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  1. The horse is out of the barn for good..... on Your Right to Travel Anonymously: Not Dead Yet · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I honestly don't see us being able to travel san id ever again. Losing freedoms seems to be a one way street.

    However, a government can never take away your rights, they can only chose to not honor them.

  2. Re:You'd be better off w/ 6800 GT on Nvidia 6600 Series Examined · · Score: 1

    Yes, the 6800 is $300, but double the performance of the 9800 Pro, which costs $200. So it has a better price/performance ratio!

  3. Re:I can't wait for... on NVIDIA Gives Details On New GeForce 6 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Im sorry....I just couldn't resist.

    But this one goes to 11

  4. Re:Figures on Intel Begins Shipping 64-bit Prescotts · · Score: 1

    Well, the Nforce was what turned chipsets for AMD around. It used to be if you got a Pentium processor and Intel motherboard, you got a solid motherboard. If you got an AMD processor, the quality of the chipset would be a crapshoot. The NForces are very nice boards.

  5. Re:A Wake Up Call? on Steve Jobs Undergoes Cancer Surgery · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of a comedy bit I heard once:

    Someone told me to live every day like it was my last, so I borrowed $50000,got really drunk, punched a cop, etc. and when I woke up the next morning, I wondered how to live the day after your last day on earth.

  6. Re:Isn't this illegal? on Guerrilla Drive-Ins · · Score: 1

    Who's really going to stop you?

    Police don't really care about copyright infringement. If you aren't bothering anyone, or trespassing, or being a jerk, I couldn't see them caring about your "public performance" of copyrighted work at all.

  7. Re:Poor hardware engineers on Sony's "iPod killer" Fails to Draw Blood · · Score: 1

    Yeah, if this supported MP3, and maybe even auto-syned with iTunes, this would stand a chance at putting a dent in iPod sales, but as it stands, the player is basically useless because of the ATRAC 3 shit.

  8. Re:I don't know..... on Linux Jobs on the Rise · · Score: 1

    Sorry I wasn't exactly clear with my first post.

    Windows, and Microsoft products are well integrated, not interoperable. It was a poor choice of words. Microsoft products work incredibly well with each other, and an all-Windows and Microsoft network runs really smooth. By smoothly though, I mean the workflow of the end-users. the Microsoft stuff is just top notch for everyday business. Outlook destroys any of the other Email clients I have used. Word and Excel are just as good as their OSS counterparts, but have the "home court advantage" of %100 compatibility with their formats and macros.

    And with the security thing, a Windows box properly set up can be secure, espescially when a firewall is used to stop the vast majority of attacks. It would be the exact same way with Linux.

  9. I don't know..... on Linux Jobs on the Rise · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am working at a Microsoft Gold Certified partner business, and I am impressed by how well Microsoft stuff works. I am not realy that much into Linux, but I have played around with it. Microsoft gives Linux a lot of competition on interoperability, although it is only with other Microsoft products.

    Security isn't that big of a deal to lock down either, as long as you have a decent firewall configured right.

  10. Re:Not up to Real to decide what iPod supports on Real Responds to Apple's Hacking Claims · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yeah, Apple probably is investigating DMCA provisions because the only thing I think Real could have done is encode songs in AAC, and use the iTunes authentication mechanism to allow playback w/DRM on the iPod.

    I could see Apple being pissed about Real trying to sell a service based on using Apple's Fairplay DRM. If Real figured out a way to store MP3's on the iPod (as in no DRM), I couldn't see them getting mad at all.

  11. Re:Hey, yet another way to make MREs more disgusti on Just Add, Umm, Water · · Score: 4, Funny

    Also known as R. Kelly's Choice!

  12. Re:That's all good and well... on iTMS Sells 100,000,000th Song · · Score: -1, Redundant

    But what was the track?

    Somersalt(Dangermouse Remix), By Zero 7, off of their Zero 7 EP

    Link

  13. And...... on ISS Spacewalk Cut Short · · Score: 0

    .......Cue Soviet Russia jokes.........NOW!

  14. Re:Get Your Corporate Act Together! on Appropriate Music for Callers 'On Hold'? · · Score: 1

    Or, if you are a suicide hotline, I would suggest "Jump", by Van Halen But if you are just a plain jane company, you could even use "Kinky Sex makes the World Go Round", by the Dead Kennedys. Or you could just put "Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death" in the CD player ad leave it on continuos play. Dead Kennedys Rock.

  15. Re:So far..... on Mike Melvill Chosen To Fly SpaceShipOne · · Score: 1

    I can understand jokes, and I understand freedom of speech, but people getting modded up for posting Google News headlines for the Obituary of Melville is a definite sign of crossing the line.

  16. Re:It's amazing on Mike Melvill Chosen To Fly SpaceShipOne · · Score: 1

    There ain't no prize for almost achieving.

  17. So far..... on Mike Melvill Chosen To Fly SpaceShipOne · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So far, I have seen some people posting stuff related to Melville dying. This is poor taste.

    I honestly hope that Melville completes this first trip unharmed. Not only for his sake, but for our sake. If he dies, the government will more than likely shut the whole private space exploration business down and set humanity back by an untold amount of years.

    Why would anyone wish harm upon someone trying to pave the waqy for the rest of us?

  18. Re:does anyone know on Linksys WiFi Gateway Remote Attack Risk Discovered · · Score: 1

    They use a RADIUS server for authentication between the AP and the T1 line they usually have. That is what controls access. And I do think they use the "Industrial" APs that Cisco makes, instead of the Linksys ones.

  19. Ummmmm....... on Linksys WiFi Gateway Remote Attack Risk Discovered · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am grabbing my laptop right now and going to my newfound open access point!

  20. Re:Two Words on Highest Bridge in the World Nearing Completion · · Score: 1

    I think it may be a new suicide spot, and thus have a lot of police/countermeasures to make sure no one jups off it, parachutes or not.

  21. Re:What about.. on Oxfam Launches Music Download Service · · Score: 5, Funny

    You want to /. a charity? That is low!

  22. Re:Here's an example... on New Online Ad Technology To Bypass Popup Blockers · · Score: 1

    All it does is detect what browser you are using. I fired up the IE that comes with XP SP2 (which features pop-up blocking), and was not hassled. Just wait until everyone has popup blocking!

  23. Re:Dont some on Morphing Plane Wings for Efficient Flights · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sorry to break your analogy but what has a liquid robot to do with a wing changing shape?

    It really has nothing to do with it, I was just trying to give a sense of what they are talking about. As in, the material changes shape, instead of orientation like on the F-14, or other aircraft that change their wing poition.

  24. Re:Dont some on Morphing Plane Wings for Efficient Flights · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah, but this is different. I caught the idea in a Popular Science a while back.

    The difference is that the F-14 moves the physical wings to be more efficient. The wings in this article actualy change shape. i guess a good thing to compare it to is the liquid metal guy from T2. He could change his bodies shape on demand. That's what this is. I guess they finally figured out how to keep it stable with the immense pressures, forces, and speeds wings are subjected to.

  25. Re:oh great... on How to: Use a GPS watch, XML and Satellite photos · · Score: 4, Interesting

    True that. I bring a GPS, LandSat Compass, and Map with me when I go out into the wilderness. I rarely use the GPS. I maily only use it to compare my estimated position to my actual position. I can usuall y find my position pretty accurately using landmarks and their relative bearings to my position. And when I do it, I understand where I am on the map even better than when using a GPS.

    Admittedly though, if you remember to set a waypoint for where you started, you can get back quite quickly by just running in a general direction, and checking how I am doing every 2 minutes or so.