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  1. Shhhhhhhhh.... on Google's Patents Reveal Strategy To Beat Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Don't tell Microsoft, you'll ruin Google's secret plans!

  2. Re:Maybe I haven't paid enough attention..... on Buffer Overflow Found in PSP Firmware v2.0 · · Score: 1

    Pretty sure people were happy when the first one was found for xbox. I don't imagine party hats and champagne or anything, but a tool is a tool I guess.

  3. Just... on Improving Database Performance? · · Score: 0

    get rid of all those pesky users. No load, you can scale back hardware requirements, and no more annoying email.

  4. Re:Good on World's Largest Solar Array to use Stirling Engine · · Score: 0, Troll

    Right... Because once we kick the oil habit, we can all drive solar powered sterling cycle engined cars to where we're going. Or perhaps you're going to spout off on how great hydrogen is going to be once we figure out how to farm it cheaply. And build an infrastructure for it. And on and on. Gas and diesel cars aren't perfect, but they have come a long way (probably a lot further than you expect). Further, it's not as if a new green technology would supplant the internal combustion engine overnight. Nobody would stand for their cars being outlawed to make way for new, hippier cars. I know I'd certainly fight to drive my 1965 Cadillac whenever I please. Oh, and $3 a gallon? My Caddy gets 10mpg. Holds 30 gallons. Only burns 92 and higher octane, so figure that at $3 per gallon for regular, $3.50 for high test, and I'll still drive it, and look cooler than you.

  5. Pay? on Doom Movie Trailer Released · · Score: 1

    Why would I pay to see the preview of a movie I'll have to pay to see? Or perhaps I'm having a revelation, realizing that movie costs have skyrocketed because they've been showing so many previews before the movie?

  6. Re:Slow News Day? on An Actively Developed GUI for ... FreeDOS? · · Score: 1

    This isn't just one person's small project, it's several people's small project.

  7. Re:Surely! on The State of Solid State Storage · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I'm trying to figure out if you're suggesting I give up on capture speed or storage capacity. If it's capacity, that's why I was thinking raid.

  8. Surely! on The State of Solid State Storage · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'd consider buying it if I were building a system that needed some fast write speed... maybe video capture. Be neato if I could get a few and stripe 'em.

  9. Re:Lies, lies and more lies. on TSA Violated Privacy Act · · Score: 1

    Gee, I guess I'm covered then, because as I said, I'd be wary of them. More importantly what I said was he had bought himself a lot of publicity as a nice guy, and it seems to have worked on you. Because even if Bill Gates gives away $1,000,000,000 a year, it's still not even what? 2% of his worth. (last time I can recall he had something along the lines of 50 billion or so) so to him it's not a whole lot of money, considering he's brainwashed so many, many users. Find a mirror, check, let me know how washed your brain is.

  10. Re:Lies, lies and more lies. on TSA Violated Privacy Act · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Bill Gates' donation to charity does not make him a nice business person, and I would be wary of his writing off the donations. After all, they get him publicity that he can declare at the end of the year. Even supposing his intentions are nothing but the purest, and his personal hobbies include hugging bunnies and recycling aluminum cans found on the side of the road in Redmond, that does not mean that MS is a company I would like to stand in the way of.

  11. Re:Those PDF's again... aaargh on Why I Hate the Apache Web Server · · Score: 1

    That would be all well and good if there weren't way too many people trying to convince the universe that a PDF would never be unwanted.

  12. Re:He was right then, and he's right now. on DRM Advocate Violates DRM · · Score: 1

    Solution? DNA. A mobile DNA sequencer would answer all those questions and more, because as long as you're you, your DNA isn't going anywhere and isn't changing.

  13. It's not dead until... on IBM Officially Kills OS/2 · · Score: 1

    some really obscure project needs something compiled against a really obscure piece of hardware running it, and has a hardware failure.

  14. I think... on FrontPage Server Extensions for Unix? · · Score: 5, Funny

    geocities still has an impressive page builder. It might be worth looking into.

  15. Re:What does this mean for WebObjects? on Apple Freezes Java Support for Cocoa · · Score: 1

    No, WO6 will contain support for neither Objective-C or Java, but will instead be powered by pure wishful thinking.

  16. Re:A worrying trend... on Behind the Moralgorithm · · Score: 1
    Seriously! It's not like you've invited the Bulls and the Spurs over to your house to play a little Xbox and they shot you down, claiming they had to help their moms with yardwork.

    Also, all the calls you've made to join your favorite team for some hoop time end with vague excuses about the coach not liking strange friends hanging around. All this ambiguity amongst your friends in the NBA, and you, will all disappear in the off season when you can hang out like you did back in the day, drinkin' 40s and shootin' ball.

  17. Re:it will possibly expire on 31DEC2005 on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger for x86 Leaked? · · Score: 1

    Arguing about Macs vs PC on the internet, We all look dumb.

  18. Re:Woo! on BBS Documentary Now Shipping · · Score: 1

    And he's a swell guy. I had the pleasure of meeting him at the April MIT Swapfest, and we talked for a little while. Very nice guy, and I can't wait to give him my money for a copy of his work. And Scott, if you're reading this, remember, Ska documentary! it needs to be done!

  19. Re:Now's a good time to ask... on Free Comic Book Day 2005 · · Score: 1

    You know, it's kinda funny, but the art in a lot of comics tells a story more than you could with pages of words. You have only a few pages to tell the issue's story, and each panel has to convey the most information possible. Lately I find myself watching a lot of movies, and picturing each shot as a panel in a comic book. Now that I've redorkulated, I'll just leave with the thought that image wise, comics are like movies visually concentrated, like orange juice.

  20. Jmtek can eat my... on Soldering For Non-Solderers? · · Score: 1

    well, I'll be civil, though I shouldn't. As a holiday gift from my father I was given a 128mb flash player made by Jmtek that according to the packaging worked with a mac. At the time I hadn't had a pc in a while, so it was the mac or nothing. Well, needless to say it didn't work, at all. After 6 months of waiting for Jmtek to respond to my emails and online support tickets, I sent an email threatening to post terrible reviews of their product on every review site I could find on the internet. I was emailed within two hours, and the first solution they came up with was an RMA. Sent the unit back, and they called me as soon as it got to them. The solution to the problem was that even though it claimed compatibility on the package, it wasn't. Now bear in mind, this is 7 months after I was given the drive. They offered to upgrade me to a mac compatible version, but it was $45 more, or they could credit my father's credit card he used to purchase the drive. Not being one to return gifts, they finally agreed with me that 7 months of my time was worth $45, and I got the upgraded model for free. Let me tell you, this thing is a kludge. Within an hour of owning it all the painted labeling had worn off. It has an SD slot, but if you put an SD card into it while it's plugged into USB, it just becomes an SD card adapter rather than an SD card adapter and a USB mass storage (for the flash built in) After a month of cumbersome usage, I bought my iPod, and put the Jmtek in a drawer. Ignored it for two months, and when I took it out of the drawer again, the LCD was cracked. From sitting. In an unused drawer. Emailed Jmtek again, and the model's discontinued, no replacement for me. I for one can say from experience that not buying from them is a wise move.

  21. Re:The wave of the future? on Scientists Use Microbes to Produce Hydrogen · · Score: 1

    Shyea right... solar power, like that'll ever work ;)

  22. The wave of the future? on Scientists Use Microbes to Produce Hydrogen · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Will people be able to buy microbe tanks to generate hydrogen for their own homes? Imagine every home in the world adding to the hydrogen generating infrastructure. All of a sudden fuel cell cars would be a viable venture. Want wheels? Just add sea monkeys!

  23. Well... on For Love of The Game · · Score: 1, Funny

    I got really angry and depressed when I saw that people were asking retarded questions like this. What's next here, favorite aftermarket game controller roundup? Forget I said that...

  24. Re:FUCK YOU on Opera's CEO to Swim From Norway to the USA · · Score: -1, Troll

    Nah, you wouldn't like me, I'd just lay there and make you do all the work.

  25. I'm waiting for the day on Sensibly Powering DC Technology? · · Score: 2, Funny

    When houses will be wired for DC for just this reason. Imagine a nice plug that's secure in the wall like 110v so it won't be flopping around, and having a 12vdc and 5vdc wall plate. Any other requirements could be done by stepping voltage down.