nothing like idiots being given moderator priviliges...
here.
How is that redundant? the original analogy (hit parent a few times) between cracking DRM and breaking into a house compared the breaking into the house with copying the contents of the file.
I changed it so that breaking in was analagous to cracking the DRM (the DMCA, breaking-in stuff) and the stealing the contents of the house to stealing the content of the file (the copyright infringement) and inferring that you wouldn't prosecute someone for theft if there was nothing for them to steal.

I suppose some people are just stupid... YOU'LL GET YOURS IN META!!

no modding up. /. needs to assign mod points to more competant moderators ('more competant' being defined as 'mods me up')

Who'd have thought it, two sets of mod points within a few weeks of each other. I must be doing something right, that or the gods of mod-point-handing-out are looking down benevolently on me.

Nice to know that the system works for me. In soviet Russia, of course, I work for the system.

2 days and 4 mod points left - I don't have to blow them as fast as I did last time, which is nice.

Well well well, after a few months of patiently waiting I got assigned some mod points, apparently having positive karma has some advantages other than getting a better starting score on comments.
Unfortunately, I was assigned them on Sunday, and didn't pick them up until 6pm today, so only had 6 hours to spend them in. I've got just over an hour & 2 mod points left. No, you're not having them.
Did anyone else have the first time jitters about modding anything? I spent at least an hour looking before I found anything I felt willing to commit mod points down for fear of losing karma to meta-moderating.

Still, nice to know that the system works.