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  1. Re:Just Remember... on Seattle Flushes $5M High-Tech Toilets · · Score: 1

    Technically speaking, yes, you can. Either through ingestion of marijuana, or the use a vaporizer, neither of which involve the actual "smoking" of marijuana. Trivialities, I know, but I just had to jump on the bandwagon.

    Also consider the fact that love can be a psychological addiction, as one grows attached to the way that they feel when "with" someone.

  2. Oblig Idiocracy on Home Science Under Attack In Massachusetts · · Score: 1

    Go away, 'batin.

  3. Re:Signed? on Fingerprint Test Tells Much More Than Identity · · Score: 1

    Now if they only had a device that output song lyrics in braille, blind people will be targeted by the RIAA for the first time!

    There, I fixed that for you.

  4. Re:punitive fines on Tenise Barker Takes On RIAA Damages Theory · · Score: 1

    >for the record, $50,000 for free coffee in a year is ~$191.57/day spent on coffee

    Not even enough to provide 100 employees with a daily Grande Regular Coffee from Starbucks, at the retail price.

    Orly, Starbucks? You must not work at one, I can only assume. The Megacorp I work for gives us the $4.49/39oz grounds. Bet your ass they save even more money because most people hit a gas station on the way.

  5. Why support AVG? on AVG Fakes User Agent, Floods the Internet · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm sure the users will just go elsewhere for their porn. The thing I don't understand is this: I've used free anti-virus in the past, and if one became bloatware or less updated after a while, I'd simply switch to another free program. Why are people defending AVG when the time would be better spent doing a minimal amount of research and grabbing something else?

  6. Re:Metric... on Roundest Object In the World Created · · Score: 1

    Greetings from West Michigan! I must say, we enjoy your hockey players!

  7. Re:Impressive on Magazine Photos Fool Age-verification Cameras · · Score: 1

    The whole idea of cigarette vending machines is itself fantastically stupid if there is an age cutoff for the legal purchase of cigarettes.

    Yet, I feel that pang of nostalgia for the first pack of smokes I ever bought at 11 years old. Just had to be real fast to the machine, drop them quarters in, and RUN!

  8. Re:Bilzzard? on Blizzard Introduces One-Time Password Devices For WoW · · Score: 1

    Huh, you think Retaliation sucks, over on Cyclone you see more "forming losing premade's" over trade than I'd like to admit. Which, of course, just means the horde gets their welfare epics 3X as fast as alliance, and boy, does it show!

  9. Re:Minimum wage and other laws on IT Students Contract Out Coursework To India · · Score: 2, Funny

    No.. that's not essentially a scheme to raise the cost of reconstruction and increase profits for american companies at the expense of American citizens. There, I fixed that last line for you.
  10. Re:I am _so_ calling this one: on DOJ To Oversee Windows 7 Development · · Score: 1

    Instead of looking at it as a pre-crime, which indeed is scary, I see it more like probation. Microsoft has already shown the propensity to break the rules, according to court rulings, and they drag their feet on fixing the issues until they've already saturated the market.

  11. Re:We didn't know that many people cared. on China Anti-Corruption Web Site Crashes On First Day · · Score: 1

    They quickly realized the website they built could lead to residents of China thinking, hence it was moved outside of their firewall.

  12. Re:yeah on More Details Emerge On Domestic Spying Programs · · Score: 1

    Really? I'll be expecting that crazy canook at my door any minute then.

    Thanks!

  13. Re:What? on 'w00t' Named 2007 Word of the Year · · Score: 1

    It's obvious the world now views WoW players as the "nerd" community. It's a travesty, really. I guess millions of female dark-elves now constitute a majority.

    FWIW, I used to woot all the time, playing majormud on a 14.4 modem connected to a local MBBS system. That was, what, 10+ years ago?

  14. Re:Screw China! on NYT Editorial Slams ISPs Over Online Freedom · · Score: 1

    Awesome angle! I would Tivo C-span if I had the chance to see Yahoo use your argument while speaking to Congress.

  15. Re:WTF on Congress Creates Copyright Cops · · Score: 2, Insightful

    (iii) Any property used, or intended to be used, to commit or substantially facilitate the commission of an offense under subsection (a).

    Lead Investigator: "Son, we have your computer, your program discs, all your accessories, but I still don't feel like we've grabbed everything. Oh, wait a minute. I see a Tivo, you've probably hacked that huh. Oh, and is that a Discman over there? We can't have you outputting that to the tape deck on your radio. In fact, you could use this radio to steal music. Better grab that too."

    Noob IP Officer: "Sir, you better come over here and take a look at this."

    Lead Investigator: "Good Lord! This notebook contains pages and pages of drawings and random doodling. We better take this with us to make sure none of it is covered under IP. Officers, scour this house and remove all writing devices!"

  16. Honest reply.. on The $10 Billion Poker Game Begins · · Score: 1

    Not counting public access and whatever local church network(s) you can pick up, exactly how many broadcast tv channels do you get with a pair of rabbit ears?

  17. Re:PRINCIPLES? on Google Confirms Intent To Bid for 700MHz Spectrum · · Score: 1

    I truly wish I hadn't wasted my mod points on this morning's news. Bravo!

  18. Actually on Methane-Eating Bacteria Could Combat Global Warming · · Score: 1

    The whole cow theory is dated. Now it's permafrost in Siberia that is a concern, since it's going to continue to gain momentum.

    http://www.google.com/search?q=permafrost+siberia+methane

  19. Re:Ballmermon Restless in Tower Redmondore on Microsoft's Plan to Be King of All Media · · Score: 1

    And let us have hope. Hope that we can hold his attention, that we can ride the wave of oppression. We must fight back, and keep his gaze on us, lest his evil eye fall upon the happenings at Mt. Doomac.

  20. Re:Not legal, death to WoW and enforcement on MA Proposes Two Year Jail Term for Online Gambling · · Score: 1

    Wow, hadn't thought about it that way..

    Everytime you roll for loot in warcraft, you're committing a felony. You're paying $15 a month, plus the cost of the game, for the chance to gamble with others online. The only thing I could think to contradict myself, is the fact that what you win is not yours, but still in fact belongs to Blizzard. Of course, if you try to sell gold or the loot you've won, not only are you breaking EULA, but you're also removing yourself from that realm of contradiction. Hmm...interesting tangent there, indeed.

  21. Re:Why is this a federal issue? on FCC Moves To Regulate Cable TV Competition · · Score: 1

    The problem, as I understand it, is that the cableco's have invested a lot of money into the creation of the infrastructure, and I can't see how it's fair to stop them from using their investment to make a profit. Don't get me wrong, if I could get ala carte programming I'd have less than 10 channels, and if FIOS was available in my area I'd dump cable before you could say "throttled upload speeds". But I don't see how an idea like yours would ever make it to law.

  22. Re:Wrong Message on Database Finds Fugitive After 35 Years · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey c'mon, you have to admit that with the present overcrowding at most prisons, someone with her skills is needed. Not everyone is good with a mop, you know. Plus, someone really should sit with the new perp's after their first night of gang sodomization.

  23. But shouldn't we be concerned? on Hellgate Beta's In-Game Ads Raise Eyebrows · · Score: 1

    Gameplay and playability issues aside, I think there's more to fear here. Massive Inc., the company running the advertising service for HG:L, is owned by Microsoft. When you agree to the EULA, you're allowing them to collect "technical and related information that identifies your computer, including without limitation your Internet Protocol address, operating system, application software and peripheral hardware." Information they are free to share with third party vendors. There are some good reasons to have this sharing of information, but the depth of what they are collecting, plus the likely widespread use of it, is what prompted me to submit this article.

    I honestly thought the direction of responses was going to lean more towards privacy concerns, rather than how to return a video game.

  24. Re:I would only want to hide my name if on New England Patriots Obtain Online Ticket Reseller Names · · Score: 1

    I'd agree with you, really I would, except I'm a lifelong Lions fan.

    The Dolphins were only stuck with Joey Harrington for a year, we gave him four..

  25. Re:Not entirely new. See: ergotism on Scientists Deliver 'God' Via A Helmet · · Score: 1

    Why not? You're just part of mine.