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  1. No more bed time stories for my daughter? on Author's Guild Says Kindle's Text-To-Speech Software Illegal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shes going to be pissed.

  2. Re:How to Falsify Evolution on Darwinism Must Die So Evolution Can Live · · Score: 1

    So Because watermelons are red the earth is 6000 years old?

  3. Re:I thought we already had this option... on ESPN's Play To Make ISPs Pay · · Score: 1

    It seems I'm paying a head tax so that someone at my ISP can watch for free.

  4. Re:US and Canada? on Apple's Terms No Longer Allow ITMS Purchases Outside of US · · Score: 1

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I like funny random line endings used by 10 people each.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  5. Re:Rational on Marijuana Could Prevent Alzheimer's, New Study · · Score: 5, Informative

    It is often assumed that, in the US at least, marijuana was made illegal to protect alcohol profits. here is one link: http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/stories/2003/12/22/whyIsMarijuanaIllegal.html

  6. CIA Operatives? on New Law Will Require Camera Phones To "Click" · · Score: 1

    Does this law also apply to spy cameras used by CIA operatives? How about warrantless wiretaps having a Beep when ever the line is picked up legislated into them?

  7. Re:"Open" on Obama Edicts Boost FOIA and .gov Websites · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Trying to bury something forever and 24 hour lag are not the same thing.

  8. Of course it'll be out first on Possible Last-Minute Problems With Vista SP2 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Windows 7 will also slip.

  9. Re:In & out on The Web Braces For Inauguration Traffic · · Score: 1

    My provider is already sinking: 14 packets transmitted, 9 received, 35% packet loss, time 13179ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 164.654/193.069/225.218/19.923 ms

  10. Re:Huge waste of money on Presidential Inauguration Hardware and Other Challenges · · Score: 2, Insightful

    He is not actually in charge until after the ceremony. I don't think he has as much say in this as you imply he does, not that I see him complaining.

  11. Re:SOA on The Zen of SOA · · Score: 1

    Start of Authority? Given some of us have been around longer than the latest fad, Acronyms should as noted in every other post, should be expanded at least once.

  12. Re:Terminology on RIAA Hearing Next Week Will Be Televised · · Score: 5, Informative

    Televised means remote vision: that can happen over the internet as well as a TV. Actually the article uses televised in a general sense and uses the term narrowcast when going into details. which works for me.

  13. Re:ATTN: SWITCHEURS! on Future Astronauts May Survive On Eating Silkworms · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    and for that, you get rated a 0

  14. Re:"The only fireproof way of safeguarding your da on "Smash Your Hard Drive" To Fight Identity Theft · · Score: 1

    I think the torpedo dog was referring to the probable typo in the anchor text.

  15. Re:Thats a great idea... on The Illuminati Project Pushes For Dark Skies In 2009 · · Score: 2, Funny

    where do I sign up?

  16. Re:A mugger speaks... on The Illuminati Project Pushes For Dark Skies In 2009 · · Score: 1

    I used to live in the country and we could walk around playing all night at least three weeks a month. I completely agree, Unless it is a cloud covered new moon no one is going to be hiding in any dark corners.

  17. Re:Show me some example code on The Power of the R Programming Language · · Score: 1

    I think you mean <

  18. Re:"passenger activity" and IP addys on A Peek At DHS's Files On You · · Score: 1

    I thought about discussing the value of the information: not necessarily great. How ever an IP/timestamp does still lead to a specific real world location.

  19. Re:"passenger activity" and IP addys on A Peek At DHS's Files On You · · Score: 1

    With a search warrant an IP/timestanp leads to a specific real world address +- WiFi real quick.

  20. Re:Darn... no Mac Mini update on Apple Intros 17" Unibody MBP, DRM-Free iTunes · · Score: 1

    Would you look at that... Seems I need a new HP rep. A quick search of our laptops + docking station and I get a modern docking station recommended. Thanks.

  21. Re:Only the paranoid survive (not) on Are My Ideas Being Stolen? If So, What Then? · · Score: 1

    Doing it right - and Right Place and Right Time is more important than doing it first.

  22. Re:Darn... no Mac Mini update on Apple Intros 17" Unibody MBP, DRM-Free iTunes · · Score: 1, Informative

    Uhm, plug in your monitor and keyboard, it is a desk top replacement computer. Docks where originally to hold the difference between a laptop and desk top.

  23. Re:Was the cover designed by someone at Fark? on Ubuntu Kung Fu · · Score: 1

    Sadly I haznt points to give.

  24. Re:Oh, crap... on Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Now Final · · Score: 1

    Continue to show Perl example code? The fact that you can not read it does not make it any less beautiful to the initiated.

  25. Re:Oh, crap... on Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Now Final · · Score: 2, Funny

    Whats wrong with your code?