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  1. Re:Now that's just silly on Microsoft's Not So Happy Family · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd challenge someone to find any application with more needless bloat than MS Office.

    Azareus.

  2. Re:CAPTCHA is a biggie on Website Accessibility a Legal Issue? · · Score: 1

    Yes, I should have just said HELLEN KELLERZ :D

  3. Re:CAPTCHA is a biggie on Website Accessibility a Legal Issue? · · Score: 1

    The mp3 link is usually provided along with a visual CAPTCHA so the only people excluded are the deaf-mutes.

  4. Re:CAPTCHA is a biggie on Website Accessibility a Legal Issue? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've seen sites that offer an mp3 CAPTCHA. Not a great solution but, I imagine that blind people will likely have sound support on their machine.

  5. Re:hmm... no on Microsoft To Construct iPod/DS/PSP Killer · · Score: 1

    Decoding video ain't that hard, son. This is not 1994.

  6. Re:Please don't ruin tabbed browsing... on Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Alpha Peeking Out (Or Not) · · Score: 1

    Obviously you are not looking at shitty free pornography enough!

  7. Re:Don't forget the TRON soundtrack! on The Story of Tron · · Score: 1
  8. Or this? on Top 5 Reasons People Dismiss PostgreSQL · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Speed isn't everything but some of these are insane.

  9. Re:Flunarizine on Motion Sickness Remedies for Games? · · Score: 1

    you are an idiot

  10. Re:dead.com poor support on Memo Outlines Microsoft's Plans · · Score: 1

    Yes, but I wager Live.com has a much bigger than any audience you have.

  11. Re:Where's the advantage? on TiVo to Let Users Record Shows Via Cellphone · · Score: 1
    they have better coverage in all the places people need to use a cellphone.


    You believe those ads?????? The dude from Weezer knows nothing about mobile technology.

  12. Re:Anyone who has ever used Quickbooks Enterprise on The Trouble With Software Upgrades · · Score: 1

    testing enviornment = GAMES SERVER ;)

  13. Re:ugh on No 3G for HP Until 2007 · · Score: 2, Funny
    those ads you see on MTV for jamba packages with 3 ringtones for 5 euro

    Not everyone lives in a country that uses quad damage power ups for money.

  14. ugh on No 3G for HP Until 2007 · · Score: 3, Insightful
    3G's killer app -- TV and video streaming

    Do these morons really think I want to pay them to watch 160x120 videos of the black eyed peas on my phone? This is not the killer app you are looking for!

  15. Re:Ack, worst link ever to click on 5% of All Web Traffic Unsafe · · Score: 1

    You'd be right, if anyone cared about this silly company and its list!

  16. Sounds a lot like Takeshi no Chousenjou on Penn and Teller's Long Lost Game · · Score: 1

    Takeshi no Chousenjou -- Yes this is the same Takeshi from "Takeshi's Castle" (aka MXC on SpikeTV).

  17. Re:releasing memory on Firefox Memory Leak is a Feature · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up.

  18. Re:Monster on Earth's Copper Supply Inadequate For Development? · · Score: 1

    You forgot "oxygen-free"!

  19. Re:iBook upgrades... on Macworld to Bring Updates to Laptop Lines? · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't expect to see an iSight in the iBook and not in the Powerbook. Also, I would wager that Steve-O would want to keep that a Pbook exclusive for a while.

  20. Re:Not really "close" to the main star as we know on More to the North Star Than Meets the Eye · · Score: 1

    Well, compared to other binary stars ~21 AU isn't abnormally close; consider (numbers from wikipedia):

    Procyon A and B are an average of 16 AU apart.
    Alpha Centuri A and B range between ~11 and ~36 AU. However, Proxima Centuri orbits at 4.22 light years or 266,871.415 Astronomical Units.
    Algol has two stars only 0.062 AU apart, as well as a third star at 2.69 AU.
    Sirius is 20 AU

    and you cold calculate more (Beta Cygni) knowing the angle between them or orbital periods (an excercise left to someone who knows the formulas) which is listed on many double+ stars' wikipedia entries. Although the distance between them appears to be pretty typical, I'd imagine this story to be notable for the tiny angle between them.

  21. Not really "close" to the main star as we know it. on More to the North Star Than Meets the Eye · · Score: 4, Informative

    According to google calculator:

                      2 000 000 000 miles = 21.5155818 Astronomical Units

    which puts it just inside the closest approach of Saturn, but well outside Jupiter's orbit.

  22. Re:Not for me. on Apple Adds New TV Shows To iTunes · · Score: 1

    Doesn't iTunes have an option to full screen video now?

  23. Re:An example of the advantages of the new windows on Debugging Microsoft.com · · Score: 1

    Are you joking? No one in the United States ever uses MSN. I have never been asked for my MSN email, but people swap AIM names like phone numbers. I am aware MSN is more popular abroad, but I think the IM penetration in the US is quite high.

  24. Re:Not the only debate on To Flush Or Not To Flush · · Score: 1

    In Korea, only old people pee on the floor.

  25. Unexpected historical benefit on Hidden Codes in Printers Cracked · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Of course, this might actually prove useful in the future for historians analyzing our garbage for dating our documents. Assuming, of course, that these tiny dots can survive for a useful amount of time.