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  1. Geez. It's not like you have to BUY this crap. on Bleak Future for Videogame Customers · · Score: 1

    Don't have a cow.

  2. Wow! Great news! on Finale 2004 Available for Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    I haven't used Finale since my old Mac IIci days (hey, I had like this "college" thing to deal with). Maybe it's time to try this again!

  3. Shock and Awe! on What is the Best Way to Handle a GPL Violation? · · Score: 1


    Bomb the living bejeepers out of those forces.

    http://www.kmfdm.net/angsttl.html

  4. Microsoft will sue for trademark infringement on Windows that Double as LCD Monitors · · Score: 1

    Either that, or they will "embrace and extend" and we will start a new Dark Age.

  5. The ONLY thing ADHD means is... on Neural Feedback Training as Therapy for ADHD? · · Score: 1

    ...the kid doesn't have enough chores to keep him busy!

  6. Oh, have you ever taken Lit. Crit? on Engineer Deconstructs Literary Criticism · · Score: 1

    You can definitely pronounce judgement on literary criticism. The trick is to apply whatever critical rules the author is using in his own critique of a work of literature to his own critique. Typically, they make the same "errors" they accuse the literary author of making. It's kind of fun.

    The best way to study Lit. Crit. is with a pitcher of good beer. It helps to have nice looking members of the opposite sex in your study group.

  7. They can do whatever they hell they want on Colorization of Mars Images? · · Score: 1

    with the PR photos. Get the actual images elsewhere. They have a "show" to put on, so people actually might decide they want to continue to fund space exploration. I know I prefer this to funding nation building/oil exploitation...

  8. Dubya makes it easy to hire "undocumented workers" on Tech Firms Defend Moving Jobs Overseas · · Score: 1

    So, instead of paying them, say $0.10 per bushel, you pay, say $0.30 per thousand lines of code...

  9. Dubya's REAL plan for undocumented aliens on Army Looks at Robotic Dogs · · Score: 1

    He's going to hire them to run across Iraq, delivering USO packages to the troops.

  10. All your index finger are belong to us! on U.S. Begins Digital Fingerprinting In Airports · · Score: 1

    How are you gentlemen !!

  11. Does anyone actually go to "yahoo.com" to search? on Yahoo to Dump Google · · Score: 1

    How hard is it to just type "google.com" in the box up top? Actually, since I use Safari, I just type my Google query in the search box up top :)

  12. Just like Xbox is a "PS2 Killer" on Microsoft's iPod-Killer: Portable Media Center? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Even if they took a 100% loss on this, they would not topple the iPod. It's just that superior.

  13. Re:Why do we waste so much fuel? on Dreams of the Moon · · Score: 1

    Well, we are not "evildoers." At least not the people with the guns. They might think *I* am. But they say that about anybody who opposes their tyranny.

    Yes, the Nazis tried to build a "supergun" way back when. But, we're a lot better at that sort of thing now.

  14. Why do we waste so much fuel? on Dreams of the Moon · · Score: 1

    We carry all the fuel we need to reach a planet/moon with us along with our underwear. We should use simple "shuttles" (as originally proposed, not what we actually developed) to put people/payload up there. The fuel should arrive separately, via "dumb projectiles" that are fired up using gauss canons or some other "mass driver" technology ("big ass gun up the side of a mountain"). A small fleet of robotic "canister retrievers" can bring the fuel to you once you obtain orbit. You can stage the fuel delivery weeks in advance of a trip.

  15. I have not had such experiences... on Wasting Time Fixing Computers · · Score: 1

    using Mac OS X and RedHat and SuSE. In fact, I rarely have trouble with Windoze 2000 or XP, but I don't *use* them as much, either. Still, for very little usage, they are by far the most "touch-needy" systems I manage.

  16. I thought everybody knew this! on For Champagne Bubbles, Smaller Is Better · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's been known since the Dom popped his first couple of corks.

    Anyway, be sure to always drink from leaded crystal, which has the right sort of pore structure to support continuous beads of tiny bubbles (given a good wine sample - Korbel ain't never gonna taste good).

  17. Get pregnant on Best Way To Beat A Caffeine Addiction? · · Score: 1

    My wife would barf any time she smelled coffee.

    Of course, now she's nursing and STILL can't drink it, but wants it again...

  18. Beware of violating your User Agreement on Wireless APs in Homebrew Coffee Shops? · · Score: 1

    You might have restrictions from your ISP, particularly if it's a cable or traditional DSL (e.g. "baby bell") provider. They won't like you "sharing" your connection, nor is it ethical. Some ISPs don't care. Some will sell you a "business class" service that allows this. You might also talk to the many "freenet" (I support Austin FreeNet through United Way) communities mentioned before - they might have "co-op" services that you can use, so long as you are acting as a "free access point" (all my terms).

    Just don't toss a WAP on a consumer cable subscription and expect to be compliant.

    Good luck with the idea! I have told Little City more than once that their free WiFi access keeps me coming, despite there being a handful of good coffee shops in proximity.

  19. Sorry, Linus, SCO patented December 28th. on Happy Birthday, Von Neumann (And Linus!) · · Score: 2, Funny

    You'll have to pick another date :)

    (feliz cumpleanos a ti)

  20. I'll be across the street at a local coffee bar! on NatSci 802.11x WiFi Tracker Zeroes In On Users · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Whenever I have to write up presentations or work on code, I disappear to this place for hours at a time, but magically, work gets done (free wireless, and decent, if not super speedy, net connectivity). I think smart managers (I'm one of them) understand that sitting in a cubie 8 hours per day does not consitute "putting in a day's work." WiFi lets us be the most productive we can be, no matter where we are. Sometimes, that means leaving the office.

  21. Why all the need to rank things? on Best and Worst Books of 2003? · · Score: 1

    Why not just ask for a list of books worth reading? I've read a few that aren't the "best" ever, or the "worst," but it was worth the time.

  22. Texans need more stuff for target practice! on A.I. Helicopter? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    These babies ought to be fun fer shootin'!

  23. Whew! If it's in Linux, then SCO owns the rights! on Company Claims Patent on CD Writing · · Score: 1

    So, we just send in our $699 and we're good, right?

  24. And they STILL don't give enough peanuts! on (At Least) 100 Years Of Powered Human Flight · · Score: 1

    Next time, take the train!

  25. Ah, memories! I remember running Oberon myself... on 55 Operating Systems On A PowerBook · · Score: 1

    Back a long time ago. I think it was on a PowerMac 7100/66 or something like that. Hell, it might have even been on my Quadra 660AV. Don't really recall...