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  1. Bluff? on Dutch ODF Plan Could Sideline Microsoft · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How likely is it that these people have figured out that ODF pushes Microsoft's buttons and are using it to secure better deals?

  2. Comparable Costs? on Dutch ODF Plan Could Sideline Microsoft · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Rinsema fears that the current proposal could lead to discrimination against Microsoft products ranging from Office 12 to .Net, even though they offer a proper solution at a cost that is comparable to competing products Since when is free equal to $130 or whatever MS Office is at now?
  3. Re:These clouds are a clear symptom of global warm on NASA Snaps Mysterious "Night-Shining" Clouds · · Score: 1, Redundant

    From somewhere on the Internet:

    Dihydrogen Monoxide! The Invisible Killer

    Dihydrogen monoxide is colourless, odourless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there. Prolonged exposure to its solid form causes severe tissue damage. Symptoms of DHMO ingestion can include excessive sweating and urination, and possibly a bloated feeling, nausea, vomiting and body electrolyte imbalance. For those who have become dependent, DHMO withdrawal means certain death.


    Contamination Is Reaching Epidemic Proportions!

    Quantities of dihydrogen monoxide have been found in almost every stream, lake, and reservoir in America today. But the pollution is global, and the contaminant has even been found in Antarctic ice. DHMO has caused millions of dollars of property damage in the midwest, and recently California.

    Despite the danger, dihydrogen monoxide is often used:

    * as an industrial solvent and coolant. in nuclear power plants.
    * in the production of styrofoam. as a fire retardant.
    * in many forms of cruel animal research. in the distribution of pesticides.
    * Even after washing, produce remains contaminated by this chemical.
    * as an additive in certain "junk-foods" and other food products.

    Companies dump waste DHMO into rivers and the ocean, and nothing can be done to stop them because this practice is still legal. The impact on wildlife is extreme, and we cannot afford to ignore it any longer!

    The Horror Must Be Stopped!

    The American government has refused to ban the production, distribution, or use of this damaging chemical due to its "importance to the economic health of this nation." In fact, the navy and other military organizations are conducting experiments with DHMO, and designing multi-billion dollar devices to control and utilise it during warfare situations. Hundreds of military research facilities receive tons of it through a highly sophisticated underground distribution network. Many store large quantities for later use.

    It's Not Too Late!

    Act NOW to prevent further contamination. Find out more about this dangerous chemical. What you don't know can hurt you and others throughout the world.

  4. Re:"E-mails have taken over the world" on Corporations Face Problems with Employee Emails · · Score: 1

    I haven't had mod points in a while, but they have added "Fresh" and "Stale" tags to the Firehose.

  5. Re:Sue 'em on Will ISP Web Content Filtering Continue To Grow? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or that people will obey them simply because it's the law. Prohibition worked like a charm, didn't it? ;-)

  6. Re:Imagine... on The 305 RAMAC — First Commercial Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    This is a hard drive.
    Imagine a RAID array of those!

  7. Re:Finally, on The 305 RAMAC — First Commercial Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    Maybe you would be better off making the punchcard's equivalent of ASCII pr0n.

  8. Re:Dired mode? on Hacking VIM · · Score: 1

    Some might argue that Vi is the text editor of Satan:
    VI VI VI

    Disclaimer: I am still too pathetic to use a cli text editor.

  9. Re:This may be your last chance... on Copy That Floppy, Lose Your Computer · · Score: 1

    Very promising. must look into this further.

  10. Re:This may be your last chance... on Copy That Floppy, Lose Your Computer · · Score: 1

    What are their positions on things like nuclear energy, copyrights/p2p, FOSS, etc? Also, is it crowded and is there good internet connectivity for a decent price?

  11. Re:Based on other laws coming out in the USA on Copy That Floppy, Lose Your Computer · · Score: 1

    Forget that. Pick up your neighbor's $3,000 system he uses for web browsing and file sharing for buttons!

  12. Re:This may be your last chance... on Copy That Floppy, Lose Your Computer · · Score: 1

    below the Bravo Would that be Australia? It continuously seems to be a more and more attractive option compared to the alternatives.
  13. Re:Microsoft will not bleed ink on Linux To Take Over The Low-End PC Market? · · Score: 1

    If you really could, everybody would have done so already.
    80% of the population thinks that Windows=computers. They don't know alternatives exist. And yes, it is better in every way. It just lacks commercial software that everybody loves and needs. There is no reason that MS can't sell Office for Linux. Or Explorer, for that matter (the WM, not IE).

  14. Re:Linux is shit on Linux To Take Over The Low-End PC Market? · · Score: 4, Funny

    You should have included the "Netcraft confirms it:"

  15. Re:photovoltaics on Electric Cars to Help Utilities Load Balance Grid · · Score: 1

    Technically, I think they give you credit. So you won't have to pay anything for a while if you ever stop using solar (the only reason I can think of for this is for if you move and can't get new panels installed).

  16. Re:will never work on Electric Cars to Help Utilities Load Balance Grid · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hence the Ultracapacitors

  17. Re:Oops on Electric Cars to Help Utilities Load Balance Grid · · Score: 1

    Simply make it so that users can determine haw much power they are willing to give back. If 50% of the battery is used as a capacitor, one gets more money back. If 10% is used as a capacitor, one is has a longer guaranteed travel range.

  18. Re:Make money from your car? on Electric Cars to Help Utilities Load Balance Grid · · Score: 1

    But which is greater: The cost of the hydrogen, or the amount of money that can be redeemed selling the electricity produced with that hydrogen back to the grid?

  19. Re:And there is still the unsolved issue of... on Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180 · · Score: 1

    The symbols of the gods!

  20. Re:Unfortunately... on Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180 · · Score: 2, Funny

    5. But not to good.

  21. Re:Vanadium Redox on Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180 · · Score: 1

    Oh...well...now that you put it that way...

  22. Re:Ha on Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180 · · Score: 1

    No

  23. Re:Best of the Best, of the Best of the Worst? on Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180 · · Score: 1

    Link broken. Extra / at the end of the URL.

  24. Re:How many pro-nukes have 180'd? on Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180 · · Score: 1
  25. Re:science? on Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180 · · Score: 1

    save the three horned minnow Are you sure it was three-horned before nuclear power?