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  1. What else is new? on How Washington Will Shape the Internet · · Score: 1

    Politicians are for sale to the highest bidder, party affiliation doesn't matter, nationality doesn't matter. This has been the truth since the invention of politics. Politicians are just high priced protitutes. They will do whatever they are told by the person giving them the most money!

    If any of them ever cared about the voters, why is the best thing to come out of Washington in the last 30 years the Do Not Call list?

  2. Re:Sounds nice but... on GnuCash 2.0.0 Released · · Score: 1

    I would be much happier if those people at Intuit would come out with a Turbo Tax for Linux. Other than games thats the only thing I do on Windows anymore. Then I could ask if there is a way to make GC work with TT. That would be useful. I have used other versions of GC and I do like it so thanks for all the work. I too write code and understand the problems, you are doing just fine so far. After trying Quicken about 8 years ago I just did all my household expenses on a spreadsheet for about 5 years. It wasn't pretty, but kept all the info organized so I could work with it.

  3. Re:Hell yes - the military uses something like thi on Gold and Helium Combine for Needle-Free Injections · · Score: 1

    Yes, I too went through the line and got pneumaticly injected in both arms at the same time. Navy boot camp, San Diego, 1976. Damn, If I'd stayed in my 30 would have been done in Feb. In other words, nothing new here move along...

  4. Re:Helping extremists? on FBI Foils Attack by Monitoring Chat Rooms · · Score: 1

    That freedom has to be exercised responsibly just like any other. Most U. S. news organizations (before Vietnam) considered themselves American first. Now they have fallen into the very leftist mantra that the U. S. is the greatest evil around while ignoring N. Korea, Iran, and China all of whom make the U. S. look like Boy Scouts in all respects.

  5. Re:Helping extremists? on FBI Foils Attack by Monitoring Chat Rooms · · Score: 1

    The problem is when a so called news agency puts it's own opinions ahead of everything else including truth. The NYT will do ANYTHING to get rid of Bush, that justifies endangering national security in their warped little minds. This is the problem.

    When that particular view becomes the entire focus, stupidity can also happen, ask Dan Rather.

    A news organization should report only the facts and let us decide what to do. The NYT has been putting op/ed on the front page for years and trying to pass it off as news. They want to make sure their readers do what the NYT thinks is correct and will use any method to lead them by the hand to the "proper" conclusion.

  6. Re:Helping extremists? on FBI Foils Attack by Monitoring Chat Rooms · · Score: 1

    Thats what intelligent people said about the NYT article on following the money trail a couple of weeks ago. Of course the anti-Bush crowd thinks that's the way things should be done, let all the cats out of the bag.

    I'm on the other side. There are things that need to be secret because it's the only way to protect our country. Even the anti-Bush crowd should be protected, whether they like it or not.

  7. Re:I'm sure on Microsoft to Supply Electronics to Formula 1 · · Score: 1

    The FIA is a dictatorship, there are no bidding rules. A sufficient bribe always works, just how M$ is used to doing business.

    How big was that software donation to MA to get them to reconsider ODF?

  8. Re:Schumacher's domination ended by BSOD! on Microsoft to Supply Electronics to Formula 1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    They just figured out the only way you can get Ferrari and Renault engines to grenade so someone else wins a championship.

  9. Whats the big deal? on AP Looks at Piracy, Misses the Point · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Expecting a piracy story to give "all" the facts from both sides is foolish. The companies crying about piracy are the same ones advertising in that newspaper. = Lets play with public opinion!

    It's kind of like expecting a congresscritter to have a clue about anything in the tech world. Their campaigns are financed by the same companies advertising in the newspaper. = Let's get the laws written the way we want!

    Same story, different day - no news here move along....

  10. Re:Obvious facts are not needed here on Enron's Kenneth Lay Dies · · Score: 1

    Martha actually got nailed for obstructing justice.

  11. Re:Incestuous Science on The Shallow Roots of the Human Family Tree · · Score: 1

    Two are already married (I have 4 grandkids) and one of the son in laws might be able to kick my ass. Never had that interest anyway, when they got married it halved my blond problem. The oldest is plant manager for a paint company and the middle is an upholsterer at a furniture plant while getting a medical transcription cert. The youngest will start at Wake Forrest in the fall.

  12. Re:Incestuous Science on The Shallow Roots of the Human Family Tree · · Score: 1

    Way to late for that, I have three daughters that are older and smarter than you!

  13. Re:Incestuous Science on The Shallow Roots of the Human Family Tree · · Score: 1

    Darwins biggest critics have always been paleontologists because there is no record of one species evolving into another. Adaptive changes within a species have been known for centuries but there is no proof of one species evolving into another.

  14. Re:Incestuous Science on The Shallow Roots of the Human Family Tree · · Score: 1

    Darwins theory has nothing to do with adaptive characteristics within a species, taller, more hair, less hair, etc. Darwin stated that all life evolved from single cell organisms. In that case there would be transitional fossils, there aren't. He stated that species would evolve into new species, they haven't. The fossil record actually shows: large numbers of life forms suddenly appearing, remaing virtualy unchanged for millions of years and suddenly disappearing. The cyccle repeats several times, with different life forms each time, and no connecion from the previous to the current.

  15. Re:Land Bridge on The Shallow Roots of the Human Family Tree · · Score: 1

    The "Eve" I'm talking about was discovered in Africa and last I heard was dated at 9000+ years old. I have not seen any updates in a few years other than the DNA match with all of us.

  16. Re:hackers on Microsoft Denies the Windows Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    Why would you want "ethical" hackers when dealing with a company as un-ethical as M$?

  17. Re:donate for a tax writeoff? on Microsoft Denies the Windows Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    The maximum deduction for a charitable donation is 50%.

  18. Re:Misdirection on Microsoft Denies the Windows Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    In the end that is really all that matters.

    Of course since M$ changed the rules and made the oem version of XP sellable for the standard $99 it might make sense to have a mad rush at legal XP copies before ME2 comes out next year, it will be cheaper that way. Then there will be even less reason to spend more money on what will, as always, be a poor beta of a possibly real product.

  19. Re:Incestuous Science on The Shallow Roots of the Human Family Tree · · Score: 1

    There is one small problem with Darwin: There is no evidence in the fossil record of one species evolving from another! No fossils of the in between steps in the process have ever been found anywhere. I mean the creation of a true new species from an older life form, not adaptation (ie a bacteria becoming drug resistant), or a crossbreeding in the wild like the Great Horned owl and the Spotted owl that are creating the Sporned owl, because that is still an owl. After 150 years of looking for anything that evolved into a new species absolutly nothing has been found. Darwins theory is just an unfounded theory with no scientific proof anywhere. Everytime there has been a "missing link" found, it has been proved to be a fake.

  20. Re:Reliable Results? on Cell Users As Bad As Drunk Drivers · · Score: 1

    And I just pointed out that anyone with their eyes open sees a larger sample set every week.

  21. Re:Bologna Altert! on The Shallow Roots of the Human Family Tree · · Score: 1

    Except for the theory that "Native Americans" migrated across a "land bridge" from Siberia to Alaska.

    Don't forget the other big DNA test that traces "all" humans to the female called Eve that is approxamatly 9000 years old discovered in Africa.

  22. Re:Reliable Results? on Cell Users As Bad As Drunk Drivers · · Score: 1

    If you drive in any city in America you will see at least 10 people a day that prove this true. They may not hit anything but their driving causes other wrecks, traffic backups, sudden evasions by all the other drivers out there. It really is a problem.

  23. Re:Paging Pot, Kettle Calling on MA Senator Decries OpenDocument Decision · · Score: 1

    How much was donated to his re-election fund by M$? I think that will answer all questions.

  24. Re:How? on WGA Turning Off PCs in the Fall? · · Score: 1

    I plan on finding out. No WGA on my box now or in the future. I use Suse 10 for real work and only boot the windows drive to play games anyway, what would be the loss?

  25. Re: A Good Initiative That Worked Well on U.S. Secretly Tapping Bank Databases · · Score: 1

    Nothing in the financial records was done illegaly. It has all been done correctly according to several Dem Senators (Warner VA) on the weekend news shows. Everything done by law. The only story is the treasonous reporting of sources and methods by the newspapers that broke the story.