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  1. Re:What I do care about... on Panasonic May Relaunch In-flight Broadband · · Score: 1
    I could really care less about making calls on a plane.
    So you do care to some extent?
  2. Re:Duplicate patents? on US Software Patents Hit Record High · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and then I would be asking why they didn't put those duplicate patents in a library that could be easily maintained and shared between other patients.

  3. Play the goddamned game! on 'Columbine RPG' Creator Discusses the Dawson Shooting · · Score: 4, Informative

    There have been many people above me claiming that the game is in bad taste and that its creator is a dick. Please before you go shooting your mouth off please download and actually play the game through. It is not only a work of satire, its an obvious one at that.

    It's not as blatent as Southpark's satire typically is, but it is there and anyone over the age of 13 should be able to see it.

    I'd liken it to Gullivers Travels, you read that book when you are young and think, "hmm great story". A few years later you come away thinking "Perhaps that book was about England".

  4. One hard and fast rule... on Household Technology Rules for Kids? · · Score: 1

    No sliderule until they've mastered the abacus!

  5. Re:Water cooling on GeForce 7950 GT Launches With Passive Cooling · · Score: 1

    These cards aren't meant to be used in fanless systems. They are supposed to be placed right next to your CPU fan, it gets its airflow from that.

    The point of this passive cooling is to replace two loud fans with one loud fan.

  6. Re:gpu throttling on GeForce 7950 GT Launches With Passive Cooling · · Score: 1

    Video cards have throttled themselves for a long time now. Typically they run at a much slower speed when doing 2D graphics and then ramp it up once a 3d program kicks in.

  7. Re:It filters for one type of person on Will the Solve-the-Riddle Hiring Trend Affect IT? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I typically get around this problem by tipping a glass of water over my head when presented with hard problems that I need to figure out asap.

  8. Re:Isn't this a bit old? on Intel Core 2 Duo Vs. AMD AM2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes but for those of us with Core 2 Duo systems it just gets sweeter each and every time we read about it.

  9. Re:"Second LIfe"? on Avatars Need Personal Space Too · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because it's at least four times better then Half-Life.

  10. Re:more than one similarity on Avatars Need Personal Space Too · · Score: 4, Funny

      *Woosh*
      -=(J)  <-- Joke

       ( )
       _|_  <-- You
        |
       / \

    Lameness filter

  11. Re:Common sense on U.S. Arrests Online Gambling Company Chairman · · Score: 1

    Well that kinda sucks if you are just flying somewhere else and your plane stops there to refuel.

  12. Re:Please Assume No Privacy on How Retailers Watch You · · Score: 1
    This way, I have no cause to care if I am watched in the dressing rooms.
    Judging from the clothing your selling on your website you seem to have no cause to care most of the time.
  13. Re:Commodore 64 has an RS-232 interface. on Commodore 64 Confuses Austrian Police · · Score: 1

    Actually a 555 timer is all that is required to create a basic serial interface that will do 4800bps. I have one I built at home but I have since lost the plans.

    That isn't really required though. A X1541 Cable is very easy to make and will read all his disks no problem.

  14. Re:Wikipedia says, patent expires in 2010 on SanDisk MP3 Players Seized in MP3 Licence Dispute · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well I just edited the article so that the patents expired three years ago. Rejoice!

  15. Re:Why be random when you can be EFFECTIVE? on You Have Been 'Randomly' Selected? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Have you ever spoken to these so called "innocent" Americans? Pretty much all the ones I know seem really rational until the topic of Terrorism comes up and then they basically say they support Torture, Random wars and stripping everyone of their rights. America gets most of their support from these so-called "innocent" Americans. Frankly, I have no sympathy. If American culture is so great, why aren't these people living in one of the many American countries in the world?

  16. Steve Irwin Just died on What's in Your HTML Toolbox? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I know this is completely off topic but Steve Irwin died about 3 hours ago. He was killed by a stingray.

  17. Re:Nonsense on The Internet Not for Old People · · Score: 1

    Pfft you think thats good? My grandmother was a computer in her early twentys.

  18. Re:Ah brilliant on Possession of Violent Pornography Outlawed in UK · · Score: 1
    "Why certainly, stranger. Nothing like a good snuff video while I bugger myself with a coke bottle, yessiree!"

    I know you aren't being serious but I'm seriously going to break that one out next time someone asks me, just to see their reaction.
  19. Re:taking credit for others actions? on The Story of the Pedophile-catching Hacker · · Score: 1

    That poem sucks.

  20. Re:More spam then! on Buy Low, Spam High · · Score: 1

    Well you'd think that would be how it worked but the evidence suggests otherwise.

  21. Re:Did the prices go up? on Ars Evaluates Core 2 Duo in Latest System Guide · · Score: 1

    Yes! It's almost as if the prices have grown larger over the past few years, "inflated" if you will. I wonder what strange economic force is causing the cost of these items to rise.

  22. Re:How the hell... on Ever-Happy Mouse Sheds Light on Depression · · Score: 4, Funny

    There toning it down for the kids. By "Happy" they mean the mice are randy.

  23. What ebay needs. on EBay Sellers Seek Management Change · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What ebay needs is for people to stop selling stuff on it as if it was their own store. I go to ebay to pick up a bargain not to pay RRP for something I could get from the store for the same price. ebay needs to get back to what it used to be, a place to pick up rare items for a premium or second hand items for cheap.

    Try searching for mobile phones on ebay, it's become a joke. There are people trying to sell new phones with plans included. Why bother, there is a shop near by that can do that and not charge me for postage.

    Don't even get me started on items that are clearly in the wrong category. I don't want to sift through 18 pages of leather cases for PDA's before I find the cheapest listed actual PDA.

  24. Re:Talk about a Battle of the Bands on iPods at War · · Score: 1

    I don't know but playing The Cures "Kill an arab" might have an effect.

  25. Re:I don't get it on Microsoft Zune MP3 Player Interface Revealed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The reason they branch into other areas is because they need to continue to grow to make more and more money. Face it, Microsoft products saturate the market place, there is nowhere for them to grow. There are no stong competitors and I truely believe that the would could run on Windows XP for another 5 years without problems. There is no real incentive to get a new operating system out.

    However by branching out they can find new markets to get into, they branched out into an office suite market that was dominated by others and look where Office 2007 is now.

    Microsoft (branded) mice are quality products, people buy them and I warrent MS makes a bit of money out of it.