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  1. Re:Maybe he's right. on Another Study Attacks Violent Video Games, Claims To Be "Conclusive" · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe if Al Gore said so we'd know the debate was over.

  2. Re:I think its entirely reasonable to say... on Caltech Makes Flexible, 86% Efficient Solar Arrays · · Score: 1

    first there is no "break through"

    the "break through" is incremental to the last "break through" that is only 10% of it's way to market, which is only incremental to the previous "break through" that is only 40% of it's way to market, which was incremental to the prior "break through" that is 75% of it's way to market which was incremental to the "break through" coming out tomorrow, which is incremental to the current tech. Comparing this to existing isn't worth it. The tech will constantly improve until it can't any more.

  3. Re:The more things change... on US Government Poisoned Alcohol During Prohibition · · Score: 1

    actually the caffeine is there due to it being typically a headache medicine and most headaches are caused by caffeine withdrawal.

  4. Re:Photos in public on EU Says Google Street View Violates Privacy · · Score: 1

    Intent is a big part of the law. That's why the bank can screw up and take money out of your account and nobody at the bank get's nailed for steeling. Google is going around trying to peep in windows (yet) they are taking random pictures at a quick interval.

  5. Re:What's with the stupid hat? on AIDS-Like Virus New Threat To Koala · · Score: 1

    going to remove my Australian stereotype of a tuff guy that can live of the land and moving it to just the typical whiner not much different than what we have here in the US.

  6. Re:Random today, but still random tomorrow? on New Method for Random Number Generation Developed · · Score: 1

    "...to generate random numbers? Say...choose 5 folders at random on a PC."

    infinite loop. I think your algorithm is going to fill up the memory rather quickly.

  7. Re:There's more to this story on Our Low-Tech Tax Code · · Score: 1

    I'd say your state is F***ed then. I had no problem when contracting to get catastrophic insurance at just over $100 a month.

  8. Re:Double-Standard on Our Low-Tech Tax Code · · Score: 3, Funny

    Glen Beck is little more than a political comedian. It's not his fault that progressives seem to say the funniest (in a scarry way) things.

  9. Re:There's more to this story on Our Low-Tech Tax Code · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Wow you seem to have bought the government takeover of 1/6th of the economy hook line and sinker huh.

  10. Re:There's more to this story on Our Low-Tech Tax Code · · Score: 1, Troll

    I know you've been convinced of a healthcare problem in this country, but it's just not true.

  11. Re:Life is like an RPG on Life Imagined As One Big RPG · · Score: 1

    I keep all my money and belongings in barrels strewn about my property.

  12. Re:Bye bye Wii on 2010 — the Year AACS and HDMI Kill Off HD Component Video · · Score: 1

    I hope they call it the WiiII

  13. Re:Just buy the unofficial ones on 2010 — the Year AACS and HDMI Kill Off HD Component Video · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was really interested in and browsed this for almost 4 hours before I realized that my spell check changed it from HDCP to HARD.

  14. Re:Are the manufacturers getting more greedy on 2010 — the Year AACS and HDMI Kill Off HD Component Video · · Score: 1

    Lately????

    I'd say that being there is a standard is freaking amazing just by it self.

  15. Re:Let the Name Confusion BEGIN! on Opera Open Sources Dragonfly · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's OK the so called FreeBSD and other "UNIX" operating systems are Linux Like operating system

  16. Re:You *give* Google control on Google Gets US Approval To Buy and Sell Energy · · Score: 1

    A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.

    It turns into a journey of 100 thousand miles if you keep changing the destination.

    I hope my trek to the Google way doesn't at some point require me to change my destination.

  17. Re:But can it... on Lego Robot Solves Any Rubik's Cube In 12 Seconds · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And people wonder why the robots are going to revolt and dominate us.

  18. specialized pieces on Lego Robot Solves Any Rubik's Cube In 12 Seconds · · Score: 0

    Most if it is just giant specialized pieces from Lego that are only usable in this one kit.

    Lame.

  19. Re:Use the Coax as a wirepull for the cat5 on Suggestions For a Coax-To-Ethernet Solution? · · Score: 1

    For one thing you can start a grammatically correct sentence with "Cat5" where you cant with "cat5"

  20. Re:Use the Coax as a wirepull for the cat5 on Suggestions For a Coax-To-Ethernet Solution? · · Score: 1

    staples may impede the pulling of wires. Where as conduit may not.

  21. Re:eh... on Google Donates $2 Million To the Wikimedia Foundation · · Score: 1

    Usually by offering a large amount of cash and then privatizing the foundation.

  22. Re:Photoshop and open source on 20 Years of Photoshop · · Score: 1

    There really is a lot of perceived value in pirating a multi-thousand dollar program as appose to downloading a free app.

  23. Re:So good it's a verb on 20 Years of Photoshop · · Score: 1

    Too many people think of wine as an emulator even though it's right in the name that it is not. Compiled to winelib is no different than compiling to gtk or qt.

  24. Re:Tank turret on International Space Station Cupola Video Released · · Score: 1

    We'll confuse them by cutting the corners off all our paper and books.

  25. Re:Why do you lie so brazenly? on A Simple Guide To Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    Sorry AC but Bell systems was a monopoly established in 1913. Many years before the 1949 antitrust suit settled in 1956.