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  1. Re:I always wait for a while on Windows Patch Leaves Many XP Users With Blue Screens · · Score: 1

    Last weekend I installed a computer for my cousin to use that is mother had sitting in a closet for years (It was windows XP sp2). I install all of the updates and one from 3 years ago put into a continuous reboot cycle. So even waiting a while does not mean the MS will fix a broken patch. The solution turned out to be boot to the recovery console and disable this service.

  2. Re:Can I register from a distance? on Subversive Groups Must Now Register In South Carolina · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see a few hundred million people register as South Carolina subversives.

    I am sure SC would like to see that too at $5 a pop!

  3. Re:Lobbyist Groups? on Subversive Groups Must Now Register In South Carolina · · Score: 1

    I was waiting for someone to say this!

  4. Re:capcha time? on FTC Rules Outlawing Robocalls Go Into Effect Next Week · · Score: 1

    My voip system from viatalk has this feature. It ill ask the called to punch a number if they dont you can forward the call as you see fit.

  5. Re:Panasonic is not worse than canon on Panasonic Begins To Lock Out 3d-Party Camera Batteries · · Score: 1

    I am expecting a FZ28 in the mail today, is there some reference for this? it would make me feel a lot better, especially since I order a 3rd party batter with it. Thanks, Mike

  6. Re:Well, who are you... on Tips For Taking Your Laptop Into and Out of the US? · · Score: 1

    Would you mind elaborating on this I am a white male and will be honeymooning in Thailand next month. Thanks, Mike

  7. Now I am confused... on Higher Oil Prices Are Starting To Bring Jobs Home · · Score: 1

    Do we or dont we want cheap energy?

  8. Re:No "fair use" in Australia on ARIA Sells a Licence for DJs to Format Shift Music · · Score: 1

    How is this any different than software licenses in this regard? or copy protection on games?

  9. Re:Untrue on Casino Insider Tells (Almost) All About Security · · Score: 2, Interesting

    and those who simply walk in with $500 and intends to make it last as long as they can, but know that the chances of them walking out with more than they went in are not in their favor. I think you are describing the video poker player.

    They want just to extend their play as long as possible knowing the strategy for their game. They look at the pay table and can tell they odds right by looking. Knowing that the longer they play the better the odds hitting that big hand. Video poker is a game of skill against the odds.
  10. Re:Hmm, maybe you're right on Sony Says Eee PC Signals "Race To the Bottom" · · Score: 1

    There are a great many portable DVD player cases that work great. Thats what I carry mine in.

  11. Small Correction to the Summary on Family Guy Spins off Cleveland · · Score: 2, Informative

    Cleveland doesnt have a wife they divorced after she slept with Quagmire http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0576966/plotsummary

  12. Re:Fiddling while Rome Burns. on Install Copyright Filters on PCs, Says RIAA Boss · · Score: 1

    Sneaking into concerts is the new downloading music. Well music is just advertising to get to the buy concert tickets...

    Concerts are just a draw to get you to buy beer...

    Ergo they should want to you sneak into a concert otherwise you cant buy beer there.
  13. Re:They call that a keyboard? on Two Videos of E-Lead's Noahpad in Action · · Score: 1

    Are optical trackballs any better about that?

  14. Re:They call that a keyboard? on Two Videos of E-Lead's Noahpad in Action · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They say in the voice over that a user us more likely to accept a bad keyboard than a bad pointing device(in windows). And they are trying to fix the pointing device, since most laptops have the emphasis on the keyboard. In short they are admitting the keyboard sucks, but thats not their focus.

  15. Who cares? on Why Americans Don't Buy DVD Recorders · · Score: 1

    Who cares?

  16. Re:Free market on Sony Announces DRM-Free Music at Amazon · · Score: 1

    and artists are still be badly exploited by massive corporations

    I never quite understood this particular bit of slashthink.

    If an "artists" wants to sign and take the 1 in XXXX chance of becoming a mega star let them. Its their choice. Its still better odds than if they didnt sign. If another "artists" decides that they would rather go it on there own and dont care about becoming a mega star (since there chances without a label are about 1 in XXXXXXXX) then that should be fine too.

    Its arrogance on our part that we think we know what it is better for them or that they dont know what they are getting into when the sign up.

    In short if you had a 1 in 5000 chance of becoming a multi-multi-millionaire but the not becoming one meant financial ruin would you take the chance? Let them make that choice.
  17. RIAA on Sony Announces DRM-Free Music at Amazon · · Score: 1

    Now if they would just end the lawsuits I could buy music again..

  18. Re:Culpability on GM Says Driverless Cars Will Be Ready By 2018 · · Score: 1

    Liability is probably the number one hurdle to a consumer-level self driving car.

  19. links on OpenOffice Online Goes Beta · · Score: 5, Informative

    Since neither the article or the summary provide links:

    The company:http://www.ulteo.com/
    Online OOO:http://www.ulteo.com/home/ooo

    And if you dont want to register just to see it. Bug me not works for now.

  20. Re:Translation on Why Xbox Live Doesn't Take Exact Change · · Score: 1
    That is the most useful document ever!

    The merchant adds a surcharge for using a credit card as a means of payment. Businesses do this all the time if you dont meet their minimum transaction amount.
  21. Re:Prediction... on Linux To Take Over The Low-End PC Market? · · Score: 1

    Thats the thing I want to be able to do video chat and Pidgin doesnt have video.

  22. Re:Prediction... on Linux To Take Over The Low-End PC Market? · · Score: 1

    There have been comments made by ASUS execs that Microsoft will offer a $40 version of XP to eeePC buyers. So Microsoft is very scared that the eeePC could cost them mind share. Now if I could get Kopete to work on mine...

  23. Bribe no bribe who cares? on Mandriva's Open Letter To Steve Ballmer · · Score: 1

    This point was hinted at in a few post but I am just going to say it. This just points out the mind share not money is the most important thing in the developing world. Who ever wins that wins the future and Microsoft is scared that it might not be them.

  24. Re:Compromise with text on Cellphone Use On Planes Coming Soon? · · Score: 1

    I like that you are not able to use your children.

  25. Re:They use an OSS CMS, nice. on Law Firm Claims Copyright on View of HTML Source · · Score: 1

    Its probably http://plone.org./ Its an OSS CMS based on Zope.