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  1. Re:Popularity? on Why Nerds Are Unpopular · · Score: 1

    That's the 10 year... no question... Everyone looking to see what kind of car you're driving.

    At 20, we compared children.

    At 30, I'm told that everyone has gotten over themselves and it's just about having fun and seeing who's still breathing without assistance.

  2. Popularity? on Why Nerds Are Unpopular · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Who cares? It's been over twenty years since I graduated high school. A couple of years ago, I attended the 20th anniversary.

    I learned something... I can go the rest of my entire life without ever seeing any of my classmates again and still be happy.

    It's four years... After it's over, forget about them and move on.

  3. Re:The Academy on Salon on Gollum's Failed Oscar Nomination · · Score: 1

    Hmmm... I haven't watched in a few years, but unless they've changed the lingo, you never hear the term, winner. It's always, "The award goes to..."

  4. Re:I agree but I'll add more on Salon on Gollum's Failed Oscar Nomination · · Score: 1

    Well... back in the day, the skaters actually did skate figures. Nowadays, they do not.

    A better example is solo-synchronized swimmming. What is that about?

  5. Re:Oscars have VERY little to do with quality anyw on Salon on Gollum's Failed Oscar Nomination · · Score: 1

    Sure it was dreadful, but it wasn't any worse than Gladiator.

    The Academy is consistent at least.

  6. Re:No on Sci-fi Channel's Children of Dune · · Score: 1

    Certainly, Lynch glossed over a great many details, but I think he had the right tone.

    The television show looked like every other crap sci-fi movie you've ever seen from the 70's.

  7. Re:Childless intellectuals... on Violence, Video Games And Donahue · · Score: 1

    Cool... I'm not the only one with kids and a copy of Unreal Tournament. I go head to head with my teenage son all the time, the camping little turd. :)

  8. Re:$129?!?!?! on Apple Reveals Mac OS X 10.2, 17" iMac, Windows iPod · · Score: 1

    The 98SE CD came with IE4, not IE5.

  9. Re:$129?!?!?! on Apple Reveals Mac OS X 10.2, 17" iMac, Windows iPod · · Score: 1

    One more reason not to shop at CompUSA. Thanx.

  10. Re:$129?!?!?! on Apple Reveals Mac OS X 10.2, 17" iMac, Windows iPod · · Score: 2, Informative

    Back up...

    98 to 98SE was FREE. I got the disk directly from Microsoft for the cost of shipping and the CD... $7.

  11. Re:I want an apology on Janis Ian on the Internet Debacle · · Score: 1

    No worries. Just had to chime in and let you know that not all of us 40 year olds have grown old enough to become our parents. :)

  12. Re:I want an apology on Janis Ian on the Internet Debacle · · Score: 1, Informative

    This 40 year old "moron" uses P2P frequently and I always sample before I buy.

  13. Re:IE has the most uesrs on Web Designers Ignoring Standards and Support IE Only · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Because it's a pain in the ass.

    It's much simpler to write to W3C recommended spec. If it validates, stop there and be confident in knowing that IE will display it properly.

  14. Re:TJ Rodgers (Cypress' CEO) on Is it Wrong to Accept an Employment Counter-Offer? · · Score: 1

    You need HTML Kit to post links on Slashdot?

    No, you don't.

  15. Re:Well ... on How Yoda Became an Action Star · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but he can throw his body around and somehow still needs a cane?

  16. Re:Lucas, Lucas... on How Yoda Became an Action Star · · Score: 1

    Hmmm... seems like Lucas threw out the plot years ago. Of course, I could be wrong. Maybe he did plot out this idiotic story.

    I was okay with EP5 (mostly). EP6 was the beginning of the end. Fuzzy Ewoks only surpassed by Jar Jar as irritants and then the soap opera.... Leia, the woman that Luke has had a chubby for for two movies turns out to be his sister. Daddy Darth was difficult enough to swallow.

  17. Re:PS1 v XBox... on Console Pricing Economics · · Score: 1

    Sony also helped themselves by not developing an entirely new controller. X-Box controllers cost $40 each. If you owned a PS1, those same controllers work on the PS2 as do the games.

  18. Re:It does matter on Console Pricing Economics · · Score: 1

    In addition, they'll need a multi-million dollar software development campaign.

    The library is what informed buyers look at, not just the capability of the machine.

  19. Re:All English-language on The Wired Top Twenty Sci-Fi Movies · · Score: 1

    Is it on top of your head?

  20. Re:gattaca - yawn? on The Wired Top Twenty Sci-Fi Movies · · Score: 1

    It didn't last at the theatres. This one faded pretty fast but that's expected when there are no breasts and no explosions.

  21. Re:Get your Krell Metal on on The Wired Top Twenty Sci-Fi Movies · · Score: 1

    No kidding. Barbarella made it and Silent Running did not. What were they thinking?

  22. Re:Zeppelins on Zeppelins on Patrol? · · Score: 1

    Simple solution... Use Aerostat RADAR.

    http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/airdef/tars.ht m

  23. Re:the beauty of credit cards on Disconnecting · · Score: 1

    Depends on your definition of "reasonable effort."

  24. Re:the beauty of credit cards on Disconnecting · · Score: 1

    It's not fraud if you no longer want the service and can't get the ISP to respond.

  25. Re:SCIENTOLOGY IS CANCER on Disconnecting · · Score: 1

    No shite?

    I should have done some more research. I was an Earthlink customer for years. Had I known, I would not have subscribed.