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  1. Re:What break? on Woz Fears Stifling of Startups Due to Patent Wars · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You haven't seen multi-touch trackpad in other systems because of... PATENTS!

  2. Re:Still needs more research on Colony Collapse Disorder Linked To Pesticide, High-Fructose Corn Syrup · · Score: 1

    Parent didn't even RTFS. Nowhere is it saying that the HFCS is causing it. They are saying the PESTICIDE is a cause. And corn in the USA is heavily sprayed with the pesticide in general. The pesticide is being transmitted to the bees through their food, which happens to be HFCS.

    Amazing what happens when you actually read.

  3. Re:It's embarassing on Solar Power Is Booming — Why Do We Want To Kill It? · · Score: 1

    Which I understand. But I get tired of Apple being labeled as "innovative" and such. They are not innovative in any sense of the word when it comes to actual tech. They've got fantastic aesthetic designers to make things look pretty and present a shiny "must have" veneer. But they do not actually create, invent, or innovate.

  4. Re:It's embarassing on Solar Power Is Booming — Why Do We Want To Kill It? · · Score: 1

    Huh? Apple hasn't "created" a single damn thing in 30 years. They've pulled a Japan to be honest, streamlined existing products and made em pretty.

  5. Re:But isn't it still slightly helpful to the poor on Solar Power Is Booming — Why Do We Want To Kill It? · · Score: 1

    Depends on where you live. Lot of municipalities have private water companies. Lots more have govt. owned divisions that have "privatized" operations.

  6. Re:But isn't it still slightly helpful to the poor on Solar Power Is Booming — Why Do We Want To Kill It? · · Score: 1

    Um... no. Well, maybe.

    Depends how your solar system is tied into the grid. If you have no charge/storage attached to your system, then sure. Night-time use will resort to grid based electricity. Attach some storage to your system, however, and you are good for days.

  7. Re:Chinese Subsidies on Solar Power Is Booming — Why Do We Want To Kill It? · · Score: 1

    Wrong. There is nothing wrong with ethanol. The problem is CORN based ethanol. Brazil is a fine example of proper ethanol creation/consupmtion

  8. Re:Easy fix? on TSA 'Warning' Media About Reporting On Body Scanner Failures? · · Score: 1

    On who's site, the TSA? Or are you looking at manufacturing specs. Last time I looked there were no dosages reported and the reason printed was National Security.

  9. Re:They're hardly perfect on TSA 'Warning' Media About Reporting On Body Scanner Failures? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I typed out an entire response about the Bronze Age before I realized you were being sarcastic... My sensor is busted today I guess.

  10. Re:the TSA is unconstitutional as heck! on TSA 'Warning' Media About Reporting On Body Scanner Failures? · · Score: 2

    And it's been shown time after time that the "policing" by the TSA would not have had the slightest affect on ANY of the terrorist plots to date. Including 9/11.

  11. Re:Easy fix? on TSA 'Warning' Media About Reporting On Body Scanner Failures? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And you say this on what grounds? The dosages that the machines give out is "Classified for National Security Purposes". They won't tell you how much you are getting dosed. It's illegal for them to tell you. Hell, if you listen to the TSA tell it, it's "the same as getting an ultrasound"

  12. Re:Warned about what? on TSA 'Warning' Media About Reporting On Body Scanner Failures? · · Score: 1

    10k names is a small number to search against.

    Ummm... The GP said 10M names. Check your commas.

  13. Re:Profit & Lies on YouTube Identifies Birdsong As Copyrighted Music · · Score: 1

    I DID watch the video. I also OWN a copy of that song. You'd need to be on more drugs than Iron Butterfly was when they recorded the song to hear it in the salad video.

    Nice attempt at humor with the windmill reference, also a fail.

    Spending time at our level? What does that mean exactly? Our level - the level of the people that you are trying to shill out of money to license copyright that you don't own for videos that DON'T VIOLATE COPYRIGHT? Good try.

    The existence of your company is a joke just like all other copyright and patent trolls. You are parasites feeding on the works of others and the only reason you backed off on this one was due to the mass amounts of bad PR it drummed up.

  14. Re:Profit & Lies on YouTube Identifies Birdsong As Copyrighted Music · · Score: 5, Interesting

    No. This is NOT a complex issue. You claimed ownership of something that was not yours. Sure, the first time was an automated script. However, the SECOND time was apparently by the "copyright owners" and they verified ownership. This was a lie.

    So, it boils down to this. Your company which supposedly represents artists is engaged in piracy. You are stealing IP from others by claiming ownership even when it is obvious to any sane human that it is not yours.

    It is not complex. It is very simple. It is pre-school simple. You are thieves hiding behind a corporate mask.

  15. Re:So says the religious guy. on Santorum Calls Democrats 'Anti-Science' · · Score: 1

    Even more, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all believe in the same god (or at least they claim to).

    Sorry, this is wrong. Christians believe in a trinity. Many practising christians try to claim this is still "One God", but the slightest academic perusal of the material shows "the father", "the son", and "the holy ghost" as separate entities. Heck, Jesus prays to god at various points and is responded to. That there shows that they are either separate beings or that god is bipolar.

    Allah is a singular. Haven't studied judaism much, so can't comment there.

  16. Re:Lesson of the day: on Google In Battle With Its Own Lawyers · · Score: 2

    Huh?

  17. Re:Give the game developers a break on Anger With Game Content Lock Spurs Reaction From Studio Head Curt Shilling · · Score: 1

    Episodic game development would be fine. The problem here is that this ass-monkey is flat out saying that, as the publisher, they should be allowed... No, we should be required... to make sure they earn a profit on every single change of hands.

    That is nonsense.

  18. Re:Ban the use of faucets! on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 2

    What do you mean, "next?" There are already publishers arguing against libraries.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/business/for-libraries-and-publishers-an-e-book-tug-of-war.html

  19. Ethanol is feasible, just not here... on Is E85 Dead Now? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ethanol is very feasible, just not he way we make it in the states. Sugarcane produces far more ethanol per weight than corn does, and it does so with much less manufacturing. However, the USA has a massive pre-existing investment in corn. Thus the issue.

  20. Re:If you enjoy your job, then why not? on Do Companies Punish Workers Who Take Vacations? · · Score: 2

    I'm 37. I've had many jobs over the years. I've NEVER had a single job I was upset about leaving. Not one. Every job I've ever had, I left without looking back or even giving the tiniest bit of caring.

    Maybe because all those jobs didn't give the tiniest care about me. Every job has been, "Be glad you HAVE a job..." And I see no chance of that ever changing.

  21. Re:Maybe this is a sign.. on The Looming Library Lending Battle · · Score: 1

    Depends on the system used. My local library has a DRM in place where the E-book simply becomes unusable at the return time.

    BTW: My wife works for the library. No, libraries do not make money on late fees. Late fees are simply a punitive penalty on the borrower to get them to bring stuff back on time. Libraries tend to get funded based on the number of "circulations" their items log. Everytime something is checked out or renewed counts as a "circulation". When an item is late, that item is not being re-circulated. The late fees imposed sometimes don't even cover the loss of income from the non-circulation if the item was popular.

  22. Re:Advantage of homebrew? on Hello World On PS Vita, Thanks to Buffer Overflow · · Score: 3, Insightful

    On the OtherOS front, we have over a year of Sony saying, "OtherOS is here to stay" and "we will not remove functionality"

    On the flip side is knowingly installing rootkits on folks computers, lying about, then saying it's people's own faults because, "Most people don't even know what a rootkit is!"

  23. Re:let me go home and cry some more on Aging Consoles Find New Life As Video Streamers · · Score: 2

    This. A million times. I've spent more money at GOG.com in the past year than I've spent on my Xbox360 library since I've owned the system.

  24. Re:Hahaha on Ask Slashdot: Good Metrics For a Small IT Team? · · Score: 1

    Good point. I'd forgotten about the power of blindly following the same invisible babysitter. That's a big one.

  25. Re:Hahaha on Ask Slashdot: Good Metrics For a Small IT Team? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Do you actually believe this? Seriously? Most upper management is there because they either knew someone in the right position or had enough money/clout to force their way into it. Often time through family. Rarely these days do you see any upper corporate management that actually worked their way up.