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  1. maybe on Microsoft Takes a 'Patch Tuesday' Break · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe nothing needs patching!? Ya, that must be it.

  2. Only 10 years? on Intel to Sample Flash-killer PRAM This Year · · Score: 1

    Only 10 years? Are these things going to have a rejuvenate button?

  3. on the cheap on What are the Best Cell Phone Services in the US? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The best pre-paid cell phone service in my opinion is Net 10, 10 cents a minute, you just have to buy 300 minutes every 2 months. No free nights and weekends though. All the other pre-paid plans are $.20 - .25 a minute.

  4. modular on Orbital Express Launches Tonight · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Wouldnt all satellites need to be modular and use similar components that are compatible to take advantage of this?

  5. where on Google Maps Unveils New Local Business Features · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Where are they getting these pictures of the front of locations? Is it from the Canadian company going around taking pictures of houses? I wonder how much I can make driving around taking pictures of my neighbors houses.

  6. huh on Higher Pay for Math and Science Teachers · · Score: 1

    Doesn't California have some of the highest taxes in the country. Even higher than Taxachusetts. Dont they also have an economy larger than a lot of countries? What do they do with all their money?

  7. all of them do? on All Microsoft Updates Phone Home · · Score: 1

    The bandwidth costs must be huge.

  8. so.. on More Advertising in Your Next Xbox Game · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft's plans to offset Xbox360 game costs with more in game advertisingBR>

    So the games are going to be cheaper right?

  9. seriously? on IBM Targets UFOs, Ghosts, and Goblins With Search Tool · · Score: 1

    IBM is actually seriously interested in this? Is there actually any money to be made? Its not April 1st is it?

  10. could it be on GDC: LucasArts and The Force Unleashed · · Score: 1

    Could this be the secrect title Free Radical Design (Timesplitters, key members Golden Eye 007 team) is working on? http://www.frd.co.uk/game6/pressRelease.php

  11. better on 'Gates for President' Group Gives Up · · Score: 1

    better him as president than ceo of Microsoft. America used to have a economic monopoly. We were a manufacturing powerhouse, now what do we do? Things are going to get ba around here if something isnt done. Bill Gates could help, maybe.

  12. priceless on C-SPAN Adopts Creative Commons-Style License · · Score: 1

    A congressperson being accused of copyright infringement. Why the hell does a company own the copyright to the Americans peoples only source of in depth legislative coverage? I like many assumed they were a government agency. Do they even show commercials? Whoever is responsible for this should hang, or something unpleasant.

  13. so? on Toward a 3D Search Engine · · Score: 1

    Its going to be full of spam in under a year. You cant stop those guys.

  14. the future on (Almost) All You Need To Know About IPv6 · · Score: 1

    Will we all have our own IP address in the future, like a SS# that identifies you wherever you go on the next? It looks like things are going this way. Is it the governments business if you like clown porn?

  15. well on Samsung Ships Hybrid Hard Drives · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Isnt flash only good for ~30,000 writes? If the flash breaks, can you still use the drive? And most importantly how much does it cost? I think the spinning magnetic disc is still king for a while to come, unfortunately.

  16. Re:HP's got the clout on Huge Linux Desktop Deals Get HP Thinking · · Score: 2, Interesting

    (LOL Sir Bill. Did you forget backwards compatability got you where you are? Remeber what sunk NetScape? A re-write.)

    Well he broke compatibility for some programs (mostly games) between 95/98 and 2000/XP. That "run in 95/98" compatibility mode seemed to be a placebo. And running DOS programs on a x86 in an emulator is ludicrous.

  17. well on Adobe Tackles Photo Forgeries · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If you were able to figure out how the software works you might be able to make undetectable forgeries. At the very least, if you had a copy, you could use it to see if your changes will be detected.

  18. naturally on High Tech High 2.0 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Committee politicians reportedly embraced virtually all of the suggestions made by Gates.

    Of course they embraced his ideas. Hes the richest man in the world. Every politician want s to be him.

  19. Re:HP's got the clout on Huge Linux Desktop Deals Get HP Thinking · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I couldn't even buy a Dell laptop with XP a couple of weeks ago--have some specialized software that still doesn't run on Vista--had to find one from HP

    Well you could always build your own XP PC.

  20. right... on Senators Smack Down WIPO Broadcast Treaty · · Score: 1

    The WIPO Broadcast Treaty is a complex beast.

    Thats an understatement.

  21. well on China Puts Hold on Net Cafe Construction This Year · · Score: 1

    Think it has something to do with this?:

    A 26 year old, 330 pound, guy from China died after playing online games for 7 days nearly non stop over the Chinese new year said his parents.

    http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/165207/yo ung_man_dies_after_a_marathon_week.html

  22. well on Huge Linux Desktop Deals Get HP Thinking · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Well its about time someone did it on a large scale. There is a market, so whats holding it back? Dare I say back room Microsoft deals?

  23. how about on GDC: The OLPC Project And Games · · Score: 1

    How about Civilization?

  24. Re:hair shape on The Coevolution of Lice & Their Hosts · · Score: 4, Funny

    "In Africa, where the percentage of children with head lice is higher, lice have adapted their claws to better grasp elliptical hair"

    It looks like its an arms race then.

  25. Re:hair shape on The Coevolution of Lice & Their Hosts · · Score: 1

    Its true, from the article you listed: studies have found that up to 25% of white children have had head lice, compared to less than 1% of African American children

    African American hair is more elliptical than white children's hair and head lice find it difficult to hold onto elliptical hair