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  1. Re:never work on Verbing Weirds Google · · Score: 1

    well, since most cola preparations contain the cola nut or kola, depending on transliteration difficulties. they are "cola beverages".

  2. Re:Totally wrong on Linux Xbox Project Seeks Microsoft Signature · · Score: 1

    Or even, using the signed bootloader at the front of the DVD/CD and whichever game/application you wanted to run in a "default" location to be auto called... OR Dumping to console/X after boot and having a selection of software included... and since the "linux kernal/bootloader is signed" I'm sure MS would want to kick it around and make sure that it wouldn't allow running "pirate" Xbox games, etc.

  3. Re:Two algorithms... on Ron Rivest Suggests Probability-Based Micropayments · · Score: 1

    Well, it saves processing and therefore reduces the costs they need to "bill" to stay afloat.

  4. Re:Two algorithms... on Ron Rivest Suggests Probability-Based Micropayments · · Score: 1

    each coin has 4 traits.
    Value T/F
    Date/Time
    Purchaser
    Merchant
    So, forging coins won't work, because Peppercoin doesn't have to track coins with a value of F. So Peppercoin stores a hash of True coins and when the merchant submits a claim, has some sort of crypto compare that cross-checks the merchant was issued that coin... I like it.

  5. Re:Aritificial Intelligence on Kasparov OpEd On His Latest Match · · Score: 1

    No, the metagame of chess ie playing your opponent is just as important as the root game. However, in human vs computer, the metagame must be played based on knowledge vs observable behaviour. Which is why computer poker isn't a popular game, because poker is the metagame. It isn't about gloating or trash-talking it is about watching how your opponent reacts to certain lines of play, and how he reacts to your diverting him from "prefered" lines of play.

  6. Re:What kind of crappy sport ... on Kasparov OpEd On His Latest Match · · Score: 1

    actually, There are at least 3 world champions at the momment. Kramnik, Kasparov, and Ponomariov.

  7. Re:The main difference... on Kasparov OpEd On His Latest Match · · Score: 1

    You realize, that a master or g-master will tip as soon as he recognizes a "death lap"... which will be fairly quick.

  8. Re:OT: Re:That explains it! on Abandoned & Little Used Airfields · · Score: 1

    Twins?... +4 months recovery

  9. Re:Forced to use AOL products on Mozilla, Gecko, Netscape, And Their Future At AOL · · Score: 1

    RoadRunner Is not AOL. Just like Windows 2000 is not Windows ME, or SQL Server isn't Access 2000. Just because the same company provides the service or product, doesn't mean that the company is bad. Dislike for AOL is almost exclusively based on interface or user intellect.

  10. Re:Tubes already crowded on London to Introduce Traffic Congestion Charge · · Score: 1

    There is actually a scientific explanation for the bunching phenomenon. It is explained thoroughly here

  11. Re:History Repeats Itself on IEEE Wants Congress To Re-Examine DMCA · · Score: 1
    The Civil War threatened to sunder the political integrity of a nation-state because factions on one of two sides disagreed whether slavery was an economic or a moral problem (turns out it was both).
    I'll repeat myself....THE CIVIL WAR HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH SLAVERY. IT had to do with economic freedom and states rights.
  12. Re:Others more important? on ACLU And Others Weigh In On CIPA Injunction · · Score: 1

    In 100 words or less explain how you will completely and efficaciously take away my right to free speech without killing me or placing me into a vegatative state. I don't think you can do so.

  13. Re:History Repeats Itself on IEEE Wants Congress To Re-Examine DMCA · · Score: 1

    Let me suggest that you read some history, start by examining the generals of the opposing armies, and counting how many "pro-slave"(Confederate) Generals held slaves vs "Freedom"(Union) Generals. Then we can talk about the cause of the disagreement.

  14. Re:Best Documentary - no doubts on this one on Oscar Nominations (LotR, Spirited Away, and more) · · Score: 1

    Bowling for Columbine should be taken out and SHOT. I have seen it, and the only thing it presented was mindless anti-gun propaganda.

  15. Re:The ./ obsession with a cashless society? on The Future of Money · · Score: 1

    do you have a reference for that?? like a line of US or state code? Because last I checked, item for item trading was legal and non-taxable.

  16. Re:$95???? on Sun Releases Solaris 9 for Intel · · Score: 1

    Well, for $95, you get the CDs, the DVD,all the extras(devkit, openoffice, etc), and hard copy documentation. Sounds like a good deal to me. If I can convince my wife... I'll be getting that.

  17. Re:Curious on Bush Orders Guidelines for Cyber-Warfare · · Score: 1

    And the loyalty goes both ways... the experts are able to be plain and straight... ie saying sorry George we can't do it that way, here is how things work and how we gotta do it. And he doesn't fire them for it. Apparently, the fighting in the back rooms can get fairly passionate, but once a decision is come to, the public face is united. Loyalty, trust and integrity.

  18. Re:Curious on Bush Orders Guidelines for Cyber-Warfare · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You know, we have a president, who is smart enough to know that he doesn't know everything, and therefore has surrounded himself with specialists he trusts to not lie to him, and to give him advice on subjects of importance. So, it would be logical to guess that those drafting (vs those signing/championing) the guidelines would know the tech.

  19. Re:Any different than... on Dealing with Employers Who Perform Credit Checks? · · Score: 1

    IF you do something like that, provide the information to your employer, BEFORE they ask you to pee. ie stamped passport/ticket stub.

  20. Re:Sabotaged Credit History on Dealing with Employers Who Perform Credit Checks? · · Score: 1

    In his situation, there are procedures..Getting a new SSN

    Can I Get A New Social Security Number? If you can prove that you're being disadvantaged because someone used your Social Security number, visit your local Social Security office to request a new one. If you've done all you can to fix the problem and someone is still using your number, under certain circumstances, we may assign you a new number. We can't guarantee, however, that a new number will solve your problem. A new Social Security number will NOT be assigned if you: Intend to avoid the law or your legal responsibility; Commit fraud or a criminal action; Intend to avoid disclosing a poor credit or criminal record; Filed for bankruptcy; or have lost your Social Security card or it was stolen, but there is no evidence that your number is being used by someone and you're being disadvantaged by that use.

  21. Re:*V90 is dying? Hardly on Xbox Losses Double, Xbox Shrinks · · Score: 1

    Let me add Everquest from Sony to the list of examples. and yes, it will be fully playable for the average user with 28.8.

  22. Re:Had to be Al Gores great great great grandfathe on Who Really Invented The Telegraph? · · Score: 1

    You are right he merely "took the initiative in creating the internet"

  23. Re:fuzzy math on Rambus Wins Case Against Infineon · · Score: 1

    Yes, never left in the stock market.

  24. Re:The Book on Immortal Code · · Score: 1

    Erdos I don't know, however your comment reminds me of one of my favorites.

    Anybody who cannot comprehend mathematics is not fully human. At best he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wash, cook food, and not make messes on the floor.--RAH

  25. Re:Can you please mod down this moron? on P2P File Sharing Could Cost You A Bundle · · Score: 1

    Further off topic, didn't we fight a war to be rid of you?