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  1. Did anybody else get this? on Microsoft Behind SCO Cash Investment? · · Score: 1

    When I went to the page at eWeek, the Shockwave Flash ad on the page was from Dell-M$ on how they can save you money on Unix Migration and how you can get a 'Free Business Case Analysis'. Coincidence, or not? You be the judge!

  2. The Spacepen! on When Word Processors Are Out: What's The Best Pen? · · Score: 1

    I have a Fisher Spacepen, which is great if you like writing upsidedown. It's expensive, but I can store it for months and then use it again with no problem.

    I must admit that for the most part I do write with an old Staedtler Mars 780 mechanical drafting pencil that I used in high school over 20 years ago. Or else I just pick up whatever pen just happens to be within my reach.

  3. Re:Totally off-topic on Canada Immune From RIAA? · · Score: 1

    "Never attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence." I believe that no one currently in the pot-growing program at Health Canada is deliberately malicious, incompetence completely covers the results that they get.

  4. Totally off-topic on Canada Immune From RIAA? · · Score: 1

    Funny you should mention Canada's pot situation:

    Health Canada dope stinks, patients say

    The Government can 't even grow good dope, something any B.C. Grandma can do!

  5. Why don't they just flip a coin... on Flavor vs. Flavour · · Score: 1

    ...and decide whether to use The Oxford Dictionary (which the U.K. and Canadian Governments are supposed to use for official English spelling) or Websters Dictionary for the U.S. spelling.

    Of course, since the most number of Linux Distros and installations are going to be in the U.S., why not just use the American spelling. Here in Canada we use the 'British' spelling, but slowly we're migrating over to the American way (even though we deny it, we're doing it, just ask people here whether it's 'zee' or 'zed').

  6. Now is the time! on NCR Patents the Internet · · Score: 1

    Time to patent the ability to turn oxygen to carbon dioxide using a biological process! I could make trillions (just my luck, it'll be Canadian dollars).

  7. Re:Lable under terrorist on Carmack Needs Rocket Fuel · · Score: 3, Interesting

    For the Me163, the Germans used C-Stoff and T-Stoff. C-Stoff was a methyl alcohol, hydrazine hydrate and water (I don't know the exact proportions), and T-Stoff was about 80% hydrogen peroxide. Together they formed a nice little hypergolic reaction, but they did occasionally lose refueling crews. The plane's tanks had to be washed out completely before refueling and the trucks carrying C-Stoff and T-Stoff came one after the other, never at the same time (or boom).

  8. Re:What would he wear? on Elect Steve Jobs President of the United States · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, he'd at least be better than the iDiot that's in the White House now...