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  1. Re:New Hampshire on Are You Reporting Your Internet Purchases? · · Score: 1

    New Hampshire/Vermont, same difference.

  2. Re:Roads? Are you sure? on Are You Reporting Your Internet Purchases? · · Score: 1

    I would wager that the Interstate Highway Act had a bigger impact on reliable and safe highways.

  3. Re:Slashdot subscription on Are You Reporting Your Internet Purchases? · · Score: 1

    Depends on what state you are in. If in NY, most likely yes.

  4. Re:Good Luck, New York on Are You Reporting Your Internet Purchases? · · Score: 1

    You better stock up on your next run because our GREAT governor Fast Eddie Rendell wants to get rid of the clothing sales tax exemption.

  5. Re:capitalism--monopolies on The Only Way Microsoft Can Die is by Suicide · · Score: 1

    You know of ExxonMobil but not British Petroleum???

  6. Re:For the 21st century... on Tracking the Blackout Bug · · Score: 1

    Power is reliable in this country? Hmm, then the UPS Home Office market must be a myth.

    I have two units myself.

  7. Do we have to go thru this again....... on PlayFair Pulled Due to DMCA Request · · Score: 1

    for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.

    How is cracking the encrpytion and placing it on another medium: criticism, commenting, reporting, or teaching?

    It's NOT.

  8. Re:waste of $$$ in santa barbara on Massachusetts Considering Desalination Plants · · Score: 1

    it was a ticketable offense to water your lawn between 11am and 4pm

    If you had a REAL drought they would have ticketed your ass for waterign the lawn at ANYTIME.

  9. So even if I bought NOTHING Online. on Are You Reporting Your Internet Purchases? · · Score: 1

    I am being advised to place a number in that line, just to avoid being audited? That's messed up.

  10. Re:One rule for you, one rule for me. on PlayFair Pulled Due to DMCA Request · · Score: 1

    Could you please post a link referring to the Fair Use rights you describe?

  11. Well damn. on Are You Reporting Your Internet Purchases? · · Score: 1

    I was wondering who the OTHER state was that owned the LIQUOR stores. Now I know.

  12. Re:Can anyone say ..... on No EZ Fix For The IRS · · Score: 1


    Obviously planning ahead always makes sense. However, who wants to live like a machine solely so that they can be more financially secure when they're 45?


    A 46 year old financically secure person? Stop living for the instant gratification.

  13. Re:Can anyone say ..... on No EZ Fix For The IRS · · Score: 1

    Children - Plan ahead. Can't afford kids? Hold of and save some money.

    Mortgage Interest - Again Plan ahead.

    Health Care - I think you see where I am going here.

    Education - Yep. Plan AHEAD.

  14. Re:Can anyone say ..... on No EZ Fix For The IRS · · Score: 1

    You sound like John Kerry. Tax the hell out of gasoline and people will drive less.

    Well except that if you have to drive 20 miles to get to work, you won't drive less. You'll just pay more.

    Plus you DO pay on the appreciation of your house. try buying a house for $1000 and selling it for $10,000. You have capital gains. Taxable. ( Well there is a loophole of course but my example is just that, an example. )

  15. Re:Why should this be a problem? on No EZ Fix For The IRS · · Score: 1

    Do you know how many people you will put out of work with that plan?

    Think about it. Accountants. Software Developers. Real Estate Agents. The list goes on.

  16. Re:XWindows on Lindows Agreeing to Change Name · · Score: 1

    But it's not X WindowS but X Window.

  17. Re:FM isn't "preserving their rights" either on Real Problems · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Has the reception for your Clock radio ever gotten staticky? Mine has.

  18. Re:Why is PNG a good format to use? on Longhorn Skinning A Reality · · Score: 1

    But can it be animated?

  19. My memories. on Task Force Finds Blackout Was Preventable · · Score: 1

    I was working as a poster salesman, in East Stroudsburg PA. We still had power, but the NYC colo facility that the company used for ftping stuff to, was down.

    My house in the center of the state was also unaffected.

  20. Re:excuse me? on Privacy Complaint Against Google's GMail Service · · Score: 1

    No one is forcing you to sign up for GMail.

  21. Re:Why is PNG a good format to use? on Longhorn Skinning A Reality · · Score: 2, Interesting
    And I quote:


    The U.S. LZW patent expires June 20, 2003, the counterpart Canadian patent expires July 7, 2004, the counterpart patents in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy expire June 18, 2004, and the Japanese counterpart patents expire June 20, 2004.

  22. Re:Here's an even better solution on NPR's Car Talk Switches Back To RealAudio · · Score: 1

    I do just this. I set a cron job to record and convert it to mp3, and I listen to it at my pleasure. The 30 second skip that Winamp has is great for all those FUND DRIVE interruptions.

  23. Re:This is why we have unions on Computerized Time Clocks Susceptible to 'Manager Attack' · · Score: 1

    Maybe in 1923 they were. These days they are all about getting dues.

  24. Exlain to me on Canadian Minister Promises to Fix Copyright Law · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How a levy is different from a tax?

  25. What will be interesting to know. on US Expands Fingerprint and Mugshot Program for Visitors · · Score: 1

    What happens to the percentage of people coming thru the system who want to, and eventually become citizens? Will the data be erased?