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  1. Re:I dont think its such a bad idea on TiVo to Sell Your Fast-Forward Button · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How is this different than cable TV? You paid for the device (your television) and you paid for the service. They ram commercials down your throat just the same. If you don't like the terms, cancel your service.

  2. Re:Creepy on Teaser Trailer for 'Cars'; Info on 'Polar Express' · · Score: 1

    Excellent point! They look way too real yet not nearly real enough...

  3. Re:Is it.. on Round-Up Ready Coca Plants · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, it is extra potent since you get the added benefit of putting all the herbacide that the plant has absorbed right up your nose! I smell a marketing opportunity...

  4. Re:Warm??? on Warm Offices Boost Productivity · · Score: 1

    Sexism aside, you make a good point. If you're cold, it is very easy to warm up - put on warmer clothing. If you're too hot, there's not much to be done. Seems pretty simple to me...

  5. Re:College kids and yuppies on Caffeinated Beer Becomes a Reality · · Score: 1

    Whoa, not knocking it! I'm guilty of consuming them en masse on the regular

  6. Re:College kids and yuppies on Caffeinated Beer Becomes a Reality · · Score: 1

    I went to a fairly yuppie school as well. The official drink of the school was Natty Light (24 12oz bottles for $10.49 + tax and deposit at the gas station down the street). The cool thing now is Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR) in 16oz cans (pounders). They even serve them at the fancy bars in town

  7. Re:But Then, Consider The Source on Green Party Candidate David Cobb Answers Your Questions · · Score: 1

    ElectionMethods.org also supports Approval Voting. No complex math going on there...

  8. Re:IRV may sound nice in theory... on Green Party Candidate David Cobb Answers Your Questions · · Score: 1

    No, it is the worst by some VERY SIMPLE criteria. See for youself: http://electionmethods.org/IRVproblems.htm

  9. Re:IRV may sound nice in theory... on Green Party Candidate David Cobb Answers Your Questions · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, IRV suffers from MANY problems. ElectionMethods.org has an excellent summary of many "multiple selection" voting methods. IRV is the worst of all of them, as it can end up selecting the candidate who does not have the most votes. Educate yourself about the dangers of IRV and the many superior alternatives!

  10. Re:Imagine that... on Digital Generation, Analog Retro Chic · · Score: 1

    Holy shit, where did you get that picture of my girlfriend?!

  11. Re:Telephones on Digital Generation, Analog Retro Chic · · Score: 1

    My grandparents have almost the same phone in the house. Up until recently, my parents had a rotary phone in the kitchen, too. I like the old phones, much sturdier and more reliable than the new ones. I'm not a huge fan of the rotary dial stuff, though.

  12. Can't wait to see this! on Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I just saw the trailer for this yesterday. I must have been hiding under some rock (or not reading /.) for the past several months, because I hadn't heard of the movie until my roommate told me about it yesterday. Looks very cool.

  13. Re:Temperature of Glass on Smart Glass Blocks Infrared - But Only When It's Hot · · Score: 1

    Hmm. Seems reasonable, but I haven't seen this in practice. When I touch my window on a cold winter day, it is cold (much colder than the air inside my house). When I touch my window on a hot day in the summer, it is very warm (much warmer than the air inside my house). Can anybody with more knowledge on this subject offer some insight?

  14. Temperature of Glass on Smart Glass Blocks Infrared - But Only When It's Hot · · Score: 5, Insightful
    My AC comes on way before 84F.
    Looking at the article, it seems that it is the temperature of the glass that must reach 84F, not the temperature of the air inside the room. I would imagine that the glass reaches 84 much faster than the air inside, so your AC shouldn't be much of a factor unless it is cold enough to have a larger impact on the glass temp than the outside air and the solar energy.
  15. Re:This is an excellent quiz. on Phish Scams Fooling 28% of Users · · Score: 1

    True. However, in this case the links were specifically doctored by the survey-giver to show the url in the status bar. Therefore, I was "trusting" them to be accurate.

  16. Re:Catching them on the subtleties on Phish Scams Fooling 28% of Users · · Score: 1

    I got all right but Eartlhlink one, too. The link was to http://earthlink.net. Isn't that Earthlink's domain?? Am I missing something else here?

  17. Re:This is an excellent quiz. on Phish Scams Fooling 28% of Users · · Score: 5, Informative

    They didn't show up in Mozilla. Switched to IE and they worked. They were using IE-specific javascript to put the link text in the status bar.

  18. Re:writing laws on UK High Court Rules Modchips Illegal · · Score: 1
    If something is predominantly used in harmful ways or to commit or prevent the detection of things that are already crimes (e.g. mod chips used to play pirated games, equipment to change the IMEI number of stolen mobile phones &c) then you make the thing itself illegal and add other laws to allow it's possession and use in the exceptional circumstances.

    That would be fine and dandy if there was a law that said "it is acceptable to own, posses, use, or sell a mod chip for use in legal activities such as playing backup copies of games you own, playing homebrew games, or using alternative operating systems on your game system." However, it appears that there is no such law. That's the whole problem. Mod chips are outlawed outright, with no exceptions for legal use of them in any circumstances.
  19. Re:Lance has a unique "condition". on The Man Who Knew Too Much · · Score: 2, Informative

    That is correct. Lance produces lactic acid at an insanely reduced rate. This allows him to push himself much further before fatigue and eventual exhaustion and muscle failure set in.

  20. Re:Good on Auto Manufacturers Running Out Of Unique IDs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why? Cars have to be registered and insured. Typically, things that are registered (cars, guns, people, etc) have to be uniquely identifiable. Without a VIN or some similar system of identification, such registration would not be possible.

  21. Re:I for welcome our new VIN invaders on Auto Manufacturers Running Out Of Unique IDs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Um, actually, if they expected it to last 30 years and they expect to run out of unique VINs at the end of the current decade, it will have lasted 30 years.

  22. Re:Problems with upgrade on Yahoo Boosts Email Space in response to Gmail · · Score: 1

    I use Mozilla. There is no longer a "Allow HTML Tags" checkbox on the compose email screen (not for me, anyway). When I use HTML in a message, it comes through as plain text.

    I also tried IE, and I only vaguely remember how it worked. I think there were two views, one was the rich text thing and the other was a HTML source view or something like that. I messed around with it for a while, but couldn't get into the source view.

  23. Problems with upgrade on Yahoo Boosts Email Space in response to Gmail · · Score: 1

    My account was upgraded when I woke up this morning. There was a problem, however. Now, I can't send HTML email any more. Anybody else having this problem?

  24. Re:5 year review process? on Microsoft Patents Timed Button Presses · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't think they'll actually be reviewing the patents for five years, they just have so many to review that it will take them five years to get to each one. Once a patent gets to the front of the queue, they'll still just pull out the "Approved" stamp and pass it on.

  25. Get your facts straight, please on Draft of 'Broadcast Flag' Treaty Now Available · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The only valid point that you make is that (some people) find a "cut" penis more aesthetically appealing.

    Check the facts in this study published in the Journal of Urology.

    Not that Men's Fitness is a trusted medical authority, but they have some information, also. Great quote here:

    The perception that foreskin is unhygienic is a myth, says George C. Denniston, M.D., president of the Seattle-based Doctors Opposing Circumcision. "Foreskin protects against disease; it doesn't cause disease. If foreskin is unhygienic, eyelids should be considered unhygienic."

    Here's another article with links to some other resources.

    Speaking from personal experience (I'm uncircumcised), every woman that I have ever been with has found my equipment very aesthetically appealing. As long as you wash it, it stays clean (just like feet or armpits).