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  1. Re:So, I can sling a video of an NHL game anywhere on National Hockey League Embraces TV Placeshifting · · Score: 1

    Agreed, HD is huge for hockey. I won't be surprised if the NHL gains popularity once HD finds it's way into more American homes. Heck, I even watched about ten minutes of a baseball game because it was in HD.

  2. Re:So, I can sling a video of an NHL game anywhere on National Hockey League Embraces TV Placeshifting · · Score: 1

    You're not supposed to watch the puck. You're supposed to watch the players.

  3. Transit Tokens on Bugged Canadian Coins? · · Score: 1

    The Toronto Transit Commission just added RFID chips to their new transit tokens to prevent counterfeiting. It is possible that these are the coins in question.

  4. Re:Lueders Does Not Get It on Letter to European Commission Warns Against Open Source · · Score: 1

    It would be like preventing peace to keep the arms dealers in the black.

    Hmm, doesn't sound that far-fetched to me.

  5. The Easy Answer on Kids with Cell Phones, How Young is Too Young? · · Score: 1

    When they can pay for the damn thing themselves.

  6. Re:Sigh on Did Humans Evolve? No, Say Americans · · Score: 1

    Public schools in this country were based upon the model of mental institutions, with a healthy dose of military brainwashing techniques. I can certainly blame them.

    Don't need much else when the goal is to churn out a bunch of "lever pullers" for some factory somewhere.

  7. Re:Sigh on Did Humans Evolve? No, Say Americans · · Score: 1

    Too much fucking television.

  8. Re:Rarely on Law of Unintended Consequences Strikes Grocers · · Score: 1

    Ayyyy! Try telling that to him.

  9. Re:Why dogs? on Robot Dogs Evolve Their Own Language · · Score: 1

    Are you trying to make a point? Did I say that men are not any nobler than dogs? My dog does not eat her own feces. Thats just a generalization. Anyway, I am sure there are loads of people who eat their own feces too.

  10. Re:Why dogs? on Robot Dogs Evolve Their Own Language · · Score: 1

    Umm, does the phrase "A dog is man's best friend" ring a bell? We like dogs because dogs are the embodiment of everything that is noble in man.

  11. Re:It all makes sense on Google Admits Compromising Principles in China · · Score: 1

    Like this?

  12. Re:Next news.... on Chicken and Egg Problem Solved · · Score: 1

    Hmm, I always thought the answer was "To get to the other side."

  13. Coasters on HP Developing Hybrid Tablet PC / Coffee Table · · Score: 1

    Does it come with a set of AOL CD coasters?

  14. Obligatory Seinfeld Quote on HP Developing Hybrid Tablet PC / Coffee Table · · Score: 1

    "Hey, you know what would make a great coffee table book? A coffee table book about coffee tables!"
            - Kramer, in "The Cigar Store Indian"

  15. All Depends on Moving from a Permanent Position to Contract Work? · · Score: 1

    I left a stable permanent positionat a small software company in order to strike out on my own. I was hard but eventually I landed and long-term contract with a large company. Overall, I didn't like the contract. I felt the contractors were treated as second class employes. I just recently accepted a permanent position in the public sector (non-profit hospital - this is Canada, eh :). I believe it will be the best of both worlds. Doing what I love for and employer that doesn't judge me based on how much money I can earn for them.

  16. Thanks, but no thank on Dissecting Songs Down to Their 'Musical Genome' · · Score: 1

    Hyghway To Hell - AC/DC = AC/DC(>=1980, whatever, blah!), KISS (Whatever, blah!), Scorpions (Whatever, blah!), Van Halen (Whatever, blah!), MC5 (Kick out the Jams, cool!) I think some sort of AI, rather than some guys opinion, could do better than this.

  17. But, I like a all sorts of musical styles ... on Dissecting Songs Down to Their 'Musical Genome' · · Score: 1

    It was good at first but, as you add more artist to a channel it starts to get a little washy. Also, if I add a band like AC/DC to the list because I like everything b4 and not including 1980 ... major problems! Neat, but I wouldn't pay for this.

  18. Re:This again? Where's the problem? on EU, UN to Wrestle Internet Control From US · · Score: 1

    AGB was Canadian. All your telephones are belong us, eh?

  19. Re:What if? on Google & Sun Planning Web Office · · Score: 1

    Ever stop and thing that MS may be going down that road?

  20. One problem. on Ray Kurzweil's "The Singularity is Near" · · Score: 0, Troll

    if( greed ) return bullshit;

  21. Learning? on Building an Open Source "Clicker"? · · Score: 1

    What exactly are people learning by answering yes/no and multiple choice type questions? Isn't there more to be gained by open and frank discussion? Maybe students who feel embarrassed should take some self-help courses in how to be socially interactive.

  22. It's Food on Ethanol More Trouble Than It's Worth? · · Score: 1

    I've always had a problem with the notion that using FOOD to power a vehicle is a good thing.

  23. All your root servers are belong to us! on U.N. To Govern Internet? · · Score: 1

    All your root servers are belong to us!

  24. Re:Cathedral and the bazzar on Making Money Using Open Source Software? · · Score: 1

    Read it and find out ... it's freely available on the net. BTW, the post also begs the question: That makes me wonder, whether there are articles on the Internet, which explain and analyze how Open Source business models work?

  25. Cathedral and the bazzar on Making Money Using Open Source Software? · · Score: 2, Informative