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  1. Infrastructure! on New Nuclear Power Plants in the next 5 years · · Score: 1

    In a de-centralized system, who pays for the infrastructure? The Government? Sounds to me like a subsidy program, really.

  2. Re:Seriously... on US Draw Up Rules for Space Tourism · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They're looking ahead. You'd be surprised how fast you can get something going when it's re-entering the atmosphere.

  3. Re:It's true on Sun Claims They Make Worlds Biggest MMO · · Score: 4, Funny

    have you tried the insider-trading combo?

  4. They've already got one on Floating Nuclear Power Station · · Score: 1

    Last I knew the Russians were using one of their Kirovs of the Pacific fleet to help power the Vladivostok region. So this wouldn't be the *first* floating nuclear power plant in Russia.

  5. Well on Running Windows With No Services · · Score: 1, Insightful

    If you were to replace the word "windows" with "linux," the parent would be modded "flamebait" or "troll" as opposed to "funny." Assuming of course that the article was about linux.

  6. Ah here it is. on Net Marketers Worried as Cookies Lose Effectiveness · · Score: 1

    HR 2281

    I assume this has long since been defeated. Otherwise it would "prevent computer users from protecting their privacy online by removing cookies from their computer. Additionally, if cookies are used as a copyright protection system it would be unlawful to manufacture a device that removes the cookie from the system."

  7. Hmmm on Net Marketers Worried as Cookies Lose Effectiveness · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Seems like there was some lobbying effort once upon a time to make them the company's property. Obviously it did not get anywhere. Or maybe I'm dreaming, but I could swear I remember something along these lines in the past...

  8. Oh the irony on Bob Metcalfe on Open Source, IPv6, IETF · · Score: 5, Funny

    That a site called Always On has been slashdotted.

  9. The sad thing on How Computers Work -- Circa 1979 · · Score: 1

    The sad thing is I do believe I read this as a textbook in gradeschool...

    ...in 1994!

  10. Re:Brilliant!!!! on Got Spyware? Throw out the Computer! · · Score: 1

    Or just pay $50 to the neighborhood kid to install the appropirate antispyware programs and sit down with you to show you how to use them.

  11. Accountability? on Improving Education? · · Score: 1

    You show me the IT director that is going to recommend free software to a school board when it means he/she is the final one to answer to if anything goes wrong. Easier to just push it off on a company who will usually try to help you out.

  12. Uh, no. on Windows AntiSpyware Downgrades Claria Detections · · Score: 0

    I don't think you understand what he was trying to say. He WAS talking about manually choosing remove/quarantine.

  13. And the big deal is? on Windows AntiSpyware Downgrades Claria Detections · · Score: 1

    It's not like you can't still remove them. So just set them to remove...

  14. Agree on Justice O'Connor Retiring · · Score: 1

    Condi pre/9-11 did a horrid job with anti-terrorism. Least of which was the debacle with Mr. Clarke.

    It's been somewhat better after 9-11 because everybody in washington had to get their stuff in order. I don't know how much we can expect as she is more geared to the geopolitics of the 1980s and the cold war, and not so much the "new world order."

  15. Dumbing down on The Business of Anime · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A lot of what does manage to come over is dumbed down for the 8-13 crowd.

    Simplified dialogue is traded for formerly complex situations. "Constipated west-coast surfer dude" is the voice-acting style preferred by many dubbing companies.

    Maybe if they stop trying to pander to a young audience and put proper effort behind importing these into the United States. I mean, Princess Mononoke was very well done and its content was intact.

    Anime doesn't have to be exclusively for kids!

  16. Price difference on The Future of Windows Gaming · · Score: 1

    $1500 for a new gaming PC
    $400 for a new concole

    Some people do math...

  17. Dumping on PlayStation 3 to Sell For $399, Going Underground · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This sounds a lot like:

    "Dumping: selling goods at less than the normal price, usually as exports in international trade. It may be done by a producer, a group of producers, or a nation. Dumping is usually done to drive competitors off the market and secure a monopoly, or to hinder foreign competition."

    Drive off competitors? Secure a monopoly? Sony? Never!

  18. Well it's a good start on More Details On Civ IV Moddability · · Score: 1

    I made over a dozen scenarios for Civ2 and not a single one for Civ3. Needless to say when Civ3 shipped I was very disappointed with the lack of both solid mod support and multiplayer.

    Good to see they're shipping with much more solid support.

  19. Re:Should read: How NOT to test... on How to Build a Mainboard: ECS Production Tour · · Score: 1

    I've had similar problems with Asus motherboards. Though I find Abit and MSI to be particularly reliable.

  20. Using comics to scare people... on Advocating Dvorak · · Score: 1

    .. into believing everything you say...
    Why does this feel so much like Jack Chick had a hand in this?

  21. Re:Spelling please? on PlayStation 3 HDD to Ship With Linux · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You know, everybody sticks it to the editors for bad grammar and spelling control, but you really have to consider all the articles that get rejected. Maybe this was the cream of the crop? Who knows, there could have been a better worded one, but the title was "Playstashun 3"

  22. Missing change on Who Should Help LinuxFund Distribute $126,155.29? · · Score: 3, Funny

    So THAT'S where all the tenths of a penny in my company's accounting software have gone!

  23. Nuclear Weapons on Yahoo! Releases New Search Tool · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fantastic! Now I can either slide the bar one way, and learn how to build my own atomic stockpile, or slide it the other way and simply buy one outright.

  24. User friendly on Longhorn Drops 'My' Prefixes · · Score: 1

    Think how many people wouldn't know what to do to get on the internet if it wasn't called "internet" or "internet explorer."

  25. Combine the Projects... on Google Map Hack & Chicago Crime Data · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Combine housing maps and crime maps to discover exactly where not to live in Chicago!