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  1. Re:Conglomerates on Toshiba Develops World's Smallest Fuel Cells · · Score: 1

    Who thinks of Lamborghini when you think of farming tractors?

  2. Re:Canine-friendly on Building a Better Office · · Score: 1

    Ok, so who's to decide whether the dog is going to be well behaved?

    Right, you can't tell.

  3. Re:Canine-friendly on Building a Better Office · · Score: 1

    "isn't going to...shit on the floor..."

    Yeah? Then how come it happened at the company I *used* to work at?

    I mean come on. I'd like to have my hot Icelandic girlfriend at work too, to reassure me and make me feel relaxed, at home and productive. She'd just sit under my desk, and wouldn't bother anybody. Really she wouldn't. So why do you think there's a rule against that, hmm?

    There's a time and place for most things, but the only time and place for a pet at work is if it's a guide (service) dog.

  4. Re:just what we need... on Confession For Two: A Spammer Spills it All · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and if you'll just give me your account number, I'll share any and all profits with you!

  5. Re:but if you can't.... on How To Avoid Viruses At Windows Install Time? · · Score: 1

    Like someone posted above, why not just get a Linksys 8 port switch/firewall for ~$50?

    I'll agree that your approach is perhaps more comprehensive, but quite possible overkill for most folks.

    What does the Sonicwall box do that a Linksys box is lacking?

  6. Re:Don't let the pay go to your head ... on Networking in the Danger Zone? · · Score: 1

    Why not start with Monster?

  7. Re:Hazard Pay on Networking in the Danger Zone? · · Score: 1

    That's why you need to move north of SD. I live in the tiny town of Wildomar (near Murietta) and don't mind the 35 minute drive into work in Rancho Bernardo.

    I recently saw a 3 bedroom/2 bath condo listed to rent for $1590. I pay about $100 less than that for exactly twice as much. Well, I get more if you count square feet.

  8. Re:This is silly on Akamai DNS Outage Messes up Net · · Score: 1

    I understand the spirit in which this is said, and I agree, in spirit. Often times, even the individual components (software and hardware) are related to a specific type of operating system. Therefore, in an effort to accurately portray stability, would it be so inaccurate to say what OS drove the box?

  9. Re:right... on Copy-protected CD Tops U.S. Charts · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but sometimes the pot is intended to be spoiled.

    For example, I like the new album by Atomship, and wanted to download a few songs and see if they were purchase-worthy.

    Bar none, EVERY song I downloaded (from at least 12 different users, and most with different file sizes) had two 'swirl' sounds embeded in the music.

  10. Re:This is silly on Akamai DNS Outage Messes up Net · · Score: 1

    Don't know what hacks you're talking about, but possible yes.

    So?

  11. Re:This is silly on Akamai DNS Outage Messes up Net · · Score: 1

    Either the box ran Linux or it didn't. Plain and simple.

  12. Re:Future of armed infantry on Invisible Cloaks, Translucent Walls · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Thank you, I'm here all week."

    I'm thinking that should read "weak" not "week".

  13. Re:Problems with this on 200mbps DSL On Its Way? · · Score: 1

    I think I'd be kinda pissed if I qualified for (and paid for) a 200mb connection and was penalized for using it.

    Same idea as the satellite companies and their notorious Fair Access Policy.

  14. Re:Similar to MIT students in Jan 2003 on Not-So-Clean Hard Drives For Sale · · Score: 1

    "...and some rather naff Flash animations."

    WTF is naff? "Unstylish, clichéd, or outmoded."

    You wacky Britts...

  15. Re:A use for all those pictures full of pink bits. on Not-So-Clean Hard Drives For Sale · · Score: 1

    Nah, just use the goatse.cx guy. The goal should be to give them something really *nasty* to look at so that they stop looking altogether.

  16. Re:CCFT backlight on OLED Displays Technology Primer and Forecasting · · Score: 1

    Ok, but I can buy a good Viewsonic (1600x1200) 21" CRT for $175, while a generic 20" (nowhere near 1600x1200, by the way) starts around $675 according to pricewatch.com.

    Between the two, I can tell you which way I'll go, at least for now.

  17. Re:1000 hours? on OLED Displays Technology Primer and Forecasting · · Score: 1

    Funny, I've had my Chrysler Concorde for a few years now, and it has ~85000 miles on it. Still drives and rides like the day I bought it.

  18. Re:1000 hours? on OLED Displays Technology Primer and Forecasting · · Score: 1

    How about a teacher of tards? Now THERE'S a reason to be depressed. Too bad one of my favorite sites, tarblog.com, is closed. At least it's still available in google cache...

  19. Re:1000 hours? on OLED Displays Technology Primer and Forecasting · · Score: 1

    Um, same assignment 35 times. That's once PER STUDENT, I imagine.

  20. Re:Great News... on OLED Displays Technology Primer and Forecasting · · Score: 1

    The poster didn't seem to be complaining about display angles so much as the sunlight washing out the display.

  21. Re:Great News... on OLED Displays Technology Primer and Forecasting · · Score: 1

    Very true! I'm too lazy to research myself, but I've heard that one of the original production lightbulbs (I think it's 20 watts) remains on in a firehouse in Eastern US.

  22. Re:Audio on The Bugatti Veyron · · Score: 1

    "...I think I 'd have larger concerns than the quality of my audio, if I was cruising at 252..."

    At 250+ I'm pretty sure my concern would be the capacity of my diaper.

  23. Re:250MPH? on The Bugatti Veyron · · Score: 1

    "Even with a set of really sticky slicks there isn't a consumer car that's going to do 2Gs."

    So you think that an F1 is a consumer car?

  24. Re:My First 10... on First Ten Programs on New Install? · · Score: 1

    How about Win2k? Good enough for gaming, and none of those pesky XP-type issues like calling home to MS.

  25. Re:Better Solution? on Summer Is Coming; Will Your Mousing Hand Survive? · · Score: 1

    Violence is such a strong word. I prefer to call it 'Percusive Maintenance'.