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  1. Re:I'll admit, I'm a bit confused on Newegg Defies New York Sales Tax Law · · Score: 1

    Michigan has the same flat use tax option, and it's pretty low, like $20. It saves a lot of sales tax if you make a significant amount of out-of-state purchases. All you have to do is check the "I don't remember" box and hand over your twenty bucks and you're free and clear.

  2. Re:Not quite true. on Verizon to Launch Mobile 'Chaperone' Service · · Score: 1

    My Samsung SPH-A760: Settings->Others->Location->Off

    Gives you this warning when you turn it off "Your location will be hidden from the network and all applications except 911" It even gives me a little icon on the screen to tell me location is turned off.

  3. Re:The real state of Videogame magazines.... on The State Of U.S. Videogame Magazines · · Score: 1

    What happens to all the unsold magazines?

  4. myxomycetes on The Future of Tech And NSA Wiretaps · · Score: 1

    I hope you got a triple word score with that one

  5. I live in Detroit on Google Transit Now In Beta · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd like to see them do Detroit. The instructions would start with "start at least 3 hours before you want to get anywhere." Then "walk up to 3 miles to the nearest bus station". Then "Wait up to an hour for a bus". Yeah our transit sucks.

  6. Re:Huge market on WoW Helping or Hurting the Industry? · · Score: 1

    Fear not my core gaming friend. Vanguard, is out there, waiting just for you.

  7. Re:So when's Monday? on Imax Theaters Demur On Controversial Science Films · · Score: 1

    There are some right over here

  8. Re:Yay for broadband! on American View On Korean Broadband Leadership · · Score: 1

    And chances are that some people will be taken in by obvious hoaxes.

  9. Re:Not at all on No More Players for World of Warcraft - For Now · · Score: 1

    It seems to be limited only to the servers with the highest populations. I started playing just before Christmas and have had no problems at all. I play on the Eonar server and have never had to wait in a queue or had my character rolled back.

  10. Re:Yeah on Five Years of Ballmer -- the Effect on Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Where did you get the idea that Apple hates DRM? Everything you get from iTunes has DRM built in. Last I checked, iTunes was an Apple product.

  11. Re: Link to software page on TiVo-like Application for XM Radio Under Fire · · Score: 1

    Blowtorch my ass, all he needs is potassium permanganate and glycerin.

  12. Re:Huge Glaring Problem. on Human-powered Helicopter Fails to Lift Off · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actally, every helicopter pilot is taught how to land if their engine fails. As long as the helicopter is 100 feet off the ground or going faster than 30 mph, even with catastrophic engine failure, it can still land. It is called autorotation

  13. Re:FMMP! on Dungeons and Dragons Co-Creator Interviewed · · Score: 1

    He's attacking the darkness

  14. Re:Suddenly on Kazaa Sues Record Labels · · Score: 1

    I think this one covers it more succinctly.

    Amendment IX

    The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

  15. PC port. on Star Wars - KOTOR Rated, Raved · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm just glad they have a PC port planned as I don't own an x-box. I don't plan to get one either.

  16. Re:Heh on Motorcyclists To Get Wearable Airbags · · Score: 1

    Do Merkins really have that much problems with the idea?

    For the answer to that question check out ABATE of Michigan (other states have their own ABATE chapters). Basically this is an organization dedicated to abolishing helmet laws. Their motto is "Let those who ride decide".

    Personally I would never ride without a helmet, ever. I was in a motorcycle accident as a passenger nearly 20 years ago and a helmet quite literaly saved my life. I was able to get up and walk to the ambulance. I've been lucky in that I've never been an accident sice. I now am the proud owner of a 2001 Aprilia RST1000 Futura (love those euro bikes).

  17. City of Heroes on Marvel Goes MMPORG · · Score: 2, Informative

    There is a super-hero MMORPG already in the works that will let you roll your own hero. Should be out sometime next year. It is called City of Heroes

  18. Re:good food... on Scientific Battlegrounds in Diets · · Score: 1

    Not if it makes you look and feel better. And get more chicks.

  19. Re:Bounty Hunter Deflation effect on Star Wars: Galaxies Preview · · Score: 1

    This guy seems to be of the same mind as you. Take a look here

    This is also a good laugh.

  20. Re:Why is it.. on Mystery of Loch Ness Solved? · · Score: 2

    How about actually finding one living off the coast of Madagascar? Check out the Coelacanth page.

  21. Re:Links? on Scientology vs. Panoussis Ruling · · Score: 1

    Here is a good one. Prepare to be shocked and amazed.

  22. Re:because we're retarded on Giant Neutrino Detector, 2km Underground · · Score: 1

    Well if someone asked me where Canada is, I would say South. I live in Detroit, the only place along the entire border where you drive south to get to Canada.

  23. Not dead yet on Sega Confirms Death of Dreamcast · · Score: 1

    Cart Master
    Bring out your dead!
    Customer
    Here's one.
    Cart Master
    Ninepence.
    Dead Person
    I'm not dead!
    Cart Master
    What?
    Customer
    Nothing. Here's your ninepence.
    Dead Person
    I'm not dead!
    Cart Master
    'Ere. He says he's not dead!
    Customer
    Yes, he is.
    Dead Person
    I'm not!
    Cart Master
    He isn't?
    Customer
    Well, he will be soon. He's very ill.
    Dead Person
    I'm getting better!
    Customer
    No, you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment.
    Cart Master
    Oh, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations.
    Dead Person
    I don't want to go on the cart!
    Customer
    Oh, don't be such a baby.

    Cart Master
    I can't take him.
    Dead Person
    I feel fine!
    Customer
    Well, do us a favour.
    Cart Master
    I can't.
    Customer
    Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long.
    Cart Master
    No, I've got to go to the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today.
    Customer
    Well, when's your next round?
    Cart Master
    Thursday.
    Dead Person
    I think I'll go for a walk.
    Customer
    You're not fooling anyone, you know. Look, isn't there something you can do?
    Dead Person
    [singing] I feel happy... I feel happy.
    [whop]
    Customer
    Ah, thanks very much.
    Cart Master
    Not at all. See you on Thursday.

  24. Re:Sounds so easy... on 3D GUI Project · · Score: 1

    If you want to see a GUI that uses the circular design rather than the linear, check out the demo for Neverwinter Nights at dailyradar.com. There is no GUI untill you want it and then it is context sensitive and seems to be logically laid out. As an aside, the game itself looks like a must have for any rpg'er.

  25. Great lines on "Evil Dead: Hail to the King" For PSX Reviewed · · Score: 1

    You forgot my favorite line, when Ash says to Eric the Red "You ain't king of but two things right now buddy, Jack and shit, and Jack's left town." I laughed for like ten minutes the first time I heard that.