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  1. Re:There are Java games, so why not JScript? on Is JavaScript Ready For Creating Quality Games? · · Score: 1

    Like you say, Java is different to Javascript. Note that Javascript is different again.

  2. Re:Best use of the Kindle on An Ethical Question Regarding Ebooks · · Score: 1

    You're not guilty. You did it, but you're innocent until proven guilty (in many nations).

  3. Re:Further Proof on Massive Botnet Returns From the Dead To Spam On · · Score: 1

    Recommending users to install collections of programs downloaded from the internet isn't going to do much good.

  4. Re:That's no moon! on Dropped Shuttle Toolbag Filmed From Earth · · Score: 1

    Having it tethered near her poses an entanglement risk anyway.

  5. Re:That's no moon! on Dropped Shuttle Toolbag Filmed From Earth · · Score: 1

    I certainly hope Nasa thinks that, and I'm sure plenty of people in the general public think that as well.

  6. Re:Good for comparison on Google To Host 10M Images From Life Magazine's Archive · · Score: 1

    It looks pretty good to me.

  7. Re:Interesting on ESRB Supplements Rating System With Summaries · · Score: 1

    That's why the summaries exist. A parent can read the summary for Little Big Planet and then decide to let their child play the game regardless of the rudeness.

  8. Duh on Identifying People By Odor As Effective As Fingerprinting · · Score: 1

    Why did it take a study to find that everybody has a unique body odour? It isn't much of a discovery, did anybody actually think that we all smell exactly the same before this?

  9. Re:Obviously... on Identifying People By Odor As Effective As Fingerprinting · · Score: 1

    Except she won't get near enough to pick up your scent if your BO drives her away first.

  10. Not guilty on Intel Core I7 Launched, Nehalem and X58 Tested · · Score: 1

    I assumed a Slashdot reader would consider that being charged is not illegal, neither is being litigated against.

  11. Re:Try YouMail... on Where Have All the Pagers Gone? · · Score: 1

    So, T-Mobile sucks with SMS delivery, but it doesn't matter because your phone never breaks and you stay in coverage 24-7?

  12. Re:use the cans, luke on After 4 Years, HydrogenAudio Opens New 128kbps Listening Test · · Score: 1

    High power bass moves around a lot of air. Headphones are very close to your ear, and get the same intensity as distant speakers with much, much less power. Most headphones can give good bass response.

  13. Re:Being an innovator not always smart? on Intel Core I7 Launched, Nehalem and X58 Tested · · Score: 1

    ... Intel using illegal tactics to bump AMD out of the market ...

    Citation needed.

  14. Re:On an old Pentium III laptop... on How Kernel Hackers Boosted the Speed of Desktop Linux · · Score: 1

    Get Windows XP and quit your bitching.

  15. Re:laughable? on The 5 Most Laughable Terms of Service On the Net · · Score: 1

    You own your image, but the uniqueness of your image doesn't sell the product. Another person of similar appearance could be substituted easily. You own your image, but it's not of concern in this instance.

    A model release is needed, for example, from Jessica Simpson to Proactiv. In this case, the model's identity is sigificant. The advertising would not have the same effect if Simpson were replaced with a previously unseen person. In contrast, a model release is not needed from the people featued in advertisments for Clearasil, because these people's identities don't personally sell the product (the model release may have been created as a safety net, but is unnecessary).

  16. Re:laughable? on The 5 Most Laughable Terms of Service On the Net · · Score: 1

    Care to tell me what the following clause means (it's just English after all):

    Oh my god! The bird is drinking the water!

  17. Re:laughable? on The 5 Most Laughable Terms of Service On the Net · · Score: 1

    You're not a model. Facebook can use your image to advertise themselves without a model release so long as they don't imply that you're endorsing them and your endorsement is special. Since barely anybody in the world knows you, it's fine to use your picture, your endorsement is not special, you're just a random person. Using a picture of a well-known person (eg celebrity, senator, member of parliament, business executive) to promote would require a model release.

  18. Re:laughable? on The 5 Most Laughable Terms of Service On the Net · · Score: 1

    Their server has been accessible anonymously for quite some time (like many other web servers, though few don't allow anonymous access). Choice of Facebook.

  19. Re:No problem... on The 5 Most Laughable Terms of Service On the Net · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can reject the contract. If you reject it, it is not binding on you, and you can click whatever buttons you like (including ones that are labelled Accept/Agree/Cancel/Ignore/Install/Watermelon).

  20. Re:Times change on Average Web Page Size Triples Since 2003 · · Score: 1

    Dynamic HTML generally doesn't take up much more bandwidth than normal HTML - a couple of extra bytes for a few CSS rules and a few lines of javascript. It makes pages feel slow and clunky because it makes the browser work harder, not because its straining your bandwidth. Dynamic HTML/ajax might take only a few hundred bytes, but that few hundred bytes is separate page, meaning many more HTTP requests must be made by the browser. This slows down loading on most high and low bandwidth home connections because of the lag time for a response.
  21. Re:I thought those things were already broken on Yahoo CAPTCHA Hacked · · Score: 1

    Firstly, one megabyte per picture is a more reasonable estimate than 0.1 megabytes for the size of a picture. Furthermore, these websites would be serving pages with the captcha and preview picture many times, while only some of these times would result in a user attempting to solve the captcha. On top of that, not every attempt would be valid, meaning that several megabytes of bandwidth has been used to solve only one captcha. Thus, the cost per solved captcha with this method could well be more than one cent per captcha.

  22. Re:just like any other alias on Online Nicknames Google better than Real? · · Score: 1

    You would be on very sticky ground if you rejected a candidate on the grounds of information you had gleaned online
    Indeed you would, but information found online may sway an employer to believe that another applicant (especially if from a large pool) is better suited to the job than you, not necessarily that you don't qualify.
  23. Re:i just don't get it on Take Two Settles Hot Coffee Suit For Millions · · Score: 1

    [...]feel free to fuck that hooker and then beat her to death with a baseball bat to get your cash back[...]
    Actually, in Australia, GTA3 and GTA Vice City were banned because you were able to do that, "sexual violence". Both times if was after a complaint, not a decision originating at the OFLC. San Andreas wasn't banned because of that, but was banned because of Hot Coffee. (PS The games were rereleased and allowed.)
  24. Some schools policy is to block maths completely on Discouraging Students from Taking Math · · Score: 1

    Westfield Sports High School in Fairfield, NSW, Australia requires students who select any mathematics course (not only upper levels) to take a preselection test. If a student isn't brilliant at maths, Westfield Sports High School will not let them enter a maths course.