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  1. Not so surprising on iPhone Battery Replacement An Unwelcome Surprise · · Score: 1

    The iPod has to be turned in to have the battery replaced as well.

  2. Constitutional Rights on Spammers Lose Court Battle Against Univ. of Texas · · Score: 1

    "the constitutional rights of an online dating service"

    The Consitution does not grant rights to a corporation, but to individuals. Also, the right to free speech does not mean that you have the right to post it on my property without my permission.

  3. Re:Not necessarily a good thing.... on Human Hibernation on the Horizon? · · Score: 1

    So how will you feel if someone deems that you are not of sufficient quality and decides that you need to be sterilized? Will you willingly go have the surgical procedure done, or will they have to arrest you and do it to you by force? Who is to decide what a "highly defective trait" is?

    God gave people free will, but you want to take it away.

  4. Re:The one thing I noticed in this review is on Linux Cookbook · · Score: 1

    They could still be pimple-faced geeks. Being female doesn't preclude you from getting pimples or from being a geek. :-)

  5. Distorted Shape on Bang But No Splash · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I noticed that the drop that made the biggest splash was already distorted before impact. The drop that didn't make a splash was a perfect sphere up until the moment of impact.

  6. Re:Whaaaa? on White House Lied About Iraq Nuclear Programs · · Score: 1

    In the first paragraph, you say:

    Iraq's Sarin nerve gas from the 1990's was pretty much gone, after a few years it breaks down and turns into just water.


    Then in the third, you say:

    an IED went off, and there were traces of Sarin at the scene. The experts say that it's likely someone took an empty shell left over from the Iran-Iraq war


    If sarin just turns to water after a few years as you say, then there would be no traces of it from shells that pre-date the Gulf War. Not very "Insightful".

    Apparently, many people here have not read the key findings of the CIA report on WMDs in Iraq. I would suggest that you read them here.

    Saddam was planning to rebuild his WMD program as soon as sanctions were lifted. The UN thought that Iraq was still up to no good which is why they sent inspectors there and kept the sanctions. The UN kept threatening to do something if Iraq didn't comply, but never lived up to its promises. The US finally got tired of the empty threats and made an ultimatum that was ignored by Iraq because they had heard so many false threats before.

    This war is not about getting their oil. We were already getting it. This war is about removing a dictatorship that had developed WMDs and used them before, even on their own people; had invaded neighboring countries; had threatened to use WMDs on other countries; had supported terrorists, even paying large sums of money to the families of suicide bombers; had lied to the UN and thumbed its nose at the sanctions, instead of complying with them; had found a way to get around the restrictions of the sanctions by corrupting the oil-for-food program; had plans to rebuild its WMD programs as soon as sanctions were lifted.

    This was a dangerous regime and a dangerous man. We have not created any more terrorists, there were already in the making. All that has happened is that they are no longer in hiding, but have been brought out into the light for the world to see.

  7. Re:My opinion on that Superbowl halftime show.. on White House Lied About Iraq Nuclear Programs · · Score: 1

    And those "other cultures and old paintings" aren't out there gyrating in sexual inuendo while they are showing you that "lonely bare boob". A bare breast in the context of feeding a baby is completely different than one that is set in a sexual context. Just as words can change meanings when used in different contexts, visual images can too.

  8. Re:Suppose on New York State Classifies Vonage As Phone Company · · Score: 1

    True, however, the person on the other end that has the normal phone is already paying taxes on it.

  9. Re:This is why we hatessss them on Microsoft Behind $12M Opera Settlement · · Score: 1

    It is "presumed innocent until proven guilty" - not just "innocent until proven guilty". Also, this is an individual right, not a corporate right and it applies to the government and law enforcement, not to individual opinions. Individuals are allowed freedom of thought and can presume that you are innocent or guilty anytime that they want, unless they are on a jury. Then they must follow the rule of law.

  10. Re:Suppose on New York State Classifies Vonage As Phone Company · · Score: 1

    If they only see it that way, then voice chat through any of the messenger services would also fit into the category.

  11. Alert Staff on Build Your Own Wireless Beer Pitcher Monitoring System · · Score: 1
    ...prompting alert wait staff to bring another round

    If the wait staff was alert, then you wouldn't need the pitcher to tell them it was empty!

  12. Re:Being a volunteer firefighter.. on Rescuers Prep for Hybrid Car Accidents · · Score: 1

    That works good in theory, however, you no longer know what the circuit looks like in a wrecked car. Things have been moved, crushed, crimped, twisted, etc. For example, airbags should deploy after an accident, but during. However, there have been numerous rescue personnel that have been hurt by airbags that deployed during the rescue. Also, you may or may not be able to cut the ignition.

  13. Sapphire is a System, Not a Chemical on Sapphire: A Liquid That Won't Get Things Wet · · Score: 1
    All of the posts here, and the quoted news article all refer to Sapphire as a chemical developed by Tyco. This is incorrect. The chemical is made by 3M and the name Sapphire refers to a fire suppression system, not the chemical. As quoted from the press release on the Tyco website:
    The SAPPHIRE Suppression System uses 3M® NOVECÔ 1230 Fire Protection Fluid.
    3M developed the chemical, Tyco simply put it to good use.
  14. Re:It needs to be a standard label for filters on FTC Adopts New Rule For Sexually Explicit Spam · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If it was labelled with SEXUALLY EXPLICIT then it would be easy to setup a spam filter that would never let your 14 year old ever see it.

  15. XFree86(TM) on MSN Search Blocking Results For XFree86? · · Score: 1

    If you search for "XFree86(TM)" or even simply "XFree" you get a long list of relevant sites.

  16. Re:Now that's journalism on Googling For Prospective Date Unmasks Fugitive · · Score: 3, Funny

    The newpaper editor Googling skills might have improved, but not their proofreading skills.

    Neither have yours... ;-)

  17. Re:how about it moving every year ? on LinuxWorld Moving to Boston · · Score: 1

    Where else can you pay to watch a man get mauled by his pet tiger?

  18. Re:Highest earning celebrity on BT's Predictions for the Future · · Score: 1

    Like Shrek or Gollum??

  19. Re:power? food? on BT's Predictions for the Future · · Score: 1

    The problem is not a shortage of food. There is more than enough food to feed everyone on the planet. The problem is getting the food to the people that need it.

  20. Re:King Kong Planes on Peter Jackson Hints At The Hobbit · · Score: 1

    The World Trade Center buildings were known as the Twin Towers...not the Two Towers.

    The Lord of the Rings is a set of books typically published in three volumes:

    • The Fellowship of the Ring
    • The Two Towers
    • The Return of the King
    There was nothing in the movie or the title that referred to the WTC in New York.
  21. Re:Looks like on Magnetic Induction Technology Headset Reviewed · · Score: 1

    If most of the 1st world dies of brain cancer, there won't be any lawyers left around to sue.

  22. Re:I need a better font on Magnetic Induction Technology Headset Reviewed · · Score: 1, Informative

    Actually, it was a serif font. That is what causes the letters to look like they run together. A sans-serif font on the other hand does not have the little serif marks and distinctly separates the characters.

  23. Re:been there, seen that! on More on the Versalaser · · Score: 1

    The correct link to the company is ulsinc.com.

  24. Re:Chinese Linux Already Exists on China Prepares To Examine MS Windows Code · · Score: 2, Informative

    I also just found an review in English of this distro.

  25. Chinese Linux Already Exists on China Prepares To Examine MS Windows Code · · Score: 2, Informative

    It is called Red Flag Linux and has been around for a couple of years.