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  1. Re:I find it interesting, on Wikipedia For Schools DVD Released · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, when your choices are no education and free but perhaps not perfectly accurate education, I think most of the world's poor would choose the latter for their children.

  2. Re:I wish the US Supreme Court was that smart. on UK Court Rejects Encryption Key Disclosure Defense · · Score: 2, Informative

    *cough* doesn't matter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_Al_Muhajir) *cough*

  3. Re:Solve the problem, for pete's sake on Germany Fired Up Over Clean Coal · · Score: 1

    When CO2 leaks into the water table, people's children don't start growing a third arm.

  4. Ext3? on Best Shrinkable ReiserFS Replacement? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ext3 with LVM seems to be the popular way to go about this. Unless you really want an esoteric solution, from your requirements I don't see a reason to stray from the norm.

  5. Not Waterproof/Splash Proof on $1,000 Spray Makes Gadgets Waterproof · · Score: 1

    The creators have said, citation not handy, that this isn't for waterproofing, but for splash proofing. So, when you drop some coffee on your $300 cell phone, it doesn't die. The movies of them dropping it in water are just demonstrations and not expectations of actual use. Contacts like for headphones and chargers and what not are still open to the water.

  6. Re:Um.... duh? on Online "Public" Spaces Don't Guarantee Rights · · Score: 1
  7. Re:Um.... duh? on Online "Public" Spaces Don't Guarantee Rights · · Score: 2, Informative

    I don't know. It's been recently ruled that shopping centers are considered public spaces as people have an expectation of them being public spaces even though they are privately owned. I could see, both fortunately and unfortunately, something like myspace being ruled as a public space just due from the public perception of it being reasonably public.

  8. Re:Make way for the console that will kill PC gami on Microsoft Says No New Xbox 360s In 2009 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    See, the sad thing is PC gaming isn't King, even if its better. Consoles make 2-3x as much as PC gaming does at least. There's no contest anymore. The King was crowed long ago.

  9. Really? on Lawyers Would Rather Fly Than Download PGP · · Score: 1

    You have that much faith in PGP over the government's nearly unrestricted resources in surveillance? really?

  10. Base? on OpenOffice.org 2.4 Released · · Score: 1

    OO Base last time I checked was pretty much unusable, I heard the lead dev left some time ago and no one has picked it up yet. Is there any progress on that front at all? People always seem to leave Access out when they compare OO to Office...

  11. Re:That's an easy one! on Why Don't We Invent That Tomorrow? · · Score: 1

    You assume our galaxy is also not moving... which it is.

  12. Unlikely? on 70% of P2P Users Would Stop if Warned by ISP · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Teenagers don't pay the bill? So, they don't want to get in trouble?

  13. Re:How do you lose email? on White House Must Answer For Missing Emails · · Score: 1

    If you work for something/someone that has oversight over you, probably. We're not talking about Bush's private myth box w/ his 3TB pr0n raid here.

  14. Re:Rather pointless for energy reasons... on Titan's Organics Surpass Oil Reserves on Earth · · Score: 1

    While that is true, it does possibly mean that you could have a base near Titan with a rich power source near by.

  15. Re:FIOS on Spectrum Auction Could Be A Game of Chicken · · Score: 1

    I think people forget that in the 90s, the Telcoms were pretty heavily subsidized so that they could, in fact, replace the fiber infrastructure. This is just a the first, probably biased, link I could find on the topic:

    http://www.tispa.org/node/14

  16. Re:Creation +1, Evolution -1 on Geologists Claim Earth May Be Softer Around The Middle Than Previously Thought · · Score: 1, Informative

    Before you go trolling, at least get your there, their, and they're down. Basic grammar goes a lot way to helping your "argument".

  17. Re:Expensive on Apple Announces MacBook Air · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The oqo2 has the upgrade option for 650 bucks and they don't have nearly the volume as Apple. Apple is way over priced on this.

  18. Re:will AJAX development finally be easy? on The Future of AJAX and the Rich Web · · Score: 1

    Just download a framework and be done with it. http://www.prototypejs.org/

    It'll take about an afternoon to figure out the ins and outs and make it do what you want.

  19. Re:Fantasy of Finality on Final Fantasy Turns 20 · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's nothing of the sort. Even in TFA, it says,

    "Square Enix's rescue from oblivion does seem like the stuff of legends, so it's no surprise that fantasy is what the company does best. The Final Fantasy series acquired its ironic name 20 years ago when SquareSoft employee Sakaguchi put together an RPG that was supposed to be the teetering game company's swan song, but turned out to be its savior instead. Sakaguchi probably never imagined that he'd see an age where fans, reviewers and the world in general joke repeatedly about a 12-title series that isn't anywhere close to being final. Today, the series continues to innovate, draw fans, and divide them."

    And I've heard that story repeated elsewhere many times. Sorry, bub.

  20. Re:iCal Server on Quality Open Source Calendaring / Scheduling? · · Score: 1

    So, a lot of people are bringing up iCal Server but if you check their forums or try it yourself, you'll quickly find it is anything but polished. It's pretty flaky and difficult to get everything up and running. But most importantly, any iCal Server account has to be hosted by an Open Directory server. So, if you have OSX authenticating via AD or LDAP, you cannot create straight iCal Server accounts for those users without a great deal of trouble. In general, documentation is currently really bad.

    Now in the future, it may be a really great product, but right now it feels quite unfinished.

  21. Re:Linux/Parallels on Vista at Risk of Being Bypassed by Businesses · · Score: 1

    We had the same problem and have been moving people to OSX w/ parallels. It's a really great combination and really gets rid of most reasons to own a windows box.

  22. Re:Encrypt on Ex AT&T Tech Says NSA Monitors All Web Traffic · · Score: 1, Informative

    Actually, the constitution isn't clear on this issue. In fact, it's clear on very few.

  23. College Bookstore on Best Way To Teach Oneself Math? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why not just stop by your local college bookstore? Just pick up a math text book, go through it, do the problems, check your answers, etc etc. Millions of students have used them. Probably will work out for you.

  24. Re:Another one bites the dust... on Electronic Arts Purchases BioWare, Pandemic · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm sure they are feeling none too smart... them and their HALF A BILLION DOLLARS.

  25. X-Com on A Case for Video Game Remakes · · Score: 1

    On the DS. Make it happen. Now.