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  1. Re:All well and good, but I have to wonder on jQuery Dev Bemoans Overwhelming Spam On Google Groups · · Score: 1

    Presumably they just subscribe to the group and send spam using every address that successfully sends a message to the group. Some of them will be pre-moderated.

    (I can easily see 20,000 subscribers being enough of an incentive to do this)

  2. Re:Perhaps a new mail header? on jQuery Dev Bemoans Overwhelming Spam On Google Groups · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's that, and also a collection of mailing lists that are not mirrored to Usenet. People interact with those mailing lists using email (the group discussed in the summary is a mailing list that is not mirrored to Usenet...).

  3. Re:That bad, eh? on Tesla Roadster Breaks Distance Record For Electric Car · · Score: 1

    Someone who drives 2,000+ miles a month in spurts of 50 miles a piece doesn't really have to kowtow to range concerns (especially if they don't have a problem affording a car that costs $50,000+).

  4. Re:That's nice... on Tesla Roadster Breaks Distance Record For Electric Car · · Score: 1

    And the long straightaways. I would guess the official spec anticipates a little more stopping and starting than these guys did.

  5. Re:Why we'll never solve distracted driving on No Hand-Held Devices In Ontario Cars · · Score: 1

    You say we'll never solve it, I say cars that can drive themselves aren't really all that far out.

  6. Re:WTF? on No Hand-Held Devices In Ontario Cars · · Score: 1

    If the cars come standard with an automatic, perhaps you should say that they don't offer a manual transmission...

  7. Re:It does not go too far on No Hand-Held Devices In Ontario Cars · · Score: 1

    Why? Most people don't care if their 'logic' and 'reasoning' is ridiculous and specious, so pointing out why isn't go to deter them any.

  8. Re:Really? on No Hand-Held Devices In Ontario Cars · · Score: 1

    Seatbelts, airbags, laws like this one. There is plenty of attention paid to reducing automobile deaths.

  9. Re:And in other scientific news on Neanderthals "Had Sex" With Modern Man · · Score: 1

    I would bet that you are confusing people. Magnum is not going to invoke a bottle size, it is going to invoke the 40:

    http://www.beerpal.com/Magnum-Malt-Liquor-Beer/9817/

  10. Re:Of course there is evidence on Neanderthals "Had Sex" With Modern Man · · Score: 1

    France is currently in a surrender phase and not due for a violent internal revolution for another 100 years.

  11. Re:They've taken a leaf out of the UK's book on No Hand-Held Devices In Ontario Cars · · Score: 1

    Airbags sure aren't leading to less accidents. I guess traction control and the like are probably helpful, but I would also guess that a significant contributor is better standards for the construction of roads (better sight lines, etc.).

  12. Re:Humans on Neanderthals "Had Sex" With Modern Man · · Score: 1

    Damn it, it's a society, not a league.

  13. Re:Scientific? on Neanderthals "Had Sex" With Modern Man · · Score: 1

    Or perhaps Eve was just a little dumber than Debra, but Debra had the bad luck to be burned alive in a volcanic eruption.

    For all we know, Eve died 10,000 years prior to her 'taking over' the world, it could well be that the only genes she contributed to modern man are right there in the mitochondria (which might offer some explanation as to the advantage that she had...).

  14. Re:Right & Wrong on Film Studios May Block DVD Rentals For One Month · · Score: 1

    What about all the movies that you buy, watch twice, and thus end up overpaying by 5 (or perhaps more murderously, 13)?

  15. Re:hey, it beats on Film Studios May Block DVD Rentals For One Month · · Score: 1

    It isn't about you. They think there are people that will be pushed into buying the movie by the rental ban. That they have to manipulate the entire market to manipulate those people is a bit of a bummer for you, but there you go.

  16. Re:THIS JUST IN...! on French Branch of Scientology Is Convicted of Fraud · · Score: 1

    Dude, now they are going to go cry by their locker!

  17. Re:(AHEM) final irony on French Branch of Scientology Is Convicted of Fraud · · Score: 1

    There are lots of people, scholars among them, that believe 'virgin' was an excessive translation, 'young woman' would have done fine.

  18. Re:The Ammunition for Both Sides on French Branch of Scientology Is Convicted of Fraud · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry.

  19. Re:Problem? Really? on Laptop Fires On Airplanes · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Even that is too much. There have been 11 incidents in the last 3 years, leading to 0 deaths. There is not a problem.

  20. Re:TRIM on Intel Updates SSDs, Supports TRIM, Faster Writes · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I fall into the 'only storage for extended periods' category, prefer the convenience of having everything 'inside' the laptop, do not particularly need the performance, and am somewhat budget oriented (in that I don't have a huge amount of money that I want to spend on computer stuff). So I guess the biggest problem I have with SSDs at the moment is just the cost, mostly regardless of the size. After that, the fact that cost/GB is still falling quite rapidly is a big consideration, as is the ongoing increase in available capacity; 300 GB for something like $350 is where those considerations go right out the window, so I only probably need to wait through 2 or 3 more product cycles.

    I certainly don't doubt that the performance is great, I'm just a cheap ass.

  21. Re:TRIM on Intel Updates SSDs, Supports TRIM, Faster Writes · · Score: 1

    I don't mean to dispute your point, it is a good one for a desktop, but I would like to put an SSD into my laptop, so cost/GB is a consideration (at least until low end SSDs are bigger than I need).

  22. Re:Please tell me... on Facebook To Preserve Accounts of the Dead · · Score: 1

    There's nothing creepy about having a clear, published policy.

  23. What about reliability? on Intel Updates SSDs, Supports TRIM, Faster Writes · · Score: 1

    Does this do anything to address that current SSDs will only last for years and years under most workstation loads?

  24. Re:I wonder on Lost Northwest Pilots Were Trying Out New Software · · Score: 1

    No sorry, in the fictional universe I inhabit, cabin service is still provided by attractive women.

  25. Re:maymo? memo? meemo? on Comparing the Freedoms Offered By Maemo and Android · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Pronounce it 'Nokia smartphone'.