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  1. Re:technology influence on Technology: Fueling Hatred and Misunderstanding · · Score: 1

    Not to denigrate your point, but perhaps there are better luminaries to quote from than Chris Rock.

  2. Re:Fueling hatred and understanding. on Technology: Fueling Hatred and Misunderstanding · · Score: 1

    Interesting. Ever read D'Souza?

  3. Though this is old news... on Technology: Fueling Hatred and Misunderstanding · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It is no secret that groups that have increased contact with another group will find something to complain about. Romantic thoughts about a group are certain to be dashed with closer contact. Those ideals are likely to be supplanted by the worst stereotypes that the other group falls into.

    In the South Central L.A. neighborhood, blacks who have no historical animosity about Koreans find themselves filled with anger at the stingy, disrespectful store-owners. The Korean store-owners, in their own right, harbor fears of the dangerous, thieving blacks. The result of this animosity was displayed during the Rodney King riots where blacks looted Korean stores with a vengeance and Korean store-owners shot back from the roofs of their stores.

    Right or wrong, these stereotypes arose out of *increased* exposure.

  4. Track scrubbing is an interesting term on iPod 1.1 Updater Out · · Score: 1

    If it means that any PRM cruft is removed, then this could be a gauntlet throwing in the making.

    Of course, if it's something like error correction, then it's not such a big deal.

  5. Neo Geo has never been popular at home on Neo-Geo : The Game Console That Won't Die · · Score: 2, Interesting

    For reasons including its exorbitant price, the Neo Geo has never been a big hit with the home market.

    It has some pretty impressive hardware, which makes it a popular machine for arcades. With the processing power of today's machines, it isn't an exaggeration to say that Neo Geo was ahead of its time.

  6. Japan has SpeedNet on Can 802.11 Become A Viable Last-Mile Alternative? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The power company in Japan has set up a wireless ISP that boasts broadband speeds.

    A google search would probably turn up some interesting information.

  7. Re:CmdrTaco is a flag desecrator and Anti-Delawari on Design Your Very Own Microprocessor · · Score: -1, Troll

    Though not immediately obvious, Delaware has some of the nicest rest stops in the country. If you're ever traveling along I-95, treat yourself to a visit to these great rest stops.

  8. Amateur chip designers on Design Your Very Own Microprocessor · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Without training and experience in hardware design at the college level, it is doubtful that any amateur could come up with a design that improved on existing chip designs or create a fundamentally new design that would be of interest to chip companies.

    The hope springs eternal, though.

  9. Re:exactly why people hate nerd-types on Many Eyes, Shallow Bugs, and Spider-Man · · Score: 5, Funny

    His name is Patrick Stewart. Not Patrick Steward.

  10. Re:Hmm on Many Eyes, Shallow Bugs, and Spider-Man · · Score: 1

    Six twenty-somethings living in luxury apartments in the heart of New York with job titles of "Paleontologist", "Out of work actor", "Aspiring chef", "Coffee waitress", "Gay department manager", and "Street musician" are what make Friends unbelievable, not the presence of buildings that actually existed when the show was being filmed.

  11. Internal consistency on Many Eyes, Shallow Bugs, and Spider-Man · · Score: 1

    When I go to a fancy restaurant and I am served something that is not right, I return the food to the kitchen and refuse to pay.

    I doubt that any of these people who found mistakes left the theater and demanded their money back.

  12. The costs are what is bringing them down on Love Says Caldera's Doing Fine, Despite Losses · · Score: 1

    To use Love's term, they are "streamlining" their business.

    They may find themselves streamlined out of business soon.

  13. Fun? Yes. Legal? Questionable on Security Focus on Cable Modem Uncapping · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just because technology allows you to do something, does not mean that it is also legal.

  14. Re:Spoilers on Star Wars: AOTC Reviews Pour In · · Score: 1

    Anakin (Darth Vader) fathers a couple kids who are whisked away at birth to the farthest reaches of the galaxy in order to protect them from him. One ends up the Princess of Alderan (a peaceful planet allied with the Rebellion), the other a farmboy on Tatooine.

    Anakin loses many bodyparts which are replaced with bionic devices, making him more machine than man.

  15. Re:Because no one knows what you're talking about on Accessing WebDAV Folders on Linux? · · Score: 1

    Oi, credit webdav.org with that ;)

    I thought it would be obvious enough that I could safely omit it.

  16. Re:I DOWNLOADED THE MOVIE on Star Wars: AOTC Reviews Pour In · · Score: 1, Funny

    As Luke Skywalker hasn't even been introduced in AotC, a true spoiler would be that Anakin Skywalker is Darth Vader.

    Whoops! Did I let that gem out prematurely?

  17. Re:Spoiler warning! on Star Wars: AOTC Reviews Pour In · · Score: 1

    Obi-wan and Yoda too!

  18. Re:Does it really matter how bad the movie is? on Star Wars: AOTC Reviews Pour In · · Score: 1

    Your crusade isn't making a difference.

  19. Because no one knows what you're talking about on Accessing WebDAV Folders on Linux? · · Score: 3, Informative

    What is WebDAV?

    Briefly: WebDAV stands for "Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning". It is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol which allows users to collaboratively edit and manage files on remote web servers.

  20. Plot twist to come on Star Wars: AOTC Reviews Pour In · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Jedi are destroyed and the remaining few are scattered about the galaxy.

    Anakin turns to the Dark Side and becomes Darth Vader.

    Jar Jar Binks is the worst Star Wars character ever.

    Lucas should have gone for real foreign languages instead of giving everyone bad accents.

  21. Re:Monitoring users isn't necessarily bad on Consumer Groups Protest SonicBlue/ReplayTV Order · · Score: 1

    But wouldn't a simple "SonicBlue must pay $X to entity Y for copyright infringement (or whatever)" be better than all this "Z% usage is considered fair use but Z+1% is not" BS that is being pursued?

  22. Would this be a syllogism on Hacking the Highways · · Score: 1

    Melding of physical art and performance art. How risqué!

  23. Re:Like in KSR's Mars trilogy on Ancient Exploding Cannonballs · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes. Take your tetanus shots before going.

  24. Do it yourself pyromania on Ancient Exploding Cannonballs · · Score: 1

    Toss some rags in a box and pour linseed oil on them. Put them in a quiet corner of your garage and wait for the fire department.

  25. Re:Monitoring users isn't necessarily bad on Consumer Groups Protest SonicBlue/ReplayTV Order · · Score: 1

    Not to the judge who issued the order.