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  1. Okay.. on Man Behind The Thirty Metre Telescope · · Score: 1

    I've gotta admit I've got a slight case of telescope envy.

  2. Re:America Online - Moving to India.. no F'n way on AOL Lays Off 450 In California · · Score: 1

    The quality of life factor in the equation is dwarfed by the difference in cost of living between India and the US. What would be considered a poor salary in the US could be an extremely luxurious income in India. For a country, having relatively lower or relatively higher cost of living both have their advandages and disadvantages. It is a complicated issue that is bigger than workers quality of life preferences.

  3. Re:This is a repost that needs to be said.... on Interviewing with the NSA · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you can't pass a polygraph test, regardless of whether you are lying or telling the truth, then what kind of intellengence agent would you make? If you were captured and tested by an adversary suspecting you of being an operative, you better be able to pass a polygraph.

  4. Re:Translations on Paraphrasing Sentences With Software · · Score: 1

    The trick is to get Japanese phrases from translating to: "All your base are belong to us"

  5. The Real Challenge... on Paraphrasing Sentences With Software · · Score: 1

    Company representatives said quote, "The real challenge was finding a software developer that hadn't slept through English class and knew how to diagram sentences."

  6. Re:Extended edition on LOTR: Two Towers Extended Edition Reviewed · · Score: 1

    I hear it comes with a toilet!

  7. Re:Tune going through my head all day on NASA's Earth Observatory Shows Solar Flare · · Score: 1

    I should know better to go outside without my foil lined cap.

    Everyone knows for the foil to work it has to be on the outside of your hat.

  8. Re:That's a goal? on Microsoft Officially Shows Longhorn, WinFX · · Score: 1

    Actually there have been two documented cases of PDF based viruses:

    http://www.pdfzone.com/news/101739.html

  9. Re:I would like to have seen... on X10 Pays $4.3 million In Damages For Pop-Unders · · Score: 1

    "Love is like sweet medicine, good to the last drop." ..in bed

  10. Re:Another 'I dont understand'...you really don't on Mac OS X Panther 10.3 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    I remember being told to fix some of the numerous bugs in the OSX's java implementation, an OSX upgrade would have to be purchased.

  11. Re:Another 'I dont understand'...you really don't on Mac OS X Panther 10.3 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    What do you call Windows98 SE? The Microsoft Plus Packs? The differences between 10.2.x and 10.3.x are much larger than either of these. This is not a "patch" but a mid-sized upgrade. I will be buying the upgrade as it is worth the money.

    I'm pretty sure you could get all (or most of) the extra patches and drivers (like USB support) in SE from windows update without having to purchase an upgrade. At least in Windows you aren't forced to pay for patches to get bug fixes.

    Considering that I have tried 12 year old games on MacOS X 10.3 (betas) and they have worked..

    I guess since your old programs work, every old program must work..

    I think Apple has done an exemplary job of keeping compatibility.

    Yeah, like how OSX just boots the entire 9 os if you run an older mac app. Give me a break!

  12. Re:Where to buy ultrabright LED's? on "Red is Dead" Optical Mice LED Change · · Score: 0

    Here are some more direct links: https://www.jameco.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ExecMacr o/jameco/pageDisplay.d2w/report?content=catalogol https://www.jameco.com/Jameco/Products/ProdCT/p030 .pdf

  13. Re:Where to buy ultrabright LED's? on "Red is Dead" Optical Mice LED Change · · Score: 0

    www.jameco.com might have some that would work

  14. 2001 Flashbacks on "Red is Dead" Optical Mice LED Change · · Score: 2, Funny

    For me, the red light is too reminiscent the evil and almighty HAL. Just try playing an mp3 of 'Daisy Bell' while staring into your mouse's red light. See if you don't start pulling out PCI cards and breathing heavily.

  15. arrrg on Lego Segway · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    +10 points for lego segway -20 points for not shelling out $4-5 bucks a month for a halfway decent webhost