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  1. Re:Yes, but does the law equate intelligence with. on AI Sues for Its Life in Mock Trial · · Score: 1
    Exactly my point.

    Oh. Yeah, I see that now. I guess I should read more carefully.

  2. Re:Game replay downloads? on World Cyber Games 2003 Results · · Score: 1
    Though I dont know for certain, it was probably for timing the respawn of various weapons/power ups in the game.

    Thanks, makes sense. I can't believe I never thought of it :-)

  3. Re:Intelligence isn't that simple..... on AI Sues for Its Life in Mock Trial · · Score: 1
    make people assume he's smarter then the rest of us.

    Well, he pretty much is. That doesn't make him right, though.

  4. Re:Yes, but does the law equate intelligence with. on AI Sues for Its Life in Mock Trial · · Score: 1
    You mean a developing embryo should be given the same rights as me until someone can conclusively disprove the existence of the god, afterlife, and "soul" in such a way as to be both scientific and also persuasive to everyone in society, including you.

    Cripes, Buddy, you don't ask much, do you? Generally it's the other way around - ya gotta prove something, not have it be true by default.

  5. Re:Game replay downloads? on World Cyber Games 2003 Results · · Score: 1
    a disqualification of a 13-year old Halo(?) player for using a timer

    A timer for what?

  6. Re:uh on Panasonic Toughbook W2 Review · · Score: 1
    Last I checked powerbooks where not water proof and couldn't survive being driven over in a truck.

    Maybe not waterproof, but this guy ran over one with an SUV (with pictures).

  7. Re:I hope it will fly, but I have doubts on Wanted: a Real Science Channel · · Score: 1
    Nitpick: the two best theorums about how psychics work (collective unconciousness or 'magickal world') both nicely explain why psychics don't work for skeptics.

    Do they also explain why they don't work for anyone else, either? And You can't have a theory without first having something to explain.

  8. Re:Where the demons DWELL on Stonehenge Discovery using 3D Laser Scanning · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Do you have that Steve Miller song "Big Ol' Jet Had a Light On?"

    Yeah, it's over there next to Madonna's "Dress you up in nylons."

  9. Re:Going for broke.. on SCO gets $50 Million Investment · · Score: 1
    I wonder what the hell SCO is thinking

    What do you mean what are they thinking? They're thinking they just got someone to gve them fifty million bucks, that's what they're thinking. Good news for the babes down at Cheetah's, I'm guessing.

  10. Re:BayStar just threw away 50 Million dollars on SCO gets $50 Million Investment · · Score: 1
    If it does, this could prove to be a very nice investment.

    I'll bet BayStar is already steaming. They ink a deal to make this investment based on the five day average share price, and then suddenly the price jumps four or five bucks. What a coincidence. These guys know all the tricks.

  11. Re:he's probably not lying... on Bill Gates: Windows Patched Faster than Linux · · Score: 1
    Because Windows is so highly integrated

    I think you misspelled "a tangled mess of dependencies"

  12. Re:yeah but on Big Mac achieves around 14 TFlops with 128 Nodes · · Score: 1
    how long does it take to copy a 17 M file from one folder to another?

    Let me try...ok, done. Turns out it's too fast to even start the timer.

  13. Re:"Backing off" deserved profits? on SCO Backing Off Linux Invoice Plan · · Score: 1
    Ah- its a stock scam, eh? Is that why they stock went up 30% yesterday after a Deutsche Securities analyst upgraded SCOX to buy

    If your evidence that it's not a scam is that the price is going up, well, by that logic every scam is legit, because they all go up at first.

    As for that "analyst," did you catch the part where it said

    "Mr. Skiba said he isn't attempting to predict the outcome of the legal case and doesn't know whether SCO Group's claims have merit."
    So this guy says it's a good play because of the law suit, then says he has no idea about the validity of the suit. That's some mighty fine cipherin' there, Jethro. If the guy is incapable of judging the merits of the case, and if the value of the play is based on the suit, then how can this guy plausibly set any kind of price "target"? How did he arrive at that number? Seems especially difficult for him, considering that it exceeds the number of fingers and toes one is normally allocated.
  14. Re:"Backing off" deserved profits? on SCO Backing Off Linux Invoice Plan · · Score: 1
    not be likely to expire before spring 2005, when the IBM case is scheduled to go to trial

    It will never go to trial. These guys know how to run a stock scam, and they are following the mining stock model. The "prime directive" of running a successful mining scam is NEVER NEVER dig. Before you dig, the sky's the limit, and you can tout your glowing geologist reports to all your suck^h^h^h^h investors, but once you actually break ground then the true value can be determined. For SCO, going to court would be like digging the mine.

  15. Re:Hmmm, let's see ... on Dell $38m Supercomputer [not] More Costly than VT's G5s · · Score: 1
    Apple is in Austin, DeLL is in Round Rock, Intel is in Austin, Motorola is in Austin, IBM is in Austin...

    Not only that, but Tiffani is in Austin, too.

  16. Re:In other news... on Clearspeed Makes Tall Claims for Future Chip · · Score: 1
    it's called Duke Nukem Forever because it's the amount of time it'll require to code the damn thing.

    Wait. I don't get it.

  17. Re:Scott Meyers on Interview With Bjarne Stroustrup · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I didn't realize you were quoting someone. I thought you were sic-ing yourself. I wthdraw my smartass remark.

  18. Re:Scott Meyers on Interview With Bjarne Stroustrup · · Score: 1
    This comment alone summarizes the posters[sic] knowledge of programming languages.

    This comment alone summarizes your knowledge of what [sic] means.

  19. Re:Get the information first on Successful Do-Not-Call Complaints? · · Score: 1
    Dead link.. Damn my eyes!

    Yeah, I guess it's gone. Thanks anyway.

  20. Re:Get the information first on Successful Do-Not-Call Complaints? · · Score: 2, Funny
    couldn't the telemarketer come back and say that you got their info under false pretenses?

    Yeah OK.

    Judge: You made hundreds of calls to people on the DNC list.
    Telemarketer: They fooled us into telling them who we are. If we hadn't told them that, we probably wouldn't have gotten caught.
    Judge: Well! Why didn't you say so? Case dismissed.

  21. Re:Are they all running Panther? on More on Virginia Tech G5 Cluster: 17.6 Tflops · · Score: 1
    But we don't say "x86 Linux", do we. The operating system is called Linux (or more correctly GNU/Linux) whatever processor it runs on.

    Just plain "Linux" was the first suggestion in his list.

  22. Re:2 thoughts on Possible PS2 Price Portent Pondered · · Score: 1
    now my DVD burner is having a field day with Xbox software

    Halo aside, are there any XBox games worth using up a perfectly good blank CD? Not being much of a gamer, I've only tried a few, but the ones I tried were just awful.

  23. Re:Death to TiVo (no way, Jose) on Dreambox DM7000: Hackable DVR · · Score: 1
    Nowadays you'd have to buy a TiVo clone from - lets say Toshiba

    Thanks. I didn't know there were any.

  24. Re:I'm unemployed and I disagree with Grove on Andy Grove Speaks out on Offshore Outsourcing · · Score: 1
    You may have heard of these people called friends.

    I had some of those once, but they kept asking to borrow money.
    They cost too much, so I got rid of 'em. Now I get my friends from overseas.

  25. Re:Death to TiVo on Dreambox DM7000: Hackable DVR · · Score: 1
    you can use a Tivo without paying the monthly (or lifetime) fee.

    Really? I asked them about that, as I live outside of the Tivo service area, and they told me it wouldn't work.