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  1. Re:I'm a Mac fan but...... on The 10 Worst PC Keyboards of All Time · · Score: 2, Informative

    Macs have used USB for ages, so go get a "PC" keyboard & mouse and use those instead. I've used (now-discontinued) MacAlly keyboards for years because I don't like the ones that Apple makes, Apple's for some reason have slightly larger keycaps that make me prone to typos (big hands as well).

  2. Re:"The" PHP? on US DHS Testing FOSS Security · · Score: 1

    So in this context, "the PHP" is like how old people refer to "the cancer."

  3. Re:Old news on Mathematicians Solve the Mystery of Traffic Jams · · Score: 1

    People do this to me on my bicycle all the time! Idiot impatient jerks who run red lights and speed across intersections, only to have me catch up at the next light and pass them.

  4. Re:Interesting on Games That Could Have Been · · Score: 1

    It sounds a lot like the beginning of the old Infocom game "Trinity," where you start off in Kensington Gardens in London, and if you don't figure out a way out of the park, you get vaporized by an atomic blast. I never got very far, but it's a hell of a way to start a game: http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/trinity.html

  5. Re:thats annoying... on 'Extreme Security' Web Browsing · · Score: 1

    I usually have two browsers open anyway, IE & FF at work, Safari & FF at home. All have their strenghts & weaknesses, so I switch depending on the task. It's hardly a big deal.

  6. Re:Good! on Couple Busted For Shining Laser At Helicopter · · Score: 1

    Yeah, because your kids will never experiment with anything in their lives, ever, on their own volition.

  7. Re:A bit like shrapnel. on Nanowires Boost Laptop Battery Life to 20 Hours · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Are you joking? Batteries have come a LONG way since WW 2! Granted, electronics have become more powerful and energy-efficient as well, but you can't deny the progress made. Look at the life of a current generation set of Lithium AAs.

  8. Re:When did AJAX stop sucking? on The Future of AJAX and the Rich Web · · Score: 1

    Most web apps really trip up Google.

    Most web apps don't need to be searched and indexed.
  9. Re:Procrastination on Corporations Face Problems with Employee Emails · · Score: 1

    Storing voicemails? No thanks. Approvals here are almost entirely email-based, with multiple signatories. If not, a voice vote is counted on the record by a project manager and all parties are sent copies of the minutes from that meeting. CYA city.

  10. I'm not surprised on Privacy Breach In Canadian Passport Application Site · · Score: 2, Funny

    Note the capitols

    Well you did say it was a government contract.
  11. Re:Nerd = luddite. on An Acerbic Look At the Future of Reading · · Score: 1

    I'll rent DVDs, but I'll seldom buy them because I don't want to violate the DMCA to get them on my PMP.

    Why would anyone be worried about violating the DMCA with something so minor? Hell, there are so many laws these days that you can violate dozens just by going about your daily business, being caught and proven in a court of law is an entirely other matter.
  12. Duh! on An Acerbic Look At the Future of Reading · · Score: 1

    It's one of the railroads you can buy in Monopoly!

    Dunno why it's still an option these days, why not the iPod Railway or the Cellphone Yapping Railway?

  13. Re:the meaning of TLDS on The First 100 Dot Coms Ever Registered · · Score: 1

    Given the ubiquity of bookmarks, hyperlinks and google, do we even need catchy domain names any more?
    And where exactly would those bookmarks & hyperlinks be pointing to? Using search engines, especially Google, is an even worse suggestion since we've all seen how searches can be gamed to spam sites.
  14. Re:Dear the rest of the world... on Why You Can't Find a Wii for Christmas · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...where all the MS and Linux dorks brag smugly about their machines, and any attempts at correcting lies with facts are modded Flamebait.

  15. Re:Sensationalist FUD on U.S. House Says the Internet is Terrorist Threat · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Did the BBC & others go out and interview every single rioting "youth" to discover what religion they were? If not, then dropping the "Muslim" adjective is the proper thing to do. Leaving it in is far more inflammatory, no pun intended.

  16. Re:It was planned. on Creationists Violating Copyright · · Score: 1

    which would explain why Hawking had to recant a 30-year-old theory

      That is how science works! My goodness, man, do you not have a clue what the Scientific Method is supposed to accomplish?! He recanted a THEORY. That is how these things work. Yeesh.
  17. Re:Could we do away with iPhone this and Apple tha on iPhone Signal Strength Problems In the UK · · Score: 1

    I didn't realize that your were FORCED against your will to read any Apple/iPhone stories. Terrible. Contact Amnesty International or something.

  18. Unlimited M2M? on Worry Over VZW, Sprint Phones' 911 Alarm · · Score: 1

    Unlimited M2M? Dude, that's so gay.

  19. Re:CPU usage concerns on Comparing Memory Usage of Firefox 2 vs 3 · · Score: 1

    So what? CPUs are like RAM; they're wasted if they're not being used. Why is everyone so bloody concerned about keeping their free memory open in these days of cheap RAM and virtual memory? It's not like we're all using System 7 or something like in the bad old days.

  20. Re:Pear, the Giz, Randi - We need a new website... on 10 Great Snake-Oil Gadgets · · Score: 1

    Toss into a posting forum, add a dash of weird, expensive new product, and shake. The resultant sniping, boasting, and prideful displays of ignorance and hubris should keep the rest of us amused for weeks at a time.

    Sounds like Slashdot every single time there's a thread about audio.
  21. Re:I'll show you mine if you.. on C# Memory Leak Torpedoed Princeton's DARPA Chances · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What did Riker find on Picard's web site? Captain's blog.

  22. Re:Well, he's over 40. on Gene Simmons Blames College Kids For Music Industry Woes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Peter Criss wrote & sang "Beth," not Gene Simmons.

    Aside from correcting your facts, I'd like to point out that art has an important part in our lives as humans. Music in particular can have profound emotional effects on listeners.

    Go ahead, try to make a living as a musician, I dare you. A handfull make it big, and the rest just get by.

  23. Re:well that's funny on Rowling Sues Harry Potter Lexicon · · Score: 1

    Why act surprised? We humans have proved ourselves to be very good at that.

    Hell, we invented C didn't we?
  24. Re:IANAL, but I am in Law School on Rowling Sues Harry Potter Lexicon · · Score: 2, Informative

    Where are you in law school? The US and UK have different laws concerning copyrights, you know.

  25. Re:I hate the l337 txt culture on iPhone Keyboard Leads to Typso · · Score: 1

    Only works if you know & understand all the words in the first place. Not all languages would have this ability.