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  1. Out of the fire on Dell Finally Goes for AMD · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess dell just wanted out of the space heater buisness.

  2. Re:I think that 'care factor = 0'.... on Hayabusa Probe Fails Landing Attempt · · Score: 1

    You like exploring so you CAN wave your flag when you get there, not get back and then make detailed cost benifit analyses. Dont lie to yourself. Its realy obvious.

    Every Damn time you went to the moon you rammed a flagpole in the dirt and proudly marked the fact that AMERICA GOT HERE FIRST.

    Seriously. Dont say your exploring for anything more than your own national pride.

  3. Sucks on Space.com's Top 10 Space Movies of All Time · · Score: 1

    The database keeps barfing errors, and the listings are at total random intervals. click next twice and get the same movie.

    *STICKS A BIG FAT FIX ME STICKER ON THE PAGE*

  4. Re:Must-have KDE apps on Shuttleworth's Commitment to Kubuntu and KDE · · Score: 1

    well pretty much anything. mpeg/avi gave up rather soon so the test list wasnt extensive. but it did totaly fail to do anything when loading. ill tell you this, having the program open something then just do nothing is very annoying. Kaffeine and the inbuilt KDE one that has the other name cant remember it off the top of my head. Neither of em worked right with it.

  5. Re:I don't know what this guy is whining about... on OMG Girlz Don't Exist On Teh Intarweb! · · Score: 1

    A: she already knows what porn i watch & download :P
    B: she already knows way more than my IM conversations

    so with those two... why the hell do i care :P

  6. Re:Cold fusion != cold on New Discovery Disproves Quantum Theory? · · Score: 1

    which makes me wonder

    does anyone in the us thats a real "scientist" use non SI measures in their calculations pounds per square inch, feet per second, rediculous units like these

  7. Re:Whinning verboten? on German IT Outfit Bans Whining · · Score: 1

    thats why the call the company Nutzwerk... cause its Nutz Werkin there damn it!

  8. Re:dangerous territory on German IT Outfit Bans Whining · · Score: 1

    Obviously your labouring under a stereotype that says men are incapable of learning this skill. Im prefectly capable of having a conversation, Listening and Gaming at the same time. I grew up with irritating people that wanted answers while i wanted to keep blowing sprites up with many hours of dpad and button mashing.

  9. Re:dangerous territory on German IT Outfit Bans Whining · · Score: 1

    And id call them too.... but im not american... ! wait... thats discrimination too! who do i call for this gross injustice!

  10. Re:Cheerfulness as a contractual obligation... on German IT Outfit Bans Whining · · Score: 1

    Hey thats MY title give it back... you didnt earn it fairly... I demand you give it to me ! ... everyone likes you more... its not fair!

  11. Re:Four years old on German IT Outfit Bans Whining · · Score: 1

    your link has been censored as of 3 days ago. all info is gone unless the lack of info was your point.

  12. Re:tobacco still sucks on Safe Cigarettes? · · Score: 1

    theres a statistical proportion of the population that dont have nicotene receptors in their brain. they cant be addicted. it may affect them though its chemical effects on other things, but it doesnt get the kind of addictive craving effects that it has in other people.

  13. Re:Do No Evil on Google Patent for User Targeted Search Results · · Score: 1

    advertisers pay top dollar for it indeed. but google doesnt sell it. It sells the ad space IT delivers to these consumers. instead of throwing around the information for anyone else to stuff with.

  14. Re:Integration != Bloat on Shuttleworth's Commitment to Kubuntu and KDE · · Score: 1

    you make this sound so wonderful. Now point me to the place where i can find all these interfaces options together, so i can tell Konqueror everything i want it to open, or not open at the same time. Or is this all left lose?

  15. Re:Must-have KDE apps on Shuttleworth's Commitment to Kubuntu and KDE · · Score: 1

    Personaly i dont like the stand alone music players anymore, i still desire a standalone mediaplayer for videos and dont see that changing (yet) but for music i want more flexibility than just a player can give, so ive started looking at Client/Server audio tools.

    But as for Konqueror... I both love it and hate it at once. Its a fantastic program, miles better than a lot of things ive used, been used by, and been made to use. My only gripe is that the IE-esq integration bothers me... I want some boundaries. I love integration. But i dont like it when i have no choise (either by force (i.e. IE & windows) OR by just lack of programs to do it) Cause as it stands, the default "Konqueror Does All... Konqueror IS ALL" /hulk|barbarian impression, realy bothers me. Its neat, But it does need some boundaries.

  16. Re:Must-have KDE apps on Shuttleworth's Commitment to Kubuntu and KDE · · Score: 1

    On My Sparc box(~300Mhz UltraSparcIIi 1Mb l2 cache + framebuffer upgrade & 368MB of ram), trying to get a media player working just to see if that was one more thing i could use the thing for, neither player worked or told me the problem but Totem just failed all the time, where as Kaffeine didnt work but didnt crash, allowing me to realise that the issue was with their dependancies not being functional on the platform (damn codecs) or it had issues playing video on my particular framebuffer.

    Both work, both are fine, I preffer Kaffeine. Looks nicer.

  17. Re:Lacking on Eight Year Old Physics Student Admitted to College · · Score: 1

    Einsteins handwriting sucked something F***ing awful :P

  18. Re:Not so fast.. on Eight Year Old Physics Student Admitted to College · · Score: 1

    oooohhh yes... the bullying... if only i could somehoe sue some of those bastards id be able to retire...

    i was nearly lynched once... i mean it... a few more inches and the fucker would have crushed my windpipe with his foot and id have been dead a short time later.

    the tedium i could deal with ... it sucked... but you get used to it... sure you never manage to be enthusiastic... at least once reality sinks in and you realise your being played like a violin. and you sudenly stop caring bout the marks.... or have a mental breakdown... ( i had both :) )

    schools a wonderful place for bright people.

    to end it... state graduation rank 89.75%
    effort put in... below average. + included failure in english literature, + rediculously designed exam that used a fixed logic answer key for an information system design problem that could have produced dozens of correct answers.

    In short. School does suck pretty bad. but you repress those parts and try and live with it.

  19. Re:happy for him on Eight Year Old Physics Student Admitted to College · · Score: 1

    usualy this leads to the person being agressive towards them unnaturaly. and/or becoming skilled at manipulating them for their own humor/gain.

    the same holds true for smart people among the average class.

  20. Re:OK I give up on Eight Year Old Physics Student Admitted to College · · Score: 1

    its times like these i cling to teaching MYSELF Relativity before i finished primary school from their under detailed primary school level books, and my mental acumen.

    I get pissed at people like this usualy. since they rarely if ever amount to anything other than an average person... just faster. THere are studies on this if you care to search for yourself.

    hes going to wind up stuck in the 6 month semester grind at university, feel frustrated and get distracted. hes also going to wind up waiting till he turns 18 to get a freaking job since no one could legaly employ the kid i think. Not even the university. Suppose theyd just push for him becoming a post grad student in the mean time...

  21. Re:Uhh? on Space Tourism Gets Another Passenger · · Score: 1

    Ahh id like to somehow improve your karma for being so darn nice, but it seems your already good enough to get stories posted unlike me...

    Is there some super duper freinds with teh Tacomiester Excelent Karma level that i must obtain to one day hope to have a story up of my own ... *grabs right hand with left* argh.. must stop submission gripe spillage... so unable to express emotions regarding story submissions... *chops off hand to stop evil spreading* (props to the person that can successfuly IMDB link the movie that came from ;) )

  22. Re:Fair enough. on Could the Web Not be Invented Today? · · Score: 1

    the problem is how do you decide between anarchy... and the self imposed social balance represented by my specific example of the ancient city state of athens.

    This is an un provable question. Like asking for proof that evoloution is true. when the proccess takes such a long time AND is only noticed as a post sequence of events effect that it cant be scientificaly "proven" but can only be verified by extensive evidence, like einsteins theory of relativity only being able to be proven once we can make a set of accurate measurements at near the speed of light ( > 75% c ) untill then we are meerly verifying it by ancillary evidence and extrapolation.

    Both are correct but neither can be absolutely proven by experiment (yet in the case of relativity)

    And there are reasons i hate it when people use this. Politicians and ID types love using these kinds of questions.

    Oh well.

  23. Uhh? on Space Tourism Gets Another Passenger · · Score: 1

    Did anyone else notice that CmdrTaco is the number one user of the site linked to for that char description?

  24. Re:TransMedia Corp on Glide Effortless to Compete in File Sharing Market · · Score: 1

    Ill wait for them to go bust and get the open source clone / replacement.

  25. Re:Performance vs Noise on Flurry of Hard Drive Reviews · · Score: 1

    Im exceedinly cheep and far too proud of having obtained this large machine in the remote location i live. I want a little 8U Soundproofed glass rack for it ok... you caught me :P