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  1. RTFuckingA, Man on Digital Clock Without Electricity or Moving Parts · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Sorry for being so harsh, but I never get a chance to give anyone shit for it, because I never do it myself. :-)

    You people!

  2. Wow. on Network Scheduling to Mess with Tivo · · Score: 1

    Good job getting modded insightful my friend. I think it's a record for sheer number of incendiary words not being modded troll. :)

  3. I hate Ubuntu on Debian Announces Sarge Will Include GNOME 2.8 · · Score: 1

    This is not to say it's bad, but I had a horrible experience installing a Samsung ML-1740. I tried:

    1. Using gnome-cups-manager
    2. Enabling the root account and using the installer off the CD, it wouldn't authenticate.
    3. Installing as an ML-1710 and replacing the ppd with the 1740 ppd.
    4. Using the CUPS interface, which is disabled.

    This took me a good 3 hours to exhaust all my possibilities before switching to Fedora Core 3. RPM hell be damned, Ubuntu hell is worse.

  4. English-teaching robot on In Japan, Old People Talk to Robots · · Score: 2, Funny

    They could call him Clippy, and when children say stuff like, "I want to go play!" the robot would reply, "You want an apple? Get it yourself."

    Really, I'm terrified of the language that these children will be learning. First off, I don't trust programmers with the English language when it IS their first language. Second, robots are stupid. And have a database of canned responses. And will misinterpret the children.

    There will be an army of asian children who speak excellent english, but don't know what the fuck they're talking about.

  5. Ah. on HIV Vaccine · · Score: 1

    A very valid point you have (in the words of Master Yoda). I suppose such a test would work, but still troubling me is the difference in how you contract, say, the flu, and how you contract HIV.

    It's a very very long-term study, I would think, and you'd have to take a very very wide sample to counteract the whole problem of who's more responsible having sex (eg, a guy who uses condoms all the time is infinitely less likely to get HIV than a woman who slips up occasionally.)

    I suppose the statistics are there for that too, and you could just interview people after a year and ask them about their habits, punching all the data into a massive number-crunching mainframe.

    Haha. Massive.

  6. Re: treatment on HIV Vaccine · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure they call it treatment until they cure it. And I'm pretty sure that this is a relatively new experiment. So while you're right, you might only be right for a while.

  7. Vaccine testing. on HIV Vaccine · · Score: 1

    I think you'd kind of HAVE to test the vaccine for an incurable illness on those with the illness already. Because the line would be very short to test it if they needed fresh blood.

    So it might be a vaccine in early stages of testing.

  8. Cruel justice on Three Books On The iPod · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think the only way to integrate your observation with the poster's suggestion is to rip an audiobook on iPod operation and load it into the iPod.

    That'd teach the fuckers.

    (I just noticed how oh-so-ironic my sig is)

  9. No WONDER you didn't get any results on Feds Propose National Database of College Students · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's supposed to be:
    bust='34' and cup_size='b'

    It just doesn't make any sense to do it any other way.

  10. Regarding your sig... on Adieu to Ken Jennings · · Score: 1

    I would recommend putting them in the microwave. It's disgusting how they cripple the root user, even once it's enabled.

    Grrrr.... I have a story which I'll save for another time.

  11. Cheapen English? on Splashscreen for OpenOffice.org 2.0 Wanted · · Score: 1

    I thought English was open source.

    HAR HAR! Shut up. OK.

  12. Or my all-time favorite... on GIMP 2.2 Splash Screen Competition · · Score: 1

    pornview.

    I wish I had thought of that. And knew how to code. I've of course never used pornview because I view my pr0n in feature film version. And on DVD. Because when you cheat the adult industry, you're really only cheating yourself.

  13. Faulty Logic on Steve Ballmer's $100 PC, Sans Windows · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure one failed attempt at something = impossibility. Things that might be different about this PC:

    1.- Linux has gotten better by leaps and bounds.
    2.- Flash memory is cheaper, and this machine probably has more.
    3.- Dude, it can run off solar. Or a car battery. Or your bicycle. Which makes it perfect for people on farms, people camping, and, well, people.
    4.- It costs 100 dollars.
    5.- The market is different.
    6.- The marketer is different.

    I can go on, but I won't. It's a different situation.

  14. Don't you mean SCOwNzOrD? on SCO.com Defaced · · Score: 1

    Because I do.

  15. Re:Don't get your gallbladder removed. on An Update on Patrick Volkerding · · Score: 1

    Actually you'll notice the gall bladder empties into the deudenum, the cavity right past the stomach.
    OK. I stand by the alkali/acid balancing of the gastrointestinal tract. I didn't know it had nothing to do with the stomach. Oh, and I don't know 0 now that you told me this. Apparently I know 1. Thanks, however...

    And yes, the gallbladder is an important organ used to produce bile
    No, the liver produces bile. The gallbladder stores it for when you need it. Now YOU know 1 too!

    which allows the uptake of various sterols and such, but you can live without it.
    Yes, you can live without your gallbladder. It ruins the acid/alkali balance in your gastrointestinal tract, a magical place that your immune system depends heavily upon. You can live without a lung. You can live without a kidney. You can live without most of your intestine. You can live without a tongue.

    I know someone who got his gallbladder removed because of stones. He consistently has acid reflux. I showed him some pictures of gallstones that were removed by flushing and he said, "Man, those are like 10 times bigger than MY stones were."

    What I mean, people, is removing your gallbladder is a bad idea. Sometimes your only option is a bad idea, then take it. If you think a gallbladder cleanse will destroy your gallbladder, schedule surgery and give the cleanse a shot 2 days before, and see how it works out.

    Some people experience chronic diarrhea after getting their gallbladder removed, too. Not that diarrhea's bad or anything. It's just something to consider.

  16. Re:Try this on An Update on Patrick Volkerding · · Score: 1

    So if there's nothing wrong with him, why shouldn't he try holistic remedies? The problem, if there's nothing wrong with him, is pumping him full of antibiotics.

    And isn't your statement about people who know nothing giving advice a little self-referential? Or do you know everything?

  17. Why the mod-down? on An Update on Patrick Volkerding · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I've been noticing that people have been modding down the posts about holistic remedies. I'm not saying that they're the only answer, but I certainly think that in the interest of saving someone's life, we should be making it EASIER to find more varied information, not harder.

  18. IAh, yes... on An Update on Patrick Volkerding · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...Windows ME will fuck up just about anything.

  19. 1/2 agree on An Update on Patrick Volkerding · · Score: 1

    While I half-agree, some of your points don't really carry any water. It's definitely good to look into what something does before taking it, including all side effects. This is less often the case with MEDICINE than with homeopathic remedies. Maybe because people are more sceptical of them, maybe because people actually RESEARCH them, instead of just taking some dude's word for it.

    Solgar recommends asking your doctor, because they don't want to be liable. It's like skateboard manufacturers saying that their product isn't made for use on cement, or "Tobacco" shops stocking bongs, and selling Salvia Divinorum for use as incense. It's a legal issue. Also, people will buy Calcium, take the whole bottle, and die, and solgar wants their customers to talk to someone educated before they do something stupid.

    Here's a preliminary list of things that can kill you in high quantities:
    Water
    Oxygen
    Carbon Monoxide
    Salt
    Aspirin
    Tylenol

    Umm... Catch my drift?

  20. Re:Try this on An Update on Patrick Volkerding · · Score: 1

    only the desperate and the foolish believe them

    And the ones who will try anything to not let a disease kill them. How many more months till Pat is desperate enough In Your Humble Opinion to try the Rife machine? If he's helped by it, will you change your little mind?

    If they really worked why don't doctors use them
    The doctors aren't helping Pat. So that makes your comment moot. MOOT!

  21. If Beta's better than VHS, why don't we use it? on An Update on Patrick Volkerding · · Score: 1

    What's it going to hurt? You can make one for $25. People don't treat YOU with a rife machine, because you laugh in their face. So lighten up. Don't knock it till you've tried it.

    If Linux is better than Windows, why doesn't everyone use it?

  22. Don't get your gallbladder removed. on An Update on Patrick Volkerding · · Score: 1

    You can do cleanses that will reduce the load on your liver and gallbladder. When you remove your gallbladder what you're doing is removing the mechanism for balancing the gastrointestinal acidity. The gallbladder holds bile until your stomach is too acidic, then it releases it.

    With no gallbladder, your stomach is consistently too alkaline, and when you really NEED the bile, you don't have it, so it has tremendous spikes of acidity. If anyone wants any more info, they can email me.

  23. I second this! on An Update on Patrick Volkerding · · Score: 1

    The parent post is excellent, but very dense!

    Juice ORGANIC fruits and vegetables and eat nothing else for a few days, your body will get rid of loads of toxins, poisons, and harmful bacteria. Juicing DOESN'T COST THAT MUCH. Especially if your other option is paying a doctor 100 dollars an hour.

  24. Holisitic remedies on An Update on Patrick Volkerding · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I urge Patrick to try holistic remedies if the medical field can't help him. There are many many excellent practitioners who would be able to help him with his problem. Right now, holisitically, Pat should be trying to bolster his immune system, not killing it with antibiotics (I'm not discounting the use of antibiotics, but they don't seem to be working).

    I found online that clove (Syzygium aromaticum) combats Actinomyces viscosus, an oral pathogen that sounds like what he was referring to in his first letter. Flushing his body of toxins would be very very beneficial, regardless of whether or not he decides to continue with the medical treatment. Please, Patrick, use holistic methods at least to help your immune system!

    Can anyone else find any more information?

  25. I'm so very sorry for this one... on Torvalds Dubbed Most Influential Executive of 2004 · · Score: 1

    plagiaristic

    adj : copied and passed off as your own; "used plagiarized data in his thesis"; "a work dotted with plagiarized phrases"

    No. And yes, I just HAD to post this. It's in my nature.