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  1. Re:Not an outlook worm, an outlook express worm on Latest WinWorm Spreads Via ICQ And Outlook · · Score: 1

    HUH? You should be able to save whatever attachment and launch it from wherever you save it, rather than just launch it from within your email program.

  2. Where or Were? on This is IT? · · Score: 0, Troll

    If people where that interested in traveling without cars why not use electric bikes?

    Here are some samples of the proper usage of Where and Were, and We're and Wear (a bonus):
    Where are my keys?
    We were going to the beach, but decided not to.
    We're through being cool.
    What are you going to wear to the dance?

  3. Personal Web Server on uServ -- P2P Webserver from IBM · · Score: 2

    This sounds a lot like what MS gave us several years ago. Yawn.

  4. Then versus Than on 3Com's 10/100 Switching... Wallplate · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please use the following examples to improve your usage of then and than:
    "I ate more jello than you."
    "If you give me a dollar, then I'll wash your feet."
    "Some people are uglier than you."
    "Back then, a car cost a dollar."
    Thanks.

  5. My identity was stolen in Oregon. on Who Wants To Be An Oregonian? · · Score: 1

    When I lived in Oregon, my identity was stolen. How? I was going to travel abroad for the first time, and needed a passport. So I went through all the hoop with the agency that does that. When we were done, they said the passport and original birth-certificate (which I had to leave with them) would be mailed back to me. I asked them if this was safe. I thought they would surely send it back at least by certified mail. They said no.
    A few months later, the cops showed up at my door because a crime was committed by someone who used my passport as ID. I got the passport back, but my birth certificate is still out there.
    Lesson: If people insist that "It's okay, it'll be safe", write down their name, date, get a signature, whatever.

  6. Re:They were able to bank $167,500! NO SPOCK?? on Wil Wheaton playing for EFF · · Score: 1

    Where in the hell was Spock? Why wasn't he on?

  7. Matchbox Car Engines. on Hydrogen Micro Turbine Only 4mm In Diameter · · Score: 1

    That's what they'd be good for. Not much else.

  8. Re:uses Then versus Than. on Linking Hardware To Wetware · · Score: 1

    Then. Back then, we made $2.00 per hour.
    Than. I am cuter than you.

  9. It could teach good grammar! on Net Connected Dream Inducer · · Score: 1

    You could learn the difference between your and you're.
    For example, on your ceiling, you could see sentences like...
    Your dog is cute. You're not a cop, are you?

  10. Groovy blue runway light on Geek Gift Ideas 2001 · · Score: 1

    One of those from the runway that you see out of the plane... I've always wanted one of those.

  11. Chunk of WTC on Geek Gift Ideas 2001 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Useful as a doorstop, paperweight, etc.

  12. Ozone ? on Methanol Fuel-Cell Battery For Your Laptop? · · Score: 1

    This can't be good for the ozone layer.

  13. Good site for product reviews in general? on What Do You Think of ASUS Laptops? · · Score: 1

    Is there a good site where various products are ranked by people who actually own them? Specifically electronics, computer components, etc. Is there such a thing? Thanks

  14. How many licks... on Ask New 2.4 Maintainer Marcelo Tosatti Anything · · Score: 1

    to the center of the Tootsie Pop?
    Thanks.

  15. Godzilla on Monster European Environmental Satellite · · Score: 3, Funny

    Perhaps the Monster Satellite should keep watch over Japan, since that's where Godzilla attacks most. I haven't heard of European monsters; none visible from space anyway.

  16. Re:cant wait... then vs than on ATA133 Controllers Have Arrived · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Using Then and Than.
    Then: Back then, we made ten cents an hour.
    Than: I can eat more jello than you.
    Then: Go ahead and leave then!
    Than: Better safe than sorry.

  17. Learn English, Gomer. on AMD Athlon XP 2000+ Review 6 Weeks Before Release · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    There. There is a fish. Where? There!
    Their. The dogs ate their food. Not mine, theirs!
    They're. They're nice. They Are nice.

  18. Re:Not Yet... agreed on "Linux is *the* threat," Says Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Yes, I agree... I enjoy playing with Linux, but most of my time is spent getting things to work, not actually using a functional system (at least with X, KDE, and other desktop apps). Non-standard, or non-popular hardware is always a hassle, where with Windows you get the driver supplied with it. A Windows support person (I was one) could easily walk my grandmother through the process of putting the cd into the drive, clicking the right things, etc. The required steps to get hardward working good under Linux can be (and often are) much, much more complicated and time consuming.
    Not to mention... trying to compile a new application from source, discovering it needs version x of some lib, downloading that lib, discovering it needs version y of some other lib, downloading that, etc. etc. etc.
    The only way I can see Linux as a good desktop machine right now, for the corporate end user (not the home user), would be if you had a lot of identical machines - identical hardware and software, and had all necessary software pre-installed, and the users use that software only. The home end user is accustomed to adding new software continually, and would not be able to do this on Linux. Not yet anyway.

  19. Re:Why Would you buy cds? on More Copy Protected CDs? · · Score: 1

    Ok... when's the next Led Zep concert? When's the next Doors concert? Heh? Heh?
    Also, mp3's are really nifty, until your harddrive dies. It's nice to have actual cds.

  20. Re:Those CD's are crap anyway. on More Copy Protected CDs? · · Score: 1

    That's part of their plan... target people who are too dumb to be burning cds as their test market. After they perfect it, they'll use it on good music.

  21. Desperado on The Tick Premieres Tonight on FOX · · Score: 1

    Isn't this Puddy from Seinfeld? Will he stare off into the distance whenever he hears Desperado?

  22. Tattoos. on White House Frowns on National ID Card · · Score: 1

    Bar-codes of your SSN should be tattoo'd to your forearm. Perhaps the SSN should be the result of an algorythm that is keyed off your DNA, so that if there's any doubt, they can run a DNA check on you to verify that your ID is correct.

  23. Re:bloat on Evolution 0.99, Release Candidate Out · · Score: 1

    Actually, that's with Word-Wrap enabled.
    Disabled, it's just 3 really, really long lines.

  24. WAAAAAA! on Comdex Bans Bags From Show Floor · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Suck up and deal, cry-baby.

  25. Re:slowness IE on Netscape 6.2 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I've always found Internet Exploder to be dreadfully slow. Every so often I would get angry with Netscape, and try IE, only to go back to Netscape. Various browser versions, various Win OSes. IE is just a big slug.