Comment Re:Two words. (Score 1) 135
*Does some online research*
MUST!!! WATCH!!!!! 8-O
Comment Two words. (Score 4, Interesting) 135
Twelve. Monkeys.
Comment Re:Is the judge a member of Anon? (Score 1) 325
More probably, a TVTroper: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfCool
Comment The Real Reason (Score 1) 442
"Because otherwise you might eventually get ideas about installing Linux in your machines, and we can't have that."
Comment It's OK (Score 3, Funny) 98
She has a robots.txt file. They'll leave her alone.
Comment Re:WTF? (Score 1) 809
I came to the same conclusion as you at "Comrade Obama".
Jesus H. Christ.
Comment Re:Not Legal in Europe (Score 1) 809
Yeah, like that diner at the beginning of "The Untouchables" was free not to acquire the protection services offered by that gentleman.
Comment Re:If microsoft controls the 'keys' (Score 2) 809
Sigh.
Troll: "That ball's color is a mixture of red and blue."
Person: "Um, I see that ball and it's not purple."
Troll: "How does anyone interpret my post to mean that the ball is purple? Where did I say 'Purple'?"
Comment Unknown? (Score 1) 32
"it is unknown
No, really?
Comment Re:Coffee = Caffein, Next: Bitter Sugar (Score 1) 312
And after that -- genetically engineering humans so they can reproduce without having orgasms.
Wait, I remember reading a book in which the bad guy (some guy named O'Brien) said, referring to that very thing, "Our neurologists are working on that right now."
What a wonderful world it will be.
Comment It's all fun and games... (Score 1) 326
...until a pixelated circle of ones in a field of zeroes shows up. In which case, you should not open snail mail letters -- they're likely to say your Dad is not your Dad.
EU Court Adviser Says Software Ideas Can't Be Copyrighted 196
bhagwad writes "The EU continues to ooze common sense as a court insists that software functions themselves cannot be copyrighted. Drawing a box or moving cursor are examples. To quote: 'If it were accepted that a functionality of a computer program can be protected as such, that would amount to making it possible to monopolize ideas, to the detriment of technological progress and industrial development.'" Note that this is a "non-binding opinion by Yves Bot, an advocate-general at the Luxembourg-based EU Court of Justice,"
and that the court "will rule on the case next year."
Comment Re:Child? (Score 1) 948
My parents would beat the shit out of me if I ever stepped out of line and I still didn't turn into a sociopath.
That's highly debatable.
Comment Re:... and the problem is? (Score 1) 107
Yeah, like burglars think widespread use of faulty locks is not a problem. Just an interesting little tidbit.
Comment Re:If Kirk wasn't from Iowa, where would he be fro (Score 1) 368
Eugh. "asked FOR input". Sorry.
