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  1. Re:They do not *start* at $3k on Dual 1Ghz G4 PowerMac With Extra Yummy · · Score: 2

    I thought he meant these new dual-GHz started at $3k, not the standard PowerMacs.

  2. Re:Let this be a lesson on Bad eBay Experience Spurs Internet Manhunt · · Score: 2

    I would tend to disagree, although you are absolutely right and people should be careful with their money. However, outright screwing people over cannot be justified. If I leave my door unlocked that doesn't give anybody the right to rob me.

  3. Re:Make it in Modern Times on 'Indiana Jones 4' Finally A Go · · Score: 1

    I thought that the immortality only applied to when they stayed in the cave where the Cup was, and that if they left they would age like everyone else? Or, I could be on crack.

  4. Re:which side of the law is our community on? on ISP Forced Out of Business by DoS · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If the scrupt kiddies buy the hardware like we buy the DVDs maybe you have a case, otherwise it seems to me like apples and oranges to me.

  5. Re:Why would you run when you can roll? on Powered Exoskeletons In The Near Future? · · Score: 1

    You mean like in the Heavy Gear RPG/tactical board game?

  6. Re:wrong headed. on Perception of Linux Among IT Undergrads · · Score: 1

    My CS dept (before I switched to MIS, more what I like) didn't teach M$ at all! It was all UNIX stuff... bless their hearts.

  7. Re:So? on Online Journalism Same As Print/TV · · Score: 1

    >> Dmitry Skylarov is a russian citizen, so he doesn't have first amendment protection

    I disagree: every person in the world is entitled to this protection. The Bill of Rights doesn't grant these rights... they exist for everyone. If he is going to be arrested under US law he should get every right a US citizen enjoys.

  8. Red Hat Stock on IBM and Red Hat Sign Major Support Agreement · · Score: 2

    Look at how much the stock went up according to Yahoo!

    (http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=rhat&d=c)

  9. Re:We bitch about civil liberties on /. on Senate Trashes Civil Liberties; House to Vote Today · · Score: 1

    What's the point of living if you can't live free. Check out New Hampshire. People up there say "Live Free or Die" and it's even on the license plates. Maybe the rest of the country should follow their approach.

  10. As an NH citizen on Legislating Insecure Encryption · · Score: 1

    Lemme tell you, I will not be re-electing this guy. He's always been the lesser of evils in the past, but I guess he didn't like second place.

  11. Why this will happen on Your Face Is Not a Bar Code · · Score: 1

    When talking to some of my friends about privacy issues, even some of the computer geeks (I mean this in a good way) to do not have too many concerns about privacy and that kind of stuff, like they don't expect to have any. Sounds like one of those things where everyone will only miss it when it's gone.

  12. Re:The GAME doesn't matter! on Star Wars Galaxies · · Score: 1

    Well, the games will be designed to have a slower pace. Why? Because you pay a monthly fee. If you could do things quickly, you'd spend less time and therefore less money. It's also a way to let people without broadband play the game. At least with EQ, I can play as good on a 56k modem as a cable modem and DSL... not so with the Twitch Games like Quake, UT, etc.

  13. Re:It's hell.. on Sean In The Middle · · Score: 1

    It's like the Malcom in the Middle episode that recently aired. Malcom's brother was talking about how in 15 years, when he's married to a super-model and has a Ferarri and billions of dollars, he'll always remember the guy who cleans his pool can kick his ass.

  14. Re:tell me you're kidding on Hyperreality: The U.S-China Standoff · · Score: 1

    IIRC, the Chinese Military does not have ICBMs that have the range to make it to the East Coast. I think that anybody west of Arizona and that area was out of range. Of course, that articles was from a year ago and in IBD.

  15. Patent not withstanding on Can I See Your License for those Plants, Sir? · · Score: 1

    If we can ignore the thing about patented plants, it really has come down to a guy that got some stuff that literally "fell off the back of a truck," to steal from the Lycos ad.

  16. Not on a farm in Worcester! on 75 Years Ago, Goddard Launchs Space Age · · Score: 1

    I go to school at WPI, one of the colleges he taught at. The rocket was launched in Auburn, the next town south. This anniversary also gave the frat boys an excuse to make a rocket sculpture of snow in the fountain.

  17. Re:Microsoft does have a point on U.S. v. Microsoft Arguments - Streaming Audio · · Score: 1

    No, non-technical people with computers really are idiots. Bless my mom and dad, but they can't do crap on their computer. My mom did not know you have to be on the Internet to update software!! I know a girl who thought Netscape was the Internet!! Besides, if everyone ends up learning Linux and Unix, how are we gonna get paid the big bucks?

  18. Bandwidth vs. Lines on Dispute Over IP Sharing Escalates · · Score: 2

    I would appear the telco says you are renting the lines, while most consumers feel they are renting the bandwidth. My roommates and I take a 640kbps down line and split it 3 ways... but the way it works out is that each of us almost always gets full speed because we haven't used it all at the same time since we downloaded a few gigs of pr0n when we first got it. This must work out the same way for a lot of Slashdotters.

  19. Re:suing? on RAMBUS Taking SDRAM Patent To Court · · Score: 1

    Actually, the point of business is finding and retaining customers. With that comes the profits which raise shareholder value. At least, that's the Lotus plan.

  20. Re:The decision is obvious, different buyers targe on Is It OK To Sucks? · · Score: 1

    If you buy any beverage in Boston you're supporting the IRA... there's a bar on every corner and three in between.

  21. Uh oh on Nasty Bad Men Are Using Encryption · · Score: 2

    Well, I can use a belt to choke someone and a pen to stab them in the neck. Gotta get rid of them... only the gov't can be trusted with pens! Paper and pens can also be used for encryption. Time to go back to carving stuff into rocks and clay!

  22. Re:This was a tremendous piece of military propaga on Space War 2017: US v. China · · Score: 1

    The Viet Cong and NVA lost every major battle against US forces. However, with the majority of the populous against the US, Vietnam was a losing cause. The US lost about 68,000 people, while the opposition lost far, far more soldiers (and sadly many more civilians as well).

  23. Re:aoltimewarneryahoo.com on What If Yahoo Was Acquired? · · Score: 1

    This scares the shit out of me!

  24. Re:The Irony Is Just Too Rich... on Police Arrest Teen for "Obscene" Web Site · · Score: 1

    According to Playboy, in NH you are least likely to be arrested for posession of small amounts of pot, since the state prefers to focus its policing budgets on things that actually matter, like the Mass-holes coming across the border to commit half the crime.

  25. Re:Great question! I'm confused too... on On the Reliability of DSL Providers... · · Score: 1

    I have Verizon because our apartment couldn't get anything else. Yeah, uploads speed blows, but it's all we could get. Earthlink/Covad held us up for 2 months. Luckily, our router supports PPPoE so we can all use it. It uses G.Lite, and they had it to us 10 days ahead of schedule. There are periodic outages, but it's nothing great. Overall, we are pretty happy.