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  1. Some math... on Anonymous Will Award $200,000 for Xbox Linux · · Score: 2, Funny

    If they lose $200 and they sell it for $199 dollars, it costs them 199 +200 = $499 to build it.

  2. Removal on Two New Spam Laws in Japan · · Score: 1

    I submitted some unlikely e-mail addresses for removal at a spammer's site (webmaster@fbi.gov, anyone)and still got a 'Your e-mail address has been removed' message. Think anyone's dumb enough to sell a database with that address? Probably.

  3. Shifting jobs overseas... on Legal Pundits Pan Internet Exceptionalism · · Score: 1

    I just saw a show where in an earier time Irish immigrants were working in a mill worked overtime and as a result American nationals were forced to work overtime too... With all this talk of jobs going overseas, such a thing couldn't possibly have happened, could it...

    Relevant Links

  4. Linux WinMX client. on Does Spyware Damage Windows Networking? · · Score: 1

    http://linmx.sourceforge.net/
    The project doen't appear to have released anything yet, but at least someone is working on a Linux WinMX project.

  5. Minuteness... on SOHO Captures Solar Eruption · · Score: 1

    Wait a minute! Is he calling us short? Sheesh.

  6. Treaties on Moon Rock Winds Up In Court · · Score: 1

    You make that sound as if the United States is doing something unsusual. Treaties are declared only because two countries find them beneficial, and are usually discarded when one of the two countries doesn't
    Rarely is it discarded because both countries don't.

  7. Why there are hungry people in America on Moon Rock Winds Up In Court · · Score: 1

    There are hungry people in America, because they are told it is noble not to seek help, or because they live in an area in which the people belive it is a good idea to force people to work or starve.

  8. No, just American-born on Moon Rock Winds Up In Court · · Score: 1

    The United States Constitution, Article II, Section 1, paragraph 5

    No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.

  9. What's the point? on News Sites Getting to Know You · · Score: 1

    My view is that if you want to view their content, you should play by their rules. <br
    What's in it for me? I'll look for that article whenever I want to, whereever I want to, and with providing whatever misinformation I want to and if anyone has a problem with that... well that's their problem... unless of course there's something in it for me.
    What's it matter to you, anyways?

  10. Greatest country? on Moon Rock Winds Up In Court · · Score: 1

    A:Well, If you've seen one country, you've seen them all.
    B:Well, have you?
    A:Have I what?
    B:Seen every country?
    A:Well, I've seen one country.

    I don't see how anyone can be in agreement when this sort of thinking is rampant.
    Of course, even if people are in agreement under these circumstances, the agreement is worthless.

  11. Because... on Own a Little Bit of Berkeley Physics History · · Score: 1

    It's for those who found smaller slide rules not enough of a challenge.

  12. 5 foot slide rule... on Own a Little Bit of Berkeley Physics History · · Score: 1

    But do you really want to learn how to use a slide rule on a 5 foot slide rule. Kind of big don't you think?

  13. Actually it is... on Linux PDA From China · · Score: 1

    but only because it is just so wrong... For more examples look here and here

  14. Standard on Linux PDA From China · · Score: 1

    You mean. they haven't?
    On a related topic, does anyone have any birth/death statistics for America and China and juat about anywhere else? Preferaby multiple independent sources to get an idea of how badly the books are cooked. Enron, Global Crossing, Worldcom, anyone?

  15. What do I expect? on Using Joystick Ports to Measure Case Temperature? · · Score: 1

    on a 486? Windows 98

  16. The Who? on The Who's John Entwistle Dead · · Score: 1

    Didn't they contribute to the payola situation?

  17. Liberty? on AOL Developing Cheap Switch for Audio Streaming · · Score: 1

    Liberty? What is that? The freedom to kill yourself slowly? I assure you I want to take that away from everyone. More precisely, I want people to relinqish it. Forget about pledging alegiance to the nation. I want the nation, indeed the world to pledge alegiance to me and my God...except pledges are silly pieces of fluff...still it'd be fun to see... Back to the present, seeing those people standing on the steps, saying things they don't really mean, now that's funny. How can I say that they don't really mean what they say? Because they accept the concept that the word "God" can refer to anyone basically.
    There is someone that exists that is God. Perhaps he hasn't been listening to me. (A public declaration to him, so that there be no misunderstanding) You are my God. If Christ isn't a part or some form of you, then that is a mistake that I'll happily correct.(ends)

    Most Christians won't do that. They are fools...but perhaps "fool" is too harsh?

  18. Twin System... on No Love From Microsoft For Xbox Modders · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why doesn't someone make a system that uses a chip that coincidentally can replace the X-Box chip...and then sell components.

  19. You seem to be confused... on Archiving Content from a PVR? · · Score: 1

    He said:
    I'm frustrated [by] the linear nature [of] video tape

    Without those words, it can be hard to read.

  20. What is 'time' on Winning the E.T. Lottery · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If aliens exist and perfected something similar to cryo-freeze, and had extremely long lifespans to boot, I'm sure nearly all of them that fit into that category would eventually hit Earth on their tour of the Universe.

    Pioneer

  21. ...some reason beyond my comprehension... on Making Vacation Plans Over the 'Net? · · Score: 1

    The United State's Independence Day? Yes, it can be mighty incomprehensible...or were you saying you were wondering why they'd spend it at your location. Of course, if you or them are some combination of not being a U.S. citizen, and not living in the U.S... well then, there you go.

  22. I think they're trying to say... on The Economist Looks At The Console Industry · · Score: 1

    that the firm's other divisions lost so much money at times that it ate into the profits that the Playstation would have earnd had it been a separate company.

  23. Re:Danger? on Wireless Network or Weird Al? · · Score: 1

    Either you've made some personal life choices that have left you with expenses that people generally don't have, or you have medical expenses, living in a high-rent district, or you are seriously underpaid and need a higher paying job.

  24. Heavy lifting? on Legalizing Attacks on P2P Networks · · Score: 1

    You see any heavy lifting being done? I don't.

  25. Law against it? on Legalizing Attacks on P2P Networks · · Score: 1

    I don't have the right to put a bomb in my car and make it explode if somebody steals it.

    Is there a law against this? It sounds like a good idea. It also reminds me of a Slayers episode.