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  1. dwarfs = dwarves on Apple The Current Fastest Growing Brand · · Score: 1

    according to my dictionary

  2. Re:CRACKberry on Apple The Current Fastest Growing Brand · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You're right. I'm tired. The possessive it holds its 's' close.

  3. Re:Blackberry? on Apple The Current Fastest Growing Brand · · Score: 2, Informative

    There are a zillion others out there with greater brand value than those listed in the article. Coca Cola. Chevrolet. Sony. McDonalds.

    The list was just the top 20 that had the highest rate of growth.

  4. Re:Blackberry? on Apple The Current Fastest Growing Brand · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's measuring the rate of change, not the absolute value of the brand. Toyota is also listed on the table and it's brand value dwarves the others.

  5. Re:Wow on Google Summer of Code Expands · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's already there. It's just poorly indexed.

  6. Code/Love on Google Summer of Code Expands · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd rather have The Summer of Love. :)

  7. Re:censoring on Bloggers Test New MS China Filter · · Score: 1

    And Elvis! How could you forget Elvis???

  8. Re:And? on Bloggers Test New MS China Filter · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Either that or money. Sad but true.

  9. Re:And? on Bloggers Test New MS China Filter · · Score: 1

    Neither Afghanistan under the Taliban nor Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge were recognized by many countries as legitimate. Not so with China.

  10. Re:hmmmmmmmmmm on Bloggers Test New MS China Filter · · Score: 1

    That's Pinyin, not Simplified or Traditional Chinese.

  11. Re:censoring on Bloggers Test New MS China Filter · · Score: 1

    Threatening to kill the president is against the law in the US. While somebody doing a parody may not go to jail, you do stand a very good chance of getting a visit from the Secret Service.

    Writing about freedom & democracy isn't against the law in the US AFAIK.

  12. Re:The wonder of censorship... on Bloggers Test New MS China Filter · · Score: 1

    There's a difference between obeying the laws of a legitimate nation-state versus obeying the illegal orders of a superior officer.

    Like it or not, the PRC is a legitimate nation-state.

  13. Re:Next format? on Cassette Tapes On The Wane · · Score: 1

    Don't forget cylinders.

  14. I use Mpix on Your Digital Photos Are Too Professional · · Score: 1
  15. Why not just use one of the professional labs? on Your Digital Photos Are Too Professional · · Score: 1

    There are several out there.

  16. Time to move those mp3's on Viewing Files on the Web Considered Possession? · · Score: 4, Funny

    to Temporary Internet Files :)

  17. Re:Tell me how long and how many ahead of me... on Mobile Magazine's Notebook Tech Support Reviews · · Score: 1

    I didn't hang around. I called back on the Premier Exec # and got through in 5 minutes. No, the 1st number wasn't the general number, it was for 1K's. Go figure.

  18. Tell me how long and how many ahead of me... on Mobile Magazine's Notebook Tech Support Reviews · · Score: 1

    and update me when the number of people in line changes. That, at least, gives the appearance of movement.

    Though you can get into predictive problems with this. United Airlines has told me more than once, "your estimated wait time is 80 minutes". Yikes! And they still can't make money?

  19. And for real fun... on Mobile Magazine's Notebook Tech Support Reviews · · Score: 1

    Try calling the various companies international support lines while out of the country about a notebook you bought in the US.

    IBM does (did?) a good job with this. Others completely fell apart.

  20. Re:It's a hole in the line-up on Apple Making a Spreadsheet? · · Score: 1

    That was holy uncalled for. ;)

  21. Re:What's next? Virtual Hurricanes! on Second Life Virtual Property Boom · · Score: 1

    Don't leave $HOME without it. :)

  22. Look son, I've developed it! on Second Life Virtual Property Boom · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When I read about "virtual real estate" I can't help but think of the
    character who played Woody Allen's father in Love and Death and his
    "valuable piece of land".

    What's next? Virtual commodities trading?

    Yes, I understand it's primarily for entertaihnment value, but somewhere
    in Marketing (insert preferred afterlife here), a large group is laughing
    themselves silly.

  23. Re:Customers never demanded anything on PC Makers See Little Reason to Deploy XP N · · Score: 1

    EU citizens are not wild about MS's dominance. In fact, they are not wild about anything from the USA dominating.

    I guess this helps explain why so many Europeans walk around looking grumpy.

    The whole French/Freedom thing is over. We've kissed and are making up.

  24. It's one thing to have all the information on Google Scholar: Not Ready for Prime Time? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's entirely another to organize it in a way that is meaningful to those attempting to access it.

    The beta argument doesn't wash with me. Virtually everything Google is doing today is beta. It's a cutesy way to hide behind any mistakes in a production service, because you can always say, "whoops! well, remember, it's only beta!"

  25. Well it won't buy happiness on Largest Privately Owned Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    but they can buy them a 120 ft Cabin Cruiser that they can use to pull up along side of it.