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  1. Re:Specifics on Bacteria Could Help Stop Desertification · · Score: 1

    Except Dune's worms created the desert, they weren't an attempt to return it to greenery.

  2. Re:Can't win as a Republican... on Senator Arlen Specter Becomes a Democrat · · Score: 1

    Why do you think those two statements are contradictory? 200,000 Pennsylvanian Republicans looked at the Republican party and didn't like what they saw any more. Specter does the same and comes to the same conclusion.

  3. Re:Give those Pirates What they Deserve! on Appeals Court Stays RIAA Subpoena Vs. Students · · Score: 1

    What if you rip it to ISO before you play it and click through the EULA. You haven't agreed to anything.

    You're still violating copyright though, you're distributing without permission. The same with music. There's no license or contract involved, simply unauthorized distribution.

  4. Re:In short, as of now, NO on Watchmen 50 Days On, Was It Worth the Gamble? · · Score: 1

    Just because it didn't actually make money doesn't mean it wasn't worth the gamble. If you bet me $1 that a roll of a 6 sided die would come up 5 or 6, that bet would be worth the gamble to me whether I win or lose. Even if I lost, I would still take that gamble every time it was offered (assuming the die is fair)

  5. Re:Convert? on Time Warner Cable Won't Compete, Seeks Legislation · · Score: 1

    As long as the city continues to own the infrastructure. That way if the private entity stops performing up to expectations, they can be replaced with another one that will do what the people want.

  6. Re:get a clue... PLEASE! on A Layman's Guide To Bandwidth Pricing · · Score: 1

    There are no internet abusers. It may be that the ISPs are not charging enough to provide the level of service they are offering. If so, they will have to change their pricing model. But the people who are making use of the service they are buying are NOT abusing it.

  7. Re:Drop cable is preferctly reasonable on Adobe Pushing For Flash TVs · · Score: 1

    That's not a real option for everyone. Even in the NYC metro area, I can only get a two or three channels over the air and those just barely. Going without TV entirely is an option, though.

  8. Can't Wait on Adobe Pushing For Flash TVs · · Score: 3, Funny

    If I get to use the larger TV screen, I bet next time I can punch the monkey for sure!

  9. Re:In a word... on Obama Proposes High-Speed Rail System For the US · · Score: 1

    Then, obviously, you get wet. But the world goes on. If you're on the way home, once you get home you change into dry clothes. If you're going to work, that probably makes for a bad day. I keep an extra pair of shoes and socks at work for this occasion, and a shirt for if things get really bad. Rain's not going to kill you.

  10. Re:Bats are _not_ rodents, dangit! on Did Bat Hitch a Ride To Space On Discovery? · · Score: 1

    BATS AREN'T BUGS!

  11. Re:RECAPCHA is a scam on Women Skip Math/Science Careers To Have Families · · Score: 1

    Good, hopefully captcha makers will stop trying to make their captchas harder and harder to OCR (and at the same time, harder for humans to decipher) and find a different solution.

  12. Re:I remember the RPG on New Champions Online Details · · Score: 1

    Good, who wants an MMO where Wolverine shows up in every mission to help you out.

  13. Re:Like the phonograph.... The what? on Young People Prefer "Sizzle Sounds" of MP3 Format · · Score: 1

    And obviously that person would be better off if they'd admit they were wrong and paid more for their coffee.

  14. Re:Their own fault on YouTube To Block Music Videos In the UK · · Score: 3, Informative

    What do those stand for, anyway? I used to think the M was for music, but there's no sign of music on MTV any more.

  15. Waiting for: on AMD RV790 Architecture To Change GPGPU Landscape? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Waiting for GPGPGPUs

  16. Re:PEBKAC on State of Colorado Calls Firefox Insecure, IE6 Safe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, you're not really a winner until you successfully punch the monkey.

  17. Re:Their FAQ page... on State of Colorado Calls Firefox Insecure, IE6 Safe · · Score: 1

    Because it isn't green?

  18. Re:Once again... BFD on Confusion Reigns As Analog TV Begins Shutdown · · Score: 1

    And then you'll get crappy low quality "HD" which is just the same signal scaled up (poorly) to widescreen. Or at least that's what cablevision gives us.

  19. Re:data, audio, and power on Handset Vendors Plug Micro-USB Charge Ports · · Score: 1

    iPhones don't need RGB or S-Video, so no, they're connectors don't need to be anything other than USB. Audio input and output do not (or at least should not) use the same plug as power/data (otherwise you can't charge your phone and use the headset at the same time).

  20. Re:Oh the irony on First-Person Shooter Modified For Fire Drill Simulation · · Score: 1

    Does it matter? If lack of legal guns just causes murderers to commit murders through other means, has the gun ban solved anything?

  21. Re:Wait a minute? on Charter Cable Capping Usage Nationwide This Month · · Score: 1

    Less than 1% of their users will be affected by the cap, but they realized they can probably upsell a good portion of those users to the non-capped service.

  22. Re:Dependency and Apple on Behind the Scenes In Apple Vs. the Record Labels · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I run iTunes to sync my iPod and to manage the tags, then I close it as soon as possible. Winamp has been able to play music in the background for years without skipping, if iTunes doesn't have focus the music jumps all over the place in ways I haven't seen since my first Pentium.

  23. Re:I couldn't watch the hearing live anyway... on Televised RIAA Hearing Adjourned, Briefs Scheduled · · Score: 1

    But will you make it available?

  24. Re:Timezones on February Deadline For Emergency Beacons Approaches · · Score: 1

    Dick Tracy: I'm on duty.

    Breathless Mahoney: What's your day off?

    Dick Tracy: Sunday.

    Breathless Mahoney: It's a big world... must be Sunday somewhere.

  25. Re:Odd stats - on The Secret Lives of Ubuntu and Debian Users · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Of course, after you finish installing Ubuntu, you can go in and add from a list of hundreds of packages/applications. That sounds better to me anyway, make the base install quick and simple, add your extra applications afterward.