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  1. Re:We Can Only Hope the Same Happens to Obama on McCain Campaign Protests YouTube's DMCA Policy · · Score: 1

    That would depend on severity. I had a lung collapse spontaneously and spent about a week in the hospital with a chest tube sticking out of my side before having surgery to prevent it from happening again (semi-elective). MediCal helped with that.

  2. Re:Times are different now. on Australian State May Give Students Linux Laptops · · Score: 1

    That was Photoshopped, of course (or GIMPPed, if you prefer)

  3. Re:No LAN? on Blizzard Answers Your Questions, From Blizzcon · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Will Starcraft have LAN play?

  4. About time. on Blizzard Answers Your Questions, From Blizzcon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The AI in Starcraft 2 now has to scout, and it's much harder to do, but there is a pretty effective AI in there for now

    FINALLY!

  5. Re:Google's competitors on Google Negotiating With Justice Department · · Score: 1

    I check in on Cuil now and then, and the relevance of their search results has improved dramatically.
    I still hate their layout, though.

  6. Re:Google's competitors on Google Negotiating With Justice Department · · Score: 1

    Adjusted for inflation between the years that the Commodore 64 was produced, that would be between $96.75 and $148.55 today.

  7. Re:Really? on Asus Launches Touchscreen Eee Desktop · · Score: 1

    You're welcome. How else can I not help you today?

  8. Re:Really? on Asus Launches Touchscreen Eee Desktop · · Score: 1

    Windows is rather dependent on their GUI, and that GUI sucks for touchscreen. Linux, on the other hand, can use anything that runs under X.

  9. Re:Article is Misleading on Windows 7 To Be Called ... Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    If MS moved to a *nix-based system, you can bet that hardware manufacturers and game programmers would convert pretty quickly.

  10. Re:(blinks) on Windows 7 To Be Called ... Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    Now look at it like this: We have Windows 7, there were 6 other versions before it and that alone makes it "better", which means it's cool!

    That only makes sense if they keep the naming scheme consistent, rather than jumping off somewhere else every few versions.

  11. Re:A string of meaningless words!! on Microsoft's Ethical Guidelines · · Score: 1

    Your sig seems strangely relevant to the rest of your post.

  12. Re:A string of meaningless words!! on Microsoft's Ethical Guidelines · · Score: 1

    Will Portable Firefox not work?

  13. Obligatory on Mysteries Swirl Around Cyclones At Saturn's Poles · · Score: 1

    These are truly massive cyclones, hundreds of times stronger than the most giant hurricanes on Earth

    So how many Katrinas is that?
    Or perhaps more appropriately, how many Great Red Spots is that?

    Also, when it comes to storms, does size=strength?

  14. Re:New Process? on CO2 To Fuel, Closing the "Carbon Loop" · · Score: 1

    In about:config, set layout.spellcheckDefault to 2.

  15. Re:Vaporware alert on CO2 To Fuel, Closing the "Carbon Loop" · · Score: 1

    Really? We chopped ours down and it stayed down (and left both the trunk and the stump there for several years). I blame termites.

  16. Re:Release ti, and call it Ubuntu on Bugs Delay Release of Debian Lenny · · Score: 1

    That's odd, because Ubuntu (beta) is running Firefox 3.0.3, while Debian Testing was only at 3.0.0 or 3.0.1 a few days ago.

  17. Re:What else is new? on Bugs Delay Release of Debian Lenny · · Score: 1

    Why not Porky?

  18. Re:already accomplished on Machines Almost Pass Mass Turing Test · · Score: 1

    artificial stupidity.

    So she's actually very smart?

  19. Re:Not exactly. on Microsoft Quietly Previews PC Advisor Repair Tool · · Score: 1

    I don't, but probably all of us here provide support for our family.

  20. Re:Im sure.. on Microsoft Quietly Previews PC Advisor Repair Tool · · Score: 2, Informative

    I remember something similar, in that it messed my video card driver up.

    There have been very few times that MS Update has gotten the video card drivers right.

  21. Re:Not exactly. on Microsoft Quietly Previews PC Advisor Repair Tool · · Score: 2, Insightful

    (empty IE's temp folder and such)

    I prefer to use CCleaner for cleanup like that. My only gripe is that it isn't Open Source.

  22. Re:..since as we know, ... on Elcomsoft Claims WPA/WPA2 Cracking Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    Obligatory Dilbert.

    I can't find the one where Mordac changes Dilbert's password to "the entire text of The Da Vinci Code, except the parts he doesn't believe".

  23. Re:Looks Like I'm Safe on Elcomsoft Claims WPA/WPA2 Cracking Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    Agreed. My brother's password gets a measly 4 years.

  24. Re:Looks Like I'm Safe on Elcomsoft Claims WPA/WPA2 Cracking Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    Heh, my old password would have taken 1,559,007,293,804,841,500,000,000 years (20 chars, uppercase/lowercase/digits/common punctuation) to crack at 500,000 combinations/second. I recently moved up 23 chars, but it won't calculate that for me.

    Although while 500,000 combinations/second may sound impressive, it is a useless metric without comparing it to how many combos/second a normal machine can pump out.

  25. Re:I'm curious, why does it take so long? on A Robot To Destroy Breast Cancer Cells · · Score: 1

    If linux on the desktop is promising, can't the process be accelerated (not rushed)?

    Sure it can. But do you want to pay to make it happen?