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  1. Re:And.... on Why Myths Persist · · Score: 1

    Your post is insulting, condescending, and adds nothing to the discussion. Everyone knows how your kind feel about the topic, so please clogging up the tubes.

  2. Re:I find this highly offensive on Judge Says, Record DNA of Everyone In the UK · · Score: 0

    ... and all you disenchanted, disenfranchised, potential suicide bombers out there - get a grip. Virgins in the afterlife! Are you serious?
    It's in the Qur'an, so in a way the extremists are "better" Muslims than the peaceful ones you know.
  3. Re:From-the-WTF-Dept. on Green Cars You Can't Buy · · Score: 1

    That's the stupidest troll I've heard all week.

  4. Re:Oh no, there's more. on Vista Bug Costs Users In Swedish Town Their Internet · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In the free software world, users can edit a few well annotated text files to get the job done if they are given the proper information. That task is harder in Windoze because you must dig through several GUIs that don't tell you what to ask for in advance or ever.

    Those text files are byzantine and subject to total failure, should one character be out of place. Have you ever tried to walk someone through typing in commands over the phone? Listing every letter using the international alphabet... except the EU doesn't understand the international alphabet?

    If you like to avoid the GUI, it is possible to directly edit the registry either through Regedit or by creating plain-text files that can be imported.

    The marketplace has made it clear since 1984, that the GUI is the superior interface for the neophyte and the casual user. But I don't expect a rational discussion on this topic from someone who calls an OS "Windoze". Should I call Linux "Linsux" or "StillLiveInMom'sBasementIx?"

  5. Re:rsync on Laptop/Server Data Synchronization? · · Score: 1

    Exchange uses a Jet database, not PSTs. In fact, the only time a 2 GB "limit" arises is when you're setting quotas on the mailboxes in ESM. For some reason, the tool will only let you enter a quantity up to 2 GB. You must use ADSIedit.

  6. Re:Competition would take care of that... on Users Trash Wal-Mart On Its Facebook Site · · Score: 1

    I'd much rather have a new Mazda 3 with tight suspension and decent engine for the cars weight, than huge American tin cow which handles like a shopping cart and has a ridiculous MPG.
    1978 called, they want their hyperbole back.
  7. Re:Quite wrong! on Users Trash Wal-Mart On Its Facebook Site · · Score: 1

    Germany's cars are worse "gas guzzlers" (seriously, have you looked at American cars since 1979? We have 30 MPG full-size sedans) than GM's offerings. I guess VW is good, especially the TDIs. Too bad they fall apart if you hit a pothole.

  8. Re:Just an incredibly banal version of the Borg... on Users Trash Wal-Mart On Its Facebook Site · · Score: 1

    However, in other countries they employ companies that treat their workers horribly. In ways that are inhumane and in ways that would be illegal here.
    If that kind of behavior is legal in those countries, that raises the question as to who is ultimately at fault. Maybe it's time we stopped justifying the brutal dictatorships and sharia governments through the guise of "tolerance" or "moral relativism".
  9. Re:This is *exactly* why on Users Trash Wal-Mart On Its Facebook Site · · Score: 1

    And when there's an ignorant troll AC on the loose on Slashdot, you're free to add him to your foe list or go to Fark. Somehow, though, people still complain when they're about. Don't they see they're the only ones putting themselves at risk?

  10. Re:Huh? on Valve Says Choice to Make DX10 Vista-Only Hurt PC Gaming · · Score: 1

    Hmmph. Newbies!

  11. Re:Go Speed Racer Go! on Wachowski Brothers and the Speed Racer Movie · · Score: 1

    Well, maybe I didn't say every single tiny little syllable, no, but basically, I said 'em, yeah. Basically.

    Whoa.

  12. Re:Not likely on U.S. Attorney General Resigns · · Score: 1

    Another question that needs to be answered: why are both Dems and Reps almost universally not in favor of the National Popular Vote?
    Because it works?
  13. Re:Not likely on U.S. Attorney General Resigns · · Score: 3, Informative

    With the electoral college system, living in a state that gets a low amount of votes (like Rhode Island) lowers the power of your own vote.
    That's not true. The number of electoral votes is a share reflecting the state's population compared to the rest of the US. If anything, it gives an advantage to the least populated states because they are required to have at least three.

    I think it's about time to do away with the electoral college and just go strictly by the popular vote.
    Maybe if you actually gave a reason to do that other to do it for its own sake, someone would listen to you.
  14. Re:Not likely on U.S. Attorney General Resigns · · Score: 1

    Nixon and reagan were allowed free walks due to the succeeding presidents being republicans.
    I guess you were one of the Minnesotans who voted for Mondale.
    I can't even imagine what horrible crime you believe Reagan walked away from. After all, he didn't commit perjury, destroy a civilian factory or fire all 93 U.S. attorneys.
  15. Re:Gateway after sales service sucks on Acer to Acquire Gateway for $710 million · · Score: 1

    Even if it is a laptop, you should only send in the bare machine and any relevant parts. Dell actually requires this, probably because it has the benefit of protecting Dell if you claim that it came back with parts missing. The battery, hard disk, and RAM are easily removed.

  16. Re:Direct link to the first strip on Where To Find Opus On Sunday · · Score: 1

    And Christianity as been promoting intolerance for hundreds of years. Listen to a few Christian radio shows in the US for example, and you'll find plenty of examples, including calling for the death of non-christians every now and again.
    Name ONE. Seriously, I didn't think "Adventures in Odyssey" constituted hate speech.
  17. Re:Direct link to the first strip on Where To Find Opus On Sunday · · Score: 1

    I've never heard of such a riot and couldn't find any evidence of it in any internet searches. That's probably because you're exaggerating was was really a simple legal protest.

  18. Re:Warranty? on Seagate to Offer Solid State Drives in 2008 · · Score: 1

    Sounds similar to to the life span of a hard disk. Do you think you could take a consumer hard disk, max it out every day, and get it to last more than one year?

  19. Re:Public Domain on Warner Bros. to Turn All 15 Oz Books Into Movies · · Score: 1

    The movie was produced in 1939 and, thanks to the late Sonny Bono, has still not entered the public domain. However, as pointed out below, the books have.

  20. Re:"Even women should be able to beat it" on Arm Wrestling Machine Recalled for Breaking Arms · · Score: 2, Funny

    And yet, the Brits are the first to criticize Americans for still using SAE.

  21. Re:memories on AppleWorks/ClarisWorks Dies Quietly · · Score: 1
  22. Re:But on Anti-Bacterial Soap No Better Than Plain Soap · · Score: 1

    Definitely! Just look at any OCD sufferer's hands... smooth and silky!

  23. Re:Awesome! on Manhattan 1984 · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you do believe that states are funded by the taxes that we already pay, what about the states that have no state taxes? Like, for example, New Hampshire?
    From new Hampshire's state revenue page:

    "New Hampshire does not have a general sales tax or an income tax on an individual's reported W-2 wages. There are taxes on an individual's interest and dividends income, inheritance, business taxes, consumer excise taxes and other taxes as listed below. Fuel taxes are administered by the NH Dept. of Safety Road Toll office at 603-271-2311.

    Every state has taxes.
  24. Re:Awesome! on Manhattan 1984 · · Score: 1, Troll

    It certainly is far worse to track people who may be connected to terrorist organizations than to blow up, shoot, and behead innocent people. Far worse! Evil Westerners!

  25. Re:"Amazing urgency" on Images of Endeavour's Damaged Tiles · · Score: 1
    I'm amazed you don't know.

    The pictures are pretty amazing and make the urgency of this whole thing much more amazing.
    File it under "The Redundancy Department of Redundancy" and move on!