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  1. Re:Dear Bruce... on Let's Rename Swine Flu As "Colbert Flu" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why in the world would that even be thought of as even remotely racist?!?!?!

    This is the same California that considers calling an "undocumented immigrant" an "illegal alien" as racist also.

  2. Re:Dear Bruce... on Let's Rename Swine Flu As "Colbert Flu" · · Score: 1

    Be a lot easier to just call it the "Mexico Influenza" though. That's pretty much the standard for these things.

    Which can get you kicked off forums in California for being racist

  3. Re:Semi-Pandemic on WHO Raises Swine Flu Threat Level · · Score: 1

    We've had one death so far in the U.S., and it was a baby.

    Technically it was a Mexican just "visiting."

  4. Re:Just what is a pandemic? on WHO Raises Swine Flu Threat Level · · Score: 1

    so what is the big deal?

    MONEY!!!

    buy Tamiflu at $8 per pill! Operators are standing by.

  5. Re:No One Takes The Viral GPL Seriously Anymore on Oracle Top Execs Answer Sun Employee Questions · · Score: 1

    an office suite dosen't get anybody laid

    Luckily the guy doing the NeoOffice port is married.

  6. Re:Here I thought... on Time Warner Cable Won't Compete, Seeks Legislation · · Score: 1

    You should move to Santa Clara, CA where the electricity is provided by the city owned power company.

    It is much cheaper than the west coast monopoly PG&E

  7. Re:They need to be put in check on Time Warner Cable Won't Compete, Seeks Legislation · · Score: 1

    Comcast is charging me $59.95 for 81 channels (extended basic) and $42.95 for internet. I don't get phone service from the, but they claim the service is $24.95 but reading the small print they charge $5 rental fee for the VOIP router.

    That comes to $114.85 before "taxes" on the bill.

    This means that TWC also can't compete with Comcast for the same service?

  8. Re:Actually, there is an iTunes for movies on Why There's No iTunes For Movies · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sounds like a bug with the user.

  9. Re:In all seriousness... on PG&E Makes Deal For Solar Power From Space · · Score: 1

    What is this in-flight meal you speak of?

    Something airlines outside the US serve and yet remain profitable.

  10. Re:Multiple Cuts! on Multiple Fiber Cuts In San Francisco Area · · Score: 1

    Local broadcast news is reporting there were 2+ separate cuts in San Jose and up to 7 cuts in San Carlos.

  11. Re:Two cuts in two hours = 1 person on Multiple Fiber Cuts In San Francisco Area · · Score: 1

    So it's not some massive conspiracy, just a single person with a saw.

    Have you tried to move a man hole cover by yourself?

  12. Re:Yeah, but what's the point? on Segway, GM Partner On Two-Wheeled Electric Car · · Score: 1

    Different != better. My Italian engineering prof claimed that every Italian car he owned while growing up there was a piece of garbage.

    Was he driving cars in Italy that were made by the American car companies?

  13. Re:Woo on North Korea Missile Launch Fails · · Score: 1

    You think Koreans are Japanese?

    Koreans can pronounce 'r' just fine.

  14. Re:Existing customers? on AT&T Changes TOS, Limits Streaming, Tethering · · Score: 1

    The original poster is a little clueless as he claims to be on T-Mobile which is also GSM like ATT.

  15. Re:New network on phones? on Verizon Promises 4G Wireless For Rural America · · Score: 1

    Yup. T-Mobile rocks.. Been tethering on their service for many years. And their services keep getting cheaper.

  16. Re:You Ask The Wrong Questions on Google Bans Tethering App From Android Market · · Score: 1

    So the Anroid Market will not sell a tethering app to a T-Mobile customer because T-Mobile won't allow it, but they will to customers of [insert fictional non-sucky carrier here].

    Any proof that this is because of T-Mobile?

  17. Re:T-Mobile BlackBerry tethering on Google Bans Tethering App From Android Market · · Score: 1

    Same here... I don't think the issue is with T-Mobile.

  18. Re:forbids tethering? on Google Bans Tethering App From Android Market · · Score: 1

    I have the T-Mobile $19.99 unlimited data plan and have been tethering for years...

  19. Re:T-Mobile does support tethering on Google Bans Tethering App From Android Market · · Score: 1

    I tether via T-Mobile all the time with my Sony Ericsson P910 & P990 phones.

  20. Re:Why is this funny? on Hints of a Link Between Autism and Vinyl Flooring · · Score: 1

    When your poor, it's not diagnosed at all... Everyone just refers to the poor kid that is a little slow.

  21. Re:This is just sheer stupidity. on Cold War Standoff Over ISS Toilet · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Should US tax dollars really be used to allow for billionaires to play around in space? No.

    US tax dollars are needed to bail out the billionaires from their mortgages.

  22. Re:Good for AT&T! on AT&T Won't Terminate User Service For RIAA Without a Court Order · · Score: 1

    I know it's so 19th century, but there are things called checks, and an organization called the Post Office will deliver them all the way across town for 42 cents.

    Except that the Post Office is going under..

  23. Re:only $599 on iPhone 3G Finally Available In US Contract-Free · · Score: 1

    In any case, I hope this will make all the people shut up about having to buy a contract.

    All US cell phone companies require a contract.. The issue is the COST.

    For example you can get unlimited calls on T-Mobile for $49.99. Compare that to ATT's unlimited call plan.

  24. Re:can I just pop the card out of my KRZR into thi on iPhone 3G Finally Available In US Contract-Free · · Score: 1

    T-Mobile and ATT use different frequencies for 3G. T-Mobile uses 1700/2100, ATT uses 850 and 1900.

    And yet people are unlocking their iPhones and using them on T-Mobile all the time.

  25. Re:Access Point Wi-Fi? on Linux Kernel 2.6.29 Released · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Microsoft hasn't stolen this feature from the Mac yet?