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  1. Re:Ugh. PC Comes to the PC on New Hampshire Passes 'Open Source Bill' · · Score: 1

    How is it "nanny-state" that the legislature are requiring state offices to consider open source? They aren't requiring it of the citizens.

  2. Re:Who cares on Jailbreaking Could Soon Become Illegal Again · · Score: 2

    Somehow, I don't think illegality will stop people from creating the tools or finding ways to disseminate them. Call me crazy since we already know how locked down things are on the Internet and nothing illegal ever happens.

  3. Re:Sopa on House Kills SOPA · · Score: 1

    SOPA reversed is APOS, which stands for A Piece Of Shit.

    Even more clever, "Sopa" in Swedish means trash.

    That's not clever; that's coincidence.

    But still apropos.

  4. Re:Sopa on House Kills SOPA · · Score: 1

    In Spain, pipa is either a smoking pipe or a sunflower seed (pips). I don't think that has any relevance to the bill, though. Even in a funny way.

  5. Re:well-done walled garden on New York Times Hacked? · · Score: 1

    I definitely don't like the WSJ method. I've yet to read a full article on their site because I refuse to be lured in with partials. If it's genuinely news, I'll be able to find it elsewhere and likely for nothing more than ads on my screen.

  6. I can tell you who NOT to use on Ask Slashdot: Best Inexpensive VPS Provider? · · Score: 1

    Carpathia Hosting. Worst I've ever dealt with. Not to mention the fact that I worked there and even told customers they should consider looking elsewhere for better service. I tried to stay away from the VPS customers, but unfortunately the company seemed to think that a sys admin was the same as customer support.

  7. Re:Why so angry? on Russia Botches Another Rocket Launch · · Score: 1

    Of course it's cheaper. They're paying to hitch a ride on the Yugo of spacecraft. With five failed launches in one year is that a risk we really want to put our astronauts up to?

  8. Re:I think we should ban cosmetics completely on US Watchdog Bans Photoshop Use In Cosmetics Ads · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd even go so far as to say I've seen what he's like on the inside.

  9. Re:Government Regulations Ruin My Business Model! on US Watchdog Bans Photoshop Use In Cosmetics Ads · · Score: 5, Informative

    As humorous as that is, it isn't a government regulation. At least, not in the sense that I think you're presenting. NAD is an regulatory body set up by the cosmetics industry to police itself.

  10. Re:They're not protecting you on US Watchdog Bans Photoshop Use In Cosmetics Ads · · Score: 1

    WHOOOSH

  11. Re:Parthenon marbles on Christopher Hitchens Dies At 62 · · Score: 1

    I wish I could mod this up.

  12. Re:Not all religions are bad on Christopher Hitchens Dies At 62 · · Score: 0

    This is why I've learned to deem Christianity as nothing more than hypocrisy.

  13. Re:Parthenon marbles on Christopher Hitchens Dies At 62 · · Score: 2

    Dude really liked to colon-ize his book titles, didn't he?

  14. Re:Not all religions are bad on Christopher Hitchens Dies At 62 · · Score: 2

    Perhaps that branch of Buddhism sees Buddha as just another dude walking the earth, but Buddhism generally deifies Buddha as a dude who walked the earth and eventually attained the status of a higher being. If you want what Buddhism espouses, but want to eschew all deifying aspects of religion, look in Taoism.

  15. Re:Just what market needed... on Google Music Goes Live With Google+ Integration · · Score: 0

    Why would I use this when I can use Spotify?

    You know what's so great about this? You don't HAVE to use Google Music. Amazing, eh? You have options and you've chosen one. Leave others to do the same.

  16. "...was a former FBI agent." on Apple Security Chief Steps Down After iPhone Gaffe · · Score: 1

    So he went back to being an FBI agent?

  17. Re:and what about xerox's stuff? on Jobs Wanted To Destroy Android · · Score: 2

    and iCloud

  18. It might be slow moving on Lucasfilm Unveils "Sandcrawler" Singapore Office · · Score: 1

    If you consider the glass-as-slow-moving-fluid concept.

  19. Did it ever occur to the article author that... on Anti-Piracy Lawyers Accuse Blind Man of Downloading Films · · Score: 1

    the guy is legally blind because of all the porn he downloaded and the activity he presumably would have partook in afterward?

  20. Re:That's all well and good, but... on War Texting Lets Hackers Unlock Car Doors Via SMS · · Score: 1

    I think I saw that. It had a pay toilet with one-way glass for walls in the middle of a city. It allows people to see out, but people can't see in.

  21. That's all well and good, but... on War Texting Lets Hackers Unlock Car Doors Via SMS · · Score: 1

    what does war sexting unlock?

  22. They won't be able to grow food anyway. on Massive Solar Tower Planned For Arizona · · Score: 1

    Who would tend the crops? They're kicking all the migrant workers out.

  23. Re:No trace, eh? on A Linux Distro From the US Department of Defense · · Score: 1

    I love hyperbole, don't you?

  24. Re:No trace, eh? on A Linux Distro From the US Department of Defense · · Score: 0

    Defensive much? I never said the OS is a bad thing. Please don't put words in my mouth. I simply pointed out that certain people might be interested in using it. My actual intent was that it seems like something I would want to be used for official purposes only.

  25. Re:No trace, eh? on A Linux Distro From the US Department of Defense · · Score: 1

    ...Because I clearly said that only people taking part in illegal activities seek anonymity.