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  1. Re:Vinyl... on Not All iPods — Vinyl and Turntables Gain Sales · · Score: 1

    Some of that electronic music was created using analog synths.

  2. Re:Get what you pay for on "Lawful Spying" Price Lists Leaked · · Score: 1

    Hope you feel better now that you've got that out of your chest.

    But there are privacy concerns other than law enforcement issues - namely, advertising and marketing use.

  3. Re:Get what you pay for on "Lawful Spying" Price Lists Leaked · · Score: 1

    That's a good point - network by definition seems to mean leakage. But I wonder if there is still value for partial privacy...

  4. Get what you pay for on "Lawful Spying" Price Lists Leaked · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Time for paid services with explicit privacy protection. There is a good business case for this, I think, but will require thoughtful way to market to the masses. Any ideas?

  5. Re:Yes, but... on Reducing One Amino Acid Could Increase Lifespan · · Score: 1

    Hey, don't drag me into this ... stuff, whatever it is.

  6. Re:The key being ... on Harvard Says Computers Don't Save Hospitals Money · · Score: 1

    It's like the hopspitals are the restaurants of the economy where the numbers...

  7. Re:Transferability on Harvard Says Computers Don't Save Hospitals Money · · Score: 1

    They don't necessarily keep good track of your x-rays and such, I was given the impression from an orthopedic guy. Not to mention hand-written notes that are impossible to decipher. But good to know the rules, though.

  8. Transferability on Harvard Says Computers Don't Save Hospitals Money · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Well, that's mouthful, but with electronic records you can at least switch doctors without having to take X-rays, tests, and other records again. No?

  9. Re:Cheers for PETA on Scientists Create Artificial Meat · · Score: 1

    Is it ok if we make artificial human meat and eat that?

    Only if it's "naturally" flavored. Everyone knows the artificial, corn-fed, hormone-injected stuff is crap.

  10. Re:I am scared. I am intrigued. on Scientists Create Artificial Meat · · Score: 1

    What a French-quoting snooty dope.

  11. Turbo button on Dell Defect Turning 2.2GHz CPU Into 100MHz CPU? · · Score: 1

    They must have connected the turbo button backward. Happens sometimes.

  12. Re:Climate change was NO issue in the 80s on Where the Global Warming Data Is · · Score: 1

    Sounds dubious to me. Public at large may not have had much interest in the 80's, but for the researchers in the field, the data set remains the basis of their work stretching decades, hence a valued archive at the least if they have any respect for their own work. So they lost it, and yet conveniently use it as base for a theory and policy recommendation asking the world to restructure our economy.

    Sad thing is those who believe in AGW should be the first ones to question CRU and extract answers, but for the most all I see is wagon-circling.

  13. Re:Why post this? on G-WAN, Another Free Web Server · · Score: 1

    Hey, it worked. Thanks slashdot!

  14. Re:Geopolitical Consequences of Global Warming on Where the Global Warming Data Is · · Score: 1

    Even for slashdot, you with the handle "reporter" is one certifiable crackpot.

  15. Re:The real question... on G-WAN, Another Free Web Server · · Score: 1

    Of course, whenever we have those HIGYALD (Hey, I've Got Yet Another Linux Distro) stories, there is always at least one post similar to yours, asking why it's news. And there's always at least one response to that post, explaining that alternatives are great - which is true here as well, so the circle is now complete.

    Everyone knows that. Why are you posting such a redundant comment?

  16. Why post this? on G-WAN, Another Free Web Server · · Score: 1

    Really, what's the point of posting a story of another unremarkable and very limited webserver? It's cool by me if kdawson simply found it on the top of the stack so he clicked bugger. I mean, it's not like I'm paying to browsing here. That what's going on here? Like I said, you know, it's all good by me. But I'm curious, you know, and ... well, you know what I am saying, right?

  17. Re:Video Professor is a "X of the Month Club" on Calling Video Professor a Scam · · Score: 1

    Here, burn this message onto a CD and give it to whoever you want:

    RTFM, NOOB!

  18. Re:Please Explain Further on Microsoft Advice Against Nehalem Xeons Snuffed Out · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your explanation is exactly how I interpreted the KB article. I think Slashdot was going for some sensationalistic journalism. :-)

    NO WAY!

  19. Damn pesky kids on Microsoft Advice Against Nehalem Xeons Snuffed Out · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nothing to see here. Move along. What? Nevermind where I work.

  20. A snapshot myopia on What the iPod Tells Us About the World Economy · · Score: 1

    'China, you see, is really just the place where most of the other components that go inside the iPod are shipped and assembled.'

    Well, that's how it starts. Some places, like Mexico seems, is happy to do just that. But other places with bit more brains, like China, builds on it to take up more and more of the whole production process.

    Btw, am I saying Mexico is dumb? In a way, yes. All in all, Mexico seems a lot more of a tiered society with less a sense of national unity, and she's not alone.

  21. Re:Great... on Engaging With Climate Skeptics · · Score: 1

    This is the most disturbing part. Circling the wagon is the worst thing they could do.

  22. Re:What's the point? on Engaging With Climate Skeptics · · Score: 1

    Paging BadAnalogyGuy! There is this gmagdk guy trying to run you out of your business.

  23. Euro Scientists on Life and Work On the LHC At CERN · · Score: 0, Troll

    "The scientists there favor Macs"

    Even the physicists turn pansy in Europe. A disgrace.

  24. Re:Good grief! on Hacker McKinnon To Be Extradited To US · · Score: 3, Funny

    Have you ever met anyone on the autistic spectrum?

    Dude, where do you think you are?

    Look to your left. Look to your right.

  25. Re:wow on CIA Manual Thought Lost In 1973 Available On Amazon · · Score: 1

    Others think it was his attempt to get into Medici service.