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  1. Re:How can you easily mount/unmount under GNU/Linu on What's on Your USB Pen Drive? · · Score: 1

    thanks, imve been trying to get mine working properly for a couple of weeks. ALways had to mount an unmount manually.

  2. i use it for every damn thing. on What's on Your USB Pen Drive? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Personal: papers and documents going back to 1988, books im reading, picutres of friends, family, neekid strangers, my internet links, resumes,documents, interesitng web pages, i use it as my main storagefor personal stuff, and back it up often.
    Work: Its fantastic for transferring/working with hughe documents and mailing lists the you dont want to put up on the network, also its fantastic for transferring peoples slightly outsized power point presentations and whatnot from their laptops, to the computer of the person theyre workig with, especially when its a personal laptop with no way of connecting to the netowrk.

    Essentially, i use it for anything that wont fit on a floppy, or anything i want to have with me on a moments notice. I think theyre the greatist thing since sliced bread.

  3. isnt that wat usenet and kazza are? on A Central Repository for Virus Information? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I mean, thats where i get all my viri from.

  4. big surprise. on Spyware Notification Bill Introduced · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Let me guess, the bill will have no teeth, and yeat the senator comes off looking like someone whos doing a good thing. Smoke and mirrors, the foundations of current politics

  5. ive seen this on an island with all voulenteer dpt on Ending Organ Donor Shortages? · · Score: 1

    Actaully, the way the subscription worked was you pay your fee, they come, rescue you, put out your burning house. You dont pay your fee, they come rescue you, and you watch you house burn to the ground while they keep it from spreading to neighbors houses. Theyll save lives, but not property. You dont pay, you take your chances. At least that was my understaing of how it worked. Seemed quite fair to me.

  6. Heres a question. on iTunes: Don't Leave Home With Them · · Score: 4, Funny

    WHY?!
    Sigh. I think its time to give up on online music, and since i refuse to buy cds anymore, Im just gonna go buy a kazoo.

  7. Glad to help. on Japan's War On E-Waste · · Score: 1

    Yeah, go ahead and mod me down, bastards.

  8. I grew uo on a hill fort from the Revoloutionary on A Geek's Tour Of North America? · · Score: 1

    War.
    Its completely circular, and a park(ok, so i was really 100 yards down the hill from it), but it was kinda neat. Used to ride my bycle up and down the walls, made great jump ramps with the moat.

    AS for the history, it wasnt much to look at, and is completely overgrown with trees, but i did a paper about it in high school, and learned a lot about my area. Pretty damn nifty.

  9. All over the world: on Japan's War On E-Waste · · Score: 1

    value of 468: 20 bucks.
    cost of shipping overseas: 50+ bucks
    cost of organizing all this: 20 bucks a mcahine
    cost to refurbish, repair, wipe etcetra: 30 bucks a machine

    Wild guesses, but you get teh meaning.

  10. How the fuck is this redundant? on Emergency Cooling with Limited Power? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    just wondering.

  11. Next weeks headline- on Buy.Com Debuts Music Download Site · · Score: 5, Funny

    "new crappy crippled music site fails due to complete lack of interest from consumers. RIAA blames Joey Smith, age 12, for sharing 9 files with his sister. Joey denies allegation, and says hes only got 12.50, and can't afford the 300,000 lawsuit."

  12. Re:I'm thinking what you need to do here is.. on Emergency Cooling with Limited Power? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Kinky!!

  13. THis is why i always tip in cash. on Whatever Happened to Micropayments? · · Score: 1

    If i can. Even/especially if im paying for the bill by credit card.

  14. Low tech, often overlooked on Emergency Cooling with Limited Power? · · Score: 1

    its called "Open the window"

    Seriously, get a few big fans, set one set in the door blowin in, one set in another door blowing out. DOnt have two doors? Make a hole. Drywall cuts easily, and also patches easily.

  15. Brain drain from US? on Canada Splits Local Phone, DSL Services · · Score: 1

    How much longer is it going to be before eveyone in the US smarter than a brick has left for some other country with sensible laws? Or maybe its already happened and im too dumb to know it?

  16. Would "deep throat" have come forward on Police Target Free Email · · Score: 1

    If he had had to show id?

    Do you present your dirvers license to everyone you talk to on the street? Or on a pay phone?

    Why is this any different?

  17. Re:DOes this violate the DCMCA? on Picking Up the Pieces · · Score: 1

    "report to the nearest brain-wiping center promptly."

    Dude, I've done tech support for 5 years, already taken care of.

  18. DOes this violate the DCMCA? on Picking Up the Pieces · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, isnt shredding a type of encrypton? And isnt this reverse engineering?

    I think ive mispelled every word in here.

  19. Its easy to meet your rep. on White House Obfuscates Email · · Score: 1

    If all you want is 5 seconds for a handshake and a picture, youre good to go if you can cath him in the office. You want to talk about issues, forget it, wont happen unless your a lobbyist.

  20. We obviously need to outlaw butterflies. on Risk Management For Electronics on Aircraft · · Score: 1

    If a butterfly flaps its wings in just teh wrong place, that tornado will hit your plane 9,000 miles away!!!

    Evil little pretty bugs.

  21. Sigh. on WiFi Hotspots Elude RIAA Dragnet · · Score: 1

    "The law requires that you keep written records"
    'Look again, the law can't even require that a man be able to read"
    -Badly misquoted Heinlein.

  22. WEll, good news and bad news. on Microsoft Wins Homeland Security Contract · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good news: Orwellian homeland securty is now going to lose all your data as fast as it collects it.
    Bad News: "In other news, After extensive backround checks by homeland security, Mr. Nedal Nib Amaso is now head of NTSB....."

  23. Great. on NYT Reports Porn Spam Hijacking Network · · Score: 2, Funny

    I needed a new place to store/share mp3s.

  24. I saw this guy too. on Telemarketers Plan Counterattack · · Score: 1

    Actually, i dont think the post office cares much, they get their money, and they can jsut throw all this guys mail into one sack.

  25. NEver ever fuck with the postal police. on USPS To Provide Personal Identity Certification · · Score: 1

    96% conviction rate. It helps that they generally know where you live, but within thyre domain, they kick some ass.