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  1. Re:getting credit reports aren't impossible on Did You Do the Long Form? · · Score: 1

    It's easier than that if you want to spend a little cash. For $90 you can get all of the information below from check-a-date.com. <sarcasm>For your protection of course.</sarcasm>
    Date of Birth
    Name Verification Possible AKA's (Also known as names.)
    Social Security Numbers & Other Names Linked by Social Security Numbers
    Known Addresses - Current & Previous
    Present and Previous Residents at Subject's Address Mailing Addresses
    Possible Driver's License (This will vary by State/as some states like CA do not make this available)
    Possible Drivers At Subject's Addresses
    Vehicles Registered to Known Addresses
    Known Phone Numbers attached to addresses
    Names of Relatives and Their Addresses
    Vehicle Ownership (This will also vary by state.)
    Neighbors Names and Phone Numbers if available Possible Liens, Judgements and Bankruptcies Possible Property Ownership
    Possible Professional Licenses & Status of same
    Possible Corporate Affiliations, Executive Position Held & Status
    Possible DEA Controlled Substance License
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  2. Re:We're all defective somewhere in our genome on UK Insurance Co. Admits Using Genetic Screening · · Score: 1

    But the average condition is what the current rates are based on. So if they were to find that the risks are spread evenly among everyone, the rates would probably stay about the same for most people.

  3. Youth no longer can hunt Mastadon on Are Computers Stealing Your Memory? · · Score: 1

    The shocking results of a new study announced today reveals that the youth of today have no ability to hunt and kill their own food.
    One researcher was quoted as saying "How will the human race survive if they can't catch their own food?"
    The results of the study point to the alarming increase in the use of technology and organized farming to reduce the reliance on hunting.
    "It's like they expect they can just walk into a store and buy their food." An awestruck scientist noted.
    Where are we headed to? Our own demise.

  4. Re:MIT'rs have done some cute ones... on Canadians Hang Bug Off Golden Gate · · Score: 1

    One of the MIT hacks appears to have inspired Illiad with an early version of the Dust Puppy

  5. Re:So this pilot walks into a bar... on NASA Controls Jet With Nerve Signals · · Score: 1

    So this pilot walks into a bar...Next time he should duck!

    Ha ha. yuck, yuck, yuck

  6. Re:Halftime Sucked on Interesting Commercials · · Score: 1

    things? What are you? Twelve?

  7. Re:What the hell? on Antitrust · · Score: 1

    Maybe you haven't heard, but I believe that Apache is the most used webserver by a larger margin.

  8. Re:It does seem a bad omen on FCC Approves AOL-Time Warner Merger · · Score: 2

    It makes sense that if anyone is going to play the part of big brother as portrayed in books like 1984 it will start with big businsess. At least in the US, the current government structure is changed at least every 8 years. In order to excercise the kind of blatant violations of freedom that big brother implies it requires a consistent leadership and lots of patience. Freedom can't be snatched away all at once. You have to drain it away little by little so that no one notices that it's gone until it's too late to do anything about it. The current government that we have does not stay in place long enough to do this. The only way to get these results is when big business ownes the government. I can't see how the government agencies can allow this merger if they aren't being paid off.

    The news is being defined as what is said on CNN. They have become the definitive authority on news stories. And it doesn't matter if a minority knows better, as in 1984, a minority is considered to be insane, and they must be cured of their ills and be liberated so they too can love Big Brother. I don't know if AOL/Time Warner is going to run our lives, but if there is a threat, the huge companies that exist today (ex. Philip Morris) are the ones we should be afraid of, not the government. Don't loath the government, take it back. It's your government, get involved!

  9. Re:At least they have to open the IM protocol on FCC Approves AOL-Time Warner Merger · · Score: 2

    Almost. They have to open IM for any new versions that introduce new capabilities like video. They do not have to open their current network!

  10. Re:Not as bad as it might seem on FCC Approves AOL-Time Warner Merger · · Score: 1

    AOL's had to make several concessions on the lucrative instant messaging market.

    How is instant messaging lucrative?

  11. Re:Really... who cares? on FCC Approves AOL-Time Warner Merger · · Score: 1

    the clueless will get clueless-er and the smart get smarter.

    And when the majority of the population falls into the first category, they rise up and kill the second group for spoiling their fun.

  12. Is this new? on FCC Approves AOL-Time Warner Merger · · Score: 2

    . . .it used to be the policy of the U.S. government to keep content producers and carriers separate.

    Don't you think that Time Warner has gone around this for years before AOL even entered the situation. I checked CNN through my Time Warner Cable connection and they said this would be great for consumers. That must be the way it is.

    Be afraid. Be very afraid.

  13. Mozilla 0.6 - Completed December 6, 2001 on Mozilla 0.7 Released · · Score: 2

    Wow, I know people complain about the releases being behind schedule, but now their going backwards.

  14. Re:I honestly don't care on Nuclear Fuel For Superfast Interplanetary Travel · · Score: 1

    Unless you can find some Kamikaze (sp?) astronauts to make this mission, you might want to wait until there is a reliable method for bringing them home. It's much easier to launch a sufficient craft with all of the support infrastructure here on earth, but what about on Mars. The best thing that NASA has done is to promote saftey. Look at their saftey record vs the Russians and you'll see what I mean.

  15. Re:Put them to use on Monolith Reappears In Middle Of Lake · · Score: 1

    This is an awesome project. I can't wait to get a GPS and find these. Although I'm not sure that my wife will understand what the heck I'm doing. Not the first time anyways.

  16. Who is big business? on All Digital TVs To Include Copy Restrictions · · Score: 1

    I hear a lot of talk about big business ruining things for us, and that this is another example. But you miss one thing. While the movie industry is bug, so are the consumer electronics makers. Will they willingly spend time and money to limit the functionality of their product? I think not. It's like web standards. The W3C comes out with new standards, but the browser makers don't want to break anyones page, so they leave the old stuff in.

  17. Are you sure we can talk about this? on New G4s Coming Our Way · · Score: 2

    I mean has Apple given the okay for us to discuss new products? I would hate to talk about a Apple product before it was released. We all know what happened last time someone did that.

  18. Re:CNN didn't like open source much on The Open Source Financial Year in Review · · Score: 1

    How do you single out CNN as not liking open source because they bashed Netscape 6. By that definition half of /.ers hate open source. As a matter of fact, half the world hates open source.

  19. What about the benefits on Largest ISP In Philippines: The Catholic Church · · Score: 2

    I'm sure that /. readers will focus on the filtering aspect of this article, and not the whole part about wiring remote areas. It seems to me that the Church is doing more to connect disparate parts of the country than any of the other providers. That actually sounds like something we could use in the US. Besides, you can request the filtering be turned off at any time, including when you open the account.

  20. Can you blame them? on Largest ISP In Philippines: The Catholic Church · · Score: 1

    The church is just trying to tell people how they feel about the content they are trying to view. There's no one forcing the people to use this ISP. If you don't like the policy go somewhere else. Should the Church allow strip shows in the back of church because some people get bored with the sermon. This is not a government that has to allow all comers to do what they want. This is a church that is founded on a belief system that they have adheared to for 2000 thousand years. Religions are based on beliefs that are felt to be unbreakable. If the rules are not enforced, why have them at all. I apploud the Catholic Church for sticking up for what they believe in.

  21. Any you thought Y2K was a computer nightmare on 13 Month Calendar? · · Score: 4

    Can you imagine the lines of code that would have to be changed to handle this? Sure it would make things simpler once it was in place. Maybe this is a good way to keep all of those COBOL programmers employed a while longer.

  22. Advertise for the medium on Non-banner Ads Coming to the Web · · Score: 1

    The type of advertisement that makes sense should correspond to the type of information you're presenting. When you're showing a video or audio presentation, it makes sense to pre or postempt it with a short ad. But when you're reading text, does that make sense? Image reading the paper and a little ad gnome comes up, grabs the paper from you, tells you about his product and then gives it back to you. The internet is a new medium, but it has ties to several old mediums. Use the one that makes sense.

  23. Russian Failures? on Space Station Crew Face Air-Scrubber Failures · · Score: 1

    Is it just me, or do all of the systems that are failing seem to be Russian? I haven't followed everything too closely, but it seems to me that the airconditioner, the automatic docking, and air scrubbers have all been Russian components. Maybe it's just because most of what is up there is Russian now, but it makes me nervous.

  24. Why is this dangerous? on L0pht Joins MS As BUGTRAQ Outcasts · · Score: 1

    Just because it's MS doesn't make it dangerous. They're sending you to a link which they can update as more information is available. That makes more sense than issuing a release of information everytime there's the slightest change. The main purpose of bug reports is to make sure everyone has the most up to date information. This seems like a good way to do it.

  25. Re:Yep on A Pair of Google Bits · · Score: 1

    Google is better than engines like Yahoo . . .

    Ahh, Yahoo is powered by Google.