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  1. I had an extreme thumbdrive once on Blazing Dual Channel Thumb Drive · · Score: 0

    The USB connector was only held on by solder circuit connections. It broke extremely fast.

  2. Re:Gonna Order One Today on Blazing Dual Channel Thumb Drive · · Score: 1

    Or just drag the spreadsheet to your desktop, then drag it back when you're done.

  3. Re:Not funny on GIMP's 10th Anniversary Splash Contest · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Come far? only if you want to limit yourself to cartoon drawing (better done vector anyways). Still no 16 bit support. Still no colour management. Both are must haves for photograph editing.

  4. Re:Yeah, but they make it up on volume. on Microsoft Loses $126 Per Unit on XBox 360 · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the results of the current Slashdot poll.

  5. Re:Free sites on Online Daters Sue Matchmaking Web Sites for Fraud · · Score: 1

    But it comes up randomly and you can't exclude all smokers, even if you have an allergy to tobacco smoke. When things are common dealbreakers (smoking, drinking, drugs, religion, etc) it's handy to be able to just cut out the people who do not meet your hard criteria.

  6. Re:Free sites on Online Daters Sue Matchmaking Web Sites for Fraud · · Score: 1
    Or do they require a passport now?

    It's strongly recommended, and will soon be required.

  7. Re:You calling my girlfriend ugly? on Online Daters Sue Matchmaking Web Sites for Fraud · · Score: 1
    Below that there are the women who are really unable to find a date because they have proven to everyone in their local circles that they are insane.

    And you can usually tell who they are within a few dates.

  8. Re:Free sites on Online Daters Sue Matchmaking Web Sites for Fraud · · Score: 2, Interesting

    OKCupid has serious shortcomings. They match only on personaliry profiles, and do not take into account more mundane considerations like smoking, or even what Country the person is from. I live within 100KM of an international boundary and am constyantly receiving emails about new signups across the border. I'd rather not have to get a passport to go on a blind date.

    PlentyOfFish I've had good experiences with. I only ever recieved 1 spam message, and that person's account was removed PDQ. I've been on dates with 3 people from there, and even had 3-4 dates with one of them. I ended up becoming involved with someone I knew from real-world contacts so it didn't work out with her, but that's got nothing to do with POF. Now that she's dumped me I'll be going back to PlentyOfFish.

    My experience with PlentyOfFish is miles beyond what I got with Yahoo or Date.ca.

  9. Re:toughest challenge on Lie Detectors to be Used for Airline Security · · Score: 1
    The software in the detector picks up uncontrollable tremors in the voice that give away liars or those with something to hide,

    Something to hide, like J Edgar Hoover. Could be a lot of false positives.

  10. Re:How strange. on IT Workers Worst Dressed Employees · · Score: 1

    'Cause yeah, there's no splinters, vapour-barrier staples, grinding flakes, or welding sparks that'll fly up your kilt on a construction site.

  11. Re:How strange. on IT Workers Worst Dressed Employees · · Score: 1

    Or that style is a more important metric than performance.

  12. Re:Also: on Mega Bloks Wins Supreme Court Battle Against Lego · · Score: 2

    Not the Mega Bloks ones.

  13. Re:The question is why you'd want non-lego blocks on Mega Bloks Wins Supreme Court Battle Against Lego · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Now that other comanies can go to market without getting sued, there will likely be many new market entrants, hopefully some where the quality is good and with a line like Dacta, not stupid only-builds-one-thing dinosaur/castle/pirate-ship sets.

  14. RTFA. It's about what can be used as a trademark. on Mega Bloks Wins Supreme Court Battle Against Lego · · Score: 3, Informative
    "purely functional" features, such as the well-known geometrical pattern of raised studs on the top of the bricks, could not be the basis of a trademark.


    How is this tit-for-tat? Lego is a Danish company.
  15. Also: on Mega Bloks Wins Supreme Court Battle Against Lego · · Score: 1

    "purely functional" features, such as the well-known geometrical pattern of raised studs on the top of the bricks, could not be the basis of a trademark.

  16. relevant quote from my rejected submission: on Mega Bloks Wins Supreme Court Battle Against Lego · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Trademark law should not be used to perpetuate monopoly rights enjoyed under now-expired patents," the Supreme Court says.

  17. Re:A thought experiment on Real Story of the Rogue Rootkit · · Score: 1

    No, actually, it's a troll who's re-posting blog entries (he/she) did not write in an effort to get people to troll the blog site they came from.

  18. Re:Ah conspiracy... on HAARP Amping It Up · · Score: 1

    There's also speculation that it, along with "chemtrails", is being used for mind control. Just don't point out that it's a crazy idea to those who believe it. They'll think you're part of the conspiracy (or worse, a psychiatrist).

  19. Re:How does this help? on Truckers Choose Hydrogen Power · · Score: 1

    Well, that or the fact that if the hydrogen and Diesel come into contact witrh nickel they'll catalyse into a carcinogenic form of margarine.

  20. Or the ... on Amazon Tries Its Hand at Tagging · · Score: 1

    WTF are they talking about? posts. Like this one.

  21. Re:The games may be going strong, but... on Dungeons and Shadows · · Score: 1

    Around here there's always been two. When one goes under another pops up to take it's place.

  22. Re:D&D: No sign of dying. on Dungeons and Shadows · · Score: 1

    Tabletop gaming is a lot more about the socializing than the game mechanics or story for most of the groups I've played with. I don't find the same thing with Console or PC games. (and I didn't enjoy LARP the time I tried).

  23. Re:Diffrent? on Human-Powered Internet Archive Book Project · · Score: 1
    And how will the Copyright holders feel?

    There probably aren't any. Copyrights do expire.

  24. Re:Are they insane?! on How Long to Crack an 'Encrypted' HD? · · Score: 1

    Find the BBC documentary "The Power of Nightmares" and you'll see exactly how right you are.

  25. Probably more like: on How Long to Crack an 'Encrypted' HD? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    90 days in jail will ruin you financialy (can't go to work, so can't pay bills), so it's in your best interest to give them the passphrase and hire a lawyer while you still are solvent. Plus, they can tell the other inmates that they think you have kiddie porn on your computer and they'll let the inmates do the torturing.

    90 days won't give them enough time to crack the key, but it will make you think really hard about giving them the passphrase so they let you go.