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  1. DVD? on Super Tiny Espresso PC · · Score: 1

    Looks pretty cool as a set top type box, but wouldn't you want a DVD drive in it for that?
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  2. Simple solution on ReplayTV To Track Viewing Habits · · Score: 1

    Just don't plug it into a phone line. Unless the cable co.'s are xfering data over the coax, they can't grab your thumbs up/down.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  3. Hundreds? on ICANN Leaves Announcements List Open · · Score: 1

    Hmm, that's odd, I only got about 10 or 20.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  4. Yes, kind of on Feeding Through Nutrient Patches · · Score: 2

    Your vitamin intake would be very small, but calories and carbs would take up more space.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  5. Woohoo! on Feeding Through Nutrient Patches · · Score: 1

    I keep forgetting to eat when I pull all night coding sessions.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  6. He did. on Homebrew S/ADSL · · Score: 1

    the X port is the uplink port.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  7. Apollo 1 on Mir Reactivation Mission to Launch Monday · · Score: 1

    Didn't the Apollo 1 astronauts die in a simulation on the ground? That's stretching things a little bit. Would they still count as casualties if their houses burnt down?
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  8. Was part of a radio station contest on Quickielanche · · Score: 1

    CFOX here in Vancouver, BC had a contest last year, and one of the contestants had to legally change his name to Heywood Jablowme.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  9. Re:Reported at 2:15 AM? on Four Arrested For Internet 'Theft' At OSU · · Score: 1

    I imagine it was *logged* at 2:15.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  10. On the other hand... on Laptop Exams? · · Score: 1

    Essay exams really only test your ability to write. If you're particularily talented in that area, with a sprinkling of knowledge in the subject matter, you could bullshit your way through the test.

    If you're not a very talented author, but know the subject matter, you're still not going to get a very good mark.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  11. That would be a Very Bad Thing(tm) on LucasArts Announces First Massive Multiplayer Game · · Score: 1

    The biggest problem these games have is the throngs of children annoying everyone. They should try to make it less available to that crowd, not more.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  12. Re:Troll posts on Bell Labs Achieves 3.28Tbps Over Fiber · · Score: 1

    They've all been posted in the last half an hour or so. They will be moderated down to -1 soon.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  13. GNU, not GNOME on AOL Snuffs Napster-Workalike Gnutella · · Score: 1

    From the mirrors, all I could see were windows versions.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  14. OmniMAX screens give some people motion sickness. on Movie Reviews: Fantasia 2000 · · Score: 1

    There were quite a few people who left, though I'm not sure why.

    Sometimes when I go, they tell you close your eyes, or leave the theatre if you get motion sickness.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  15. Re:Bullshit! on Men Playing as Women · · Score: 1

    True, but a smaller model can be harder to see. Have you ever seen the lemming skin? Makes you about the size of a rat.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  16. Just use powdered milk on The Ultimate Geek Food · · Score: 1

    It's cheap as hell, never goes bad, and tastes just fine for cooking purposes. I wouldn't drink it, it's a bit chalky, but fine for kraft dinner.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  17. I found that with red meat on The Ultimate Geek Food · · Score: 1

    I found that when I gave up red meat (for $ reasons). After a while, I found I couldn't digest any significant amount of red meat. It's fine in small amounts, like in a chili or stew, but steaks and burgers are out.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  18. Re:You PAY your late fees? on Self-Destructing DVDs: Son of DIVX · · Score: 1

    So? I make them an offer: they can waive the charge, and I will continue to patronize them, or insist, and lose my business that time. I've never had any place insist more than once.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  19. I doubt it on Self-Destructing DVDs: Son of DIVX · · Score: 1

    I refuse to pay them, they always remove them from my record if I bitch enough.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  20. You PAY your late fees? on Self-Destructing DVDs: Son of DIVX · · Score: 1

    I never do. I tell the cashier that I have no intention of paying the fine. If they insist, I leave the movie and any drinks/snacks on the counter and walk out.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  21. That was a Hallowe'en episode on The Simpsons Turn 10 · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but that was a hallowe'en show, they have to kill some characters for that. And besides, IIRC, Homer was playing around with his time toaster - going back in time and changing the present by stepping on bugs.

    Don't take life so seriously, you'll have more fun.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  22. Re:Don't be ridiculous on Interview: Physicist Leon M. Lederman · · Score: 1

    Now, to follow up: the original purpose of science was to understand how God works. The earliest scientists were monks.

    Things change. Monks (or any other religious figure) are by no means scientists by todays standards.

    I didn't say that religion and science where mutually exclusive. Quite the opposite, I said that the domain of science encompassed the domain of religion.

    BTW, thank you for giving a mature and reasoned response.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  23. Re:Someone has to ask this: on Interview: Physicist Leon M. Lederman · · Score: 1

    No, of course not. A physicist is concerned with what is, which would include dieties, as well as superstrings. A theologian is concerned with what isn't, dieties and such only.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  24. Re:this doesn't exactly jive with a free society on Net Gambler Sues Credit Card Company · · Score: 1

    Online gambling may be illegal where you live, but not everywhere. How is connecting to a server in vegas any different than flying there?
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  25. Re:Wow on Loki to Distribute Quake III Arena · · Score: 1

    Someone's just a little too emotional over thier gaming platform.

    Lets review, even if the Dreamcast is faster than the TNT2 or the Voodoo3 (which I highly doubt), it won't be faster than the Geoforce or Voodoo4. So which does it make more sense to buy a Dreamcast, or a better video card?
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland