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  1. NASA already knows there is life on Cassini Finds Evidence of Water · · Score: 1

    NASA is waiting to release information about the discovered life forms, but only after they are able to determine whether they know about Jesus or not.

    What good is galactic life if it isn't saved? All Marklarks will be marklarred.

  2. Source of the heat on Lab Produces 3.6 Billion Degree Gas · · Score: 2, Funny

    It was later discovered that the heat actually originated from a nearby rack of Dell Poweredge 6800s.

  3. Re:Let's do a little editing... on Tivo To Also Offer Ads Your Way · · Score: 1

    Rootkits, spyware and adware were created to protect you. I think Tivo also wants to protect us. I'm not sure how I survived all these years without all of this genuine concern for my safety.

    I think this is great news. I usually can't think on my own, and I appreciate Tivo helping me. I have always coveted a service that I can pay a monthly subscribtion for and have other people influence how it works. I don't think ad agencies would spend so much time desperately seeking new ways to deliver ads if the ads weren't things that we needed to see.

    Deep down, I know I should truly love viagra and cialis, but I don't, and there's obviously something wrong about that. They know the errors of my ways and I need constant reminders to help me on my journey to a better life. One day I am sure I will become the person they strive for me to be.

  4. Newspaper Technology on DoubleClick Warns Against Ad-Blocking Browsers · · Score: 1

    A similar tool would be accepted for newspapers -- as soon as they develop ink that blinks and chases your eyeballs around the newspaper.

    Most ads on most websites are so shlock that it's like reading a book in room filled with monkeys that are randomly blinking flashlights in your eyes.

    It's sad when a website can blink, scroll & flash more things than a rack full of core switches.

  5. Squid and Bannerblind on Nationwide Class Action Filed Against DoubleClick · · Score: 2, Informative

    I use squid as a transparent proxy on my firewall, which lets me manage the hosts file on one machine for all internal clients. All the marketing sleeze is localhost'ed and I use Bannerblind in Mozilla to remove the dead space from the page layout. It saves me bandwidth and desktop real estate.

    Most banner ads don't really bother me though, unless they're animated and blink nasty school girl colors in my face while I'm trying to read something. Mozilla is good for this too, since it can disable animated gifs, or only allow them to run once.

  6. Re:identifying P2P swappers... on RIAA To Sue Hundreds Of File Swappers · · Score: 1

    They probably install P2P themselves and download mp3's from random people. When the data starts transferring, all they would have to do is run something like netstat to view the offending IP address.

  7. Backwards Priorities on RIAA Plans Cyberwar Effort · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Large technology companies say they can't do anything about spam, yet the RIAA thinks they can stop music sharing. If only everyone were this ambitious.

    If we could somehow convince the RIAA that spam promotes mp3 sharing, we'd be set.