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  1. forget about the cat... on Irish Company Claims Free Energy · · Score: 1

    just use two pieces of buttered bread!

  2. but the thing is... on New Kind of Spam 'Un-Training' Filters? · · Score: 1

    it would make sense that SOMEONE, not me or you, IS responding to the spam and buying things in order for make it worthwhile for the spammers, no?... and this is what i find interesting... i'd like to know who these people are...

  3. Re:That's as close as we'll get to real ones on Hydrogen Powered Toy Car · · Score: 1

    hey, this one is $40 for the car, and $40 for the fuel station :P

  4. some features i wish it had on Microsoft Confirms New Music Player · · Score: 1
    if it could have the following:

    -drag and drop functionality for ALL files
    -decent mic input, as well as a line input for uncompressed recordings

    then i'm totally getting one. those two above points are what kept me away from the iPod (even free ones offered by TD Canada, etc).
  5. AHhhh on Patient Revives After 19 Years By Rewiring Brain · · Score: 1
    Your friend's case is sort of like spontaneously repairing a cut trace on the motherboard of a computer. This case is more like the extra floating point unit in the processor reconfiguring itself to replace a damaged instruction decoder.

    NOW it all makes sense. speaking in a language we can understand...

  6. is it so fast that... on World's Fastest Internet Cafe · · Score: 1

    pages show up before you've typed them into the address bar?

  7. soon to appear on eBay: on Over 12,000 black Nintendo DS Lite Systems Stolen · · Score: 1

    Brand New "WHITE" Nintendo DS System NR L@@K not PSP PS3 Sony

  8. Re:Trillian on New Worm Starts Munching MSN Users · · Score: 1

    if it helps, GAIM _does_ support the groups for my MSN contacts

  9. yes, and it will be called... on iPod More Popular Than Beer? · · Score: 1

    iBeer?

  10. Re:Mobility - in N. America on Notebook with Huge 20 Inch Screen Reviewed · · Score: 1

    In north america, its considered mobile if it is smaller than the largest storage space of an SUV.

  11. Re:Great for laptops... on Matrox TripleHead Triples Your Viewing Pleasure · · Score: 1

    but what happens if you have a widescreen laptop? i smell trouble in the air...

  12. Re:Who woulda thunk it? on Shuttleworth on Open Source Development · · Score: 1

    because quantity sells over quality these days.

  13. A day of mis(l/r)eading articles... on Tech Support to the Stars · · Score: 1

    First they start tracking where cracked software go, now they're training sys admin's to be astronauts...

  14. Re:Any more info on the motherboard? on Creative use for empty whiskey bottles · · Score: 1

    search on ebay for 'ITX motherboard'. I found a couple listed.

  15. the question is... on Guido Goes Google · · Score: 2, Funny

    did he update that himself?

  16. bestbuy ads on 50% of HDTV Owners Don't Use HD · · Score: 1

    well, here in the best buy flyers (in canada) we see a tiny ** next to every device marked as HDTV or HD-Ready. This morning I was curious and looked very hard around the page. It took me a while to find, in very teeny print at the bottom of the page, seperate from the * comment (you'd think they'd be right after each other), I found the line that says 'requires HD source'. You'd think that for something like this they'd write it in the item description, like 'batteries sold seperately', or 'does not include stand'.

    its almost like there's a consipiracy going on. maybe they just don't want people to know that only a few channels are available in HD and avoid them getting dissapointed. better for them to _think_ that they have HD and watch their favorite actors fatter and shorter than the actually are - its just a 'feature' of HDTV.

  17. Re:But Why? on Laptop Makers Skeptical of $100 Laptop Schedule · · Score: 1

    well said.

    at the end of the day, its not technology that teaches kids. technology is merely a tool that may be used to increase the efficiency of the process. its a sad fact that many people do not see this.

  18. Re:Very annoying... on Next Generation of MP3 Glasses · · Score: 2, Insightful

    i see two main problems with this:

    1. its on a pair of sunglasses - ok its great for outdoors when its sunny, but if you either wear glasses, or spend a good deal of time indoors, or out at night, you can't really use them
    2. you can't change the earbuds. what happens if you want to replace them with better sounding ones? i guess you could cut the cord and attach new ones onto it, but i'm sure not everyone's willing to perform the surgery.

    now if the mp3 player component was detacheable, or if the frame could be used with prescription lenses that change colour in the sunlight, then we're talking...
  19. Re:I may have got the wrong end of the stick here. on Chinese Bloggers vs. The BBC · · Score: 1

    i think you may be confusing communist ideologies with specific forms of communist implementations.

  20. Re:E. coli!? What happens if... on Living Photos Use Bacteria as Pixels · · Score: 1

    i'd worry if your kid ate some negatives in the first place... those corners can be sharp you know...

  21. Re:Just a shortcut to the internet on Barenaked USB Drive · · Score: 1

    maybe its an indication that this band is different? like how the lead singer of drives a toyota prius hybrid, instead of a hummer with spinning rims?

    He even donated one to the WWF to be auctioned off on eBay.

  22. Re:Freedom cannot be defeated! on Sticky Tape Defeats Sony DRM Copy Protection · · Score: 1

    true. Until the day they figure out how to make it so only people who paid for the music can _hear_ the sound, they can never fully control replication of audio. It doesn't take much to make a very good analog copy of a CD and reconvert it. Yes you will lose some data through the D2A A2D, but I bet it'll be hard for the majority of users to notice the difference. After all, its the masses they're worried about - the select few audiophiles who can hear the difference aren't likely to be doing as much copying in the first place.

  23. Darn on Sticky Tape Defeats Sony DRM Copy Protection · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now we have to change from a marker to sticky tape... soon they'll probably make us get white-out as well to circumvent the next generation of copy protection...

    I think sony has a secret alliance with office supply manufacturers - the losses in copyright material will be offset by increased furniture sales... :P

  24. Nothing new here... already done! on Would You Use Ad-Supported Windows? · · Score: 1

    the last time i checked, most shops had ads in their windows... how is this any different?

  25. Jane Eyre on Literature Teeters on the Edge of a 'Gr8 Fall' · · Score: 1
    Take for example the ending to Jane Eyre -- 'MadwyfSetsFyr2Haus'. Was ever a climax better compressed?" said Sutherland, this year's chairman of the judges for the Man Booker literature prize.

    Thats not the 'ending' of the book... I'm reading it right now.