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  1. Re:Dr. Seuss on Scientists Offer New Way to Read Online Text · · Score: 1

    This has to work. I know I can read a page twice as fast if it is double spaced.

    When filing documents with the Court of Appeals (at least in California) they require a minimum of a 13-point monospaced font, double spaced. Perhaps there is a good reason for this.

  2. Re:Pros and Cons on Google to be Our Web-Based Anti-Virus Protector ? · · Score: 1

    I surf almost exclusively in Windows, using IE [...] with no protection

    Sweet mother of Jesus.

  3. Re:Let me guess on Microsoft & SanDisk To Provide Desktop on Thumb Drive · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Russia, Vista runs you.

  4. Re:Bike messenger on Where to Go After a Lifetime in IT? · · Score: 1

    You've obviously never seen the bicycle messengers dodging traffic in downtown San Francisco.
    Precisely. They don't look too terribly stress-free to me, either.
  5. Re:Bike messenger on Where to Go After a Lifetime in IT? · · Score: 1

    As a paralegal, I can't say I agree with your contention that being a bike messenger is "clearly" not stressful. If your friend works in an area which requires filing documents, he could get stressed out easily. Attorneys have a way of making last-minute filings a standard and stressing everyone else out.

  6. Oh yes... on Big Red Button Disasters? · · Score: 1

    Are there any that you've heard about, or do you know of any that can happen any day now?

    Not really a disaster... At my work computer, I installed a second hard drive to backup all the work that had been done throughout the day. Not the most efficient way of performing a backup, but certainly cost-effective: I created a batchscript which uses xcopy and a whole host of flags to copy the subdirectories and not to ask to overwrite the data, etc. etc.

    Once it's done backing up, the batchscript has a 120 second delay where it prompts the user to press any key to abort the shutdown -- needless to say, anyone and everyone who encounters the prompt just has to press any key.

  7. CPL/CPA on Traffic Fraud Inflates Video Site Popularity · · Score: 1

    This is why advertisers have stopped relying so heavily on CPM advertising over the last few years. CPL (Cost Per Lead) and CPA (Cost Per Acquisition) advertising offer more "value" to the advertiser because they only per per performance. Networks like Commission Junction, ClickBooth, Performics and now even Google do this type of advertising because the advertisers line up at the door for it. Popular sites like gambling sites pay huge amounts of money to hook new customers (think ~$350). So, if the advertisers have a problem with it -- they can just sign up with a CPL/CPA network and say good riddance to CPM and PPC advertising for good.

  8. plz provide more funding so that... on Earth's Species To Be Cataloged On the Web · · Score: 1

    ...all your animals are belong to us.

  9. Junk Fax Recourse. on What Can You Do to Stop Junk Faxes? · · Score: 1

    As a recipient of junk faxes, you do have some recourse, but it usually isn't worth the effort. It usually boils down to how much time you want to spend on teaching someone a lesson. You will rarely, if ever, recover your time in terms of monetary value by taking the entity or person(s) to court. Nevertheless, should you choose to do so, the following State (California) and Federal statutes apply: Title 47 227(b)(1)(C)(II) California Business & Professions Code 17538.43(b)(2) You can make $500, up to $1,500 if the damages are trebled.