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  1. Re:Headline correction. on Apple Ends Anti-Blogger Legal Effort · · Score: 1

    Yes, but shhhhhh - he's a little embarrassed about it...

  2. Re:Headline correction. on Apple Ends Anti-Blogger Legal Effort · · Score: 4, Interesting

    As my mom always said "You don't get credit for doing the right thing - you are SUPPOSED to do the right thing."

  3. Re:No such thing as a dead genre? on Urban-Themed Video Games 'Basically Dead'? · · Score: 1

    "I'd like to introduce you to my good friends: disco, adventure games, and traditional cell animation."

    Are they cousins with BSD?

  4. Re:Urban-themed? on Urban-Themed Video Games 'Basically Dead'? · · Score: 1

    I know you were being sarcastic, but no it doesn't. It is, has been, and always will be about the Haves vs. the Have Nots. Race is merely coincidental.

  5. Re:New Ideas on Urban-Themed Video Games 'Basically Dead'? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, you load it up, it says "You Lose" - and then the Americans come in and save your asses...

  6. Re:New Ideas on Urban-Themed Video Games 'Basically Dead'? · · Score: 1

    Outlaws was my favorite too. The gameplay, the weapons, the soundtrack - excellent! I can't believe until GUN (which was kinda weak) came out there haven't been any other Western themed shooters...

  7. Re:When everyone does it... on Urban-Themed Video Games 'Basically Dead'? · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Here let me make an analogy for geeks and nerds: Having a Linux desktop today is not as cool as having one say 10 years ago."

    Mod parent down for using non-car related analogy....

  8. Re:FP! on Urban-Themed Video Games 'Basically Dead'? · · Score: 1

    I wish they would make Fallout into a MMORPG - that I would actually consider playing...

  9. Re:Mission Scrubbed on Inflatable Private Space Station Launched · · Score: 1

    Careful with that Ax Eugene...

  10. Ommission on DHS to Send Widespread Alerts · · Score: 1

    ""The Department of Homeland Security is gearing up to be able to periodic test 'alerts' to cable television stations, satellite radio, as well as any text-capable device -- PDAs, cell phones, and web sites."

    You forgot to add the next lines - "Expect the alerts to slowly start a few days after disaster strikes. (When it is so obvious to the rest of the country something needs to be done.) Immediately following, you will receive texts placing the blame squarely on mayors, governors, and other local authorities."

  11. Re:But HOW Sharp?? on The Sharpest Object Ever Made · · Score: 1

    But does it run Linux?

  12. Re:Microsoft job listings on Hack in the Box Meets Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    "Hi, I'm a MCPE..."

  13. Re:Comon Sense Tips For Today's Youth on Patriot Act Bypasses Facebook Privacy · · Score: 1

    I have been following these rules explicitly since first logging onto a BBS circa 1983... And it has saved my ass more than a few times...

  14. Re:Compensation? on BitTorrent Becomes Ever More Legit · · Score: 1

    In New Jersey, all gas stations are full service (with gas usually being 5 - 10 cents more expensive per gallon) - it is illegal to pump your own gas. Which may not be a bad idea in Jersey...

  15. Re:Roadblock on BitTorrent Becomes Ever More Legit · · Score: 1

    Or it could be a planned failure, so the MPAA can say "see we tried digital, and people were still pirating"

  16. Re:Misleading title on BitTorrent Becomes Ever More Legit · · Score: 1

    I always assumed that "bittorrent" was the protocol and "Bittorrent" was the corporation...(confusion may ensue if it is the first word in a sentence) As far as I know, there isn't a corporation named "HTTP", or the same claim may have been made...

  17. Re:Roadblock on BitTorrent Becomes Ever More Legit · · Score: 1

    The restrictions that you won't put up with, many people wouldn't be bothered by. They did do their market research. Slashdot users do not represent the genreral population. Besides, they know people like you already have a system - they are trying to attact new customers who are a little more clueless...

  18. Re:why? on BitTorrent Becomes Ever More Legit · · Score: 1

    "all of those and more are already available on bittorrent. Hell there is already HD Rips of most content available via BT.

    How do they expect to compete with the illigit stuff?"

    Apparently you haven't heard of a little thing called iTunes?? It seems to be "struggling by"...

  19. Re:Compensation? on BitTorrent Becomes Ever More Legit · · Score: 1

    Yep, grocery stores used to be more "full service" - but believe me, you were paying for the services with higher prices overall for all products. I would rather do a little work myself and save a little...

  20. Re:De minimis is dead on BitTorrent Becomes Ever More Legit · · Score: 1

    1 - pixelation

    2 - write your own original songs, or, get permission from original artist to use theirs

  21. Re:Wait a second... on Virus Trackers Find Malware With Google · · Score: 1

    Because BSD is dead?

  22. Re:do no evil, rat out evil on Virus Trackers Find Malware With Google · · Score: 1

    And in every case the dead person was brought back to life...

  23. I had to do it... on Another Ornithopter Takes Off · · Score: 0

    "There's snakes on the motherf*cking ornithopter!"

  24. Re:form. This "front" is obvious. on Work Around for New DVD Format Protections · · Score: 1

    All of the bigger ones. You would have to check the indiviual companies for their policies, but for example, here is what Blizzard's http://www.blizzard.com/SUPPORT/?id=asc0133p replacement CD policy is -
    Damaged or broken CD:
    You will need to mail in the damaged or broken disk(s), and a $10 US dollar money order (per game) to the P.O. box listed below to cover shipping and handling costs. No personal check or cash will be accepted.

  25. Re:Educate the World on Stephen Hawking Asks The Internet a Question · · Score: 1

    I wasn't commenting on the politics or motivations behind the actions, merely refuting parent post that Christains "certainly aren't bombing people in cars."