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  1. Cucinelli should be charged on Judge Quashes Subpoena of UVA Research Records · · Score: 3, Interesting

    He's abusing taxpayer money to fuel this religious right-wing witch hunt.

  2. Silly on Retargeting Ads Stalk You For Weeks After You Shop · · Score: 1

    If I just bought something, why would they think I'm going to buy it again? If it was a perishable product or one that is periodically used up, that's understandable, but good shoes generally last at least a year or so.

  3. Not that kind of mining on China Plans To Mine the Yellow Sea Floor · · Score: 1

    False alarm.

    Well, in a manner of speaking. We'd still be fucked ecologically.

  4. Jet fuel? on Jet Packs, Finally On Sale · · Score: 1

    You pansy. Strap some JATO rockets on your back and light those suckers!

  5. Re:So lets say they make some money... on Can an Open Source Map Project Make Money? · · Score: 1

    They let you turn off the advertisements. :P

  6. Re:So that's what happened... on Some Windows Apps Make GRUB 2 Unbootable · · Score: 1

    Ubuntu keeps deleting windows 7 from my grub.cfg everytime grub updates

    That is why the first line of grub.cfg reads: "DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE. It is automatically generated ... using templates from /etc/grub.d."

    So if you want to put something in grub.cfg, edit the files in /etc/grub.d to make it persistent.

  7. Fuck you fucking fuckers on FCC Fights To Maintain Indecency Policy · · Score: 1

    Shove that nanny attitude and show some teeth for network neutrality instead.

  8. Re:Paging lawyers on MPEG LA Announces Permanent Royalty Moratorium For H264 · · Score: 1

    They pinky swore, so they're going to keep to it for at least a year or until they're under new management, whichever happens first. :P

  9. That's appropriate on Making Ubuntu Look Like Windows 7 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Because with lucid, Ubuntu's interface is already on the way to looking like Windows Vista.

  10. Re:He's Living the Dream, Baby! on Drunken Employee Shoots Server · · Score: 2, Insightful

    On that note, it's lucky he went for the server instead of a user.

  11. Re:Interesting note on Grad Student Invents Cheap Laser Cutter · · Score: 1

    I'm really sure I like where it's headed.

    I want it now, dammit! Screw those frickin' laws on endangered species.

  12. Re:so... on Teacher Asks Students To Plan a Terrorist Attack · · Score: 1

    But the CIA had the sense to not tell anybody what they planned. I'd much rather trust a secret agency with a history of complete harmlessness and trustworthiness than a sinister high school teacher. :P

  13. Every Jedi on LucasFilm Sues Jedi Mind Over 'Jedi' · · Score: 1

    Is now an enemy of my intellectual property!

    Do what must be done!

  14. Re:Scary thought on UVB-76 Broadcasts New Voice Message · · Score: 1

    Doesn't he already own enough nonsense broadcasters?

    (Also, I'd like to see him try to put a radio frequency behind a paywall.)

  15. Re:Lexmark on Linux on Lexmark Sues 24 Companies Over Toner-Cartridge Patents · · Score: 1

    Microsoft Windows 98 Linux Edition

    What is that I don't even

  16. Re:Location on UVB-76 Broadcasts New Voice Message · · Score: 1

    Well, it's not very difficult in Europe, except for privately owned land. Small countries with a moderate climate means there isn't much to stop you from crossing them on foot, given enough patience.

  17. Scary thought on UVB-76 Broadcasts New Voice Message · · Score: 1

    What happens if it ever stops broadcasting?

  18. Re:Creative Cheating on Girls Bugged Teachers' Staff Room · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Also, stupid enough to go bragging about it on Facebook.

  19. This crap is why on Tensions Rise Between Gamers and Game Companies Over DRM · · Score: 1

    I hardly even play non-free games anymore. Excepting the Avernum series, one of the last commercial games I bought was Age of Empires II.

    Seriously, I'd advise people to give Battle for Wesnoth or Widelands a try, or some of the free rogue-likes. There are some real gems in open source gaming, and they allow you to stick it to DRM without the slightest bit of piracy.

  20. Zynga on North Korea Looking For Friends On Facebook · · Score: 4, Funny

    Kim Jong-Il heard about Farmville and thought that sounded fun-.

  21. Re:Honesty on Sweden Defends Wiki Sex Case About-Face · · Score: 1

    punished by death according to the Codex Hammurabi.

    Honestly, what isn't?

  22. Re:Nope on Iran Opens Its First Nuclear Power Plant · · Score: 1

    "Reactor inefficiencies" for missing fuel would be kind of a laughable excuse. Every measurement and process has to be monitored in minute detail simply for safety - if the plant is operated by Russians, then it would be impossible to interfere with its operation that heavily without someone noticing oddities.

  23. Re:Makes no sense on Julian Assange Faces Rape Investigation In Sweden — Updated · · Score: 1

    This should be decided by a court, not by people on the internet.

    Why? We absolutely nailed the Hans Reiser case, didn't we? ... oh, whoops.

  24. Re:Character assasination in progress on Julian Assange Faces Rape Investigation In Sweden — Updated · · Score: 5, Insightful

    He's too high-profile to be killed off without it being obvious. Terrorists don't tend to care about PR all that much, or would even be glad to take credit for an attack. The US government, on the other hand, has an image and moral high ground to protect. Particularly in this case, where the leak greatly damages their credibility, killing the leaker would make it much worse. Hence the character assassination.

    (However, Assange should worry about pissing off Mossad. From what they pulled off in Dubai, they don't seem to care about image issues or international opinion much either.)

  25. Re:Hmph on Julian Assange Faces Rape Investigation In Sweden — Updated · · Score: 1

    Before he confessed and the body was discovered, there was apparently a conspiracy theory that his wife had returned to Russia and was framing him in order to gain custody of the children.