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  1. Re:To Be, or not To Be... on Ted Stevens Loses Senate Re-Election Bid · · Score: 1

    Democrat != socialist. Democrats are really center-right, when you get down to it.

  2. Alright on IBM Pushing Microsoft-Free Desktops · · Score: 1

    Lotus Notes is a piece of shit, but I figure getting some IBM muscle behind Ubuntu can only be a good thing.

    Not ready to say "Year of the Linux Desktop" yet, though.

  3. Well this is depressing... on Laptops With Certain NVidia Chips Failing · · Score: 1

    I have an 8400M in my Dell 1420 laptop. It's idling around 54C right now. It gets pretty warm when playing HL2, so I bought a cooling base which seems to help a lot.

    From the sound of it, the BIOS update isn't going to do much, if anything. What to do, what to do? Just continue use and hope it's under warranty if and when it fails?

  4. Re:Clothes? on Spam King Escapes From Federal Prison · · Score: 1

    Nevermind, you're right. *facepalm*

  5. Re:Clothes? on Spam King Escapes From Federal Prison · · Score: 1

    4 stars. 5 stars and you get the army on your ass.

  6. Re:Toxicity? on Liquid Metal CPU Heatsink Beats Water Cooling · · Score: 1

    Your case would go out in a blaze of glory if the cooler sprang a leak for any reason.

  7. Is it some sort of joke? on Social Networking Sites Becoming Useful For Lawyers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I guess some people still can't get in through their skulls that the internet isn't some sort of silly game. If you post something, anyone has access to it, including law enforcement. It's like that woman who tried to take out a hit on someone via Craigslist a while back. What the hell is going through these people's minds?

  8. Can I... on You, Too, Could Be Batman In 10 To 12 Years · · Score: 1

    ...get bitten by a radioactive spider instead?

  9. Re:Whew, your telcos are safe. on Senate Passes Telecom Immunity Bill · · Score: 1

    Congress has always had a low approval rating. They're a pack of lying and cheating politicians, after all.

  10. Death to UMPC, not laptops as a whole on Sony Says Eee PC Signals "Race To the Bottom" · · Score: 1

    The Eee probably spells doom for the overpriced UMPC market, and could quite possibly take a chunk out of ultraportables. But I daresay most people still want the larger screens, higher storage capacity, and normal-sized keyboards of mainstream laptops.

  11. Wait for LTE on In-Home Wireless Vs. Mobile Broadband · · Score: 1

    I use AT&T in Southern California. It took a bit of effort, but I managed to USB tether my 3G LG Shine (against their ToS, don't tell them) to my laptop running Ubuntu. Even at EDGE speeds I find it quite usable on the road for e-mail and web browsing. I can't seem to get instant messaging working via cellular connection, but that might be a limitation of Pidgin or Ubuntu Network Manager. However, even when I have a UTMS/HSDPA signal the latency is noticeably high, and therefore it cannot replace my cable connection for online gaming and streaming media. When LTE launches and if it delivers on its promises, I'll consider getting rid of the landline altogether.

  12. Re:Walmart on RIAA Wants $1.5 Million Per CD Copied · · Score: 1

    Walmart doesn't have any music worth stealing.

  13. OLED lenses on Linux-Based PMP Features Head-Up Display · · Score: 1

    I'll wait for normal-looking sunglasses with embedded OLED displays. Sony has a prototype flexible and translucent OLED display, so I'm sure it can be done. It'll probably be something that Oakley will be first to market with.

  14. Re:What do the rest believe in? on Only 2 in 500 College Students Believe in IP · · Score: 1

    Politics by definition is getting others to do things that they wouldn't ordinarily. War is one way of doing that.

  15. Re:I love it on Dutch Government Adopts Open Source Software Initiative · · Score: 1

    Precisely. Microsoft using ODF wouldn't put a dent in their Office sales, especially since Outlook and Exchange Server is so established in enterprise operations (besides MS Office, I've only ever used Lotus Notes at work and it sucked in comparison). But this isn't about MS Office sales, it's about crushing OpenOffice.org and TOTAL CONTROL.

  16. Re:In other words... on Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180 · · Score: 1

    You still end up with radioactive waste even with the breeder reactors.

  17. would've been caught anyhow on Note To Criminals — Don't Call Tech Support · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Had he been able to get the printer working with his computer, he probably would've promptly made a posting to his local Facebook network reading: "HAY GUYS I CAN HOOK YOU UP W/ FAKE ID LOL" and been busted anyway.