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  1. Play with your kids it is fun on Parents 'ignore game age ratings' · · Score: 1

    I have said this before on a different topic but sit down and play the games with your kids Yes they most likely will beat you badly but it is still fun. My son loves to crush me in Halo 2 but I have a blast I have played all the games in my house with my kids and we talk about them is it really that hard to spend 30 min or 1 hour with your kids.

  2. Re:You might also like.. on March of the Penguins Tops Box Offices · · Score: 1

    I liked this film also untill I watched the making of with the DVD. THE WHOLE THING IS STAGED

    Bummed me out

  3. He will be missed on Star Trek's Scotty Dies at 85 · · Score: 1

    Today, we say goodbye to one of our own. Scotty, you kept this ship running under impossible conditions. you were a good officer, and a better friend. We commit your body to the vast seas of space, where you may continue exploring for eternity.

    O, chì, chì mi na mòrbheanna,
    O, chì, chì mi na còrr-bheanna,
    O, chì, chì mi na coireachan,
    Chì mi na sgòran fo cheò.

    Chì mi gun dàil an t-àite 's an d'rugadh mi,
    Cuirear orm fàilte 's a' chànain a thuigeas mi,
    Gheibh mi ann aoigh agus gràdh 'nuair a ruigeam,
    Nach reicinn air tunnachan òir.

    Chì mi na coilltean, chì mi na doireachan,
    Chì mi na maghan bàna, as toraiche,
    Chì mi na féidh air làr nan coireachan
    Falaicht' ann an trusgan de cheò.

  4. Re:Don't let your wedding photographer bully you! on Your Digital Photos Are Too Professional · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In our case the photograher did not store the negatives properly (destroyed in huracane)and now we can not get copies even if we wanted to

  5. Re:hmm on Home Made Star Wars Movie Injury · · Score: 1

    burnt they be

  6. been done as a Comic book on William Shatner Pitches 'Starfleet Academy' Show · · Score: 1

    I seem to rember a comic book in late 70's where this was the plot.

  7. Toll plaza would work better on California Wants GPS Tracking Device in Every Car · · Score: 1

    This might be an old idea but verry easy to implement just pay a toll to use the road we have them here on the east coast they work and no GPS needed they also have a thing you hang on you sun visor to auto pay the toll so no long line at the toll plaza

  8. Dark Tower? on Top 100 Toys From The '70s or Thereabouts · · Score: 1

    was that in the 70s? Man I would love to play that again, what where they Briggins somthing that would attack you or did you use them to attack the Dark tower.

  9. marketing data on Legoland Introduces Wi-Fi Tracking for Kids · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Do we know if they will be using the tracking to evaluate park use? Compiling that information? I think we need to evaluate each new technology to see if the balance of our loss in privacy is outweighed by the benefit. In this case, I think as a parent of a child who may have wandered off before that I'd opt in, but

  10. Re:It's an insane decision. on Disney Shuts Down 2D Animation Studio · · Score: 1

    yea and the sound track Kicks Ass

  11. Re:heh dvd? on Satellite TV From a Moving Car · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think most kids get enough TV how about talking to your kids or better yet on long trips I get a good audio book booth kids and parents can enjoy The Harry Potter books are excellent and we have enjoyed them many times we are currently listening to the Series of Unfortunate Events very funny for kids and adults.

  12. Re:Mobile Phone Companies Require SS# on Cringely on Identity Theft · · Score: 1

    You can get around this by using a pre-paid cellphone

  13. Re:No firewall? Probably not. on Microsoft Worms Crash Ohio Nuke Plant, MD Trains · · Score: 1

    I know this has been said before but why would you have a system in place that runs millions possibly billions of dollars worth of equipment and could cost thousands of lives would you allow some one hook up a laptop from home or any where for that matter to said network. Adding any new piece of equipment should be severely limited. I am constantly amazed by the lack of thought by the people running these systems.

  14. Re:Good timing... on Win32 Blaster Worm is on the Rise · · Score: 1

    Dont forget if you are running XP you will need to turn off the System Restore Service before running the remove tool or you will re-infect your system

  15. could be 64 bit thay are looking for on Novell To Cease NetWare Development? · · Score: 1

    I could be way off here but with all the new 64 bit processors coming out it seems like it would be easer to use the existing/forth coming 64 bit LINUX kernel for there services to run on as it looks like most servers will be using these new processors

  16. Re:What sort of BS is this on Digging Holes in Google · · Score: 1

    I believe the writer was looking for Apple as in the fruit not the computer that was his complaint it took over 50 links to find the Washington state apple growers

    I could be wrong but I DID read the article

  17. monitoring kids on World's Most Annoying IE Toolbar · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I recently spent half a day cleaning out several of these programs after hearing complaint from my kids about how slow the PC was when they where doing nothing more than reading e-mail I was distressed to find 15 svchost processes running using close to 100 M of memory I then did a search for files with recent time date stamp I found several odd directories after opening the files I was more disturbed to find a log of all the web sites they had visited how long they where there
    I will admit the main fault was mine for setting the OS (windows 2000 in this case) with permissions to install apps (I was sick of logging in to install the flash updates) it turns out the bonsi buddy includes in its ULA the right to install any thing it wants when ever it wants now keep in a minor had agreed to this "contract" I have now reset the permissions on the OS and blocked with my firewall these sites.

  18. Re:Great! Where's the backup solution? on The Amazing $5k Terabyte Array · · Score: 1

    I think whith the price of this unit you could easy get two of them and miror each other

  19. what about AOL users on Geolocation Enables Internet Borders · · Score: 3, Insightful

    this has been a question of mine for a while aol users for the most part I belive all ther Internet trafic leaves the AOL network and hits the net in reston? if that is not the case then most if not of all ther IP address are registerd to a Reston address as that is wehre the company was strated so would not all the AOL users or say UUNET users apear to be in Norther Virgina?

  20. motivation for selling the decoder on Travesty: Dmitry Sklyarov's Arrest · · Score: 1

    I would like to know the motivation for selling a product that would decode the file (do you realy need one?) My guess is if ther had been no money changing hands this would not have happened at all

  21. how was an injunction granted on ORBS Forks · · Score: 1

    this article did not explain how the ORBS service was doing any thing to this company. they where simply letting prople know that this server had an open relay that is all!

    this is not hurting any one you could use this info or not

  22. Star Blazers on Robotech DVDs Released! · · Score: 1

    is that the one with the wave motion gun and they fly around in what looks like an old sub?

  23. as a parent on Killing Video Games · · Score: 1

    First let me say I don't think the government should be telling any one what they can and can't do and you defiantly cannot legislate morality

    I have two kids one 5 year old and one 8 I would love to let them play video games at the pizza place but seeing my 5 year old daughter with a gun in her hand killing the "bag guys" with blood and the sounds of death is very disturbing

    if the death was not so life like it may not be so bad and the gun did not look so real

    But my way of dealing with this is not to return to these places and my family eats out a lot and I love to feed the games to but I don't want to explain to my kids why killing some one is fun to adults and not for kids

    I don't think it should be the law of the land but maybe these business owners should be encouraged to place these game some were else in the building

    I am sure I am in the minority here and when they get a little older I wont mind but until you have had to explain this to a child....

    Now I am just rambling

  24. Re:Hmmm... on Linux and Shrek · · Score: 1

    I beleive this is based on a kids book and they where trying to keep the way the book was ilistrated in a verry cartoony(sp) fashion

  25. my gues on Guess When Mir Will Splash · · Score: 1

    2001-03-18 21:17:00

    xxl for me please