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  1. Re:If I had to design one... on U.S. Deploys Satellite Jamming System · · Score: 1

    Would it be possible to do it using multiple ground stations?

    ~S

  2. Re:IMO on Geeks Playing Poker? · · Score: 1
    See? I called your bluff, and I can't even see you!

    I never pretended to be a world class poker player though.
    Can you do this in the World Series of Poker where you imagine yourself playing at the Final Table and catching a tell off Doyle Brunson that isn't an intentional tell he used to separate you from your money?

    I think if Doyle Brunson is using tells to manipulate players, then tells do have something to do with the game. I can remember reading back 15 years ago or so that it would take the players at the last table quite a while to take off their poker faces; they had been keeping up the traditional poker face for so long it was almost like it stuck. I think there is a reason these guys wear sunglasses and act like zombies. But no, I'm not a world class player, and I doubt you are either.

    That said, I know I do much better against online opponents than I do with face to face human players.

    ~S
  3. IMO on Geeks Playing Poker? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Being geeky might help with keeping track of cards, but I think the real skill in poker is the ability to read your opponents body language. That skill doesn't sound like it's a skill that most nerds posess, or they'd get laid more.

    ~S

  4. Re:Just say no... on XM to Launch Satellite Radio Handheld? · · Score: 1

    If it was Sirius I'd buy it just to get Stern shows, and it has the added benefit of them not belonging to Clear Channel.

    ~S

  5. Re:Don't stop at just a power button on The Universal Off Button · · Score: 1

    Best sig ever...

    ~S

  6. I don't get it? on The Universal Off Button · · Score: 1

    Why not just go press the power button and let everyone know your intentions instead of doing it surreptitiously? It seems to me that would be easy and then you could brawl and show everyone how tough you are instead of hiding behind a tiny IR transmitter.

    ~S

  7. Do you do this with fire alarms too? on The Universal Off Button · · Score: 1

    Is any knob, switch or button your domain too, just waiting to be used? Why don't you run around all day ringing door bells and pulling fire alarms, they are there too right?

    Or maybe you could run up to bank teller window with a sign that says "This is a stickup" then when you get arrested just say that you were using the transparent properties of glass...

    ~S

  8. Re:E-Rate was a mess on FCC Internet Grant Decision Riles Congress · · Score: 1

    Yes, but the none of those agencies fine you for speech either, which is what the FCC is doing.

    ~S

  9. Re:Parent NOT Offtopic on Microsoft Issues Ominous ASP.Net Security Warning · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Thanks. I didn't think it was either. Sorry I'm now redundant.

    ~S

  10. How many of these will you see? on Microsoft Issues Ominous ASP.Net Security Warning · · Score: 2, Insightful

    http://www.pr0nsite.com/loggedin.asp&sneaky&url&ba ckdoor

    ~S

  11. Re:Lucky ladies! on Two Women Found With HIV-Immune Mutant Gene · · Score: 1

    That was an interesting story. I'm glad I read it.

    ~S

  12. Re:It's probably crap. on Caffeinated Beer Becomes a Reality · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's nothing more of an oxymoron than a beer snob.

    ~S

  13. 2903 Comments All Read - You too? on White House Lied About Iraq Nuclear Programs · · Score: 1

    I can't believe I waded through this whole thread and found myself at the end. It was a good read and I'm glad I did it. Only took about 10 hours. In fact, I can't believe there weren't more threats.

    If you are reading this, you are thinking the same thing; go to bed.

    ~S

  14. Re:Whaaaa? on White House Lied About Iraq Nuclear Programs · · Score: 1

    Though after Germany surrendered we didn't have 1,000 soldiers killed, in fact we didn't have any killed. Kind of unlike this war where mission accomplished was declared and more people have died since the "Victory".

    ~S

  15. Re:WebDAV and Outlook!? on Hotmail Cracks Down on Spam · · Score: 1

    I've had mine since before it was bought out too. I keep it mostly because my ISP seems to change every couple years or so and I like having that one simple stupid address that never changes. That said, I thought Hotmail was only accessible through their web page and have never thought of using Outlook/Express to view mail on it.

    ~S

  16. Sure about that? An article today even. on Star Wars Minutiae · · Score: 1
  17. Great on Affordable Modern Graphics Cards · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I've been waiting for some cards that have had about the same price/performance ratio as my GeForce 4200 had when I bought it. I'll be picking up one of these fairly soon.

    ~S

  18. Re:Repent, Sinners! on Windows Upgrade, FAA Error Cause LAX Shutdown · · Score: 1

    The guy above you would have linux use init 574R7 for that short piece of text.

    ~S

  19. Re:helps or hurts? on Michael Moore Seeks TV Airing of Fahrenheit 9/11 · · Score: 1

    I thought him saying that was absolutely stunning. The part I couldn't fathom however is that he didn't own up to the 9/11 attack as his fault then. I'm not saying it was or wasn't their fault but if you are going to include that reasoning in instructing voters he must have already failed the test. I mean, what would his new slogan be? Vote for us, we've already had one terrorist attack, John Kerry zero, so we are more experienced???

    ~S

  20. Re:Social Engineering on Caller ID Falsification Service · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's illegal for Stern to do that. He's not even allowed to make phony phone calls on the show at least according to him. If someone else does it and sends it to him it's okay to play but he can't originate them. Don't ask me why because I don't know.

    ~S

  21. Question on Intel Shrinks Transistor Size By 30% · · Score: 2, Funny

    Will this be incorporated into the new Unobtainium chip?

    ~S

  22. New Soundtrack Song on MPAA Sues DVD Chip Manufacturers · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Right now
    I am an anti-Christ
    And I am an anarchist
    Don't know what I want, but I know how get it
    I want to destroy, possibly?

    'Cause I want to be anarchy, no dog's body

    Anarchy for the U.S.A.
    It's coming sometime, it may be
    I give a wrong time, stop a traffic light
    Your future dream is a shopping spree

    'Cause I want to be anarchy, in the city

    Of many ways to get what you want
    I use the best, I use the rest
    I use the enemy
    I use anarchy

    'Cause I want to be anarchy, it's the only way to be

    Is this the M.P.A.A.?
    Is this the R.I.A.A.?
    Is this the D.M.C.A.?
    I thought it was the U.S.A., or just another country
    And other cunt-like tendencies
    'Cause I want to be anarchy, 'cause I want to be
    Anarchy, you know what I mean?

    'Cause I want to be anarchist, again I'm pissed

    Destroy!

    ~S

  23. Re:Please... on Defending The Skies Against Congress And The Elderly · · Score: 1

    How is it any different? They are all socialistic ideals.

    ~S

  24. Please... on Defending The Skies Against Congress And The Elderly · · Score: 1

    Don't go to public schools, drive on public roads, call the police when you are robbed or have a medical emergency and you can keep all of your money.

    ~S

  25. Where is Autopr0n? on The Indian Info-Rickshaws · · Score: 1

    He ought to have some kind of insight into this.

    ~S