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  1. Re:Is that really a windows environment? on Sandia Studies Botnets In 1M OS Digital Petri Dish · · Score: 1

    ASL?

    What about it?

  2. Wine for viruses? on Sandia Studies Botnets In 1M OS Digital Petri Dish · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wine's come a long way in the past 4 years if it can run viruses now!

  3. Re:Congratulations, you've just validated the laws on Real-World Consequences of Social Networking Posts · · Score: 1

    And (3) She told the management company or the management company knew about it in some way.

  4. Re:it was only a matter of time on Real-World Consequences of Social Networking Posts · · Score: 1
  5. Re:Remember one thing about telecommuting on The Rise of the Digital Nomad · · Score: 1

    That's assuming you can prove your superiority (and it's relative value) to the people hiring.

  6. Re:Old fashioned attitudes on The Rise of the Digital Nomad · · Score: 1

    ...I was dead in the water for three days when my laptop hard drive went out, and everything had to be done via e-mail, fax, or Fed-Ex.

    And LiveCD

  7. Re:Blue Eyes? Blue Vision? on Dye Used In Blue M&Ms Can Lessen Spinal Injury · · Score: 1

    Notice that the eyes have completely changed color as well.

    They look the normal black to me, surrounded by blue skin.

  8. Re:Sound Methods? on Dye Used In Blue M&Ms Can Lessen Spinal Injury · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You may not even use my rat. Buy your own, or go to your local animal shelter.

  9. Re:How's it go again ... oh, right, e on Jeff Bezos Offers Apology For Erasing 1984 · · Score: 1

    What kind of name is Bezos anyway?

    His father's, I'd wager.

  10. Re:Crazy people on English DJ Claims Wi-Fi Allergy · · Score: 1

    However, the sun is not 'low level' by any means

    I didn't get that impression from your post. You seemed to consider it on par with WiFi and microwaves, not far above them.

  11. Re:Crazy people on English DJ Claims Wi-Fi Allergy · · Score: 1

    GO OUT IN THE SUN. I don't believe that low level EM waves can have such a deleterious effect.

    Solar Urticaria

  12. Re:Crazy people on English DJ Claims Wi-Fi Allergy · · Score: 1

    ...particularly since his body radiates EM in several bands.

    Including the visible spectrum :-)

  13. Re:Are we guppies on Are Women Getting More Beautiful? · · Score: 1

    We don't reproduce anyways, so jocks can't lower our chances.

  14. Re:Microsoft should just fork Firefox on Opera CTO Thinks IE Will Be Forced To Support SVG · · Score: 1

    They made the .Net plugin unremovable at first. Could they make it impossible to (easily) disable, as well?

  15. Re:A browser ballot is stupid on Opera CTO Thinks IE Will Be Forced To Support SVG · · Score: 2, Funny

    It happens so often Starfleet needs to consider using shell scripts.

  16. Re:Microsoft should just fork Firefox on Opera CTO Thinks IE Will Be Forced To Support SVG · · Score: 1

    And they can't make an ActiveX plugin... why?

  17. Re:Oh Noes! on 26 Years Old and Can't Write In Cursive · · Score: 1

    As a result my "signature" has shortened to my initials to avoid using cursive all together.

    Why? Isn't a simple X still acceptable?
    The only people to bother me about using print for my signature have been my parents.

  18. Jupiter's core on Is Jupiter Earth's Cosmic Protector? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Last Sunday, an object, probably a comet that nobody saw coming, plowed into Jupiter

    First, I'd like to apologize for being slightly off-topic.
    I wonder why pretty much all astronomy sources are unwilling to state with certainty that Jupiter has a rocky core. It's only natural that more solid material has fallen into the atmosphere than has been captured in orbit. It's not like the comets and meteorites will 'orbit' for very long within friction of the atmosphere, so the only place for solid matter to go is the center.

  19. Re:The reason on Bing Users' Click-Through Rate 55% Higher Than Google Users' · · Score: 5, Informative

    The really funny thing about this comment is that it was labeled informative...

    I agree. "Informative" is for a post providing new information. It should have been "Insightful".

  20. Re:The Sadness that is Microsoft on Celebrate Your Next Birthday At the Microsoft Store · · Score: 1

    Even Windows is a ripoff of Windows...

    Care to explain?

  21. Re:They should have called it... on Celebrate Your Next Birthday At the Microsoft Store · · Score: 1

    I don't care what they call their bar, as long as the booze is good.

  22. Re:Premium price, not premium PC on Apple Dominates "Premium PC" Market · · Score: 1

    Agreed. Today I wasn't able to get it above $11K

  23. Re:Microsoft has retail stores? on Celebrate Your Next Birthday At the Microsoft Store · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Apple pulls it off because they've got flash, Nike pulls it off because they've got the same thing Apple has.

    Flash helps, but I don't think that's the main reason why it works for Apple.

    Apple can pull it off because:
    They sell hardware. Mac Mini, iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook, iPod/iPhone...
    People walk in, try all the models, and if they buy something they know exactly what they're getting.

    Microsoft sells^Wlicenses software.
    What the customer demos at the store isn't what they take home with them. That little box doesn't contain the obscenely powerful gaming rig that the customer played with. The only two things in the store that will perform exactly as displayed would be MS's two main hardware products: Zune and Xbox.

  24. Re:Why not OEMs? on Microsoft Agrees To EU Browser Ballot Screen · · Score: 1

    An OEM would install a browser, and that'd be the end of it. MS can cheat the system if they do the installation. Oldest still-maintained builds possible, every undesirable setting possible selected, the .Net firefox plugin...

  25. Re:Apple doesn't suck. on Apple Dominates "Premium PC" Market · · Score: 1

    Built? None, so I don't know what it'd cost if that's what you mean.

    Rebuilt? The two most common defects in iBooks are HDDs and "Logic Boards" (motherboards). Both fixes require almost complete disassembly.