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  1. Re:No. on Insurance Companies Try Out Auto Black Boxes · · Score: 5, Informative

    In New Jersey, we have New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance. They give back a "dividend" at the end of the year of unused money, so to speak. I always get a couple hundred back.

    If you want cooperative insurance, in the real sense of the word "co-op," there's NJ CURE, which stands for something that has the words "reciprocal exchange" in it. It's like a credit union for car insurance...the policyholders own the company, which is a non-profit group.

    In NJ, you need your head examined if you don't get your car insurance through one of these two companies.

  2. The obligatory comment... on First Portable Media Centers Hit Store Shelves · · Score: 1

    No wireless...less space than an iPod...Lame.

  3. Re:What the ... ! on Googling Behind China's Great Firewall · · Score: 2, Funny

    I suppose if I mentioned "HP Lovecraft," you would think it has to do with inkjet printers?

  4. Re:Brutal! on Googling Behind China's Great Firewall · · Score: 1

    If you don't first tunnel it through SSH you might stick out like a sore thumb.

  5. Re:Impressive on Googling Behind China's Great Firewall · · Score: 2, Informative

    "There are already some laws in place that prevent US citizens from viewing foreign content, concerning security patches etc. on some foreign software."

    Wow, that's news to me. Sources please?

  6. Re:42 on Both Tea And No Tea - Updated Hitchhiker's Game · · Score: 1

    Technically, the answer is "forty two," much in the same way every culture has a drink called "gin and tonic," (ie gin and tonic, jinintoxix, etc).

  7. Re:What _really_ matters? on The Technology Hype Cycle · · Score: 2, Funny

    I also got broadband to personally email bomb making instructions to children everywhere!

  8. Re:Adult rock, here I come! on Microsoft to Launch Online Music Store · · Score: 2, Funny

    I heard Michael Bolton changed his name because he sucks, and not some other guy by the same name.

  9. Re:Hello iMac... on Apple Introduces New G5 iMac · · Score: 1

    At least Apple has "Step 3: Profit!!!" in their business plan.

    But, since we're talking about Apple, profit is probably Step 2, since there is no Step 3,

  10. Re:Great! on Caller ID Falsification Service · · Score: 1

    They must be...I can activate my credit card from home and my number is blocked to caller id units.

  11. Re: DIY on Grow Your Own Replacement Bones · · Score: 1

    "It could be you if you play your cards right honey!"

  12. Re:Only out of politeness... on JibJab Wins - 'This Land' is Public Domain · · Score: 2, Informative

    All of the music videos are on iTunes Music Store now...they're free to watch and are used to promote the sale of the song file. You don't need to register, either.

  13. Re:IANAL, but, AFAIK, on MPAA Sues DVD Chip Manufacturers · · Score: 1

    A contact, written or verbal, also requires the parties to know one another. I don't think Linus & friends know me.

  14. Re:IANAL, but, AFAIK, on MPAA Sues DVD Chip Manufacturers · · Score: 0

    "The GPL is a contract."

    No, it isn't. The GPL is a software author giving you permission to modify/redistribute his work under certain conditions without you having to write and get permission. There is no need to read into it any more than that.

    You'll know a real software contract when you see a real one. It involves paper and signatures and *no sign whatsoever* of buttons you click on.

  15. Re:CTRL key placement on Cherry Announces Linux keyboard · · Score: 1

    "As every typist knows, the key to the left of
    the 'A' is supposed to be a tab key."

    I believe the Tab key is to the left of the "Q" button, while Caps Lock is to the left of "A". On my Happy Hacking USB keyboard, Control is to the left of "A" and Caps Lock is accessed by a fn-Tab combo.

  16. Re:I'm all for free music and everything... on Crossplatform iTunes Sharing and Trading · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No, because stamping the word "Yes" on a button does not turn it into an agreement, legal or otherwise.

  17. Re:These are N64 DD patents on Nintendo Patents Online Console Gaming · · Score: 1

    "...(And for good reason. It flopped.)..."

    I just did a search on Google to learn more about the 64DD. They sure do flop!

  18. NetRatings Confirms It... on Broadband Majority in US · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dial-up is dead!

  19. Re:Not too sure about this.... on Writing Software for Worldwide Distribution Proves Difficult · · Score: 0

    The "World" part of World Series traces its origins to the name of a newspaper that originally sponsored/organized the event (not too sure on the connection). "World" was a part of the name of the newspaper.

  20. Re:I wish I had a nickel... on Writing Software for Worldwide Distribution Proves Difficult · · Score: 1

    I thought Windows 97 was the unofficial nickname for Windows 95 OSR2 (when it got USB support).

  21. Re:No, no...GIANT Robots. on Epson's 12 Gram Flying Robot · · Score: 1

    Let's not forget the three "gladiator" robots that formed another, lesser-known Voltron. I never saw the cartoon, but I saw the toys in a GC Murphy's (old nickel & dime store) years ago in the early 80s.

  22. Re:still using palms on Palm Finally Announces SD WiFi Card · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Given the size of a Palm device and the situations in which you would need Wifi with such a device (ie on the go, not doing anything multimedia intensive), it makes perfect sense to go with a more affordable solution.

  23. Re:IMDB integration? on The Programmer Who Could Save Tivo · · Score: 1

    It does this already, just not with IMBD. You get a list of actors, the director, genre, year, etc.

  24. Re:But the important question remains... on The Spyware Inferno · · Score: 1

    It will be herein referenced as "spyware" in future issues of Wired.

  25. Re:AP Stylebook on It's Just the 'internet' Now? · · Score: 1

    "...they still make use of 3 character state codes instead of the newer 2 character postal ones..."

    Which means they are out of touch with reality and lose all credibility in my book. I haven't seen anyone use "e-mail" since the early 90s.

    However, I agree that Internet should be capitalized. For example, the Automated Clearing House (ACH) is an "internet" among banks, which is different than the public "Internet" that we're all using to read /. at the moment.