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  1. Re:here is why this is bad with Excerpts: on Real ID: You Can Still Fight It · · Score: 0

    Please note, I'm very concerned about privacy. I want to choose what information to make public.

    Back to your post, your excerps are out of context. That particular section of the bill gives the DoHLS the ability to fashion a fence in San Diego. You should read Title II for the RealID section.

  2. URL is wrong on Printing (Big) Manuals? · · Score: 0
  3. P&B on Animaniacs Video Game In The Works · · Score: 0

    My joystick for more episodes of Pinky and the Brain!

  4. Re:But does it say... on Heavy Japanese Support for Xbox 2 · · Score: 1

    [[Slaps forehead]]
    Sorry! Wrong one (they added a story on me!). I now accept being modded down.. =(

  5. But does it say... on Heavy Japanese Support for Xbox 2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Critical Hit: ERPPC
    Critical Hit: ERPPC
    Critical Hit: MASC
    Critical Hit: JUMP JET
    Reactor Critical: Core Meltdown Imminent.
    EJECTING!

    In a sexy (computerish) voice?!

    Raise your hand if you want to try DFAs in that!
    Ahhh, the good old days. (my quotes are from MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries for those who are not informed).

  6. Re:comma on Mozilla / Firefox Memory Exposure Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    I think the Simpsons said it best when the family goes to the best lawyer in town and hands him a coupon:
    Coupon: "No money down!"
    Hutz: "What? This thing is all screwed up"
    [hutz writes on it]
    Coupon now reads: "No. [M]oney down!"

  7. Re:CRASH? on Mozilla / Firefox Memory Exposure Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    whole system crash? Haven't had any of those since ME. I suspect 98SE. Something is wiggy with the javascript. I've never really liked it and this proves that Java is not the cure-all to every application need.

  8. CRASH? on Mozilla / Firefox Memory Exposure Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    Firefox Version 1.02: Clicking the link repeatedly and quickly causes a crash. Any others have the same thing happen? If so, this could be a bigger problem than just a security hole.

  9. It's April FOOL! on Google Moves Into Drink Market · · Score: 1

    What the subject said! Good to see that Google has a sense of humor! Not like other companies which shall M$ not be named.

  10. Computer Over... on Computer Crash Reactions Examined · · Score: 2, Funny

    Virus = very yes!

    WHAT?!

    FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR:
    The System is Down. I dunno what you did, moron, but you sure screwed everything up.

  11. Re:Heh, he beat me to it... on Why One Man Got a Guerrilla RFID Implant · · Score: 1

    You're the reason America is so fat. I'm kidding, but really, when do we stop going the gym and start getting exercise from life (OFF TOPIC ALERT).

    My off topic alert went on, so: My point is: do the "benefits" of being digitally identifiable really outweigh the insignificant seconds it takes to turn on lights or unlock your doors?

  12. POS? on PSP Not A Sellout Hit · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Am I the only one who thinks it's junk? It's not the price, I wouldn't buy it even if it was $20. Maybe $15, you know, for parts and to "play" with.

  13. History Repeats itself on TiVo Starts Testing "Pop-up" Ads · · Score: 1

    It's the same with TV (yes, we're still talking about TV, I know).

    Back in the good old days, there was Television, and for a time, it was good. People watched with delight their favorite TV shows. But soon, lives became dependent on the idiot box. Schedules were bent to cater to the television world.

    Then, smiling with their own ingenuity, the television advertisement was born. Combined with national networks and the widespread existance of televisions in the homes of Americans, there is no better way to reach a national audience. Television networks have grown and now offer 22.8 minutes of actual progamming vs. the 7.2 minutes of advertising time per 1/2 hour segment. An individual, watching TV for 3 hours a day is exposed to 43.2 minutes of advertisements. Most are 15 seconds, though some are 30 second spots. And thus did man become the architect of his own destruction.

    The years went by, and technologies become more and more complex, not necessarily more useful, but more complex. The dawn of the TiVo promised a world of television, without a demand on the viewer to cater his or her schedule to he programming guides arbitrated by network knuckle-heads. For a time, it was good. But rumors of extra features began to emerge. The TiVo application spying on you under the guise of helping you, but all the time watching your every move.

    Present day, the average viewer has some form of high bandwidth entertainment: cable or satellite. Most charge upwards of $40 a month to watch additional programming, which is cram-packed with advertising: 7.2 minutes every 30 minutes, to be approximate. And now, you pay for an additional service, on top of your high bandwidth entertainment, an overly complicated system of recording said programming, the TiVo costing you an additional $13 a month (as of this writing). At a minimum, you're paying $53 for advertising, when you could be getting it for free with public television on UHF and VHF.

    History is repeating itself, but it's twisted. It's OK to have advertising on free networks, but when you pay for something and are served advertising, obnoxious advertising to boot, it's time to trash the idiot box. Anyone with a TiVo should demand a refund (they're still $100!)

  14. Re:Washington State on Game Makers Could Be Liable For Violent Games · · Score: 1

    Road... Trip... Texas... Got it ;) thanks!

  15. Re:Looks like trouble... on Random Number Generator That Sees Into the Future · · Score: 1

    The universe is flat-lining! CLEAR! OUCH!... CLEAR! Oh god it burns!!... Ah screw it...

  16. Google Images, Liability? on Public Park Designated Copyrighted Space · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't be surprised if they jumped on Google for this one. It's just distribution and they don't charge for looking up the pictures, but after the crap that France is pulling, I would put good faith in a lawsuit against Google Images. Sad.

    I don't even live in Chicago and I'm outraged. Whatever happened to the camera rule of, "S/he who takes the picture, owns the PICTURE?"

    Join me! Let's copyright our houses and force the removal from every aerial photo! I wanna see so many black dots that using all modern conveniences will be completely illegal.

    Just you wait, they'll trademark air pretty soon and we'll all be screwed then.

  17. Confused on Firefox Lead Now Working For Google · · Score: 1

    Do I cheer? Or Cry?
    *Uses Fire Fox and dances on IE's grave*

  18. More Spam on Do Unsubscribe Links Stop Spam? · · Score: 1, Informative

    Clicking the unsubscribe links is actually worse. Not only do they ignore your request to be removed from the list, but they now know you check that account.

  19. Buzz Beer - Drew Carey on Caffeinated Beer Becomes a Reality · · Score: 0

    Drew Carey had this one figured out a LONG time ago. This isn't news! "Buzz Beer! Stay up and get drunk all over again!" Perhaps not an exact quote, but the slogan was similar.

  20. Spam on Hotmail Begins to Upgrade Free Accounts · · Score: 0

    With 250, I'll have to delete all the spam that account gets only every other day!

  21. WTF Mate? on AXA sues Google over AdWords · · Score: 1

    Fire Z Missiles! I'm rooting for Google. Figures in France.

  22. Trillian on Save a Chatlog... Go to Prison? · · Score: 1

    I can't do that! I record every conversation.

    I feel that when someone tells me something via some IM program, it gives me the right to do as I please with it. Now, there is some flexibility, IE: a quote from someone else.

    I'm not saying I'm right about recopying, but that's the way Internet "custom" I suppose governs it.

    "The only way 3 men can keep a secret, is if 2 of them are dead."
    Old saying and it holds true.