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  1. Re:IE on Mozilla Slams Chrome Frame As "Browser Soup" · · Score: 1

    If you can install it, you could install the actual Chrome (or some other) browser aswell...

    Which does make sense. Users can use IE, but still get the Wave to work. But I except google to take more major approach about the plugin soon.

    I'm picturing an IT department at a medium-to-large size company with
    A: Managed machines and
    B: an IE-6 locked intranet app
    maybe they wish to roll out new software that targets competent browsers without having to explain to their users "...okay, now use the blue E when you need billing.domain.com but the orange fox when you need web20app.domain.com

    Just one possible scenario.

  2. Re:very pretty on First Look At Wild New "Level 10" Concept PC Case · · Score: 1

    /me dons asbestos undies

    Or, paraphrased: I'm going to pre-label anyone who disagrees with me as a troll or fanatical fanboy.

    I took it to mean he was expecting to get flamed in response... one need not be a troll or fanboy to flame someone. I'd expect a 6-digit UIDer to know the difference.

    I was going to mod it "Funny" before I noticed I didn't have any mod points.

    -- longtime/fanatical Mac user (who utilizes OS X's "geek stuff" daily)

  3. Re:Coming soon: on Unambiguous Evidence of Water On the Moon · · Score: 1

    So tell tall tales instead...

  4. Re:By that logic... on Microsoft Says Google Chrome Frame Makes IE Less Secure · · Score: 1

    Don't forget Silverlight. :-O

  5. Re:This is nonsense on Universal "Death Stench" Repels Bugs of All Types · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But fatty acid extracts are chemical compounds.

    Please tell this to as many people as possible... substitute "wood" "air" "table salt" and "sugar" as needed. I'm getting really tired of this anti-"chemicals" attitude that's sneaking into everyone's mindset.

  6. Re:OMG Holy shit, INFANTICIDE!?!?!??! on Heart Monitors In Middle School Gym Class? · · Score: 1

    ...but there are some who support "abortions" within the first 6 months after the infant as left the womb.

    [Citation Needed] or it's FUD.

    (Not dismissing you out of hand... but I find it very hard to believe.)

  7. Re:It's quite obvious on Heart Monitors In Middle School Gym Class? · · Score: 1

    How do you even know it's for grading? That's a big assumption. It could be to help teach kids about the difference of target heart rate zones, and what each accomplishes (aerobic, anaerobic, VO2Max.) It's a valuable piece of information for life. You have no idea how many times I'll be at the Y and I see people who are clearly there to try and "lose a few pounds" flailing away as fast as possible on the elliptical. Good luck with that.

    Or it could be to prevent some kind of lawsuit situation â" the teacher can keep an eye out to see if anyone is in a dangerous zone during a particular activity, or particular weather conditions.

    Even if it were, it doesn't seem like you've done much HR targeted exercise... my resting heart rate is 47bpm (yes, you read that right) and when I'm out for a run in the aerobic zone, it only takes a few minutes for me to get there.


    --Just a Fat Kid who grew up to be an Ironman

  8. Re:Astroturfers Wanted on Twitter To Add Money-Making Features · · Score: 1

    PBR

  9. Re:No way, man on Comparing Microsoft and Apple Websites' Usability · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'll second (third?) that. The language may be a steaming pile, but the documentation is just excellent. I wish every language had a reference so good.

  10. Re:Hey! on iPhone Straining AT&T Network · · Score: 1

    New moderation option needed: "+1 Brilliant Idea."

  11. Re:It's called critical thinking on First Hot-Ice Computer Created · · Score: 1

    ...You are engaging in both the classic logical fallacy of "Appeal to Authority" and... ad homonem attack
    ...
    Any critically-thinking person would be inclined to do the same when confronted with such broad assumptions

    No *true* Scotsman would point out so many logical fallacies and then accidentally use one, would they?

    (Not that I disagree with anything you've said... that bit just gave me a chuckle.)

  12. Re:Well duh on Why Is Linux Notebook Battery Life Still Poor? · · Score: 1

    It was very difficult to decide whether to mod the parent funny, or to "Whoosh!" you.

    Doubly difficult since parent was already +4 Funny and you're an AC.

  13. Re:Wait, really? on US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked · · Score: 1

    I never saw people get so hot under the collar when you mentioned you got a little bombed the other night and had to be careful driving home....until I started talking to people from up north. Down here, not as much a stigma.

    Bombed + Driving = Bad Form anywhere.

    Heck, we still have drive through daiquiri shops down here, and bars give you a 'to go' cup to take your drink with you when you leave.

    God, I love NOLA. Took my first trip there this past April.

  14. Re:Humans on 10 Worst Evolutionary Designs · · Score: 1

    Might also include a "Whooosh" in there too, as GGP was turning a common phrase to comic effect...

  15. Re:But with WalMart on The Downsides to Digital Distribution · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wal-mart isn't stupid enough to keep tossing competitors back a sword by lowering their prices. They've found something that works and seem to be sticking with it.

    Didn't you mean raising?

    This comment is worded exactly as intended. Any application of lame "Fixed that for you" jokes will be "dealt with".

    Irony bleeds.

  16. Re:I am still waiting... on Netflix Prize Contest Ends, Down To the Wire · · Score: 1

    I heard Equilibrium had limited release because they blew through their budget on actors & effects, then couldn't afford marketing. Do you have a source?

    NB: I don't claim to have a source for *my* assertion, only that the movie is clearly NOT low-budget, but only ran for a short time in my local theaters and has one of the most cheaply-made DVD releases I think I've ever seen. (My buddy's brother made liner notes for it with a chapter listing because there was NOTHING in the box with the disc.)

    Also I heard a rumor to that effect. I'd love to know the real scoop either way.

  17. Re:This may seem obvious to some, but... on Google Wave Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Good luck explaining the hows and whys of subversion to your art team. Or getting them to use an IDE.

  18. Re:Wait until health insurance companies hear this on California's Revised Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance Draws Continued Objections · · Score: 1

    Is there some kind of petition I can sign to get this rolling?

  19. Crossfit on Staying In Shape vs. a Busy IT Job Schedule? · · Score: 1

    Find a Crossfit affiliate gym somewhere near your office and go there over whatever lunch break you get 3 days a week. Classes are an hour (20 W/U, 20 WOD, 20 W/D) and you'll end up in the best shape of your life.

    http://www.crossfit.com/cf-affiliates/

    Plus it's kinda like "Open Source" exercise... they publish workouts for free, but you pay for support (a gym to do it at if you so wish... and in this case, you do)

  20. Re:Economy.. on The Hidden Cost of Using Microsoft Software · · Score: 1

    Whew. I was worried there for a second :). Concur. Would love to see some other factors (like this) tallied in terms of overall dollars lost a la this NYT article:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/business/economy/10leonhardt.html?_r=1&hpw

  21. Re:Economy.. on The Hidden Cost of Using Microsoft Software · · Score: 1

    Google "Broken Window Fallacy."

  22. Re:Quick, extend this law to Tetris on German Parliament Enacts Internet Censorship Law · · Score: 1

    Back in the Mac System 7 days, I had a game called "Quayle's Tetris" and I believe it was exactly what you're describing. Here's the best I can do wrt a link: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22quayle's+tetris%22&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

  23. Re:i can hear "Ride Of The Valkyries" on US Plans To Bulldoze 50 Shrinking Cities · · Score: 1

    Oh man, thanks for the linked post, that's great.

  24. Re:It's the apps stupid! on Has Bing Already Overtaken Yahoo? · · Score: 1

    My point was that piling in all the extra search parameters and operators is probably what caused it to discard the quotes. You'll notice that in my results (without the + operator on "generic.h"), the quotes were NOT ignored. KISS principle.

  25. Re:It's the apps stupid! on Has Bing Already Overtaken Yahoo? · · Score: 1