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  1. Re:LoC on U.S. to Digitize All Tangible Gov't. Publications · · Score: 1

    Nope. The 10th Amendment talks about power the "United States" has, not powers Congress has.

  2. Re:Evangelists vs. Zealots on Is Apple & Community Evangelizing Into Uncoolness? · · Score: 1

    To be fair, most evengelist arguments didn't center around Intel. They centered around "Things just working!" and "Microsoft is the Devil!!!!"

    Occasionally you get a "AltiVec Rocks!' thrown in, but Intel bashing's been out for years.

  3. Re:This one again? on Cringley Thinks Apple & Intel Are Merging · · Score: 1

    I keep hearing this, but it doesn't jive with my memory. The 50 or so Power Computing 210's were the least stable Mac's I've ever dealt with. The number of ones that hard the onboard ethernet simply die before 3 years were up were staggering, much less thier other problems.

  4. Re:What percentage does the switchover apply to? on FCC Speeds Up Digital TV Signal Deadlines · · Score: 1

    I don't have cable; I just watch a fair number of DVDs.

  5. Re:What about online electronic records? on Document Disposal Law Kicks In · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Bah. Just because a law doesn't cover everything you think it should doesn't make it powerless. If someone puts in a law that increases speeding fines in school zone, but doesn't do anything to drug usage or having firearms, its still useful tool against speeding in school zones.

  6. Re:I think that there is a problem... on Suggested Curriculum for 'Complex Websites' Class? · · Score: 1

    Because of course all painters should have a masters degree in applied chemistry. Understanding limits to what can and can't be done doesn't mean you have to be especially good at the underlying workings.

  7. Re:Good idea. on School-Lunch Monitoring System for Parents · · Score: 1

    Nothing but carrots and soy milk

    No way! You're not using my tax money to fund the soy bean / vegan lobby's attempts to force their lifestyle on our children. The school system should use diet to help our obese children.

    Mind you I of course don't actually believe that, but arguments like that are exactly why the "taxpayers" shouldn't get a direct say in the composition of school lunches.

  8. Re:Who cares what IBM's profit margin is? on IBM Europe Workers Strike · · Score: 1

    And this dear friend, is why companies love contractors.

  9. Re:Not That Bad on Tiger Spotlight Less Then Optimal · · Score: 1

    I've got 8 firewire drives plugged in now. No major spotlight issues. I'm a bit more likely going to run into bus speed issues.

  10. Re:Is this really that hard? on Handling Viruses in an Uncontrolled Network? · · Score: 1

    Webmail

  11. Re:Exactly... on DMCA Prevents Photoshop Support of Nikon Camera · · Score: 1

    There's also the Digital Rebel replacement with an under 1 sec start up time.

  12. Re:30 Seconds! on DMCA Prevents Photoshop Support of Nikon Camera · · Score: 1

    The 30D is an older, different model than the 300D.

  13. Re:Exactly... on DMCA Prevents Photoshop Support of Nikon Camera · · Score: 1

    Funny, I'd go the exact opposite. Canon's L glass is amazing, but Nikon makes a better camera.

    That said, say something like this over at a photog forum, and its their version of an emacs/vi holy war.

  14. Re:"Target Disc Mode" is on all X releases... on Tiger's 200 New Features · · Score: 1

    Sure is. The new thing in Tiger is that there's a button for it in the startup disk preference panel. Wee.

  15. Re:No power management AppleScripting? on Tiger's 200 New Features · · Score: 1

    I would think it drops something in the open firmware. Hell you can schedule your mac to turn on, so sleep shouldn't be a problem.

  16. Re:Minimum wage? on Google Founders Cut Salaries to $1 · · Score: 1

    States also can have a minimum wage; the employer has to pay whichever is higher.

  17. Re:Are they for real? on Congress Ponders Opening up iTunes DRM · · Score: 1

    How's it a weak argument? If I'm contractually obligated to only sell a product in a certain market, I'm contractually obligated. I guarantee Apple would love to sell iTunes's AAC file to everyone under the sun.

  18. Re:Well, in all fairness on Microsoft's Tips for Buying an MP3 Player · · Score: 1

    Just a quick note: in a lot of places it illegal to operate a motor vehicle of any kind with both ears covered, including by headphones.

  19. Re:xpdf on Adobe Reader 7.0 Coming to Linux · · Score: 2, Informative

    The reader extensions? They work great, used em for the past 3 years.

    We looked into including that feature in forms we use in house, but the cost is insane. Something around 10 per form.

  20. Re:Why just documentation? on OpenBSD Clashes with Adaptec In Quest for Docs · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Bullocks. They're under no obligation to release specs to the OpenBSD folks then they are to port their drivers to OS/2. If someone bought their product, intending to get it to work on an unsupported OS, thats the customers fault.

  21. Re:Googlebombing is part of Google's design flaw. on 'Online Poker' Googlebomb · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sounds like your not using it right.

    "to be +or not to be" (quotes and all) give you nothing but appropriate answers on the fist page.

  22. Timely? on LinuxPPC64 Contest · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This contest ended. It was 2004. The page linked to lists who won the contest.

    Why is this here?

  23. Re:Tradeoff? on The Fate of The Free Newspaper · · Score: 1

    Well, giving someone a paper has ads on it. You can't block these ads automatically.

  24. Re:Tradeoff? on The Fate of The Free Newspaper · · Score: 1, Insightful

    But not as easy to read on the train to work.

  25. Re:No shit... on NSA (partially) Declassified · · Score: 1

    Sort of depends on how you define mentally ill, doesn't it? You could argue anyone that kills 10 people is mentally ill from that action alone.