Comment Re:So? (Score 1) 245
So they got a little slap on the wrist. I would think it's safe to assume that they got more then $300k worth of business from their lies. Looks like a win for them....
Comment Re:Windows Users Beware... (Score 1) 685
...wants to be free as in beer.
I keep hearing about this 'free' beer on slashdot, can someone PLEASE tell me where I can find it? I would save me so much money a month. TIA.
Comment Re:Bloody idiots (Score 1) 214
So how much does that cost a year? Especially when the government is broke because they bailed out a bunch of banks....
Comment Re:Shut up about USENET already! (Score 1) 672
But they are lawyers and will do whatever is in the best interest of their bank accounts
There, fixxed that for ya....
Comment Re:No posts? (Score 1) 67
Part of the problem with a lack of servers is the way the game checks to see if you are able to host a game. If you are behind a NAT firewall, when you connect to a server you use a random high port to the router and the router Translates that into the Address and Port you want to goto on the intertubes. The game checks the port of the outgoing packet (which is a random high port) then the master server tries to connect back to the game via that random high port instead of the port that the router is using, which of course is not the port your firewall has opened/forwarded so it fails....
I might not be explaining 1000% correct but enough that you'll get the jist of the problem...
I might not be explaining 1000% correct but enough that you'll get the jist of the problem...
Comment Re:Find Your Senators and Reps here - (Score 1) 857
Sorry about the 'double reply' but I just went to http//writerep.house.gov and firefox is bitching about an invalid security certificate. They expect everyone in the country to keep logs, etc and they can't even keep their site straight...
Comment Re:Yeah right (Score 1) 857
There's something before 'Probable Cause' called 'Reasonable Suspicion' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_suspicion that basically let's the cops do anything they want. Sure you might get it thrown out in court, if you can afford a really good lawyer and happen to be in front of the correct judge....
[R]equires less evidence than probable cause, the legal requirement for arrests and warrants. Reasonable suspicion is evaluated using the "reasonable person" or "reasonable officer" standard, in which said person in the same circumstances could reasonably believe a person has been, is, or is about to be engaged in criminal activity; such suspicion is not a mere hunch. Police may also, based solely on reasonable suspicion of a threat to safety, frisk a suspect for weapons, but not for contraband like drugs. A combination of particular facts, even if each is individually innocuous, can form the basis of reasonable suspicion.
Comment Re:Find Your Senators and Reps here - (Score 1) 857
So I'm at Chuck Schumer's Contact Page http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/contact.cfm and I can only select from a number of items to comment on, which in turn has a sub-category I need to select... None of which apply to Technology or Stupid Bills we're thinking of passing.
Guess I need to pick Defense/Personal or Education/Other (as in his)?
After I RTFA, to refer to the correct Bill (S.436 in the Senate and H.R.1076 in the House), I see this bill is call "Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act," or Internet Safety Act, more Think of the Children BS. Guess I know what category to use now....
Guess I need to pick Defense/Personal or Education/Other (as in his)?
After I RTFA, to refer to the correct Bill (S.436 in the Senate and H.R.1076 in the House), I see this bill is call "Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act," or Internet Safety Act, more Think of the Children BS. Guess I know what category to use now....
Comment Who trained them? (Score 1) 81
I'd say it's the great training they get from kdawson....
Comment Re: "Commies" (Score 1) 717
in the 1990s sign a paper indicating that I was not a member of the Communist Party or any organization allied with Communism. Everyone who joins a union today still has to sign such a statement.
Well, (unfortunately) I've been a member of a few unions and was never asked to sign a piece of paper that stated a I was or wasn't a member of any political party. They were all just interested in a cut of my paycheck.
Comment Don't hold your breath (Score 1) 102
I'm waiting with bated breath for the suits demanding reimbursement for lost (legal!) revenue
While it's a nice thought, it's not gonna happen.
Amendment XI
The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commence or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.
Which is generally interpreted to mean states have immunity from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders.
Comment Re:Sorry if I'm not impressed... (Score 4, Informative) 135
TF2 used to be balanced. Then they started rolling out updates for classes on at a time. And if you don't have the new unlocks you are at a disadvantage. Even worse they tied to unlocks to lame ass achievements, alot of which require you do stuff that is counter to the whole team concept. Of course that just leads to achievement servers where you don't actually play you just do what you need to to unlock the weapons.
Comment Re:Way to go Chief Justice John G. Roberts (Score 1) 1656
Why does he need someone to read it to him? He obviously had it memorized, so why the prompting? Especially from a Chief Justice who really has no comprehension of the Constitution actually means...
Comment Re:So ... change ... (Score 1) 1656
Well considering he immediately went and re-authorized every Executive Order, including TelComm Spying on Americans in violation of our 4th Amendment rights, oh and the one authorizing torture.
Of course he didn't have to re-authorize every Exective Order, but did. So much for change...
Of course he didn't have to re-authorize every Exective Order, but did. So much for change...
Comment Bush Regime (Score 1) 133
...insufficient attention to monopoly and consumer protection, to lack of capacity to enforce compliance, to overreach into non-technical areas such as adjudication of morality
I guess the Bush Regime would know all about that, considering that's something they've done time and time again.
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