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  1. Re:I wanna know what happened to on Samsung Steals the Brain Behind the iPod · · Score: 1

    Ask Leonard.

  2. Re:A serious post on Armed Dolphins Released Into Gulf of Mexico · · Score: 1

    And even if there *were* poison dart weilding dolphins, why on earth would they be left armed while at a training facility during a storm?

    You have obviously never tried to disarm a poison dart weilding dolphin :P

  3. Re:Stereotype? on The Tech of Burning Man · · Score: 1

    My stereo type was: this guy

  4. Re:Imagination run wild... on Microsoft Windows Media Player Encryption Hacked · · Score: 1
    Man, I need to stop watching TV...

    I misread your comment as saying something about "Girls gone wild" so that makes 2 of us.
  5. Re:No use. on GM Claims Advanced Cruise Control By 2008 · · Score: 1
  6. Re:Don't ignore the signals. on Drug Reverses Effects of Sleep Deprivation · · Score: 1

    Well.. I don't argue with the someone who quotes Kramer, VoidWraith. It's an argument you can't win!

  7. Re:wow.... on Real Worried About Apple Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    for real?

  8. Re:Pricing on Startup a Computer Business? · · Score: 2, Funny
    My two cents on pricing

    Sorry, I had to stop reading at this point. Your post might be really important but it is just so cheaply priced that I can't take it seriously. :P
  9. Re:How many people you said you talked to? on Return of Text-Based Games? · · Score: 2, Funny

    How this can become an article is slashdot.


    Fixed.
  10. A similar question on Post Undergrad Comp. Graphics Studies in the U.S.? · · Score: 1

    Anyone have experience with Florida State University? I am moving to Tallahassee next month and also considering starting work on my master's in computer science and just curious if any of you could tell me a little about FSU.

  11. Re:Win Activation on Free Upgrade From XP Home to XP Pro Lite · · Score: 1

    LI

  12. Re:Your company's priorities on Distributing Windows Programs to Linux Desktops? · · Score: 1

    Yeah but notice which one of his posts got modded up :P

  13. Re:Next step on Blank Keyboard · · Score: 1

    True story:

    Some software I used to develop had an option toggle the display on and off using a special keystroke while typing.

    The reason we had to have this was that the software had been previously used at a mine and one of the employees there was so motivated to get out of the mine and into the office doing data entry that he taught himself to type extremely fast.

    If we left the display enabled he was typing far ahead of the screen refresh (on wyse dumb terminals) and it was so distracting to him that he couldn't enter data at his regular typing speed. So, he would type with the display turned off and then hit the key combination again to turn it back on and read over what he had just typed.

  14. Re:Exercise on Burnout and Depression Among IT Workers? · · Score: 1
    I used to go to the gym and doing things like running a kilometre without any practice before hand isn't a problem


    I don't know if I am misreading this or what but for me it takes more like 10K to really get in the zone. And I will admit that when I was first starting out, even short distances (1K) were difficult and there was no zone to be found. :P
  15. Re:Huh? on Gates on Google · · Score: 1

    ...sort of like when you make fun of some guy with a gold chain and a Firebird- sure he is an a--ho--, but he gets all the ladies....

    Hmmmmm.... 'Ladies' isn't exactly the word I was thinking.

  16. Re:PC-based DVRs have massive drawbacks... on Build Your Own DVR · · Score: 1

    ...and then more money if you want the home networking option so that you can move programs from one TIVO to another.

    ...and some amount more for the networking option.

    No argument on the rest of what you said, but the 'networking option' (Home Media Option) no longer costs extra.

  17. Re:No offense to everyone here on TiVo Moves to Bypass Cable · · Score: 1

    Yeah I used to like Knight Rider but I watched an episode the other day and I was actually embarassed.

  18. 511 on Verizon's NYC 911 System Shutdown · · Score: 4, Informative

    Last I checked 511 will tell you your own phone number. It sounds silly, but it came in handy for me in college when they would often forget to tell us the phone numbers for our dorm rooms.

    That number is handy, but I have to admit that the time I called the pizza place that I knew had caller id and asked them what my phone number was makes a lot better story!

    NOTE: I just tried this on my home for and it worked. My phone company is CenturyTel.

  19. Re:Disyllabic Reduction on Why Such Unimaginative Nomenclature? · · Score: 1
    Why don't we call George Bush "G-Bu"


    I personally call him "G-Dub". As in "G Dubya". :)
  20. Re:cool on Caffeine vs Type II Diabetes · · Score: 1

    I was thinking maybe it was just due to the fact that when they drank that much coffee they didn't drink so many sugar-loaded sodas to get their caffeine fix.

  21. Re:Congrats to Paycheck... on Paycheck-Style Memory Erasure: How Close Are We? · · Score: 1

    Sounds like you need to have your memory wiped!

  22. Re:So... on Webservice Debugs Linux Binaries While-U-Wait · · Score: 1

    The summary is confusing, but from looking at askigor.com I think what it means is that you give it two sets of input, one that works and one that doesn't, and it executes the program both ways and tries to find the differences so you can look to those places as potential bugs.

  23. You're Welcome on Map the Internet... In One Day? · · Score: 1, Redundant

    We just made his job easier. There is one less web server to map now!

  24. Re:"Job your jaw"? on "Y2k Bug", and Others Proves PCs Can Be Art · · Score: 1

    Verbing words weirds language

  25. Re:What's the big deal? on LOTR: Two Towers Extended Edition Reviewed · · Score: 2, Funny
    They don't challenge you to try and figure out what the ring really represents


    You're right. That's your future ex-wife's job. :)