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  1. Re:Just one question? on New Darth Vader Costume Revealed in upcoming DVDs · · Score: 4, Funny

    In the DVD version, Han will just declare bankruptcy, and Greedo takes him to court.

  2. Re:Linux apps that are hopelessly derivative? on LinSpire LPhoto and LSongs: bring on the lawsuits! · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Apple puts millions of dollars into UI research and design, why not copy their work?

    It reminds me of something one of my college professors once told me. McDonald spends a lot of money and effort studying the best locations to put a new franchises in a city. Burger King then just looks for places where they are building a new McDonalds. (I don't know if the story is true or not, but he had an interesting point)

  3. Punchcard on Sony Develops 25 GB Paper Disc · · Score: 3, Funny

    Man, that punchcard has gotta have teeny-tiny holes.

  4. Re:Gravity on Rocket Science vs. Barry Bonds · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    He still used steroids and got away with it.

  5. Re:$33 cd? It is going to decrease profit on RIAA's Nasty Easter Egg · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Or a trick to increase perceived damages?

  6. Re:Self righteous pricks controlling others lives on Stop Cell Phones Without Stopping Pacemakers... · · Score: 1

    There is no "no signal" message.

  7. Easier than a zip code? on Magazine Eyeballs Its Subscribers · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe they just have a lot of problems with the Postal Service delivering their magazine to the wrong address.

  8. Re:The bad side of course... on Weapons in Space · · Score: 1
    Consider that W gave the taliban 10 Millions dollars in april 2001. Where do you think that it went.

    To fight drugs?

  9. Re:The bad side of course... on Weapons in Space · · Score: 4, Informative

    Education is the responsibility of the states, not the federal government.

  10. Re:Why Wal*Mart? Gott in Himmel, why? on Wal-Mart Sells PCs Preloaded With Sun's Linux · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure then can get XP for a few cents/copy from their Chinese suppliers.

  11. Re:RTFSummary on SBC Park Plans A Giant 802.11 Hotspot · · Score: 1

    I wonder if we'll see people using it in the boats that hang out in the bay just past the right field wall.

  12. Re:Just another excuse on SBC Park Plans A Giant 802.11 Hotspot · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You also won't have to buy a program if you can't match all of the player's names to their numbers.

  13. Tax Deduction on Third Space Tourist is Set · · Score: 5, Insightful
    conduct a few experiments, including testing out some of his company's equipment

    In other words, it'll be a tax deduction because it's a "business expense".

  14. Re:Holding Back The Inevitable on China Blocks Typepad, Prompts Weblog Blackout · · Score: 1
    I doubt that, under any circumstance, that the people of Taiwan would want to be part of China.

    They are increasingly seeing themselves as Taiwanese, not Chinese, and seem happy to be their own independent country.

  15. Re:Where have we heard this before on ICANN Meets Annan · · Score: 1
    ISO 3166-1 should not reflect country name components giving information on the political status of a country e. g. "Republic", "Kingdom", "United", "Democratic", "Socialist"

    So that's why .us isn't used so much. We had to go with .com, .net, .edu, .gov, and .mil.

  16. Re:Where have we heard this before on ICANN Meets Annan · · Score: 1
    The rightful code for Britain should be GB
    And what about Northern Ireland?

    But the British snatched UK, which should have gone to Ukraine.
    Did Ukraine exist as a seperate country at the time .uk was chosen?

  17. Re:Oh bloody hell on Political Pop-ups, and Follow the Money · · Score: 1

    Not that anybody actually wants to live in D.C. anyway...

  18. Re: Evil Government Intrusion on Congress To Force Cable a la Carte Plans · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But cable companies don't work in free markets, they are given a monopoly over their customers.

  19. Re:Bad choice on EA Makes Multi-Million Dollar Gift to USC · · Score: 1
    According the the PHBs, the only way to make American coders "competetive" is to cut their wages 75%.

    Does a college education do that?

  20. Re:Trend... on TiVo Will Die · · Score: 1
    Me too.

    So when are the meetings?

  21. Re:I think it's the movies. on War of the Worlds Remake · · Score: 1
    You forgot:

    Vanilla Sky - Tom is the bestest disfigured frozen guy ever.

  22. Re:fixed a printing problem on Mac OS X 10.3.3 Update Released · · Score: 1

    In case anybody was wondering, I can now print to my Canon from a remote (Windoze) computer. I finally have the functionality that I had with Jaguar.

  23. Re:Dihydrogen Monoxide *is* dangerous on City Officials Almost Ban Foam Cups · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...and 100% of all people who died last year were found to have significant levels of it in their bloodstream.

    (That was a great episode of Penn & Teller's show,btw)

  24. Re:fixed a printing problem on Mac OS X 10.3.3 Update Released · · Score: 1

    Cool. Ever since I upgraded to Panther, I was no longer able to print to my Canon i320 from remote machines. I hope this fixes my problem. (Downloading update now)

  25. Re:Am I the only one... on Sid Meier's Pirates! Remake Hoists Mainbrace · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's pretty funny that you brought up Bungie, since they basically made Marathon prettier and called it "Halo".