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  1. Re: on NewYorkCountryLawyer Debates RIAA VP · · Score: 0

    I'm not so sure. Given that judges have made so many mind-boggling judgments regarding copyrights and patents in the past, having one of those judges agree with you isn't exactly proof that you're a rational and intelligent person.

  2. Re: on Slackware 12.1 Released · · Score: 0

    Right on brother, its kinda like a straight-edge approach to life. Taking every day sober.err... on the other hand, screw that. I'd rather fall over on the floor from a 'crash', than sit there and fight the war on paper cuts!

  3. Captain Planet is rolling in his grave now... on Reducing the Power Consumption of Overclocked PCs · · Score: 0

    He is saving 26megawatts per month? I didn't know Intel made 13.8KV 3-phase E6850s?
  4. What? on How Earth Resembles a Gooey Confection · · Score: 0

    it's the only thing it can be. according to "experts" space travel is impossible

  5. Re: on Hobbyist Renewable Energy? · · Score: 0

    I don't think anybody looks at the advantages of energy consumption when looking at corded/cordless drills, but rather the convenience

  6. why sare? on Folders vs. Tags For Shared Email Accounts? · · Score: 0

    Um, LookOut is a search addon for Outlook. Are you blaming all that miscommunication on one of the two decent search addons?

  7. Re: on Quickies — MIT's Intelligent Sticky Notes · · Score: 0

    Unfortunately I don't have the time to check out every single "fact" people tell me, particularly the common ones (like this) that get reiterated all the time. I apologise for spreading FUD and I stand corrected (Although my main point remains the same), however I AM only human.
  8. Re: on Cuba Lifts Ban on Home Computers · · Score: 0

    "I got the clutch working by stealing about 4 feet of wire from a fence, and winding it back and forth between the pedal lever and the clutch release arm." Hell...I did something similar with my last car...the part was $300 from Saturn, and I was like BULLS

  9. Re: on Raytheon Exoskeleton Brings "Iron Man" to Life · · Score: 0

    ... it makes you sound stupid. Does it now. Tell me, do you hear a lot of stupid? Well, I remember a wise man once saying stupid is as stupid does. STEP AWAY FROM THE STUPID

  10. Re: on Darl McBride Takes the Stand In Novell v. SCO · · Score: 0

    You'd have to show that he deliberately lied

  11. Re: on 2008 International Broadband Rankings · · Score: 0

    It's not a comparison, fool. The point is judging people based on their behavior over an arbitrary time period rather than in its entiredy is stupid and disingenuous.

  12. Re: on Amazon Fights Back Against NY Online Sales Tax · · Score: 0

    I believe the easiest option for Amazon would be to simply drop all affiliates in New York. Refusing to sell to New York is financial suicide for them, but dropping all affiliates wouldn't cause too much grief from the public. Amazon could live quite well w
  13. Re: on Video Demo of Microsoft's "Containerized" Data Storage · · Score: 0

    Saw these at a recent military based symposium in Redmond. It is an incredible idea. Picture a scenario where you need a self powered IT infrastructure immediately. Bring these in and you have everything a disaster area/forward operating base/remote resear

  14. Re: on Nevada Governor to Bill Fossett Widow For Search · · Score: 0

    The difference is the taxes you pay don't cover the "extraordinary costs" associated with this type of service. These people aren't paid to go out searching for someone for weeks on end, they're paid to provide services to a specific area. When they get

  15. Re: on Purdue Plans a 1-Day Supercomputer "Barnraising" · · Score: 0

    Jesus christ, you're just full of easy answers, aren't you? Well, why don't you come on over to our campus and just fix everything right up? I'll get you an interview with the CIO right away!! You can convince the board of directors that our data center ne

  16. Re: on PRO-IP Act Passes Judiciary Committee · · Score: 0

    idiot to jump on an internet fad to harass a valid analogy.
  17. Re: on Early Contenders for the Automotive X-Prize · · Score: 0

    If we decide that horsepower is a good thing, for whatever reason, it is our decision to make, not yours.

  18. Re: on Bill Would Bar US Companies From Net Censorship · · Score: 0

    Nope, you just didn't dig deep enough to read that it would enable the US to censor absolutely anything they want, since as usual they use very loose wording. Summary alone: ' Unfortunately, there's also a giant loophole: the president would be allowed to w

  19. Re: on Virginia Top Court to Re-Hear Spammer's Conviction · · Score: 0

    Bandwidth is expensive. Yes, I know you probably pay a flat rate for cable service or whatever, but the ISP is paying based on how much gets sent and received; if everyone's bandwidth use goes up, the expense will be passed on to YOU. If we could reduce th

  20. Re: on Adobe Opens the FLV and SWF Formats · · Score: 0

    Am I the only one that is completely confused?

  21. Re: on FSF-Approved gNewSense 2.0 Released · · Score: 0

    Am I the only one that is completely confused?
  22. Much more fragile than a sail on Proposed Telescope Focuses Light Without Mirror Or Lens · · Score: 0

    Canon has been using the same principle in a couple of lenses for some time now. The lenses themselves are pretty damn expensive but well regarded; I hope the telescope meets similar success.

  23. Re: on Unix Group Takes UK Standards Body To Court Over OOXML · · Score: 0

    OK, to understand why this is wrong, you need to accept some facts. (1) Microsoft illegally maintains their monopoly on P.C. type commodity computers. awe, **** it. I can't write this one more time. Listen, if you have to ask the question it is most possible
  24. Well you can argue the OS is wrong on Creative Sued for Base-10 Capacities On HDD MP3 Players · · Score: 0

    50% off for less than 10% less space?

  25. Re: on NSA Releases Historical Documents on TEMPEST · · Score: 0

    __t ___e ____ _r________, ____ ___r_____ ______ ____ _o ____ __ ___ __ ________ _r__ _ __i_ __s__ t__ computer, right? I mean in modern times, we don't really have to worry about this at all, right? Cuz there's so much else being processed and sent down a bus by the processor that you'd never pick out the data accurately, and probably not from more than a millimeter away.