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  1. Re:Advertising of the future is SO last month... on Advertising of the Future, Already Here · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I got one of those magazines.. It was so accurate,it didn't even show the town I live in, much less my house. It showed a farm field about 2 miles outside of town.

  2. Re:I hope it does on Advertising of the Future, Already Here · · Score: 1

    Yep.. I prefer to remain off their radar. Even if they knew everything about me from other means, I'd never see the ads.

    I know it sounds cheap, but let the suckers pay for my entertainment. Just wait until TV is digital and you can filter commercials like you do banners. That will be great!

  3. Re:So how about Everest on March of the Penguins Tops Box Offices · · Score: 1

    Ranking..
    06/23/2004 Fahrenheit 9/11 $23,920,637 $119,114,517 $204,114,517 $6,000,000
    03/06/1998 Everest $364,244 $87,178,599 $125,700,000 -
    04/19/2002 Space Station $439,488 $60,998,142 $88,674,819 -
    07/16/1998 Mysteries of Egypt - $40,593,286 $90,000,000 -
    10/11/2002 Bowling for Columbine $209,148 $21,576,018 $40,000,060 $3,000,000
    03/12/2004 NASCAR: The IMAX Experience $1,467,406 $21,022,254 $21,687,254 -
    06/24/2005 March of the Penguins - $19,296,803 $31,252,609 -

  4. Re:For older systems? on Review: Battlefield 2 · · Score: 1

    Thanks for keeping on the upgrade treadmill. That makes radeon 9800 pros that were $400 2 years ago $100 today.

    I have a great time playing BF2 at 800x600 on my radeon 8500, XP1700 machine.

  5. Re:Terrain/building damage? on Review: Battlefield 2 · · Score: 1

    Yes, that would be cool. They have the odd feature that if you are an engineer driving a vehicle, you will repair things in close proximity. You can slowly drive over a destroyed bridge and it will repair as you go.

  6. Re:You're 100% right on Review: Battlefield 2 · · Score: 1

    BF2 on the PC is too far the otherway. A couple of hits with a 30mm cannon on the APC should take down a helicopter. Direct hits with a tank shell won't shoot one down. Also, man carried anti tank rockets are nerfed, and if you shoot low from the prone position, the rocket will pass through the tank without hitting it.

  7. Re:In case of Slashdotting on Bill Van Buren Talks Half-Life 2 · · Score: 1

    I voted with my wallet. Unless they come out with a non-steam version, I won't buy it. Hell, at least Battlefield 2 will let you play on a lan or single player without authenticating back to the mothership.

  8. Re:net 10 on Cell Phone Records for Sale · · Score: 1

    I guess Net10 doesn't want to sell service to us Iowa privacy types. Their map says they cover us, but the zip code says they don't.

  9. Re:I thought that said CHINA! on Microsoft In Talks To Buy Claria · · Score: 1

    MSNBC works fine. Playing videos on MSNBC doesn't work.

  10. Re:Indeed, this is the free market at work. on DoubleClick Warns Against Ad-Blocking Browsers · · Score: 1

    How, exactly, does adblock work? How does the site know you didn't view their ad? If the advertiser sends that data, does that not count as a view? What happens when I block most non site-related cookies?

    So many questions...

  11. Re:Costs as much as a new low end PC or 2! on GeForce 7800 GTX Review · · Score: 1

    As you are laying there in end stage renal disease, hooked to a dialysis machine, you'll say.."Damn! Those extra 10fps were worth it!"
    Question:
    Much has been made of the costs associated with transplantation and graft maintenance. I have heard that end stage renal disease and end stage liver disease total costs place the costs of transplant in a very favorable light. What are the average costs associated with these health care choices? Are there any trends in costs which will affect these averages in the future?

    Answer:
    Cost effectiveness does not necessarily mean that you save money. Kidney transplants for example may not save money and yet be cost-effective. Why? Transplant patients live a long time and costs are proportional to length of life. But transplants may make the cost per year very low even if the patient lives a very long time, HCFA (Health Care Financing Administration) shows that transplants break even in 4 or 5 years, that is the savings of transplant over dialysis just equals the extra cost of performing the transplant and maintenance drugs etc. My colleagues and I have shown that kidney transplantatioin is cost effective even if it does not necessarily save absolute amounts of money.

    I do not have specific costs handy, but dialysis patients are costing approximately $50,000 per year, but depending on age. Kidney transplants are costing upwards of $75, 000 or so, I hear.

  12. Re:I agree. on Google Maps Now Cover Whole World · · Score: 1

    Thanks! Replaced my rules with the ones you mentioned and Google maps now work. I guess Adblock blocks stuff even if it isn't listed in the blockable elements.

  13. Re:I agree. on Google Maps Now Cover Whole World · · Score: 1

    I just uninstalled Smoothwheel and Imagezoom which had no effect. If I disable Adblock, it works. If I list all blockable items for the page, it shows nothing being blocked.

  14. Re:I agree. on Google Maps Now Cover Whole World · · Score: 1

    Ok, what I mean is that it draws the controls and the border around the map area, but the map area is bare. Javascript is on and functioning. Extentions are Adblock, Smoothwheel, Imagezoom, Tabbrowser Preferences, Objection, Permit Cookies.

  15. Re:I agree. on Google Maps Now Cover Whole World · · Score: 0

    Google Maps just plain doesn't work for me in Firefox. I'm guessing it's probably an extension that breaks it.

  16. Re:Cookies off by default on Marketers Back "Cookies Are Good For You" Campaign · · Score: 1

    Latest version..
    "Version 0.6 2005-05-10:
    Removed ctrl+insert - it's supposed to be "copy" in windows, sorry about that!"

  17. Re:The big question.... on France and Japan Planning New Supersonic Jet · · Score: 1

    I was thinking of something more along the line of a giant robot that transforms into a supersonic airliner.

  18. Re:shut-ins on Tokyo's Geek Ghetto · · Score: 1

    The neighbors said "He was a quiet man, kept to himself".

    "According to Lawrence R. Klausner, who is the author of The Son of Sam , David Berkowitz was a very troubled child. For much of his life, he had been tormented by demons. He kept to himself for most of his childhood. He often locked himself in a closet for hours at a time to escape all human contact. He craved the darkness and felt an urge to flee from people. "

  19. Bose MP3? on Archos Widescreen PMP · · Score: 1

    No highs? No lows? It must be Bose!

  20. Gabba Hey! on Apple to Recycle your iPod for Free · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Apple sold millions of them. Many of them to retarded, wealthy, fashionistas who would think this is a "really good deal" and helps save the Panda from extinction.

  21. Re:behind on Chuck E. Cheese 2.0 · · Score: 1

    "That sounds pretty cool, but all I'd like is a restaurant where the tables have a button for "My drink is empty, I'd like another one, thank you"."

    Sounds like a bowling alley to me. They have had those for as long as I can remember, at least 30 years or so.

  22. Re:Ebert's just one of many on Roger Ebert Answers Star Wars Questions · · Score: 1

    Not only that, I have been checking IMDB every couple of days since I saw it last weekend, and it has been dropping steadily in the rankings. When I first added my review, it was at 124 in the top 250.
    It's down to 203 as of Sunday. Around 30% were bad reviews (7 or less) a week ago, now its at about 37%.
    Hopefully it will be off the top 250 list by next weekend!

  23. Re:Blaming Bittorrent? I blame the Internet! on MPAA Blames BitTorrent for Star Wars Distribution · · Score: 1

    It wasn't quite as bad, but I wish I had downloaded off bittorrent before paying to see it at the theater. I wouldn't have wasted my time, and waited to see it at the 2nd run theater for $3.

    Frankenvader indeed! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

  24. Installer not proxy friendly on Netscape 8.0 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    Tried slapping it on the computer at work . Only uses a stub installer and no option for a full installer. When you try to run it, it pops a dialog saying Internet connectivity trouble and prompts you for your proxy information. No problem with that. I enter the info, and then I get a dialog saying Configuration Error, Your installer has an invalid configuration.

  25. Re:Very Cool on 45GB Triple-Layer HD DVDs · · Score: 1

    Not only that, Sony has a tape format called Super AIT that holds 500gb per tape. That tape is not compatable with any other AIT format, and the tapes are completely different looking.