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  1. DVD rental price of $4? If you are talking about American dollars, that makes no sense whatsoever, as a RedBox rental is less than half of that amount.

  2. Re: never heard of it on RIP Kuro5hin (kuro5hin.org) · · Score: 1

    Yes, yes we did

  3. Re:Not too bad...for a PC. on IBM's PC Junior Turns 30, Too · · Score: 1

    Thanks for mentioning this. I worked at Tecmar in that era, we had a lot of great add-on products and made a lot of money on expansion boards, graphics cards, tape drives, etc.

  4. Re:Aerial surveillance on Scientists Create New Gasoline Substitute Out of Plants · · Score: 1

    With an industrialized process for converting hemp into fuel, it wouldn't be that hard to know which duly registered farms were growing the crop for fuel purposes.

  5. Re:Six months later on Scientists Create New Gasoline Substitute Out of Plants · · Score: 1

    I think the GP might be comparing apples and oranges there, anyway. California allows the drug to be used for medicinal purposes, while the two other states recently began allowing it for recreational purposes.

  6. Re:Militia on New York Passes Landmark Gun Law · · Score: 1

    Hmmmm, maybe you should look at the size of China's army...

  7. "Judges are not influenced by politics in New ..." on Mega Finds New Home, Dotcom Says · · Score: 1

    They are, however, influenced by copyright law, I am sure.

  8. Re:Good for you! on Why Coding At Fifty May Be Nifty · · Score: 1

    Hmmmmm... Who said that my "done right" solution takes longer or costs more than the newbee's "good enough" one?

  9. Re:Good for you! on Why Coding At Fifty May Be Nifty · · Score: 2

    How sad for you! I'm 50+, and still find coding to be "thinking out elegant solutions to interesting problems"

  10. Re:Kinda like on Microsoft Urges Businesses To Get Off XP · · Score: 2

    The Ford Pinto was an awesome car! Well, except for that whole exploding fireball thing...

  11. Re:Sturgeon&The Skills of Xanadu; James P Hoga on Ask Slashdot: Most Underappreciated Sci-Fi Writer? · · Score: 1

    Hogan's "Code of the Lifemaker" is a great read

  12. Re:Under-appreciated? on Ask Slashdot: Most Underappreciated Sci-Fi Writer? · · Score: 1

    I loved the first three of Cherryh's Foreigner series, but the later ones were not as good IMHO

  13. Re:So you think its really that easy? on MySpace To Sell User Data · · Score: 1

    How does that help them if they have a "fake" account? If they still have a "real" account, then MS has their "real" data.

  14. Is this why they based themselves in Spain? on Mariposa Botnet Authors Unlikely To See Jail Time · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Are the alleged criminals from Spain, or did they move themselves there, knowing the legal situation?

    No, I did not RTFA!

  15. Ginko has a different effect on me on Ginkgo Doesn't Improve Memory Or Cognitive Skills · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I have noticed that when I take it, I am more "motivated". I get up out of my chair and do stuff, rather than surf, say, slashdot.

  16. Re:green fuel on Alabama Wages War Against the Perfect Weed · · Score: 1

    Stop being wrong on the Internets

    There, I fixed that for you

  17. Re:Back in my day, $1000 for a meg was a big deal! on Kingston Unveils $1000 USB Flash Drive · · Score: 1

    very well done. it's always nice to see that there are others that have the exact same memories as you do...

  18. Re:Thank you! on Hello World! · · Score: 1

    and riding a mule to school sounds like a blast!

  19. ActiveX on Mozilla To Launch "Build Your Own Browser" · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Enterprises support IE because it runs ActiveX controls. Until FF does this, it will not appear in desktop builds for the majority of Corporate America.

  20. Re:How do you reinvent Trek? on Could Fuller Take Trek Back To TV? · · Score: 1

    If I only knew what on

    earth you were talking about, and why your comment

    is formatted the way it is. And what is this about the salt shaker

    ? I must be way out of

    the loop on this one, I guess.

  21. Re:What about Europe? on OLPC Announces Buy-2-Get-1 XO Laptop Sale · · Score: 1

    Look for a used G3 iBook on eBay.

  22. Re:Found? When was it lost? on Crowther's Original Adventure Source Code Found · · Score: 2, Funny

    Umm, I think you missed his joke. Did you get the memo about the TPSREPORT?

  23. Re:This sounds good, but I'm lazy on MythTV Scheduling Service Reveals Pricing · · Score: 1

    Their "tcp accelerator", which you cannot turn off, interferes with the operation of the web service, somehow.

  24. Re:This sounds good, but I'm lazy on MythTV Scheduling Service Reveals Pricing · · Score: 1

    I'm sure these guys will have the data in a format that's just as easy to automatically download and import into Myth
    It is not so easy if you have satellite internet service (i.e. DirecWay/HughesNet). The web-services method of downloading the guide data that Zap2It uses does not work with DirecWay. I had to abandon MythTV, install Windows, and use BeyondTV to have a working PVR. If this service's method of getting the guide data will work over satellite, then I would reinstall MythTV in a heartbeat.
  25. Re:Yet another Ohioan here on Ohio Establishing State Wide Broadband Network · · Score: 2, Funny

    I lived in Wayne County for years. There is no West Bufu...