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  1. Re:Erm... picture says 'challenger drive'... on Data Recovered From Space Shuttle Columbia HDD · · Score: 1

    Even if it were from the Challenger, the year would be 1986. I'm betting somebody just goofed on naming the image.

  2. Re:If they want to prevent piracy... on Spore, Mass Effect DRM Phone Home For Single-Player Gaming · · Score: 1

    I wish I had mod points today. This is a fantastic idea.

  3. Re:Misleading commentary on Amazon Fights Back Against NY Online Sales Tax · · Score: 1

    Are you sure the case you mention didn't have anything to do with the fact that Zippo lighters are made in Pennsylvania - hence giving them a physical presence in the state?

  4. Re:Lego Star Wars! on PC Gaming Suggestions for Console-like Fun? · · Score: 1

    I'm waiting for Lego Lego. They have it already. It's called Lego Digital Designer.
  5. Re:Lego Star Wars! on PC Gaming Suggestions for Console-like Fun? · · Score: 1

    I too really enjoyed the Lego Star Wars games and am waiting for Lego Indiana Jones. I thought I heard that they're also coming out with Lego Batman too.

  6. Re:Wikipedia and research papers. on Wikipedia Breeds Unwitting Trust (Says IT Professor) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I find it takes less time to grade assignments that are well done as opposed to bad assignments. When a student turns in poor work it takes me more time to mark up their work because I will add as much constructive feedback as possible so that they may be able to better learn from their mistakes.

  7. Re:Wikipedia and research papers. on Wikipedia Breeds Unwitting Trust (Says IT Professor) · · Score: 1

    Thank you for being the only one brave enough to say this as yourself and not an AC ... so to you I will respond. My appologizes ... Atzanteol was brave enough to respond by name as well.
  8. Re:Wikipedia and research papers. on Wikipedia Breeds Unwitting Trust (Says IT Professor) · · Score: 1

    Thank you for being the only one brave enough to say this as yourself and not an AC ... so to you I will respond. In my classes I have scant enough time to cover the materials that I need to cover so that they are understood. I do not have the luxury of being able to devote class time to cover material that the students are supposed to have already learned. Even if you tell them not to rely on Wikipedia as a primary source and try to emphasise the basic requirements of good source materials they either are not interested on taking the advice or they are too lazy to do proper research.

  9. Re:Wikipedia and research papers. on Wikipedia Breeds Unwitting Trust (Says IT Professor) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As any first-year college student can tell you, an encyclopedia is not meant to be an authoritative source, nor can it be used a primary source in a properly-written research paper. I think you give first-year college students too much credit. Having taught them for 5 years, I can tell you from first hand experience that MOST of them do not know the first thing about proper research or what makes for good source materials.
  10. Re:is there any decent non "evil"registrar out the on ICANN Moves Against GoDaddy Domain Lockdowns · · Score: 2, Informative

    Check out dreamhost.com. I use them for domain names and hosting - reasonable prices, great service (my bandwidth and disk space grows every week for free), and (if this matters to you) they're carbon neutral.

  11. Re:Magratheans on Youngest Planet Discovered · · Score: 1

    I did not know that. Thanks for the info.

  12. Correction on Novell Rises to Second Highest Linux Contributor · · Score: 1

    Novel contributes 8.9% of the changes to the kernel, not 14.4%.

  13. Re:Magratheans on Youngest Planet Discovered · · Score: 1

    Should we then wait for his reappearance at Milliways?

  14. Re:Magratheans on Youngest Planet Discovered · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm still trying to figure out how this got modded insightful.

  15. Re:Magratheans on Youngest Planet Discovered · · Score: 1

    We'll have to monitor the planet's development for fjords and crinkly bits.

  16. Magratheans on Youngest Planet Discovered · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe it's just the Magrathean's hard at work? Are there any white holes nearby for the collection of raw materials?

  17. Re:unimportant on Blu-ray BD+ Cracked · · Score: 2

    While I agree with you that the MAJORITY of people use these technologies because they don't intend to pay for movies, I actually myself archive DVDs for my girlfriend's kids so that they don't ruin the originals (as has already happened on more than one occasion). So now you can amend your blanket statement that ONLY people who don't pay for the movies use the technology.

  18. pwned on Blu-ray BD+ Cracked · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When will people learn that making bold statements about their technology's security will only make them look like a fool when it is finally broken?

  19. Re:Call me a cook if you want ... on Discussion of Internet Addiction as Mental Illness Resurfaces · · Score: 1

    My bad ... didn't check for typos.

  20. Call me a cook if you want ... on Discussion of Internet Addiction as Mental Illness Resurfaces · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... but to me this is just another way to prescribe more drugs to make more money for the health care/pharmacuetical industry.

  21. Maybe they read /. on First "Observation" of Hawking Radiation · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... and they wanted to get First Post?

  22. Re:Judicial power on Feds Block EFF Look at Google/DoJ Contacts · · Score: 1
    Andrew Jackson once said regarding a decision in the case Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia

    Supreme Court has made their decision; now let them enforce it. The court doesn't have any power to enforce rulings ... even if the executive will not.
  23. Re:Judicial power on Feds Block EFF Look at Google/DoJ Contacts · · Score: 1

    The judicial branch needs to get some balls and start enforcing the laws that have been enacted. If I remember correctly, the EXECUTIVE branch is the one that is "supposed" to enforce the laws. The judicial branch interprets the laws.
  24. Re:Apparently linux is the new kid on the block on EU Fines Microsoft $1.3 Billion · · Score: 1

    hmm, will it be Illegal for MS to screw Linux? Not in Pennsylvania. I've been told by a lawyer friend that the age of consent here is 14 for certain circumstances (maily for the Amish).
  25. Re:Standard corporate intimidation on Tolkien Trust Sues New Line, May Kill "Hobbit" · · Score: 1

    You forgot this:

    4.5 ???