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  1. When Spammers and Anti-Spammers Collide on Anti-Spammers Infiltrate Private Online Spam Clubs · · Score: 2, Funny

    When a spammer and an anti-spammer collide, they annihilate each other.

  2. Re:AdTI: Handouts for Neocons on Linus Not The Father Of Linux, According to Report · · Score: 5, Informative

    Fact: AdTI employs John Norquist [adti.net], the not-so-big-time younger brother of big-time conservative activist Grover Norquist [mediatransparency.org].

    Using John Norquist as the example here is a bad idea, since (even though his brother may be conservative) John Norquist is in fact quite the liberal (Up until a few months ago, he was mayor of Milwaukee, where I live, for many,many years).

    Hardly the "Neocon" you claim him to be.

  3. Wouldn't work on Microsoft Patents Timed Button Presses · · Score: 1

    That would only work if the patent office actually rejected patents.

  4. Re:Starcraft the movie on Does A Good Game Make A Good Movie Idea? · · Score: 1

    I agree that Starcraft does have a more believable storyline than War3...and it probaly would make a better movie. I wasn't particularly impressed with the Warcraft 3 story line.... There were a few good parts, like how the Orcs were only bloodthirsty killers beause of Gul'dan's spells and such.

    I'd be happy with either Starcraft or Warcraft, but I absolutly love the Warcraft 2 music (my favorite music of all time, to be honest).

    Scine we're on Blizzard games....Diablo has a pretty awesome story.... I think it would be pretty easy to make a movie just based on the Initial Battles between heaven and hell, and the end being the banishing of Diablo to earth. The rest of the trilogy could be the remaining stories in Diablo 1,2 and the Expansion.

  5. The Warcraft Series on Does A Good Game Make A Good Movie Idea? · · Score: 1

    I've always thoughts The warcraft series a fantastic plot and lots of cool magic....though it'd probably be a little too close to the LOTR series...

    Starcraft Also has a pretty cool story line, but I'd love to see a Warcraft movie.

  6. Re:It's the "Big Fraud" on The Unhappy World of IT Professionals · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm really unhappy with the thought that the ONLY thing I have to look forward to is that in 25+ years or so, after my last paycheck has been spent, I can put a gun to my head and begin a very brief 9mm retirement...

    whoa............

    dude

    Just chill, man.

    I'm certainly not a big advocate of this, but I think you need to get high...badly!

  7. Re:Seems to me... on Tom's Hardware Investigates Michael's Computers · · Score: 1

    What next, the Nigerian scam because they use computers supplied by MichealsComputers.com

    Funny...Nigeria is mentioned in the interview! You might be on to something, there.

  8. Re:uhh.. i always thought... on The Sun's 10th Planet... Sedna? · · Score: 1

    Comets revolve around the sun, but are not planets.

    The asteroid belt also revolves around the Sun, but we don't call them a buncha small planets.

    The big question is how big does something that revolves around the sun need to be to be considered a planet.

  9. Re:Model Number are needed! on Intel Plans CPU Naming Change · · Score: 1

    You could always use your favorite benchmark(s) to determine it's overall speed.

  10. Hell, even at 0 isn't all that bad on Intel Plans CPU Naming Change · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It still limits it by 75%.

    But I usually browse at -1, to try to find the little down-modded gems.

    One thing that I find rather interesting is the fact that most of the posts, then are modded down (around 2100 posts). That's an aweful lot of mod points wasted on totally meaningless trolls, when people could just browse at +1.

  11. Asimoc on coining "Robotics" on I, Robot Trailer Available · · Score: 1

    In his own words:

    "Robotics has become a sufficiently well developed technology to warrant articles and books on its history and I have watched this in amazement, and in some disbelief, because I invented it.

    No, not the technology; the word."

  12. Looks like someone gonna hafta do a little query on Intel Plans CPU Naming Change · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    delete from posts where subject like '%GNAA%';

  13. SQLite on MySQL Writes Exception for PHP in License · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well for those of you that don't like MySQL's restrictive licenses and want a quick little SQL db, PHP 5 is shipping with SQLite.

    An interesting little database to say the least.

  14. Re:moral: don't contribute to copyright holder on MySQL Writes Exception for PHP in License · · Score: 1

    But one can change the license of future versions as they see fit - a very important difference.

    Yes, but that release's license cannot be changed. That was merely my point. I realize you can do whatever you want to future versions.

  15. Bloody ASP on MySQL Writes Exception for PHP in License · · Score: 2, Funny

    Years ago I worked on ASP/SQL Server solutions and where you had to go with native code for high-performance

    Let's not forget that oh so common feature of Formatting Dates in ASP, you need to link native code for the "Format" function in VB (since FormatDate gives you a whopping 4 options) to get some even remotely as close to the power of the simple "date" function in PHP. Pretty shitty. God I hate ASP.

  16. Re:moral: don't contribute to copyright holder on MySQL Writes Exception for PHP in License · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Once a release has been distributed and licensed under the GPL (or any license for thaty matter), you can't "un-license" it later.

  17. Re:Commercial Open Source? on MySQL Writes Exception for PHP in License · · Score: 3, Informative

    As for use on your own website, if you aren't planning on selling it or seling it unmodified, you can do whatever you want to it, regardless.

    But if you plan on selling it packaged, even before this add-on license, as long as you distribute the code with it, thus adhering with the GPL, you're in good shape.

    Selling it with a PHP solution is fairly straightforward...you are more or less just selling the PHP code, and telling them that it needs to run on a MySQL database. That's kinda like writing a program that runs on Linux, and telling them that they need to install linux (or you'll gladly install it for them) to run this program. You aren't really "Selling" the database.

    But even if you are, as long as the GPL is upheald, you're right as rain.

  18. Re:one more suggestion on Protecting and Preserving Your Vision? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    close your eyes for a while

    Better yet, just go to sleep.

  19. Re:That's a good analogy for BSD too! on Linux the Tortoise to Microsoft's Hare? · · Score: 1

    Yes, but rabbits only live for a few years, while tortoises live for 100+ years. If that says anything.

  20. In-between? on 'They Can Sue, But They Can't Hide' · · Score: 1

    Then the question is, which scenario happens more frequently?

    I would think that a doctor can recognize from the description of the case (which is being stored), whether or not a suit was for real malpractice. You leave a sponge in someone, yeah, I'd say a lawsuit was necessary.

    Now, if you leave a Junior Mint in Someone, that's not worthy of a lawsuit, since, as we know, Junior Mints are great at staving off infections.

    My guess is that the former happens more often than the latter, but I don't trust anyone.

    "How about we just kill all the lawyers? Every once in a while, you just have to start over."

    I'm down.

  21. Good on 'They Can Sue, But They Can't Hide' · · Score: 1

    1. Patient Sues Doctor
    2. Doctor's Malpractice Insurance Rises
    3. Doctor Charges more to make up for increased Cost of Operation
    4. Health Insurance costs rise to cover increased health care costs.
    5. Go to step 1 until no one can afford health care any more.
    6. Everyone dies.

    I'd say this is pretty damn obvious. If I was a doctor, I want to damn well know if my patient was a litigous bastard.

  22. Re:More information, if you are interested on A Peek At Script Kiddie Culture · · Score: 1

    What a great read! Without sarcasm, I was riveted. Very interesting.

    I'm glad you brought that up, I have some reading material for the next few nights.

  23. Re:the flaming snowball theory? on Did A Comet Trigger The Great Chicago Fire? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The comet split in two around Jupiter and that one of the halves hit earth while the other continued on it's other tragectory.

    The small fragments that could have started the fire probably didn't make it throuh the atmosphere alone, but rather broke off the comet just before collision. Those smaller pieces inigiting fires in Wisconsin and Michigan.

    This would explain how small pieces could make it all the way to the surface.

    According to the article, that night alone, a total space the size of Connecticut was burned. That's a pretty significant chunk of land

  24. Re:Reaction time must be the only type of skill! on On Reaction-Based Massively Multiplayer Gaming · · Score: 1

    If only I hadn't just wasted my Mod points, I'd totally be modding this Funny.

  25. Re:Sign the PlanetSide Linux Port petition on On Reaction-Based Massively Multiplayer Gaming · · Score: 2, Funny

    How awesome is that. I'm signature number 2.