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  1. Re:good idea in theory on Using a House's Concrete Foundation To Cool a PC · · Score: 1

    you aren't limited to a single room in the house, you just run hoses through all the walls!

  2. Re:Why give stuff that will bore her to death? on Thanks For the ... Eight-Track, Uncle Alex · · Score: 1

    I'm sick and tired of you hoity toity snobs dismissing post-apocalypse scotch! I find that the infusion of brains pairs quite well with the smokey peaty character.

  3. Re:Will they never die? on Appeals Court Overturns 2007 Unix Copyright Decision · · Score: 4, Funny

    "HOLY SHIT, A ZOMBIE!! KILL IT, KILL IT!!!" -- Salvor Hardin, Foundation (Isaac Asimov) (Upon encountering a zombie)

  4. Re:That would cure me... on First American Internet Addiction Treatment Center · · Score: 1

    Most of the money goes to the girlfriend they set the guys up with. Say what you will, but it has a high rate of efficacy. The addicts that already have girlfriends, or are girls themselves are the tough cases.

  5. Re:At the Risk of Sounding Like an Apologist on Poor Design Choices In the Star Wars Universe · · Score: 1

    The Word: With a Vengeance.

    This time...(*random van explosion*)...it's personal.

  6. Re:At the Risk of Sounding Like an Apologist on Poor Design Choices In the Star Wars Universe · · Score: 1

    Not to mention, the phrase "Look at the wookie dance." got a guy's head to explode. What lawyer wouldn't love that ability?

  7. Re:At the Risk of Sounding Like an Apologist on Poor Design Choices In the Star Wars Universe · · Score: 1

    they look cool demmit!!

  8. Re:At the Risk of Sounding Like an Apologist on Poor Design Choices In the Star Wars Universe · · Score: 2, Insightful

    All creative works can be shown to be derivative of other work. What of it?

  9. Re:Oh yeah... on "Hidden" PayPal Fees Inciting Community Unrest · · Score: 1

    You still can't go past $500/month with a personal account regardless of how you pay. After that threshold, you are charged fees.

  10. Re:Oh yeah... on "Hidden" PayPal Fees Inciting Community Unrest · · Score: 1

    "4.1 Personal Account Receiving Limit. If you have a Personal Account, you may not receive more than $500.00 USD per month in funds when the sender selects as the "category of purchase": (a) eBay item, (b) auction goods, or (c) goods-other. Once you have received $500.00 USD in a month, we will place subsequent payments in pending status, and you will be required to upgrade to a Premier or Business Account to accept the pending payments."

    Even if it's from a bank account, if it's too much money, they charge.

  11. Re:Business Sense? on "Hidden" PayPal Fees Inciting Community Unrest · · Score: 1

    They enforce that for your safety!! Won't somebody please think of the children?!?

  12. Re:Free Bank to Bank???? on "Hidden" PayPal Fees Inciting Community Unrest · · Score: 1

    Yes, free. Have you ever written a check? Have you ever done a check by phone? Have you ever been CHARGED for it? If so, I've got a bridge to sell you.

  13. Re:Publicity stunt on Judge Rules To Reveal Anonymous Blogger's Identity Over Insults · · Score: 1

    BEST...SPOONERISM...EVER.

  14. Re:Legislating "Celebrity" on Judge Rules To Reveal Anonymous Blogger's Identity Over Insults · · Score: 2, Informative

    The concept of a Public figure is nothing new. It's a legal term; there is legal precedent used to clearly define it. It's not as blurry a line as you might think.

  15. Re:Stupid license. No thanks. on Behind Menuet, an OS Written Entirely In Assembly · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I realize this doesn't actually defeat your point, but still, to quote Linus' newsgroup post introducing Linux, "It is NOT portable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(."

  16. Re:Stupid license. No thanks. on Behind Menuet, an OS Written Entirely In Assembly · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yeah? Well, you're a meanie-head!

  17. Re:Not worth reading on The Press Releases of the Damned · · Score: 4, Funny

    What the heck is AOL?

  18. Re:Define "manage" on Genetic Mutation Enables Less Sleep · · Score: 1

    That's a horrible title!

  19. Re:Boy, this sounds great ... on Genetic Mutation Enables Less Sleep · · Score: 1

    I know what I'd do:

    Watch Groundhog's Day on a loop. It'd give me ideas of things to do with all my extra time.

  20. Re:Mutation on Genetic Mutation Enables Less Sleep · · Score: 1

    It's not that WoW gamers need less sleep to behave in a normal life, it's that you don't really need any sleep to play WoW. They never bother with a normal life.

  21. Re:It isn't just a hobby on Mixed Conclusions About Powerline Networking vs. Ham Radio · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yes, infinite. The same way as it takes an infinite amount of energy to instantaneously change velocities. Radios emit on Radio Frequency (RF), but yes, hammers can transceive on the visible spectrum. It's called a signaling lamp, and has been used for over a century. More modern variants use things like lasers. Think of it like fiberoptics, only without the fiber.

  22. Re:Fuck Wikipedia. on Wikipedia Approaches Its Limits · · Score: 1

    You as well, please enlighten us as to the specific articles that were deleted. If a decent article can be written about the topics, they can be recreated.

    What does it tell us? It tells us that "Wikipedia is NOT finished!"

  23. Re:Not likely notable on Wikipedia Approaches Its Limits · · Score: 1

    Yes, and if you look, they were ALL kept. "Snowball" means that no one else agreed with the proposer.

  24. Re:And the "editors" are just as bad as ever on Wikipedia Approaches Its Limits · · Score: 1

    According to the deleting admin, Barbara herself requested disparaging comments to be removed. I don't know if total deletion was the best way to go about this, but the page can potentially be recreated now that the issue is resolved. (I'd have to inspect the ticket that was originally opened for more details. At the moment, I'm too lazy to bother.)

  25. Re:It isn't just a hobby on Mixed Conclusions About Powerline Networking vs. Ham Radio · · Score: 1

    It takes an infinite amount of power to jam all the frequencies. Hammers are clever enough to transmit on any of them, they just stick to the ham bands out of respect for the law. When the machines take over, and the government collapses, those restrictions are moot.