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  1. Re:Why Are They Only Targeting Wikipedia on Muslim Groups Attempt to Censor Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    Their religion doesn't MAKE them blow you up, extremists and activists and violent groups do. As far as I know, I recall Christian crusades doing the very same thing. Kill in the name of God? Christ? what the fuck man, why not look into your own history and see what YOUR religion (if you have one) or a religion you're defending has already done?
    More importantly, who gives a flying fuck what Christians did hundreds of years ago? Why people are still all bent out of shape over that is beyond me, but it may explain why the Democrats are still bitter about losing in 2000...
  2. Re:ST:DVR on TiVO Patent Upheld, Dish May Have to Disable DVR · · Score: 1

    No. Captain Archer's.

  3. Re:Valve and piracy on Valve Takes on Piracy With Free, Pre-Packaged Game Publishing Tools · · Score: 2, Informative

    I guess you've never heard of Stardock?

    Unlike Steam, I can have SDC running on multiple computers downloading games and updates to games without any of this "you can only log in on one machine" bullshit.

  4. Re:Discounting the price of a book? on French Fine Amazon For Free Shipping · · Score: 1

    And please remember that the French were there in both wars from the start - they didn't saunter in reluctantly after a few years and claim all the credit, unlike a certain North American country I can think of.

    Yeah, I seem to recall the French weren't all there for round two, they fell for their own propaganda (whereas their intended targets bypassed the Maginot Line entirely by invading Belgium first) and capitulated to the invaders in record time (did they even put up a fight?). It took France how long to kick them out? Oh wait, they didn't, the Nazis stuck around until the Allies kicked them out.

    I'll tell you why the Americans hate the French - it's because the French have history and culture, philosophy and art. They have a cuisine which is based on rather more than saturated fat and corn syrup. They don't roll over and beg whenever the US clicks its colonial fingers (how I wish the UK were the same). And the French themselves are attractive, intelligent, reliable, honourable people. That's why the Americans hate them.

    I always thought it was selective invocation of our British colonial heritage. The Brits hate France, and so do the Americans by extension, when it's convenient. ;)

  5. Re:Anyone else having trouble... on Trekkie Sues Christie's for Fraudulent Props · · Score: 1

    It's his money, not yours. What do you care?

    The thousands of dollars a year you spend smoking I could more efficiently waste on things that I enjoy. That's a lot of computer hardware right there. But again, it's your money, not mine, and I don't care what you do with it.

  6. Re:never use the web for such queries on Domains May Disappear After Search · · Score: 5, Informative
    SysInternals (now Microsoft) has a whois CLI tool for Windows as well.

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897435.aspx

  7. Absolute truths on Wikipedia? on Should Wikipedia Allow Mathematical Proofs? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Lemme see if I got this right: posting absolute truths on Wikipedia is up for debate?

  8. Six years old and only beginning to learn to read? on DS Games for Pre-readers? · · Score: 1

    Shame on you. My dad started teaching me when I was two.

  9. Not a case of bricking. on Apple 10.4.11 Update Can Brick Macs With Boot Camp · · Score: 2, Funny

    As they're too big to be bricks.

    "Boat anchoring" perhaps?

  10. Re:and then.... on Vista at Risk of Being Bypassed by Businesses · · Score: 1

    Sorry, UAC. It's been so long since I've seen one of those prompts on my Vista rig that I forgot what it was called. ;)

  11. Re:and then.... on Vista at Risk of Being Bypassed by Businesses · · Score: 1

    Oh for crying out loud just disable UAE already.

  12. Curious... on Wi-Fi Piggybacking Widespread · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't those running public access points off of residential internet connections be violating the law (and/or their ISP's AUP) for unlicensed redistribution of service?

  13. Re:Reasonable on Google Honors Veterans Day, Finally · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Then they should title the image "Armistice Day" instead of "Veterans Day," just for that added pinch of spite (and for the sake of historical accuracy).

  14. Re:Why not Vista?? on News On Laptops For Education · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why Pro?

    Cuz Home can't join a domain.

  15. Re:the fine didn't fit the crime on Juror From RIAA Trial Speaks · · Score: 1

    What's "plain ridiculous" was that she sought to fight the charge when an out-of-court settlement was her best means of avoiding getting reamed. Remember, jurors aren't paid well for their services, so to be forced to sit through the whole farking trial, you're damn right she's going to get a stiff penalty. I'd have pushed for the maximum too, simply out of spite towards the accused.

    After determining guilt, as a juror if I ever got the impression that the accused acted in any way shape or form spiteful towards the court or the jury, I'd use every legal means at my disposal as a juror to stick it to the accused. It's that simple.

  16. Bah. on Device Reduces Stress While Gaming · · Score: 1

    If they want to do something about frustration, get rid of that fucking 20-second respawn timer in TF2.

  17. Re:Who's your daddy? on Russia Tests World's Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb · · Score: 1

    The Germans never actually built a Landkreuzer.

  18. Re:Ozone production FTW on New Chip-cooling Technology · · Score: 1

    Yeah, lower-atmosphere ozone is called "smog."

  19. It's all in the codec. on Does Going Digital Mean Missing Music? · · Score: 1

    That and the codec settings. If they used LAME 3.97 -V 2 --vbr-new these articles wouldn't be popping up every so often.

    As for the "digital purists," oh please, if they really gave a damn about sound quality, they'd raise holy hell over dynamic range compression and leave MP3 alone. You lose most of the "content" long before the stuff gets ripped. The MP3 encoder just uses what it's given.

  20. Re:Microsoft might be a monopolist... on Microsoft Moves in on the Graphics Market · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Mozilla has yet to release an "official" Firefox x64 build for Windows, so complain to them first. 32-bit Flash works just fine within 32-bit Firefox on Vista x64.

    Really, I don't see them moving to 64-bit until they actually have reason to. Either MS forces the issue (by abandoning 32-bit) or memory requirements force the issue.

  21. Re:Microsoft might be a monopolist... on Microsoft Moves in on the Graphics Market · · Score: 1

    Bullzip PDF Printer.

  22. Re:Fixed what? on Symantec CEO Says Bad Service Fix Only Temporary · · Score: 1

    ...and yet you still choose to do business with them?

  23. Re:Good case for using a VM on Programs Cannot Be Uninstalled In Vista? · · Score: 1

    What, you mean inability to delete shadow copies? Just turn off system restore and then delete the files in question.

  24. Nope. on Programs Cannot Be Uninstalled In Vista? · · Score: 1

    Getting the uninstall menu just fine in Vista x64 post-this month's patch tuesday.

  25. Re:False positives trick users. MS is adversarial. on Antivirus Vendors Headed for Court · · Score: 1

    So what do you think would happen if Microsoft did everything right and good from your perspective? Or, more pointedly, how many corporations would Microsoft be putting out of business by fixing all the problems with their operating systems?

    Those who stand to make money off of plugging the leaks in Windows would have a pretty damn good case for claiming "anti-competitive behavior."