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  1. Join now! on Why Doesn't Microsoft Have A Cult Religion? · · Score: 1

    Hell, I'll be glad to start a cult for MS. All you have to do to join is drink a big glass of our special Jim Jones kool-aid. Step right up!

  2. Backup on PC World Editor Resigns When Ordered Not to Criticize Advertisers · · Score: 1

    Maybe Colin Crawford will hire the IT guys from Business 2.0. That'll stop any bad reviews for sure.

  3. Re:How about this one on Talking CCTV to Scold Offenders in UK · · Score: 1

    "more than likely it was someone from out of state, who brought the can or bottle with them or didn't realize it was worth money."

    Or it was some out of state hipster doofus and an insane mailman, who DO realize it was worth money, but get sidetracked by a golf club throwing whacko in a stolen Saab.

    For instance.

  4. Re:Mutants? on Rare Shark Filmed in Japan · · Score: 1

    Hey man, is the Space Pope reptilian?

  5. Re:Don't commit a thoughcrime in Austria on Expert Wants to Decertify Global Warming Skeptics · · Score: 1
    the law was passed in 1947 under the ÖVP, which is the conservative party of Austria


    And in 60 years no one thought to drop the law from the books, or simply not enforce it? Has the "conservative" party ruled Austria those 60 years?
  6. Re:Zonk Creates Time Machine on HP Regains Throne as Top PC Maker · · Score: 1

    Nah, it may be from the future, but it'll probably be a dupe of a story from today.

  7. Re:Exxon Mobile on Much Ado About Gas Prices · · Score: 1
    What I would like to read an article about what the hell happened with the congressional hearing that was supposed to investigate Exxon Mobile? And we're subsidizing gasoline companies through preferential tax codes? Am I the only person wondering what is going on here?


    http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/1139.html

    Maybe Congress got smart and realized they'd be killing the golden goose? Doubtful, I know. For those too lazy to hit the link, oil profits from 1977 to 2004: $643 billion. Total tax revenue from oil: $1.343 trillion. Yes, trillion.

    So where does the government get off criticizing oil companies for excessive profit, other than as an excuse to bloviate publicly, and show they're concerned with the "common" man? Maybe they'll all publicly thank the oil companies for bringing the price down now. I read price could conceivably go as low as $1.25 a gallon again. I'm sure Congress will extol the virtues of the oil companies then.

    Spare me (from Congress).
  8. Re:Go Go! on Advertising Comes to DVR Owners · · Score: 1

    Man, I love my ReplayTV 5040, which automatically skips all commercials recorded. So nice, I don't have to look for the remote, hit "skip" 3 or 4 (or 5,6, 7) times. Real handy.

  9. Re:Heroin on Morphine Relief Without Addiction? · · Score: 1

    Actually, I believe methadone was developed by Nazi Germany as a substitute for morphine, which they were unable to obtain. I have no direct knowledge of this, but I believe methadone is the second most effective painkiller after morphine.

    http://www.heroinhelper.com/sick/methadone_detox_p art_1.shtml/

  10. Re:Further evidence... on Studios OK Burning Movie Downloads · · Score: 5, Funny

    "continued to focus the bulk of its efforts on the people who are mass producing pirate movies"

    Run, Johnny Depp, run!

  11. Re:Competition on 'Perfect Storm' of Mac Sales on the Horizon? · · Score: 1

    I believe the MacBooks support 802.11a, actually.

  12. Re:They're Right on 'Perfect Storm' of Mac Sales on the Horizon? · · Score: 1

    Actually, MS divested from Apple a few years ago. I'm too lazy to look, just google it.

  13. Re:Only worthless if you don't own it on Best Brands, Innovative Products · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Do you think Bayer feels the same way about the Heroin brand name?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroin/

  14. Re:Doesn't one want a winning record too? on CEO Shawn Hogan Takes on MPAA · · Score: 1

    I don't see those two things as being mutually exclusive to lawyers (or defendants or plaintiffs, for that matter). Its been a long time since veracity or validity of a claim in court has mattered to winning.

  15. Re:No on Proposal to Update the Electoral College · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    No amount of spinning will change the fact that America, by a narrow margin, rejected Bush in 2000. If a vote were somehow held today, Bush would make McGovern in 1972 look like a landslide winner


    Uhh, they tried that in 2004, and I'm pretty sure Bush came out ahead. But don't worry, I bet you'll get him in 2008.
  16. Re:"accidentally found"? on Pharaoh's Gem Brighter Than a Thousand Suns · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Sorry to go offtopic, but where did you buy your synthetic diamond?

  17. Re:Parallels for Linux? on Parallels Desktop for OS X Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Yep. I loaded both XP Pro and Ubuntu 5.1o on my Macbook through Parallels, no problems. It Ubuntu) loaded right up and worked perfectly. I removed it since because I don't realy need it and didn't want to use up the disk space.

  18. Re:A day at work on Your Favorite Support Anecdote · · Score: 3, Funny

    Baked Goods Handling School?

    Yeah! GO ELVES!

  19. Re:Minnesota State Bird on Athens Breeding "Super Mosquitoes" · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh man. Mosquitos in Alaska have ticks.

  20. Re:This belongs in a legal textbook on Kent State Banning Athletes from Using Facebook · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually, I believe that any university (state or private) can refuse to allow the miltary to recruit on campus. The catch is that they have to accept the forfeiture of federal funds for that decision.

  21. In the words of Theodor Geisel on Immaturity Level Rising in Adults · · Score: 1

    "Adults are obsolete children, and the hell with them."

    -Dr. Seuss

  22. IRS? on U.S. Secretly Tapping Bank Databases · · Score: 2, Informative

    Uh, hasn't the IRS had access to this information forever? And I also seem to recall GWB announcing they were tracking financial info immediately following 9/11, just not how.

  23. Re:A few random thoughts on Judging The Apple 'Sweatshop' Charge · · Score: 1

    I agree.

    Juxtapose how Apple was castigated for using "English" law in Norway (in respect to iTunes licensing) with using "Chinese" law in China (in respect to labor laws/wages).

    Should they obey local laws or not? Or should they only obey local law when it is considered "socially responsible"?

    Without knowing definitively what is socially responsible in this part of the world, I find it hard to say.

  24. Re:lives are at stake with leaks. on Reporter Phone Records Being Used to Find Leaks · · Score: 1

    Agreed. They then have to face the consequences of their actions.

  25. Re:lives are at stake with leaks. on Reporter Phone Records Being Used to Find Leaks · · Score: 0, Troll

    Again, I would answer that people should reply to what I wrote, not what they feel I wrote. I am not placing the oath of secrecy above anything. I am saying that people should expect to bear the consequences of their actions.

    As to the "lives at stake" argument, I don't know what you're talking about, I said nothing about that.