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  1. Re:How faithful to the 1970s series will it be? on Battlestar Galactica Gets Spinoff Prequel Series · · Score: 4, Informative

    watch the pilot again- first minute.

    The colonial officer is perusing plans of the original cylon model-- that looks like the original series model.

  2. Any othetr industry?? neve happened? on Logitech Makes 1 Billionth Mouse · · Score: 4, Insightful

    McDonalds anyone?

    Sheesh...

  3. actually released in 1968 on New Asimov Movies Coming · · Score: 1

    making in 33 years ahead of its time...

    http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=2001

  4. are you kidding? on Arranging Electronic Access For Your Survivors? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I can't even think how long the list of possible 'failure points' to your system.

    you go missing- airplane crash- fall under a road paver- into a wood chipper- vat of acid- really unlucky gun shot while you were holding out your hands begging for your life...

    You have to be freaking kidding if that is your i'm dead- you are covered methodology.

    it'd be like having your life insurance policy in your wallet at all times.

  5. First fallacy- who is the president? on Googling Security · · Score: 1

    it ain't over 'til it's over baby....

    I'm still paranoid enough to wonder if the current white house occupants might still pull something that is almost but not quite a coup

  6. harken to usenet on Slashdot's Disagree Mail · · Score: 3, Informative
  7. shop much? on How To Verify CD-R Data Retention Over Time? · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.yuden.co.jp/us/product/pdf/mdvd_e.pdf

    page 5, 4th col... see where it says 8.5GB? see at the top where it says DL?

  8. Sued- or successfully sued? on Low-Income Users Latch On To iPhone · · Score: 1

    let's say I write an app that is so CPU & Screen & power intensive it causes batteries to burst.

    yes- you can retort that that is apple's fault-- bad design..

    but if it's a known limitation, that they plan for- and work out- and don't exceed the parameters of within their approval process--
    and yet someone with a jailbroken phone runs the app-- you don't think apple will get sued when the battery leaks?

  9. Re:There is a nature-nurture argument on How Vampire Bats Evolved To Live On Blood Alone · · Score: 1

    it is called the 'adversarial process' ya know.....

  10. read more on Student Charged With Three Felonies For Finding Security Flaw — and Report · · Score: 3, Informative
  11. Not the chinese, but the island method on Depressed Astronauts Might Get Computerized Solace · · Score: 1

    The islands of lesbos and sapphos prerrably

    an all woman crew nips the pregancny thing in the bud- and purportedly women are better suited for space travel than men anyway.

    and if it happens, well, think of the ancillary rights!

  12. EXORBITANT? on "Roadable Aircraft" Moving Towards Launch · · Score: 4, Informative

    then don't put it in one
    many many small airports charge a $10.00 tiedown fee to tie it up on the tarmac, waived if you buy fuel..

    FFS why put it in a hangar?

  13. There has been a legal treatise on the subject on Rights To Virtual Property In Games? · · Score: 1
  14. No one has actually sued? Ahem on Rights To Virtual Property In Games? · · Score: 1

    http://overlawyered.com/2003/12/chinese-court-orders-virtual-goods-returned-to-gamer/

    not blizzard, and not in the US... but it has happened....

  15. Deterence... on Yahoo Hacker 'Mafiaboy' Eight Years On · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    There is almost nothing you could have done to deter me from those actions.

    What if the month before a vigilante group of Yahoo fanpunks had made Michael Calce swallow his own testicles and released the video on You Tube?

    would you still have been as willing to phreak then?

  16. Sorry, I'm American- is UK in europe? on YouTube Adds Full-Length Television Shows · · Score: 1

    I thought the UK was part of europe-- but I'm not too sure.. if I'm right, I'd point out the following
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Team-1-Stanley-Ellis/dp/B0002VF6BU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1223907585&sr=1-2
    Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,348 in DVD

  17. other countries don't pay the same way on Blizzcon Begins, Diablo 3 Wizard Class Unveiled · · Score: 1

    they pay by the logged in minute for example.. and much less money
    how is your korean?

    http://www.worldofwarcraft.co.kr/billing/

  18. Christ on a crutch.. SMOKING SAVES MONEY on Robotic Suit For Rent In Japan · · Score: 1

    how many chain smoking senior citizens are around?

  19. you never saw this? on Geneticist Claims Human Evolution Is Over · · Score: 5, Interesting

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6057734.stm

    we are also apparently splitting into two sub-races.. I call them the morlocs and the eloi
    (as I tend to represent the morloc heritage more closely)

  20. Re:...especially if you get a break on your insura on Ford To Introduce Restrictive Car Keys For Parents · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "It is also in part because more people survive accidents that the cost of insurance goes up. More survivors = more injured = higher medical payments. Similarly, more technology = higher repair cost. There is also a loose correlation in that safer vehicles tend to lead to less safe driving habits. "

    which is why my motorcycle is only $278 per year!

  21. Pfft.. can you believe this category exists? on Researchers To Build Underwater Airplane · · Score: 1

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

    14 listings.... vttbots is only one of the 14,.,,

  22. for Jeffrey Kaplan aka Tigole on Ask Blizzard Employees About Things That Matter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where exactly is the USB key with the "Sword of a Thousand Truths" right now?? and exactly how is it guarded??

  23. Re:Why are such examples always so bad? on Gov't Database Errors Leading To Unconstitutional Searches? · · Score: 1

    http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F05EFDB123FF93BA25754C0A96F958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1

    " ''They only get the cases when there has either been an arrest or an indictment,'' he said. ''Then they do DNA to confirm or exclude the person. In 25 percent of the cases where they can get a result, they exclude the primary suspect.''

    Think about that. In one out of four of those cases, the wrong person gets arrested. These are cases that carry extraordinary prison sentences, and in some cases the death penalty.

    Said Mr. Scheck: ''How many of those people would have been convicted had there been no DNA testing?'' "

    now-- think more--
    once we had DNA testing, we are able to disqualify 25% of those arrested or indicted where DNA is available.
    if 50% (a made up %) of rape cases have DNA available to compare to- and 25% of those so charged are disqualified as the guilty party

    and you think only the strong cases go to trial?

  24. Hm.... I use three computers.... on Microsoft Updates Multiple Sysinternals Tools · · Score: 1

    I have a 24 wide in landscape mode, and a 20wide in portrait mode, and use remote desktop (not virtual) too pull 1-3 other full case computers onto the portrait oriented screen as needed.
    for the 'real' windows desktop, the start bar runs vertically down the portrait monitor (start button & quicklaunch at the top, time at bottom) for all pc's I remote into I keep the start bar at the bottom so I always know which one I'm woking with.... for example, I have one 38 megabyte excel spreadsheet that takes 5-8 minutes to run on the main PC, or about 1 on my monster which I remote into. The monster is also the one which runs my large print jobs unattended... just minimize and maximize mstc.exe

  25. I'm sorry on Review of Discovery Institute's Evolution Textbook · · Score: 3, Funny

    are you suggestion that there is any occasion where it is proper to diss the volcano god?

    What the hell is wrong with you- do you want to be responsible for the entire town burning down?

    don't you care about your neighbors or family at all?

    dang- move far away from everyone before you say anything like that again please.