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  1. Re:Antispyware, and now this? on Microsoft In Talks To Buy Claria · · Score: 2, Informative

    I suspect YMMV here; for me it was just the opposite. Giant Antispy removed a number of things that spybot and AdAware either didn't detect or couldn't remove completely.

  2. Re:Digital OTA in Canada on Who Cares if Analog TV Goes Dark? · · Score: 1

    I am admittedly a scotch newbie but right now I'm really enjoying McClelland's Islay single malt (Which is inf act, a 5 year old malt from Bowmore) ---it's fiarly cheap as scotch goes, but yummy, at least to my inexperienced palate.

    Just thought i'd share ;)

  3. Re:IPOD UPDATE on iTunes 4.9 With Podcasting Support · · Score: 1

    It does "affect" my iPod, however it still works, aside from loss of settings when it goes to sleep, so I don't really have the bug info memorized.

    It's right here though, if you care to look

    http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?50@437.auoN aWuOUXo.2@.68a58bbd

  4. Re:IPOD UPDATE on iTunes 4.9 With Podcasting Support · · Score: 1

    I meant with the iPod software. Last time I checked there were a few issues, one being a consistently corrupted file on the pod (forget what that file did, though, not anything critical)

  5. Re:What IS podcasting? on iTunes 4.9 With Podcasting Support · · Score: 1

    Podcasting is primarily directed at NPR style ranting and things of that nature, however some streaming music sites (di.fm and others) offer podcasts so you can listen to their playlist or their style of music on the go (and not just a few songs, more like a few hours)

  6. Re:IPOD UPDATE on iTunes 4.9 With Podcasting Support · · Score: 1

    Hopefully they fixed some acutal bugs instead of just adding podcast support

  7. Re:On Sale in two weeks on CVS Disposable Camcorder Hacked · · Score: 1

    You can get alcohol at CVS?

  8. Re:not economically feasible not a surprise on Orlando Cancels Free WiFi Project · · Score: 1

    Most people wouldn't. The point is, why work from the office when you can work from the park? ..or a coffee shop? ..or _anywhere_ in the city of Orlando?

    Cause working around a bunch of randomly conversing people and other distractions means your productivity is likely going to go through the floor.

  9. Re:The Secret To Finding Good Music on Legal Music Downloads At 35%, Soon To Pass Piracy · · Score: 1

    Perhaps I just havent found any good groups, but thus far I've had abysmal luck getting anyone to post anything I request on Usenet.

  10. Re:Surprising, this is not... on Dell We'd Sell Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    You are correct sir. Windows and Office were mainly what I was thinking of.

  11. Re:Surprising, this is not... on Dell We'd Sell Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    Doesn't matter. You buy a dell, you paid for it whether you use it or not.

  12. Re:Surprising, this is not... on Dell We'd Sell Mac OS X · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not true. Any geek should be able to build a higher quality system than Dell.

    But cheaper? Not a chance. Even if by some great act of sale-exploiting you can build the computer for the same price, you'll be using worse quality parts than Dell does, and won't have the software you get with the Dell

  13. Re:Not a "Freedom Fry" thing, but... on 'Haute Cuisine' on Mars · · Score: 1

    ....that was horrible. :D

  14. Re:Rephrase on Court: Borders Web Ops Must Remit CA Sales Taxes · · Score: 1

    My german professor once mentioned that you could go to the consulate of the country in question and get reimbursed for some or all of your taxes (assuming you have reciepts)

    Anyone who travels know if this is the case? it seemed odd to me considerting that while you're there you're using all sorts of public works (which are of course tax funded) so why would you get it back...

  15. Re:Dont really care on UK anti-ID card campaign Gains Momentum · · Score: 1

    It depends. Pell grants arent paid back, but by the same token they generally aren't for that large an amount.

  16. Re:Guess what on Steve Jobs In Praise of Dropping Out · · Score: 1

    Regarding educational and federal loans:

    The money gets paid into your school account. The school either uses all that money and sends you a bill for more, OR cuts you a check for what's left over after your tuition and housing and misc expenses have been paid.

    So what you do is make sure you take out enough loans/financial aid to cover your tuition plus enough to live on for the semester (or less if you have work lined up, that's up to you)

  17. Re:Practical on Protecting Your Personal Info While Traveling? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How many net cafes really let you boot an unknown operating system on their computers from a CD? Damned if I would, that's a huge security risk in itself

  18. Re:Fun Experiment on Protecting Your Personal Info While Traveling? · · Score: 1

    Ad-Aware is fairly (IMHO) misleading in that it flags cookies with the same designation as spyware items. It's possible that a machine could have thousands of hits but no actual spyware programs running on it due to an excess of cookies (from people logging onto this and that through the duration of the web cafe's existence)

  19. Re:Paranoid College $tudent on Books in Beta Form · · Score: 1

    My engineering profs turned this into an improtant object lesson: in engineering, never ever trust the numbers someone else gives you.

  20. Okay for small projects on Homebrew Air Conditioning for Under $25 · · Score: 1

    For things such as home brewing where the fermetning beer needs to be kept under 70 degrees this could make a good solution, one could easily cool a closet or other small room to the acceptable temperature

  21. Re:Nice ad for this company, but old news on Online Takeout Delivery is Back · · Score: 1

    I love campusfoods but here in the charlotte university area it seems there's hardly any delivery places (Dominos and 2 other pizza joints last time i looked) that are set up with them. The one time I have used their service I was quite satisfied, but I wish they'd add more restaurants.

  22. Re:What we need now... on PC Prices Reach $300 Milestone · · Score: 1

    Plenty of engineering textbooks go for around $120-150 (If you're lucky they're good for more than one class though)

  23. Re:"Decent human being" on Body Modifications Still Hinder IT Professionals? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In some cultures of human beings, it's considered indecent if one is not pierced.

    "In some places they do things this way" is not a valid arguement. We are not in that culture, therefore its customs really don't matter. If we WERE in that culture, the arguement wouldn't be taking place. Why bring it up?

  24. Re:it's unprofessional on Body Modifications Still Hinder IT Professionals? · · Score: 1

    If I was hiring coders, designers or marketers I think that piercings and outrageous tats would be s sign of 'out of the box' thinking

    I'm curious- and my question is due to knowing pierced and inked individuals who had their work done for drastically different reasons:

    How can (or could) you distinguish between someone who's body mods indicate their 'out of the box' thinking, as you said, and someone who had them done for no other reason than counter the status quo or 'rebell'

    --I'd guess that kind of attitude would show up in other aspects of an interview, but i guess that's my point:

    considering the different motivations for getting body mods, some of which could be really detrimental to any kind of corporate culture, i'm wondering why you consider body mods in particular an indicator of 'different' thinking rather than say, dress, mannerism or some other aspect

  25. Re:No cell phones on aircraft! on SETI Disrupted By Cell Phones in Airplanes? · · Score: 1

    I think he means 'really fucking loud'