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  1. Re:Yeah really on TrapCall Service To Bypass Caller ID Blocking · · Score: 1

    That's not a semi-low user id. Mine is only semi-low. And it don't mean a thing. I'm a knuckle-dragging blithering idiot.

  2. Re:And why the hell do I need a driver for this? on Handset Vendors Plug Micro-USB Charge Ports · · Score: 1

    If voltage is constant, then setting the current is de facto setting the power. But, you're right... current is not power.

    Unrelated: How many victims has your sig claimed? ;-)

  3. Re:Pretty Pictures with Little to No Functionality on Spiraling Skyscraper Farms For a Future Manhattan · · Score: 1

    Remember to wait until periods of high solar activity where you're out of contact with other factions to nerve staple so that you don't have 10 years of trade sanctions against you.

  4. Re:Jim? How about Captain. on Earth May Harbor a Shadow Biosphere of Alien Life · · Score: 1

    I'll bet you're a lot of fun at parties. At the risk of some redundancy, I'll post this again in case you missed it when dkleinsc posted it the first time.

  5. Re:In other news... on 1,234,567,890 Seconds Since Unix Time Began · · Score: 1

    Oh, no, I tuned in. I am a member of the One True Church of Joss. I liked it. I didn't have that immediate "I'm in love with this show" that I did with Firefly, but it was definitely watchable and intend to keep watching it.

    I just hope he knows what he's doing... "fool me once" and all that. :-)

  6. Re:In other news... on 1,234,567,890 Seconds Since Unix Time Began · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I figure Fox will cancel it after 13 episodes, just like they did to him last time. I used to think Joss was smart, but here he is, back with Fox, with a TV show with an interesting premise, and they've got him on Friday night again.

    If they do it to him again, I'll be disappointed, but I won't feel sorry for him this time.

  7. Re:Wrong Premise on Why Sustainable Power Is Unsustainable · · Score: 1

    Since you choose to call out a simple typo in an apparent attempt to score points in an imaginary game, instead of answering your question, since I don't believe it is sincere, I'll just let you keep wondering. "Aaaaand" [sic] also doesn't make you look any cleverer, either.

  8. Maybe it's because on CCP To Discontinue EVE Online Support For Linux · · Score: 1

    When I install the Windows client, I can play. When I install the Mac client, I can play. When I get the Linux installer, I get:

    ARGS are -GAME EveOnline-linux
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/eve/cedega_installer.py", line 17, in <module>
    import gtk, gtk.glade
    ImportError: No module named gtk

    Oh, I see, so apparently my pygtk installation isn't right. Whereupon I say "fuck it", since I want to play a game and not spend an hour in Gnome/Gtk dependency hell just to find out what dependency hell is lurking on line 18 of cedega_installer.py.

  9. Re:Wrong Premise on Why Sustainable Power Is Unsustainable · · Score: 4, Informative

    But, now we need to determine HOW MUCH he has contributed. For those who have missed it, Mars is also undergoing global warming.

    Let me tell you something about the Mars climate change. Its cause is due to albedo changes due to dust on Mars, and has nothing to do with climate change on Earth.

    I happen to know the gal who write that Mars global warming paper. In fact, she's one of my best friends. So I certainly didn't miss it. I also didn't miss it when she told me that people who hold up her paper to deny anthropogenic climate change on Earth are "clueless" and probably didn't read past her title, either.

    The whole "Mars is warming" thing is crap. You are looking at a tiny amount of data, from a couple of spacecraft that aren't even really designed to measure that.

    Sorry Charlie, it's not crap, either. Those couple (three actually... was four for a while until MGS died) of spacecraft are designed and used to measure surface temperature, albedo, and all kinds of other nifty properties. It's amazing what you can do with spectrometers, IR imagers, and bolometers. And the data we have on Mars isn't exactly tiny, either. But as I said above to the other guy, the reasons are albedo change due to dust patterns and have nothing (NOTHING!) to do with the Earth.

  10. Re:shit, I already broke the EULA..... on CNN Uses P2P Video & Adds Terrible EULA · · Score: 3, Funny

    He could be on to us though. Should we send a team to pick him up?

  11. Re:Not a first on Students Call Space Station With Home-Built Radio · · Score: 1

    "To build a ham radio from scratch, you must first create the universe." -- Apologies to Carl Sagan.

  12. Monopole Magnets at last! on Making Magnetic Monopoles and Other Physics Exotica · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now, do we go for Unified Field Theory and get tachyon bolt weapons, or Nanominiaturization and score the hovertank chassis?

  13. Re:Not news on Every Man Is an Island (of Bacteria) · · Score: 1

    Guilty as charged. Biology is my weakest science by far. Only took the one quarter required by my high school at the time, and wimped out taking environmental science to satisfy my bioscience college requirement.

    But if you met my bat-shit loco biology teacher in high school I think you'd understand. I suspect his knowledge of biology came from comparative organic compound ingestion. It was made more scary that he was also my driver ed teacher.

  14. Re:I'm torn on Best Buy API Aims To Expand Store's Reach Online · · Score: 1

    The ones in Arizona are okay, too. I prefer the one up on Thunderbird Avenue in north Phoenix, so naturally the one on Baseline on the Phoenix/Tempe border is much much closer to where I live and work.

    They put the returns right back out on the shelves, too, but they're pretty clearly labeled.

  15. Re:Should be interesting... on Obama Keeps His Blackberry (And Gets a Sectera) · · Score: 1

    Just to clarify: Clinton was actually impeached, which doesn't remove him from office. It's roughly analogous to an indictment, not a conviction. After that, he was acquitted by the senate, and therefore got to remain in office.

  16. Re:PNG/GIF i'll forgive on The ASP.NET Code Behind Whitehouse.gov · · Score: 1

    I was about to call you crazy until I looked it up. IE6 was released August 27, 2001. Not a decade yet, but damned if it's not going on eight years.

    Wow, I am getting old. Thanks for the reminder. :-)

  17. Re:Has there been a backlasth? on Belkin's Amazon Rep Paying For Fake Online Reviews · · Score: 4, Funny

    The problem with Belkin products is that is extremely difficult to write a review that is both negative and false.

    "This Belkin router was actually a Decepticon, which when I was out of the house, would transform and sodomize my pets."

  18. Re:Hello Moto on Qt Becomes LGPL · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stallman is a member of a Jewish political movement from the first century AD whose primary goal is to incite the people of Iudaea Province to rebel against the Roman Empire?

    No, he's a ground melee fighter armed with psi-blades, serving as the core of many Protoss forces, especially in the early-to-mid game.

  19. Re:Why is the government even subsidizing this? on DTV Coupon Program Out of Money · · Score: 1

    Where did I even mention a converter box? Get over yourself and learn some basic English skills, you chickenshit whiner.

  20. Re:This is not the droid you are looking for on New Energy Efficiency Rules For TVs Sold In California · · Score: 1

    My understanding is that the main hazard of CFLs is the tiny bit of mercury in them, which for general environmental protection is pretty much offset if a significant portion of your electricity comes from coal since burning coal releases traces of mercury. More mercury would be released from the coal to power the incandescent light than the power used by the CFL + its contained mercury.

    The problem with the mercury in CFLs is a localized problem in that if it breaks, the mercury vapor levels in the break zone can be many times greater than what the EPA regards as safe exposure limits.

  21. Re:One character makes all the difference on Obama Picks RIAA's Favorite Lawyer For Top DoJ Post · · Score: 1

    No, I blame you. You're the one who put it together as one word, and now in my head all I hear is "ring ring ring ring ring ring ring bloggophone"

    It will be days before I get over that brain virus. I hope you're happy.

  22. Re:Why is the government even subsidizing this? on DTV Coupon Program Out of Money · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you know of a place where I can buy a 60" LCD HDTV for only a thousand dollars, could you share a link?

  23. Re:Slashdot: Setup lines for bad jokes... on Carefully Timed Jerks Could Power Space Elevator · · Score: 1

    But you agree that "whom" isn't a word?

    Either you're not getting his joke, or I'm not getting yours.

  24. Re:CHECK MATE on A Hacker's Audacious Plan To Rule the Underground · · Score: 4, Funny

    since zero is a percent.

    Please, let's leave the value of my 401k out of this.

  25. Re:My Ambition on A Hacker's Audacious Plan To Rule the Underground · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Assuming you're not trolling, subscribers get to preview summaries before they are posted to the front page. The previews are bordered in red, so you know they have not yet gone live.

    This is true, but I'm no longer a subscriber, and I've noticed the red border myself a few times. It's enough to make me check if anyone bought me a gift subscription and they haven't. My semi-educated guess is there's some non-atomic publish update occurring, where the article is published, but the "Mysterious Future!" theming is not yet updated.