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  1. Re:Just pay with cash on BudNet Tracks Your Suds · · Score: 1

    There's usually a "default" store card too ... just gotta ask for it.

  2. AMD sales? on Linus on Intel's 64 bit Extensions · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just a passing thought, but perhaps the reason Intel wasn't forthcoming about AMD x86-64 compatibility was because they didn't want people running out and buying Athlon64's, knowing that any compatibility issues between Intel/AMD are now moot.

  3. Re:Why such negative attitude towards Intel? on Linus on Intel's 64 bit Extensions · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No, the implication is that Intel should have just said "Yea, we're AMD x86-64 compatible" instead of being so roundabout. I'm sure it wasn't a coincidence, you know?

  4. More than just the calculator... on Search Beyond Google · · Score: 1

    Google needs to start flaunting its other options a little more. Froogle, for example, could really take off if they refine it.

  5. Re:Overt vs Covert on The World's Safest Operating System · · Score: 1

    I use Solaris, you insensitive clod!!

  6. Re:Umm... on Electric Shavers Rot Your Brain · · Score: 1

    But certainly the power levels on headphones is many times lower than that of an electric razor isn't it? Not to mention the various frequencies across which the power of the signal is divided...

  7. Re:She has a case - really on RIAA Countersued Under Racketeering Laws · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "but I really am not sure file sharing for free is..."

    Blatant copyright violation?

  8. Re:distribution of illegal material on Freenet Project More Stable, In Need · · Score: 1

    But my buying stamps and sending mail doesn't aid those who wish to use the same services for illegitimate purposes.

  9. Re:Almost too embarrassed to say but.... on Gene Therapy Creates Strong Super-Rats · · Score: 4, Funny

    "You don't need to be a Soviet Russian to predict Welcoming our new Overlords' future."

    You mean to say that in Soviet Russia, new Overlords welcome me? I'm flattered...

  10. Re:Tablet PCs on What Kind of Tablet PC to Buy? · · Score: 1

    "Extra money to spring for a Wacom"

    Extra money? You can get a Graphire2 used for under $75 and a Graphire3 new for under $100. Works great, too. Unless you draw with huge strokes, the 4x5 Graphires are fine.

  11. Re:I don't know... on Delays Hurt Video Game Business · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not to mention replayability... no story or FMV's can make up for crappy gameplay. Blizzard's games have B.net and level tools for a great online experience. And SquareSoft's game environments are usually so rich that you can spend hundereds of hours on a game and still not find everything there is to find.

  12. Re:IE is painful on 4 Years Later, The Mozilla Tide Has Turned · · Score: 1

    Yea, they really need to find it a name and leave it there. It's had what, 4 names? "Mozilla Browser" (as the separate browser component from Mozilla) then "Phoenix" then "Firebird" and now [ewww] "Firefox." How are people supposed to regognize it as a product if its name keeps switching?

  13. Re:of fudge factors and relativity, a modest treat on What If Dark Matter Really Doesn't Exist? · · Score: 1

    [insert obligatory "WMD's-are-actually-Dark-Matter" joke here]

  14. Re:FAX! on Ten Technologies That Refuse to Die · · Score: 1, Insightful
    Fax isn't entirely useless ... it's kind of nice to be able to send things like signed contracts and whatnot in one fell swoop instead of...
    • Wait for scanner to warm up
    • Scan document
    • Start email program
    • Attach scanned document
    • Send email

    Just makes dialing 11 numbers seem that much better.
  15. Re:Let me be the first to say. . . on GameCube-Powered Webserver · · Score: 1

    "besides the geek factor"

    But you've answered your own question! =) If you build it, they will hack.

  16. Re:Uh on Dell Offers FreeDOS With New PCs · · Score: 1

    Yea, but who's gonna buy it for FreeDOS? I have a feeling that anyone who buys one of these systems would do so to put whatever OS they want on it( *nix or whatever). IMO, Dell included FreeDOS so that it will at least boot on its own. :)

  17. Re:Say what you will about MS... on Microsoft Agrees Settlement Over MikeRoweSoft.com · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I would hardly call MikeRoweSoft.com a near miss. He obviously took advantage of his own name so that it SOUNDED like Microsoft... but to think that his intention was to dupe people into "accidentally" getting to his site is a bit absurd.

    Aside from that, I don't see how his domain name could be copyright infringement anyway. Unless MS somehow owns copyrights on any word or phrase that sounds like Microsoft...

  18. Re:Good. on Apple and Pepsi Ad Sports RIAA Targets · · Score: 1

    It's usually $.08 - $.12 per song on the album.

  19. Re:Computer misuse on Pop-Up Ads Lead to Consumer Revolt, Ad-Blocking · · Score: 1

    Well to that same end, couldn't they argue that you are configured to block a certain kind of popup, and it just happens that they're using a different method? They didn't modify or otherwise affect your existing blocks/configurations. (Not that I agree with popups, obviously, but ... just a thought.)

  20. It depends on who you ask... on P2P File Swapping on the Rise Again? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Seriously, from Day 1 of those lawsuits it was different stories every week. P2P use declining ... no wait, it's on the rise. Then it's declining, and CD sales are increasing, now it's rising again.

    I'd like to know, though, which P2P networks they're watching... (my apologies if it says so in the article, this is /. after all).

  21. Re:No DRM on Warp Records Reject DRM, Go Bleep · · Score: 1

    Good point! I'll have to keep an eye on that then. :)

  22. No DRM on Warp Records Reject DRM, Go Bleep · · Score: 1

    But now people will complain about the price... though perhaps it's a move to get people to buy albums instead of singles.

  23. Fake opt-out? on TruSonic Uses MP3.com Catalog As Muzak · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So I found their Opt-Out page. My band had music on there way back when, so I put in the email addy and password, told it to opt-out, and submitted it.

    "Thank you for considering truSONIC, Your request has been recorded."

    Only I'm pretty sure I typed the password wrong. So I typed in gibberish for the account name and password. And I get the same message. What's up with that?

  24. Re:Whiners! on TruSonic Uses MP3.com Catalog As Muzak · · Score: 1

    Yes, but previously it was a program you had to opt-in to. And you had to pay MP3.com (Premium Artist Service) for the opportunity to do so. Now, everything that they said was going to be deleted on Dec 2 when they shut down is now in the hands of TruSonic for rebroadcasting.

  25. Social... on Social Side-Effects Of Internet Use · · Score: 5, Funny

    "internet users watch less television,"
    Download the episodes...

    "read more books"
    And/or lots of Linux docs...

    "and engage in more social activities"
    Do LAN Parties count?