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  1. Re:They've got bigger problems than this... on Does Hacking Grades Warrant 20 Years in Jail? · · Score: 1

    You cad! I did not start my four-year degree until after military service so I started college at 27 years old. 28 & 29 Birthdays were while in college.

  2. Re:just taking care to take care. on Anti-Terrorism and the Death of the Chemistry Set · · Score: 1

    Well, you should amend the constitution then for your chemistry set. The early congress saw the need to protect the people from outright disarmament, it apparently did not occur to them that chemistry sets would also be needed. (I doubt they had any such thing then, anyway)

  3. Re:Press Pass != Rights on Blogger Wins 1.5 Year Legal Battle · · Score: 1

    Why does this make me remember the classic Three Stooges routine, when they hide in an automobile in the 30's and when they get out, they try to cross a police line: First Larry shows a button that says "Press" and he says "Press" then Moe does the same, then Curly shows a button that says "Pull" obviously from the car's heater controls and says,"Pull! Nyuch, Nyuch, Nyuch?" :)

  4. Re:So is ODF (the format) dead, then? on OpenDocument Foundation To Drop ODF · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No, Sun and IBM, Wordperfect and others are still working with it. It is strange to me that the so called Open Document Foundation can do this as was pointed out in the article link, that it is a non-profit established to help with Open Document Format, that they would steer their organization to an opposite position to its namesake. I think all the officers should be kicked out and a realignment with their charter should be taken.

  5. Re:How can't it? With Methane, duh! on Saturn's Moons Harboring Water? · · Score: 1

    Methane instead of water, get it? Harbors are on the seas/land interface.

  6. Re:Way to go! on Qwest Punished by NSA for Non-Cooperation · · Score: 1

    How do you know the calls are to American citizens? There are many legal and illegal aliens here that are likely to receive calls from terrorist areas of foreign nations.

  7. Re:Heh. on Most Users Think They Have AntiVirus Protection, While Only Half Do · · Score: 1

    toddenstan wrote: "Parallels? If you are going to have them dump Windows, then have them dump Windows. Windows on a Mac isn't magically immune to malware and viruses because it's running on a Mac. The only thing I see that you gain is that clean up should be easier as you can do it from the host OS."

    Parallels is great because you do not have to use the windows in it on the internet, just run the silly "necessary" program and then go back to MacOs for the other work including Internet access.

  8. Re:computers in education, smalltalk on Lessons To Learn From The OLPC Project · · Score: 2, Informative

    They said that there is an external human power device, whether it is a hand crank or a foot pedal device, as well as solar panel, or AC adapter hookups so he was not off-base at all. You should be scoulded yourself.

  9. Re:Good. on IBM Ditches Outsourcing Patent · · Score: 0

    You are quite the apologist for Apple. He bought his iphone, Apple made it unusable, he had every right to destroy the useless thing. It was because he would not get his money back that he decided to destroy it. I have changed my opinion of Apple too, and I never bought an iphone. Have been considering a Mac desktop, but not now.

  10. Re:Market share beats anti-piracy on Internet Explorer Drops WGA Requirement · · Score: 1

    Well, MS screwed up and is trying to get the lost brouser market share back. Then they will do the WGA again.

  11. Re:Ok on AT&T Denies Censorship, Won't Change Contract · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But you have to be a customer for them to cut you off.

  12. Re:Freaking flamebait articles. on Microsoft Should Abandon Vista? · · Score: 1

    They could do like DBase II which was the real first release with an advanced version number. :)

  13. Re:Good on First New Nuclear Plant in US in 30 years · · Score: 1

    The same reason we have not built any nuke power plants in quite a while. If someone has a miscarriage with no power plant, it won't be blamed on the nuke power plant, but if the plant is within 80 miles, a lawsuit for such is very probable.

  14. Re:Personal experience in the UK on UK Schools Will Fight Cyberbullying · · Score: 1

    Are you familiar with public schools? It sounds like from your response to his story that you have no clue how government institutions work. They do not respond to loss of students like a business does to loss of customers.