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  1. well yeah all well and good. on US Broadband ISPs Expect Price Cuts · · Score: 1

    But I'd like just to have broadband.

  2. Re:My experience w/ TMobile. on AT&T Wireless Fumbles Number Portability · · Score: 1

    I was told that I had to wait til March 04 to switch my prepaid cell phone number.

  3. Re:Why are Americans being ripped off? on AT&T Wireless Fumbles Number Portability · · Score: 1

    It's called capitalism.

  4. Re:"violating the constitution" vs "unconstitution on SCOrched Earth · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sure is. Only the Supreme Court can declare something unconstitutional. Any Tom Dick or Harry can say a law is not constitutional.

  5. Re:P Is For Pirillo, P Is For Pathetic. on Online! The Book · · Score: 1

    Yeah. It was pretty cool but lately it seems so...I don't know, too marketing oriented.

  6. Re:Stealth tax on Stealth Inflation · · Score: 1

    You do realize that there are 7500 taxing authorities in the USA? Sure it's simple for a Mom and Pop to just add in taxes to the price of whatever but someone like Wal-mart would need to customized their software to handle all 7500 districts.

  7. Re:This sucks on Stealth Inflation · · Score: 1

    But how much does the ATM network ( Star I think it's called now) charge them to use the network?

  8. Re:Car Rental on Stealth Inflation · · Score: 1

    Look it from this angle.....

    I pay taxes and all you tourists come in and use the roads and bridges etc, my taxes paid for.

  9. Re:P Is For Pirillo, P Is For Pathetic. on Online! The Book · · Score: 1

    She is quite hot.

  10. Re:P Is For Pirillo, P Is For Pathetic. on Online! The Book · · Score: 1

    Because he IS the Lockergnome guy.

  11. Tracfone on What Has Number Portability Done For You? · · Score: 1

    What I want to know is whether or not my prepaid phome number is portable. I went to the portability site and put in my number and it said that I'd be eligible in March. But does anyone know if this is correct?

  12. Re:Nix Fedora and Redhat - time to move on to Debi on Red Hat News: Edu Prices, Progeny Support for 7.X · · Score: 0

    Debian? That's so yesterday. Gentoo is the way to go these days.

  13. Re:Exploitation of programmers. on Voting Machines Vs. Slot Machines · · Score: 1

    Bah. There are always corrupt people out there. They could be paid 200 million a year for coding and they'd still try to cheat the system.

  14. Re:Been going on for year with teleco's on Stealth Inflation · · Score: 1

    Wow, that had to be be the early 80's. These days al my bills go to some far off PO Box.

    I remember when I was a kid, in the 80's, my parent's would drive to the electric company's office to pay the bill. Now that office is just used to house trucks.

  15. Fair Use? on A Hackable Media Player For HDTV · · Score: 1

    How is sharing your music and video files with someone fair use? Fair use is to be used so you can quote a passage from a book and not be afraid of being thrown in jail. It's not a catch-all for making copies.

  16. What???? on ACLU Reacts to Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    What is the saying..... fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.

  17. Re:"Media" Player? on A Hackable Media Player For HDTV · · Score: 1

    Exactly. This is just meant to trade illegal files.

  18. Re:What? on Who Owns The Facts? · · Score: 1

    Well then, you can attest that bills are not introduced quietly.

    And why should we free a convicted cop killer?

  19. What? on Who Owns The Facts? · · Score: 4, Insightful
    quietly introduced into congress



    99% of bills introduced into Congress are quiet ( unless you watch C-SPAN. No where in the Constitution does it say that a loud proclamation of all bills must be made.

  20. Re:A shift of focus on Kernel Exploit Cause Of Debian Compromise · · Score: 1


    of course a KERNEL level attack is better than a userland or setuid attack.

  21. Re:DVD... on MandrakeMove Bootable Linux CD Announced · · Score: 2, Informative

    Knoppix already comes in a DVD flavour.

  22. Re:Good way to circumvent library filters? on MandrakeMove Bootable Linux CD Announced · · Score: 1

    And then libraries will start searching people and confiscate CDs before allowing thme to sit at the workstation.

  23. Re:A shift of focus on Kernel Exploit Cause Of Debian Compromise · · Score: 1

    In other news, pot calls kettle black.

  24. Re:This smells like the work of... on Kernel Exploit Cause Of Debian Compromise · · Score: 1

    So Microsoft is just targeting Debian Now?

  25. Re:MythTV makes Tivo look like a toy. on Will TiVo Destroy Ad-Supported TV? · · Score: 1

    But does MythTV work straight out of the 'box?'

    No.