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  1. frightening on Would You Use Ad-Supported Windows? · · Score: 1

    Given that people use computers for taxes, shopping, and other personal activities, how much of this information would be picked up by the Microsoft Ad Servers? Personally, I would rather pay for Windows than take even more risk of my personal information being exposed in this manner.

  2. Re:The "I'm Not Going To Prom" page on Lego Welcomes Hack Of Their Design Program · · Score: 1

    I can say for certain that three of them havent gone to the prom, at least not yet. I have no idea about the fourth guy.

  3. Just google the lyrics on New Phone Service Promises to ID Songs · · Score: 1

    Just google the lyrics, this will work, unless the song is instrumental. I wonder if radio stations post their song schedules...

  4. Back up your messages! on Mass Migration/Bughunt For Thunderbird Tuesday · · Score: 1, Informative

    If you plan to participate in this. Please remember to back up your email in case something goes wrong.

  5. Re:But most cable companies provide 50% less servi on Cable Beats DSL For Average Speed · · Score: 1

    The first high speed company I went with was charter. They were ok for a while, but about 6 months into the service, they began to have problems with reliability, when it got to the point of having uptimes of around 5 minutes before dropping carrier, I switched to DSL. In my experience DSL is both faster (1.5 opposed to the 400 that charter was giving me) and more reliable (1 day of downtime in the last 6 months) and the dsl company (E) specifically told me that it was my line to do with as I please when I asked about things such as servers and VPNs. While the DSL is $10 more a month, it is definately an improvement (that and my company pays for the connection).

  6. Re:Hey, that would make a nice on George Foreman USB iGrill · · Score: 1

    Don't you mean burgerwolf cluster? *ducks even more*

  7. honestly on Advice You Would Give to Your 12 Year-Old Self? · · Score: 1

    My 12 year old self would not listen to my 24 year old self. My younger self would consider my older self either unimportant or an idiot.

  8. chat bots on Instant Messenger or Instant Advertiser? · · Score: 1

    What we need to do is put several chat bots in the same room and let them duke it out

  9. Can you say Pay to View? on FCC Pushes Digital TV and Digital Restrictions · · Score: 1

    Can I say, I wont watch?

  10. A Question on AOL To Finally Switch To Mozilla? · · Score: 1

    If The SSSC is actually passed and Linux becomes illeagle, wouldn't companies who use linux internally like AOL be effectively shooting themselves in the foot?

  11. Re:Patenting therapies, not the gene on Should DNA be Patentable? · · Score: 1

    the big question is. If I eat some toast, would i be subject to royalties for the various DNA sequences for the wheat, bread, etc. Would I also be required to pay royalties for the part my DNA has in digestion of this food? (which would be a rather big role).

  12. Re:A good weapon against terrorism... on Transparent Concrete · · Score: 1

    at least you could throw stones

  13. Re:Transparent Aluminum? on Transparent Concrete · · Score: 1

    Actually if you watch the movie closely, they do not use transparent aluminum. They use plexiglass. The formula for the transparent aluminum was the payment that Dr. Scott made for enough plexiglass to hold enough water to hold some whales.

  14. Re:Good and Bad. on AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat? · · Score: 1

    It should be able to cater to both tastes as long as GPL still exists. It would help to provided some a needed gateway to the Average Layman and hopefully (fingers crossed) some much needed compitition with Microsoft. Linux being GPL is robust enough to survive even if AOL cannot withstand temptation (especially if RH takes off on the consumer world) to mess with it too much. So what if they add proprietary this or that, with Linux there WILL BE a workaround in one form or another. My opinion at least

  15. Re:You Drink Salt Water? on Swarms Of Tiny Robots To Monitor Water Pollution · · Score: 1

    This is begining to become a big problem near savannah georgia. There are a lot of paper mills down here and they use more water than the rest of the city combined. The outlaying islands already have a completely salt water table because of this problem