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  1. Re:Not radical Robin Hoods? on The Pirate Bay — "Just a Very Large Hobby" · · Score: 1

    This smells like a PR article for the pirates. Why would anyone be surprised. Did they put in a hidden cam and found out they are "polite". Like others have commented that IT people on the whole are polite. I don't know anyone apart from WWF fighters who are not polite when taking an interview. Murderers, underworld dons, the mafia are also very polite when interviewed.

  2. Re:Telco!!!!!!! Height of shortcuts by ignorants on Telco Sues Municipality For Laying Their Own Fiber · · Score: 1

    Telco is a tata company you must have heard that TATA purchased two most famous brands Jaguar and Landrover. So I think in TATA and their companies are an International brand and everyone could get confuses. i think A better shorcut would me telecom co. Sorry if I have been to harsh in my comments :-) But the use of "new" shortcuts just makes it so frustrating to understand anything nowadays

  3. Telco!!!!!!! Height of shortcuts by ignorants on Telco Sues Municipality For Laying Their Own Fiber · · Score: 1

    Telco is an Indian company. I was shocked to see how the hell it is suing and on what basis. Then i realise that the OP was using shortform for telecom company. Man these shortcuts are getting too much.

  4. Re:and... on One In Five Employers Scan Applicants' Web Lives · · Score: 1

    Totally agree. And the comment above who wants a person to have a drink once in a while, as he believes it is normal, that just plain stupid. I know of a girl who wanted to marry someone who drinks because all the bad, evil people she saw in her family did not drink. I told that is just a stupid theory, cause you will eliminate the most perfect man who is good and does not drink or smoke. I then told her that hitler was a vegetarian(atleast turned vegetarian) because he loves himself. All evil people love themselves and will not do something that is harmful to themselves. Does not mean that all vegetarians and people who dont drink are evil

  5. Re:and... on One In Five Employers Scan Applicants' Web Lives · · Score: 1

    If you read the article is goes on to advise us not to post shit on your profiles. Wow now that just does it for employers, they are never going to find out if their candidate is a crazy bloke. Cause everyone will hide their scraps and get themselves a proffessional profile. sometimes I wonder if this advice is really good for everybody. The guy gets a job and he would be incompetent and that in turn would affect us the consumer

  6. Why dont you invite your granparents 2 stay with U on A Full-Time 2-Way Video Link To Grandparents? · · Score: 1

    I think that would be better for everybody. Your kids would have a human touch. Grandparents have a good influence on kids(unless they are senile and demented). Especially when you have one of wise grandparents you see in movies.

  7. Re:Sorry to say but... on Thirst For Coltan Fueling African Conflict · · Score: 1

    The martial arts is not effective against guns - there is a reason why the army issues its soldiers guns instead of martial arts training.

    They do that because to train a person in the kind of martial arts that IS effective against a gun takes years of hard work and dedication(which only a person is born with), that is why guns are a better option.

  8. Re:Sorry to say but... on Thirst For Coltan Fueling African Conflict · · Score: 1

    Is that really true?????????? I really never heard of this but it makes sense. I heard that Indians(not columbus christened ones) were taken to africa decades ago as Slaves!!!!!!. I am still trying to figure out who took them. But you never saw anything happening in India even though the british ruled India for so long. I want to hear more how about some references to historical material. Thanks

  9. Why drive when you can fly on Mercedes To Phase Out Gasoline By 2015 · · Score: 1

    http://www.yogicflyingclubs.org/clubs.html http://tmyogicflying.org/aboutc.htm http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/viewnews.php?id=62257 There are various stages of Yogic Flying. The initial stage is "hopping." The second stage is "floating," and the final stage is "flying." So far, no one practicing the Yogic Flying TM-Sidhi has been observed achieving a stage beyond hopping. Achieving the floating and flying stages is dependent upon the extent to which the practitioner is able to sustain his awareness at the level of the unified field, the level of transcendental consciousness. It is by maintaining one's awareness at this very fine level that one is able to influence the laws of nature to gain support of those laws whereby anything is possible. That is why the unified field is called the field of all possibilities; from that most fundamental and powerful level anything is possible. The author believes that eventually the final stage of levitation (flying) will be a common phenomenon. http://www.amazingabilities.com/amaze9a.html Just get in padmasana and float to work. Could not get cheaper could not get any greener and you would miss the rush hour. Would there be "human traffic" jams then??? Profound question isnts it :-P Technically speaking people can actually fly.

  10. Still no sign of HIV virus on Researchers Modify T-Cells, Make Them HIV Resistant · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I just came here to see if any slashdotter atleast had some knowledge on HIV. All of these theories cropping up as cures and no one sees the truth. So that is what is needed to let AIDS virus attack. I am sure they dont have any test results to show. Like put the hiv virus and these t-cells in a testube together and show us some results. Cause the damn HIV virus is a hoax. I have yet to see a test or a cure that actually has been proven with a live culture of HIV virus. All on theories Before you argue please look for scientific proof on virusmyth.net. Thank you

  11. Re:OMG!!!! He's missed the boat! on How Japan's Biggest BBS Keeps Things Simple · · Score: 1

    The sun does not cause cancer, period. If it did then the entire human race would have been extinct by now. Tropical countries have the least cases of skin cancer(I know because of a certain pigment in their skin) but the fact is that it is the lifestyle and deficiencies that cause skin cancer. Sunscreen companies have just spread this rumour to sell more sunscreen. Did you know that North Indians(India) also roam around in the sun as much as south Indians and they are not even dark. But none of them have cancer. The sun shined everyday till time endless. But it is only of late(that is a few decades) that have seen a rise in Skin cancer. Why was there no skin cancer before. Think about it

  12. Re:copyright issues on Study Confirms ISPs Meddle With Web Traffic · · Score: 1

    No it is not flyers. Inserting flyers would be the ISP makes a window pop with ads.(it still needs to modify the page to add the javascript). So the ISP is indeed messing up the withe newspaper and the content. So the analgy is correct. In flyers the newspaper content is not touched.

  13. Re:Who cares? on African Americans and the Video Game Industry · · Score: 1

    There are no black people in pakistan. The same way there are black people in north India, they are the same region. So get your facts straight. The term is wrong and racist, you can argue otherwise but the truth is that it is.(just like a person who eats egg calls himself a vegetarian and may present many arguments but the fact is that he is eating an unborn fetus) You are right though about the history of the term. They wanted to identify with their african roots that is why the term was invented AND/OR accepted by many Africans. So they really cant have it both ways. The racism is clear calling a person black or brown is racist. Take a look at India south Indians and north Indians are the same race.(or course many argue about the aryan invasion theory but that is bullcr@p) But people int he north are fair and South Indians are dark and get blacker than africans the more south you go(into srilanka). The fact is that the sun is what makes them black. Genetic links are just humbug. We hear lot of stories of people in south india having the same genetic desposition of Nelson mandela(yes that was the headline). But it is just a part of a plan to divide India racially. Our history and not spoken of any race and Indians are of the same race. North Indians may have been cross bred with Mongol /Moghul races thats it. Aryan race does not exist. Those were all wrong interpretations of the meaning of the word arya and also a conspiracy to destroy the very roots of the vedic culture. Coming back to the point the term is definately racist. And like dnoyeb they wanted to be identified with african heritage so they accepted or may have even chosen the word and now they cannot have it both ways.

  14. This is bull on Scientists Discover Gene For Ruthlessness · · Score: 1

    Just another reason why we should stop believing these researcher, They will come up with anything to keep the grants coming in. This is going to make ruthless people guilt free. "I am dick but dont blame me, its in my genes". This seems to be part of conspiracy that is pushing the entire society to immorality. So people who are ruthless are not just bad human beings. Everything is genetic I am sure they will find genes for criminals. Then I am damn sure some smart lawyer will use this gene in a case to get his client off punishment. Now does that make ruthlesness a disease, how about having a seperate parking space for ruthless people. They have a genetic problem.

  15. The big question is... on RoadRunner Intercepting Domain Typos · · Score: 1

    What will the ISP gain??(in the long run).
    Just look at the response to this kind of tactics. What do "we" do, we don't use the search page provided nor do we click on any link, "we" instead search for the "opt-out" button and opt-out.
    So advertisers should get smart, and realise that "forced" advertising is not going to sell their products.
    But I am sure that there might be a category of people who might click on these links. Will those clicks be enough to get advertisers.
    If this post gets famous then many people will choose to opt out of it.
    Maybe if there is movement of "awareness" then they might stop using this.
    And isnt there a rule on such DNS activities(ethically speaking).
    No-one should be redirected unless they ask for and not the other way around.

  16. I had an ISP use rogue servers on Number of Rogue DNS Servers on the Rise · · Score: 1

    There was an ISP who also hosts websites. A particular website was hosted with them(it was not operational and it pointed to the ISP homepage), and then they transferred to another host. If you used a connection on that particular ISP then It would still redirect to their homepage. They never changed the DNS settings, rather they don't automatically update their DNS server. When Asked they said that they forgot to change it. I pointed out that DNS servers are supposed to be updated automatically. The website owner was not willing to sue them. This was in 2001 at that time I had posted this in a few forums asking if this was illegal, but nobody knew what I was talking about(at least in those forums which was web design related). Well they are closed now. But I feel these rogue servers can be used by ISP and cyber centres. Otherwise I don't see how these rogue servers could affect someone. AAhhh if a virus/malware/spyware could be written to change the DNS server settings in your network properties then these DNS servers could be dangerous. I think this is the only way they can be used.

  17. Anyone can claim anything about HIV. on Experts Claim HIV Patients Made Non-Infectious · · Score: 1

    Yes anyone can claim anything about HIV, if you watched the documentary "The other Side of AIDS". Google it up. In fact that has what Robert Gallo been doing since he told us that HIV caused AIDS. But to tell you the truth after watching the documentary The other side of Aids, I am still not questioning the "theory" that HIV causes AIDS. One reason is because this documentary is not conclusive and that makes it so wonderful. It is not like those Conspiracy theory documentaries that you see and then they tell you to believe them. It makes you think. I am not an expert to question if HIV causes AIDS, but I have enough of common sense and logic to question if an ELISE test or a WESTERN BLOT test(and 30 other approved test kits) which do not detect the HIV Virus at all can be used to determine if a Person is HIV+. Yes I(and a friend) did a lot of research after watching the documentary and we visited a 5 laboratories and spoke to many pathologists and my friend even took an HIV test, and guess what, none of the test detect HIV virus. To make it clear, lets take a malaria test, the malaria test actually detects Vivax or Falciferum(pardon the typos) and even gives a count of how much pathogen is in the blood. But none of the 30 test kits give a count of even detect the HIVirus. All these tests are if-you-get-this-that-means-you-have-the-virus-tests. In fact on many websites selling the ELISA and Western Blot test kits they have a very clear warning saying "This kit does not detect the HIV". Now that was shocking Even though there are group of well known scientists out there who question the accuracy of these tests, people believe that a combination of ELISA and western Blot tests are accurate. I have seen two cases where a T.B. patient and a rare disease(I don't remember the name but he told me that it is a rare disease related to the Immune system) where they were HIV+. Both of them cousins who had the same relatives, one a pathologist and other a doctor. The T.B. patient was the first case. Since the pathologist knows how inaccurate HIV tests are and just because it was his relative recommended that he take a T.B. test and if it was positive(T.B.) then he should cure it and then only take an HIV test again. The doctor(their relative too) also suggested this. Well after a year and half he took the HIV test and it came negative. He took around 5 Different types of HIV tests after that and still was negative. The sad part is that most pathologists and doctors like them know that it is inaccurate but will not "come out in the open". Only their relatives and close friends are saved. They don't speak about it because of the "scorn factor"(which I am going to get over her too :-)) Well so coming to the point. This means that there are many false HIV positives out there. We don't even know if there are less dangerous germs that will cause the similar antibody responses in a human being. Like maybe waterborne germs. This could explain why India and Africa have HIV+ in large numbers even though they are not having as much sex as developed nations. Some contribute it to condoms and other things, but people actually living there know what is the truth. These people could be drinking contaminated water and food and that is why they are roaming around with high antibody counts as their body has to continuously fight against a constant "invasion" of germs due the unhygienic living conditions. I remember a case of a British guy who was diagnosed HIV+ and he took all the possible test to confirm it and then after 6 months was HIV-. No one can explain why, well I think they have to look at the other side. So that is why many quacks and many ayurvedic healers have "cured" HIV+ patients. Well the truth is they never cured anything maybe Tulsi and garlic are natural germ killers and that would have reduced their anti-body count. So in this case I feel all these people are not HIV+ at all. That is the reason they are not spreading it. It is just these inaccurate test that are "declaring" them as HIV+. These scientists migh

  18. Re:I can feel the kindness on AIDS Drug Patent Revoked In US · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    You must be American(the 32%) Only american can sympathize with a company that is killing them to make profit. It is ok to kill humans or else they wont make profit. Anyone who would defy that would immediately be called a communist and demonized. First of all there are no AIDS drugs. They are just drugs that make your condition worse. It is just another cancer Industry at work. It is surprising that the Melinda and Bill gates foundation never put those millions of dollars into research, rather they took the money and paid these pharma companies the market price for the toxic AIDS drugs and distributed them free. Why dont they give atleast 1 million to public funded research Labs. Well they wont and I dont have the time to explain why.

  19. Why isnt anyone mentioning India on Math on iPhones Just Doesn't Add Up? · · Score: 1

    I live in small city of India and almost every Tom dick and harry has an iphone here. It is available for 30000 INR (750$ approx). Unlocked to work with any Indian network SiM. There are atleast 100 cities that are much bigger than my city and I am sure that they have iphones in the same proportions as my city if not more. Bangalorians and Hyderabadis(two of the major silicon cities in India) were the first to release videos on youtube showing how to hack and make Indian Sims work with. I remember one guy had a pre-ordered iphone,which his relative had pre-ordered for him. It was sent out to him and he opened the sealed pack right there on his youtube video. I am sure there are atleast thousands in the MiddleEast too. I know this because one guy had come to me to hack his Iphone(the guy had updated the firmware) and he had got his phone from the middleeast. I am sure that there are atleast half of those phones are in India and the middle east.

  20. Re:Microsoft Says Vista Has the Fewest Flaws on Microsoft Says Vista Has the Fewest Flaws · · Score: 1

    Seriously??? I would rather skip Macdonalds and go hungry when i don't have time, but i wouldn't mind using someone else's PC running a vista, when I haven't got my PC. That is the actual example. I still put on weight if I eat one burger with all those edocrine disrupting chemicals they add. I dont think any thing close to that can happen from using Vista. I think we have to drop the Macdonalds metaphor now. Cause eating in Macdonalds would like using someone elses PC with a vista. Actually installing Vista once in a while would be eating from Mcdonalds for a month atleast. Have you watched the moview "Super Size Me". Poor fellow is still overweight.

  21. This is good news on First Look At Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 · · Score: 1

    I was feeling just like I used to feel years ago when i switched to Firefox. IE sucked so bad but I was still comfortable using it. I liked the tabs in firefox and many other features but for some reason it took me time to dump IE. Now with those thousands of problem with Firefox I was looking the opera way. It was the same feeling. Opera has some features which are cooler than firefox but I just could not crossover. I am glad to see that mozilla has finally admited the memory leaks and fixed it. I was begining to believe in a bizzare conspiracy theory that microsoft had infiltrators who were sabotaging firefox :-P. How could something so good go so bad and then when you got to help in the forums they all acted as if i was some dumb f@ck who did not know to operate a computer.

  22. Popular Mechanics???????? on Beyond Nobel, Hard Drives Get Smart · · Score: 1

    Popular Mechanics???????? Does anyone even take them seriously after they put their foot in their mouth trying to debunk 9/11 conspiracy theories. Stupid idiots should have stuck to "science"

  23. when will they start finding the cause on New and Improved Deadly Snail Venom · · Score: 1

    Another dangerous way to "kill the pain" rather than "kill the cause". Every pain has a cause but todays medicine will rather "cure" you of your pain than fine the cause and tell you what to do. Toxin accumalation is one of the major reason or "unknown" back/spinal pain. If you just get rid of the toxins your backache is gone. Happened to 2 of my friends who had backache for years. They were both on drugs and had to even take injections. One went to an ayurvedic doctor and he told him to have some grass(the same grass you see your dog munching on when he has a stomach ache;that is if you live in green areas) and his pain dissappeared in a week. The other guy went for an ayurvedic massage and his pain went of in a month. He had done physiotherapy earlier but got only temporary relief. This ayurvedic massage was less of a massage but more of rubbing your lymph nodes and releasing accumalated toxins. Well i read a comment about a person in an accident in such cases the cause is very difficult and these drugs might be neccesary till the cause is found. But never stop searching for the cause get MRI's and Catscans there could be a nerve getting pressed and get it operated.

  24. Re:Subsidized on India To Offer Free Broadband by 2009 · · Score: 1

    You people are missing the biggest point. We are still paying taxes, right now I am paying taxes but i am not getting anything for "free". Your(and above you) argument against this "free" move, calling it subsidized would have held good if the govt simultaneously declare an extra tax(like they did with the education cess they started charging to give "free" or atleast improve education). We have been paying taxes for so many years and have been paying for the internet too. Now if tomorrow govt. doesn't charge it has to be an "extra benefit" to the tax payer. So please dont "bitch" about the govt. so much. They are finally "utilizing" our tax money properly. This could only mean one thing. BSNL and MTNL have almost reached the efficiency of a private holding. They are govt. backed and they have become so efficient that they can provide internet for free. Till now they were recovering cost or they were just not efficient. It is a good move. I dont know wether it can "technically" be called "free". But we are not getting it now and we will get it by 2009 so it is something you have to be thankful about and appreciate this move.

  25. Re:ARTICLE TEXT on Five Things You Can't Discuss about Linux · · Score: 1

    Exactly Microsoft has many trolls running around discouraging the newbie who is planning to crossover to Linux. This is happening in all sectors from Ajinomoto being purported as safe to proving that ethanol fuel is more harmful to the ecology and more costly. Blogs by such trolls who are excellent writers are being hired by such companies.