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  1. But you can say on France Retracts Computer Tax Proposal · · Score: 1

    That since people are willing go to the states, and pay the full cost of treatment (not just medical insurance), the total cost in the states is lower than in Canada. That is, including the cost of not getting treatment in time in Canada.

    The law of diminishing returns may be in effect, but that does not mean that the extra expense is not worth spending.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  2. Canadian health services on France Retracts Computer Tax Proposal · · Score: 1

    Medicare is generally considered worse than the US system, unless you're unable to afford medical insurance.

    You'll find many Canadians will cross the border to get services, because often the Canadian system just can't handle the load.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  3. BWEEP! BWEEP! Bullshit Alarm on Non-Competing With Microsoft · · Score: 2

    Do you really read (and fully understand) every contract you're forced into? I think not.

    And what the hell does contract law have to do with democracy? Capitalism/Corporatism maybe, but not democracy.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  4. Hardware yes, OS no on Whistler "Anti-Piracy" Tools Tie OS To Machine · · Score: 1

    Yes, *hardware* follows moores law, but OS's do not. Windows 98 is not really that much different that Windows 95.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  5. Re:House Training on Neural Networks In The Home? · · Score: 1

    Just throw a few motion sensors around so the "room" can know when someone enters. NNs don't store information in a retrievable form, so there aren't any privacy concerns.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  6. I was cracking up in the bamboo scene on Reviews: "O Brother" And Others · · Score: 1

    And so was everyone else in the theatre.

    Was this movie intended as a comedy? (They corny dialog seems to suggest so.) Regardless, I recomend it to anyone looking for a good laugh, albiet perhaps at someone elses expense.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  7. No, there isn't... on Publishers/Authors Angry at Amazon Selling Used Books · · Score: 1

    With UO/Everquest type games, your paying for someone to administer servers for you. Not really any different than paying your ISP to maintain your mail server.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  8. Not a disadvantage... on Scorched Island 3D · · Score: 1

    The source is available. If you want a DOS/Amiga/Mac/whatever version, port it yourself.

    Why do people always expect to have things done for them, for free? Don't be so greedy.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  9. Re:Thats not what its for... on MAPS RBL Is Now Censorware (Updated) · · Score: 1

    Peacefire is funding a company that provides service to spammers, putting them at least in the neutral, if not the friendly category.

    If I was RBL'd in a similar way, I'd be pissed off, but with my provider, not MAPS. And I'd have all the more reason to take my business elsewhere.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  10. Thats not what its for... on MAPS RBL Is Now Censorware (Updated) · · Score: 1

    They provide a list of IPs which are friendly or neutral to spammers. Media3 is friendly or neutral to spammers, they belong on the list. I want my subscription to be used that way. If you don't, make your own RBL.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  11. No it isn't... on It's Official: MS Office 10 Subscription Version · · Score: 1

    I also have the EDU version of Office 2000, and there was such a scheme. Don't be a such a twit.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  12. Speaking as someone doing something similar... on Debian On Compaq's iPaq Handheld · · Score: 1

    NFS is *absolutely* necessary for a development environment for something like this. It simplifies things greatly to have a limitless (essentially) storage system for devel/testing, and worry about making sure it fits onboard *after* you've got whatever you're working on actually working.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  13. Should have been Woz on Top 10 Most Important Tech People of the Decade · · Score: 1

    Steve just rode in on his coattails. Woz *built* Apple, Jobs just hyped it.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  14. Re:Chris Dibona - making a mountain out of a moleh on Return Address: Arrogance, MS · · Score: 1

    That explains all those blank emails with a winmail.dat binary attached I've been getting from outlook users...
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  15. Is it just me... on Windows Whistler Screenshots · · Score: 1

    Or does each successive version of windows keep looking like MS ate gnome, and shat in the windows box?
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  16. Seems rather misleading on Get Off The Grid: GE Announces Home Fuel Cells · · Score: 1

    How many areas rely on coal or oil plants alone, rather than just as a backup?

    This thing can't be better than hydro/nuclear power.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  17. That's true of the BSD license aswell... on President's Tech Advisors Comment On OSS · · Score: 1

    The GPL provides an increase in long term freedom, by sacrificing a little short term freedom - overall a net increase of freedom.

    The BSD license provides an small increase in short term freedom by sacrificing long term freedom - a net decrease in freedom.

    /me douses himself in flame retardant chemicals
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  18. Speaking of Steven Levy and AI on Computer Historian? · · Score: 1

    He has an interesting book titled Artificial Life: A Report From the Frontier Where Computers Meet Biology that covers the history of AI (slanted toward alife).
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  19. What's wrong with 3 5 +? on English Language And Its Effect On Programming? · · Score: 1

    Reverse polish notation anyone?
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  20. It would be surprising if they didn't... on English Language And Its Effect On Programming? · · Score: 1

    There are only so many sounds humans can make, chances are pretty good two languages will have some semantic overlap, especially given that people tend to mold what they hear to their own understanding.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  21. ABS on Cool Cases At QuakeCon · · Score: 1

    ABS (basically black PVC) is ok.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  22. Hustler no, Madonna yes on Censorware Flaws Shown To COPA Commission · · Score: 1

    You may not find Huster in the library, but unless you live in some backward xtian controlled town, you probably will find that Madonna book (what was it called?). That would be considered "porn" by these censorware programs.

    The problem with libraries trying to keep 12 year olds from viewing porn is that it isn't their place. If parents don't want their kids to see it, its their responsibility, not society's
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  23. FAT good option for this "OS" on The Open Windows Project · · Score: 1

    FAT is actually a good filesystem for Windows - it can handle power cycling with little to no damage.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  24. Re:nVidia? Ethics? on nVidia's Ethics Questioned · · Score: 1

    Perform unfair comparisons (Vanta beats Voodoo3 in Quake3 because Voodoo3 doesn't do 32-bit ... in 16-bit the Voodoo would win)

    That seems fair. 3DFX is missing a major feature, that's their fault.

    Tell reviewers not to benchmark the cards in 16-bit/play down 16-bit numbers (because of the Voodoo's strong numbers there), or not to test on Glide-enabled games

    Again, that seems fair, the important benchmarks should be at a high resolution, in 32 bit colour. Glide shouldn't even be mentioned, it's irrelevant. Benchmarks should only be done on the more open APIs.

    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  25. Re:Comment, plus a URL on Corinthians.com Taken Away, Given To Soccer Team · · Score: 2

    Oh, get off it, the guy was squatting. He just threw up a few biblical passages, without any real content.

    And besides that, he should have been at corinthians.org.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland