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  1. Honda system on Honda Crash Detection System · · Score: 1

    Great, now I can afford a car with this system, As opposed to the other cars running On the Order of $75K.

  2. Hottest densest matter?? on Hottest, Densest Matter Ever Observed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let me guess, it is a cross between Natalie portman and the SCO board of directors.

  3. Re:weird on Win4Lin 5.0 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Wow, you bought a Dell dude. COOL!

    Did he come with a free bag of weed??

  4. Re:weird on Win4Lin 5.0 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Well, because linux is a Unix emulator.

    OTOH, I can download windows versions of grep, vi, emacs, etc, and have my command line windows behave just like Unix, so...Oh, and winnt4/5/.1 is at least as stable as linux.

  5. Re:Free with your computer? on Win4Lin 5.0 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Oddly enough, the answer would be 2000 for me. and previously NEVER. ANd yes I definitely used W2k Before I bought it. Oh, I downloaded it over a 33.6 connection.

  6. Re:You have to ask yourself: what's scarier? on Sen Hatch Would Like To Destroy Filetraders' PCs · · Score: 1

    It wouldn't have restored his integrity level completely, but it would have returned SOME of the integrity/credibility points that he lost.

  7. Re:You Own the Bits, Not the Music on Sweden To Outlaw File Sharing, Crypto Breaking? · · Score: 1

    If I am defending myself and I kill you, THAT was not an accident. It might have been incidental. It definitely wasn't pre-meditated, but accident it isn't. It may or may not be legal, depending on the circumstances of the attack and defense, BUT you better believe I know the difference between killing and crippling or detaining.

  8. Re:You Own the Bits, Not the Music on Sweden To Outlaw File Sharing, Crypto Breaking? · · Score: 1

    Um... The second book is in Braille, those dots aren't random, they represent letters. Blind people use the indentations to read.

  9. Re:How good are the current protections Re:Making on The Return Of Shareware Games · · Score: 1

    Oddly enough, I feel worse, about not registering a shareware program I use daily than about downloading and beating a warezd game that I will never play again. I guess it's just a perception thing.

  10. Re:Is that legal? on Paying for Volunteers? · · Score: 1

    Yes, he is looking for an Honorarium or a stipend. Not paying a reimbursment or wage, but giving a thank you gift for voluntary service.

  11. Re:"Actively searching for new suppliers"? on iBox Episode 2 · · Score: 1

    As a consumer you are welcome to try that, as you have purchased the parts for your use. OTOH, the retailer/wholesaler have contracts governing how they can resell the parts. Joe Consumer can build a Jaguar from parts and even re-sell it if he wants. Autozone cannot start selling Jaguars made from parts purchased for re-sale.

  12. Re:My solution on Working with ADHD? · · Score: 1

    Imipramine IIRC is time release Dextroamphetamine.

  13. Re:Existance of ADHD on Working with ADHD? · · Score: 1

    If you don't already try fred you will like him.

  14. Re:Chemistry in ADHD on Working with ADHD? · · Score: 1

    Actually, what that means is that one of the "fillers" used by the company that owns/owned the patent has some sort of addititive effect. Just like certain meds aren't to be taken with Grapefruit juice because it speeds up the absorbtion and/or slows down the expulsion from the body.

  15. Re:Its called the "Lazy" gene. on Working with ADHD? · · Score: 1

    Sounds that way. Incredibly useful as a programmer or hacker. But it can be handicapping. It is one explanation of the high caffiene intake of programmers, esp accompanied by the observation that many of us(programmers) build tolerance/dependance to caffiene quickly, and reach the point where a liter of dew can be drunk directly before falling asleep with no perceptable adverse consequences.

    It can also be debilitating if you put something on the stove, and then solve that software bug and go to code it and next thing you know. smoke alarm tweeting.

  16. Re:Not right away on Sen Hatch Would Like To Destroy Filetraders' PCs · · Score: 1

    That is an interesting fantasy. And of course suddenly all the guns in existance, will disappear?

    And sulfer, saltpeter, and charcoal will be impossible to acquire

    Or for that matter CO2

    And we won't be able to go to Home Depot and by copper tubing for pipes. RIGHT?

    It only takes on nail to kill someone. It is fairly simple for someone with the desire to create a fatal weapon that is concealable, reusable, and field reloadable. Of course if you re-invent the blunderbuss(shotgunish) weapon, or even have something with one or two charges, that would be sufficient.

  17. Re:You have to ask yourself: what's scarier? on Sen Hatch Would Like To Destroy Filetraders' PCs · · Score: 1

    Thank you, Integrity is the key here. I couldn't care less about how someone behaves. I do care if he doesn't take responsibility either before or after getting caught, accepts the handslap and presses on.

  18. Re:get real on Sen Hatch Would Like To Destroy Filetraders' PCs · · Score: 1

    Well, you know the issue is not now, nor was it then about his sordid behaviour. It was about integrity.

    If he had when asked about the "affair" responded ~"Aw shucks Ya'll caught me, I was naughty. I'm just a man you know" He would have had a couple weeks of scandal and things would have moved on. But instead, he perjured himself, hemmed and hawwed, and redefined sex and is.

  19. Re:Why protect a dead industry ? on Sen Hatch Would Like To Destroy Filetraders' PCs · · Score: 1

    UH, that would be all of them. Symphonic orchestras that is. They are all independant. As far as that goes, and scraping by, That too. Oh yes, most of them work day jobs. And none of them are owned by the major labels. Some are subsidised by local municipalities, but that usually just barely allows them to keep the lights and water running.

  20. Re:Analog Hole on More Incompatible DVDs and CDs Coming Your Way · · Score: 1

    I got your analog hole

  21. Re:"incompatible" on More Incompatible DVDs and CDs Coming Your Way · · Score: 1

    odd, my Computer with a DVD drive is a "dvdplayer" and my other computer with a CDRW drive is a "cdplayer" Why should i be forced to spend money on an "onlyacdplayer" or an "onlyadvdplayer" when I've already invested in a "soundsystem" for my "alsoacdanddvdplayer".

  22. Re:Who needs self-destruction? on More Incompatible DVDs and CDs Coming Your Way · · Score: 1

    I can verify that there are issues with that DVD. My Computer player required a special firmware patch to recognize the media. perhaps there is something similar for the XBOX.

  23. Re:DRM for good? on More Incompatible DVDs and CDs Coming Your Way · · Score: 1

    Hey, What about the six of us that are married, we have to suffer with that "music" too.

  24. Re:Yeah. on More Incompatible DVDs and CDs Coming Your Way · · Score: 1

    yes, owning the media is great for me, But I don't want to have to switch DVDs, or cds in the middle of a game or a movie. with my file server, I can rip my DVD, and put it on the shelf, or in a safe, or whereever. Now, I only have 300 GB right now, and in order to store all my DVDs, I need more than that, but... ultimately I'm happy.

  25. Re:No worms for me, please! on Worms Going Further, Faster · · Score: 1

    Antivirus software is for people who sometimes wish do run un-trusted executables... Game CD cracks/DVD rippers, etc(I run a file server, and don't like to have my CDs out).