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  1. Re:SCO tactic on SCO Files for Stay of Execution · · Score: 1

    I'm sure you wife won't put you on the street. But the couch, now that's another story. :-)

  2. Re:I've got mine on pre-order. on Port-A-Nuke · · Score: 1

    That's why I suggested hypnotherapy. No drugs, just your own mind. Trust me, your brain can do more amazing things than you ever dreamed.

  3. Re:I've got mine on pre-order. on Port-A-Nuke · · Score: 1
    "I suffer from night-terrors."

    Have you sought professional help for this? I'm not trying to sound flip, but a good hypno-therapist could probably help you work out the source of this fairly rapidly.

    Why yes, I am trained as one as a matter of fact!

  4. Re:innocent on Judges Junk Jailcam · · Score: 1

    Then I'm glad to see that you agree the Ken Lay is innocent of any bad activities at Enron. :-)

  5. Re:innocent on Judges Junk Jailcam · · Score: 0, Troll
    Perhaps you really don't understand what innocent means. Let me try with small words.

    Let's say I find this guy in an alley and decide that I want to kill him. I slit his throat, and disolve his body in a pit of quicklime. I am never even arrested for this. You therefore would say that I am innocent of murder, or that I have no guilt.

    You are a sad, strange little man. Farewell!

  6. Re:innocent on Judges Junk Jailcam · · Score: -1, Troll
    people are innocent of the crime of which they are accused

    Um, yeah. Innocent. They didn't do it until after they are convicted, then they transported back in time to do the crime!

    I do not think that word means what you think it means.

  7. Re:Kill Berman. Then put the franchise in stasis. on Star Trek XI: Romulan Wars? · · Score: 1

    You forgot Nana Visitor.

  8. Re:I love the movies on Will LOTR:ROTK Extended Edition Hit Cinemas? · · Score: 1

    I don't think my butt could take 4 hours in a theater seat.

  9. Re:Two words on Appeals Circuit Ruling: ISPs Can Read E-Mail · · Score: 2, Funny
    WHY? WHY? Because next they start listening to your phone...

    Dude, they are already listening on your phone. What bugs me is they keep listening in on my mind. And I've been hearing some crosschat from their thoughts too. It's really scary...

  10. Re:Just doesn't sound like Google to me... on Affinity Engines Says Google Stole Orkut Code · · Score: 1

    You might want to note that he was the co-founder of the other company. It wouldn't be unheard of for him to retain rights (in one form or another) of code he wrote at that company.

  11. Re:Press release, sans PDF on Nanotube Non-Volatile Memory Entering Production · · Score: 1
    Wow. We are so lucky to have an expert in layout and ligatures tell us about the internals of PDF and how well they can be converted to text that can be read or spoken by automated softare.

    I would like to think Grishnakh for his concise and erudite help in solving this problem for everybody. He truly is a master debator.

  12. Re:Where do you think the flavor comes from? on Brew Your Own Auto Fuel For 41 Cents A Gallon · · Score: 1

    Interestingly, I just saw about this on Food Network. When they change oil for potato chips (crisps for you Brits :-)), they only drain about half of the old oil so the flavor doesn't get lost.

  13. Re:They still ... on Pixar's Next Movie: The Incredibles · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but I don't like A Bugs Life. The Magnificent Seven (yes I know it was a remake of The Seven Samuri) remade using Insects! Way too predictable, and quite frankly, my house gets ants every year. They aren't cute and cuddly.

  14. Re:Please... kill me now on Record Labels Push for iTunes Price Hike · · Score: 1

    Works for Microsoft. Why not for Apple? (And they do that somewhat in the software world already.)

  15. Re:Maine and Nebraska do proportional delegations on LUG Pres Resigns Over Military Linux Use · · Score: 2, Insightful
    "Hawaii was 51st and Virgin Islands is 52nd? ... but there are 52 of them these days"

    WTF?

    This guy must be in the press corp or something to get the facts this wrong.

  16. Re:Ogg Vorbis?Ogg Vorbis?Ogg Vorbis? on Fourteen Digital Music Players Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Take another hit and then buy a clue instead of your next nickle bag. Or are you just being wrong and stupid on purpose?

  17. Re:Come on CA on City Officials Almost Ban Foam Cups · · Score: 1

    (See sig)

  18. Re:That explains the Shrub... on Recall of Segway Announced by CPSC · · Score: 1
    Thank you Mr. Chamberlain.

    Now start talking about the Seqway and why it is interesting that you can download an update to the OS on it.

  19. Re:LISTEN on Japanese Deploying Powered Exoskeletons for Elderly · · Score: 1

    Sorry, Mr. McBride.

  20. Re:Not my cup of tea on The Trilogy as One · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    It was "To be concluded..." in the theater I went too.

    But it was still horribly lame. And the on top of that they had to had the bad TV season finale sting.

  21. Re:MS Failures... on Microsoft's Forgotten Mistakes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Even though the buttons are slightly separated, the design still sucks. It is no better or worse now than in Windows, IMNSHO. I really prefered them separated since I didn't have to stop and think about which button did what based on it's color.

  22. Re:Now I'll wait to buy a Mac on PPC 970 Confirmed for Apple? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Please wash those hands before you return to serving those french fries. :-)

  23. Re:I'm skeptic on Preliminary OS X & PPC 970 Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    Not just one motherboard, but two motherboards. And with a rev of Panther that would probably be pretty unstable/unusable.

  24. Re:interesting on Analysis of Netflix's DVD Allocation System · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Also, if you have a "Long Wait" movie at the top of your queue, you can expect that a new movie doesn't go out to you as quickly as if you have a "Now" movie in that position

    That hasn't been my experience. I live 1 day turnaround from the local center in San Jose. I drop my movies in the box, they get them early the next day (I've gotten e-mail about their recieving it before 7AM local time) and they ship out the same day with a new one.

    Fantastic turnaround. And they love me this month because I have 3 disks I keep forgetting to send back.

    The only time I saw a hesitation on sending was once when I had a long wait at the top of my list. I think they had an anticipation of return in the rental model that didn't happen that day.

    But then again, I got a bonus rental (4 out at once) when they didn't have a copy of a movie locally and sent it from a different location to me. Great service.

  25. Re:Everybody generalizes... on Nanotechnology: Nanoscale Particles A Health Hazard? · · Score: 1
    You have read their site, right? Tell me what they are for. Anything? Or they only an ANTI group?

    ETC Group (Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration) is opposed to:

    1. Genetic engineering of crops. (Because it will kill all the other crops.)
    2. Using genetic engineering to prevent crops (an answer to their complaint 1.)
    3. Against anything really really small.
    4. Against "biopiracy" which seems to mean people they don't like growing things they do like.
    5. Agribusiness (apparently people show grow food by poking pointy sticks in the dirt.)

    So be nauseated all you want. I've seen their ilk for decades. They push pseudo-science and raise cash for more pseudo-science publicity and lobbying.

    If people like this claimed some radical new scientific breakthrough, like perpetual energy from a bowl of bean dip, their supporters would send even bigger checks.