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  1. PaperClip on The War Of The Word · · Score: 1

    Clippy ran on the C64?

    Oh, come on. Admit it. You thought about it too.

  2. Re:Everything's bigger in Texas on Notebooks Replace Textbooks in Texas · · Score: 1

    I thought the Compaq lunchboxes (Compaq Portable III, Portable/386) were grayscale gas plasma, not LCD.

  3. Re:Gator! on First Ten Programs on New Install? · · Score: 1

    You forgot:

    WebTangent
    Bonzi Buddy
    Comet Cursor

  4. Re:VI is everywhere. on JOE Hits 3.0 · · Score: 1

    Vi? I went to the trouble of learning "ed", so that I could work on machines that had a paper TTY interface!

  5. The Ninth too... on U.S. Considering Ratifying Cybercrime Treaty · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Ninth goes hand in hand with the Tenth:

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

    In other words:

    The Ninth: Even if we didn't mention them, you have your rights.
    The Tenth: If we didn't talk about it, the Feds can't do it.

  6. Re:Looking at the picture on Towards Silent Supersonic Planes · · Score: 1

    F-20 has a different (single) engine.

    I thought Northrop abandoned the F-20 Tigershark?

  7. RIAA Math on Operation FastLink Yields Three Arrests · · Score: 2, Funny

    Was that 100 copiers? Or was it 25 quad-speed copiers?

  8. Re:Remember the bill of rights? on Trusted Computing/DMCA vs. Diebold Pentagon Paper · · Score: 1


    3. The counter-party is blocking the appointment [nytimes.com] of new judges to replace retiring officials. Sounds like being against speedy trials to me.


    Don't go blaming the Dems on this. The GOP did the same thing while Clinton was in office.

    Disclaimer: I'm a registered Libertarian.

  9. Re:This is just not good on Trusted Computing/DMCA vs. Diebold Pentagon Paper · · Score: 1


    That's the Second. The Fourth is the right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure.

  10. Re:NO JOKE on The Myth Of The 100-Year CD-Rom · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, the cassette was just changing to reflect the current Jackson.

  11. Re:Prolly Not TNG on Berman Confirms Star Trek Prequel Film Project · · Score: 4, Informative

    That's Sulu who captained the Excelsior, not Chekov.

  12. Re:Hold Them All Accountable on California Grills Diebold Over E-Voting Foul-Ups · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm not a lawyer so can someone tell me what it takes to become a traitor to the United States of America?

    Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.

  13. Re:Quantum tracking number... on First Bank Transfer via Quantum Cryptography · · Score: 1

    Sorry, didn't mean to hit submit yet.

    One of the advantages of the Transactional Interpretation is that it *CAN* explain the two-slit experiment, including the delayed-choice version.

    In Schroedingers Kittens and the Search For Reality, John Gribbin provides a good lay overview of the TI.

  14. Re:Quantum tracking number... on First Bank Transfer via Quantum Cryptography · · Score: 1

    You don't have the pilot wave. Cramer's Interpretetation is much like Wheeler/Feynman absorber theory. It takes advantage of the fact that there are two solutions to Schroedinger, the standard (retarded) and the advanced (time reversed) wave.

  15. Re:Quantum tracking number... on First Bank Transfer via Quantum Cryptography · · Score: 1

    I want to only be in the world where I'm rich!

    Of course, according to Cramer's Transactional Interpretation, both of those are bogus. There is no superposition, no "collapse". The advanced reply wave reinforces the offer wave "instantaneously".

  16. Re:We're talking about Samba and Linux here... on Samba 3 By Example · · Score: 1

    Oh, agreed. I hate the reg. I was just nitpicking the statement about HKLM and HKCU.

  17. Re:We're talking about Samba and Linux here... on Samba 3 By Example · · Score: 1

    While I hate the Registry, HKLM and HKCU are actually logical names. They're shorthand for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_CURRENT_USER, which now relate logically to "machine wide configurations" and "per user settings".

  18. Re:what speed on AOL Mail To Be Accessible Via IMAP · · Score: 1

    Well, come on... AOL *IS* the Internet. This girl in their commercials says so, so it must be true!

  19. Re:I don't know a good rate... on Reasonable Salary for Entry Level Programmers? · · Score: 1

    West SF Valley (West Hills). 45 year old house. 1600 ft^2. Market is 450K+. Of course, you do get a few extra $$$ for the El Camino Real HS district (Nat'l Academic Decathalon Champs!).

  20. Re:Free Software on Montreal Parking Meters Run Linux · · Score: 1

    Do I get the money in the middle if I land on it?

    DISCLAIMER (yeah, I know it's a house rule).

  21. Re:How much did they settle for? on Sex.com Settles Case Against VeriSign · · Score: 4, Informative

    The $65M judgement was against Cohen, who stole the domain. This is Kremen's suit against VeriSign for being idiots (for handing over the domain without verification) and dickheads (for refusing to do anything about it).

  22. Re:a really long time on New Internet Speed Record · · Score: 1

    Based on the rate of increase in my broadband connection's speed over the past few years, it should have been about 3000 years ago (my connection's getting slower -- probably more users).

  23. Re:The carrier pigeons are in for some competition on New Internet Speed Record · · Score: 2, Funny

    The audit trails are kind of annoying, too... They don't get cleaned up afterwards.

  24. Re:I'd give up mine for sex! on Giving Up Passwords For Chocolate · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dammit! You just gave away the real secret... the fact that there are two sets of secrets! And you only did it for karma, not even sex!

  25. Re:They're Getting Desperate on Linux's Achilles Heel Apparently Revealed · · Score: 1

    because you can't install MS security patches.

    But... but... I got an email that told me to "taste that MS security patch"! I can't run it under Linux?