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  1. Re:Wouldnt browser type be more useful than TLD on Web Logs Finally Meet Sim City · · Score: 1

    Or rather than optimizing your website to fit a particular browser you could just follow standards and when someone complains about their browser not working, tell them to get a standards compliant browswer.

  2. Re:Good grief... on NetGear Also Has Remote Access Wide Open · · Score: 1

    The only thing you get out of a false advertising suit is a cease and desist order.

  3. Re:Good grief... on NetGear Also Has Remote Access Wide Open · · Score: 1, Insightful

    What are you going to sue about? The maybe $50 you spent on the router? You haven't incurred any loss or harm yet, just the potential for it.

  4. Re:Who Cares? on Linux Today Founder Calls for Boycott of Linux Today · · Score: 1

    A boycott of a magazine can be much more productive than a boycott of an essential good. Not buying gas for a day doesn't help, it just changes the day everyone buys gas. If you want to hurt the oil companies, buy less gas and ride a bike.

  5. Re:Two competing models on Sun Says Hardware Will Be Free · · Score: 1

    #1 allows more competition and the potential to make more money for software developers. #2 allows the few hardware manufacturers there are to gouge the crap out of consumers with their monopolies.

    It is not impossible for both situations to co-exist. If you want to buy your own hardware you can use free software; if you want to use xyz software you'll have to pay for it but you might get some free hardware too.

  6. Re:Isn't someone... on Night Vision Goggles vs Pirates · · Score: 2, Informative

    I live in Indianapolis and most movies are upwards of at least $8-10 now depending on when you go, and we have a very modest cost of living.

  7. Re:Waste of time... on Night Vision Goggles vs Pirates · · Score: 2, Informative

    And what if the pirate *is* the kid running the projector? I know of at least one of these instances.

    That's what the watermarks are for.

  8. Re:some tips from a seasoned traveler on The Urban Geek As A Mugger Magnet? · · Score: 1

    I called the police to report a fraudulent charge on my credit card and an officer came to my house within 48 hours to take care of everything. This was in downtown Indianapolis, so we're not talking some small town where the cops have nothing better to do.

  9. Re:Does this bill target Gmail by name? on California Senate Passes Preemptive Strike Against Gmail · · Score: 1

    It's illegal to have a law which only pertains to a specific person, business, etc. There's a legal term for that, but I forget what it is.

  10. Re:Video Poker on Geeks and Poker? · · Score: 1

    Most people that gamble do it for fun, not to make money. It's the thrill of the possibility of making more money than you have; while knowing that your chances of doing so probably aren't that great.

    Anyone who gambles to make money is stupid; anyone who gambles to have fun is just having fun.

  11. Re:Logitech's 'Black Hole Of Mousepaddery' on Worst Explanation From Tech Support? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If call tech support with the intent on acting like a prick then you should expect no less in return.

    If you want good service, be polite and you will get much better results. I work in customer service, and the second someone decided they are smarter and holier than me, I am much less likely to deal with them in a courteous manner or to expedite their service.

    I sometimes wish we had a camera hooked up to a large television so that everyone could see how rude some people are and maybe think twice before they act like they do.

    Next time you have to talk to tech support, try being nice before discounting them as knowledgeless idiots.

  12. Re:No real Secrets were harmed... on Student Uncovers US Military Secrets · · Score: 1

    Did anyone honestly believe that blacking out certain words was a reliable method of withholding names or information? I think it is usually just done to discourage the discovery of such things, but not with the thought that it is 100% secure. Even the human eye can often figure out what was blacked out.

  13. Re:old news on Student Uncovers US Military Secrets · · Score: 1

    Isn't calling it "The Monde" like calling USA Today "Etats-Unis Today," it is inappropriate to translate the title of a newspaper like that. Call it by its real name "Le Monde," which of course means "The World." But "The World" is not the title of the newspaper.

  14. Re:too long on P-P-P-PowerBook for a S-S-S-Scammer... · · Score: 1

    The scammer committed fraud first; and thus the original contract regarding the sale of the powerbook was void at that point. Anything that happened after that isn't really fraud anymore, at least with respect to the sale of the powerbook.

    Think of it like selling a car, if the guy doesn't give you any money, or attempts to defraud you through non-payment; and you deliver a different product, there is no fraud on your part.

  15. Re:That may be so... on Flying Car More Economical Than SUV · · Score: 1

    You mean when you are in the air and there is less friction to slow you down? It would seem to me it would get much better mileage in the air.

  16. Re:WTF? on Flying Car More Economical Than SUV · · Score: 1

    There are not that many buildings/structures over 500 foot in most areas. It would depend on your location, but why waste all that thrust on climbing if you don't need to?

  17. Re:I can see the wire! on Flying Car More Economical Than SUV · · Score: 1

    The wire isn't pulled taut, so it is unlikely it is supporting the weight of the vehicle. I imagine his investors would be very pissed if one of those expensive things got wrecked during a routine exercise.

  18. uh on Telecom Carriers Use Deceptive Advertising · · Score: 2, Insightful

    latest example of telephone companies passing their own cost of doing business to customers

    Isn't that what companies do? You pay them to do some service or deliver some good, and as such you're always paying their cost of doing business plus some for their profit.

  19. Re:End of Google as we know it? on Google to Distribute Image Ads, Plans Email List Service · · Score: 5, Informative

    RTFA, it has nothing to do with their search page and the ads that are displayed there.

    AdSense is a service that Google provides to web publishers; basically they let other people use Google's advertising technology on their web site. There is no mention anywhere that Google itself will be using images in the ads on their search page.

  20. Re:Google Faith on Google to Distribute Image Ads, Plans Email List Service · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Search engines are like car manufacturers to people. The first one they found they really liked they love and adore and ignore all the others that come after it.

  21. Re:/.ing Congress on Boucher's DMCRA To Get A Hearing On May 12 · · Score: 1

    You should see beneathe the signature next to the Senator's name the initials of whomever wrote the letter on his/her behalf.

  22. Re:Microsoft Rewards on Microsoft Reward Leads to Arrest of Sasser Suspect · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Part of the agreement should be that when you submit the vulnerability to MS, you agree to keep quiet for X amount of time, they agree to give you some reward. After X amount of time, you should be able to then release the information to the public.

    Of course, the only problem is, if you told them and kept quiet, chances are someone else is going to find that same vulnerability who might not play as nice.

  23. Re:Overkill? on Build Your Own Wireless Beer Pitcher Monitoring System · · Score: 1

    The amount of light filtering through would be affected by the type of beer (light or dark) or if it even was beer. There method does not depend on the contents of the pitcher.

  24. Re:Tom Petty predicted this... on Record Labels Push for iTunes Price Hike · · Score: 1

    Dinosaurs Will Die by NOFX is a much better depiction of the future of the music industry. =]

  25. Re:18 credits on Math And The Computer Science Major · · Score: 1

    I was able to complete a math minor here at Purdue University in Indianapolis with my degree with no extra effort at all. We're required to take:

    Calc 1: 5 credits
    Calc 2: 5 credits
    Calc 3: 4 credits
    Linear Algebra (Grad level): 3 credits
    Stats (more calc than stats): 3 credits

    All math courses for us are considered "major courses" and therefore we have to meet the same requirements in them as we do for CS courses.

    We're also required to take 5 physical science courses, most of us opted for physics, which would be impossible without the calculus background we already had.