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  1. Re:Numbers and the inevitable on Sony Reader Now Available · · Score: 1

    That is the copy department's job, not the editor's.

  2. Re:It really does work. on Apple's Moment — Consumers Want To Download To TV · · Score: 1

    > "What's a PIII ?" I think that's Nintendo's upcoming console.

  3. Re:This does not inspire confidence on Nanocosmetics Used Since Ancient Egypt · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's hardly safe- All of these people are dead!

  4. Re:"Saw III" on Skin Sensing Table Saw · · Score: 1

    Just wait until someone mods this from skin-sensing to skin-seeking.

  5. Re:Time Machine is the most important feature... on More on Leopard, AOL, Reuters and the Universe · · Score: 1

    Um, yeah. I kind of think it is supposed to be a little funny.

  6. Re:Pears on Ripeness Sticker Coming to Supermarket Fruit · · Score: 1

    You're right. They should just individually sticker each piece of fruit to say "Squeeze for freshness" and provide disposable rubber "squeezing gloves" at each produce section. Of course, it would be handy if they weren't all stacked up, so each fruit should be housed in its own plastic squeezing container. After you've selected a piece of fruit, just individually double-bag it and you're on your way!

  7. Re:Which US Providers? on Google Offering Live Traffic Maps via Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    It seems to work flawlessly on T-Mobile. I just tried it on my K750i.

  8. Re:Windows mobile? on Google Offering Live Traffic Maps via Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    It works great on my Sony K750. I don't think Windows Mobile is so common that everything must comply with it.

  9. Re:Too Many Users! on Slate Speculates on Internet Operating Systems · · Score: 1

    The internet is a series of tubes. Someone was probably downloading a whole book that got caught in one of these tubes.

  10. Re:I'd never upgrade if I could. on Liquid Cooled X1900 XTX Card Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Surely you know that people use these for video games. Right?

  11. Re:You can say that again! on The Cost of the iPod · · Score: 1

    Wait, how many feet does Apple have altogether?

  12. Re:Say what? on Office 2007 Delayed Again · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's a Mac thing. Parallels is virtualization software for running Windows natively at full speed in a window on a new Intel Mac. Entourage is Microsoft's Mac email client, bundled with Mac Office. Rosetta is the compatibility layer that allows new Intel Macs to run OS X PPC apps transparently but with a slight a speed hit.

  13. Book on New Personal Mono-Wing · · Score: 2, Informative
    There's a great new book out on wing jumpers called Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers.

    For full disclosure, I work for the publishing company, but this is a really fun read.

  14. Re:huh? on Understanding OS X Kernel Internals · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "Alot" isn't even an actual word.

  15. Re:More Mac Theft Software on Mac Security Alarm System · · Score: 1

    My Powerbook was stolen last year from my apartment. It automatically syncs with .Mac every day and I was hoping I could somehow track it this way (since you can see the "last sync" of all the computers associated with your .Mac account on any one, I was going to call Apple when I saw that my Powerbook synced again) but it never connected to the internet again, or they wiped it clean before it was used again.

  16. Re:Apple keeps XP at arms' length on Apple Officially Releases Beta Dual Boot Loader · · Score: 1

    Nonsense. You think Steve Jobs wants to be just another Michael Dell or George Compaq (or whoever founded that company :D )? You think he'll throw out OS X for a chance to be a generic Windows box manufacturer? That's plainly and obviously absurd and will never happen under Steve's rule. Thank god, I might add.
    Write THAT down.

  17. Re:Sony on Microsoft Says Recovery From Malware Becoming Impossible · · Score: 1
  18. Who cares? on First Steps Toward Artificial Gravity · · Score: 2, Funny

    "It opens up a new means of investigating general relativity and it consequences in the quantum world."

    Who cares about that, where's my flying car?!

  19. Re:Interactive services? on A Look at IPTV · · Score: 1

    Too bad- the "interaction" is you getting up and taking out your wallet.

  20. Re:Petreley makes good points on Linux, to be (Like Microsoft) or Not to be? · · Score: 1

    The what? I vaguely recall that being a problem in Win98, but I run Win2k here, and when an inactive application demands input, it stays right down in the taskbar where it belongs - all that happens is that the taskbar icon flashes to notify me
    I'm on Win2k here at work and this happens all the time. Especially the Outlook mail notifier. You can merrily type away and it won't disappear until you hit y, n, or the space bar. IM clients pop to the foreground too and I've accidentally continued typing something into the IM window that I meant to appear in whatever I was working on before it appeared. This is a huge annoyance, not to mention a risk to sensitive information.

  21. Cool Amazon digital delivery on Amazon's Online Movie Service · · Score: 5, Informative

    I ordered a cd 2 weeks ago that was released this past Tuesday. After I pre-ordered it, Amazon let me stream it from my "digital locker" a full week before the physical cd was available. I thought that was really cool and would encourage me to pre-order from them again. I don't know of any service that has a comparable pre-release listening policy.

  22. Re:Wrath of the Windows Users! on No EFI Support for Vista · · Score: 1

    What the heck is Simon Garlick land?

  23. Re:Got that one covered .... on Cancer Survival for Software Developers · · Score: 1

    You worked for Charles De Gaulle?!

  24. It's not only useful... on Robotic 'Pack Mule' with Impressive Reflexes · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's not only useful, it's WHISPER-QUIET!!!

  25. Re:This wouldn't surprise me.... on iCell in the Works? · · Score: 1

    It's kind of difficult to use your phone while using your iPod, isn't it?
    Wouldn't that be where Apple steps in? To make using both at once easy? Ease of use is something they're known for.