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  1. AU. on Australia To Use GM To Control Carp · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why are Australians always so gung ho about getting rid of feral species

  2. Re:MythTV on The State of Automated Commercial Skipping · · Score: 0

    MythTV. Yeah. A great app in theory. But until it's at the level of Tivo ( Plug it in and it runs) it's just a toy.

  3. Re:Right to Fork on Wikipedia Needs $20K · · Score: 1

    What's to stop him from taking the Database, melting it down into nothing? You'd invoke the GFDL but the actual hardware is gone.

  4. Re:No, TivoRadio is what we need! on Satellite Radio Subscriptions Rising · · Score: 1

    My script to record NPR radio:

    DATE=`/bin/date +%Y%m%d`

    /usr/bin/arecord -d 3495 -f cd - | lame --tl NPR --tt All_Things_Considered --ta
    NPR --tc Daily_All_Things_Considered -cbr -b 48 - /home/me/npr/All_Things_Considered_$DATE.mp3 > AError1.txt 2>&1

    I put this into cron and allI have to remember is to have the radio on.

  5. Re:It's worth it.. on Satellite Radio Subscriptions Rising · · Score: 1

    I live in a Clearchannel free market.

  6. Re:Legal Documents on Fax: Technology That Refuses to Die Under Attack · · Score: 1

    I have always wondered that too. Why is the fastest rate only 14.4K?

  7. Strange... on Cross-Platform Video Capture Cards And TV Tuners? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who would buy someone without a TV a Playstation 2 and a Mini DV outfit?

    Secondly wouldn't buying a TV be cheaper and simpler?

  8. Re:Oh really? on MPAA Fights Pirates with Gentle Threats · · Score: 1

    Disney will remove those previews but you're gonna have to pay 3 dollars extra.

  9. Re:Dangerous? on Researchers: Wolves Might Slow Spread of CWD · · Score: 1

    But scavengers have some of the toughest digestive tracks in the world.

  10. locally in central PA. on Proper Disposal Of Old PCs? · · Score: 1

    There is reclamre. http://www.reclamre.com

  11. Re:if only on Nigerian Scammers Claim Another Victim · · Score: 1

    There is a small book inthe Bible that does exactly as you say. Jabez was the servant of God who prayed that the Lord give him a good plot of land, and God did.

  12. Re:My Sirius experience on Satellite Radio Systems Compared · · Score: 1

    What kind of protection does that debit card give you?

    That's what I thought.

    Just because you have a credit card doesn't mean you have to actually carry a balance.

  13. Re:checking out insider holdings on SCO Invokes DMCA, Names Headers, Novell Steps In · · Score: 1

    *sigh*

    It always comes back to Enron and Bush doesn't it? Can't we go back to Clinton and Whitewater?

  14. Re:My Sirius experience on Satellite Radio Systems Compared · · Score: 1

    Perhaps they were not going to give you interest on the money becuase they KNEW it was debit card.

    Why you'd use a debit card for such a large purchase is beyond me anyway.

  15. Re:The Reality of XM vs Sirius on Satellite Radio Systems Compared · · Score: 1
    Sirius has 2 satellites, 1 on each coast
    and 1 doing a figure 8 over the the



    The last time I checked, we had two coasts. So that means 3 satellites.

  16. Re:Well Done DVD-Jon .... on DeCSS: Jon Johansen Acquitted In Retrial · · Score: 1

    Cool so now Jon can go back to writing GUI front ends to programs written by others.

  17. Re:different response on solaris 8 on Time's Up: 2^30 Seconds Since 1970 · · Score: 1

    Mon Jan 18 22:14:01 2038
    Mon Jan 18 22:14:02 2038
    Mon Jan 18 22:14:03 2038
    Mon Jan 18 22:14:04 2038
    Mon Jan 18 22:14:05 2038
    Mon Jan 18 22:14:06 2038
    Mon Jan 18 22:14:07 2038

    This on Windows 98 running ActiveState perl 5.8

  18. Re:Drove through this morning. on Boston's Big Dig Finally Open · · Score: 1

    Well that's what you get when you elect people Like Street and Rendell. Now the whole state has to deal with Rendell.

  19. Re:Childish behavior on Giant International Fusion Reactor Draws Nearer · · Score: 1

    Wanna Switch? I'm in the "T" in PA, where it's Republican but it doesn't matter because Philly and Pittsburgh outnumber us.

  20. Re:Why subscribe? on BrookGPU: General Purpose Programming on GPUs · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It is Sunday. Do you work on Sunday?

  21. Re:Big Dig = Giant Boondoggle for Special Interest on Boston's Big Dig Finally Open · · Score: 1

    It wasn't just Democrats.
    Bud Shuster was involved as well. Probably one of the reasons he stepped down.

  22. Re:Childish behavior on Giant International Fusion Reactor Draws Nearer · · Score: 1

    I agree. But it's always good to be sure.

  23. Re:Childish behavior on Giant International Fusion Reactor Draws Nearer · · Score: 1

    Yes! Election is in November 2004. I take it you are registered.

  24. Re:Childish behavior on Giant International Fusion Reactor Draws Nearer · · Score: 1

    Childish maybe, but we have to be sure of France's alliances.

  25. Re:Read 'The Grapes of Wrath' on Replaced by Outsourcing -- What's a Geek to Do? · · Score: 1

    Buying books at Goodwill. hmm I hadn't thought of that.