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  1. Re:Admins with backbone on China Tightens Rules For Educational BBSs · · Score: 1, Funny

    And by dismissed I mean tourtured and executed.

  2. Re:This just in: on China Tightens Rules For Educational BBSs · · Score: 0

    In other news, China continues being China....

  3. Re:Nonsense! on Juiced · · Score: 0

    if you could take a pill that increased your IQ by 60 points, but might take five years off your life would you take it?

  4. Re:Why Stop? on Lucas To Redo Star Wars In 3-D · · Score: 0, Insightful

    So we'll be able to see the holographic "chess" match as it was intended...finally....of course too many releases of Star Wars are prone to make original fans want to pull Lucas' arms from his sockets.

  5. Re:Search Engines just Advertising Now? on A Search Engine Manipulator's Tale · · Score: 0

    Yeah, that works too

  6. Re:Quantum what? on Subatomic Darwinism · · Score: 0

    It doesn't work like that.

    When you look at Buckinham Palace, you are not changing anything about it.

    When you decide to look at Buckinham palace, Quatuum reality creates out of nothing, the visual your eyes see of Buckinham. The reason it looks the same to all of us, is because we all share the same sub-consious mind, so we all see what the original architect of Buckinham wanted us to see. He created/designed the energy structure and we all materialize a view of it every time we look at it

  7. interdimensionall on DNA For Information Processing and Data Storage · · Score: 0

    Science hasn't discovered this and it still thinks that over 97% of DNA is 'junk'. Problem with DNA storage is that 10 out of the 12 layers (or 24, depending on how you look at it) are interdimensional and still unobservable to our consciousness (not to mention instruments).

  8. Re:640K DNA molecules... on DNA For Information Processing and Data Storage · · Score: 0

    or any body.... get it?

  9. silly on Combined Gasoline/Hydrogen Fuel Station Opens · · Score: 0

    nevermind the large tanks of gasoline on every other corner...

  10. Re:Crashes on Will Your Next Car Run Windows? · · Score: 0

    RTFA blah blah blah: "Windows Automotive, by the way, does not share a network with the low-level systems of a vehicle--so a software crash won't result in, say, brake failure"

  11. Article Text on Neopets Gambling Controversy · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Parents not McHappy over pokie toy REPORTER: Rohan Wenn BROADCAST DATE: October 13, 2004 The online game includes gambling simulations. A McDonalds toy giveaway linked to a website that features gambling games has outraged parents, an anti-pokie campaigner and a psychologist. For decades McDonalds has sold soft drinks, burgers and fries. Now the fast food chain stands accused of adding gambling to its menu. McDonalds is running a cross-promotion with the makers of Neopets, the latest American soft-toy craze. A free Neopet is offered with every Happy Meal. But the Neopets website advertised on McDonald's packaging and website has left parents such as Michelle Stiebel far from happy. Among the activities the site offers are virtual pokies, roulette games, and card games where one of the cute characters teaches children the rules of poker and blackjack. As Michelle's son Harley explains, you need to gamble to raise points to feed your virtual Neopets. He says if you don't gamble up enough points to feed your pet, it goes to the "orphanage". Players who don't win enough points gambling to buy food actually have to send their Neopets to a "virtual soup kitchen". "A nine-year old boy doesn't have the ability to question," Michelle said. "He doesn't even know what a virtual soup kitchen is." Child psychologist Michael Carr-Greg says this is a sure-fire way to turn our kids into gambling addicts. "I don't think there would be any parents in Australian who would be very happy to know that Ronald McDonald is getting into the casino business," Mr Carr-Gregg said. He says children just don't have the critical facilities needed to understand the dangers of adult-style gambling. "As far as I'm concerned, this is sanitising, normalising and glamourising gambling," Mr Carr-Gregg said. No Pokies MP Nick Xenophon says this is yet another example of a junk food giant failing to act in the best interests of children. "Let's listen to those people who've dealt with gambling addiction who say there's a very clear link between people exposed as kids to these sorts of games and developing gambling problems later on," Mr Xenophon said. Marketing expert Con Stavros says the pro-gambling message could be even more powerful because it was coming from McDonalds, a supposedly family-friendly brand. "I'm surprised at the naivety of McDonalds to let themselves fall into this particular kind of situation," Mr Stavros said. Mum Michelle says she was surprised to see McDonalds associated with the games. "I wonder if McDonalds is as informed as we are now, recognising that there is gambling on this site?" Michelle asked. Apparently not, because late this afternoon, McDonalds Corporation told Today Tonight it was taking the issue seriously and shutting down the gambling components of the website. "As a parent you can never be too careful," Michelle said. "You think you're doing the best you can and supervising everything, but some things still slip through and my son has been playing this for months."

  12. It works on Cherry OS Claims Mac OS X Capability For x86 · · Score: 2, Funny

    This does work. I'm posting this right now from OSX, running in a window in XP. Ofcourse, XP is actually a VMWare window which I'm seeing through a web-citrix ica client on my sun box. isn't technology great?):

  13. Re:And punish legitimate users? on Controversial StarForce Copy Protection Creators Quizzed · · Score: 1

    Well it seems like these MBAs know what they're doing then, because last I heard Britney is a multimilionaire, Spiderman did quite well at the box office, and disney movies still do well with the young ones.

  14. Re:Waking Life? on Turn Real Life Into A Cartoon · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but in Waking Life they had a team of animators each doing one character; tracing and coloring over the video frame. If you would have RTFA, you'd've known that they mention this and that this process sometimes creates a "jumping" effect. (less so by proffessionals spending lots of time on each frame) They didn't do this by painting over the frames.

  15. Re:This is news? on Gates Gets Government Guards for Gala · · Score: 1

    Why? Because all the geeks in the world love to hear how the richest, most powerful, geek in the world lives like. Fusk you. Get off my browser.

  16. Robbing ATMs on History of the Automatic Teller · · Score: 1

    Since we're on the topic, I always wonder why thieves don't just drive a truck up to an ATM in some remote location, jack it on their truck, take it home and pull it appart? Surely 20min and 3 somewhat handy guys with some basic tools could pry one of these things off the ground? Can anyone offer some insight? Certainly seems easier than robbing a bank.

  17. Re:Too late on PlayStation 3 To Debut at E3 2005 · · Score: 1, Insightful

    No, but it may be an advantage for the developers of said games. You get the developers, you get the good games, you get the market! my 2c

  18. Re:An important difference on Linux vs. Windows: What's The Difference? · · Score: 0

    You fscking idiot! How is this different then all the free software that comes with any linux distro?

  19. Re:A resolution gripe on ViewSonic VP2290b Super High-Res Monitor · · Score: 0

    You may want to look here for high-res images: iStockPhoto.com I agree with you on 1600x1200 17" or 19" LCDs.. I'd love two.

  20. scam on Telus Puts A Stop To 'Modem Hijacking' · · Score: 0

    900 number operators could use this method to scam people for money...

  21. Re:A Move in the Right Direction on Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Express, VS 2005 Beta · · Score: 0

    I guarantee you that MS would LOVE to give away for free all of Visual Studio to anyone who wants it. The reason they don't do this, is that it will put 3rd part development tool businesses, well, out of it. This in turn will may force a lot of developers to go non-microsoft

  22. C'mon on Linux in Iraq · · Score: 0

    "Linux will aid in rebuilding Iraq"??? What else will Linux do for us? End world hunger, give world peace and free energy? That's just like saying electricity will 'aid' in rebuilding Iraq!

  23. Re:Electric sheep on Building A Homebrew Robotic Lawnmower? · · Score: 0

    Interesting Idea... but what if you just put a strong spinning laser inside the lawnmower (replacing the blade).... be a hell of a lot quieter and lighter.

  24. Re:Unable to verify... on Hotmail Blocks Gmail Emails (and Invites) · · Score: 0

    How does one get these invites? I sure would like one

  25. Re:Okay..... on 3-D Gaming on Your Cellphone · · Score: 0

    Believe it or not, most of "today's geeks" have girlfriends and wifes. Now, if you and the people who modded you funny, don't, well... perhaps you're just not as good looking as the rest of us. ;)