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  1. Re:Separate handset and communications charges on Google Charges ETF For Nexus One On Top of Carrier's · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you buy the phone on a contract, you pay $80 a month. If you buy the phone without a contract, you still pay $80 a month.

    I have an unlocked Nexus One. T-mobile has two separate types of plans: one with a subsidized phone and one if you provide the phone yourself. For me, I pay about $20 less per month then if I had gone the subsidized route.

    I believe T-mobile is the only major carrier in the US that does it this way.

  2. Re:He's wrong on Facebook's Zuckerberg Says Forget Privacy · · Score: 1

    I feel privileged to live in Canada...

    Sorry, what? You lost me right there. :)

    Just kidding, geez.

  3. Re:Code Name is Offensive on Intel Shows 48-Core x86 Processor · · Score: 1

    Intel an American company, with the American economy in the shape it's in, I am offended at the codename Bangalore.

    Not to be dense, but why is that offensive?

  4. Re:I am scared. I am intrigued. on Scientists Create Artificial Meat · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...but the NY cut or Filet mignon aged beef marinated over 24 hours cooked by a professional with the right blend of herbs spices...

    As a classically trained chef I can tell you that marinating filet mignon for 24 hours is a terribly bad idea. With such a small amount of connective tissue and fat it would be mushy and over seasoned. Although I do agree with the rest of your post. :)

  5. Re:"Vaccine" on Anti-Smoking Vaccine Is Nearing the Market · · Score: 5, Insightful

    From TFA...

    NicVAX works by stimulating the immune system to produce antibodies that bind to nicotine in the bloodstream, making the nicotine molecule too large to cross the blood-brain barrier and enter the brain.

    So it effects the immune system to recognize some particular foreign matter and deal with it? That sounds like a vaccine to me.

  6. Re:Quick question on Laser Weapon Shoots Down Airplanes In Test · · Score: 1

    Personally I'm getting rather sick of the whining about Iraq.

    You're getting sick of the whining?!? Many tens of thousands of human beings are dead. Some estimates are well over 100,000. These are real people. Have a heart.

  7. Re:Latvia is a hoax on Possible Meteorite Leaves a Crater In Latvia · · Score: 1

    I live in Latvia and sometimes wonder if my entire country isn't a badly played hoax.

    I live in the US and sometimes I feel the same way. :)

  8. Re:Did the Gun Help? on SCO Terminates Darl McBride · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, but neither did any of those involved in the Rwandan genocide.

    Oh man, so close to a Godwin and yet you didn't go all the way!

  9. Re:You have to be pretty nerdy on Steve Ballmer Directing "House Party 7" · · Score: 1

    You have to be pretty nerdy to consider installing windows on 15-20 of your closest friends laptops a "party."

    You have to be pretty social to have 15-20 friends. ;)

  10. Party? on Steve Ballmer Directing "House Party 7" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    As a geek, I'm probably more excited about an OS release then most (although I couldn't care less about Windows), but since when is an OS release a party-worthy occasion? I can see if I was on the development team, but for everyone else?

  11. Re:Come on, UK! on UK, Not North Korea, Is Source of DDoS Attacks · · Score: 2

    They are over the American Revolution. This is their response for us creating the "Three's Company".

    Now, now. The United States government has apologized for "Three's Company" on many occasions.

  12. Simliar Situation on Staying In Shape vs. a Busy IT Job Schedule? · · Score: 1

    I'm in in a similar situation. I work two jobs plus school which means I'm away from home 14 to 16 hours every week day. A year ago I was a flabby 250 lbs. Today I'm a fit 180 lbs (I'm 6'3"). How? First, if you're not working out as much you should be eating less. I have a program on my Treo that I use to track my daily caloric intake and expenditures. If weight is your biggest concern, that's all you need. Seriously, your metabolism has nothing to do with it. Eventually you'll get used to the right amount of food for your activity level and you can stop counting every calorie.

    If you're also looking to be fit you should sneak in a little bit of exercise. For me, I do pushups, situps, and pullups every morning. It only takes maybe 10 minutes to do, which anyone can fit into their morning routine. I have an exercise ball for the situps and a bar for the pullups - less then $50 for the whole setup. I also go to the gym every Saturday in the early afternoon. I'm usually still exhausted from the week, so I never make this trip optional for myself.

    That's it. It really is just a matter of squeezing a few minutes a day and watching what you eat. Good luck.

  13. You're Missing the Point on US House May Pass "Cap & Trade" Bill · · Score: 1

    I think so many people here are missing the point of this type of legislation. There is an real cost to polluting. It causes all kinds of problems: human health issues, natural disasters caused by global warming, etc. Currently companies produce stuff and don't pay for those costs they've handed the world - we all do through our increased health care costs, taxes to pay for hurricane relief, etc. A company that produces no pollution does not add costs that we all have to pay for.

    Unfortunately you can't realistically look at the pollution one company produces, charge them for it, and pay directly for the damage it's caused. So, we make up a unnatural market to bring those costs into the actual cost of doing business.

    It may not be the greatest thing ever, but it's not crazy to do this.

  14. Holy Colons Batman on Reviews: Star Trek · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are 16 colons in that review! 16! At least eight of them should be periods, another six should be hyphens. I'll give him two. :)

    Not to be a grammar Nazi, but man that's distracting.

  15. Re:This wouldn't be a problem if... on NASA Running Low On Fuel For Space Exploration · · Score: 1

    We allowed breeder reactors or nuclear reprocessing at civilian reactors.

    I don't know anything about nuclear power, but if breeder reactors and nuclear reprocessing produced what we needed, wouldn't that mean we could buy what we need from France? Problem solved, right?

  16. Why Schwarzenegger? on Digital Schwarzenegger Set For New 'Terminator' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    All that technology and they do Arnold? Why aren't they putting digital Jessica Biel in more movies?

  17. Shipping Pillows on Packing Algorithms May Save the Planet · · Score: 5, Funny

    I got married last year and we registered for a lot of stuff from Crate & Barrel. Everything came packed in a ridiculous amount of packaging, but my favorite was the pillows. Each of the four pillows we got came double-wrapped in bubble paper! I guess they weren't broken when we got them, so it must have worked. ;)

  18. Re:Am I the only one who feels... on Sony Shows Off Flexible OLED Screens At CES · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do you watch a lot of Flying Circus?

  19. Re:3.5 mm? o.o on Palm Announces Killer New Phone · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hate being in college sometimes.

    Soon you'll be saying: "I hate paying off college sometimes." :)

  20. Re:Reach for the switch... on New Contestants On the Turing Test · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Is there a class of scientists getting paranoid that hamsters might take over the world if we let our guard down?!

    Don't kid yourself hobbit. If a hamster could, it would kill you and everyone you care about.

  21. Andrioid on Cell Phones For Easy App Development? · · Score: 1

    I'm a java developer and being able to easily write and deploy my own phone apps is exactly why I'm so excited about Android. It has a full SDK and Google promises that you can install your own software on your own phone!

    Go check it out...

    Clicky clicky

  22. Re:Computers are like TVs now. on Abit To Bow Out of Mainboard Market · · Score: 1

    Do you really think the Sony TV is really a Sony? Or RCA or GE ....

    I did! Citation? URL?

  23. Get Off My Lawn! on Obscura Digital Demos "Minority Report"-Like Display · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'll keep my CLI, thank you very much!

  24. Huh? on Tenise Barker Takes On RIAA Damages Theory · · Score: 0

    I have no idea what any of that means, but go Tenise!

  25. Re:This is silly on SF Not an Exception In Giving IT Too Much Control · · Score: 1

    Not to be too a puritan here, but what the hell is rocking horse porn?