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Feed Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 terabyte hard drive (theregister.com)

Hitachi unleashes TB on the world - that's terabyte

Review Hitachi's 'world's first' 3.5in terabyte desktop hard drive looks much like any other hard drive, but it packs in five platters and ten read/write heads for an exceptional data storage capacity.


Feed Is Writing A Critical Review Of A Piece Of Software Trademark Infringement? (techdirt.com)

Greg Beck writes "Public Citizen late yesterday filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit in Florida by two affiliated infomercial companies that are attempting to shut down negative reviews of their day trading software on the website InfomercialScams.com. They are claiming that running a website where consumers can post reviews of their products constitutes trademark infringement and a variety of other wrongs, and are seeking triple damages and attorneys' fees against the site's owner. In its motion to dismiss, Public Citizen argues that the Arizona-based website operator is not subject to jurisdiction in Florida, that the websites are protected by the First Amendment, that posting reviews is not trademark infringement, and that the Communications Decency Act protects a website owner from liability for what users post on the site." Once again, it looks like companies are trying to misuse intellectual property laws to prevent legal free speech.

Comment Re:And still you fight for your right to bear arms (Score 1) 2661

The rampage was done with plain jane semi-automatic pistols (.22LR and 9mm). No fancy mean-looking "automatic assault weapons" here.

You obviously know nothing about firearms, because anyone who's had any experience with them knows most automatic small arms expend ammunition needlessly whilst being hard to control at anything past point blank ranges. Automatic weapons only become useful when mounted on a tripod/bipod or a vehicle and used in a crew-served role.

You also obviously know nothing about the Brady Bill, which had nothing to do with automatic firearms (which have been strictly regulated since the earlier half of the 20th century). The Brady Bill merely regulated features of firearms such as magazine capacity, bayonet lugs, and how much a legal semi-automatic firearm -looked- like an evil scary-looking "assault weapon".

You are obviously a clueless idiot, so stop mouthing off about something you know -nothing- about.
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Journal Journal: Jabber

Find me on jabber -- cerenyx [at] singnet [dot] com [dot] sg.

What limits my experimentation with other chat systems like AIM or Jabber is that my friends are all stuck on ICQ and MSN. So feel free to add me (amour et timor) to AIM or Jabber, for some dull, uninspiring conversation with someone probably half way across the world.

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Journal Journal: Metamoderation Is A Painful Thing 2

It is disturbing how my efforts at taking part in the metamoderation system these days involves me reviewing multiple 'bad' moderations, presumably made by moderators without a modicum of cow sense.

Insightful articles worded slightly antagonistically, or otherwise strongly worded for emphasis, or expressing opinions counter to the /. mainstream opinion, are marked as 'Troll' or 'Flamebait'. Like, WTF? Which idiots are doing this?

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