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  1. Re:Question on Toei Animation Thinks Mobiles Could Save Anime · · Score: 1

    Some of my friends use the two terms interchangeably. Thanks for setting that straight.

  2. Question on Toei Animation Thinks Mobiles Could Save Anime · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Who would pay to watch cartoons? Anime, manga, whatever the hell kids are calling it this month... All just cartoons.

  3. Re:Effectively? on Looking Back From the 1980s At Computers In Education · · Score: 1

    No. Computers have always served as analogs to manual processes that people can do themselves unless they're in fields like computer science or computer engineering. While they aren't supposed to change the way things are done -in theory- they do make jobs and training for jobs in higher education much easier.

  4. Nice try on A Warming Planet Can Mean More Snow · · Score: 2, Informative

    So one of the consequences of a warming ocean near a coastline like the East Coast and Washington, DC, for instance, is that you can get dumped on with more snow partly as a consequence of global warming

    Like last week? That came from the West.

  5. "Rootkit May Be Behind Windows Blue Screen" on Rootkit May Be Behind Windows Blue Screen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Rootkit? I don't see it. Maybe it's because this damn blue screen is blocking my view.

  6. Re:Early Glimpse on Google Buzz — First Reactions · · Score: 1

    Damn you're good. The comment and the name.

  7. Re:Ultra narrow bandwidth on DIY Texting System For Really Underground Radio · · Score: 1

    Narrow beamwidth with the same power does that.

  8. Re:Serious question. on Managing Young Sys Admins At Oregon State Open Source Lab · · Score: 2, Funny

    I heard from one of the higher-ups that Gnome projects' names are more like an inside joke. "How can we make some of the best software out there and give them the most aweful names?"

  9. hmmm on Mexico Wants Payment For Aztec Images · · Score: 1

    It's almost hilarious that a government that existed after the Aztecs wants money for the images of their predecessors... Am I missing something here? Or am I laughing by myself?

  10. Coffee? on IT Workers To Get Fewer Perks, No Free Coffee · · Score: 1

    The only free coffee I get is what I steal from my co-workers thermos.

  11. Re:All in the data on Making Sense of the Cellphone Landscape · · Score: 1

    Good luck building an infrastructure that would support that.

  12. hmm on Google Says Ad Blockers Will Save Online Ads · · Score: 1

    Every time someone uses the word "netizens" Domokun kills a kitty.

  13. So... on Verizon Changes FiOS AUP, -1, Offtopic · · Score: 1

    How many memories does it take to install Windows 95 to my motherboard?

  14. Re:So what... on Australian Student Balloon Rises 100,000 Feet, With a Digital Camera · · Score: 1

    Some people from Alberta took HD video of the whole thing on a budget. I think that is more impressive.

  15. Wolfenstein Enemy Territory on Linux Games For Non-Gamers? · · Score: 1

    R/T

  16. Re:Pffft on Ted Dziuba Says, "I Don't Code In My Free Time" · · Score: 1

    I'm the same age as the guy in the article. Graduated the same time. Fluent in 12 languages. The principle of the Ballmer Peak holds true for many of the languages. None more than Java. Then again, you would have to be drunk off your ass to even want to code in Java in your free time.

  17. Re:The more crap you add... on Microsoft Plans Largest-Ever Patch Tuesday · · Score: 1

    Here's what you do: set up a WSUS server, set it to check for critical or important updates, sync and then check back every patch Tuesday for an updated list. FYI... There are thousands.

  18. I'm reminded of this on Net Radio Exec Says "Don't Mention Linux" · · Score: 5, Funny

    See this. Enough said.

  19. Re:It's very entertaining. on New York Times Site Pop-Up Says Your Computer Is Infected · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ANTIVIRUS 2010! I think I'll get 2! I'll be the most secure on the block! Oh wait. I run Linux.

  20. Re:How do you get these internships? on Microsoft Interns Still Feel the Love · · Score: 1

    That is genius! Only, don't they have their own botnet with proprietary AI to do that for them?

  21. Re:How do you get these internships? on Microsoft Interns Still Feel the Love · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    They have backbones to post as something other than AC and they know how to spell "please".

  22. Re:Grrr... on US Nuclear Power Industry Poised For a Comeback · · Score: 1

    How come we never hear the hippies use Sellafield as an example? Three Mile Island doesn't amount to anything compared to the multiple releases of radiation from the site.

  23. Re:hmmm on Working With Ogg Theora and the Video Tag · · Score: 2, Informative

    Thanks for the clarification. Why I asked in the first place was because I actually tried the video tag out. It's dead simple in theory, but in practice, it's another story. I needed at least 3 video files and two additional scripts for browsers to fall-back on in case the browser didn't support Ogg Theora - one for Safari and one for a Flash player. There was no perceivable difference in quality in any browser.

    If things are going to be this way by the time HTML spec becomes a standard, I think I'll just stick with Flash.

  24. hmmm on Working With Ogg Theora and the Video Tag · · Score: 2, Interesting

    With regards to the video tag, why not support both h264 and Ogg Theora?

  25. Re:What is this, Harry Potter? on New Species of Worms Found To Release "Bombs" · · Score: 1

    So... do you want a metal or something?