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  1. Re:You've GOT to be kidding! on NIST Releases Report On WTC 7 Collapse · · Score: 1

    It's in the Arthur Kill landfill. Start diggin'.

  2. Re:Known to cause cancer... on California Classes LED Component Gallium Arsenide a Carcinogen · · Score: 1

    Here's a question: does CA put warning signs on salt, because it contains poisonous chlorine? Or do they just warn you that it's sure to cause hypertension, so you should eat your tasteless tofu cubes and stop whining? Getting arsenic out of LEDs requires real effort.

  3. Re:The devil is in the details on Judge Rules Man Cannot Be Forced To Decrypt HD · · Score: 1

    Does it matter if it's a hate crime if someone dies? Hate crime is thought crime. People will always hate, just like poverty will always be with us.

  4. Re:So much for the seeds of .... on Teens Arrested For Motorized Office Chair · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The state of New Jersey had (and still has a few) circles (roundabouts), and the biggest problem with them is that you have to steal a huge amount of land through eminent domain to build them. Periodic passing lanes also require real estate, as do merge lanes. Obviously these are not universal solutions.

  5. Re:Hmm on Where Has All My Spam Gone? · · Score: 2, Funny

    As far as I can tell, the only people still self-delivering email from dynamic IP addresses are hobbyists who collect knives and home-school their kids

    Now there's an intriguing new stereotype!

  6. Burn pile on What Should I Do With My Tech Junk? · · Score: 1

    Ship it off to Africa, obviously!

  7. Re:License Management Software!? on Massive VMware Bug Shuts Systems Down · · Score: 2, Informative

    Isn't the sort of thing that the BSA (no, not Boy Scouts) is useful for? Maybe you should join?

  8. Re:Efficiency on Researchers Pave Way For Compressor-Free Refrigeration · · Score: 1

    I don't even keep my freezer at 0 degrees F. My ice cream gets a little too hard.

  9. Lazy HP on Official Support For PHP 4 Ends · · Score: 1

    Gee... I guess they will have to actually release a PHP5 for OpenVMS some time soon.

  10. Re:Perhaps a better solution... on Using My PC For Plain Old Telephone Service? · · Score: 1

    He wants to make sure that the caller does not hear his music. Your method would not work, as some audio from his speakers would likely bleed through.

  11. Re:consumer uses on Atom-Thick Balloon Inflated · · Score: 1

    Because condoms don't feel good and they break?

  12. Re:Out on a limb on Net Shoppers Bullied Into "Verified By Visa" Program · · Score: 1

    They don't actually package the meat together with the fertilizer and motor oil. Hope that helps.

  13. Re:Out on a limb on Net Shoppers Bullied Into "Verified By Visa" Program · · Score: 1

    Wal-mart doesn't bring money into your community, it pays minimum wage

    No, it doesn't. I guess everyone assumes since Wal-mart is the Evil Empire of retail, they must pay their employees minimum wage, deny overtime pay, force them to live in company shacks, discipline them with bullwhips, administer daily enemas, and force-choke anyone who resists.

  14. Re:Out on a limb on Net Shoppers Bullied Into "Verified By Visa" Program · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, assuming you're really buying locally (as in, buying locally grown, locally made products) it's reducing the carbon footprint of the purchase astronomically.

    Unfortunately, all the food is still made of carbon. If only we were silicon-based life forms!

  15. Re:DVD is poor by comparison, but is "good enough" on New Study Finds Low Interest In Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    If you don't keep your brightness too high and don't leave static images on-screen for hours, you won't have to worry about burn-in.

  16. Re:DVD is poor by comparison, but is "good enough" on New Study Finds Low Interest In Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    Actually, it sounds like the only one getting her own is your girlfriend. God Bless the Child, eh?

  17. Re:DVD is poor by comparison, but is "good enough" on New Study Finds Low Interest In Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    Average Joe might still say something like "looks the same to me", I guess, but for most people it's eye-opening...

    Your sample must be pretty skewed if the mean doesn't overlap with the mode...

  18. Re:DVD is poor by comparison, but is "good enough" on New Study Finds Low Interest In Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    I've seen 1080p on a 46" plasma and I can tell you it is astounding and lifelike. Unfortunately, I have an LCD budget.

  19. Re:Ideas are cheap. on How To Sell a Video Game Idea? · · Score: 1

    Steam engines were still cutting-edge, inefficient, and expensive in colonial America. You're looking for something more like water-mill punk, or horsepunk.

  20. Re:8 bit???? on $12 MIT Computer Based On NES, Not Apple II · · Score: 1

    Apparently 16 bits wasn't enough, either. But it's enough for MINIX.

  21. Re:BIOS.... on $12 MIT Computer Based On NES, Not Apple II · · Score: 1

    You don't need the "select" unless you have two players.

  22. Re:Targus lobbyist on TSA To Allow Laptops In Approved Bags · · Score: 1

    He might not have to actually experience a butt-raping to know it's simply not for him.

  23. Re:Targus lobbyist on TSA To Allow Laptops In Approved Bags · · Score: 1

    Most people look worse than you do in a horribly wrinkled suit, rolled up inside a duffel bag.

  24. Re:Targus lobbyist on TSA To Allow Laptops In Approved Bags · · Score: 1

    That lawyer is an idiot, and you're an idiot if you follow his advice. I agree for many situations, such as when a police officer comes to my house, I step outside and close the door behind me. I do not invite the officer in.

    This also works for vampires, as long as you're wearing a garlic necklace.

  25. Re:Public outrage trumps diplomacy? on China Does U-Turn, Lifts Ban On Websites · · Score: 1

    In other news, Wu Jiaxiang was found dead in his apartment today; an apparent suicide.