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  1. Re:It's a collectable miniatures game in book form on A Veteran GM's First Impressions of D&D 4th Edition · · Score: 1

    "They look at the income of Magic the Gathering ... and say 'why can't we get a piece of that?!'"

    The project managers at Wizards must have such envy for each other.

  2. Soda Fountain on What Would You Do As President? · · Score: 1

    As president, I promise to put a soda fountain in the school cafeteria!

  3. Buy a dictionary on Scientist Suggests We Explore 'Universe is a VR Simulation' Theory · · Score: 1

    eternity (-tûr'n-t)
    n., pl. -ties.
    Time without beginning or end; infinite time.

  4. Re:Not about how much he loves his dog on Chinese Government Sued Over Dog Height Censorship · · Score: 1

    Have you ever been to China? Where do you get "Chinese taste for dogmeat?" My wife is Chinese; dogs are for pets not for eating... at least in the urban areas. According to her, there's been an ongoing fight for pet rights.

  5. Must be some good koolaid on US Democrats Accidentally Publish Whistleblowers' Email Addresses · · Score: 1

    You really think republicans have any chance of winning in 2008? The last time I checked, republicans have twice as many Senate seats to defend as democrats, and the Democratic Party is out-raising the Republican Party by huge margins in every race. In fact, the junior democratic representatives are raising so much money that the GOP is having problems fielding nominees.

    It will take a lot more than gridlock for the Democratic party to lose 2008. You can thank the disastrous occupation of Iraq, republican corruption, and the disillusionment of the evangelicals for what's to come.

  6. Re:Oscars, Emmy, and Peace Prize are a joke on Al Gore Shares Nobel Peace Prize with UN Panel · · Score: 1

    A website that nobody ever went to gets an award for "transforming television."

    If you're talking about CurrentTV, it's a television channel (though it certainly has a website). It's kind of cool because regular people can make a small show and submit it, and the quality is much higher than stuff you find on YouTube.

  7. Re:Now will the opposing party actually push back? on U.S. Attorney General Resigns · · Score: 1

    Congress (controlled by Democrats) has one of the lowest approval ratings ever at present.

    What?! Congressional approval is nearly double what it was before the 2006 elections.

  8. MODO on eBay Delisting All Auctions for Virtual Property · · Score: 1

    Magic Online Digital Objects are still listed on Ebay. I didn't rtfa, but how is a modo object any different than something in WoW?

  9. Re:Goes to show... on Bill to Treat Bloggers as Lobbyists Defeated · · Score: 1

    The Second Amendment guarantees the First.

    Right... hunting rifles vs tanks.

  10. Re:No new ideas on Lucas, Ford to Start Filming New Indiana Jones Film · · Score: 1

    I guess I'm one of those people that don't like safe movies so much. I constantly watch foreign films (love Asian horror) and whatever oddities might be out there. I do admit though, most of what I watch sucks, but it's that rare gem you find that makes it worthwhile.

    I'm disappointed that I can't find Pan's Labyrinth playing anywhere. And no, I'm not a stuck up artsy dweeb. I will be in the theater opening night for this Indiana Jones flick and for other "safe" movies like Spiderman.

  11. Re:Why do I bother with this site? on GMail Vulnerable To Contact List Hijacking · · Score: 1

    Not with that sentence structure. You only made one grammar error. You could never be a /. editor.

    Shouldn't that be "one grammatical error" or "one error in grammar?"

  12. Re:Now that is a dumb idea if I've ever seen one. on The NSFW HTML Attribute · · Score: 1

    I don't post much objectionable material on my website (unless you're offended by religious nut bashing) because I don't have a good system to allow people to filter it out. Recently, I decided I really wanted to post some animated pics of Shakira shaking her booty, so I had to put them in the extended body so it wouldn't display on the main page. If the nsfw thing gets accepted, I'll use it instead.

    Yes, Shakira's booty doesn't fall under nudity, but I wouldn't want it on my screen with my female coworkers nearby.

  13. Re:Ethics: The users are our customers on Google De-indexes Talk.Origins, Won't Say Why UPDATED · · Score: 1

    I'd have to say Google is not servicing the user when someone searches for "talk.origins" and ends up with a creationist website.

  14. Re:Microsoft uses IRC? on Microsoft Launches Social Network · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing they got the name from the messages passed out by mIRC

    * Shadowin slaps dascandy around with a large trout

  15. Re:Two Reactions on Homeland Security says 'Patch Windows Now' · · Score: 1

    My 2k3 server got owned yesterday. It was attacked by another server on the same subnet. I'm in the process of restoring everything. So yea, apply those patches.

  16. Re:That's no planemos. on Strange New 'Twin' Worlds Found · · Score: 1

    When I see "planemo" I immediately think of a planet that appears black, gets no sunlight, and is eternally depress.

  17. Re:Why... on Possible Hole in Black Holes · · Score: 0
    Honestly, it's pointless to try to "define" personhood in any way that does not directly involve God.


    Care to back up that assertion?
  18. Re:Well it it's the case that... on Possible Hole in Black Holes · · Score: 1

    "1": a character often used to denote a single entity, unit, object, or living being.

  19. Re:Aliens? on Viruses May be the Precursors of All Life · · Score: 1

    Since "neo-darwinism" disregards theological philosophy, you don't believe it? Last I checked, all science does the same. So, do you reject quantum mechanics? How about relativity?

  20. Re:The book's a fraud anyhow on Da Vinci Code Author Sued · · Score: 1

    What book are you talking about? Obviously, it's not the Da Vinci Code.

  21. Waiting to be bought out on On Yahoo!'s Acquisitions · · Score: 1

    Since we're talking about acquisitions, does anyone else get the impression that eventful.com is trying to get bought by Google?

  22. LAMP for Windows on Java Is So 90s · · Score: 1

    Since I didn't know what LAMP was, I looked it up on Wikipedia.

    Apparently, it's the combined usage of Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP.

    On my box, I'm running Windows Web Server, IIS, MySQL, and PHP. Does this mean I'm running WIMP?

  23. Re:The winning entry... on Winners of the 18th IOCCC · · Score: 1

    Actually, I think it submits dupes.

  24. Re:Technet and MSDN on MSSQL 2005 Finally Released · · Score: 1

    well, it appears you can still get on the waitlist for TechNet.

    http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx ?culture=en-US&EventID=1032282556

  25. Technet and MSDN on MSSQL 2005 Finally Released · · Score: 1

    I received a call from Microsoft today to remind me of the Technet and MSDN events this Thursday in Charlotte, NC.

    Near the end of the message the lady said that attendees receive a free copy of MS SQL 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 standard editions.

    I called one of my friends to tell him but they had closed registration when he went to the website.