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  1. Re:Hang on a minute... on Mark Russinovich On Vista Network Slowdown · · Score: 1

    I love how some of those with mod points cant tell time... this gets a redundant score, even though it was the first post to say it... morons...

  2. Satellite Internet? on The US Rural Broadband Crisis · · Score: 1

    My parents live 5 miles outside of a town of 2000 people, one hour away from a town of 100,000 people and 2 hours away from a city of 500,000, yet they are still able to get High Speed interent via Satellite, and at a reasonable cost.

  3. Re:Hang on a minute... on Mark Russinovich On Vista Network Slowdown · · Score: 1, Redundant

    640K of memory should be enough for anybody.

  4. D&D 4th edition on Gen Con 2007 In A Nutshell · · Score: 1

    That had to be the quietest announcement of the con.
    I didnt find out about it until I was told by a friend, who read about it on slashdot...

  5. yeah because on Does Going Digital Mean Missing Music? · · Score: 1

    8-tracks and cassette tapes were perfect...

  6. Mark of the Beast? on China To Deploy World's Largest People Tracking Network · · Score: 2, Insightful

    doesnt sound too far fetched now...

    There are only a few steps left to make this the mark of the beast. making all purchases possible on the card/chip and to implant the chip... and all that technology is already here...

    Revelations 13:16-17
    "And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads, that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark..."

  7. Re:they dont have a clue on Blogger Finds Bug in NASA Global Warming Study? · · Score: 1

    they havent been wrong once... they have consistantly been wrong

  8. they dont have a clue on Blogger Finds Bug in NASA Global Warming Study? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    2006 will be a bad year for hurricanes... didnt happen
    2007 will be a bad year for hurricanes... hasnt happened
    yet they are predicting thet the effects of global warming will start to take effect in 2009?
    once they start getting the local weather 2 days out correct on a consistant basis THEN I will start to believe their long term forcasts

  9. Re:He imported and sold cheap drugs on 30 Years For Online Pharmacy Spammer · · Score: 1

    they are cheaper because they are subsidised by their respective gov'ts on the backs of their taxpayers.

  10. Microsoft was cut from the equation because... on Ubuntu Linux vs. Mac OS X · · Score: 3, Insightful

    the first part of the article states:

    "If you're a Vista-wary Windows user who would rather switch than fight, should you move to a Linux distro or Apple's OS X?"

    Why would they put MS into the equation?

  11. He should have just snuck in on US Blocks Entry For German Black Hat Presenter · · Score: 1

    from Mexico...

  12. thats all well and good... on Dell to Offer More Linux PCs · · Score: 1

    but can you run Windows on them?

  13. We've had our moment of freedom on Senators Call for Universal Internet Filtering · · Score: 1

    The US has had true freedom longer than any nation in history, but that time is quickly coming to an end.

  14. While Hollywood may not be the biggest on Senate Majority Leader Takes On File Sharing · · Score: 1

    "Cash" supporter, they are one of the biggest supporters in general. look at all the free publicity they get. While there are a few token republicans in Hollywood, the vast majority are liberal Democrats, and they make that fact well known in their movies, in their interviews and in their fund raisers

  15. Re:Manufacturer on $99 HD-DVD Player Coming Soon? · · Score: 1

    duh?

  16. Re:Have people forgotten?? on U.S. Court Denies Webcasters' Stay Petition · · Score: 1

    but thats the "stores" right, NIN signed a contract and gets "x" per album sold. just look at a loaf of bread as an example, wheat farmers get very little compared to the price of a loaf of bread, even though they do the most work... at least NIN can negotiate a better deal on their albums

  17. Re:1.5 percent? on Fewer People Copy DVDs Than Once Thought · · Score: 4, Funny

    maybe only 1.5% realize they have DVD burning software installed for their cup holder

  18. I have copied DVDs on Fewer People Copy DVDs Than Once Thought · · Score: 3, Interesting

    once was when it wasnt available for sale but Blockbuster had it, it still isnt for sale but I found a copy (Split Second). I have also had to copy some DVDs that were so scratched up they wouldnt play properly, but the copy would (used DVD shrink)

  19. Re:Catching them is important as preventing them. on New York Plans Surveillance Veil For Downtown · · Score: 1

    yeah, but what happens if the bombers are of the suicidal kind?

  20. Re:And The Sheep Follow on New York Plans Surveillance Veil For Downtown · · Score: 1

    Just imagine what Hitler could have done had Berlin been wired up like this!

  21. Its not the people that implement it... on New York Plans Surveillance Veil For Downtown · · Score: 1

    that Im afraid of, its the unknown faces in the future that will have access to this "tool" im afraid of.

  22. The world had it's taste of freedom on UK Copyright Extension in Exchange for Censorship? · · Score: 1

    now it's being taken away, and the everyday sheeple dont see it coming.

  23. the real reason for the Music Industry's slump? on Singles, Not Albums, Define Music Industry Success · · Score: 4, Interesting

    here's billboard's Top 10

    1) Rihanna "Umbrella"
    2) Shop Boyz "Party Like A Rock Star"
    3) Fergie "Big Girls Don't Cry"
    4) Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah"
    5) T-Pain "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')"
    6) Maroon 5 "Makes Me Wonder"
    7) Avril Lavigne "Girlfriend"
    8) Justin Timberlake "Summer Love"
    9) Amy Winehouse "Rehab"
    10) Fabolous "Make Me Better"

  24. In the US, if the 2nd Amendment was on UK Proposal To Restrict Internet Pornography Sparks Row · · Score: 1

    defended as rigorously as the 1st, everyone would be required to have firearms.

  25. Re:Huh on iPhone Interest Still Going Strong · · Score: 1

    that include that stuff... you have to figure labor to build them in China amounts to about $0.50