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  1. Deja Vu on Names of Advisors Cleared To Access ACTA Documents · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

  2. Re:Chinese puns on Chinese Subvert Censorship With a Popular Pun · · Score: 1

    "Despite persistent rumours, the (official) Chinese translation of Coca Cola is not 'bite the wax tadpole', but 'makes pleasure in the mouth'."

    I'm not sure that's an improvement.

  3. Subject on What To Do With Old USB Keys, Low-Capacity Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    Take a Dremel or angle grinder to the hard drives, yank the magnets, replace the weak magnets on your fridge with something that will actually hold things in place.

    Or you can do what I did: punch a hole through the drive and mount a combination lock to it. Fun for the whole family.

  4. Subject on Film Piracy, Organized Crime and Terrorism · · Score: 2

    1. Buy videocamera
    2. Purchase movie ticket and $200 worth of concessions (i.e., 1 small Pepsi and a box of Milk Duds)
    3. Put bad cam rip on P2P
    4. ???
    5. PROFIT

  5. Re:So something which we can't define... on Earth May Harbor a Shadow Biosphere of Alien Life · · Score: 1

    "Has anybody thought to ask?"

    You find me a university that will give me tenure and a paid ten-year sabbatical to find out, and I'll give it a shot.

  6. Re:Hey, wow! on Web Scam Bilks State of Utah Out of $2.5M · · Score: 1

    "I'll have to keep a link to it, as a nice example of how screwy the moderation can get around here."

    Exhibit B: I have a high karma rating even though I've been trolling and making one-liners almost exclusively for about 6 years straight.

  7. The system works! (*) on Rescued Banks Sought Foreign Help During Meltdown · · Score: 1

    ((*) for rich bank executives)

  8. Re:Spied on everyone? Oh noez! on Whistleblower Claims NSA Spied On Everyone, Targeted Media · · Score: 1

    In that case, I'll call you on this one. Clinton fired the USAs when he assumed office, like most presidents do. Bush fired some USAs during his second term, including those he appointed, apparently (according to several whistleblowers--and look for much more of this in the months ahead) because they weren't pursuing certain cases "aggressively enough" when they had no evidence to bring those cases to court, and because they were pursuing other cases "too aggressively" when they *did* have evidence. What do you consider immoral or illegal if not obstruction of justice?

  9. Re:Probably never about terrorists on Whistleblower Claims NSA Spied On Everyone, Targeted Media · · Score: 1

    "Now we run this really slick speech-to-text software we bought from a 3rd party company (which I won't name)."

    I won't complain if you name it.

  10. Sounds about right... on Report Claims 95% of Music Downloads Are Illegal · · Score: 1

    ...95% of MY music downloads are illegal. Go representative sample population!

  11. National unemployment average: 7.2% on Abused IT Workers Ready To Quit · · Score: 0

    Worker: "This sucks. I'm going to find a better job."
    Corporation: "BWAHAHAHAHA! Good luck with that. By the way, we're cutting your salary in half and instituting weekly floggings."

  12. New money-making venture! on Researcher Says Social Networks Link Terrorists · · Score: 1

    T-Harmony dot com.

  13. Subject on Time Warner/Viacom Rift Healed, Pending Details · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "The companies stated the terms of the deal were not disclosed."

    I'll field this one. Viacom extorted a shitload out of TWC for the privilege of keeping the channels. For its part, TWC has agreed to rape its customers with even less lube to make up the difference.

  14. Re:Great Profit Opportunity on Time Warner Recommends Internet For Some Shows · · Score: 1

    I hear Jon Stewart is very popular on usenet.

  15. This just in on The Slippery Legal Slope of Cartoon Porn · · Score: 1

    Authorities are seeking Mr. T. Monster in connection with several area rapes. "Right now, Mr. Monster is considered a 'person of interest' in the case, and we simply want to ask him a few questions" said the department's spokesman, Deputy Dawg.

  16. Fuck you, Rose on BBC's iPlayer Chief Pushes Tiered Charging For ISPs · · Score: 1

    I'll back tiered charging when you back tiered (monthly) rebates from ISPs who slowly take away benefits like usenet, the ability to run your own ports, etc. Looking at you, Comcast.

  17. Subject on RIAA's Request For Appeal Denied In Thomas Case · · Score: 1

    No wonder the RIAA plans to abandon individual suits; because when individuals take it to trial instead of "settling" for a life of debt, the RIAA appears to be getting pounded.

  18. Subject on Microsoft Rushes Internet Explorer Patch · · Score: 1

    This is not the first time MS has advised its customers to use an alternate browser until IE could be patched. Why don't they just make the recommendation permanent?

  19. Re:why not have dual voting programs? on Open Source Program Reveals Diebold Bug · · Score: 1

    "Even better, Have three vote counting programs."

    Just like Saberhagen's Berserkers. Come for the voting, stay for the mechanized massacre.

  20. Subject on Nintendo To Start Publishing Ebooks On the DS · · Score: 1

    Oh, hey, 100 free Project Gutenberg titles for the low, low price of merely $30. That's...great.

  21. Subject on Logitech Makes 1 Billionth Mouse · · Score: 1

    "It was 9 December 1968 when Douglas C. Engelbart and his group of researchers at Stanford University put the first mouse through its paces."

    And if it paralleled the history of the hard drive, it was as large as a Volvo and weighed 300 pounds.

  22. Re:You have no constitutional right to privacy on Bush Demands Amnesty for Spying Telecoms · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "No where in the constitution is there an express 'right to privacy', this is a fact, if you disagree try reading the document."

    That is indeed a fact. On the other hand, if you *understand* the constitution (as opposed to just skimming over the words while moving your lips), you know that the founders understood that rights are inherent, that no one can take them away, and that it would be impossible to enumerate this infinite number of rights. They revisited this idea in the ninth amendment after listing some of the more important rights in case you forgot what they wrote at the beginning, but I see it didn't help in your case.

  23. Re:Oww it hurts! on MS Says Windows 7 Will Run DirectX 10 On the CPU · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Man, that's like 2 whole fps more. With further optimization they might even crank it up to 15fps, which would get it close to the framerate I got from Crysis on medium settings with my laptop. And the best part is, you can run it on your enterprise-class server when you aren't busy serving up hundreds of thousands of SQL searches! Why pay $400 for a lousy video card when you can buy a $20K server instead?

  24. Re:We should stop calling it DRM on PC Grand Theft Auto IV Features SecuROM DRM · · Score: 1

    Well the good news is, you'll probably get the cracked version before the retail hits shelves. SecureRom: keeping game companies safe.*

    (*from paying customers)

  25. Spacefaring spiders on Spider Missing After Trip To Space Station · · Score: 1

    By The Foetid Breath Of Dogar And Kazon!