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  1. Okay I'll bite. on The Problems with Broadband in America · · Score: 1

    Actually it's the socialistic taxes that helped the rest of the world get better broadband.

  2. Re:My child once talked for eight hours straight . on Noise Cancelling in Software? · · Score: 1

    Your poor child. I hope you have money saved for the therapist.

  3. Re:3 key options. on Media Players for Windows Without DRM? · · Score: 1

    If MPlayer plays it all, how come it won't play my oggs?

  4. Re:How does Google Maps Work? on Google's Rasmussen on Google Maps · · Score: 1

    I'd like to know how MS implements NTFS. I hear it's a form of C++ and .NET.

  5. Re:This is good news but we need *MORE* enforcemen on FBI Raids Home of Spam King Alan Ralsky · · Score: -1, Troll

    Meanwhile, terrorists are planning their next strike.

  6. Re:Yeah on Tracking Cell Phones for Real-Time Traffic Data · · Score: 1

    technically, that's not spying.

  7. Re:Here's a quick and dirty idea to improve on National Academies on U.S. Science · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah. Remove my freedom of choice. That'll go over real well.

  8. Re:In other news on Pillows Dangerous for Your Health · · Score: 1

    No shit? exactly 3 feet?

  9. Re:ISO date on World Standards Day 2005 · · Score: 1

    It's the only reason I use it.

  10. actually no. on Space Tourism? · · Score: 1

    It does not beg the question.

  11. Please remember. on Named Innovators/Developers of Color? · · Score: 1

    Not all of us white folk are swimming in the money either. I have real world programming experience, a BS, and yet I serve 411 to people.

  12. Re: Eliot Spitzer is a DEMOCRAT on Yahoo Closes Chat Rooms to Anyone Under 18 · · Score: 1

    NO! It cant be. The DailyKos told me that Freepers and Rethugs were the bad ones!

  13. Re:The internet has no color on Named Innovators/Developers of Color? · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the transgendered!

  14. Re:Oh please. on End of the Road for U.S. BlackBerry Users ? · · Score: 1

    I dunno. Maybe if you had some Starbucks coffee and the latest Britney Spears CD with ya.

  15. Re:No NPR shows, just the crappy podcasts on Yahoo Launches New Podcasting Service · · Score: 1

    What happened to that huge inheritence NPR got 2 years ago?????

  16. Re:Anyone know how to rip an NPR stream to MP3? on Yahoo Launches New Podcasting Service · · Score: 1
    I use this:
    # Small Script to download the previous day's StarDate episode.
    # Copyright 2005 Steven Patz
    #!/bin/bash
    DATE=`date -d "yesterday" +%Y%m%d`;
    NAME="sd$DATE.mp3";
    DIR="/home/sp"

    if test -e $DIR/$NAME;
    then printf "\n\nFile exists, nothing to do.\n\n";
    else
    wget http://stardate.org/audio/mp3s/$NAME -O $DIR/$NAME
    printf "\n\nDone!\n\n";
    #sleep 1;
    mplayer -vc dummy -vo null -ao pcm:file=$DIR/$DATE.wav $DIR/$NAME

    fi
  17. Oh please. on End of the Road for U.S. BlackBerry Users ? · · Score: 1

    We can't even get more than 30% of the population to vote, how would anyone get them motivated to start a war?

  18. Re:Alternate to MOV? on TurboGears: Python on Rails? · · Score: 1

    fire up MPlayer

  19. Check the years 1860-1865 on End of the Road for U.S. BlackBerry Users ? · · Score: 1

    You can't secede.

  20. Re:Years of Republican rule on End of the Road for U.S. BlackBerry Users ? · · Score: 1

    2006 is your time. Elect all Dems. Repeal all the stupid laws.

  21. Re:Fixing dead zones... on Massachusetts Plans a Cell Phone Bill of Rights · · Score: 1

    You shoulda tried your phone at the new house, if the phone is that important.

  22. Re:Dell routines..? on Dell's Open PC Costs More Than Windows Box · · Score: 1

    MS doesn't just give discounts for free. They have conditions. One of which is probably like: "All hardware must ship with our OS."

  23. I've hand ripped on No Video iPod Coming? · · Score: 1

    So you arranged the bits yourself?

  24. Re:Cogent Sucks on Blackout Shows Net's Fragility · · Score: 1

    Oh no. I bet you felt superior telling the minimum wage single Mom that she's ignorant.

  25. Re:FCCs Problems? on 5 km Range Commercial Wi-Fi Available · · Score: 1

    A signal has to come from somewhere.