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  1. Re:No Big Deal on Spider-Man Has Back Problems · · Score: 1

    In the M*A*S*H movie, Alan Alda did not appear as Hawkeye, but someone else did. He took over the role when the series started, and I think that is what he meant.

  2. I want to see on LGP Announces Game Development Team · · Score: 1

    a MMORPG entitled:

    'Linux Warriors: The Battle of /.'

  3. Re:No Big Deal on Spider-Man Has Back Problems · · Score: 1

    Shows that change the actor of the progananist often flop. Has anyone bothered to see like the last two Batman movies?

    I predict if Maguire can't do it, only more wet shirt shots of Dunst will save the movie.

  4. Re:That's because it works on How Google Grows...and Grows...and Grows · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I happened to use Yahoo! earlier today, since they have news on their site, and links to other useful tools like yahoo maps, and free email... It also seems to work.

  5. uh oh on How Google Grows...and Grows...and Grows · · Score: 3, Funny

    Google believes that users' productivity begins to wane after 0.2 seconds.

    I must have problems, since it takes me at least 5 times that amount to decide what to search for!

  6. Re:LA Times article on Study Finds Tivo Less of a Threat to Advertisers · · Score: 1

    Actually, Time Warner is offering a Tivo like system(I forget the fancy name they picked, but they ironically advertise it non-stop where I live), wherein they get money from your subscription to make up for loss of advertising.

  7. Alas, XML on XML Co-Creator says XML Is Too Hard For Programmers · · Score: 0

    While I do not think XML can be called 'difficult', I certainly would not want to undergo a large project based on it, especially given it's formlessness. (Yes, it can prove extremely useful for support, but I cringe on using it as a strutural base.) Languages like Java are/have become very intuitive, with a great community support, and a java developer can usally understand a java program he has never seen quickly. I have yet to see the xml come out of the dark ages, and until it decides to define exactly what it is or what it wants to be, I don't think it will.

  8. Google is a public tool on Dissecting Localized Google Censorship · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There come times when things are no as longer black and white as you would like them to be.

    Google's role in society is no longer one of profit, it has become the navigator for millions of people to access free information. With great power comes great responsiblity.

    Therefore, as human beings, those who run google have moral and ethical obligations to protect the free flow of information.

    It may be legal for them to censor, but it is wrong as it damages the exchange of ideas which promote thought and freedom.

    Fight censorship on all fronts.

  9. I have ADD, so... on Ask Nicholas Petreley About Linux Usage Statistics · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If you could say in two sentences why I should use Linux instead of Windows or MacOS or anything else for that matter, what would you say?

  10. Re:Slow News Day? on Family Tech Support · · Score: 1

    They seem content to reject my current event stories...

  11. trick explained on Google Hacks · · Score: 5, Informative

    This story explains how that works and who's behind it.

  12. Important business lesson on CIOs Looking At OSS · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Free is good.

    Phase 1: Offer stuff for free.

    Phase 2: ????

    Phase 3: Profit!!!

  13. mmm, propaganda on Debunking Linux-Windows Market Share Myths · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So a magazine called 'LinuxWorld' has an article on how Linux is going to overtake the most popular OS on the market! Wow! That's really impressive...*sarcasm*

    No offense to Linux, but 'MacWorld' and 'PCWorld' magazines probably could write the same article about their systems. Can't trust a media produced to promote things.

  14. In case you haven't realized on U.S. Jobs Jumping Ship · · Score: 0

    The population is increasing exponentially.

    The more people there are, the more unemployed there are, because demand does not increase at the same rate.

    The more people there are, the lower the standard of living becomes.

    Capitalism dictates cost-efficiency over regional loyalty, so companies move to areas with low standards of living to hire cheaper workers.

    People in high standard living regions are going to continue to lose their jobs at an increasing rate if these facts do not change. QED

  15. first chatroom on 10 Years of the World Wide Web · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Do you remember the first time you were ever in a chat room?

    for me it was like suddenly a moment of transcendance when I first realized what the internet was capable of, and that I could actually directly talk to multiple people all over the world.

    I remember emailing random people just because it was so cool and easy. (Now I'd be arrested for spamming...)

    I wonder what our kids will think of it, having always had it...

  16. back in my day on Lucky Wander Boy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Even the coolest video games only cost a quarter! Now anything more advanced then a 1994 version of Street Fighter costs at least 50 cents, and I've seen some that take a doller to two dollers just so you can lose after one try.

    That's the reason I was turned off from arcades, dagnabbit.

    OT: I think the best baseball game ever made was SNK "Baseball Stars" for the NES. I've yet to seen one be as fun as that.

  17. Aww... on Analysis of SCO vs. IBM · · Score: 2, Funny

    This alleged action strengthens Linux, and, because Linux is no-cost or almost-no-cost, it cuts the legs out from under SCO's market.

    [intense cynical sarcasm]

    Damn free stuff always screwing us over.

    [/intense cynical sarcasm]

  18. impossible quest on Shelter: A Quest for Non-Toxic Housing · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well, without building a treehouse and moving there.

    Anything chemically processed is a potential source of 'toxins', not to mention possible natural toxins that may get trapped in your house instead of floating around in nature.

    This quest, like the quest for a bacteria free home (lead by those lysol nuts), are not realistic.

    What you can do is get outside and exercise/experience the real world more often, and this exposure to a wide variety of things should help one's body recover from being sheltered inside a closed system that contains toxins.

  19. dry planet? on Hubble Discovers an Evaporating Planet · · Score: 4, Funny

    May I recommend core-so-soft lotion? Guaranteed to bring revitilizing atmosphere and vitaman E to itchy and dry celestial bodies.

  20. Why we need an oil based economy: on A Hydrogen-Based Economy · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Because the rich and powerful Oil Barons say so.

  21. Re:Bill Gates...Jedi Master on E.U. Commission: More Antitrust Trouble For MS · · Score: 2, Informative

    'How did we get by those annoyed customers?'

    'Money and power can have a strong impact on the weak-minded.'

  22. interesting, but a bit arrogant on The Myth of Radio Spectrum Interference · · Score: 2, Insightful

    He argues that interference is a symptom of inadequate equipment

    As my chemistry teacher once said to me, 'A poor craftsman blames his tools'

  23. amen on Can Game Developer Unrest Lead to Revolution? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The industry is fucked. It's less imaginative, more risk averse, than the fucking music business. It makes Hollywood look happy to take a flyer on talent.

    Crappy CDs only cost 20 bucks. Crappy games cost around $50 bucks.

    And personally, I'm sick of strategy games with the same format but just different units over and over again.

  24. my 2 cents on Internships in the Post-DotCom Era? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sure, this is the 300th post or something, but in case the author reads them all:

    Fairchild Semiconductor is an excellant employer of interns.

  25. that's interesting on The Universe May Be Shaped Like a Doughnut · · Score: 3, Funny

    But then what the hell is the jelly?