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  1. Re:Really that big deal? on Obama Recommends Delay In Digital TV Switch · · Score: 1

    Huh. Well that's good to know. I haven't noticed the issue with the DTVPal yet, but I'm going to be using the timers, so that's an important feature for me.

  2. Re:Really that big deal? on Obama Recommends Delay In Digital TV Switch · · Score: 1
    How much cheaper do you want them to get? I'm still using rabbit ears, and with my coupon, I paid $9 -- yes, that's nine dollars -- for my converter box. It's pretty spiff too:

    http://blogs.consumerreports.org/electronics/2008/07/dtvpal-converte.html

  3. Re:Advertising on Microsoft Causes Internal Family Strife · · Score: 1

    And wouldn't share his mustard. Don't forget the mustard.

  4. Re:Street fighting on You, Too, Could Be Batman In 10 To 12 Years · · Score: 1

    *shooom* (That's the sound of the horrible pun and derived scatological joke flying over your head.)

    It's a poop joke, son. Laugh! :-)

  5. Re:Fanbois, have you actually tried one? on Review of the Model M-Inspired Unicomp Customizer Keyboard · · Score: 1

    I own a Unicom. Love it! And I can rock 80 wpm on a good keyboard. I can get maybe 60 on a bad one. Fast typists need good keyboards.

  6. Re:Dangerous, huh? on Wearable Motorcycle Design · · Score: 2, Informative
    Actually, a high-side is a bit more dangerous (and violent) than just ending up in front of the bike. A high-side happens when the motorcycle suddenly regains traction after a loss of traction, and it can end up *flipping* you off the bike in the direction of travel. So, you get to bounce off the ground from about 6 feet up, and then, if you're "lucky", you slow down faster than the bike, and it comes along and adds insult to injury.

    See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iWWuW4U73s @ 1min 40 secs in.

  7. Re:Ancient Greek Technology Costs Jobs. on Mathematics Skills More in Demand Than Ever · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You clearly don't know any poor people (or grad students for that matter). $1-5/lb, indeed! Sometimes $5 is all someone has for the rest of the week. You can't just buy a pound of fruit and eat that for a week.

    Ramen and ground beef that's been marked down because it's about to expire is much more in line with what people are able to stretch their budgets to.

  8. Re:Looking Back on Slashback: Wikipedia, Netwosix, GooglePC · · Score: 1

    What's a swordchuck? Are they related to biblechucks?

  9. Re:This to popularize HD-DVD? on Memory-Tech, Toshiba Develop DVD/HD-DVD Discs · · Score: 1

    it was how long until DVD and VCR tapes just became DVD tapes at blockbuster?

    mmm... You know you can still get tapes at Blockbuster, right? At least my local store still stocks tapes.

  10. Re:Score on Review: Evil Genius · · Score: 1

    I disagree. I think 6/10 is a perfectly valid score. I had fun playing it for a while, then ran into all the issues that he mentioned in the review. The game is a 6. (Maybe a 7, but that's pushing it)

    The original Dungeon Keeper was an 8. Now that's a pretty good game! Still not a 10, though. It was really fun, but interface quibbles kept it from that.

  11. Re:Hmm.. on LP files Suit To Stop State Funding Of 3rd Debate · · Score: 2, Interesting

    No, because they've never claimed that they wish to abolish the court system. The government (and by extension the court system) is there to prevent coercion and/or the use of force against its citizens.

    In a libertarian world (at least as I understand it), the republicrats would be able to exclude anyone they wish from their debates, though. And I would expect that the campaign contribution rules would be laxer, so this is somewhat weird in that regard, because as far as I can see, this would all be legal if the Libertarians got their way...

    But, I suppose that I'm not bored enough, so maybe it all cancels out.

  12. Re:You're arguing against capitalism on How India is Saving Capitalism · · Score: 1

    He does have a company, monkey-butt. Didn't you even read the comment?

  13. Re:We were conned - had nothing to do with technol on Have We Learned from the New Economy? · · Score: 1

    International Paper (NYSE:IP) is down 20 points off its peak in 2000. Its low in 2000 was down by 50% of it's peak. Its P/E ratio is over 60. If all the "new economy" stuff is hype, then that means it's ridiculously overpriced.

    Paper as an investment sucks.

  14. Re:ssh private keys on Home Directory In CVS · · Score: 4, Informative

    This isn't insightful. He specifically states in the article that he has a .hide directory that _doesn't_ get "sown like seeds across a number of systems" just for this very reason. Bah.

  15. Note, it's not all of Network Solutions... on Verisign Gets Out of the Registrar Biz, Keeps .com Registry · · Score: 3, Informative

    They're only selling half of the business.

    Quote from the press release:

    When VeriSign acquired Network Solutions in 2000, it obtained two distinct businesses:

    The customer-facing Registrar business is the world's leading provider of domain name registrations, and an industry leader in value added services such as business email, websites, hosting and other web presence services. The Registrar, which re-assumed the Network Solutions name in January of this year, constitutes the current Network Solutions business that is being sold.

    The Registry business that is the backbone of the global .com and .net domain name infrastructure currently handles over 10 billion interactions per day, remains with VeriSign as a critical component of its business. This Registry business was recently renamed VeriSign Naming and Directory Services and is a core piece of VeriSign's Internet Services Group.


    If I was a gambling man, I'd bet that this is an end-run around ICANNs contract with them to run .com/.net in an impartial manner. Go SiteFinder!