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  1. Re:I have absolutely no problems with govt shutdow on No U.S. Government Shutdown This Week · · Score: 1

    Actually, no, Congress does NOT get paid during a shutdown. A previous Congress passed a law saying they don't, and since it was not passed by the current Congress, the 27th amendment doesn't apply.

  2. Breaking news... on Threatening YouTube Video Lands Man In Prison · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Threatening people is against the law. Film at eleven.

  3. Re:Which date? on Minecraft To Officially Launch 11/11/11 · · Score: 1

    I tend to write dates mm/dd/yy, but when I'm using dates anywhere I expect to be handled by computer, it's yy/mm/dd,
    or, better, yyyy/mm/dd, so I can just run sort over it to get it in chronological order.

  4. Re:High version numbers on Firefox 5 Scheduled For June 21 Release · · Score: 1

    When you had Windows 98 and Windows 95, you had a amazing number of users who thought Windows had model years, like cars.

    "I have Windows 97"

  5. Re:High version numbers on Firefox 5 Scheduled For June 21 Release · · Score: 1

    That was my first thought. I use Firefox as my primary browser, and, at the moment, I am running version 4 absolutely nowhere, because it only released a couple of weeks ago! And now we're gonna get 5 in two months? 3 lasted us nearly three years--3.6 alone was the latest and greatest for over a year. C'mon, guys...

  6. Re:Already been done. on Free DARPA Software Lets Gamers Hunt Submarines · · Score: 1

    Or this, which I put a fair amount of hours into when I was younger.

  7. Re:"But they said" on Free DARPA Software Lets Gamers Hunt Submarines · · Score: 1

    Well, yeah. There's also always some high-profile celeb story constantly on the news whenever there *isn't* something going on. Welcome to television news. This must be your first time here.

  8. Re:Seriously... on Xbox Live Indie Games Rating Manipulation · · Score: 1

    Why can't some interface/social-schmocial people figure out a way to get this right?!

    Because the Internet does not provide a way to positively ID and track its users. And it shouldn't, either.

  9. Re:Replace their respective pages with a message on Yahoo! Liable In Italy For Searchable Content · · Score: 1

    However, there aren't many such countries. China is one, India probably another. Italy can't play this game.

  10. Re:But it's a good idea... on US Open Government Sites To Close · · Score: 1

    Don't blame him; he's a product of American education. Which has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, by the way. At least, nothing wrong that a few dozen more billions won't fix.

  11. Re:But it's a good idea... on US Open Government Sites To Close · · Score: 1

    Always interesting. If you leave the problem unfixed long enough, you can start deriding the people who complain about it as "old and tired".

    And, incidentally, the Department of Education is resposible for EDUCATION. That makes it fair to blame them for problems with EDUCATION.

  12. Re:But it's a good idea... on US Open Government Sites To Close · · Score: 1

    But paying taxes isn't tax deductible

    Yes, it is. You can deduct your state and local taxes on your federal taxes if you itemize.

  13. Re:Welcome to the Internet, FBI... on FBI Overwhelmed With 'Solutions' To Encrypted Note · · Score: 1

    They're not even from the engines, they're from the wingtips.

    Well, of course. That's where the chem dispensers are.

  14. Re:WTF? on Samsung Plants Keyloggers On Laptops · · Score: 2

    Congratulations, you've just made everyone who works at that corporation, everyone who depends on that corporation's product, everyone who owns stock in that corporation, a willing, an *enthusiastic* accomplice to whatever crimes they may commit. Because they sure as hell won't want the corporation to ever be convicted of it.

  15. Re:I'd love to have Google's problems. on Page Can't Turn Back Clock At Google · · Score: 1

    First off, Apple isn't a software company, it's main revenues are from hardware.

    Apple is a software company. Most of their revenues may come from the sale of hardware, but that's because you have to buy their hardware to use their software. If Apples only ran commoditized PC software, (or commodotized smart phone software) the hardware sales would be a fraction of what they are.

  16. Re:QQ on MySpace Loses Ten Million Users In One Month · · Score: 1

    Hence the saying, "QQ more".

  17. A+++++++ on Man Accused of Selling US Military Drones On EBay · · Score: 1

    Would definitely buy again.

  18. "Germany's Orkin Design" on Cylindrical Rolltop Laptops · · Score: 1

    Well, at least we know their design doesn't have any bugs.

  19. Re:News flash! on Samsung's Happy Galaxy Tab Users Are Actors · · Score: 1

    Works for me. If there weren't any players, the game would go away.

  20. Re:Sounds like a headache on US Contemplating 'Vehicle Miles Traveled' Tax · · Score: 1

    But the gummit is already giving us all kinds of subsidiies for using hybrids and EVs, because they's *good* things. I guess they have to make sure that they're taxed equally so that they'll have enough money to keep handing out the subsidies.

  21. All time low? on P2P Music Downloads At All-Time Low · · Score: 1

    Before there were computers, the total P2P music downloads were, I believe, zero. Are you saying it's lower than that?

  22. Good lord... on Texas Site Pushes Back Known Settlement Date For North America · · Score: 1

    They found ol' Dinosaur Dan!

    "When y'all gonna let me outta here?"

  23. Re:Actual Picture on Iran Unveils Flying Saucer Using Old B-Movie Stock Photo · · Score: 1

    Yes, if you scroll down, you can find the exact photo the Iran news release used: http://www.draganfly.com/images/overview/DF-X6/Draganflyer-X6.jpg.

    For an Iranian project, it's odd that they have a Canadian address.

  24. Re:Where did the heat go? on University Switches To DC Workstations · · Score: 1

    They just move the AC/DC conversion somewhere else. All of the heat will go along with it.

    *Some* of the heat will go along with it. Since they're now doing the AC/DC conversion wholesale, they should be doing it a lot more efficiently.

  25. Re:I know he has a lot to be upset about on The Hobbit Finally Starts Shooting · · Score: 1

    Aggh, you're right. Grima kills Saruman and *he's* the one who gets pincushioned. Somehow I managed to misremember.