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  1. Guittard's Rock and Hard Place? on FDA Considers Redefining Chocolate · · Score: 1

    Did anyone else notice that Guittard, while being the leading opponent of this, is also a member of the chocolate makers organization that is promoting it? I wonder how this affects their relationship with the organization.

  2. At least Canada... on Bill Would Let Police Monitor Email · · Score: 1

    At least Canada doesn't have the Patriot Act.

    /sarcasm

  3. Re:Help me out here on Reintroduce Megafauna to North America? · · Score: 1
  4. Re:Help me out here on Reintroduce Megafauna to North America? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mrs. Sheehan is from California, not New England.

  5. HTML Editor? on Sanely Moving from Word to the Web? · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Why not just copy the plain text to an HTML editor, or even Notepad? Then manually add any font variations (titles, subtitles, bullets, etc) that are needed. Even with Dreamweaver or (shudder) FrontPage, this would not be too hard to do, even with longer articles.

  6. Re:Violence Can Solve All on Identity Theft Victim Gets Last Laugh · · Score: 1

    This is why my company NEVER gives out information on fraudulent purchases to ANYONE other than a law enforcement agency. We're not going to be liable for your vigilantism.

  7. Re:horrible aerodynamic drag on paddle-wheel tires on Reinventing the Wheel · · Score: 1

    On the otherhand, if they angled the spokes properly, the tire would suck the air out from under the car and create a wonderful ground suction effect

    Would this also help in inclement weather? Like rain or wet conditions? Would this help to stabilize the vehicle and keep it from hydroplaning?

  8. It's not dead on Is Caps Lock Dead? · · Score: 1

    Trust me. I work in customer service and handle emails from old people using a computer for the first time.
    CAPS LOCK IS NOT DEAD. BUT IT CERTAINLY SHOULD BE.

  9. Re:Too bad we can't use Google to... on California Senate Passes Preemptive Strike Against Gmail · · Score: 1
    search the brains of the geniuses who are pushing this bill through.

    Your search did not match any documents. No pages were found containing your search terms.
  10. Get rid of email on E.U. Employers To Be Held Liable For Porn Spam? · · Score: 1

    My solution, of course, would then just be to get rid of all email access for employees if one of them decides to sue, or even complains.

  11. WUSB? on USB Going Wireless · · Score: 1

    So this could effectively be called a "triple-USB," right? Saying "W.U.S.B." is just silly.

  12. Re:What? on Humanoid Robot Conducts Beethoven Symphony · · Score: 1

    That's what I figured, but it's really not relevant.

  13. What? on Humanoid Robot Conducts Beethoven Symphony · · Score: 1

    QRIO= Quest for Curiosity

    What? How? Maybe I'm ignorant, or maybe this is off-topic. Kinda threw me though.

  14. Re:slashdot on HP Experiments with 'Always On' Camera · · Score: 1

    Sadly, all I would get are many many screenshots of slashdot.

    That leads me to wonder if you could quickly end up with some copyright violations with this thing.

  15. Re:I wonder how effective this will be... on Four Big ISPs File Six Anti-Spam Suits · · Score: 2, Informative

    Six spammers is probably a drop in the desert, and shutting them down won't cause a noticable impact, but at least it's a start.

    From the AP story:
    "they filed six lawsuits against hundreds of people who were accused of sending millions of unwanted e-mails"

    So it sounds like more than just 6 people.

  16. Re:A good strategy for college on Ripoff 101: Gouging Students for Textbooks · · Score: 1

    I have saved myself a lot of money by always going to the first day of class before buying any books. A lot of books are listed as "required" when they aren't. And a lot are used so infrequently that you may as well check them out from the library for the few days you'll be using them.

  17. Re:Online could still have traps! on Ripoff 101: Gouging Students for Textbooks · · Score: 1

    I've saved myself a lot of money by always going to the first day of class before buying any books. A lot of books are listed as "required" when they aren't. And a lot are used so lightly that you may as well check them out from the library for the few days you'll be using them.

  18. There is an advantage... on Ripoff 101: Gouging Students for Textbooks · · Score: 1

    ...to being a liberal arts junior. Once you get to upper level classes, there are no textbooks to buy, only a few case studies and so forth. I'm a history major and I spent less than $200 on books for a 15-credit semester. Obviously the IT majors are probably going to have to keep dishing out a lot of money for textbooks, but good liberal arts profs don't use them at upper levels. Fortunately, for me...

  19. I don't know... on Yahoo! Develops Anti-Spam Architecture · · Score: 1

    Is this the deal where the sender gets an email back asking to authenticate? I work in customer service get a lot of emails like that. I usually authenticate, but not always. You could prevent yourself from getting a lot of important stuff. Like e-bills or other automated stuff. I'd never use it.

  20. This is great... on Satellite TV From a Moving Car · · Score: 1

    We're finally succeeding in breaking ourselves away from this mind-numbing machine.

  21. Re:Symantec Hit by Product Activation Glitch on Symantec Hit by Product Activation Glitch · · Score: 1

    I actually work for Symantec's customer service and we've been taking quite a few calls for this. It kind of sucks when there's nothing we can do about it. But I don't have any real inside information on when they're getting a fix for this. But I hope it's soon. It's a pretty bizarre problem and doesn't seem to happen to everyone.

  22. Re:news ticker belongs to one company? on Fox News Considered Suing Fox's "The Simpsons" · · Score: 1

    Well, Al Franken got a popularity boost by getting sued. Maybe Groening wanted to boost Simpsons' ratings. This will be the new fad, you know.

  23. The only problem... on Bamboo Bike A Reality · · Score: 1

    The only problem with this...is who would want to ride something so darn ugly? I mean, this looks like the kind of bike vagrants would pass over. Maybe it's just me.

  24. Re:Small world on How to Tell if the RIAA Wants You · · Score: 1

    Funny. I've heard Canadians complain about our monopolistic use of "America." They've always insisted "We're Americans too!" But whatever.

  25. I'm Surprised... on Youth Spend More Time on Web Than TV · · Score: 2, Interesting

    12 hours listening to the radio

    I'm surprised by that. I wouldn't think teens would listen to that much radio. If they are spending that much time on the internet, shouldn't they just be downloading songs for commercial-free enjoyment? I know I probably put in quite a few hours a week listening to the radio, but that's because I'm a freak who listens to talk radio.