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  1. Re:Uh, Flagrant Violation of What? on Facebook Scrabble Rip-off Capitalizes on Mattel's Lethargy · · Score: 1

    Dif you mean ASPIRIN? Not to take away from the rest of your post, but the all caps plus the misspelling was grating.

  2. Re:Fail on Iran May Shut Down Internet During Election · · Score: 1

    Seem to matter enough for you to obsessively reply. And yes, you are a dick. A mentally-ill dick (they're not mutually exclusive.) But I'm not. Speak for yourself. And good luck with your treatment.

  3. Re:Democrats on Clinton Takes Ohio, Texas; McCain Seals The Deal · · Score: 1

    As for the Clinton campaign "making racial slurs"... really? Really?! They have never done any such thing. You can't cite even one.
    Nah, she just gives him the treatment Time magazine gave OJ and darkens his face and squishes it to make him look blacker in her campaign ads. That way she can benefit from racists and their racism without having to utter any slurs directly. It's beautiful, really.
  4. Re:I feel sorry for the winner in November on Clinton Takes Ohio, Texas; McCain Seals The Deal · · Score: 0

    With the hearty approval of the Democratic congress. You know presidents can't write checks for the country, right?

  5. Re:Are you insane or just inane? on Clinton Takes Ohio, Texas; McCain Seals The Deal · · Score: 0, Troll
    Thanks for correcting him; seems the Hitlary supporters are bad at math. But at least they're good at forgetting things like her censorship of video games, opposition to net neutrality, and sucking up to big megacorps, etc.

    That is, assuming Obama's super-delegates aren't bought out by Clintonites.
    Make no mistake, this will happen, in one way or another. Most likely Hitlary will convince the DNC to seat Michigan's delegates, and Detroit will burn as McCain is sworn in. It will be glorious :D
  6. Re:If I were a democratic strategist... on Clinton Takes Ohio, Texas; McCain Seals The Deal · · Score: 1

    The economy is tanking due to the Republicans.
    Really? Would that be the republicans who control congress? You know, that organization that writes the checks and passes tax laws and authorizes expenditures? Oh wait...
  7. Re:In the end, does it reallyl make a difference? on Clinton Takes Ohio, Texas; McCain Seals The Deal · · Score: 1

    Super, except that we currently have a socialist congress, as evidenced by all that spending they've been authorizing which has led to the biggest deficit and debt ever. Just because the media and bush-bashers like to blame that on Bush doesn't give the president the ability to write checks. That's congress. And they've been socialist for years now.

    You want scary? Put Mr. socialist "increase taxes on any family earning more than $75k" Obama into office with the socialist congress we already have.

  8. Re:Good for Clinton on Clinton Takes Ohio, Texas; McCain Seals The Deal · · Score: 1

    First, it would ensure that there were always four parties.
    What? No. How would "a law requiring any political party that gets more than 40% of the popular vote in a presidential election to schism into two" ensure at least four parties at all times? Example: three parties, each with 33.3% of popular vote. None over 40%, and less than four parties. I reckon the rest of your post is just as wrong.
  9. Re:He's an idiot on Customer Loses Xbox 360 Artwork During Repair · · Score: 1
    Sure I did. Did you?

    Just leave a few uncoated prints lying around for a couple of months, and you can watch them brown out & fade away....
  10. Re:Fail on Iran May Shut Down Internet During Election · · Score: 1

    Not that I'm above poking fun at the mentally ill, but sometimes you have to help them see how badly they need help. Delusions are powerful, and some people never seem to see past them long enough to get the treatment they need. Good luck.

  11. Re:He's an idiot on Customer Loses Xbox 360 Artwork During Repair · · Score: 1

    Well golly I guess your polaroids from 40 years ago are just magical and everyone else is just unlucky enough to see their polaroids lose color and clarity in as little as a few months. Maybe that's because you got one of the first polaroid color cameras 40 years ago, which would have been from the first 5 years of production, you know -- when they could still afford to inject the magic.

    In any case, try not to miss the point of the thread: a polaroid print will not outlast a plastic xbox360 case.

  12. Re:Fail on Iran May Shut Down Internet During Election · · Score: 1

    Riiight. That was your whole purpose for calling him "Dave" over and over. To find out who an AC was. And where did that get you? What did that gain you in the argument you utterly lost? Nevermind, we're all just puppets dancing on your strings, right? You're in total control as always, and it's everyone else who's crazy. Sure thing schitzo.

  13. Re:Fail on Iran May Shut Down Internet During Election · · Score: 1

    I really think you should see someone about that paranoia. Do you see this "Dave" all over the place? Hear him in your head when trying to sleep? Think that tinfoil hats protect you from "Dave?" Jesus man, get a grip. You were already shown to be sadly wrong about your adamant claims that anyone who disagrees with you is "Dave." And you admitted that you think Bush et al. at least knew about 911 and did nothing to stop it, if not orchestrating it themselves.

    Face it man, Dave's not here! It's just you and your paranoid fantasies. Seek help.

  14. Re:I did explain why on Iran May Shut Down Internet During Election · · Score: 1

    It sends a clear message to anyone thinking of using the Bourse. "We have tapped ALL lines, not just the ones that were 'incompetently' cut and obviously tapped" and "We WILL take any action necessary to ensure oil is traded in dollars only...This was a clear and public message. Any oil trader can read it loud and clear, and you are being disingenuous when you profess ignorance.

    Look, I'll be honest, I'm not claiming this is a known fact or anything.


    You sir, are a nut. What do you think about 911 truthers?

  15. Re:Actually, OpenDNS is even worse! on RoadRunner Intercepting Domain Typos · · Score: 1

    Lots of people remove installed programs for other people, like their mom -- or your mom. Heh.

  16. Re:All your errors belong to us on RoadRunner Intercepting Domain Typos · · Score: 1

    OK, but blocked or not, the DNS still resolved before your browser even tried to hit the blocked server, which is the problem. It breaks DNS proper behavior, and code/devices that depend on non-existent servers not resolving will be broken. Not good.

    Of course OpenDNS' "fix" is just as bad -- they should show people how to use Add/remove programs to remove the application. It's not hidden or misnamed (read the OpenDNS blog entry linked in this thread.) But somehow OpenDNS claims that their users are savvy enough to use OpenDNS, yet too stupid to use "add/remove programs" to remove one called "Browser Error Redirector."

    Riiight.

  17. Re:Actually, OpenDNS is even worse! on RoadRunner Intercepting Domain Typos · · Score: 1
    Seems kind of strange that they do this redirect because it's "too hard" to remove the "spyware" (their words) that dell installs on new PCs. OpenDNS says:

    Wow. Are you kidding me? In order for a user to get rid of this brokenness the person has to remove a piece of software called "Browser Address Error Redirector?" That barely makes sense to techies and it makes no sense to normal people. Would your Mom uninstall something with a name like that? I don't think so.

    Well, wait. Actually, I do think my mom would uninstall that if someone she trusted said it would be a good thing to do. But my mom wouldn't be using OpenDNS so it's kind of a moot point, isn't it? Also, to what kind of "techie" does that trivial GUI operation "barely make sense?"

    What I mean is, it seems to me that someone savvy enough to use OpenDNS is savvy enough to use "Add/remove Programs" so their argument for their own redirect falls apart.
  18. Re:Get 'em Tiger! on Wii Homebrew Takes Several Leaps Forward · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the fact that a P3 system will use up to 30W just for the CPU (depending on clock speed), probably as much as 100W or more depending on the components inside, whereas the wii maxes out around 18W and can sleep at almost nothing and resume instantly.

  19. Re:Enough with laws already! on Politicians and the Cyber-Bully Pulpit · · Score: 1

    How is "cyberbullying" (i.e., saying/typing mean things) "violence?"

    "Verbal violence?" "Written Violence?"

    Uh, no.

  20. Re:It can't possibly work either on Gravity Lamp Grabs Green Prize · · Score: 1

    Please stop digging that hole to supidland and take a physics class or something. Seriously, I'm so embarrassed for you it's really uncomfortable :(

  21. Re:Bad summary. on Brain Control Headset for Gamers · · Score: 1

    That pic is the early prototype that only detects eye-related facial expressions. The production version detects much more subtle changes. Here's a picture.

  22. Re:Sorry, I quoted the right part. Try again. on The $54 Million Laptop · · Score: 1

    When you give BB a laptop for repair, they try to secure it, right? That is, they have some system of procedures to take, tag, log, and securely store it, no? Sounds like a security system to me. And if, say, a customer or employee were to steal it, that would involve a breach of that system, would it not?

    And, while that laptop is in BB's possession, are they not maintaining it? I think so. And the data on the laptop are a part of that laptop, which BB is maintaining. If there's personal information on that laptop, and it's in BB's custody and care, that's personal information maintained by Best Buy.

    Sounds simple. Why do you fight this so hard? Any relation to BB?

  23. Re:Read what she's gone through? on The $54 Million Laptop · · Score: 1

    BBuy is great for small things like blank CD's or DVD's or USB sticks or whatever.

    What? Next you'll tell me BBuy has good deals on cables. Blanks and memory sticks are some of the highest profit margin items (next to cables) at those stores. If you can't wait for a shipment from an online store and don't have a microcenter, frys, or you-do-it type store locally then I guess you have no choice, but I wouldn't call that "great."

  24. Re:Just Wait Till You Have Kids! on Writers Strike Officially Over · · Score: 1

    Meh. You got into that vapid bimbo^W^W boat of your own volition. No pity here.

  25. Re:Wii version has been announced, per TFA on Will Wright's Spore To Release Sept. 7th · · Score: 1

    This one, which is part 2 of the interview, and linked in the phrase "why it has taken so long" in the summary. It's the second question in the article.