

    My dad used to be a public defender, we are all just people here.

    Nice try, but we're not buying that a public defender is a person.

  23. Re:Much Ado About Nothing on Don't Want a Phonebook? Give Up Your Privacy · · Score: 1

    Just send them an e-mail at example.com... Or do you have to verify it?

  24. Re:At what point does free speech become littering on Don't Want a Phonebook? Give Up Your Privacy · · Score: 1

    then all you're really doing is encouraging corporations to farm out all their work to single-person token "contractors"

    Sounds like a way to help unemployment.

  25. Re:File a police complaint for littering on Don't Want a Phonebook? Give Up Your Privacy · · Score: 1

    But if YOU do it, it will be littering for sure. You are forgetting about high court vs. low court.