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  1. Re:There was no amendment on HardOCP Declares Win vs. Infinium Labs · · Score: 1

    Still wrong. Rights that the states were bound to respect varied from state to state, normally being specified by the state constitutions. The US Constitution and the Bill of Rights granted citizens rights only against the federal government. Only with the 14th Amendment were the states bound by the US Constitution to grant their residents basic rights.

    Chris Mattern

  2. Re:Word on It's Not About The Technology · · Score: 1

    > For Microsoft, .NET is a strategy, a marketing phrase, a programming framework,
    > a set of languages and tools.

    It's a floor wax! It's a dessert topping!

    Chris mattern

  3. Re:actually... on Comair Done In by 16-Bit Counter · · Score: 1

    I heard it on comp.risks.

  4. Re:Lame sensationalism. on The Coming Atlantic Mega-Tsunami · · Score: 1

    >> when we went to WAR with mexico because of COMPLETELY SPECULATIVE newspaper headlines claiming
    >> they blew up one of our ships.

    Um, we never went to war with Mexico because newspapers claimed they blew up one of our ships. Perhaps you're thinking of something else. It doesn't help your argument when you can't remember your facts correctly.

  5. OK, show of hands... on Subatomic Darwinism · · Score: 1

    How many other people thought of White Wolf's Mage: The Ascension RPG when they read this? Start working now to make your preferred paradigm the consensus!

  6. Re:Wow on Medical Students Profile Middle-Earth's Gollum · · Score: 1

    > seek help from your local Elf immediately.

    But is Elf-help really that effective? I mean, all you may doing is raising your Elf-esteem.

    Chris Mattern

  7. Re:Hmm.... on Gingerbread Computers! · · Score: 3, Informative

    > you sig is evil...

    Took me a while to figure out what you meant when I called it up. A plain tan jpeg didn't seem very evil to me, even if was large. I take it that inferior browsers have some sort of difficulty with it due to its size. Konqueror handled it without breaking stride.

    Chris Mattern

  8. Rockstar Cryptographers? on Plausible Deniability From Rockstar Cryptographers · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does this mean it's going to feature in the next edition of GTA?

    Chris Mattern

  9. Re:Interesting on Final Fantasy Concert Series Coming to the States · · Score: 1

    He also stated that most expensive ordinary floor seats were also $125. Presumably that's what you got.

    chris Mattern

  10. Re:AOL Canada? on AOL Canada To Offer VoIP · · Score: 3, Funny

    But then the poor people in Spain would be SOL...

    Chris Mattern

  11. Re:Mechanical Analogs on Lego Logic Gates · · Score: 1

    It undoubtedly *was* what he was referring to. However, by saying "they *will* probably not be very useful," he apparently didn't think those problems would be effectively solved, in which he was, of course, spectacularly wrong.

    Chris Mattern

  12. Re:I don't get it... on AOL Plans A Standalone Browser · · Score: 3, Insightful

    > AOL doesn't understand the problem.

    AOL, at least at some levels, understands the problem perfectly well. AOL doesn't *care* about the problem. After all, it's not *their* problem.

    Chris Mattern

  13. Re:Cool! Just like form AutoComplete on Google Suggest · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Nice, but not answering his question. He didn't ask what O(n) was, he asked what n is, and that's a legitimate question. What *is* n? What is the determining factor of problem size for this algorithm? The number of characters the user has typed? The size of the database of terms Google will search? What?

    Chris Mattern

  14. Re:Sorry, everyone! on A Strange Streak Imaged in Australia · · Score: 1

    Well, I'm not worried because Flash, he'll save every one of us!

    Chris Mattern

  15. UK Music Industry Sees Record Sales on UK Music Industry Sees Record Sales · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Gee, over here in the US we've pretty much moved to entirely CDs.

    Chris mattern

  16. Re:LOL!! on Color Laser Printers Tracking Everything You Print · · Score: 1

    > Zomeone iz very zmart. Too zmart. We must take you away, for your own protection, for the people. Zeee
    > how good it izz for you here? Yezzz, you must like it.

    I don't care *what* you do, I'm not drinking any of that Zima crap. It's just plain nasty.

    Chris Mattern

  17. Re:Just another reason... on Color Laser Printers Tracking Everything You Print · · Score: 2, Informative

    > Convicted felons cannot vote in any US election in any state.

    Wrong. Only seven states (Alabama, Florid, Iowa, Kentucky, MIssissippi, Nebraska and Virginia) permanently deprive felons of the right to vote, and even these allow felons to petition to regain that right. Such petitions are often granted. Most other states deny felons the right to vote only while they are imprisoned, or on parole. Maine, Utah and Vermont allow felons to vote even while they're still in prison.

    Chris Mattern

  18. The very first thing I thought of... on Robots to Rid Us of Cockroaches? · · Score: 1

    It's Hoihoi-san!

    Chris Mattern

  19. Re:...and Clippy sez... on Security Vulnerabilities Discovered in WinXP SP2 · · Score: 1

    "I sense a soul in search of exploits."

    Chris Mattern

  20. Re:More dancing wookies!!! on The Future of Star Wars Gaming · · Score: 1

    > I want to:
    >
    > - Jack X-wings.
    > - Go tagging around Mos Isley.
    > - Pimp out droid hos.
    > - Sell midichlori-crack to children.
    > - Pop caps into ewok ass.
    > - Collect a bevy of Sith Dominas who will rape Jar Jar repeatedly in the ass with strap-on light sabers.
    > - Two words: Yoda tossing.
    > - Have non-consensual sex with the space princess or reasonably priced sex slave of my choice.
    > - Roll everything I see up into a big Katamari ball, and bounce it off young Anakin's head.
    > - Four words: My fist, Jedi face.
    > - And, oh, I dunno... sex and stuff

    Mostly sounds like you want Grand Theft X-Wing...

    Chris Mattern

  21. Re:There are two issues: on CBS Sees no Journalism in Blogs · · Score: 1

    > How come you don't write in your journal anymore???

    Because CBS said he wasn't a journalist.

    Chris Mattern

  22. Well, that's fair enough... on CBS Sees no Journalism in Blogs · · Score: 1

    ...the blogs don't see any journalism in CBS, either.

    Chris Mattern

  23. Re:Uranium is a finite resource on Could Nuclear Power Wean the U.S. From Oil? · · Score: 1

    Yes, yes, I know, there's twenty years of oil left. Has been for over fifty years now.

    Chris Mattern

  24. Re:Wrong metaphor on DoubleClick On The Blocks? · · Score: 1

    First thing I thought was it was some kind of video game, maybe something like Breakout. "Double click on the blocks to make it to the next level!"

    Chris Mattern

  25. Re:small brains on New Hominid Species Unearthed in Indonesia · · Score: 4, Funny

    > I have seen functioning humans with heads the size of a grapefruit.

    Yes, yes, we've all seen managers too.

    Chris Mattern