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  1. Re:How do they expect to detect this ? on NCAA Puts Severe Limits On Sport Event Blogging · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have a ton laying around my house in little round circles. Thank you for clarifying that those circles were, in fact, round.
  2. Re:He would have closed down either way. on Think Secret Shutting Down · · Score: 1

    You won't be getting any more "insider tips" either way. Why not start a new site like think secret, but with another staff? ThinkGeekSecrets.com maybe :) Insiders predict a new (but still unfunny) command line shirt!
  3. Re:it's our government on A Law to Spy Back on Government Surveillance Cameras? · · Score: 1

    Eh, not so much. 30,000 busibodies often won't be able to recognize the wheat from the chaff because they lack training. Sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't. You can get an infinite number of monkeys to eventually produce Shakesperes works, but only if they know how to type first. An infinite number of (typing) monkeys would instantaneously produce not only a complete set of Shakespeare's works but a complete set of all possible written work. And a lot of poo.
  4. Re:torrent != as-aired on TV Torrents — When Piracy Is Easier Than Purchase · · Score: 1

    What if you live in Racine Wisconsin (or Kenosha, same deal) which is between Milwaukee and Chicago. If you can get two NBC affiliates (WTMJ in Milwaukee and W-whatever in Chicago) and pick one over the other are you "depriving" the other of ad revenue by getting NBC content via an alternative mechanism?

    Also, if NBC is already distributing the shows via their website doesn't that deprive the local affiliate of ad revenue just the same?
    I don't torrent TV shows, if I want it I'll 'flix it, but your argument seems off.

  5. Re:No legitimate way to watch NBCs content? on TV Torrents — When Piracy Is Easier Than Purchase · · Score: 1

    You probably don't have enough battery life (or a long enough extension cord) to make it to the states after you turn on your computer. I'd wait until you were here to turn it on.

  6. Re:Larry's had that for a while on A Coveted Landing Strip for Google's Founders · · Score: 1

    That's not Bazaar, that's Cathedral!

  7. Re:They must be kidding on the securty list on Bossie Awards Honor Open Source Software · · Score: 1

    Swatch is old and outdated, use OSSEC instead!
    Huh, I switched to Timex when Swatch became old and outdated...
  8. Re:Doesn't this seem sort of obvious? on Fair Use Worth More Than Copyright To Economy · · Score: 1

    Some things, I suppose, have existence value. I think it's a shame, for example, that vandals have removed the famous frozen leopard on Mt. Kilimanjaro, mentioned in Hemingway's Snows of Kilimanjaro. Since I never plan to visit there, its value to me is existence value, not use value. Same for the Bosporus dolphin; or the Rosetta Stone.
    I thought the frozen Leopard was in Cupertino.
  9. Re:I don't get it on Fair Use Worth More Than Copyright To Economy · · Score: 1

    Not necessarily better, just more ambitious. And ambition plus lack of skill is truly a terrifying thing. Especially when I whistle Grieg.

  10. Re:Huh? on Debian win32-loader Goes Official · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I'm sure this will be modded as a flame or a troll, but how many people who are willing to install a new (or at least new-to-them, i.e. non-Windows) operating system are afraid of changing the boot order in bios? I guess I'm just having a hard time imagining that those sets have a very large union.

    Personally I'm a big fan of the Debian net installer, by far the best Linux installer I've ever used.

  11. Re:Larry's had that for a while on A Coveted Landing Strip for Google's Founders · · Score: 1

    So because they have a (wonking huge) jet they aren't allowed to have solar panels? They can't make any attempt at mitigation for ecological or economic (energy is expensive) reasons? That's a pretty bizarre assertion...

  12. Re:Huh? What's wrong with this? on Music Industry Set To Introduce the "Ringle" · · Score: 1

    Serious question: is that legal?

  13. Re:Worm? on Skype Worm Infects Windows PCs · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ooh, a lesson in not changing history from mister "I'm-my-own-grandpa"!

  14. Re:The ... on Mindbridge Saves "Bunches of Money" In Switch To Linux · · Score: 1

    You need to see Ubuntu, using fedora is akin to jamming icicles in your eyes using only a toothpick for grip in comparison. I have to say, you win the medal for weirdest analogy of the day.
  15. Re:Qualified Applicants? on Indian Software Firm Outsourcing Jobs To US · · Score: 1

    I think that and a healthy dose of the usual HR obliviousness ("10 years experience with Windows XP" anyone?) explain it pretty well.

  16. Re:Do I get a credit back for being owned via iTun on Apple Gives $100 Store Credit To iPhone Customers · · Score: 1

    Yes, because nothing in the iPhone ancestry (that is to say, iPods) would have hinted a reliance on iTunes, now would it have? That was just sprung on you, wasn't it? You poor little victim...

  17. Re:4GB iPhone on sale for $299 on Apple Releases New Touch Screen iPod · · Score: 1

    Oh fuck me. Never mind, I figured it out as soon as I saw it posted. Stupid post-lunch carbohydrate catatonia...

  18. Re:4GB iPhone on sale for $299 on Apple Releases New Touch Screen iPod · · Score: 1

    Plus it's a (75% usage) home-business expense. What - I "want" a cheaper deduction? That's ok - really.

    And people think I'm nuts buying Apple's expensive memory when I config hardware. The IRS doesn't think so. Deductables deductables deductables! (Keep in mind I slept through Accounting for Dummies but...) I don't get it: If the ram is $100 off New Egg or Crucial or 200 off Apple don't you get the 75% off either way so isn't $25 left over better than $50 left over? Or is it system-only and not upgrades?
  19. Re: Feynman on Numerically Approximating the Wave Equation? · · Score: 1

    No true Scotsman would make that claim.

  20. Re:Why not $200 store credit? on Apple Gives $100 Store Credit To iPhone Customers · · Score: 1

    Maybe he's advocating that the broke people of the world turn to prostitution?

  21. Re:He Should fund his own rescue on Steve Fossett Missing · · Score: 1

    Well, I certainly think the only classy thing to do would be to pay the S&R costs after (if :( ) they find him but I wouldn't want to make rescue into a fee-for-service kind of thing.

  22. Re:He Should fund his own rescue on Steve Fossett Missing · · Score: 1

    "Yeah, I'm planning on crashing my plane in about a week, could you guys get a rescue party together? k thx..."

  23. Re:Ok, it's a Super Decathalon... on Steve Fossett Missing · · Score: 2, Funny

    A great Bush plane actually, I wouldn't assume he was going up to do aerobatics based upon that.

    In the sense that it gets lost in the desert and has no exit strategy?
  24. Re:I like turtles! on Storm Hits Blogger Network · · Score: 1

    Shit! I've been looking in Norway.

  25. Re:I like turtles! on Storm Hits Blogger Network · · Score: 1

    Yes yes, that's all well and good. The real issue is: where can I find lions?