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  1. Re:A new precedent? on Following the Chips in Wynn's New Casino · · Score: 1

    Why would the dealer care? I'd be afraid to play at any house where the dleaer had an option of hitting or not.

    Now, if somebody else could get hold of that data...

  2. Re:What The Hell is this 'Politics' about?? on State of the Union · · Score: 1

    I'd be happy if unchecking politics in the "articles I'd like to see" actually worked.

    Ahhhhh.... Slashcode!

  3. Re:Noone will see this on Creationist Textbook Stickers Declared Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you can explain what existed before the big bang. Was there nothing? Did matter spontaneously create itself?

  4. Re:Bill Clinton link wrong on Google's 20-Year Usenet Timeline · · Score: 1

    He had it removed. It was very disparaging.

  5. Re:No Props to Jon Stewart on CNN Cancels Crossfire · · Score: 1

    We need people to speak their minds without being obnoxious "I'm rubber and you're glue" pricks about it, which is what Stewart did.

  6. Re:MythTV on Windows Media Center Edition vs. The World · · Score: 1

    Cool so can I use my ATI HDTV-Wonder card with MythTV?

    No, but you can use a pcHDTV PC3000. Perhaps if ATI would open their drivers, you could use their card, too.

    And play back the high-def versions of my favorite movies on the extra DVD in the boxed set (they're in WMV9 format).

    Shortly.

    And legally play DVDS?

    You can play DVDs now on MythTV - in fact, I watched Napoleon Dynamite last night on it.

    That's just the way it is. People don't piss away 10,000 on a high def plasma screen, 20,000 on a high end THX certified surround sound system (and that's cheap!) and then feed it with a 640i RCA video out jack from a 5 year old piece of shit video card

    Let's see - don't most of the high-def plasma screens have inputs for DVI? If you didn't get one that does, well shame on you. And my Myth box sends digital out to my THX-certified sound system (that I didn't pay $20k on, thank you very much).

  7. Re:Cable Company DVR + Remote on Windows Media Center Edition vs. The World · · Score: 1

    With an external module, can MythTV control an external digital tuner box - the way a TiVo can? Has TiVo ever kicked any of that shit back into the OSS world?

    There are IR blasters for changing cable boxes, and Myth handles them. In addition, a lot of cable boxes have serial inputs, and Myth can utilize those as well.

  8. Re:What I find interesting... on MPAA to Sue BitTorrent Tracker Servers · · Score: 1


    yes, but trackers can plead that they don't know what they are tracking.

  9. What I find interesting... on MPAA to Sue BitTorrent Tracker Servers · · Score: 1

    ... is that they are attemptiong to go after the transport mechanism and "traffic guide" of digital files.

    Imagine, if you will, cops make a bust of somebody selling bootleg DVDs on a Manhattan street. These DVDs were made in China, and shipped through UPS to NYC. Would the RIAA sue UPS? The UPS men that drove the trucks used to transport the bootlegs? The companies that made the maps followed by the UPS truck drivers to get the bootlegs to their destination? How are these any different from trackers and the BitTorrent system?

  10. Re:look and feel only on Ahanix D5 Media Center Enclosure · · Score: 2, Informative

    They may have the look and feel of high end audio equipment, but a component that uses fans is not acceptable.

    A lot of high end receivers use fans, as well.

  11. Honestly. on RNC and Voter Suppression · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is it *that* hard to get off your ass and go to your official voter registration area to vote?

    If you're too lazy to go a little out of your way to register to vote, should you really even be trusted with making an educated decision on who you are going to vote for?

  12. Re:Another example of outlandishly biased posting on Battle of the Bush Bulge · · Score: 1


    I'd just like to actually not see the politcal stories, considering I have them checked to *not* view.

  13. Why is it... on West Virginian Mayor Might Defy Popular Vote · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... that I selected the "Politics" articles to not appear on my homepage, but they do anyway?

  14. hear, hear. on Duke University Students Receive iPods · · Score: 1

    turn off the music on your blog, man.

  15. Here's the outrage. on Your Right to Travel Anonymously: Not Dead Yet · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have to show a government-issued ID to buy beer. This is a travesty! The government is spying on my beer-buying habits! It's not fair! Wahwahwah.

  16. The labels will never go for that... on TMBG on DRM · · Score: 1


    More radio stations means more payola. Why not make one easy payment to get a whole bunch of stations to play your crap at one time?

  17. easy... on TMBG on DRM · · Score: 1


    People, in general are stupid. Young people, in particular. They want to listen to what is played on the radio - music that, despite federal regulations to the contrary, is played for payola.

  18. I agree with the anon. on TMBG on DRM · · Score: 1


    Concerts *are* where they make their money. The labels like concerts, because they help boost record sales that the corporations make 95% of.

  19. Thanks for saying that I download music. on TMBG on DRM · · Score: 1


    Since you know me so well, perhaps you can tell everybody what the last copyrighted material I downloaded was? Can't do it, can you? So quick with the tongue.

    Believe it or not, I believe that DRM is bad for another reason - how am I going to play those lovely WMA files on my MP3 player? Why do I not have the right to listen to the one license of the music that I purchased however I want?

  20. Also... on The Man Who Knew Too Much · · Score: 1

    ...they doubled the value of the questions when they kicked the 5-day limit.

  21. I don't think it looks all that bad. on iRiver Preps Linux-based Media Player · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm more concerned about the functionality and ease of use of it than the form.

  22. Looks to me... on Swedish Carbon-Fiber Stealth Ship Runs NT · · Score: 1

    ...like Escher designed it. ;)

  23. How in the world... on POVRay Short Code Contest Results In · · Score: 1, Redundant

    did something finish in first *and* third?

  24. Re:PHP Job Sites on Internet Job Boards a Bunch of Hype? · · Score: 1

    MySQL? Color me interested.

    phil_at_gravityhammerANTISPAM_dot_com

  25. Often jobs are posted that don't exist on Internet Job Boards a Bunch of Hype? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I know through "insiders" at a few companies that I applied to that they often posted jobs that they didn't have openings for. Apparently, they thought it made the companies look better to stockholders.