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  1. Re:Ordering food on TiVo Plans RFID-Aware PVR · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder if it is worth some of my privacy to not have to pick off the onions and pickles because I always forget to ask the Wendy's cashier not to put them on? Pretty much applies to all my other food too; just forget adding onions or pickles please.

    Have some T-shirts printed up. Vary the colors so you'll have a well-rounded wardrobe - or just keep eating at fast food joints and let them round naturally......

  2. Re:Brings to mind my question... on Ask The Mythbusters · · Score: 1

    That's when all my favorite shows come on.....

  3. Re:busting myths mistakenly on Ask The Mythbusters · · Score: 1

    My favorite "Never could duplicate in a million attempts" moments was when the family was going to a concert. My wife asked if I had the tickets as she stood, brushing her hair in front of the full-length, framed mirror. I immediately took them from my jacket pocket (ala James Bond), fanned them and threw them frisbee style toward her as a unit. As they spread out they turned sideways and all five of them stuck between the mirror and the frame in front of her. She didn't even bat an eye and just said, "A simple 'Yes' was all I needed."

    And, yes, I've split an aluminum arrow with target point and I've split a wooden one (side entry fairly far down) but one of the split sides fell off as I removed them from the target. Both incidents were in Jr. High while taking archery during gym.

  4. Re:Brings to mind my question... on Ask The Mythbusters · · Score: 1

    Bah! So you would selfishly inconvenience countless geeks who have no family (or other forms of human interaction) to distract them from the show at a time that appeals to their busy schedules...... just because...... you're, um, lazy..... Uhhhh.... Never mind. They all have DVR Recorders (for the redundancy factor) anyway.....

  5. Re:Favorites on Ask The Mythbusters · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A common 'myth'conception, my friend.....

    A myth is a story that may or may not have some basis in truth. So, the ratio of busted to confirmed myths isn't necessary to the accuracy of the title as it could accurately convey their intent (and it sounds cooler than "Myth Investigators"). They may be setting out to bust as many as they can, but in the process they end up confirming some.

  6. Re:Favorites on Ask The Mythbusters · · Score: 3, Funny

    The only problem with it is that you're left with a salty residue on your beer can/bottle. The first few sips are salty unless you wipe it off.

    That is a problem. I'd suggest wiping it off then.......

    With brilliant thinking like this, do you suppose I could have a spot on the show?

  7. Re:Sigh why was he modded informative on CCTV Network Tracks Getaway Car · · Score: 1

    Without a warrant or probable cause...

    A warrant is pretty black and white - you either have one or not. Probable cause on the other hand is pretty subjective....

  8. Re:So sophisticated... on CCTV Network Tracks Getaway Car · · Score: 1

    Does this traffic monitoring make it difficult to have subversive conversations? No? Then don't bother with the stupid 1984 references.

    The way terms like "Big Brother" are integrated into the language has little to do with following the precise parameters in a novel. Big Brother has come to mean intrusive government. Maybe we shouldn't make Animal Farm references since we're not barnyard critters.

  9. Re:I for one on CCTV Network Tracks Getaway Car · · Score: 1

    I believe in the USA 75% of police shot are either shot with their own gun or by another policeman, so arming the police is not the answer either.

    That's an interesting made-up statistic. Care to provide a source (excluding suicides)? There are some instances, but over the course of the last several years I can't think of a single officer fatality in the Phoenix area that hasn't been at the hands of criminals.

  10. Re:Sigh why was he modded informative on CCTV Network Tracks Getaway Car · · Score: 1

    We're talking cause to search the car, not take you to jail. If the dog indicates it may be enough to do a full search without warrant. Heck, you don't even need a dog, if your behavior indicates a problem the officer can find "something" to measure up to probably cause for a search. That still doesn't mean that they can haul you off if they don't find anything, but that wasn't the topic....

  11. Re:Sauce for the Gander on President of RIAA Says Sony-BMG Did Nothing Wrong · · Score: 1

    I truly, deeply, and sincerely hope all his personal computer systems are rooted by all the DRM flavors out their simultaneously. Then he can live with what he claims is not a problem at all for the rest of us.

    I doubt Cary uses a computer. Somebody else actually uses the computer and the wind-up PR/Spokesperson gets handed paper summaries to read.

  12. Re:Markets always trump cartels eventually on President of RIAA Says Sony-BMG Did Nothing Wrong · · Score: 1

    Pretty obvious that the RIAA does not have a clue about technology, and don't even understand the ramifications of what they have done. Nor are they protecting the rights of their customers (which is going to be very few if they blunder like this again).

    You're confusing Sony and RIAA. RIAA's customers are Sony and the other recording companies. RIAA is defending their customer here....

  13. Re:Not Unusual... on President of RIAA Says Sony-BMG Did Nothing Wrong · · Score: 1

    There is also nothing unusual about technology being used to 'steal' it and share it on a P2P network, either.

    There goes their appeals to consumers based on having the moral high ground, eh?

  14. Re:Haven't used Windows... on Ubuntu On The Business Desktop · · Score: 1

    So all your IT co-workers run with minimum priveleges? How do they actually do any work?

    Geez. He said they have a total of 4 Windows boxes and one Linux machine. I think he probably is the IT department.

  15. Re:Attack the messenger (please) on Vatican Rejects Intelligent Design? · · Score: 1

    Well, not as creative, but certainly an effort.....

    Would have commended you sooner but I was out sick. Not really sick, but for medical stuff.

  16. Re:Mr Hamlet on Literature Teeters on the Edge of a 'Gr8 Fall' · · Score: 1

    So I was either referring to him needing sleep or being a prince

    Dang! Then you've bested this guy who thinks that a new vernacular will "...be used in new ways where the reader isn't sure what the writer is getting at." You're so far ahead of the curve that you as the writer are not sure what you're getting at. Brilliant!

  17. Re:New English on The Areas of My Expertise · · Score: 1

    Sound bytes will be more important in winning someone over to the writer's view, not a coherent argument.

    Like, "If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit"?

  18. Re:Mr Hamlet on Literature Teeters on the Edge of a 'Gr8 Fall' · · Score: 1

    I am tierd .

    Is that like being multifaceted?

  19. Re:type manager ? WTF ? on 'Type Manager' The File Manager of Tomorrow? · · Score: 1

    ...the international community has decided to adopt new procedures. (um. that's us)

    We are the new procedures? How do we work?

  20. Re:What?? on Truckers Choose Hydrogen Power · · Score: 1

    The driver of the bug was stuck behind the truck for a few hours and couldn't avoid the spit coming out the passenger side window.

    I believe a bit of distance would have done the trick as far as avoiding the juice.

  21. Re:The PMI has the authoritative book on Book Excerpt: The Art of Project Management · · Score: 1

    Drat! Babel fish doesn't have an English to American option.....

  22. Re:The PMI has the authoritative book on Book Excerpt: The Art of Project Management · · Score: 1

    Is there an American alternative? I get confused when I see words like "colour" and "orientated".....

  23. Re:What I learned: Keep Rum and Scotch in your Off on Book Excerpt: The Art of Project Management · · Score: 1

    Beware of geeks bearing gifts.....

  24. Re:Well... on Book Excerpt: The Art of Project Management · · Score: 1

    Or, you could just not click on "Read More"....

  25. Re:This is the greatest worm ever! on Linux Lupper.Worm In the WIld · · Score: 1

    Someone attempting to be pedantic should choose their words carefully.

    Dang! Now there's an exploit I've been bitten by on several occasions.....