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  1. Re:Surprise on Microsoft Says Windows 7 Not Killing Batteries · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have to agree after 3 years working ISP tech support and hearing numerous customers blaming the ISP for giving them viruses.

  2. Dude... on Grateful Dead Percussionist Makes Music From Supernovas · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Far out man...

  3. Re:Has anyone jailed the pope yet? on Scientology Attacker Will Be Sentenced To Jail · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You don't know Catholics very well. Let's talk facts then.

    In Catholicism, having sex for ANY reasons other than creating a child is a sin. That is why they are not supposed to use condoms. In a fully Catholic ordained sexual situation it ONLY can be sex between a married couple who are were both virgins before getting married and doing the dirty with the intent of creating a child. Most likley this does not account for the cases where AIDs is spread, unless they recieved AIDs from a non-sexual way to begin with, which would not have been prevented by condom use.

    That said most Catholics don't follow the rules very close including the one about condom use. In addition Cathoilics account for less than 50% of African Christans and less and 17% of the overall population, so I don't think the Pope can be held responsible for the AIDs epidemic by any reasonable means.

  4. Re:Has anyone jailed the pope yet? on Scientology Attacker Will Be Sentenced To Jail · · Score: 1

    So, you are saying the Pope is personally responsible for the condom blockade of all of Africa? Are you really saying there are no condoms in all of Africa due to Papal decree?

    I gave example of things having greater influence. I understand there are many factors here but you are twisting and stethcing so much to place blame on religion it makes me lol.

    Fundamental athiests are just as blind and dogmatic as fundamental relgious crazies.

  5. Re:Has anyone jailed the pope yet? on Scientology Attacker Will Be Sentenced To Jail · · Score: 1

    I presume you are speaking of the AIDs epidemic in Africa and to blame that on the Catholic church is laughable. I would say the local superstitions and practices like curing AIDs by raping virgins, and the way bush meat is slaughtered has done much more than a church that preaches of praticing abstinence and only sleeping with people you are married to.

  6. Re:Turning an elephant? on Jeremy Allison Calls Microsoft Dangerous Elephant · · Score: 1

    I was hoping it was a new mount... The Dangerous Elephant, we'd ride all over trampling everything in its path. Now if only somehow we can strap a shark on its back, we'd be unstoppable.

  7. Re:Looks better? on Final Fantasy I and II Are Coming To the iPhone and iPod Touch · · Score: 1

    They have been releasing the gmaes with better graphics since the WonderSwan version came out (December 9, 2000).

  8. Re:Um, Cecil? on Final Fantasy I and II Are Coming To the iPhone and iPod Touch · · Score: 1

    No, he is a SPOONY BARD!!!

  9. Re:Armory has pissed me off from the start on Blizzard Adds Timestamps To WoW Armory · · Score: 1

    I show you are missing a lot of /. achievments. You have never tagged a post and have only read it 8 days in a row. How could you possibly understand how to post on this site?

    L2post noob.

    (Sorry, I could not help myself)

  10. Re:But I want an MMO on BioWare Targeting Spring 2011 For Star Wars: The Old Republic Launch · · Score: 1

    I've tried Eve after ditching SW Galaxies. I was all ready to start off as a new pilot and when I finally got to combat I was confused... it was so BORING. It was more like a single unit RTS. I think SWG actually has much more exciting space combat where you get to actually pilot your ship and not just point and click. SWTOR will appeal to a lot of people who find Eve boring. Eve has its place, its just not for me. It is a very nice sim.

    I don't see that this game will offer space combat, but its going to be something for the SciFi fans who crave lots of action and control. I am totally looking forward to this. Hopefully this will feed my SciFi gaming fix at least until the Firefly MMO comes out.

  11. Re:You Have No Idea on Spider-Man 4 Scrapped, Franchise Reboot Planned · · Score: 1

    Bruce Campbell as Leeroy Jenkins imo.

  12. Re:This is just like... on Google Wants To Administer the First White Spaces · · Score: 1

    I want to be that fat man with all the pizza.

  13. Re:Old story is old. on Extinct Ibex Resurrected By Cloning · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'll bet the good people at The Telegraph are wondering how a story published on 31 Jan 2009 made it back into the most viewed list.

  14. Re:Easier to block? on Malware and Botnet Operators Going ISP · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I would think, that the crimals would use a forged source IP address as not to reveal thier true IP.

  15. Re:Living is hazardous to your health on Legislator Wants Cancer Warnings For Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    The number one cause of death is birth. Let's get a warning label on every person so they know the dangers.

  16. Re:It's not hard to figure out what their intent w on DECAF Was Just a Stunt, Now Over · · Score: 1

    COFEE specifically targets criminal activity. So using a tool to prevent the detection of criminal activity would only be useful if you were partaking in criminal activity. There are plenty other things that you might want to hide that are totally legal, but the tool isn't looking for those and only targets criminal activity.

    Yes this is putting a lot of good faith in the tool and I am open to that being questioned, but you make it seem as if they are scanning you whole computer and posting all over the internet the picture of you the time you dressed up with all the nintendo controller stuff and a towel cape.

  17. Re:What is it that is bad, exactly? on DECAF Was Just a Stunt, Now Over · · Score: 1

    lie - an untrue or inaccurate statement that may or may not be believed true by the speaker.

    They put out a product which did exactly what is said it did. I have not seen anyone reporting otherwise and then they disabled it. Where was the lie?

  18. Re:WTF??? on Microsoft Seeks Patent On Shaming Fat Gamers · · Score: 1

    From your mom. Or other parent or guardian that wants to control how much thier fat kid plays video games.

  19. Re:What is it that is bad, exactly? on DECAF Was Just a Stunt, Now Over · · Score: 1

    What did they lie about? It might not have been what you expected, but I see no lies here.

  20. Re:How do people pay eachother? on UK Wants To Phase Out Checks By 2018 · · Score: 1

    There will be an app for that.

  21. Re:!change on White House Holding Piracy Summit · · Score: 1

    When you said John McCain DQ'd himself by picking a under qualified running mate. Logically Obama would also be DQ'd for being under qualified as well, unless you thought otherwise. So, unless you were uncommonly supporting a 3rd party canidate or no candidate, which should have been mentioned, you would be implying Obama was qualified. Care to clear it up once and for all?

  22. Re:Huh? on Arrington Responds To the JooJoo, Files Suit · · Score: 5, Informative

    Michael Arrington was involved in a project for the CrunchPad, a Linux-based tablet PC designed for Web surfing. Magazines such as Wired and Forbes have named Arrington one of the most powerful people on the Internet due to his TechCrunch blog. There was much hype on the product, being reatured in The Business Insider , Popular Mechanics and the Washington Post. On November 30, 2009, Arrington reported that CrunchPad project had ended due to disagreements between himself and the Fusion Garage team, but on December 7, 2009, Fusion Garage CEO Chandra Rathakrishnan announced that the CrunchPad would be released by the company as the Joo Joo, and that it will go on sale December 11, 2009 for $499 USD. Hilarity ensued.

  23. This Sucks on MySpace Buys and Then Takes Down Imeem · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I work behind a firewall and I can't install or upload music files. This was my wonderful go to on a shitty day of work, that I could listen to anything from Nirvana to Ennio Morricone, from NWA to Neil Young.. for the love of god someone, do you have something that is just as good?

  24. Re:Eritrea? on Sharp Rise In Jailing of Online Journalists; Iran May Just Kill Them · · Score: 1

    You are not the judge of notoriety. Just because you have not heard of something does not mean it has never been reported on. I myself recognized what Eritrea was because I have heard of it before, it has been in the news, and it has been around for for over 15 years. I was also joking around by posting lmgtfy, because it is after all a humorous site.

    Poorly informed idiot.

  25. Re:Eritrea? on Sharp Rise In Jailing of Online Journalists; Iran May Just Kill Them · · Score: 1

    From what I've seen, people talk about Darfur quite a bit anymore. It's one of those sad cases where our humanitarian interests do not align with national interests. It reminds me of Rwanda. You might be right, in 10 years someone will make a movie and we can all cry and say if I had only known. In reality if we went in to fight a war like Afghanistan, there would be even less public support( if you can imagine that) in the long run once the bodies started coming home.