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  1. Engadget on First Picture of new Motorola iTunes Phone? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Engadget reported the same thing yesterday with a pic and it's even in English.

  2. My Question: Did it make you feel better? on Wil Wheaton Strikes Back · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    "So if George W. Bush wins, I will sit down, and I will cry. I will cry for my children, who will most certainly face a military draft, and I will cry for my country, because I believe that America can, and must, do better than George W. Bush." Wil Wheaton.

    Well, did it? But you seem to be the kind of guy who always has an extra Kleenex in his man purse anyway.

  3. Re:So many questions... on Censored Nagasaki Bomb Story Found · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Why did MacArthur give Japan only three days to respond after Hiroshima? Why not at least a week?

    I think a better question would be "Why didn't the Japanese surrender immediately after Hiroshima?"

  4. Re:And? on Bloggers Test New MS China Filter · · Score: 2, Interesting
    And by your logic our form of government is the only valid form. Every other type of government is wrong and we should put considerable political pressure on them or just invade them right out and make it all better with 'democracy'.

    No. By anyone's logic.

  5. Re:Pixar also on the list on Apple The Current Fastest Growing Brand · · Score: 2, Informative
    steve jobs "is" apple?

    He absolutely is.

  6. Re:Naaaa, really? on Cassette Tapes On The Wane · · Score: 1
    Last longer (if you are not 10 years old, and use the case)

    The problem being that most renters are 10 years old and don't use the case. I've had to return a couple of rented DVDs because they were so scratched they were unwatchable.

  7. Re:Contact Comcast on How Do You Handle Portscanning Attacks? · · Score: 1
    What kind of isp cares if you run a server?

    Read your TOS. I think you may be pleasantly surprised to find that running a server on your connection has been forbidden by your ISP. I know my does.

  8. Re:No Surprise on Canada To Introduce Copyright Law Next Week · · Score: 1
    Canada also has a senate through which laws-to-be must pass.

    The Canadian Senate is nothing more than a rubber stamp. You can count on one hand the number of times they've sent something back to the house. It's not even an elected body.

  9. Re:More good than harm. on Dvorak Says Apple Move to Intel Will Harm Linux · · Score: 1

    What risk is there in dumping Windows? That's a new one. And I will personally cockpunch anyone I see running XP on a Powerbook.

  10. Stanford's got this in the bag. on DARPA Announces 2005 Grand Challenge Semifinalists · · Score: 1, Interesting

    And it's street legal! As far as I know, the first such vehicle to make that claim.

  11. Re:Define "strong encryption key". on When Is It Random Enough? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So don't start it on its face. Hold it perpendicular to a surface and then flip it.

  12. Re:huh? on Revenge of the Sith Easter Eggs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There is an alternative explanation I'm willing to accept: Han doesn't know wtf he's talking about but likes to sound like he does. In fact, if you gauge Obi Wan's reaction to that line--a glance and a raised eyebrow to Luke--it seems feasible that this is the correct explanation.

  13. Re:Evolution on Outlook, Evolution and Kontact Side-by-Side · · Score: 1

    Think harder. Deleting a message in Outlook simply closes the window and brings you back to the message list without opening the next e-mail.

  14. Re:a tip on Blank Keyboard · · Score: 1

    I use a Model M that was manufactured in 1984. Still going strong. And with removable keycaps it can do what Das Keyboard can for considerably cheaper.

  15. Re:Uh... on A Cheap and Portable Word Processor? · · Score: 1

    I use an old police notebook I picked up at an Army Surplus store. Durable covers, fits perfectly in your back pocket, numbered and ruled pages. It's a delight.

  16. Re:Lets see... on Hormel Back on The Spam Offensive · · Score: 1

    Googlefight. Legally binding in 49 states. If Hormel is able to prove that the Monty Python skit actually did lead to UCE becoming known as 'spam' then maybe they have a case since they'd be able to show their trademark was co-opted.

  17. The politics of evolution have failed. on Next Step in Human Evolution · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There will be no further naturally occurring evolution of the human race. Since medical science can overcome just about any malady, disfigurement, or defect--allowing anyone to procreate--there is no opportunity for nature to weed out anything. For example, 5000 years ago a man who had a faulty liver would most likely die and his genetic line might die with him. Today, a man with a faulty liver spends a coule of days in a hospital and is able to continue his genetic line. So in essence, science has outsmarted evolution. Survival of the fittest doesn't apply when everyone survives.

  18. Re:Looks great on XBox 360 Redefining the Console? · · Score: 1

    He didn't like them because he never tried a Wavebird.

  19. Maybe not typical on What's in a Typical Geek Home Network? · · Score: 2, Informative
  20. Re:Dear god no... on Oracle and Mozilla Foundation Work Quietly Together · · Score: 3, Informative

    I can think of at least one other. When you want to create a new meeting you can have Outlook autopick the best time for everyone on your invite list based on their calendars.

  21. Re:But... on Key Advantage of Open Source is Not Cost Savings · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    You can't have your cake and eat it, too.

    The correct ordering is "You can't eat your cake and have it too." Because I certainly can have my cake and eat it but it's impossible to eat my cake and yet still have it.

  22. Re:Gonna need a bigger iPod on iTunes Music Store Sells Videos · · Score: 1

    Those aren't videos but slideshows. You have to manually advance each and every frame. If you do it fast enough it looks like video.

  23. Re:BSOD on Longhorn: Fewer BSODs, More RSODs · · Score: 1

    Over three years since I got my XP box and I've yet to see one.

  24. Re:Slashdot and Google on Google DNS Glitch Caused Outage · · Score: 2, Insightful
    They don't owe you anything.

    I wonder if Google's shareholders feel the same way or if they understand that they do owe their customers? They're a business; they owe me whatever it is I feel like asking for or I'll go elsewhere.

  25. Re:Editor desperately needed at NewScientist.com on Vacuum-Controlled Elevator Developed · · Score: 1
    Clearly someone over at NewScientist.com is asleep at the switch.

    I wasn't sleeping! I was drunk!