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  1. Re:Flavor- Who gives a F-ck. This is sick on Lab-Grown Steak · · Score: 1

    Wanna bet they try and take your dies and press if they ever perfect this process?

  2. Re:Check Complete on Is Mac OS X Slow? · · Score: 1

    "suffficiet"

    Is that like sufficient?

  3. Re:Buy single channels.. cool. What about...? on Cable TV A La Carte? · · Score: 1

    I really can't answer your question. I feel like someone has made a mistake in your case. According to the Dish Network page you cannot receive Boston locals AND a distant network package let alone programming from Denver, LA, Miami, New York and Chicago. If you cannot get your locals you are only allowed to receive 2 distant network packages. I guess you should consider yourself lucky.

  4. Re:Buy single channels.. cool. What about...? on Cable TV A La Carte? · · Score: 1

    As I understand it,you are not supposed to be able to get this programming from Dish. You can receive these networks using an antenna. You don't have to take my word for it - follow the link.

    http://www.nab.org/newsroom/issues/shva/publicfa q1 .asp

    quote from FAQ at National Association of Broadcasters:

    Aren't you just hurting consumers who without this service couldn't see network programming?

    We're sorry that consumers are caught in the middle. But the satellite companies are to blame for that. If they had followed the law in the first place, most of these consumers would never have been sold this service. It is clear that many satellite companies and dealers misled customers about their eligibility. But these consumers are not going to lose the ability to see network programming. Most of the consumers that were signed up will be able to get their local stations via rooftop antenna. For those that don't, there is a process where local stations can grant waivers so that deserving subscribers may legally receive distant network service.

  5. Re:Buy single channels.. cool. What about...? on Cable TV A La Carte? · · Score: 1

    "How is it illegal?"

    Under the Satellite Home Viewer Act, satellite companies cannot sell distant network service to anyone who can receive network programming from local affiliates via rooftop antenna.

    http://www.nab.org/newsroom/issues/shva/publicfa q1 .asp

  6. Re:well then, don't use RH on Red Hat Nullifies Differences Between Bash, Csh · · Score: 1

    d) Profit?

  7. Re:what on Saddam's Inbox Hacked · · Score: 1

    Moderation Totals: Flamebait=1, Troll=1, Redundant=1, Insightful=1, Interesting=1, Funny=4, Overrated=1, Total=10.

    Overmoderated=1

  8. Re:The best damned service I've seen in a long tim on Satellite Radio in Fiscal Trouble · · Score: 1

    How do these work in heavy rain? My satellite tv quits completely.

  9. Re:plat is plentiful on Unmaking The Game · · Score: 1

    I think I stepped in that once......

  10. good luck? on Sklyarov Denied Visa to Return to U.S. for Trial · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Sounds like a stroke of good luck?

  11. Re:what to exempt.... on Copyright Office Asks For Public Comments On DMCA · · Score: 1

    "if it's already illegal to mass produce and sell these cd's/movies, what's the DMCA really doing anyway?"

    The DMCA is not trying to prevent us from mass producing and selling these works. As you pointed out this already illegal. Before the PC, there were pirates. Now we're all potential pirates. The DMCA is meant to ensure that Joe Sixpack cannot archive the media he paid for and that they get paid for each and every single copy.

  12. Re:Man do I feel dumb. on Microsoft PR Rep is the Switcher · · Score: 1

    emachine and XP? You are a masochist.

  13. Re:Scope of Act? on Effects of the Patriot Act on Librarians · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if you're serious or sarcastic when you say that terrorist don't use ATM's. Here's a link proving they do....

    http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/atta/resources/ph ot os/atm.htm

    Just for the record, I am NOT supporting or defending the Patriot Act.

  14. P5 ? on Crypto with Epoxy Tokens, Glass Balls and Lasers · · Score: 1

    I wonder if we'll be seeing these in satellite receivers anytime soon?

  15. Re:whoops on Competitors Cry Foul At Windows XP, 2K Service Packs · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    At least we can kill Saddam.......

  16. Re:Rate the page ! on Microsoft Tech Specs Prohibit GPL Implementations · · Score: 1

    LOL, damn I wanted to blame them for cheating!

  17. Re:Rate the page ! on Microsoft Tech Specs Prohibit GPL Implementations · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and the more we submit a rating of 1 the higher it seems to climb......

  18. Re:Commodore 64 web server on Running A Web Server On An Apple Lisa 2 · · Score: 1

    Actually it is a 6510 the VIC-20 was a 6502.

  19. Re:Terrible Sense of Levity on Mapping Ground Zero with Lasers · · Score: 1

    I didn't read the comment you are replying to but....JP5 is used by US Naval forces because it is LESS volatile than Jet A,Jet1,Jet4. They told us that during crashes, especially on a carrier that fuels other than JP5 tend to atomize more.

  20. Re:Just use micro-aligned crystals... on Recreating The Lost Art Of Damascus Steel · · Score: 1

    I didn't realize that the cut determined the freq. I always thought it was the material. I guess you learn something new everyday.

  21. Re:Just use micro-aligned crystals... on Recreating The Lost Art Of Damascus Steel · · Score: 1

    Isn't 32.768K the resonant freq. of quartz?