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  1. Re:who cares? on The Continuing War Against Microsoft's "Facts" Campaign · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Right. Sometimes it's BSD.

  2. Re:O Rly? on Bill Would Bar US Companies From Net Censorship · · Score: 2, Informative

    Then they get penalized. If they don't want that top happen, they either need to move their HQ, or get out of that market.

  3. Re:I am more afraid of the US on Bill Would Bar US Companies From Net Censorship · · Score: 1

    That's what Tibet thought, too.

  4. Re:What's the goal? on Bill Would Bar US Companies From Net Censorship · · Score: 2, Funny

    So you think the Chinese people are retarded?

  5. Re:Off the top of my head... on Hobbyist Renewable Energy? · · Score: 1

    Luckily, the utility worker protection feature will do that for you.

  6. Re:why not use a transfer switch? on Hobbyist Renewable Energy? · · Score: 1

    Any grid-intertie system with no battery backup won't be powering your appliances if the grid goes out, whether it shuts down or not. You'd have your very own brownout. Grid-intertie isn't about backup power.

  7. Re:The joys of regulation and insurance on Hobbyist Renewable Energy? · · Score: 1

    It's one thing to not electrocute the utility workers, it's quite another to ask the power company's approval. You can do one without doing the other.

  8. Re:go 12 volt on Hobbyist Renewable Energy? · · Score: 1

    I have a feeling the electrician and new appliances will cost over $2000. Good advice for those doing larger conversions, though. If not from a cost perspective, from a power loss perspective.

  9. Off the top of my head... on Hobbyist Renewable Energy? · · Score: 1

    Any inverter you get should be in phase with the grid, since that's the type of power expected by your appliances. If you mean pure sine wave 60hz, that's not needed. The grid power isn't that clean. It's nice to have for battery systems, though. It'll keep your appliances quieter. That's probably your best bet is going with an off-grid RV/cabin inverter with a basic battery system. That's sill going to cost quite a bit, though. Generally speaking, a grid-intertie inverter is cheaper than batteries, but That's for larger systems, I'm not sure how the prices scales on the low end.

  10. Re:Sam Kinison says... on MADD Targets GTA IV Over Drunk Driving Scene · · Score: 1

    How'd that work our for Sam?

  11. Re:Wow... on MADD Targets GTA IV Over Drunk Driving Scene · · Score: 1

    There is no cohesive argument to be made against video games.

  12. Re:Works for me too on NYTimes.com Hand-Codes HTML & CSS · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not really, unless you're using tables for layouts. CSS layouts don't look right.

  13. Re:Dear Windows Users... on The File-System Fallout of the Reiser Verdict · · Score: 1

    I can add and subtract with my hand, too.

  14. Re:XP SP3 = "Vista Migration Plan" on Last-Minute Glitch Holds Up Windows XP SP3 · · Score: 1

    How does that work? I know Dell and some other OEM were doing that, but I don't want to buy a computer.

  15. Re:XP SP3 = "Vista Migration Plan" on Last-Minute Glitch Holds Up Windows XP SP3 · · Score: 1

    It seems you are confusing the end of support with the end of retail and big brand OEM availibility.

  16. Re:aiwillwin on Disillusioned With IT? · · Score: 1

    It's sad that retiring at 50 is now an accomplishment.

  17. Re:XP SP3 = "Vista Migration Plan" on Last-Minute Glitch Holds Up Windows XP SP3 · · Score: 1

    Same difference. If I need to deploy more XP boxes after they stop selling XP, and I don't have a volume license, I'm SOL.

  18. Wait a minute.. on Last-Minute Glitch Holds Up Windows XP SP3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    People actually use that POS?

  19. Re:wrong wrong wrong* on Falling Microsoft Income Endangers Yahoo Bid · · Score: 1

    Speak for yourself. I sold short.

  20. Re:Why? on Ruby and Java Running in JavaScript · · Score: 1

    Adobe and Sun seem to have that opinion.

  21. Re:Language stacks galore! on Ruby and Java Running in JavaScript · · Score: 2, Funny

    We could run Linux in Firefox in Linux in Firefox!

  22. google Web Toolkit? on Ruby and Java Running in JavaScript · · Score: 1

    So how Orto different from Google's Web Toolkit? Does it accomplish it's goal without AJAX?

  23. Re:it all sounds like a lame plot from a porno on Humans Nearly Went Extinct 70,000 Years Ago · · Score: 2, Funny

    With our luck, we'd end up with CO and O.

  24. Re:ATM's are also more secure on Diebold Admits ATMs Are More Robust Than Voting Machines · · Score: 1

    Color code them.

  25. Re:ATM's are also more secure on Diebold Admits ATMs Are More Robust Than Voting Machines · · Score: 1

    The integrity that can be achieved by publicly sealing of the voting box, by publicly putting in the votes into the box and by publicly counting the ballots after the seal was broken in public is (for very fundamental theoretical reasons) non achieveable with automatized voting methods. Automatized voting? Since when could robots vote?