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  1. Not only that, but on The Recovery Disc Rip-Off · · Score: 3, Informative

    The discs are not "recovery discs", but full blown copies of the operating system.

    Worth the tax to me.

  2. Grammar on Microsoft Out of Favor With Young, Hip Developers · · Score: 1

    Not less than 10K, but fewer than 10K.

  3. Not for my laptop on Working Toward a Universal Power Brick For Laptops · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "a standard 3-pin "kettle cord" for incoming power."

    Not for my Apple MacBook.
    I understand the desire for a standard brick, but I do not want to give the magnetic connector on my MacBook.

  4. Bingo! on Amazon Opposes Plan To End Saturday Mail Delivery · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The USPS is running a huge deficit and dropping Saturday delivery does not fix the problem.
    The problem is falling revenue and too many employees.

  5. Only 1/3? on Over a Third of the Internet Is Pornographic · · Score: 1

    Wow.
    Based upon my spam emails received, I would have bet on 2/3.

  6. Miscreants on Miscreants Exploit Google-Outed Windows XP Zero-Day · · Score: 0

    Hooligans
    Juvies

  7. Not sure on Does the Internet Make Humanity Smarter Or Dumber? · · Score: 1

    Could repeat the question please?

  8. Who writes this crap? on HP Reportedly Cancels Plans for Windows 7 Tablet · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "HP knows how to build and sell hardware, not operating systems."
    MP/E and HP-UX are what? Chopped Liver?

  9. Well, to quote someone way more famous than me on Blu-ray Proposes Incompatible BD-XL and IH-BD Formats · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Blu-ray is a bag of hurt".
    OK, this is insane on their part.
    Flash memory is plunging in price (yes, I know not today, but look at the 5 year trend).
    Toshiba just announced a 25nm process. What will that do to production costs?

  10. Let the layoffs begin on European Commission Approves Oracle-Sun Merger · · Score: 1

    50+% of [yesterday's] Sun employees will soon be pounding the streets

  11. But, Señor Llamazares is a Commie on The FBI's Newest Tool — Google Images · · Score: 1, Funny
  12. Re: easier to have a webmail address on Does a Lame E-Mail Address Really Matter? · · Score: 1

    "easier to have a webmail address as primary instead of an ISP's in case I move somewhere else"

    Buy your own domain name. It is $10 USD (or less) a year. Then, Nimey@Nimey.com can point to your current ISP.

  13. Re: New car ad-ware on Best Buy Abandoning "Optimization" Service? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    When I buy a new car, I add words to the contract that state: "Dealer shall affix no decals and will remove any dealer markings that are on the car. Dealer agrees to pay all costs of removal."

    One car I bought had to go into the body shop so they could the holes created by the screw-on decal.

  14. Interesting on Best Buy Abandoning "Optimization" Service? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "preinstalled on most PCs, except Dell and HP"
    Wonder if they are going to install it on Macs.

  15. I will show you my peanuts and raise on Air Canada Ordered To Provide Nut-Free Zone · · Score: 1

    you some walnuts and pecans.

    Let them take the train or bus.

    And, yes, I know that tree nuts and ground nuts are not the same.

    Let them walk. But, to close to my car as I drive by and throw the biodegradable shells out the window into their faces.

  16. Bend over citizen on Using Fourth-Party Data Brokers To Bypass the Fourth Amendment · · Score: 1

    Loopholes. Always loopholes.

  17. For selfish reasons, I hope not on Technology Changes To Kill Netbooks? · · Score: -1, Troll

    I have a vested interest in Netbooks being successful: http://www.netbooksummit.com/

  18. Windows? What is Windows? on Easing the Job of Family Tech Support? · · Score: 1

    That is exactly what I did.
    I switched back to the Mac.
    All my friends started to slowly switch to the Mac. But, as Mac users, they never ask for help.
    My father refuses to switch away from Windows 2000. I just tell him that I have not used Windows for 4.5 years.

  19. E7J9D W34F6 on UK Law Enforcement Is Against "3-Strikes" · · Score: 4, Funny

    LP098 5B6FR

  20. Not quite into the ground on SCO Terminates Darl McBride · · Score: 1

    The stock (SCOXQ) is at 13 cents.
    I still don't understand how it could have value other than zero.

  21. Spelling on What To Cover In a Short "DIY Tech" Course? · · Score: 1

    I am sure you meant to write: piñata

  22. re: pinata on What To Cover In a Short "DIY Tech" Course? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am sure you meant to write: piñata.

  23. A long-lasting technology on What To Cover In a Short "DIY Tech" Course? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Morse Code.

  24. Re:Why geeks don't care about homosexuality on Alan Turing Gets an Apology From Prime Minister Brown · · Score: 1

    Point 3 is perfect.
    I definitely would have supported it in college where the ratio was 1:19 (girl/boy) (without home/hetero calculations).

  25. Very good form Gordon on Alan Turing Gets an Apology From Prime Minister Brown · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This is good.
    Very good.
    As an old, straight, white guy, I think this is just wonderful.
    Governments hate to apologize.
    This is good.