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  1. Re:Sounds like a perfect WMND (..network destructi on Safemedia's CEO Tells Congress He Can Stop P2P · · Score: 1

    3 days. I know people who sit and watch the patch download, no matter the size no matter how long it takes for it to start. I only added to your joke in the end. Lucky you, I don't get a cube, I have a huge piece of spray foam that was used for packing a test module in a shipping box and a work bench. I'm not even allowed to sulk.... then they get out the whips.

  2. Re:But it's not illegal per se... on Safemedia's CEO Tells Congress He Can Stop P2P · · Score: 1

    It all depends on your housing contract. It also ignores the fact that a good network design would separate the campus computers from the housing computers. I find the whole "for academic usage" argument highly moronic in this case. Most people don't use school computers for file sharing activities. They use the one in their dorm.

    Most of the schools have a line about non disruptive non illegal usage. Everything else goes. Some go beyond that and give usage quotas (X GB a month) some give transfer rate limits. The problem is with "non illegal usage" is that its rather hard to enforce and rarely gets used.

    After a nasty port blocking incident by some ass hat IT students who wanted to piss of a certain group of gamers( WoW players), the school backed up the IT students, despite a violation of their network policies, on the grounds that it was a improper use of network resources to play WoW from your dorm. In the end the school backed down because they had nothing in the housing or dorm network policy about proper academic use, that section has been added, the fact that we also pay for network access and it is not a free service.

    While in theory they can block whatever traffic they want to under our contract, its not worth the mass revolt or the student unrest to do so.

  3. Re:Sounds like a perfect WMND (..network destructi on Safemedia's CEO Tells Congress He Can Stop P2P · · Score: 1

    .. the lines are already an hour+ long on popular files. Whats another 3 days.

  4. Re:Sounds like a perfect WMND (..network destructi on Safemedia's CEO Tells Congress He Can Stop P2P · · Score: 2, Funny

    Everyone will DL the patch from file planet instead?

  5. Re:Eh... on Breakthrough Brings Star Trek Transporter Closer · · Score: 1

    Maybe, though theoretically wouldn't the original be destroyed in the process?

  6. Re:Wrong Sci-fi on Breakthrough Brings Star Trek Transporter Closer · · Score: 1

    philotic twinning went far deeper than entanglement. If remember it also created that basis for a soul or a consciousness that could be passed from body to body or connect a hive together, or allow someone to create them self based on a mental image of them self.

  7. Re:more like ender's game... on Breakthrough Brings Star Trek Transporter Closer · · Score: 1

    Philotic.... no, I am not going to start discussing that with someone.

  8. Re:Yeah, It Won't Be Overturned on Indecent Game Sales Now A Felony In New York · · Score: 1

    What I meant was a legislative branch. I was not trying to imply that state laws are introduced in the US congress.

    Your analysis of "Congress shall..." makes no sense. Are you trying to say that our legal system which has had state laws overturned repeatedly by FEDERAL courts is doing it all wrong? Under your interpretation of that section, the federal government has no right to tell a state that a law it made is unconstitutional. The fact is that congress in that sense means any government legislative body.

    Please note that I am no a Constitutional Lawyer/Scholar.

    You should also note Article VI the Legal Status of the Constitution

    All debts contracted and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.

    This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.

    The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.

    Please note this specific section

    "This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.

    The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution"


    All state level judges and legislative officers must abide by the constitution. The federal government is the supreme law of the land.

  9. Re: A thoughtful comment... on Indecent Game Sales Now A Felony In New York · · Score: 1

    I could be wrong but aren't most of the procedures... irreversible? What gives the government the right to do that?

  10. Re:Who cares? on Indecent Game Sales Now A Felony In New York · · Score: 1

    What good will carding do? The terms used as a guideline are so vague that a T rated game could get you in trouble if a parent and a prosecutor felt that it was "indecent". Sure, you could throw the charges off with a good lawyer but they cost money and the state doesn't usually pay for your court expenses. If your like the average store clerk your kinda fucked at that point. Sure, you didn't get a felony on your record but you had to take a loan out to pay for your lawyer.

  11. Re:Yeah, It Won't Be Overturned on Indecent Game Sales Now A Felony In New York · · Score: 1

    Are you trying to be a smartass or are you seriously asking that? First it violates equal protection under the law. It only applies to videogames and ignores other forms of violent media. Cruel and unusual punishment. 4 years jail time and loss of voting rights among other things.( Yes you can have them reinstated but..) Second all states are bound by the US constitution. This is a state legislature doing this. Congress is the law making body. All laws are initially introduced in congress, either the house or the senate. If my interpretation is correct, congress more or less means legislative body.

  12. Re:Wow. cigs and beer on Indecent Game Sales Now A Felony In New York · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh god my... I can't believe i wrote that...

  13. Wow. cigs and beee on Indecent Game Sales Now A Felony In New York · · Score: 5, Insightful

    sold to a minor don't even warrant a class E felony, and they have prove harmful effects.

  14. Re:Does it really even matter? on Hackers Dodge Xbox Live Shutout · · Score: 1

    Actually games have had dedicated servers. Battlefield modern combat comes to mind specifically.

  15. Re:I guess you all just don't understand... on id Software Working on New Title · · Score: 1

    You mean natural selection right?

  16. Re:Computers on Germany Declares Hacking Tools Illegal · · Score: 2, Funny

    I prefer chopping.

  17. Re:Is 65 years excessive? on Spammer Robert Soloway Arrested · · Score: 1

    Well fuck me for attempting some small amount of humor.

  18. Re:Is 65 years excessive? on Spammer Robert Soloway Arrested · · Score: 1

    He did far more than just spamming. Why don't you go read the charges against him. Make sure to make note of the number of counts.

  19. Re:Is 65 years excessive? on Spammer Robert Soloway Arrested · · Score: 1

    "A witty saying proves nothing." -Voltaire
    "A witty saying proves nothing." -Voltaire
    and on and on and on and on....

  20. Re:Is 65 years excessive? on Spammer Robert Soloway Arrested · · Score: 1

    .01? That would take a ton of panhandling.

  21. Re:ESRB causes delay due to accidental partial nud on Halo, Nothing But Halo · · Score: 1

    Its actually in the mapping tools, which were provided by a third party. Wasn't H2V being done by gear box?

  22. Re:You hear that? on Halo, Nothing But Halo · · Score: 1

    As much as I like my 360 I just don't see that happening. Then again sony can screw up anything.

  23. Re:Sigh on MySpace Age Verification - for Parents · · Score: 1

    The best part was when you questioned the teachers on why it would be mandatory. The best response i think i ever got was "Because its neater and easier to read." Of course I had to make a smartass remark. "Well I can't read what you put on the board in cursive, or is that just because your cursive is bad?" That was a very very fun trip to the office.

  24. Re:Sigh on MySpace Age Verification - for Parents · · Score: 1

    Same here, pencil has always been easier to use. I actually stopped using number 2 pencils and went to #3 pencils. The lead is harder and doesn't break as often despite the fact I tend to apply way to much pressure when writing. It allows me to use finer lines which improve the legibility of my hand writing. Same with the letters, people say my o's look to much like my a's.

  25. Re:Sigh on MySpace Age Verification - for Parents · · Score: 1

    Hey, I just learned how to learn stuff on my own. They wouldn't let me take pre-calc, so I learned it on my own. Didn't let me into the programming classes, did it on my own. Won't let me take AP classes, did the test anyways.