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  1. Re:Next movie you go to, thank your projectionist. on IBM Patents Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Movies · · Score: 1

    <pedantic> DVDs are an optical medium, not electronic...</pedantic>

  2. Re:E-Readers in a phone on HTC Launches HD Phones and Updated Sense UI · · Score: 1

    you mean like the Pixel-Qi? It isn't quite as efficient as E-Ink (it doesn't have a no power mode), but it does color, is readable in sunlight and is fast enough even video,

    http://www.pixelqi.com/

    Yep, I am looking forwards to that on a smart-phone myself.

  3. Re:What do UKers think? on UK ISPs To Pay 25% of Copyright Enforcement Costs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Lucky you.

    When I was at walmart I earned ~$1000 a month.

    rent on a 1 bedroom next to a crackhouse? ~$500.
    Utility cost in a poorly insulated rat trap? ~$300.
    We are talking about a low density area (Mississippi), car required: ~$300 (assuming insurance + gas + either a low note or regular lemon repair costs).
    Now you have to eat? wait, you are already 100 dollars in the hole...
    So we also sell our blood plasma for an extra $300, now you can afford ramen noodles and peanut butter for special occasions.

    God forbid you have any kids, need to buy clothes/furniture, date a girl, stimulate your mind or go to a doctor.

    The only way to make a living on a wal-mart salary is if you are lucky enough to be in walking distance from wal-mart and have a home that is already bought and paid for, or if you can split expenses 3+ ways with other people working similar jobs. Splitting the costs 2 ways won't even really cut it because even if you skimp on entertainment and only shop at goodwill, you still won't be able to save for either inevitable emergencies or for the future.

  4. Re:Here's to hoping on IE 9 Beta Strips Down For Speed · · Score: 0

    IE9: Now injecting malware faster than ever.

  5. Re:Comparisons like this don't mean squat... on Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 10.04 · · Score: 1

    With a console also get an interface that makes FPS and RTS games virtually unplayable.

  6. Re:how thick? on Promised Microsoft Tablet 'No Thicker Than Sheet of Glass' · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not true. Cats become spherical at around 50 lbs.

    At this point they can still walk by arching their back. And they are still strong enough to climb into a persons lap, resulting in only moderate blood loss and a few stitches.

    The cats name was Charlie.

  7. Re:WOAH WOAH WOAH on Torvalds Becomes an American Citizen · · Score: 1

    We already did. It is called California and Texas.

  8. trust me, a lot of born citizens feels the same on Torvalds Becomes an American Citizen · · Score: 1

    I can't stand American politics.

  9. Re:"Anti-US" Hacker? on Anti-US Hacker Takes Credit For Worm · · Score: 1

    What, you want me to provide a exhaustive list of the bad things about the second iraq war? That would take days at least.

    Like I said, we should have taken out Saddam at the end of the first war. If we had done that, there would have nothing good about the second war (and no way that I can see to falsify justification for a second invasion).

  10. Re:"Anti-US" Hacker? on Anti-US Hacker Takes Credit For Worm · · Score: 0

    Myself, I am pretty god damn torn up about the second iraq war.

    Was it right to remove Saddam from power, try him and execute him for his crimes? Abso-F@#$%ing-lutely.

    We should have done it the first time. This is the only bit of good I see in it, and while very important it just pales before how wrong everything else was/is.

    Was our justification for doing so lies fabricated by Dick Cheney and Co.? Abso-F@#$%ing-lutely.

    Did Cheney stand to profit directly from the war effort? Abso-F@#$%ing-lutely.

    Were our methods used in that war (torture, war crimes and cover-ups) wrong? Abso-F@#$%ing-lutely.

    Was Cheney at least loosely associated with apocalyptic rapture cults who believed war in the middle east was required for their prophecies to come to fruition? Abso-F@#$%ing-lutely.
     

  11. Re:Nothing new on Burglary Ring Used Facebook Places To Find Targets · · Score: 1

    Thats great... Until your facebooks says you are at the vet.

  12. Re:self defeating business plan on Is DIY Algae Farming the Future? · · Score: 1

    If you have ever been in a communal shower situation, sports, low rent dorms, etc, you should know the value of urine as a mild anti-fungal agent. To avoid athletes foot, you should pee on your feet in the shower.

  13. Re:Old news, buy oil stocks. on German Military Braces For Peak Oil · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And even during brownouts, Californians still don't want the safest cleanest mass production power plant available (nuclear) in their back yard.

  14. Re:Flash is not restricted in Safari on Apple's Developer Tools Turnaround 'Great News' For Adobe · · Score: 1

    1: SVG

  15. Re:competition? on PayPal Withholding Indie Game Dev's €600,000 Account · · Score: 1

    Not really. If you must accept paypal, you must use a paypal account and therefore you must use paypal on some level even if your actual customers decide to use an alternate form of payment.

  16. Re:PayPal has done this forever on PayPal Withholding Indie Game Dev's €600,000 Account · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Exactly, how can they "lock" an account and still allow incoming deposits? It is ridiculously stupid behavior at best.

  17. Re:What the hell *is* Minecraft? on PayPal Withholding Indie Game Dev's €600,000 Account · · Score: 1

    I've seen minecraft around for a while. I have not played it personally but there are people who have on the bay12games (dwarf fortress) forums.

    http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?board=4.0, search on the forum for minecraft and you will find several threads.

  18. Re:IDK on T-Mobile To Begin HTC G2 Preorders · · Score: 1

    I'm waiting till they have a smart-phone with something like the Pixel-Qi or another high efficiency display personally.

  19. Re:Extreme sharpshooting on Supernova Shrapnel Found In Meteorite · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Davy Crocket didn't have > 2 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 tons of bullets either.

  20. Re:Cost? on Cybercriminals Create 57,000 Fake Sites Each Week · · Score: 1

    $14.74 but yes, I did.

    I got it with 4 such charges from two different companies right before the $14.74 credit card scam ring in Spain got nabbed.

    I reversed all 4, two from one company stayed reversed but the other two required me to contest, I have no idea how it will turn out.

    I don't know exactly where they got my cc number, possibly from a gas station, fast food place or an online training/certification site I spent money on for my now ex fiances funeral service study books/national boards exam.

  21. Re:Parent has got it! on Tech Sector Slow To Hire · · Score: 1

    I see this all the time as well.

    Plenty of people require 5+ years of experience with tools less than 5 years old.

      I am still looking to see something like "requires 3 years experience in .net 4.0 beta".

  22. 6% high? thats about 2/3s the national average. on Tech Sector Slow To Hire · · Score: 1

    I prefer the 6% unemployment rate in my industry compared to the unemployment rate in my sisters field of expertise (architectural engineering), IIRC it is above 20%.

  23. Re:This is painfully obvious. on Researchers Say Happiness Costs $75K · · Score: 1

    The gulf coast? a tiny studio apartment with a beach view starts around 1k here in the Florida Panhandle, a little less as you move to the brown water beaches of the Mississippi gulf coast.

  24. Re:Heh on The Gaping Holes In the UAE's Net Firewall · · Score: 1

    I would certainly hope so.

  25. Re:Possible solution on New Malware Imitates Browser Warning Pages · · Score: 1

    "Proven antivirus protection fin one click!"

    Whether it's shark fin, mahi fin, or tuna fin is user-selectable...

    They are french mal-ware writers.

    What they really mean is "Proven antivirus protection ends in one click!"