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  1. No. on Copier Auto-Translates Japanese to English · · Score: 1

    You fail it!

  2. Re:microsoft == evil no matter what they do? on Microsoft 'Stealth Update' Proving Problematic · · Score: 1

    Wrong. It's

    they do update their product without asking or telling you => microsoft == evil.

  3. The orbit bit turned out to be a good thing... on Space Station Partners Bicker Over Closure Date · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, the orbit thing worked out, since for a period of two years, the only way up there was via Soyuz.

  4. Re:the only winners in patent disputes... on Supreme Court Continues to Address Patent Concerns · · Score: 1

    As someone pointed out in the Klingons vs. Furries story...

    Whoever wins, we lose.

  5. Re:iTunes Gift card on Vivendi Calls iTunes Contract Terms "Indecent" · · Score: 1

    No. My question is, "Why should the credit card companies get a cut of an iTunes purchase made on an iTunes gift card?"

  6. Re:iTunes Gift card on Vivendi Calls iTunes Contract Terms "Indecent" · · Score: 1

    No, I paid cash for it at Target. Nice try, though.

  7. iTunes Gift card on Vivendi Calls iTunes Contract Terms "Indecent" · · Score: 1

    Why would the credit card companies get a cut of something bought with an iTunes gift card?

  8. Re:Incorrect Summary on Apple's Leopard Will Exclude 800MHz G4 Processors · · Score: 1

    The box for NT4 Workstation said 33MHz CPU and 12MB RAM.

  9. Re:Interesting... on Video Professor Sues 100 Anonymous Critics · · Score: 1

    I'm CowboyNeal and so's my wife!

  10. Re:Private space flight on Will China Beat the United States Back to the Moon? · · Score: 1

    I didn't realize you were talking about private space flight (that'll teach me not to read the post subject title).

  11. Re:Private space flight on Will China Beat the United States Back to the Moon? · · Score: 1

    Two things significantly reduce the cost: We're not starting from scratch this time. A lot of the development work has already been done and the costs absorbed in other space missions and non-space inventions. Secondly, the reduction in bureaucracy.
    Ah ha ha ha ha!!!! Ah ha HA HA HA!!!!!

    Oh wait, you were serious????
  12. Re:Vol. 42 - destined to be a classic on U.S. Airport Screeners Are Watching What You Read · · Score: 1

    Duh, if he's up to Vol 42, then obviously he's already read Vol 17!

  13. Re:Experian won't answer its phone. on TransUnion to Offer Credit Freezes Nationwide · · Score: 2, Informative

    [AOL] Me Too [/AOL]

    I had a case of ID theft, filed a police report and everything. Experian kept telling me I wasn't me.
    Equifax and TransUnion had no problems.

    Experian are a bunch of asshats.

  14. Re:Pulling Credit Reports on TransUnion to Offer Credit Freezes Nationwide · · Score: 1

    Same thing happened to me (with Experian only -- the others worked) -- and this was when I was getting my free one for a case of identity theft!!!!

  15. Re:Curious about the vision requirement. on Your Chance to be an Astronaut · · Score: 2, Informative

    I seem to recall a shot of John Young at the controls of STS-1, wearing his reading glasses.

    Yep. Here it is.

  16. Re:height discrimination! on Your Chance to be an Astronaut · · Score: 1

    Prepare to be sued by stupid people.

  17. Re:Ms, your case is lost on IBM Challenges Microsoft with Free Office Suite · · Score: 1

    And your point is? You said that Excel XP (2002) had more than 64K rows. Excel 2007 is non-sequiter.

  18. Re:Ms, your case is lost on IBM Challenges Microsoft with Free Office Suite · · Score: 1

    Really? How do you get that?

    Microsoft says that Excel 2002 (XP) has only 64K rows.

  19. Re:Ms, your case is lost on IBM Challenges Microsoft with Free Office Suite · · Score: 1

    From the Excel 2003 help file (Worksheet specifications):

    Worksheet size 65,536 rows by 256 columns

  20. Re:Ms, your case is lost on IBM Challenges Microsoft with Free Office Suite · · Score: 1

    How is that behind Office XP? I just checked Office 2K3 (work machine) and it has only 64K rows. I thought XP only had 32K rows.

  21. Re:Ms, your case is lost on IBM Challenges Microsoft with Free Office Suite · · Score: 1

    OOo 2.3 has 64K rows. I checked it yesterday.

  22. Re:Ms, your case is lost on IBM Challenges Microsoft with Free Office Suite · · Score: 1

    Maybe because they're talking about Lotus Symphony?

  23. Re:Science evangelism? on Creationists Silence Critics with DMCA · · Score: 1

    Alternatively, see my sig as well.

  24. Re:Video? on Gates Successor Says Microsoft Laid Foundation for Google · · Score: 1

    It was the episode with the president data mining company being charged with murder.

  25. Re:Everything I know I learned in kindergarden... on SCO Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy · · Score: 2, Funny

    That happened to me all the time, but it was my big sister, who took shameless advantage of my dad's ironclad rule, "You don't hit girls. Period."