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  1. Re:The Controlling Legal Authority is the DMCA on In Response To Restraining Order, Real Networks Pulls RealDVD · · Score: 1

    Or we have people who seem to think that the mere passage of time is enough to change the Constitution, rendering quaint ideas like arming oneself against tyranny or crime obsolete (e.g. Rosie O'Donnell recommending that citizens only be allowed to use 18th-century muskets). Strange that concept doesn't usually find its way to their freedoms of speech, press, or assembly.

  2. Re:I dunno.. on 10 IT Power-Saving Myths Debunked · · Score: 4, Funny

    hair, tits, and a vagina.

    For most geeks looking for a girlfriend, that list is followed by the phrase, "Pick any two."

  3. Re:I dunno.. on 10 IT Power-Saving Myths Debunked · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You fail at history. I mean, the Roman Empire alone has a list of debauchery, wastefulness, and unrealized potential 100 leagues long.

  4. Re:Heat, or heat pump? on 10 IT Power-Saving Myths Debunked · · Score: 1

    You definitely want to know when they fall back to resistance heat. The heat pump failed in my friend's central air and he didn't notice, resulting in something like a $500 heating bill. He had to put the thermostat at about 55 degrees F for a few days until the unit was replaced.

  5. Re:I dunno.. on 10 IT Power-Saving Myths Debunked · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'd recommend a Cisco PIX. If that's too expensive, get a decent consumer router like the Linux-based Linksys, then run DD-WRT on it. It doesn't make sense to run firewall software on an old PC at home anymore unless it's a power-sipper like a VIA running off flash.

  6. Re:I dunno.. on 10 IT Power-Saving Myths Debunked · · Score: 1

    The article is full of errors, too. They reverse the descriptions of "suspend" and "hibernate" (it's hibernate mode that saves the system state to disk) and claim that there is significant loss when running DC in a data center. I guess they're stuck on the 19th-century misconceptions about power. It's even more absurd when you realize that the DC only has to travel maybe 10-100 feet on very high quality copper. If this were true, I imagine that we'd even have trouble running devices on those cheap wall warts that have about 6-10 feet of wire carrying low-voltage DC.

  7. Re:Red Sea tag suggestion: on Birth of a New African Ocean · · Score: 1

    That means compass directions. In Isaiah and Job, the Earth is described as being circular, which still doesn't prove three dimensions but I don't know if ancient Hebrew had a word for a sphere.

  8. Re:Red Sea tag suggestion: on Birth of a New African Ocean · · Score: 1

    Like Barack Obama?

  9. Re:Red Sea tag suggestion: on Birth of a New African Ocean · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Really by definition ALL christians believe in ghosts. Ever heard of the holy spirit?

    Yes, and he isn't a "ghost" because he was never human.

    Of course atheists will have a higher number, we READ more.

    That is ad hominem garbage.

  10. Re:Red Sea tag suggestion: on Birth of a New African Ocean · · Score: 1
  11. Re:Red Sea tag suggestion: on Birth of a New African Ocean · · Score: 1

    If there was, it was removed to cause the global flood.

  12. Re:Efficiency on Plug-In Hybrids Aren't Coming, They're Here · · Score: 1

    Or, someone who thinks it's pointless to start with a friggin truck if you're trying to be fuel efficient..?

    I agree. Let's take all of those buses and rigs off the road, too! They're friggin' huge! I suggest we transport all people and packages using single-seat electrics. They have enough power to pull a little wagon, right? What's the big deal?

  13. Re:Divorce Rates on Slashdot's Disagree Mail · · Score: 1
    Being "subject" is not the same as being "subservient," as I have said.
    Also, you took both 1 Cor passages out of context. They are referring to the practice of covering (or not covering) one's head while in fellowship or prayer.

    Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head--it is just as though her head were shaved. If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; and if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head. A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

    By the way, that doesn't mean you should literally cut a woman's hair off because she didn't wear a hat in worship; it means she might as well have come in sporting a Sinead O'Connor look. None of this means that you're going to hell for committing a fashion faux pas, either.

  14. Re:Can't listen, Flash only on Sound Bites of the 1908 Presidential Candidates · · Score: 1

    It's amazing. A few years ago, people would whine about using RealAudio to distribute.

    Are you kidd[Buffering...]ing? I love Realp[Buffering...]layer.

  15. Re:Sounds condescending to modern ears on Sound Bites of the 1908 Presidential Candidates · · Score: 1

    Well, that's because the designated hitter is an abomination and only the worst kind of scum like it.

  16. Re:Sounds condescending to modern ears on Sound Bites of the 1908 Presidential Candidates · · Score: 1

    Stop calling it pro-life. You kill more life by blowing your nose than aborting an early embryo.

    Say that to a woman who just miscarried and see how it goes over. I don't recommend saying it in front of her husband; you might get hurt.

  17. Re:conservatives are anti-elitism? on Sound Bites of the 1908 Presidential Candidates · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Heck, conservatives are most of the elite---Bush beat Kerry by huge margins among people making $200k+, even in states that Kerry otherwise won handily (he won 64-35% among that demographic in California).

    No, that's because Democrats always promise they will raise taxes on the "rich" and give services to the "poor" like bureaucratic Robin Hoods.

  18. Re:Divorce Rates on Slashdot's Disagree Mail · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I would like to add that the bible does not demand that a woman be subservient to her husband. It does prescribe that she be subordinate, in that both partners have equal worth but the husband must accept responsibility for the marriage. The husband must respect his wife's emotions and intelligence, and make decisions while taking consideration of her feelings and input. Basically, he is what the perfect manager would be.

    To believers, this is akin to how the Son answers to the Father; but because they are one God (just like a man clings to his wife and they become one flesh in Genesis 1), the Son is not lesser than the Father: the Father is just in charge.

    This is just my humble interpretation; feel free to disagree.

  19. Re:Ugh... on Time to Clean · · Score: 1

    The monitor vents are almost completely blocked with debris and ash! How is this possible?

    The mouse is relatively clean-- a recent replacement I'd wager.

  20. Re:Electric Gas Cans? on Plug-in Hybrids May Not Go Mainstream, Toyota Says · · Score: 1

    He said gears, not speed. You can just as easily cruise at 1200 RPM in an overdrive gear as rev up to 8,000 RPM in a low gear.

  21. Re:Electric Gas Cans? on Plug-in Hybrids May Not Go Mainstream, Toyota Says · · Score: 1

    Diesel costs about 25% more than gasoline in the USA, while diesel engines are not 25% more efficient than gas engines.

  22. Re:Electric Gas Cans? on Plug-in Hybrids May Not Go Mainstream, Toyota Says · · Score: 1

    There was a list on Forbes last year of the 10 least fuel efficient hybrids. Guess which Large American company made 7 of them? That's right it was GM.

    Was it normalized for the capacity of the vehicle? Buses get crappy mileage, too, but they are efficient because they carry a lot of people. GM sells a hybrid SUV that gets "only" 24 MPG, but it's an 8 passenger vehicle.

  23. Re:Electric Gas Cans? on Plug-in Hybrids May Not Go Mainstream, Toyota Says · · Score: 1

    The Volt will get more like 30mpg when driven over longer distances.

    The old-school 3.4L V6 in my Alero gets 30 MPG on long trips. I highly doubt your projection.

  24. Re:Electric Gas Cans? on Plug-in Hybrids May Not Go Mainstream, Toyota Says · · Score: 1

    Like the GP poster said, it will be some time until we hit peak coal. Oil power plants seem rare or nonexistent in the USA; regardless, coal can be converted into a petroleum product or the plants themselves can be converted.

  25. Re:My friends on Can Static Electricity Generate Votes? · · Score: 1

    Or you are as AC as you seem.