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4 days ago by oztech

Last time I wrote about comparing software with guns. I’ve decided on a simpler comparison. Software and hammers. If you make software the unlocks DVD’s, it is controversial and deemed illegal in some cases. What if you use a hammer to smash a lock to somebody’s tool shed, allowing you to steal all ...

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6 days ago by oztech

Guns are legal in many different forms depending on where you live. Guns can be used both in legal and illegal ways. If I choose to use a gun to go hunting, it’s considered legal. Obviously if I choose to shoot somebody with a gun, it is illegal. So I as a person would be responsible for the illegal ...

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11 days ago by oztech

In another example of corporate stupidity, I discovered that Macy’s fires employees if they do not meet a quota for customers signed up for their stupid credit card. I’m not sure how Macy’s or any other organization can expect their employees to get customers to sign up for anything in this economy. ...

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16 days ago by Matthew Ebel

First things first, I must re-blog and disseminate the words of Moby: the riaa have sued Jammie Thomas-Rasset of minnesota for $2,000,000 for illegally downloading music. argh. what utter nonsense. this is how the record companies want to protect themselves? suing suburban moms for listening to musi ...

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31 days ago by Ed

Powered by Max Banner Ads Not long ago Microsoft, in a move that proves once again that there is absolute zero surplus of brains available there, rolled out the "Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1" update. Shortly afterward many users were more than a bit aggravated at the fact that it also ...

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37 days ago by swduncan

A while back I wrote a post about companies insisting we put our accounts at risk by forcing us to answer silly questions that would serve as a backup in case we lose a password. You know, like what our favorite color is, where we were born, and other commonly available items. Thanks to Bruce Schnei ...

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42 days ago by inThane

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48 days ago by admin

This kind of incident (see article below) seems to be happening every few months. So you purchase a product (netbook) and it comes infected. No longer do you just have to worry about it working, or if the OS will behave nicely or the drivers will work with your printer. If the manufacturer can not c ...

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60 days ago by trinfaneb

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/tabularasa/news.html?sid=6209233 Basically it looks like Garriot got screwed over by NcSoft. His "departure letter" was just something written by the suits to placate the subscribers. The timing of Garriot being selected to go into space sucked for Tabula Rasa and I gu ...

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79 days ago by Scott

Fairfax’s baby-related advertising conduit, Essential Baby, offers some handy hints for having sex that increases the chances of conception. How important is it to orgasm? Whilst sperm can leak out prior to ejaculation, clearly it is important for the man to reach orgasm in the act of ‘baby-making’! ...

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