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  1. Old Dilbert Strip on Apple Awarded Anti-Sexting Patent · · Score: 1

    http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1996-01-23/ They're trying to prevent teenagers from talking about sex. Teenagers. Sex. Good fucking luck.

  2. Counter Strike on Controversy Arises Over Taliban Option In Medal of Honor · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You've been able to play as a Terrorist in Counter Strike since day one. It came out ten god damn years ago.

  3. Re:MIT just needs to make it a parody on NAMCO Takes Down Student Pac-man Project · · Score: 2, Funny

    Reminds me of an old Penny Arcade comic.

  4. Where do I sign up? on The Hell Known As Internet Screening Services · · Score: 1

    I think the problem is they're getting people who are still grossed out by lemonparty. One of the guys in the article is 52. What they need are people like me and my friends, who are hardened internet veterans. I've seen just about every horrible thing on the internet. How do I apply for this job?

  5. Re:If Opera implemented other things right,I'd use on Opera 10.60 Released, With Faster JS, WebM Video Support · · Score: 1

    Not to mention that most greasemonkey scripts work in Opera as well.

  6. Re:Chinese espionage is not innocuous on Black Duck Eggs and Other Secrets of Chinese Hacks · · Score: 1

    but if they can shut down our command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) networks (not coincidentally, this is also why they developed the satellite-killing missile), then they have essentially shut us down, especially for any military response to an attack on Taiwan.

    So the Chinese are Cylons?

  7. Not in Washington on Seattle Hacker Catches Cops Who Hid Arrest Tapes · · Score: 2, Informative

    Refusing to show ID is not illegal as Washington does not have a Stop and Identify statute: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_and_identify

  8. Billboards on Google Seeking Patent On Ads For Street View · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I assumed they would be overlaying ads onto existing advertising space; i.e., billboards. After all, the companies who wanted to advertise on the billboard did so with the expectation that their only audience would be people driving by. By leaving these images as they are, those companies get free advertising, which is not something Google is required to give them. Similarly, if the content of a billboard has changed since the image was taken, it's unfair for the earlier company to receive free advertising while the newer one does not. If they want to superimpose new, relevant ads over old, useless ads, that's fine by me.

  9. Really? on Somali Pirates Open Up a "Stock Exchange" · · Score: 1

    Why would anyone think it's a good idea to give their money to professional thieves?

  10. SAT on Cursive Writing Is a Fading Skill — Does It Matter? · · Score: 1

    When I took the SAT three years ago, there was a portion on the answer booklet where you had to write two or three sentences to verify that you were who you said you were. And it had to be in cursive. Everyone in the room took about five minutes to write it out. Much of that time was spent trying to remember what the cursive equivalent of all the letters were.

  11. Not all... on Flickr Yanks Image of Obama As Joker · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My friend told me he saw a few of these and he was very upset. Not about the portrayl of Obama, but that they don't understand the Joker at all. Anarchy is more his flavour than Socialism.

  12. Would you kindly... on US Scientist Creates Artificial Life · · Score: 1

    Cut to the chase and tell me how long until I can start splicing? There's nothing quite like a fist full of lightning.

  13. Thats a nice email on ISPs Starting To Charge for 'Guaranteed' Email Delivery · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That sure is a nice email you've got there. It'd be a shame if anything happened to it, eh?

  14. STALKER on Wildlife Returning To Chernobyl · · Score: 1

    I said come in! Don't stand there! I said come in! Don't stand there! I said come in! Don't stand there!

  15. Even if it IS protected on Verizon Claims Free Speech Over NSA Wiretapping · · Score: 1

    Verizon doesn't have much of a case here, but even if the First Ammendement would allow them to hand over this information, that doesn't mean they SHOULD.

  16. Re:This was discovered in the US? on Treating the Dead · · Score: 2, Funny

    Huang, Ahmad, Silvfast, Skifvars, Vanden Hoek, Khan - all good American names :) KHAAAAANNN!! YOU... RESUSCITATED... MY... SON!!
  17. Take that, Fox on Matt Groening Talks About Futurama's Comeback · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You can only destroy so many good sci-fi shows with poor advertising and bad timeslot placement, Fox! If only Firefly could have pulled off the same feat that Futurama has.

  18. I did. on Who Killed the Webmaster? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But I did not shoot the deputy.

  19. Whats the big deal? on Spamming Google Maps · · Score: 1

    Why are people opposed to putting things on a roof? How is that any different from map makers placing symbols on conventional maps of things like a fork and a knife for a restaurant, or a bed for a hotel?

  20. Controlling it on TomTom Admits Satnav Device Infected With Virus · · Score: 2, Funny

    The server that controls the virus will be called "Ground Control".

  21. Which quote do I want... on Street Fighting Robot Challenge · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hmmm... yes... autonomous soldier robots... worked out well for the 12 Colonies of Man, didn't it?

  22. Re:No problem on Decryption Keys For HD-DVD Found, Confirmed · · Score: 1

    I don't know why everyone thinks that you need to dump the thing at HD-DVD quality. Think about it. DVDs are prevalent these days, and yet the vast majority of pirated movies are 700 MB in size. Why? Because thats near the size of a CD.

  23. The Google Video Version, and Something Awful on Second Life Mogul Challenges Press Freedom · · Score: 2, Informative
    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5387867190 768022577&sourceid=docidfeed&hl=en

    Theres the video on Google Video.

    And a week or so back, Something Awful's "Second Life Safari" documented it: http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=4336

  24. Re:Overestimating is worse than underestimating on Using Cellphones to Track Your Kids · · Score: 1

    You only need a few kids to figure it out. Then he goes to his friends and says, "Hey, look what neat trick I figured out!"

  25. You know... on Second Amendment Questioned · · Score: 1

    The great thing about the Second Ammendment is that you don't need it until they try and take it away.