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  1. Re:Mac reliability on Ma.gnolia User Data Is Gone For Good · · Score: 1

    If that "sucks", your service must come with free hookers or something.

    I think you have it backwards...

  2. Re:Move to Arizona on Alternatives to Daylight Saving Time? · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but I couldn't resist replying to your sig. See, I have a 45-mile commute 1 way, and I travel along at 80 mph. I did the math and found out I save 7 minutes, 47 seconds vs. going 65 mph. So yeah, I have to pass that guy :-).

  3. Re:Monty won't let you switch on Psychologists Don't Know Math · · Score: 1

    It all depends on how much the goat is worth!

  4. Re:The Monty Hall problem in the extreme!! on Psychologists Don't Know Math · · Score: 1

    You gain no information about the envelope in the hat from the fact that the 8 others all got a "Sorry". This was a happenstance occurrence and it was possible that one of the 8 could have won. In the Monty Hall problem, he uses his knowledge of which door hides the car in order to avoid that door, thus giving you, the switcher, more information. So in the hat drawing, there is actually a 50:50 chance you'll win if your 8 competitors each get a "Sorry". Now, if they all somehow purposely made sure that they got "Sorrys", then you should switch. But if they got them by pure (un)luck, then your odds are now 50:50.

  5. Re:TFA Is Wrong on Psychologists Don't Know Math · · Score: 1

    The first choice may be theatrics, but it also restricts Monty's options. You are determining with your first choice what doors Monty has to choose from, and 2/3 of the time, you will force Monty to choose the *only* other goat-hiding door. 2/3 of the time, Monty will have to avoid the car, which means you should switch.

  6. Re:It's Flash on Comparing Browser JavaScript Performance · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes, this is a reply to a sig. Mod me down

  7. Re:Par for the course? on Data Loss Bug In OS X 10.5 Leopard · · Score: 1

    Open a folder, "Select All", drag into destination folder. And let all the subdirectories replace the other folder's subdirectories? Why should I have to manually recurse when my file browser should do this for me? OS X is the last OS that should require command line operations for a simple directory merge!

    When merge is the default mode of operation, a replace is easy: I can simply delete the old folder and drag over the new one.

    When replace is the default, there is no easy way to merge.

    Treating folders just like files doesn't make sense here.

    Don't get me wrong, I love my Mac. (Despite the uselessness of the Finder and of the [Home] and [End] keys.)

  8. This site discussed on TheDailyWTF on Nokia to Replace 43 Million Batteries · · Score: 5, Informative
  9. Re:Isn't it interesting that on Our ATM Is Broken, Go To Jail · · Score: 1

    Then scam them back. Pay weekly. That'll reduce your average daily balance and effectively give you your double-digit interest on your own money.

  10. Re:Posting my trouble ticket here on Verizon Accused of Slighting Copper Infrastructure · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    36.QGDQ.684591..CD? What company/region does the CD stand for? AT&T circuits out west end in PT (Pacific Telesis), Verizon circuits out here end in GTEW (GTE West) or sometimes GTCA (GTE California). Just curious.

  11. Re:Amarok in Linux on Better Jukebox Software for Bigger Libraries? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, just the metadata. But like the submitter was saying, using an XML file to track the metadata for that much music is not very efficient. A "real" database will have much less trouble with 100,000 songs than an XML file will. (I have ~40 GB of music, which is about 5500 tracks, so I'm guessing that his is probably on the order of 100,000 tracks give or take)

  12. Re:Amarok in Linux on Better Jukebox Software for Bigger Libraries? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Don't forget that Amarok can use PostgreSQL or (I believe) any other standard database for handling it's database. I'm sure that will make dealing with 750 GB of music MUCH more efficient.

  13. Re:That last guy on Space Invaders on Have You Hit a Gaming Wall? · · Score: 1

    I'm only replying to erase my accidental 'Overrated' moderation. I meant 'Funny', but damn that AJAXey moderation, I can't undo it!

  14. Re:Misleading grammar on New Ice Age Theory · · Score: 1

    That's the standard grammar of news articles. Drives me nuts.

  15. Re:Haha on Guitar Hero Lawsuit Settled · · Score: 1

    That is one of the best quotes I've read in a long, long time!

  16. Re:Hmmm, Not in my training and experience on Arson Science Rewritten · · Score: 1

    I am also a Libertarian, and found that quote funny. The actual quote is longer, and I don't know who to attribute it to, but since /. caps the sig to 120 (?) characters, I had to modify it.

  17. Re:Hmmm, Not in my training and experience on Arson Science Rewritten · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I believe you're talking about the Loop Fire. There are some interesting articles on it at that site as well.

  18. Re:Slow drivers--Know Your Surroundings! on Detecting Tailgaters With Lasers · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Flash your high beams right in someone's rear-view? That's dangerous.

    Actually, whenever someone behind me flashes their lights, and I am in the fast lane, then I take it as a request for me to switch to a more appropriate lane and allow them to pass. A request I always honor. Someone flashing their lights is a helluva lot less rude than them hanging on my ass, and gives me an opportunity to notice them (since I obviously didn't notice them the first place).

    The problem with people on the road today is that they always ascribe the worst possible attitude to others' actions. I interpret others' actions in the politest way possible.

    And no, a quick flash of the high beams is not dangerous, c'mon.

  19. Re:well, considering other reasons on AOL CTO Shown the Door · · Score: 2, Informative

    Per your definition, only the plural form may refer to either sex. In it's singular form, guy always refers to a male.

  20. Re:What makes this so different from cable interne on Verizon To Use New Tech With Old Cables · · Score: 1

    RTFA

  21. Re:Will this anger Time Warner, Comcast, Adelphia? on Verizon To Use New Tech With Old Cables · · Score: 2, Informative

    No their lines end at the demarc, which is outside the home. All the coax inside the home is the property of the homeowners.

  22. Re:The folly of corporate taxes on H&R Block Goofs on Its Own Taxes · · Score: 1
    SO freaking what? That tax money gets spent on you anyway, aside from the pointless, vast military cut. Complain about THAT.

    Yup. The way Daddy sees fit.

  23. Re:Ha! I'd dare them to pull that crap here! on Hackers Rebel Against Spy Cams · · Score: 2, Funny
    They weren't neo-nazis you freak. They were Arabs who kidnapped Israelis.

    and to quote the grandparent: But since the 1972 olympics security failure, and neo-nazi activities,

    Notice that "and"? Your parent poster did not say, "which were," he said "and". He was making a (short) list of things that would tend to make Germany a not-so-friendly-to-terrorists type of place. It wasn't a statement about those that did the kidnapping... you freak :-)

  24. Re:Tuppence, happence, anna farthing's worth on 10 Failed Technology Trends of 2005 · · Score: 1
    Reminds me of a saying I once heard...

    "No highs? No lows? Must be Bose!"

    I've had a couple of cars with a factory Bose system, and although they *do* sound better than normal stock systems, they are by no means comparable to any mid-level setup you can put in yourself from Best Buy (or equivelant). I've installed many stereos myself. They've ranged from shitty to very great sounding. I've learned that it had little to do with the components I selected and more to do with the car I was working with and they way those components were installed. Never again will I attempt to make a '96 Sentra sound great. Never could find all those rattles and resonances!

  25. Re:I can't believe this was posted on Fixing Windows Boxes that Crash After Blackouts? · · Score: 1

    I wish I had mod points right now...