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  1. Re:Yes, Linux is free. on Yellow Dog Linux v5.0 for PS3 Announced · · Score: 2, Informative

    Unless you're paying for packaging, documentation, support, etc.

  2. Re:Neat Tool, What About Adobe? on Google "Office" Released · · Score: 1

    "PDF" has gotten so pervasive at my company thanks to our high-speed scanner-copiers, that it's used as a verb now...as in "hey, can you PDF it to me?" Because you can do that with the English language.

  3. Re:Brutal Graph on Comprehensive Projection of World Oil Exports · · Score: 1

    "I was talking to him, and he mentioned that they were working on 4xing their tar sands production. It's becoming very profitable."

    Well, if that *was* insider information, it isn't now :)

  4. Re:I Won't Buy A Console At Wal-Mart on Wal-Mart Talks Next-Gen Console Onslaught · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Come on...you can get an Xbox 360 (regular, not core) at Walmart for $399.92, that's a whole ***8 CENTS*** off of the price you'd pay anywhere else! Sure, I have to pay more in taxes to cover the welfare costs of the employees there....b,b,but...8 CENTS!!!!! USA! USA!, NASCAR!, USA! Go W!!!

  5. Re:What?! on The Day Against DRM · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A basic sense of good will towards your fellow man, perhaps, since the files would be offered by the creators and not an Evil Distribution Company (tm). It's nice to be paid for one's time, especially if the intent of the creation was for commercial purposes anyway.

  6. This should be obvious to anyone on Magnetic Ring Could Launch Satellites, Weapons · · Score: 2, Funny

    "New Scientist points out that if such a launch ring were built, it would instantly become "one of the most important targets on the planet.""

    I knew lawn darts were dangerous...but god-damn.

  7. Re:Pre-Bubble Burst on Avoiding the Cube Farm - Effective Office Floor Plans? · · Score: 1

    Wow, I'd like one of those for a home office setup. The next higher up model, if one existed, would likely be Darth Vader's meditation chamber.

  8. Re:Violates Feng shui on Avoiding the Cube Farm - Effective Office Floor Plans? · · Score: 1

    This is about the only thing coming out of the Feng Shui camp that isn't a load of crap (per the other children of this post). Having a commanding view to the entrance of your office really can help ease tension. It's common sense in that you don't feel like a passive, caged animal.

  9. Re:Joel Spolsky's Bionic Office on Avoiding the Cube Farm - Effective Office Floor Plans? · · Score: 1

    My $800 office chair has been up and running for 8 years and will provide comfort for many years to come. I'm at work most of time, so it figures that I should be comfortable. You get what you pay for.

  10. impact on gambling stocks on US Outlaws Online Gambling · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The financial markets punished the stock of online gambling companies as some prepared to pull out of the US entirely."

    I bet they did. Shit, someone's knocking at my door.

  11. Re:...sell, sell, sell... on Google Purchases Its First Home · · Score: 3, Informative

    I just follow the earnings. If they keep making money, then whatever they're doing is working.

  12. Still waiting for the Real Estate Bubble to Pop on Google Purchases Its First Home · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a sad state of affairs in the real estate market today if that little house is all Larry & Serge can afford with their jobs.

  13. Re:Its too bad on Comcast Lying About Vonage · · Score: 3, Informative

    IANAL, but it sounds more like a case for a libel suit, rather than false advertising, if the claims are true.

  14. I could see an online video cartel on Only a 'Moron' Would Buy YouTube · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Let's see...Fox owns Myspace, so another media conglomerate (say, Universal or whoever) could buy YouTube, or a group of them can get together and share it. Then, each company enters into a reciprocation agreement with the other, agreeing not to sue each other when users post videos that are in violation of copyright. Hell, if that isn't the YouTube founders' exit strategy, then it should be (and I'll take my consulting fee now, please).

  15. Re:Clones everywhere on Exploring the Marvel Universe Online · · Score: 1

    "Who will survive and who will die?"

    Only Leroy Jenkins can determine that.

  16. Re:is this really the right reason? on DARPA Sponsoring Limb Regeneration Research · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I doubt there's going to throw someone back into battle that's gone through the psychological trauma of having a limb blown off. You can replace the body part, perhaps, but the mental damage will be there for awhile.

  17. The court order is meaningless on Google Relents, Publishes Belgian Ruling · · Score: 3, Funny

    I went over to www.google.be. No one will know what's going on--the whole thing is written in Belgian. Brilliant, Google!

  18. Not a major problem in an ideal world on Census Bureau Loses Hundreds of Laptops · · Score: 1

    If the Census Bureau only asked for number of men, women & children living in a domicile...and left it at that, like they are supposed to, there would still be an outrage over this loss, but the damage to privacy would be far less.

  19. Re:Is it just me... on Lego Star Wars II Sells 1.1 Million · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sweet creeping zombie Jesus, I am really beginning to regret my post.

  20. Is it just me... on Lego Star Wars II Sells 1.1 Million · · Score: 4, Funny

    or does anyone else find the picture of the Lego version of Leia on the game packaging mildly attractive?

  21. Re:It really does work. on Apple's Moment — Consumers Want To Download To TV · · Score: 1

    The Akimbo service provides an online on-demand set-top box. Adult Swim is $5 per month. I had the service but the hardware was craptastic...underpowered and running XP Embedded, too slow for my tastes so I cancelled the service and have this box sitting around now.

  22. Re:Remember the police state's motto on CCTV Cameras In UK Get Loudspeakers · · Score: 1

    I think he was, too :)

  23. My take on the video on 2D Drawing To 3D Object Tool · · Score: 2, Funny

    Given the types of things the guy drew in the video, I think the penis gourd design industry is about to go through a fashion revival.

  24. Re:That's good news on Wii to be Region Free · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just bring protection and you'll be fine.

  25. Re:A little bit OT, but on Senate Committee Votes to Authorize Warrentless Wiretapping · · Score: 1

    Like war? No problem. Jesus came to bring war. (Matthew 10:34)

    A little bit of Googling says specifically he brings a sword, not war. Given that the guy had a thing for metaphors, care to clue us in on the context of the passage first?