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  1. Re:Then STOP releasing the product! on Bill Gates Chews Out Microsoft · · Score: 1

    At least Ubuntu *comes* with those programs! What would you do in Windows?
    Click on the icon for Media Player?

    It's the same with any Linux program, but either it's already installed or can be installed with a click or a command, once you know what you're looking for.
    ... and if Media Player isn't installed for some reason, you'll find it in Add/remove Programs. Or you can run Windows Updates.
  2. Re:It may be small... on Only One Quarter of the Planet To Be Online By 2012 · · Score: 1

    Why does the USA have to take them? After all, isn't the world tired of our meddling and the imposition of our oppressive democracy and capitalism?

  3. Re:It may be small... on Only One Quarter of the Planet To Be Online By 2012 · · Score: 1

    Who displaced them? They moved to Gaza, Lebanon, Jordan, and the west bank of their own accord because they didn't want to live under a government run by Jews. That's it. And it doesn't even have to be run by Jews, as Palestinians in Israel are citizens and can vote and run for office. But they don't want anything to do with people they claim drink the blood of babies. Also, this has little to do with the native American situation, being that Hebrews have been present in the area for thousands of years.

  4. Re:Thank minimum wage on IT Students Contract Out Coursework To India · · Score: 1

    Usury laws might as well be "useless" laws. Most lenders are incorporated in South Dakota or Delaware, where their usury laws basically don't apply to banks. A bank incorporated in DE could raise your VISA's interest rate to 30% and you basically wouldn't be able to do anything about it.

  5. Re:Minimum wage and other laws on IT Students Contract Out Coursework To India · · Score: 1

    What's astonishing is that you don't know the difference between the words "should be" and "is". Governments violate human rights every day, but those of us who read Locke know that it is not the proper way of things.

  6. Re:Interersing trend... on Higher Oil Prices Are Starting To Bring Jobs Home · · Score: 1

    If you think it can't be stopped, then at least don't get in the way of those who think we can fix our problems.

  7. Re:Interersing trend... on Higher Oil Prices Are Starting To Bring Jobs Home · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure there aren't any ducks in that part of Alaska. And oil is bad for ducks no matter where it comes from.

  8. Re:Interersing trend... on Higher Oil Prices Are Starting To Bring Jobs Home · · Score: 1

    Maybe you should research the environmental impact of the existing pipelines before you speculate wildly.

  9. Re:Interersing trend... on Higher Oil Prices Are Starting To Bring Jobs Home · · Score: 1

    Must be those dirty Jews and Republicans, eh?

  10. Re:Interersing trend... in 1985 on Higher Oil Prices Are Starting To Bring Jobs Home · · Score: 2

    That is still several hundred years it will have to be highly guarded by members of the US Armed Forces
    They'll be available once we call them back from Iraq.
  11. Re:Interersing trend... on Higher Oil Prices Are Starting To Bring Jobs Home · · Score: 1

    What's your point? No method of generation is safe.

  12. Re:Missing assumption on Higher Oil Prices Are Starting To Bring Jobs Home · · Score: 1

    All drilling in Alaska is guaranteed to do is to screw up Alaska.
    How? You do realize that we already drill in Alaska, and that wildlife thrives near the pipeline?
  13. Re:Always. on When Is a Self-Signed SSL Certificate Acceptable? · · Score: 1

    A cert can be subverted through the usual methods: carelessness, and social engineering. An exported cert could be left hanging around on a file share or CD-ROM, or the password could be revealed in a plaintext email.

  14. Re:Mad? Really? on MySpace's Melting Makes Murdoch Mad · · Score: 4, Informative

    WTVT is a local Fox affiliate, not the Fox News cable channel. Claiming they are the same is like claiming everything on MSNBC must be biased in favor of Microsoft. FAIL.

  15. Re:Gender very much part of this! on Multitasking Considered Detrimental · · Score: 2, Informative

    Wow... you really shoehorned that OT comment in sideways. Besides, "mulier taceat" is an incorrect interpretation, as Paul mentions earlier in 1 Cor 11 that women can pray (aloud) and prophesy. Paul is saying that women should refrain from chiming in while others are interpreting or otherwise speaking.

  16. Re:Best Summary of Religion on George Carlin Dead of Heart Failure · · Score: 1

    Carlin mastered the art of the straw man argument.

  17. Re:Smiling down. on George Carlin Dead of Heart Failure · · Score: 1

    Speaking of "up there", did you see how far over your head that joke went?

    I'm puzzled by this, because your second statement sounds like an equally ironic joke in an article on Carlin. It's just short about four words.

  18. Re:Legal "slam dunk"? on Man Fired When Laptop Malware Downloaded Porn · · Score: 1

    incompetent abuse the rapists
    Fixed that for you!
  19. Re:Yes, I received the same notice. on Netflix To Eliminate Profiles Feature · · Score: 1

    The "get off my lawn" stuff has a sad irony in this context, as air travelers in the 20th century were treated like royalty compared to today.

  20. What's Drudge Retort? on AP Files 7 DMCA Takedowns Against Drudge Retort · · Score: 1

    I hadn't heard of it before today. I find it hilarious that someone obviously thinks the Drudge Report is too conservative and needs a response from the left. Drudge Report is the most balanced blog out there (which I guess is faint praise on a radical internet).

  21. Re:in other news on Road Rage Linked To Automobile Bumper Stickers · · Score: 1

    In most states, you are to remain in the right lane except to pass (or when there is congestion). There are no specific speeds for specific lanes; there is a (seldom posted) minimum of 40 or 45 MPH on most interstate highways.

  22. Re:"Aliens" is the first movie mentioned on Special Effects Wizard Stan Winston Dead At 62 · · Score: 1

    Your mom seems flakey, but cool!

  23. Re:So he finally cracked the secret ... on Special Effects Wizard Stan Winston Dead At 62 · · Score: 1

    Excuse me, but your manure pile is ringing.

  24. Re:Bah! I'll wait for version 3 on Wine 1.0 — Uncorked After 15 Years · · Score: 1

    Too bad you'll only have about six months to enjoy it before your system crashes due to the ending of the *NIX epoch.

  25. Re:Public perception on GE Microbes Make Ersatz Crude Oil From Many Sources · · Score: 1

    So if this escaped into the wild, and you accidentally consumed a small amount, would it turn you into crude oil?
    No, but old jokes about using the emissions from one's butt to fill a gas tank would suddenly become ironic.