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Comment Re:Boxee is not like RSS in a browser (Score 1) 220

Um, yes? Hence "without content providers, they don't exist".

No. Directly owned.

Um, yes? Hence "without content providers, they don't exist". Why is this hard? Company A owns Company B. Company A says "Do this or we have no reason to continue your existence." Company B refuses. Company B ceases to exist.

No. This is a shitty way of saying "It's not our fault -- it's those guys over there."

When, in fact, 'us' and 'those guys' are one in the same.

Same pants, different pocket.

Comment Re:Boxee is not like RSS in a browser (Score 1) 220

This is the Crux. Hulu said , "no more boxee" because some really really REALLY stupid executive at some content provider that Hulu does nto have the balls to name said they did not like it.

You do realize that without content providers, Hulu ceases to exist, right? Having the proverbial balls to stand up to them could only backfire, as the content provider will happily stop providing. This is the nature of the beast when someone is providing content that has perceived value. (If it did not have perceived value, people would not watch it.)

Only the incredibly low IQ people think that boxee was stealing anything. These same people think that Best buy employees are highly educated and know what they are talking about.

Insulting people is always a fine way to make your point, but frankly stealing (or not) is irrelevant to the discussion. Hulu has not accused anybody of stealing, they're just saying "you can't do this anymore", and taking steps to prevent it.

You do realize that Hulu is OWNED by the content providers, right?

Comment Re:Piracy? What Piracy? (Score 1) 296

I doubt Wii games are what the O.P. was talking about. I think he/she/it was talking about older systems.

For instance, how many people signed the online petition to have Nintendo translate Mother 3 and release it in the US? I believe well over 100,000 people signed it. Yet Nintendo refused to translate and release the game over here. So, fans of the series took matters into their own hands and translated the game themselves. If Nintendo would have released the game, they could have made a ton of money off of it, but instead, it is now being "pirated," instead.

NES not releasing a game into a specific market does not justify people pirating the game. And EVEN if this game was in the market it would still be pirated. So again, stop attempting to justify this fud. People pirate because they don't want to pay the cost of the game. Not playing Mother 3 will not cause you to die so get over it.

It also does not justify Nintendo counting unauthorized copies of said game as lost revenue as they never intended to sell it to these people in the first place.

Comment Re:Stimulate to move... (Score 1) 379

Well the sound isn't the problem here... but, I believe that sometimes snipers, special troops, etc. use subsonic rounds for reasons of stealth. A silencer doesn't do you very much good when the bullet sonic-booms on its way to the target.

Oh yeah.. 1000 meters is nothing for a sniper... and given your 1500 fps velocity, you'd have 2 seconds to move.

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Merck To Halt Lobbying For Vaccine 544

theodp writes "Reacting to a furor from some parents, advocacy groups, and public health experts, Merck said yesterday that it would stop lobbying state legislatures to require the use of its new cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil, which acts against strains of the sexually-transmitted human papilloma virus. The $400, 3-shot regimen was approved by the FDA in June. Later that month, a federal advisory panel recommended that females 11-26 years old be vaccinated. The governor of Texas has already signed an executive order making its use mandatory for schoolgirls."
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IRS May Ask eBay To Snitch On Sellers 418

Makarand writes "The IRS thinks that many sellers on online auction sites are unaware of their obligation to declare their profits and pay their taxes to the IRS. Tax experts are now asking the IRS to require online auction sites like eBay, Yahoo, and Ubid to report the gross sales numbers for their sellers. Such a requirement will surely send a shock wave across the online trading world because it could drastically reduce the profits a seller would make on these sites. The IRS thinks it can collect an extra $2 billion in taxes from this requirement that auctioneers report sellers who complete 100 or transactions a year worth at least $5,000."
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Journal SPAM: Israel seeks all clear for Iran air strike 3

Israel is negotiating with the United States for permission to fly over Iraq as part of a plan to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.

To conduct surgical air strikes against Iran's nuclear programme, Israeli war planes would need to fly across Iraq. But to do so the Israeli military authorities in Tel Aviv need permission from the Pentagon.

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