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  1. Any windows user who has got this up... by Kickstart70 · · Score: 1 · on NASA Releases World Viewer
    ...willing to take screenshots for us?

    I really want a satellite map of this.

    Thanks!

    KS

  2. Re:How do you defeat bad free speech? by ImaLamer · · Score: 1 · on Bloggers - Beowolf Cluster of Fact Checkers?
    How then do you explain this:
    Again, my opponent and I have different approaches. I proposed, and the Congress overwhelmingly passed, 87 billion dollars in funding needed by our troops doing battle in Afghanistan and Iraq. My opponent and his running mate voted against this money for bullets, and fuel, and vehicles, and body armor. When asked to explain his vote, the Senator said, "I actually did vote for the 87 billion dollars before I voted against it." Then he said he was "proud" of that vote. Then, when pressed, he said it was a "complicated" matter. There is nothing complicated about supporting our troops in combat.
    -President Bush RNC 2004


    I'm not trying to 'bait here either (and I admit I'm biased). This line has been used over and over and the (dumb mass of) American people have not been told that is how Congress works. Think about it, someone (Republicans, the majority) had to vote against it before they voted for it. Otherwise, there would be no second vote. Right?

    It's been covered on the "blogosphere", at least on the left side, but it has not made it to the mainstream media. No one has asked Bush if he knows how Congress works, or if he's seen "I'm Just A Bill".

    Sure, the blogosphere put Dan Rather in check, but when will they put the entire mainstream media in check? When will they force them to actually ask some real questions? I'm ashamed to say this, but I find Meet The Press seems to do this best... but even now and then they throw softies.

  3. Re:mp3s are the next floppy by mick129 · · Score: 1 · on Big Demand for Digital Music Players

    If you want a cheap iPod, just get one with some scratches.

    There are several used iPods for close to $100 on ebay here:
    http://tinyurl.com/3ncv7

    I found:
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&cate gory=67836&item=5720917371&rd=1
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&cate gory=73837&item=5721909062&rd=1

  4. Re:Great news by FuzzyBad-Mofo · · Score: 2, Informative · on No Half-Life 2 on Steam?

    TinyURL link.

    Gotta love content management systems with their inscrutable query strings..

  5. Re:disappointed in US government by lemur337 · · Score: 1 · on Lost Nuclear Bomb Found Off Georgia Coast?

    You make it sound like this is a common situation in Iraq...

    Sadly, it is. The war that has now seen the death of 1000 Americans like this one http://tinyurl.com/6gc9p/, has also seen the death of over 13,000 Iraqi men, women, and children http://tinyurl.com/524va/. If you'd like a second opinion try The Christian Science Monitor http://tinyurl.com/ci9a/, widely regarded as one of the least biased news sources available.

  6. Re:disappointed in US government by lemur337 · · Score: 1 · on Lost Nuclear Bomb Found Off Georgia Coast?

    You make it sound like this is a common situation in Iraq...

    Sadly, it is. The war that has now seen the death of 1000 Americans like this one http://tinyurl.com/6gc9p/, has also seen the death of over 13,000 Iraqi men, women, and children http://tinyurl.com/524va/. If you'd like a second opinion try The Christian Science Monitor http://tinyurl.com/ci9a/, widely regarded as one of the least biased news sources available.

  7. Re:disappointed in US government by lemur337 · · Score: 1 · on Lost Nuclear Bomb Found Off Georgia Coast?

    You make it sound like this is a common situation in Iraq...

    Sadly, it is. The war that has now seen the death of 1000 Americans like this one http://tinyurl.com/6gc9p/, has also seen the death of over 13,000 Iraqi men, women, and children http://tinyurl.com/524va/. If you'd like a second opinion try The Christian Science Monitor http://tinyurl.com/ci9a/, widely regarded as one of the least biased news sources available.

  8. Re:5 mb PDF? - any pdf mirrors yet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on Saving Energy Without Derision

    has anyone mirrored the file yet?

    here

  9. Poor Baystar by Lucky+Kevin · · Score: 1 · on Report Claims SCO Intends to Charge IBM with Fraud
    They didn't get much for their shares. They recently sold SCO stock at $3.90. Compare that to Thomas Raimondi, an SCO Director, who bought at $1.12 and sold at $11.21 last April.

    Check out Yahoo's SCOX insider trading

    That's what you get for backing these poeple and helping cause all this FUD in the first place.

  10. Re:social engineering by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Remote iChat Exploit Patched

    ROFL

    Hint: change the url next time or use TinyUrl if you want me to click it.

    Chris

  11. Re:Rare by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Ubuntu Linux Preview Released

    Japanese grannies licking at a shit-crusted toilet-brush in Central Tokyo McDonald's restroom: here.

    Great. I'm sure you USians like this. After all, Bush will win the election.

  12. Re:Lest we forget the dot-com burst by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on U.S. IT jobs Down 400K Since 2001
    Kerry's own After Action report validates the accounts of the Swift Boat Vets
    Odd, I thought that ALL the vets that served with him stood behind him on stage and endorsed him. Oh, you mean the same swift boat vets that went on TV and outright lied and said they served with him even though they have never even met. Aren't they the same people that did a call in to local voters for McCain remind people that he had a black baby? I feel bad for the kid, living in a society run by raist old men who can't tell the difference between African decendants and people from the Pacific rim. Isn't one of the swift boat vets seen on TV (saying hes a bad leader) also seen years ago in his Senate race endorsing him by saying the complete opposite? Sorry, the swift boat vets have the same credibility as the commercial comparing Bush to Hitler.
  13. time for a new acronym by hackronym0 · · Score: 2, Funny · on The Shaggy Steed of Physics
    RTFS - Read The Frelling Summary

    Man, I was thinking this was an awesome book, but after scrolling through like 2 pages of the summary, I felt like I had been hit by a truck

    Refer your friends, get an ipod
  14. Do the Math by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful · on Yahoo! Buys Musicmatch

    I would be interested to see the numbers, but it would seem that even ten million songs, at a profit of maybe ten cents apiece (though it's probably closer to five), yields a profit of only a million dollars--small, small potatoes for a company like Yahoo! or Apple.

    But it's the "hot thing" right now that is attracting investors. You've gotta have an online music store! But the people profiting are (1)the publishers (read: RIAA) who don't have to do anything but rake in the royalties while others pay for the distribution and (2)the companies manufacturing players for this stuff.

    Yahoo! is jumping on a bandwagon. Maybe because people are starting to view them as last year's tech company? Who knows. All I know is, iTunes has got to be making a lot more money (for Apple) selling iPods than selling songs.

    Free computers!

  15. Interesting, but do we really need this? by hackronym0 · · Score: 2, Funny · on Speech Recognition in Silicon

    It is an interesting concept, but do we really need this?

    We already have voice recognition, this tech will just bring it to everything. You can talk to your keys, your toaster, your watch. But will they have anything interesting to say back?

    What would you do if you had 1 million dollars?

    You mean besides 2 chicks at the same time...

    Refer your friends, get a free ipod
  16. A fun game! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait · on Upcoming Firefly Movie Behind-the-Scenes Photos

    Okay, here are the rules: one of the below is a Gmail invite, the other four are fun surprise sites! Find the Gmail!

    http://tinyurl.com/4lf9

    http://tinyurl.com/b49c

    http://tinyurl.com/45pnr

    http://tinyurl.com/5rg4x

    http://tinyurl.com/5yvjs

  17. A fun game! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait · on Upcoming Firefly Movie Behind-the-Scenes Photos

    Okay, here are the rules: one of the below is a Gmail invite, the other four are fun surprise sites! Find the Gmail!

    http://tinyurl.com/4lf9

    http://tinyurl.com/b49c

    http://tinyurl.com/45pnr

    http://tinyurl.com/5rg4x

    http://tinyurl.com/5yvjs

  18. A fun game! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait · on Upcoming Firefly Movie Behind-the-Scenes Photos

    Okay, here are the rules: one of the below is a Gmail invite, the other four are fun surprise sites! Find the Gmail!

    http://tinyurl.com/4lf9

    http://tinyurl.com/b49c

    http://tinyurl.com/45pnr

    http://tinyurl.com/5rg4x

    http://tinyurl.com/5yvjs

  19. A fun game! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait · on Upcoming Firefly Movie Behind-the-Scenes Photos

    Okay, here are the rules: one of the below is a Gmail invite, the other four are fun surprise sites! Find the Gmail!

    http://tinyurl.com/4lf9

    http://tinyurl.com/b49c

    http://tinyurl.com/45pnr

    http://tinyurl.com/5rg4x

    http://tinyurl.com/5yvjs

  20. A fun game! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait · on Upcoming Firefly Movie Behind-the-Scenes Photos

    Okay, here are the rules: one of the below is a Gmail invite, the other four are fun surprise sites! Find the Gmail!

    http://tinyurl.com/4lf9

    http://tinyurl.com/b49c

    http://tinyurl.com/45pnr

    http://tinyurl.com/5rg4x

    http://tinyurl.com/5yvjs

  21. NYT: Atomic Activity in North Korea Raises Concern by scupper · · Score: 4, Informative · on Mushroom Cloud Reported Over North Korea

    New York Times
    Atomic Activity in North Korea Raises Concerns
    By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD
    September 12, 2004
    http://tinyurl.com/5kb3d

    WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 - President Bush and his top advisers have received intelligence reports in recent days describing a confusing series of actions by North Korea that some experts believe could indicate the country is preparing to conduct its first test explosion of a nuclear weapon, according to senior officials with access to the intelligence.

    While the indications were viewed as serious enough to warrant a warning to the White House, American intelligence agencies appear divided about the significance of the new North Korean actions, much as they were about the evidence concerning Iraq's alleged weapons stockpiles.

    Some analysts in agencies that were the most cautious about the Iraq findings have cautioned that they do not believe the activity detected in North Korea in the past three weeks is necessarily the harbinger of a test. A senior scientist who assesses nuclear intelligence says the new evidence "is not conclusive," but is potentially worrisome.

    If successful, a test would end a debate that stretches back more than a decade over whether North Korea has a rudimentary arsenal, as it has boasted in recent years. Some analysts also fear that a test could change the balance of power in Asia, perhaps leading to a new nuclear arms race there.

    In interviews on Friday and Saturday, senior officials were reluctant to provide many details of the new activities they have detected, but some of the information appears to have come from satellite intelligence.

    One official with access to the intelligence called it "a series of indicators of increased activity that we believe would be associated with a test," saying that the "likelihood" of a North Korean test had risen significantly in just the past four weeks. It was that changed assessment that led to the decision to give an update to President Bush, the officials said.

    The activities included the movement of materials around several suspected test sites, including one near a location where intelligence agencies reported last year that conventional explosives were being tested that could compress a plutonium core and set off a nuclear blast. But officials have not seen the classic indicators of preparations at a test site, in which cables are laid to measure an explosion in a deep test pit.

    "I'm not sure you would see that in a country that has tunnels everywhere," said one senior official who has reviewed the data. Officials said if North Korea proceeded with a test, it would probably be with a plutonium bomb, perhaps one fabricated from the 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods that the North has boasted in the past few months have been reprocessed into bomb fuel.

    A senior intelligence official noted Saturday that even if "they are doing something, it doesn't mean they will" conduct a test, noting that preparations that the North knew could be detected by the United States might be a scare tactic or negotiating tactic by the North Korean government.

    Several officials speculated that the test, if it occurred, could be intended to influence the presidential election, though a senior military official said while "an election surprise" could be the motive, "I'm not sure what that would buy them."

    While the intelligence community's experience in Iraq colors how it assesses threats in places like North Korea, the comparisons are inexact. Inspectors have seen and measured the raw material that the North could turn into bomb fuel; the only question is whether they have done so in the 20 months since arms inspectors were ousted. While Iraq denied it has weapons, the North boasts about them - perhaps too loudly, suggesting they may have less than they say.

    On the other hand, the divisions within the administration over how to deal with North Korea mirrors some of the old debate about Iraq. Hard-l

  22. Re:One, two, three, four, I declare a flame-war! by ImaLamer · · Score: 1 · on Assault Weapons Ban
    As for felons (people who have been convicted of a felony -- let's not try to isolate ourselves from them so that we can mistreat them without feeling bad about it) -- I could see limiting gun access to felons that have committed a felony using a *gun*. But how does it benefit anyone to have, say, an embezzler denied gun rights?

    First, let me say that any violent felon should not be allowed to own a gun. That means if you've been convicted of a felonious assult, you don't get a gun. But seriously, it's about stability and trust. If I can't trust you as far as stealing money from me (even non-violently) how can I trust you as far as owning a gun? If you are going to snap at the drop of a hat and beat someone then you don't need to have a gun. At this point it's a public saftey issue, which trumps the rights of the individual. (Your free speech can't enter my home if I don't want it to, you can own a gun but you can't murder, etc).

    There are other ways to resolve your problems before reverting to stealing and violence (our examples). If a person can't resolve their problem within the law, is it their right to step outside the law? What about us citizens?

    As I sit here on 9/11/04 I remember another terrorist attack, Oklahoma City. It makes me wonder why those men had to do what they did. Why did they feel there was no other way? Why did innocent people have to die? Are those the type of people we want to have guns? If you are going to revolt, please let us know so we can either hide or join up. Plus, they were but a minority of the people. Gun ownership allows a minority to hold the rest of us hostage if they feel we (majority) are taking the government in the wrong direction. Imagine white racists who would storm the White House because a... Native American was elected President. While unlikely it points out that the armed few don't always agree with the un-armed masses.

    No matter any exercise in discussion on the topic is completely academic. We sit and talk about the need for guns in case of the need of an armed resistance yet we welcome more and more governement control in our lives. After 9/11/01 people openly said that we needed to give up rights, and they were wrong. We needed to do a million other things to fight terrorists but giving up our rights wasn't one of them.

    Now that the citizenship has by and large given up their rights to get books from the library (anonymously) and other simple rights it is silly to argue amonst ourselves on how much we need armed militias.

    We've selected a government to represent us and they haven't. We have given them pass after pass on the issues that matter to us most. Would it be right to mount said resistance now? Haven't we gotten what we asked for and now deserve?

    We elected a man who has a criminal record to the highest office in the land. We've told the government that we want them to protect us more than we want to exercise our rights (to gather, demonstrate and speak freely).

    I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people.
    George W. Bush Convention Speech.

    Now, you no longer just need a permit to demonstrate you need to be 10 miles from the site of your target. The majority asked for this world because we were duped. "Support the troops" and "war on terror" are the same as "Ignorance is Strength" and "War is Peace" respectivly.

    Heck, I'm still amazed that in most states, people in jail for committing a felony are denied *sufferage*. That's astounding (and a major coup for the Republican party -- drug crimes have eliminated much of the black vote).

    Aside: No... drug laws (and uneven enforcement) have. For example: Cocaine nets less years in jail than crack, while it's pure. Why? It's a "white" drug. It's been said before (by a Senator) that in many states the time o

  23. Nature's Miracle by dcigary · · Score: 1 · on Cleansing Hardware Of Dead Pig Odors?

    After having just spent an afternoon cleaning up puppy poop from the living room, and cleaning puppy vomit from the back seat of the car, I immediately thought of Nature's Miracle as a possible clean up. It says it contains enzymes to help eat up odors, etc.

    I'm not sure if it's necessarily approved to work on electronic equipment, but I think wiping the cabinets (inside and out) with it couldn't hurt. And trust me, if it can take the stink out of puppy poop, it will probably do the trick in your situation.

    Note to potential puppy parents: BUY STOCK IN NATURE'S MIRACLE! THIS STUFF ROCKS!

  24. Re:The system is built for two... by Illbay · · Score: 1 · on Third-Party and Independent Ballot Status
    "There is absolutely no way somebody other than Bush or Kerry is going to win in November..."

    And HERE'S the reason why.

  25. Saw this earlier in an unrealted newsgroup by djrosen · · Score: 1 · on They Killed Ken!

    And wondered WHY they dont do something (like make spectators sign an NDA) or similar to avoid this. Surely this will hurt the ratings that they have been bragging about getting since Mr. Jennings started to slay the competition

    Here is where I saw it:
    http://tinyurl.com/5vqwm

    or:

    http://www.google.com/groups?q=g:thl1702264755d&dq =&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=6992ae43 .0408262203.3273f194%40posting.google.com

    So? I watch American Idol, what of it? :)

  26. "Cheney Speaks to the Reptile Brain" by ImaLamer · · Score: 2, Informative · on Michael Moore Seeks TV Airing of Fahrenheit 9/11

    When it comes to influencing the vote with emotions Bush and Cheney take the cake.

    A good article on this same subject is Cheney Speaks to the Reptile Brain by Thom Hartmann.

    It of course applies to all candidates but is very harmful when even mentioning 9/11. Remember when Mike Tyson took a chunk out of Holyfield's ear? Well, later Tyson said that the head-butting and bad calls made him remember another time that it had happened and he snapped. It's called an "Amygdala Hijacking", a phrase I believe coined by Daniel Goleman.

    You develop emotional responses by experience. Now that we've all gone through 9/11 every time it's mentioned we become overwhelmed with the same emotions that we experienced at that time. That is why it was mentioned during the Republican National Convention so much (*).

    Good articles on the subject:

    How the neuroscience revolution can change your practice.
    and...
    Emotional Intelligence - Stop Amygdala Hijackings

    (*) Notice "Osama" was not mentioned once.

  27. Re:FCC should allow it by ImaLamer · · Score: 5, Informative · on Michael Moore Seeks TV Airing of Fahrenheit 9/11
    Two CNN commentators just joind the Kerry campaign, and they are still doing there shows on CNN

    But... do they cover Kerry? Fox's man covering Bush in 2000 had family (his wife) in the Bush campaign. How could he be objective?


    In 2000 a CNN anchor started to work for Gore and they removed him from all Gore stories because of the appearance of impropriety.

    Read the script of Outfoxed, see page 73 I believe.

  28. OT: Workboy... by ImaLamer · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Running Ancient UNIX On Nintendo Gameboy
    This kinda reminds me of a Gameboy add-on called the "Workboy". As a computer nerd I wanted this thing so bad because it basically turned your Gameboy into a PDA type of device. Ok, maybe I didn't have that many appointments at 12, but I was a computer nerd still.

    The Workboy had a keyboard, a database management system (?) and more. A Google search for "Workboy" and Gameboy returned like five results, two Slashdot...

    Good description, picture won't load


    "Retro Space", picture Translation

    /. "what happens when you cook your palm pilot"

    The first link says they are "rare" too bad, I still want one.

  29. Look at Diebold's ATM Machines by ImaLamer · · Score: 1 · on California AG Says He'll Sue Diebold
    now the conspiracy theories about handing the election to bush (regardless of merit) may be political, the machines and their (lack of) adoption and use is Tech related.

    Conspiracy theories?

    Well, no matter what about the Diebold machines out there that do malfunction...

    Do you want your "eVote" machine to fall back into a Windows or Linux interface. (Us Slashdot'ers should boycott Diebold for their use of Windows, right?)

    But seriously, there are plenty of non-profits out there that don't support either candidate that oppose electronic voting machines. I'm not sure of their slant, but look at Black Box Voting(.org) for a whole list of problems.

    I'm no Luddite, but please let's not give the election away to anyone. Even if it's my candidate...

  30. Re:Again by 87C751 · · Score: 1 · on The Death of the Floppy Disk
    Also, you can't boot of USB keys...
    Yes, you can. It does depend on your motherboard and BIOS, but most new machines boot off USB. (caveat: my Shuttle SN41G2 prefers USB 1.1 for booting. I've had very spotty results booting from USB 2.0 memsticks)
  31. Re:Again by 87C751 · · Score: 1 · on The Death of the Floppy Disk
    Also, you can't boot of USB keys...
    Yes, you can. It does depend on your motherboard and BIOS, but most new machines boot off USB. (caveat: my Shuttle SN41G2 prefers USB 1.1 for booting. I've had very spotty results booting from USB 2.0 memsticks)
  32. Site is getting very slow... by ecc0 · · Score: -1, Troll · on NIH Proposes to Open Tax-Funded Research

    Mirror on my University's T3... Hey, not MY problem if their pipe gets bogged down ;)

  33. See you and raise by 87C751 · · Score: 1 · on Vandenberg AFB Missile Launches
    I grew up in Camarillo and we could see these from our backyard.
    Hell, I grew up in Lompoc. Atlas launches used to shake dishes off the shelves. It was annoying...
  34. Re:Obligatory USian Viewpoint by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Make Money Fast

    Heh. When I spent a weekend in Toronto back in '98, the exchange rate was such that in addition to joking about how the Candian currency looked like Monopoly money to us, we spent it like it was Monopoly money as well.

    Check out all the cool stuff we bought!

  35. Re:Obligatory USian Viewpoint by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Make Money Fast

    Heh. When I spent a weekend in Toronto back in '98, the exchange rate was such that in addition to joking about how the Candian currency looked like Monopoly money to us, we spent it like it was Monopoly money as well.

    Check out all the cool stuff we bought!

  36. Re:Obligatory USian Viewpoint by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Make Money Fast

    Heh. When I spent a weekend in Toronto back in '98, the exchange rate was such that in addition to joking about how the Candian currency looked like Monopoly money to us, we spent it like it was Monopoly money as well.

    Check out all the cool stuff we bought!

  37. Re:Obligatory USian Viewpoint by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Make Money Fast

    Heh. When I spent a weekend in Toronto back in '98, the exchange rate was such that in addition to joking about how the Candian currency looked like Monopoly money to us, we spent it like it was Monopoly money as well.

    Check out all the cool stuff we bought!

  38. I got the same notice.. by maskedbishounen · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Automated DMCA Notices Still Full of Lies

    ..for hosting a little site that featured mirKx's RSS feed being processed by PHP. I'm not really up to date on IP laws, but being in the US, I took it down.

    If anyone's interested, I have the letter and my reply up.

  39. Re:I've always liked this one... by ImaLamer · · Score: 1 · on Searching For Trouble With Google

    Found a cool "guide" to these types of things:

    http://gray-world.net/etc/passwd/googletut1.txt

    (BTW, the last link I posted above is a honey pot for those of you still trying to do something... he he)

  40. Brian Michael Bendis... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative · on "Scotty" Gets Walk of Fame Star

    Well, Scotty was great, but I have to say Doohan himself was better--if perhaps not quite as in love with geeks as we are with him.

    In Total Sell-Out, Brian Michael Bendis (you know, the comic book writer in charge of Powers and Ultimate Spider-man...) tells the most hilarious story of sitting by Doohan at a convention.

    When it became evident that Bendis was sympathetic to the annoyance brought about by a constant "Beam me up, Scotty!" from fans, Doohan let loose.

    "That's right, smart ass. Kiss my tribble. Bite me. Beam this, ya bloody nerds..."

    Bendis describes it as being witness to one of the greatest moments a geek could aspire to. I couldn't agree more.

    No hoax. Free PCs.

  41. Nifty, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting · on HagakiPC - "Postcard" PC

    This seems to be just another blurring of the lines between PDAs and tablets and PCs and MP3 players and cell phones and...

    I mean, yeah. It's gee-whiz nifty technology and gadget lovers (self included!) will go for it. But does it do something a PDA won't? Or one of these new "Portable Media Centers?" Or is it just supposed to be a really tiny laptop, sans hard drive? The whole tech industry seems to be blindly cranking out portable technology with various levels of integration and capacity in hopes of hitting on the right combination of size, power, and capability.

    Which is cool for gadget-lovers, but seems like a real poor (and real expensive) substitute for market research.

    No hoax. Free computers.

  42. Re:Makes sense: people feeling less secure by trixillion · · Score: 1 · on Tech Turnover Rate Lowest Since The 80's

    From your post, one might come to the conclusion that the dollar has been steady and not falling. I'm sure that that is not what you meant. Perhaps you would like to rephrase things a bit.

    This is the dollar over the last 3 years.

    This is the dollar to euro ratio over the lsame period.

  43. Re:Makes sense: people feeling less secure by trixillion · · Score: 1 · on Tech Turnover Rate Lowest Since The 80's

    From your post, one might come to the conclusion that the dollar has been steady and not falling. I'm sure that that is not what you meant. Perhaps you would like to rephrase things a bit.

    This is the dollar over the last 3 years.

    This is the dollar to euro ratio over the lsame period.

  44. A Good Starting Point by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Multicast Imaging for Mac OS X?

    Try here. Kind of an interesting list of "what works and what doesn't" in an educational setting. Not a lot of details, but a lot of leads...

    What!? Free PCs!?

  45. Not OT! Amazing! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on Surviving College With Gear And Sanity Intact?

    Unbelievable.

    I can actually post this and be on-topic!

    The key to surviving college is FREE STUFF. No joke. Like, want a free computer? Click here for a free computer. Free iPod? Those are at freeipods.com (and I already got one!). Look for free food, free books, and especially free beer! Save your money for dates and videogames and, of course, rent...

  46. So impatient! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Vote Tabulator Security Hole Exposed

    Technology is a wonderful thing.

    But come on. Are we so ADHD in this country we can't vote on paper and wait for real people to count them? Yes, there will be mistakes... but at least if a recount is needed, there's a paper trail.

    If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time (or in this case, an opportunity) to do it over?

    Can it be? A free PC!?

  47. Re:This is exactly the sort of thing that should b by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait · on CEO Indicted for DDOSing Competitors

    you remind of this dude. such a fag ;)

  48. Re:Yes by IAEBG · · Score: 3, Informative · on Time to Kill Microsoft Word?
    While it's not technically a ``word processor'', I'm sure I've seen a package on CTAN that allows LaTeX to hold candles (but only with the article class).

    As an aside to this comic relief, if you haven't discovered LaTeX, and you write even a fair amount of complex documents, it is worth checking out. I got hooked 4 or 5 years ago and haven't looked back.
  49. Re:GPL is not a contract by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on MPAA Sues DVD Chip Manufacturers

    Here you go

  50. Re:bank on IE by gnu-generation-one · · Score: 1 · on Get Rid of Internet Explorer - Browse Happy!

    The list of websites which don't work with Mozilla (that's a link to bugzilla, showing Priority 1,2,3 tech-evangalism bugs), and should be a pretty complete list of all major websites that don't work with mozilla. There're 236 such sites at the moment.

    Actual URL, if you follow links without displaying a referer tag.