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  1. Re:Other way around on Budweiser Vetos Genetically Modified Rice · · Score: 1
    he said:
    best-tasting privates
  2. This decision on GM rice says a lot about.... on Budweiser Vetos Genetically Modified Rice · · Score: 4, Interesting

    what Anheuser-Busch thinks of it's customers, about who they see as their potential new customers, and how they approach advertising to them.

    They are fearful, not of the average white american's reaction to GM rice, but of the reaction from Hispanics, who are coming from agrarian cultures, and are doubly suspicious of any gm agri products, especially corn and rice.

    Hispanics also represent the fastest growing group of drinkers of "Bud".

  3. Study finds living on Earth can lead to death on Keyboards are Havens for Super Bugs · · Score: 3, Funny

    The NIH's National Institute of The Obvious and Yet Overlooked released their findings today of a study that found living on the planet Earth can lead to death, and a variety of illnesses and disorders. The study recommends to avoid the risk of life, one shold look into the practices of "shut-ins" and has also set up a non-profit to help distribute the film "Boy in a Bubble".

  4. Re:right flop like air america radio on Al Gore Invents Internet TV · · Score: 1


    If you're a hardcore lefty, what are you going to listen to?

    Pacifica network perhaps?
    "Democracy Now?"
    They've been on the air "for over 50 yrs.".

    They regularly have Zinn and Chomsky on, as well as a host of other real left vs the
    latte left-I wear a slogan t-shirt to visually name drop to co-opt legitimacy in the absence of holding real values and beliefs themselves people.

  5. Re:So...proprietary RSS? on Newspapers To Offer Their Own News Aggregators · · Score: 1

    If not (e.g. if their RSS feeds are somewhat proprietary), they're shooting themselves in the foot. RSS is an established, working standard. The main complaint of many content providers over RSS is that it's not quite as ad-friendly as regular HTML content (this is a feature, not a bug, if you're a reader).

    This was my first thought after reading about the LA Times plans in the article.

    I have to use their proprietary software for their proprietary RSS feed (which almost certainly will be a Windows 2K/XP only application)

    Arrrgh! An ActiveX BHO! Like Maxthon/MyIE2's DisplayFeed plugin or RSSExplorer.

  6. Re:So...proprietary RSS? on Newspapers To Offer Their Own News Aggregators · · Score: 1

    I'd only add to that, for the article's "non-early adopters", include Feedview.

  7. Re:They should just point them to Firefox on Newspapers To Offer Their Own News Aggregators · · Score: 1

    I do the same thing, but I use the Sage FF extension to manage and auto update the Live Bookmarks. I also use Feedview.

  8. Scapegoating Indian workers/outsourcing too easy on Indian Call Center Employees Hack US Bank Accounts · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's too easy to scapegoat Indian call center workers and saying "I told you so". There have to be far more instances of this taking place stateside in the past. I'm sure banks went into overdrive to spin the media coverage on them. Now, we'll probably see a littany of op-eds from morons at the NY Times eluding to how Indian workers can't be trusted.

    This is a CITIBANK(unnamed bank) problem, not an outsourcing or Indian workforce problem. Citibank is just too big for it's britches and someone in Citibank's NJ HQ probably got a cut of this scam. Bet you'll see it come out in the investigation months from now, and how other banks are investigating stateside workers who are setting up these scams with workers abroad.

  9. An Indian Lumberg is to blame on Indian Call Center Employees Hack US Bank Accounts · · Score: 1

    This is all probably driven by resentment and office politics fomented by an Indian Lumberg. Guess they didn't see Office Space.

  10. Look out VINCENT, Max is back! on Humanoid Robot KHR-1 SDK Released · · Score: 1

    #070 in the contest is the ancestor of the killer robot Max from the Black Hole.

    VINCENT and "Bob"'s days are numbered!

  11. Re:MBSA 2.0? on Microsoft Releases Windows Server 2003 SP1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    so you're the one stalking me. welcome, ayin-zayin-aleph-zayin-lamed

    Vayedaber Adonay el-Moshe acharey mot shney beney Aharon bekorvatam lifney-Adonay vayamutu.

    Vayomer Adonay el-Moshe daber el-Aharon achicha ve'al-yavo vechol-et el-hakodesh mibeyt laparochet el-peney hakaporet asher al-ha'aron velo yamut ki be'anan era'eh al-hakaporet.

    Bezot yavo Aharon el-hakodesh befar ben-bakar lechatat ve'ayil le'olah.

    Ketonet-bad kodesh yilbash umichnesey-vad yiheyu al-besaro uve'avnet bad yachgor uvemitsnefet bad yitsnof bigdey-kodesh hem verachats bamayim et-besaro ulevesham.

    Ume'et adat beney Yisra'el yikach shney se'irey izim lechatat ve'ayil echad le'olah.

    Vehikriv Aharon et-par hachatat asher-lo vechiper ba'ado uve'ad beyto.

    Velakach et-sheney hase'irim vehe'emid otam lifney Adonay petach Ohel Mo'ed.

    Venatan Aharon al-shney hase'irim goralot goral echad l'Adonay vegoral echad la-Azazel.

    Vehikriv Aharon et-hasa'ir asher alah alav hagoral l'Adonay ve'asahu chatat.

    Vehasa'ir asher alah alav hagoral la-Azazel ya'omad-chay lifney Adonay lechaper alav leshalach oto la-Azazel hamidbarah.

    Vehikriv Aharon et-par hachatat asher-lo vechiper ba'ado uve'ad beyto veshachat et-par hachatat asher-lo.

    Velakach melo-hamachtah gachaley-esh me'al hamizbe'ach milifney Adonay umelo chofnav ktoret samim dakah vehevi mibeyt laparochet.

    Venatan et-haketoret al-ha'esh lifney Adonay vechisah anan haktoret et-hakaporet asher al-ha'edut velo yamut.

    Velakach midam hapar vehizah ve'etsba'o al-peney hakaporet kedmah velifney hakaporet yazeh sheva-pe'amim min-hadam be'etsba'o.

    Veshachat et-se'ir hachatat asher la'am vehevi et-damo el-mibeyt laparochet ve'asah et-damo ka'asher asah ledam hapar vehizah oto al-hakaporet velifney hakaporet.

    Vechiper al-hakodesh mitum'ot beney Yisra'el umipish'eyhem lechol-chatotam vechen ya'aseh le'Ohel Mo'ed hashochen itam betoch tum'otam.

    Vechol-adam lo-yihyeh be'Ohel Mo'ed bevo'o lechaper bakodesh ad-tseto vechiper ba'ado uve'ad beyto uve'ad kol-kehal Yisra'el.

    Veyatsa el-hamizbe'ach asher lifney-Adonay vechiper alav velakach midam hapar umidam hasa'ir venatan al-karnot hamizbe'ach saviv.

    Vehizah alav min-hadam be'etsba'o sheva pe'amim vetiharo vekidsho mitum'ot beney Yisra'el.

    Vechilah mikaper et-hakodesh ve'et-Ohel Mo'ed ve'et-hamizbe'ach vehikriv et-hasa'ir hechay.

    Vesamach Aharon et-shtey yadav al-rosh hasa'ir hachay vehitvadah alav et-kol-avonot beney Yisra'el ve'et-kol-pish'eyhem lechol-chatotam venatan otam al-rosh hasa'ir veshilach beyad-ish iti hamidbarah.

    Venasa hasa'ir alav et-kol-avonotam el-erets gezerah veshilach et-hasa'ir bamidbar.

    Uva Aharon el-Ohel Mo'ed ufashat et-bigdey habad asher lavash bevo'o el-hakodesh vehinicham sham.

    Verachats et-besaro vamayim bemakom kadosh velavash et-begadav veyatsa ve'asah et-olato ve'et-olat ha'am vechiper ba'ado uve'ad ha'am.

    Ve'et chelev hachatat yaktir hamizbechah.

    Vehameshale'ach et-hasa'ir la-Azazel yechabes begadav verachats et-besaro bamayim ve'acharey-chen yavo el-hamachaneh.

    Ve'et par hachatat ve'et se'ir hachatat asher huva et-damam lechaper bakodesh yotsi el-michuts lamachaneh vesarfu va'esh et-orotam ve'et-besaram ve'et-pirsham.

    Vehashoref otam yechabes begadav verachats et-besaro bamayim ve'acharey-chen yavo el-hamachaneh.

    Vehayetah lachem lechukat olam bachodesh hashvi'i be'asor lachodesh te'anu et-nafshoteychem vechol-melachah lo ta'asu ha'ezrach vehager hagar betochechem.

    Ki-vayom hazeh yechaper aleychem letaher etchem mikol chatoteychem lifney Adonay titharu.

    Shabat Shabaton hi lachem ve'initem et-nafshoteychem chukat olam.

    Vechiper hakohen asher-yimshach oto va'asher yemale et-yado lechahen tachat aviv velavash et-bigdey habad bigdey hakodesh.

    Vechiper et-mikdash hakodesh ve'et-Ohel Mo'ed ve'et-hamizbe'ach yechaper ve'al hakohanim ve'al-kol-am hakahal yechaper.

    Vehayetah-zot lachem lechukat olam lechaper al-beney Yisra'el mikol-chatotam achat bashanah vaya'as ka'asher tsivah Adonay et-Moshe.

    and so shall I, ayin-zayin-aleph-zayin-lamed

  12. Re:MBSA 2.0? on Microsoft Releases Windows Server 2003 SP1 · · Score: 1

    uh, what journal? what entries?what does this have to do with this thread?

  13. Re:MBSA 2.0? on Microsoft Releases Windows Server 2003 SP1 · · Score: 1

    har har.

    Well, the link above explains it.
    Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
    I wouldn't rely on this app, but they are pitching it as an essential vulnerability assessment tool of their Secuirty Initiative they've been hyping since '02. I wondered why they didn't roll out 1.2.1 with xp sp2, as people were tweaking about how to configure the new firewall settings, and this program makes short order of assessing the basics for the average user.

  14. Re:Who's next? on Dr. Who Series Star Quits · · Score: 1

    How about....Jude Law? :)Oh shit, I here daleks at my door!

  15. MBSA 2.0? on Microsoft Releases Windows Server 2003 SP1 · · Score: 1

    I guess they're going to roll out MBSA 2.0 later this year? They did the same thing with 1.2.1 when xp sp2 was released. I kind of thought they should release the MBSA with the service pack, or at least have it updated, tested and available to assist in configuration of the new security features, like 2k3 server's new firewall and checking Security Configuration Wizard for errors.

  16. Re:"beta version of Longhorn Server later this yea on Microsoft Releases Windows Server 2003 SP1 · · Score: 2, Informative

    mainstream support for 2k pro and server expires on June 30, 2005. They're supposed to release an Update Rollup pretty soon, instead of a full blown (bloat) service pack 5. I'm guessing it'll come out around the end of May, beginning of June.

    I was just reading about WinFS being back-ported to XP and 2k3 server. Dunno, but that seems like we won't be herded into upgrades as forcefully as it initially appeared before indigo and avalon were backported.

  17. Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) for XP? on Microsoft Releases Windows Server 2003 SP1 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hey, why aren't they rolling out a paired down version of Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) for XP?

    The "Security Center" on XP is pretty cheesy, didn't even include an updated MBSA until a couple months after XP sp2 was released. Most folks won't dig into using the Local Security Policy snap-in or Security Configuration and Analysis snap-in, or fiddle with changing their template.

  18. "beta version of Longhorn Server later this year" on Microsoft Releases Windows Server 2003 SP1 · · Score: 4, Informative
    The company also plans to have a beta version of Longhorn Server later this year.

    "That's our expectation," Price said.

    So what is "later this year" in Microsoft time?

    This?
    http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/longhorn_prev iew_2005.asp

    Longhorn Milestone 9 (M9) and platform complete
    March 2005

    Longhorn Beta 1
    Late May 2005

    Longhorn Beta 2
    October 2005

    Longhorn Release Candidate 0 (RC0)
    Late February 2006

    Longhorn Release Candidate 1 (RC1)
    April 2006

    Longhorn release to manufacturing (RTM)
    May 24, 2006
  19. The Only real solution! on Microsoft Offers New Data-Security Scheme · · Score: 1
  20. Re:Who's next? on Dr. Who Series Star Quits · · Score: 1

    I thought about who might be a departure from the usual, British enough for the home audience, yet have appeal abroad...........

    What about Sting?

  21. Re:typecast on Dr. Who Series Star Quits · · Score: 1

    Nimoy was pretty good in the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I also thought he was a good fit as host of In Search of. Thought he'd have gotten a PBS or Discovery show along the lines of what James Burke and Alan Alda do. Guess he's enjoying being a shutterbug and collecting off of ST royalties.

  22. Re:So will they finally get rid of that stupid thi on Yahoo buys Flickr · · Score: 1

    There is the "All Sizes" button above the photo or "Different Sizes" link at the lower right of the photo which allows you to choose 6 different sizes.

    Example:
    (75 x 75) Square
    (100 x 67) Thumbnail
    (240 x 160) Small
    (500 x 333) Medium
    (1024 x 683) Large
    (3072 x 2048) Original

  23. Re:search engines can be manipulated? Wow on A Search Engine Manipulator's Tale · · Score: 1

    well, this is pretty scary....

    pulp fiction + gimp image search results from Google Images:

    http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&q=pulp+f iction+%2B+gimp&btnG=Search

    Look at results 12 and 16.

  24. Re:Get out! on The DotCom Crash Revisited · · Score: 1

    Yes, I agree, The age of the BrainDumper is over!

  25. Re:Satellite will kill off AM/FM on How Podcasting and Satellite Changed Radio · · Score: 1