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  1. Re:Microsoft is competing with itself on ODF Vs. OOXML File Counts On the Web · · Score: 1

    MS has released a compatibility upgrade so office 2003 XP and 2000 can open the new XML files. I have tried it a couple of time and it seems to work just fine

  2. Re:How long on Microsoft Opens Up Windows Live ID · · Score: 2, Informative

    paypal already offers one for only 5 bucks

  3. Re:The backup plan on One Failed NIC Strands 20,000 At LAX · · Score: 1

    LAX already has (or at least had this). Years ago when arriving to LAX from another country and catching a connecting flight that did not land in the US (say arriving to LAX from Mexico and taking a connection to Canada) you did not have to go through US customs. Instead you were relegated to a sealed section of the airport where you would wait for your connection to arrive. Essentially it was a few rooms and a few benches, and thats it. No food, no shops, no nothing. It sure sucks if your connection happened to be delayed by several hours... not that I am bitter

  4. Re:Wait... on High-Quality HD Content Can't Easily Be Played by Vista · · Score: 1
  5. Re:XP vs Vista on High-Quality HD Content Can't Easily Be Played by Vista · · Score: 1

    I use MS because that where the games are on, and it is the only way to reliably read and write the most widely used office formats, other than Macs (which are more expensive)

  6. Re:Wow on High-Quality HD Content Can't Easily Be Played by Vista · · Score: 1

    thats how DRM usually works

  7. Re:Staroffice without Linux... on Google Pack Adds StarOffice · · Score: 1

    the biggest issue for most (I assume) is that Star/open office can't reliably read and write MS office formats. anytime you make a slightly complex document/spreadsheet/presentation, you need to check that it will look the same in MS office. and thats why I use MS office

  8. Re:A tautology! on Baiji River Dolphin May or May Not Be Extinct · · Score: 1

    I thought that for something to be "officially" extinct there had to be a period of 50 years without any sightings.

    As it stands now it is at most unofficially extinct, which is still a huge shame.

  9. Re:i read somewhere on Baiji River Dolphin May or May Not Be Extinct · · Score: 1

    if you want to clone them, you better hope that their behaviour of the dolphins was inherited,a nd not taught by the previous generation

  10. Re:Story of my life on Surgeon General Describes Censorship From Bush Administration · · Score: 1

    Oh my god you just completely disproved climate change, I mean there is no possible way that any climate scientist has thought of this issue and either attempted to correct for this phenomenon, or look at other sources of data, nope thats not likely.