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  1. Re:You stupid troll on ISP's Slapping Techs For Lending A Hand · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As long as they aren't representing themselves as employees of the company while doing it, sure.

  2. Why? on A Much Bigger Piece Of Pi · · Score: 2

    How could this ever be useful? I mean that as an honest question, what could anyone, ever, use this for?

  3. Re:I'm a fifth level Vegan on New License Forbids Human Rights Violations? · · Score: 2

    What doesn't cast a shadow in the right position??? Heck, tapwater casts a ssodow half the time around here.

  4. Re:I am not a lawyer but on The Apple Name Game · · Score: 2

    You used to be able to, back in the days of '94 to '96. Called eWorld. The dissolved it and sent the customers off with AOL accounts.

  5. Re:Oh but it was on "xbill" for Mac OS X · · Score: 2

    IF Corel would just put Wordperfect back on the mac, there'd have a lot less MS users in X.

  6. hybrid? on Human-Mouse Hybrids? · · Score: 2

    Scerw that. Let me know when a human-trackball hybrid is available, and I'll be there.

  7. Re:Escrow contracts are voided by bankruptcy on Protecting Your Code While Allowing Source Access? · · Score: 2

    OK, I'm not very familiar with how escrow works in this situation, but couldn't you liscense a version of your code under gnu or gpl when it goes into escrow? Then, if you ever go out of business, it really can't be sold. Thing I wonder about though, is who is it liscensed to, if you do that? I liscense is a contract between parties, not a property of the document, right?

  8. Re:Square on Square To Merge With Enix · · Score: 3, Funny

    naw. Usually they're just really round.

  9. Re:Whos grandmother doesnt use windows? on Please Don't Ask Me About Windows On Christmas · · Score: 2

    My Grandma's got an iMac!

  10. Next version of OS X? on Making Mac OS X Work Like X Windows? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The rumor mills seem to think this'll be available in a future version of OS X.

    See macosrumors.com

  11. Re:Prices, speed, and use on different legs? on The PC Display has Left the Building · · Score: 4, Funny

    I see this included in some sort of kvm solution. One less thing for the MCSE's to not have to be able to figure out :-)

  12. Re:One thing tho... on Review: Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets · · Score: 2

    I'm assuming there are spiders there in the first place, and they're leaving because they were afraid of the Basalisk. Aragog (the big spider thing, give or take some spelling) telle Harry and Ron that spiders are afraid fo the basalisk, so that kind of explains why they're fleeing.

    Now, I'd think they'd have left before the Basalisk showed up or during the attack, not afterwords, but thats just me.

  13. Re:Books on Review: Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets · · Score: 2

    No, most people don't read. Most of people can.

    Luckily, these books are writen for around a 5th grade reading level, so that includes most of the population.

  14. Blockbuster on In Stores Soon: Perishable DVDs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No rental chain will ever use this. They'd have to either a) store hundreds eachs video of these in thier store to rent out. Think how many differnt videos they have. Now, multiply that by every customer they have. Now, I know they could get away with less, but just think how many copies of lotr or Harry Pottery alone they'd need? Their other option would be b) let the clerks in the store burn them them each time for each customer. This means they're still going to need thousands of these blanks sitting around, and they've jsut giving thier $5.65/h employees the ability to make DVDs. There's no way these wouldn't be hacked to make real dvds.

  15. Re:Speed Bumps? on Apple Gives Laptops Speed Bumps · · Score: 2

    They actually make the Mac not catch on fire, but close enough.

  16. Re:still not cheap enough on Apple Gives Laptops Speed Bumps · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you're in hock up to your loogies, why are you buying a new computer?

  17. Re:The Us Presidency is a two-turn election on Mathematicians: Elections Flawed · · Score: 2

    About the half the time, the delgates aren't bound to whomever they represent voted for. Totally depends on the state.

  18. Re:if apple feels so strongly about it... on Apple Details CSS Bugs in Internet Explorer for Mac · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Whare are people going to realize that companies aren't always one homogenus entity. Because a couple of Apple's developers posted a comprehensive breakdown of different browsers, doesn't mean Apple is going to ditch IE.

  19. good ole versiontracker on Net Access Using an iBook, Bluetooth Adaptor and a Mac? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Head on over to version tracker

    http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=135 76&db=mac

    Says it works with GPRS, and "Mobile High Speed for Mac OS X supports all major countries and network operators worldwide and most compatible phones from Motorola, Nokia, Siemens and SonyEricsson. "

    Hope tthat helps

  20. Re:It's Ironic on Ebay vs. Musician · · Score: 2

    Ebay isn't an "online monopoly." They aren't a monopoly to begin with. Just because somebody's the biggest does not make them one. Being a monopoly requires you to be the sole producer or holder of something.

  21. Re:WTF???? on Tim Bray on Microsoft Office · · Score: 2

    I'd throw a comment about obfuscated perl in here, but I think thats perl's default.

  22. Re:Politics, politics, politics. on U.S. Ranks 17th in Freedom of the Press · · Score: 2

    Someone "doing their job" is never a reason not to arrest or harras them. Obeying the freedom of the press is a valid reason, though. Its kind of a symantic, but not really.

  23. Re:one ot the reasons for this... on U.S. Ranks 17th in Freedom of the Press · · Score: 2

    The press is perfectly welcome to do that. They just have to be willing to face the legal consequences of thier actions, just as anybody else would be. The motivational differnce between "I wanna show the public" and "I wanna see if I can" doesn't matter in the eyes of the law.

  24. Re:1-800-IFLYSWA works for blind people on ADA Doesn't Apply to Web · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not only is this insightful (as per the moderation), but its exactally what happened. I've been foloowng this one for a while, as I once apon a time had to some significant remodeling of a website to make it 508 compliant.

  25. Re:Focus Follows Mouse on Mac OS X to Get Journaling FS · · Score: 2

    I have to actually agree with that anonymous coward here. Having the finder determing when you atomatically switch to a differnt program based on what the finder thinks you want to do is one of the worst ideas I've ever heard. Try explaining that one to grandma.