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  1. Re:with all due respect on How Do You Volunteer Professional Services? · · Score: 1

    Ah, that makes sense. I couldn't remember her crimping cables or griping about firewall policies...

  2. Re:Retard. on Man Sues Neighbor For Not Turning Off His Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    Thank you. I went for the low hanging fruit.

  3. Re:Retard. on Man Sues Neighbor For Not Turning Off His Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    Frankly, your mother is a hypercondriac.

    Hypochondriac. Close, but different.

  4. Re:Innovation! on The Last GM Big-Block V-8 Rolls Off the Line · · Score: 1

    I thought the filling hoses were incompatible...

    Funnel.

    Don't underestimate stupidity.

  5. Re:1996 called, on Where Are the Cheap Thin Clients? · · Score: 1

    Without email, files on the network, network printers, whatever corporate apps you have, internet... what good is that PC?

    I'm nervous about those, too, but at least those are all parts of the whole. When the Citrix Farm fails while the only Admin is on vacation, everything is down.

    Different when you have a larger IT Dept., though.

  6. Re:Wow on US Air Force Buying Another 2,200 PS3s · · Score: 1

    Oh Christ, don't tell PizzaAnalogyGuy!

  7. Re:Probably 1940s peak of USA on Modern Tech Versus the Past · · Score: 1

    Seriously? I wasn't around in the 1940-50's, but this always seems like historical revisionism to me. How has the standard of living dropped in relative terms if "In 1950 some 35 percent of dwellings lacked full indoor plumbing"? Not to mention all the junk I can purchase for Black Friday coming up.

    Or what about McCarthyism in Washington? I'll agree we seem to lack an Edward R. Murrow reporter, but I think current politics are still better than the panic & blacklists that existed then.

    But, like I said, I wasn't around & IANAH, so I'd be interested to hear how I'm wrong.

  8. Re:city of big brother? on Chicago's Camera Network Is Everywhere · · Score: 1

    I think you mean "The City of Big (Brother is Watching Over My) Shoulders."

  9. Re:Why reduce the DPI instead of using larger font on Are There Affordable Low-DPI Large-Screen LCD Monitors? · · Score: 1

    So my solution is to hand out reading glasses to the older users I support? That doesn't seem like it will go over well...

    Should I preface that talk with them by saying "IANAO""?

  10. Re:Sad on Russia Recalls Modern Warfare 2 · · Score: 1

    Glenn Beck crying on the television

    There. Fixed that for you.

  11. Re:NYT Paylwall link? on Genentech Puts Words In the Mouths of Congress Members · · Score: 1

    This helps:

    BugMeNot 2.2

  12. Re:Free market on Verizon Doubles Early Termination Fee and More · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Until the competing services raise their fees to match Verizon.

  13. Re:Verizon is doubling the phone-subsidy to $350.. on Verizon Doubles Early Termination Fee and More · · Score: 5, Informative

    Also, unlike most other services, with TracFone you don't own your number.

    Google Voice to the rescue.

  14. Re:I'd never do it, but on Moving Away From the IT Field? · · Score: 1

    How long will that last for? The old workhorse printers like the HP LJ 4000 seem to be replaced with disposable printers that are cheaper to junk than repair. That's not true of all printers and equipment, but if the current trend keeps up, IMO it doesn't seem like a good career choice for someone still in the earlier part of their career.

  15. Re:Serial-Killing Pedophile/Windows 7 Disappoints on Android / Windows 7 Dual Boot Netbook Disappoints · · Score: 2, Funny

    It reminds me of watching Chris Matthew on Hardball.

    Anyone who criticizes Obama or supports the 2nd amendment is automatically a lifetime member of the KKK and believes Obama was born on Pluto.

    Good thing he's the only cable news personality to behave in such a manner.

  16. Re:For those who need a server... on Apple Blurs the Server Line With Mac Mini Server · · Score: 2, Informative

    OptiPlex 160
    Single Core, Tiny Desktop
    Processors
    Intel® Atom 230 Single Core Processor

    There's a bit of a difference between a Core 2 Duo & an Atom. Both have their purpose.

  17. Re:Trial by jury... on Apple, Others Hit With Lawsuit On Ethernet Patents · · Score: 1

    Nobody claims that Jesus rode a dinosaur.

    I make that claim regularly.

    Oblig

  18. Re:Trial by jury... on Apple, Others Hit With Lawsuit On Ethernet Patents · · Score: 1
    But it doesn't seem like 3com is the one bringing the suit. From TFA:

    Not made clear in the suit is the relationship between the patent owner, 3Com, and the complainant, U.S. Ethernet Innovations.

  19. Re:Wow. on 1Mb Broadband Access Becomes Legal Right In Finland · · Score: 1

    Why only two adults? What if three consenting adults which to form a civil union?

    Wow. Think of the tax break.

  20. Re:Funny but true.... on Microsoft Asks Open Source Not to Focus On Price · · Score: 1

    When you use Symantec, you need to buy support. It's that simple.