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  1. Call me prejudiced, but... on Open Project to Develop Renewable Energy System · · Score: 1

    I have a hard time taking seriously an energy generation project that uses pot smoker slang like 'roll your own.'

  2. Re:Gates foundation gives away blood money on Dark Cloud Over Good Works of Gates Foundation · · Score: 1

    Since the power plant is killing people, shouldn't you be supporting Gates and his depopulation efforts? I guess some people are never satisfied.

  3. Re:So ... on U.S. Mass Declassified Documents At Midnight · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, but since it goes back to the early 80s, maybe we'll find out who shot Ronald Reagan.

    Oh wait, we already know that. Oh well.

  4. Re:switch to linux on Vista and the Music Industry · · Score: 1

    That must be why all of us video professionals work in Linux. Oh no wait, we use Macs.

  5. Re:Too slow on Vending Machine For Books Coming Next Year · · Score: 1

    There are braille printers.

    My vision is good, but I always wanted to learn braille so I could go to boring shit like obligatory plays friends put on and bring a book and read all through it but no one would know!

  6. Re:Well, I had Pac-Man fever in the 80's on Is Internet Addiction a Medical Condition? · · Score: 1

    I've got 1935 on the phone. It wants its retort to an old joke back.

  7. Re:Well, I had Pac-Man fever in the 80's on Is Internet Addiction a Medical Condition? · · Score: 2, Funny

    To quote the hilarious Marcu Brigstocke talking about the effects of video games on today's youth: "If Pac-Man had affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music."

  8. Re:well on Star Trek Legacy's Plot Left Behind on Away Mission · · Score: 1

    Maybe a game can only be so long, but it sure wasn't a space issue. Legacy is only a little over 2 gigs in size on disk.

  9. Re:Sea Level? on Arctic Ice May Melt By 2040 · · Score: 1

    The solution is to remove all the animals in the sea! Once you take all of them out, the water will go back down, just like with bath toys and fish tanks!

  10. Re:iTunes 7.0 on iTunes Sales 'Collapsing' · · Score: 1

    BUT... with commercials you can't skip over. That's worth paying for in my opinion.

  11. Re:I don't get it on Bill Would Extend Online Obscenity Laws to Blogs, Mailing Lists · · Score: 1

    And John Glenn is a Democrat.

  12. Hmm... on Map of the Internet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Slashdot warrants a special mention as does suicide girls.

    I think we have a pretty good insight into the sick and twisted human mind with this map.

  13. Re:SpiderMan on Scientists Developing Commercially Viable Synthetic Gecko · · Score: 1

    I bet he gets in many a sticky situation!

    Ho ho! See what I did there?

  14. Re:Facts on UN Report Downgrades Human Impact on Climate · · Score: 1

    You have a flawed understanding of 'fact' since it was never a fact that the UK has always had a population of 60 million. It may currently have a population of that size, I don't know, but I don't think anyone has ever proposed that populations ever stay constant. The fact is that when the population is 60 million, it is 60 million and when it is 3 million, it is 3 million. This isn't that hard to grasp...

  15. Re:Of course I don't support copyright, but... on RIAA Victims Bring Class Action Against Kazaa · · Score: 1

    It's his money and it's not like he's using it to buy arms for terrorists or something, so I'm not sure why you care. If he wants to spend money on a subscription it doesn't harm you in any way. Is he a sucker? Well, people pay for porn when they can get it for free too. People pay for bottled water when they can get it out of the tap. People pay for gas in cities which have perfectly decent public transportation. Are you going to call them 'suckers' too? I suppose you have only ever spent money on necessities. I'm guessing you never pay for shareware either.

  16. Re:Capitan obvious to the rescue! on Apples Are For Grannies? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I have insane insurance. If I ever meet a talking fish with hands, I get $2 million. The premium is a bitch but the payout would be so worth it!

  17. Re:Other markets on Apples Are For Grannies? · · Score: 1

    I work in the entertainment industry in L.A. I know absolutely no one who runs any OS other than OS X in the industry unless they want to run multiple OSes for some reason or other. It helps that there's a bajillion apple authorized retailers along with multiple Apple Stores in L.A.

  18. Re:This Post will be modded down... on Apples Are For Grannies? · · Score: 1

    7. He lives in Los Angeles or New York and/or works in media. That's why I bought my iBook.

  19. Re:Gateway? on Apples Are For Grannies? · · Score: 1

    Although... with a Mac and OpenOffice there's really not much other software people in their 60s would really use (unless they're among the rare breed of older gamers).

  20. I got my parents a mac mini. on Apples Are For Grannies? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My mother is in her 60s and my dad in his 70s and they can handle it a LOT better than their old XP machine. I actually like XP and I run both OSX and XP, but the ease-of-use factor with OSX and the $500 mini price tag (especially since they could keep their old monitor, printer, etc.) made it worth getting. Now they aren't only into it, but my dad has gotten himself a Macbook Pro too! They used to hate their computer when it was XP because they had no idea what they were doing. They still don't really have much of an idea, but this time they can actually get things done.

  21. Re:no common sense case on No Business Case for HDTV? · · Score: 1

    They also only actually sell 4 or 5 models of radio and they all suck. I found that out when I wanted to buy just a radio, no CD player, no frills, just a basic radio so I could listen to an AM station. Maybe I'm weird this way, but I expect a place called RADIO SHACK to have a bunch of RADIOS for sale...

  22. Re:no common levels. on No Business Case for HDTV? · · Score: 1

    Honestly, for every one of folks like you worrying about the price of HDMI cables, there's a thousand other folks like me who just want to see tonight's episode of Jeopardy, preferably in color.

  23. Well... on 'This Spartan Life' Meets NPR · · Score: 1

    Humanity hasn't evolved significantly in the last 10,000 years either...

  24. Re:I don't get it. on Online Video Begins To Threatens Television · · Score: 1

    There's no reason you can't put ads on online videos. ABC Family does that.

  25. I don't get it. on Online Video Begins To Threatens Television · · Score: 1

    It's all video. It's just a different delivery method. People are still watching television programs, just more often now via a different device than a television set. I don't see the big deal...