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  1. Re:Interesting on Rockstar Creates 'Cheaters Pool' For Game Hackers · · Score: 0

    I don't spend money on things I don't get to keep.

    What about food, or beer?

  2. Re:IT professionals for IT managers? on Adopt the Cloud, Kill Your IT Career · · Score: 2

    IT professionals by and large recognize in function that the cloud is just today's shiny version of a main frame and dumb terminals.

    I have been shouting this from the rooftops for the past two years. People still just don't get it.

  3. Re:When the majority of people break a law... on BSA Claims Half of PC Users Are Pirates · · Score: 1

    But if McDonald's made their cheeseburgers so they tasted like shit

    IF????? Everything at McDonalds tastes like shit. Try eating some real food and you will taste the difference.
    Totally off topic I know, but i gave up junkfood to lose a few lbs, and when I reached my goal I thought I would treat my self. I tossed most of it in the trash, went home and cooked some good food.

  4. Re:who pirates software any more? on BSA Claims Half of PC Users Are Pirates · · Score: 1

    A little over a year ago I gave my mother LibreOffice, and just told her it was the newest version of MS office. No problems and I don't have to feel bad about pirating MS office.
    To be honest I probably had fewer questions than if I had pirated a copy of Office 2010, because it doesn't have that horrible ribbon interface. Changing the interface will completely baffle a 60 something woman.

  5. Re:HIV transfer. on FDA Panel Backs First Rapid, Take Home HIV Test · · Score: 2

    It's been found through studies of cases like yours that 'vanilla' couples sex, where the partners are otherwise healthy apart from one being HIV+ have well under a percent (.3% IIRC) rate per act of transmitting HIV.

    I can tell you that we were quite vigorous, and on more than one occasion I did see a hint of pink afterwords. On at least one occasion I know I was a bit rubbed raw.
    Honestly I was a bit surprised when the doctor told me I was negative. In fact I didn't really believe it until after the second test.

  6. Re:False positives and false negatives ... on FDA Panel Backs First Rapid, Take Home HIV Test · · Score: 3, Insightful

    For something that is literally going to be involved in making life and death decisions, such a large error rate is unacceptable.

    As compared to the error rate inherent in, "Well, I feel healthy."
    As someone who has had the experience of having my GF tell me she had just tested positive. Then having to go see the doctor, then the blood test, then wait for results. I had the first Dr. appointment of the day and the doctor was running late. I nearly lost my mind waiting.
    I think a test like this would have saved me a lot of stress.
    In case anyone cares, my test came back negative, and again 6 months later.
    This was almost 20 years ago and testing HIV+ was pretty much a death sentence back then.

  7. Re:GodDAMN on Canada's Internet Surveillance Bill: Not Dead After All · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What an absolute fucking douchebag this guy is...

    In my experience, being a douchebag is a requirement for a career in politics.

  8. Re:But on Canadian Internet Surveillance Dies a Quiet, Lonely Death · · Score: 1

    For most of the time that the US was sinking like a stone, Harper had a minority government, and as such couldn't really screw it up too badly. Now Asshat (My pet name for him.) has a majority and so we will soon be just as fucked as the US.

  9. Re:Quiet? Lonely? on Canadian Internet Surveillance Dies a Quiet, Lonely Death · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I am cheering. I am sure I am not alone.
    There is a system in place. I don't see any reason for a new law. I personally would bet that any law enforcement official asking a judge for a warrant for a pedo case is going to get their warrant in a flash.
    Deserved or not, pedophiles are the biggest boogiemen of our time.

  10. Re:Apple announces on Subdermal Magnets Allow You To Wear an IPod Like a Watch · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Why is it called an eyePhone?" - "Ehm, I'll explain after I install it."

    You think that's bad, wait 'til they install the earpiece...

    You don't want to know where the charger port goes.

  11. Re:Good luck with that on Wozniak Calls For Open Apple · · Score: 1

    I have never seen anyone express anything but ultimate respect for the man.
    Apple fanboys might ignore him, or not even know who is is, but I have never heard anyone put him down.

    The man wears a nixie tube watch... How could anyone not respect that?

  12. Re:Can't have it both ways on Wozniak Calls For Open Apple · · Score: 1

    Apple could easily release OS X for PCs, and simply require PC makers to make compatible hardware

    Apple is NOT a software company! Apple tried this once before and nearly destroyed themselves.
    Personally I believe one of the main reasons that Apple stuff (mostly) works as advertized is because they don't have to deal with 1000 different video cards, 50 different sound cards, 100 different motherboards... Etc.

  13. Watching this is fun. on Oracle Not Satisfied With Potential $150,000; Goes Against Judge's Warning · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Oracle has a history of going after smaller companies, (Ask me how I know.) and threatening litigation. Smaller companies usually fold, and just pay out. It is cheaper than court. I love that they have decided to go after someone who can afford to say "Let's let the courts decide."

  14. Re:cheaper idea on How Would Driver-less Cars Change Motoring? · · Score: 1

    Anyone going 45 up the onramp

    These people drive me crazy. I drive an old Jeep. (Gets me out of the city.) I need my run up to merge into highway traffic safely. People who don't merge correctly should have their licenses revoked. They are endangering my life and the lives of other road users.

  15. Re:Coffee on Book Review: Fitness For Geeks · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Truth be told.
    About 6 months ago I stepped on a scale, and found to my horror I weighed over 220Lbs.

    Something had to change. I gave up the fastfood lunches, started taking the stairs whenever possible, and lots of walking. I hit the scale this morning at 192Lbs. I still have a way to go, but the effort has really been worth it. I feel better, and just the other day I found myself jogging up the stairs.

  16. Re:For "serious health freaks/competitive athletes on Book Review: Fitness For Geeks · · Score: 1

    Hell, how many geeks still *buy* books anymore?

    I bought a book today. A real book, it is made of paper.

  17. Coffee on Book Review: Fitness For Geeks · · Score: 3, Funny

    As long as I can still lift my coffee cup I am good.

  18. Re:Great for reports of traffic accidents on Verizon To Begin Offering "Text To 911" Service · · Score: 1

    The average person talks faster than he or she can read.

    Citation needed.
    I ,for one, read much faster that I can talk.

  19. Re:Now the meme can finally die. on Finally, a Shark With a Laser Attached To Its Head · · Score: 1

    Of course I want a Beowulf cluster of sharks with laser beams attached to their heads. Who wouldn't want that?

  20. Re:Yes! on Finally, a Shark With a Laser Attached To Its Head · · Score: 1

    Dr. Evil: "You'll notice that the sharks have laser beams attached to their heads, I figure every creature deserves a hot meal"

  21. Re:Enemy #1 on Stop Being Poor: U.S. Piracy Watch List Hits a New Low With 2012 Report · · Score: 1

    How can you tell when the US has no idea what to do about something?
    They declare war on it.
    Examples:
    War on Terror.
    War on Drugs.
    War on homelessness.
    ETC.

  22. Re:you can save a ton of $ on Technology Makes It Harder To Save Money · · Score: 1

    If it is too watery, throw in a handful of instant rice, and wait 30 minutes. Problem solved.

  23. Re:you can save a ton of $ on Technology Makes It Harder To Save Money · · Score: 1

    If you can't cook, then chances are you're eating out.

    If you can't cook. go buy yourself a slowcooker (Crockpot) and hit Google for some instructions (Recipes) you will thank me.
    Slow cooker cooking is so easy that even I can do it. The food that comes out is fantastic. I have never managed to ruin anything I made in mine.
    I just do the 15 minutes prep before bed, throw it in the fridge. In the morning I take it out of the fridge, add the water, and start it up. By the time I get home from work I have a delicious dinner waiting for me. Usually with enough left overs to cover me for several more days.

  24. Today on Canada: Police Do Not Have Power To Wiretap Without Warrant · · Score: 1

    I am proud to be a Canadian.

  25. Re:Audi's aren't that quiet inside on Audi Gives Silent Electric Car Synthetic Sound · · Score: 1

    I guess that make my car and motorcycle ancient. My car is 23 years old, and my bike is 32.