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  1. Re:So in other words... on In-Depth With the Windows 7 Public Beta · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You keep harping on about going back to XP, when you people had the exact same ditribe about XP when it first came out. why don't we see this kind of thing when an open source package breaks backward compatability or copies features?

  2. Re:What's the point?? on In-Depth With the Windows 7 Public Beta · · Score: 4, Interesting

    windows 7 is to vista what win98 was to win95. if people still aren't understanding this, they have problems

  3. Re:Best Advice is to Stand Out on How Will Recent Financial Downturns Affect IT Jobs? · · Score: 1

    i can count on one hand the number of times my references have been called.

  4. Re:Isn't it, though? on My Genome, My Self? · · Score: 1
    it's not immoral until they place a quick buck before a persons health. here in australia our private health funds aren't too bad, they pay back about 98% (MBF 2005) percent of their contributions. if i stay in my health fund for the rest of my life, it's likely i'll get back 98% of what i've paid into it, and i'd say that 2% is worth it as a safe guard.

    so while i'm young and healthy now i have to view the money i'm throwing into the system as an investment in what i'll need later in life. my only fear is that our aging population will suck my investment dry so there is nothing left when i need it. aka bastards who never paid into the system but want it all when they are old.

    personally i think our model is the best - since i've been in private health from a young age my premiums are lower and any increases will be less for me, vs someone who is 50 and just joined up and will need expensive care within 10 years.

  5. Re:That speed comes at a cost on USB 3.0 Is Ten Times Faster; Get It In 2010 · · Score: 1

    are you sure about that? i remmeber writing applications for usb scanners that worked by recieving a notification from the scanner. unless of course the api i was using was a smoke screen that really just polled the deivce a lot?

  6. wireless you say? on PowerBeam Demos Wireless Electricity At CES · · Score: 4, Insightful
    it's the wireless power system... that comes with a dongle you need to plug into the wall.

    how many power cords will this save? ZERO.

  7. Re:Keygens on Trojan Found At Torrent Sites Insists "Downloading Is Wrong" · · Score: 1

    it's a called a virus scanner.

  8. Re:So when do we give up on privacy? on Google Researchers Warn of Automated Social Info Sharing · · Score: 1

    it gets better - if you have a very common name it's almost impossible to pin you down. imagine attempting find info on a john smith?

  9. Re:Bullshit on The Inexact Science of Carbon Neutrality · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    please link us to proof that every national science body on the planet agrees, or you just shot yourself in the foot.

  10. if the tax agency comes knocking... on How Long Should Companies Make E-Bills Available? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... i bet they are still available.

  11. hippies on Hippies Say WiFi Network Is Harming Their Chakras · · Score: 1

    I think it's funny that the hippie movement in SF imploded within months.

  12. Re:HUH?? on Unemployment Claims Crash State Web Sites · · Score: 1

    i agree with that side of it, do it all in vouchers i say.

  13. Re:HUH?? on Unemployment Claims Crash State Web Sites · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    right you genius, 25 years of inflation is nothing at all......

    "I hope we hit another depression."

    i sincerely hope your one of the first to lose your job asshole.

  14. Re:Profit on Mobile Phones To Fill Poor Nations' Healthcare Gap? · · Score: 1

    People hate corporations for the same reason as they have road rage - it's a faceless entity. only that's a retarded knee jerk reaction because it's NOT faceless, there are people behind it. yes medical staff deserve great remuneration for their years of study and effort, doing it on the cheap won't cut it. if you can't attract the people, how will you create new drugs or technical break throughs?

  15. Re:So what? on CES 2009 Shrinks With Dwindling Economy · · Score: 1

    epic fail in economics. less people at CES isn't the end, obviously, but it's an indicator that yet another sector is about to crumble.

  16. i'm suprised it's not more on CES 2009 Shrinks With Dwindling Economy · · Score: 1

    really consumer electronics's is hardly top of most peoples list, shelter and food are more important. expect big cuts in the future.

  17. Re:boycottt slashdot on CES 2009 Shrinks With Dwindling Economy · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    "takes the time to deliberately misspells"

    If your going to call someone on spelling, don't fuck it up yourself.

  18. Re:HAHAHAHA on Oprah Sued For Infringing "Touch and Feel" Patent · · Score: 1

    why don't you try giving us a name?

  19. Re:Global economy anyone? on Phishing Is a Minimum-Wage Job · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    why is this redundant? he is clearly right.

  20. Re:Nice... on A Peek At DHS's Files On You · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    let me guess your the kind of person who will be upset when they collect information to make informed raids on terrorist operations, but would also be upset if you were successful in taking away that information so they make uninformed raids?

  21. city vs country on How the City Hurts Your Brain · · Score: 2, Insightful
    i'd buy this actually, having been raised in a rural area and now living in a city i can say that city people are far more scatter brained than country people. while city people try to bag country people as being slow, really it's they are actually thinking before opening their mouths.

    on an inter personal level as well i've found most city born and breed types are emotional train wrecks.

  22. little australia on NZ File-Sharers, Remixers Guilty Upon Accusation · · Score: 0, Troll

    ahh NZ, i'm going to burn some karma here and state the truth - NZ is Australia if Australia was run by women. just hear me out, all their top bureaucrats are women, business is owned by women hell this crazy plan is brought to you by a female minister.

  23. Re:Incompetence By Design on NZ File-Sharers, Remixers Guilty Upon Accusation · · Score: 1

    so you prefer your countries 99 year copyrights and law suits?

  24. CO2 on Milky Way Heavier Than Thought, and Spinning Faster · · Score: 1

    some how i just know this is because of global warming!

  25. Re:Need more guarantees than that on Distributed "Nuclear Batteries" the New Infrastructure Answer? · · Score: 1

    if they bury them 40foot in the ground encased in a layer of concrete and steel, preferably in some place with 24hr surveillance like in front of a police station or fire station, how exactly are you going to get to it???