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  1. Apple - Jobs on Indian School Textbook Says Meat-Eaters Lie and Commit Sex Crimes · · Score: 1

    Steve Jobs was a Vegan and lied all the time. One of his many lies; he had a child out of wedlock and said it wasn't his!

  2. Engineers Wanted on AMD Graphics Chip Shortage Hits PC Vendors · · Score: 1

    In years past TSMC would be on the phone to the Semiconductor Equipment Manufactures requesting their engineers on the next jet to help resolve the problem. Alas, there is no money for travel anymore and most of the engineers have been laid off. A sign of the times is guess.

  3. Re:How does this apply to ... on Alzheimer's Disease Possibly Linked To Sleep Deprivation · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well, it doesn't. Reagan was noted as a not a hard working president, early to bed, late to rise type guy. Yet, he died of this disease. Of course some people think he was a rat, so maybe the analogy applies.

  4. Re:RoHS strikes again on The PS3's "Yellow Light of Death" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You beat me to it! This is absolutely the problem and not just for the PS3. This lead-free solder problem as plagued most manufactures of electronics.

  5. Mailing is to customers on Hackers (Or Pen-Testers) Hit Credit Unions With Malware On CD · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't think they are mailing them to the Credit Unions. Instead, maybe to the Credit Union customers?

  6. Re:Well, obviously... on Times Are Tough For Nigerian Scammers · · Score: 1

    So I guess gold-plated bonuses of over one million dollars each to over a thousand employees are justified? I think not!

  7. Burt Rutan on NASA Offers $1.5 Million For 200MPG Aircraft · · Score: 1

    This should be a piece of cake for Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites!

  8. Break out the copy machines... on Microsoft Working On Its Own App Store · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This company is pathetic. Don't they every ever come up with an original idea?

  9. Re:Be careful and use piezo cells, not magnetic on on Digitizing Rare Vinyl · · Score: 1

    You don't have to suffer with a broken Dual turntable. I sent my Dual 1229 off for repair by a person that has a passion for these old Duals: http://www.fixmydual.com/

  10. Broken System on Amazon Sneaks One-Click Past the Patent System · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The present system of patents is totally broken. It appears to exist for the promotion of lawsuits and legal fees rather than achieving true innovation.

  11. Somethings Never Change on NASA Knows How To Party · · Score: 1

    There is nothing new here and somethings never change. A number of years ago I was at a Culligan Water Conditioning store when two men from the Vandenberg NASA Office came in. They started talking to the store manager. It was the end of the fiscal year and they needed to spend remaining money in their budget or lose the funds. A purchase order was cut for 500 gallons of purified drinking water for use in their coffee makers.

  12. eBay is your friend on Cell Phone Jamming on the Rise · · Score: 1

    Naturally, there are cell phone jammers for sale on ebay. (item #230187882339). From the UK only $179.

  13. Low prices, the same reason people shop at Fry's. Go figure!

  14. Re:Stop Shopping at Fry's on 1300 Unopened Fry's Rebate Forms Found In Dumpster · · Score: 1

    All will enjoy the old and hilarious "Ad Nauseam" webpage on shopping at Fry's Breakfast at Fry's

  15. Re:What happened? on Big Box Store Reps Push Unnecessary Recovery Discs · · Score: 1

    Every Macintosh is shipped with a full recovery and restore disc. So what happened?, nothing, you just need to buy from a company that cares.

  16. Other means of DNA on Convicted Hacker Adrian Lamo Refuses to Give Blood · · Score: 4, Funny

    If the NSA can tap your phone. Surely the cops can tap his toilet. Instant DNA.

  17. Re:Why is it Revolutionary? on New Jet Engine Tested · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually on January 11, 1967 we launched a Castor/Scramjet on a test flight from Vandenberg AFB in California. This was the only test of this combination, followed years later by the NASA X-43 project.

  18. Re:New proposed currency unit on IPv6 Transition to Cost US $75 Billion? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No problem with the money, Iraqi oil will pay for it!

  19. New DRM Free Discs? on Sony Pulls Controversial Anti-Piracy Software · · Score: 1

    There is one major item missing from Sony's statement on this matter. When are you RECALL these DRM discs and reissue new ones to your customers?

  20. Use The Space Station... on Using Gravity To Tow Asteroids · · Score: 1

    Finally, a useful purpose for the space station. Just hook up the rockets and blast-off to the asteroid.

  21. Cooling? on Apple Unveils New Pro Products · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Does anyone have specs on cooling? The previous Power Macintosh 2.7 required liquid cooling. Will the new dual core run cooler and require only fans?

  22. Re:But... on Mothers Taking the Fight to the RIAA · · Score: 1

    Actually, you have a good point. A perfect example is Apple suing these shoestring Rumor sites (Think Secret). Jobs and company, rightfully believe that suing these websites will shut them up and deter similar conduct of others.

  23. Warranty on Apple Hedges Its Bet on New Intel Chips · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This has nothing to do with the change over to Intel. Apple needs to support the warranty its existing base of G4 Macs for at least three years.

  24. Quark and the Hurricane on Quark CEO Abruptly Resigns · · Score: 1

    This company is rapidly heading to the dust bin, principally because of the way it treats it's customers. I remember a number of years ago a big hurricane hit Florida, totally destroying a Quark customers house and all his possessions. He called customer service to replace his REGISTERED copy of QuarkXpress. They told him that it wasn't their problem, to take it up with his insurance company. They said he would need to purchase a new copy. No thanks Quark, i'll stick with Adobe.

  25. Re:Some clarifications on NASA Discovers Space Spies From the 60's · · Score: 1

    There is a general thinking around Vandenberg AFB that SLC-6 is jinxed. It recently completed this third major retrofit for the Delta 4. Many billions of dollars have been poured into the construction of this Space Launch Complex since the 1960's, with zero launches to show for it. The local Chumash Indians blame this on the Air Force disturbing their burial grounds. This jinx therory should be put to the test this year when Boeing plans the first launch.