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  1. Re:It's just cool on Xbox 360 Hardware Disassembled and Analyzed · · Score: 1

    Nursing homes are full of people who play it safe, for all that's worth.

  2. Re:It's just cool on Xbox 360 Hardware Disassembled and Analyzed · · Score: 1

    Ninja Gaiden for XBOX will wish you'd never been born. I'm not sure that's a good thing, but some people really like it. The controls / graphics / etc. are cool, but the game is HARD.

  3. Re:Backwards compatable? on Sony's New DRM Technique · · Score: 1

    Since the guy above referenced 'Burce Almighty' to support his arguement, I'll do the same to support yours. Should the guy from 'Dude, Where's my Car?' be entitled to a new car for free if he lost his old one? I think not.

  4. Re:That's the whole point on Samsung Announces Flash-Based Disk Drive · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, if the article were posted after they were available at retail, the slashdot crowd would say, "Yeah, no shit. These have been on the shelf for n days already."

    I'm just sayin'...

  5. Re:Ajax is in Ontario on AJAX Buzzword Reinvigorates Javascript · · Score: 1

    I think it stands for Asynchronous Javascript and XML.

  6. Re:It is simple on Google Gets Away With What Microsoft Couldn't · · Score: 1

    I'm afraid you're mistaken. The 22nd amendment says, No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice. Thus, no-one may serve more than 8 years as president as a general rule. Whether a VP (for instance) can take over and then be elected twice, I don't know.

    The 22nd amendment was ratified in 1947, long after Gover Cleveland's death, so he certainly wouldn't have been subject to it. In any case, Grover Cleveland served two four-year non-consecutive terms - from 1885-1889 and from 1893-1897. Link.

  7. Re:Microsoft needs to be banned from preinstalling on Why Does Windows Still Suck? · · Score: 1

    If only I had mod points...

  8. Re:Greedy? on HP to Region-code Cartridges · · Score: 1

    I guess my point is that it isn't Nalley's responsibility to do any of those things. That said, a healthy (no pun intended) scepticism on the part of the people of Europe is probably a good thing...

  9. Re:Praise Bob on Michael Powell to Leave FCC · · Score: 1

    Michael Powells resigns, saying, "Bababooey, bababooey!"

  10. Re:Greedy? on HP to Region-code Cartridges · · Score: 1

    What?! A company using advertising to increase {sales|profits]?! For shame!

    I doubt the intent was to tear down the Louvre and replace it with a giant vending machine.

  11. Re:America's Army on Illinois Gov. Seeks Violent Video Game Ban · · Score: 1

    Let's be fair. It's a big killing machine.

  12. Re:fan boy. on 'Bourne' Director to take on Watchmen · · Score: 1

    That's an excellent point, but worth the risk. It's one of those 'if you never read another comic again read this one' things. It sure beats some crappy issue of Moon Knight (not that I have anything against Moon Knight, I guess). I look at it like I do when I meet someone who has never seen Alien(s) - I'd kill to be able to watch that for the first time again.

  13. Re:Force Grandfathered Coal Fired Plants to Modern on Kyoto Treaty to Enter Into Force · · Score: 1

    I think (and hope) that you're right that avg MPG in autos will rise over the next 1/2 decade, but what I find particulary encouraging is the fact that the market appears to be driving that in large part. Dealerships couldn't keep the Prius on the lot and they were backordered for a long time. Hummer either has or is developing a hybrid, for cripes sakes.

    I guess what I'm saying is that whether this is driven by regulation or by the market it's hard to argue that the result is undesirable. I'd be even more pleased if the latter ends up being the driving force, though.

  14. Re:Standards on Kyoto Treaty to Enter Into Force · · Score: 1

    For the sake of arguement:
    Any country that pollutes as much as the US would be held to the same - I'm sure your 'sane' was a fruedean slip :) - standard as the US. Since no other counrty pollutes as much, no other country will be held to the same standard as the US. Therefore, the US will be held to a higher standard than the rest of the world in any practical analysis.

    Analagously, I would be in the same tax bracket as Warren Buffet if I made the same amount of $ as he does. I don't, so I'm not.

  15. Re:This is a big statement by M$ on MS Indemnifies Customers Against IP Threats · · Score: 1

    Hence the distinction between 'amoral' and 'immoral'.

  16. Re:This is a big statement by M$ on MS Indemnifies Customers Against IP Threats · · Score: 1

    I'm afraid your analogy may be flawed. See also: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/hot/Firestone/Index.html.

  17. Re:I use Mac OS X you insensitive clod! on IT Literacy Test · · Score: 1

    And it's a red aqua gumpdropeseque blob of translucent fluid you ignoramus.

    And it's on the left...

  18. Re:More than just fandom with Trekkies? on Ask Director of 'Trekkies' Roger Nygard · · Score: 1

    I just found out there's a WWE collectible card (ie Magic) game. Yikes.

  19. Re:AD&D on Ask Director of 'Trekkies' Roger Nygard · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure Sport Center and TRL get wider distribution / audiences than a Trekkies-like documentary ever could. Why (as a management-type might ask) re-invent the wheel?

  20. Re:It depends on Battery-powered Cigarettes? · · Score: 1

    When I was a kid, I had to quit mowing yards because the hayfever was killing me.

    Unless it was literally killing you, I think a more accurate word would be 'irritating'. Besides, despite your inspiring story, I doubt your ability to eat dinner or pay rent would have been affected unless you are a minor character in a Dickens novel. If I were you, I'd consider getting over myself.

  21. Re:It depends on Battery-powered Cigarettes? · · Score: 1

    I have never met a single person who works in a bar and is a non-smoker

    Anecdote != data.
    For every example you can cite, I can cite a counterexample. Suffice it to say that there is a significant number of non-smokers who work in smoke-filled environments.

    There are plenty of non-smoking workplaces out there

    Elitist nonsense. If you are a bartender, that number of workplaces decreases significantly. Career change is difficult whether you are a bartender concerned about secondhand smoke or a programmer concerned about outsourcing.

  22. Re:Yeah on Car Hacks & Mods for Dummies · · Score: 1

    I could swear I just saw 'Catholicism for Dummies' at the bookstore the other day. So, not only can you take your life in your hands but your afterlife, too. :)

  23. Re:BZZT, you are already digital on Firefox - The Platform · · Score: 1

    Sorry to disappoint. :)

    On the other hand, the code I created can be adapted with a little work. Maybe I could make some money off of that work after all...

  24. Re:Huh? Who isn't online yet? on Firefox - The Platform · · Score: 1

    Do you mind if I ask who you work for? That's a really good idea that's long overdue. I'd like to learn more. I accidentally posted this to a previous message, retardedly.

  25. Re:BZZT, you are already digital on Firefox - The Platform · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Do you mind if I ask who you work for? That's a really good idea that's long overdue. I'd like to learn more.