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  1. Re:Why the hell not? on Court: Borders Web Ops Must Remit CA Sales Taxes · · Score: 1

    Ask yourself who is paying the transaction and then ask yourself who is really paying the tax.

  2. Happy with Fedora on x86-64 Slackware Clone Released · · Score: 1

    I've been using Fedora (and previously Redhat AS3) on my Opterons basically since they were supported. Save some bugs in past releases of gcc, I've never had any problems. It runs wonderfully.

    All my x86 machines also run Fedora, so I basically have the same setup on all my architectures. Really easy to maintain.

  3. a bad example on MPAA Blames BitTorrent for Star Wars Distribution · · Score: 0, Troll
    There is no better example of how theft dims the magic of the movies for everyone than this report today regarding BitTorrent providing users with illegal copies of Revenge of the Sith.


    Has Mr. Glickman actually seen the movie? Revenge of the Sith did a good enough job of dimming the magic of the movies on its own. I urge everyone to pirate this movie so Mr. Lucas is unable to make any more films.
  4. i don't get it on Deleting Emails Costs Morgan Stanley $1.45B · · Score: 1

    email can be faked or altered so easily. why is it even admissible in court as evidence?

  5. he's half right on Bill Gates: Cellphone will Beat iPod · · Score: 1

    i recently got a sharp tm-150 from t-mobile. it does pictures and video and all that. the nicest feature is that it has an SD card slot, so I can stick half a gig of flash memory in there. the phone doesn't play mp3s (oh well), but i know there are others that do. it won't be long before memory card slots and music playback are standard phone features.

    i think he's wrong about windows mobile, though. j2me has a pretty fair chunk of the market and, having developed for it, i can vouch that it's a good platform.

  6. centralized social networks will never work on Google Acquires Dodgeball · · Score: 1

    how many do you have to sign up with? friendster? orkut? dodgeball? myspace? social networking software won't really take off until you manage your own connections and spider-like software crawls it to offer whatever services it can.

  7. Re:What's the difference? on Ditching Microsoft Could Save Education Millions · · Score: 2, Insightful

    1. the article is dealing with the united kingdom
    2. students aren't paying for the computers, e.g., no market
    3. regardless of whether you're using a windows, mac, or linux machine today, there's an enormous amount of free software available for all those platforms. today's students certainly aren't stuck developing in basic like they were 15 years ago.

  8. good on Microsoft Abandons Gay Rights Bill · · Score: 1

    No corporation should lobby for any legislation under any circumstance, no matter how good the cause. It's good to see Microsoft not interfering with government for once.

  9. nice clock on The World's Most Devious Alarm Clock · · Score: 1

    made by a nice girl

  10. Re:Worth Remembering Mikulski's Motives on Senator Calls on NASA to Service Hubble · · Score: 1

    Congress doesn't just budget money to budget money.

    I'm not sure you understand American politics :)

  11. Re:Worth Remembering Mikulski's Motives on Senator Calls on NASA to Service Hubble · · Score: 1

    Yes, it's a bad thing. You're talking about forcing an agency to spend tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to ensure the employment of some of her constituents. What about the taxpayers contributing those dollars? Maybe they'd like that money back? I certainly would.

    I have no problem with a Senator doing something to support her constituents, but when it has a cost that must be shouldered by third parties, it's not a valid action.

    The government doesn't exist to support jobs anymore than it does to support scientific research.

  12. excel 1040 on Open Source Tax Products? · · Score: 1

    http://home.mchsi.com/~taxcalculator/

    I've used this guy's spreadsheets for the last couple years and haven't had any problems.

  13. tactile digital assistant? on TDA (Tactile Digital Assistant) the new PDA? · · Score: 1

    when i need a little pick-me-up, my secretary wraps her fingers around my ... well anyway i've already got one and she's worth every penny.

  14. dying telescope? land it on mars! on Repair Costs for Hubble Are Vexing to Scientists · · Score: 1

    other nasa hardware seems to be doing quite well down there. maybe it's something in the air?

  15. rackmountpro.com on Where Do You Shop for Server Components? · · Score: 1

    just thought i'd pimp my favorite server vendor. we've ordered about 10 boxes from them and have been happy with each one. their prices are pretty good, too.

  16. let's see a show of hands on Yahoo Video Search Beta · · Score: 1

    how many people searched for boobs?

  17. Re:Fiber to the home on Verizon Seeks To Nix Fee-Based Municipal Wireless Grids · · Score: 1

    how do you expect to screw verizon by purchasing service from verizon?

  18. Re:Disappointment. on Largest Digital Photograph in the World · · Score: 1

    yes, but he took a much more interesting picture.

  19. fits in tight quarters on Itty Bitty SCSI Hard Drive Arrives · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    now the goatse man can host his website in his own anus.

  20. i call bullshit on High Tech Baby Monitoring? · · Score: 2, Funny

    story author probably wants to spy on his neighbor's teenage daughter(s).

  21. so am i the only one on Playing God in The Sims 2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    or did everybody else use the sims bodyshop to make nude skins and outfits before you even started playing the game?

  22. Social Security on Ask Green Party Presidential Candidate David Cobb · · Score: 1

    I watched the debate between yourself and Mr. Badnarik in New York. You stated that Social Security works in response to Badnarik's assertion that it is broken and should be eliminated. I would like to know how you plan to make social security work, and why I should be required to pay into it, if at all.

  23. Re:Not everybody is insurable on Libertarian Presidential Candidate Michael Badnarik Answers · · Score: 1

    it's nobody's job to care for those who cannot care for themselves. you do not have a right to free healthcare any more than you have a right to free ice cream.

    the responsibility falls on the individual with the condition. if they can afford treatment themselves, they do that. if they have insurance that will pay for treament, they do that. if they have friends or family or a charity that will pay for treatment, they do that. if they have nowhere else to turn, that's too bad.

  24. Re:Not everybody is insurable on Libertarian Presidential Candidate Michael Badnarik Answers · · Score: 1

    if you think the government is supposed to "defend" you from disease, you have a very poor understanding of the right to life.

    the right to life is the right to do with your own body and life as you please. you may drink, eat, smoke, or inject any substances you wish. you may decorate or modify yourself in any way you wish. you may mutilate or kill yourself in any way you wish. the right to life places you in charge of your body, no more, no less. the upkeep and maintenance of your body is your burden alone.

    the government exists to protect your right to life to the extent that no other party threatens your right to life. if another person threatens to kill you, the government is obligated to protect you. if a natural disease threatens your life, no other party is culpable, and the government is under no obligation to help you.

  25. Re:Darn... on Libertarian Presidential Candidate Michael Badnarik Answers · · Score: 1

    yes, we died younger. what do most people do with the extra 10, 20, 30 years they have now? they wither away in hospice care until they die. how is delaying the inevitable an improvement?