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  1. Re:MMO War Game on Concepts That Should Be Games? · · Score: 1

    "I'd love to see a decent strategy game based on this, commanding teams of twelve boys and maybe directing specific action if you liked."

    Christ, Michael, haven't you learned your lesson?

  2. Re:My idea for a new google product on Oregon Woman Sues Yahoo for $3 Million · · Score: 1

    Don't worry. They only use email, not the web.

  3. Since we're sharing, here's my morning routine.... on Keep Fit Program For The Brain · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm 28 years old. I believe in taking care of myself, and a balanced diet and a rigorous exercise routine. In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I'll put on an ice pack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now. After I remove the ice pack, I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower, I use a water activated gel cleanser. Then a honey almond body scrub. And on the face, an exfoliating gel scrub. Then apply an herb mint facial mask, which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion. There is an idea of a Rude Turnip, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me. Only an entity, something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our life styles are probably comparable, I simply am not there.

  4. Re:DMCA on Unlocking the GeForce 6800 · · Score: 1

    Probably right after the Q-Tip people sue me for breaking the end off a swab and picking my teeth. And definitely not before GM sues me for installing an after-market car alarm.

  5. The next "IBM Compatible" standard? on IBM Plans to Open the Cell Processor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The original IBM compatible standard (what we just call X86 nowadays) took off when Compaq reverse-engineered the BIOS and created the first "clone" of a "genuine" IBM PC. This undoubtedly resulted in explosive growth for Intel, who made the CPU. Now that IBM is manufacturing the chip (instead of Intel for the first IBM PC), it is absolutely in their best interest to make the Cell processor as mainstream as possible by opening up all of its specs.

  6. Re:Glad I'm not a Californian anymore on Tinfoil Hat House · · Score: 1

    "Unfortunately I live in New Jersey now where things are more ridiculous than California (no liquor sales on Sunday?!?!?)"

    That's definitely a local ordinance and not a state one, before anyone starts talking sh!t about NJ.

  7. Re:I'm not a Californian on Tinfoil Hat House · · Score: 1

    "Because then landlords will rent out rooms without natural light."

    Not if you have a law that prohibits apartment complexes from doing so. An apartment is still a business. Homeowners can still do what they want then.

    "There is also health and safety issues."

    If it's not going to affect the health and safety of my neighbors, then the govt has no business dictating petty nonsense like this.

  8. Re:In a releated story... on Download Your Brain · · Score: 1

    That's overkill, considering she's only a 2-bit whore.

  9. Re:Human Tamoguchi on Download Your Brain · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I wanna have a pet GWB!"

    IIRC, Dick Cheney has one of those right now. Oh, wait...

  10. Re:Meh. on Download Your Brain · · Score: 1

    Yoga Magazine doesn't seem to mind selling out its subscribers to all sorts of flaky new age hucksters and cults. So they're probably a good place to start. Good luck!

  11. Re:Perhaps it's time... on VX30 Ad-Stats Code Online · · Score: 1

    I've said this before, but there should be some sort of FOSS delegate to the BSA. Both rely upon the same copyright laws to keep their software either open or closed.

  12. Re:new video card on Liquid Metal Cooling in New ATI Video Card · · Score: 0

    Please keep your Fark cliches straight...it's seeks out Sarah Conner.

  13. Re:Not really the best use of the "YRO" category on Deleting Emails Costs Morgan Stanley $1.45B · · Score: 1

    I'm referring specifically to investment banking firms that are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (govt body) and/or the National Association of Securities Dealers (industry watchdog). Morgan Stanley would be in that boat.

    As to other companies, it varies by laws and industry guidelines. Generally, there is no requirement, but for tax purposes, one would be wise to hang onto his records.

  14. Not really the best use of the "YRO" category on Deleting Emails Costs Morgan Stanley $1.45B · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Big investment firms like Morgan Stanley are obligated by law to retain lots of records. This is more of an "Almighty Buck" type of story, IMO.

  15. Re:Anyone else note the GoogleDot effect? on Google's New Personalized Homepage · · Score: 1

    For a while, there used to be a Slashdot command on the Bloomberg system (kind of like AOL for financial professionals, but costs $20k per year): SLSH. They got rid of the Slashdot command, but it's still offered as item 23 out of the 20-some options in the technology news section (WCPR).

    They also got rid of the XXX command, which was fun while it lasted :)

  16. Re:Lets Roll! on Canadian Music Swappers Win Court Battle · · Score: 1

    What the fuck does Optimus Prime have to do with this?

  17. Re:Wal-mart censorship on Wal-Mart Turns Over DVD Rentals to Netflix · · Score: 5, Funny

    "can you help me find the pr0n section?"

    Well that's your problem. They probably think you're looking for small, delicious crustacean.

  18. Re:Oh geez, thin clients again. on Microsoft Developing Windows for Low-End Machines · · Score: 0

    You don't need a license to use open source software. Licenses deal with modification and redistribution.

  19. Re:OS is Communism on Cuba Switching to Linux · · Score: 1

    Sharing ideas (software is just an implementation of an idea) does not mean marxism automatically. Every industry shares certain information and insights among its members though industry groups, newletters, books, conferences, etc.

  20. Re:Can Microsoft even legally sell Windows in Cuba on Cuba Switching to Linux · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wish I had some mod points for you. If you ever read a real estate appraisal, they implicitly acknowledge that you don't really "own" property. Rather, you own certain "rights" to property, ie fee simple, leasehold, tenant-in-common, etc.

  21. Re:Talk about arrogant on Ebert Gives 'Sith' Positive Review · · Score: 0, Troll

    "I'm french and I never heard about this guy, the world's authority you quote."

    Haha, silly [FREEDOM]man!(1) Don't you know that US=World?

    (1) Typographical error corrected by Homeland Security proxy.

  22. Re:System requirements on 512MB GeForce 6800 Ultra Reviewed · · Score: 1

    And you might just get away with running Duke Nukem Forever, using the crappiest settings.

  23. Re:XBox 2 could do the same as PS2? on Xbox 360 Gets Backwards Compatible, Final Fantasy · · Score: 2, Informative

    3 G5 procs (PPC) and a 733Mhz Celeron (X86) in such a tiny case? That's one heck of a kludge, and then you'd have to deal with two kernels. In the case of the PS2, the PS1 chip actually handles some IO functions, so it's not just sitting around.

  24. Can they really afford my time? on Selling Your Attention to Spammers · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I bill triple digits per hour (but still less than a phone sex operator at $4.99/min). Doctors and lawyers charge even more. Unsolicted messages are an uncompensable waste of time and a theft of network resources.

  25. And you thought Fidel was bad on Cuban Says RIAA Damages Should be $5 Per Month · · Score: 1

    Wait until the RIAA hears about this!