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  1. Re:You thought the GOP/TP represented regular peop on Republicans Create Rider To Stop Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    Tax cuts were for everyone. if tax cuts were not extended, poor's tax would go up 50%, rich tax would go up 3%

    Military is one of the few things the constitution specifically authorizes "Big Government" to spend on.

  2. Re:You thought the GOP/TP represented regular peop on Republicans Create Rider To Stop Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    TARP - passed by Republicans...

    all spending bills originate in the house.

    the house was controlled by democrats.

    the senate was controlled by democrats.

    congress passes a bill.

    a president signs it.

    yes, bush signed the first bailouts.

    bailouts passed with bipartisan support by a democrat controlled house and senate.

  3. this is a new feature? on A New Tool From Google Worries Brand-Name Sites · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I could do a search with "site:www.bestbuy.com" for years now. wtf you talking about new feature?

  4. Re:Wot no optical drive? on Apple Announces MacBook Air · · Score: 1

    hate to flame, but you deserve it.

    You are still whining about this so called man made global warming? did you notice it snowed in Baghdad this week? first time in over 50 years?

    Can you explain the 5 or more ice ages that somehow melted before the industrial revolution.

    I didn't think so.

    Blow it out your ass buddy. I am going to speed home from work right now at 90+ mph in my Chevy Truck. Suck it.

  5. Re:A few thoughts on Apple Announces MacBook Air · · Score: 1

    if you look at a ipod classic 80gb vs a 160gb you will notice the 160gb version is slightly thicker than the 80gb version. this is probably why it does not have the larger 160gb drive.

    i may be mistaken.

  6. Re:There's Also No iPod SDK on No iPhone SDK Means No iPhone Killer Apps · · Score: 1

    ipod is not a computing platform.i suppose it could be argued that neither is the iPhone, but if it is supposed to replace other smart phones, then I argue that it is.

  7. Re:fully agree on No iPhone SDK Means No iPhone Killer Apps · · Score: 1

    there track record for security has nothing to do with their lame excuses for completely closing out developers from the iphone.

  8. Re:Another one? on No iPhone SDK Means No iPhone Killer Apps · · Score: 1

    the fact it is not out yet is irrelevant, apple has already announced that there will be no sdk and there will be no support for third party apps.

  9. old news on No iPhone SDK Means No iPhone Killer Apps · · Score: 1

    why did it take so long for someone to realize this? apple announced months ago that there will be no third party apps supported.

  10. Re:I Don't Buy It on Scientists Threatened For "Climate Denial" · · Score: 1

    polar bears on the endangered species list? perhaps, but what do you have to say to this?

    Polar bears 'thriving as the Arctic warms up'

  11. Re:Pretty amusing superbowl announcement on Linux Kernel 2.6.20 Released · · Score: 1

    hilarious.

  12. Re:Bad move... on Google Video Becomes Search-Only, YouTube Holds Content · · Score: 1

    I think the watermark is only visible when you embed the video on your own web page. if you watch the video on youtubes site, the watermark is not there.

  13. Re:Fedora is important on Fedora Holds Summit To Map Its Future · · Score: 1


    please do explain how it is that RPM does not work very well. I hear this all the time but have yet to see the evidence.

  14. password strenght enforced on MySpace Users Have Stronger Passwords Than Employees · · Score: 1

    aparently you are all unaware that myspace actually enforces password strength.

    they will not allow you to set your password to password, it must be alpha numeric, or contain special characters.

  15. Re:Suck it, spammers on EveryDNS Under Botnet DDoS Attack · · Score: 1

    everydns and easydns are two seperate dns services.

  16. Re:Reverse OCR on What's With All This Spam? · · Score: 1

    you do not have your own mother in your address book? you aught to be ashamed of yourself.

  17. old news. on Yahoo Messenger Blocking youtube.com URLs? · · Score: 1

    this has been going on for months. i convert all youtube links with tinyurl when sending via Yahoo IM.

  18. Re:but really.... on The GIF Format is Finally Patent-Free · · Score: 1

    thats not the point.

    the point is now i wont have to recompile my ImageMagick rpms with --enable-lzw because redhat will finally ship with this option enabled by default.

  19. illegal ? on President Bush Blocks NSA Wireless Tapping Probe · · Score: 1

    it has yet to be established that the NSA wiretaps were illegal.

    good luck libs.

  20. Re:Better Question: Washington's Hypcrisy? on U.S. Soldiers Recipients of Newest Prosthetic Technologies · · Score: 1

    right on. if I had mod points I would be modding parent up.

    I just want to point two things out. in abu ghraib, there were charges filed, and also there were convictions, two things we have yet to see for anything that may have happened in haditha.

  21. Re:This just seems like a win for everyone! on U.S. Soldiers Recipients of Newest Prosthetic Technologies · · Score: -1, Troll

    f you in your a.

  22. Re:Time to route around the damage... on Ticketmaster to Start Online Ticket Auction · · Score: 2, Interesting

    i believe the contract is with the venue not the band, so if the band wants to play at the venue, they have to sell their tickets via ticketmaster.

  23. Everything You Ever Wanted To Know on Wisdom From The Last Ninja · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everything you ever wanted to know about ninjas

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLWGgul_mZU

  24. Re:You're joking, right? on Running an ISP in a Warzone · · Score: 1

    what are you talking about? did you actually watch the video? or read anything?

    this guy set up an ISP for his fellow soldiers, not for the general Iraqi population.

    how could this possibly be a PR stunt?

    the world is now supposed to think the U.S. military is great because they set up internet service for themselves?

    yeah.. that is a fine PR campaign. you clearly do not know what your talking about.

    MORON.

  25. Re:Reinventing the wheel again and again and again on WebOS Market Review · · Score: 1

    while you are mostly right... people are using web applications. one example that i know of is quickbooks.