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  1. If It'll make you happy... on US Ready to put Weapons in Space · · Score: 1

    All Your Space Are Belong To U.S.

  2. Re:So let me add this up... on BitTorrent Accounts for 35% of Traffic · · Score: 1

    No, usenet is clearly covered under the 'porn' and 'spam' categories.

  3. In Soviet Russia... on Decompiling Java · · Score: -1, Troll

    Soviet Russia jokes reply to YOU!

  4. Re:I thought it was named after email! on Spam-maker Hormel Spends to Reclaim Name · · Score: 1

    An old girlfriend of mine just LOVED spam. Made super time an adventure...

  5. Re:Screw that - here's 9 tips to quit smoking. on Battery-powered Cigarettes? · · Score: 1

    That's silly -- why go through all that?

    Buy Quest Step down to no nicotine, then quitting just kinda happens...

    Oh, I should mention that they're not ment to help you quit smoking. Sure their not.

    I quit for 8+ months.

  6. Re:Prior art on Several Publishers Sued for Infringing 3D Patent · · Score: 1

    One of my favorites: I, Robot (Atari, 1983) Absolutly amazing for its time. You have to see it to believe it.

  7. Re:Driver distraction on Amazing Things Your Automobile Can't Do · · Score: 1

    It's scary enough how many friends of mine have been hit by someone on a cell phone.

    I seriously don't mean to troll here, but what the hell are your friends doing running out if front of cars? -- or do you mean hit by another driver when they were driving?

    Either way, I'm curious as to a count -- or more info of some kind.

  8. Re:In other news... Bush declares war on.. on Cray XT-3 Ships · · Score: 1

    They confiscated my sliderule and calculator at the airport...called them weapons of math instruction...

  9. Re:what will hold it back on Firefox Shooting For 10 Percent · · Score: 1

    I can't attribute the quote:

    The radical left and the radical right are both, very wrong, and, very dangerous

  10. Re:I think the public needs to know... on A Technical RFID Primer · · Score: 1

    Or a hot little RFID outfit that a young woman can use to drive geeks crazy... :)

  11. Re: on How Cheap Can A PC Be? · · Score: 1

    So the best solution I see is the example set forth on the movie The First 20 Million is Always the Hardest. An amusing movie with an interesting computer concept.

    In the book, they describe a terribly underpowered computer. (No fancy holograms or what-have-you.) The concept I found interesting, was the platform independent software. But we have that now...

  12. Re:Notice how they've given up ... on Europe's New ET Life Search Programme · · Score: 1

    Was your post ment to be sarcastic or not?

  13. Re:Pascal already 30? on 30th Anniversary of Pascal · · Score: 1

    This is, quite possibly, the most interesting story about machine code I've ever read.

  14. Re:This geek solders on Hot-Rodding A Bluetooth Adapter · · Score: 1

    Yeah, Radio Shack has been getting really bad lately.
    I asked if they still carried opamps, and the fellow said they've never had that brand and tried to sell me a cell phone.
    They stopped hiring people who know who Forest Mims is or who are capable of getting a ham license.
    I buy a soldering iron and the girl behind the counter looks at me with suspision as she calls the FBI to report terrorist activity.
    The other day I asked for a PL-259 and was informed that they don't sell guns there.

    Yeah, digikey is the way to go. I just miss being able to run downtown with a schematic on a napkin and get right down to business.

  15. Re:I understand but, on The Universal Off Button · · Score: 1

    Now a device to turn off all the TV's in the world, all at once, THAT's a device to help society and make peoples lives better.

  16. Re:Worse than the Laser craze of the late 90's on The Universal Off Button · · Score: 1

    Then I'll just invent a device to jam the device thats jamming my device!

  17. Re:A better writeup on Distress Signal Emitted By Flat-Screen TV · · Score: 1

    Dave -- I'm sensing an impending failure
    in the AE-35 unit...yes, it will definitely fail...

  18. Re:all talk.....where are the Google products ? on Could IM Be The Next Step For Google? · · Score: 1

    You're using gmail, and haven't noticed any feature other than the 1GB of storage? What about the way it handles conversations? (new to me) Or the search over organize approach? (Can I make my own folders?, no, try our method, it makes them unecessary.)

    Gmail is a new approach to email, not just email with vast storage.

  19. Re:"Because an embittered drunk says so." isn't fa on The Man Who Could Have Been Bill Gates · · Score: 3, Informative

    The argument is kinda silly -- If you'd take the time to read about kildall at all you'd realize how bad he did get screwed. (Not that he didn't do his fair share of screwing himself...)

    -- How Kildall got fucked --
    1) When the IBM PC was released both CP/M and DOS were avaliable. DOS for $40, and CP/M for $240 (If this was a joke, Gary wasn't laughing.)

    -- How Kildall fucked himself --
    1) He was late for a meeting w/ IBM because he was out flying.

    2) He refused to make CP/M more user friendly. It was an incredible work of engineering, but a bitch to use. i.e., to copy a disk from a: to b: in CP/M
    > PIP B: A:
    In Dos
    > COPY A: B:

    So yeah, Kildall got fucked by both IBM and himself. Definantly.

    But the drunk argument just doesn't wash... That's absurd.

  20. Re:all talk.....where are the Google products ? on Could IM Be The Next Step For Google? · · Score: 1

    Google has been innovating! When you get an invite, check out gmail (a very innovative approach to email). I have no doubt that the google IM will be somthing new, and well worth having (...will it run on linux?!)

  21. Re:Cooperation is the loser... on 'Tit for Tat' Defeated In Prisoner's Dilemma Challenge · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of a couple of interesting problems

    Auction a dollar

    and Divide the dollar

  22. Cromemco and the MITS Altair 8800 on New Ceramic Lensed Exilim Ex-S100 · · Score: 1

    Hmmm... S100, camera... doesn't this sound familiar somehow?

  23. Re:From the Wikipedia: qubit, quantum cryptography on German Scientists Create 5 qubit Quantum Register · · Score: 1

    That still doesn't explain why my cat died...

  24. Re:Win One for the Ripper! on Supreme Court Rejects RIAA Appeal · · Score: 1

    It's 'Win one for the Gipper'
    See http://www.cmgww.com/football/gipp/index.html

  25. In soviet russia... on Two Women Found With HIV-Immune Mutant Gene · · Score: 0

    HIV is immune to YOU