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  1. Re:I sort of skip around on "Sensationalized Cruelty": FCC Complaints Regarding Game of Thrones · · Score: 2

    The HBO VP of Boob Display thanks you

  2. I guess that worked out... on The Laser Turns 50 · · Score: 1

    "a solution looking for a problem."

    Found some.

  3. STILL no cable box support! on ATI's All-In-Wonder 2006 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A quick at the ATI site reveals they don't include any way to control a set top box. How about leaving off the "125 channel tuner" and adding a simple IR dongle?

  4. Re:Pop-Bottle Returns on Barcode Scam Redux - Target's $4.99 iPod · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How about printing bar code stickers for non-returnable bottles? Solves two problems: recycles water/ice tea bottles, and puts a little more coin in my pocket.

  5. Re:To suggest this is almost criminally stupid on Cleansing Hardware Of Dead Pig Odors? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Avoid rubbing alcohol at all costs! Some bottles contain glycerine, which won't evaporate.

    Look for bottles labeled "99% Isopropyl alcohol", it's the pure stuff.

    I shouldn't need to mention it here, but will anyway:

    Dont't drink this stuff, it's pure poison!

  6. Layers of security... on Surviving College With Gear And Sanity Intact? · · Score: 1
    work best.

    Remember to lock your door, always!

    Get a steel footlocker that will fit under your bed. Lock it with a good padlock.

    Install http://www.stolenlaptop.com/anti-theft tracking software.

  7. "Forbidden Zone" on What's the Worst Movie You've Ever Seen? · · Score: 1

    Directed by Richard Elfman, with Hervé Villechaize as "King Fausto of the Sixth Dimension."

    After you watch it, all you can do is shake your head and ask "What just happened?"

  8. Where's the external control? on GeCube All-In-Wonder 9600XT 128M/TV/FM · · Score: 1

    Neat stuff, but it still wants an IR dongle to control cable and satellite receivers. I know you can cobble up a third party solution, but you shouldn't need to.

  9. Christopher Hitchens said it best... on Cannes' Palme d'Or goes to Michael Moore · · Score: 1

    "But speaking here in my capacity as a polished, sophisticated European as well, it seems to me the laugh here is on the polished, sophisticated Europeans. They think Americans are fat, vulgar, greedy, stupid, ambitious and ignorant and so on. And they've taken as their own, as their representative American, someone who actually embodies all of those qualities." - Christopher Hitchens

  10. Bruce Sterling checks in on Mars... on Bush To Announce Manned Trip To Moon, Mars · · Score: 1

    here.

    I'll believe in people settling Mars at about the same time I see people setting the Gobi Desert.

  11. Cablevision = crap on US Broadband ISPs Expect Price Cuts · · Score: 1

    I've got Cablevision, they are NOT an ISP. Why?

    The cannot deliver reliable email, when you complain they suggest you use Yahoo or Hotmail.

    Their newsgroup servers are so throttled down they are almost useless. Again, they suggest you use a third party provider.

    No web hosting space? "Use someone else."

    I could see just using them as a fat pipe and going elsewhere for any "extras". But at $600 a year, they should at least provide decent mail.

    I can't have DSL, too far from the CO. I get free dial up, and am looking at it more and more.

  12. Magic Lantern on Which Adware and Spyware are the Most Insidious? · · Score: 1

    The FBI's virus/spyware. What makes it win? The fact that virus detection folks have agreed not to search for it.

    But don't worry, I'm sure it will only be used for good.

  13. Somebody at Reuters... on Microsoft Dislikes Nations Trying to Escape Lock-in · · Score: 1
    must have a great sense of humor. From the last paragraph we see:
    "As with any trade-related issue, Microsoft would look to its peers and colleagues in the information technology community for guidance."
  14. Waiting... on Samsung Yepp YP-55V Review · · Score: 1

    for an mp3 player that will hold multiple CF cards. They way the prices are falling on these, I expect 1 gig cards for $49 by next June.

  15. Re:The Meaning of Life? on Ending Organ Donor Shortages? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Um... that's "Holy Grail."

  16. A small proposal on Ending Organ Donor Shortages? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How about a small, legal form that says "I don't care what my family says; when I'm dead, take what you want. My estate waives all claim and title to the flesh." Include a card the size of a license that says so, as well as a contact number to confirm.

    Or, a law that says you sign you drivers license if you DON'T want to donate, and assume anyone that doesn't sign wants to.

  17. Oh no! on DirecTV Sues Anyone Who Bought Smartcard Reader? · · Score: 1

    My Soyo Dragon+ MB came with a smart card reader... Whatever shall I do?

  18. Big sigh... on Miyazaki's 'Spirited Away' Wins Best Animated Picture · · Score: 1

    I'm glad it won, it was clearly the best film of those nominated.

    But I'm hoping they will dump the animated film category soon. It just guaranties no animated file will ever win Best Picture.

  19. The deadline is FUD. on Whether (And When) To Buy HDTV? · · Score: 2, Informative

    While the FCC is pushing the December 31, 2006 "deadline", the law gives local stations an out: they don't have to kill the analog services if DTV hasn't reached 85% penetration.

    And please don't confuse DTV with HDTV. DTV is the modulation method, HDTV is one of the formats used. Locals CAN send HD, or they can send up to 4 channels of standard definition DTV, only one which has to be free, the rest can be subscription or private.

    Also, with the FCC requiring DTV tuners to be built into all new sets, don't expect the price to come down soon.

  20. Triple threat... on Affordable and Safe Data Protection Practices? · · Score: 1

    1) RAID 1 in my main system.
    2) Weekly online save of changes via email to Yahoo account.
    3) Monthly back-up to a removable HD I keep in the work data safe.

  21. Dumb question... on Superhero Smackdown · · Score: -1, Troll

    Superman wins. He's SUPER!

  22. From the homebrewed software a former boss... on Gnarly Error Messages · · Score: 1

    "Do you not want to not network"

    That english, she is tricky.

  23. Not bad if... on Do Long Work Hours Affect Code Quality? · · Score: 1

    you get overtime for the hours.

    At my job I'm in a union, with computer maintenance as the main job, and some embedded and web program as a sideline. My boss came to my on a wednesday and said a project HAD to be done by monday, 4pm. I told him I'd try, and finshed by sunday 6pm. He got my timecard and hit the roof! He tried to claim that because I was programming, I wasn't entitled to OT, the union told him to shove it, they went to the NLRB, about a year later I got the cash.

    Funny, they don't ask me to stay anymore...

  24. CNN reports... badly. on The Who's John Entwistle Dead · · Score: 1

    CNN's Connie Chung at the 7:30edt newsbreak: "... Entwistle was noted for the emotion of his playing."

    Right.

  25. Re:without ip laws on Font Company Wielding DMCA Against Bit-Flipping · · Score: 1

    Man made Beer. The earth made marijuana. who do you trust?

    Can't we have both? Marijuana Beer!