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  1. Re:Young earth on Evidence of Historical Zombie Attack at Hierakonpolis · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The universe is open source. The API is just a bit kludgy.

  2. Re:S.E.T.I on Is SETI Worth It? · · Score: 1

    The truth is there's a lot of shiney things in teh universe like our sun and several balls of gas like Jupiter.
    We have yet to find another planet like ours.
    If aliens exist they would undoubtly find earth valuable.

    Besides who says their superior.
    Maybe they polluted there planet more than we did.

  3. Re:"Think about it" on US Wants Courts to OK Warrantless Email Snooping · · Score: 1

    So it's worse than we thought.
    The government thinks it's god....

  4. Re:You don't have an argument on Cell Phone Jamming on the Rise · · Score: 1

    Then why can't I ever get a signal in the moutnains?

  5. Re:Only one more year left... on Schneier On the War On the Unexpected · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Oh things will change....you know that ficus plant that W. keeps round....the liberals are toally getting rid of it when they move into the White House

  6. Re:Somewhere... on Self-Sufficient Lunar Habitat Designed · · Score: 1

    I would personally back that movie if it involved sending Pauly shore to the moon.

  7. Re:Ask that again in 20-30 years on Self-Sufficient Lunar Habitat Designed · · Score: 1

    Nah..war works just as well and is better for the economy.

  8. Re:Assumptions on Time Dimension To Become Space-like · · Score: 2, Funny

    I knew you where going to say that......so it begins.

  9. Re:Wrong translation on Churches Use Halo To Spread the Word, Raise Eyebrows · · Score: 1

    /sigh guess I'm late to the party.

    New American Standard Version forever!

    New Living Translation is good too...

  10. Re:Why? on MMO Bans Men Playing As Women · · Score: 1

    This is why guys don't work with mirrors on their desk.

  11. Re:So that means... on MMO Bans Men Playing As Women · · Score: 1

    Not in China

  12. Re:Honesty... on Jack Thompson Includes Gay Porn With Court Filing · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thompson could never hope to half the man Ann Coulter is.

  13. Re:won't work on Google Testing "My World" Second Life Rival? · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't. I heard there's a real jerk living in that area.

  14. Re:I don't want to be like BIll Gates on The Fall Geek TV Lineup · · Score: 1

    don't worry....if I'm rich, I'll not be miserable

    Yeah it's not like rich and famous people ever get depressed and go crazy.......oh yeah.
    Well at least the media will be there to record your misery.

  15. Re:Occam's razor on A Mathematical Answer To the Parallel Universe Question · · Score: 1

    To be honest when you get into this branch of physics, even things that have been damn well proven and the knowledge used to build workable devices... the concepts STILL sound impossible.

    Yeah religion has the same problem with Occam's razor.

  16. Re:Big improvement on the way on Real-time Raytracing For PC Games Almost A Reality · · Score: 1

    here was some game I played on an Amiga (got that? A really old computer) where I raced around in an aircar zapping stuff (some bastard borrowed the game and I've never seen it since!) Very nicely rendered graphics, beautiful even, nearly looked ray-traced. Must have been about 15 years ago.

    I know hwat your talking about and now I'm going crazy trying trying to remeber the name.
    They had a arcade version too that chucky cheese used feature in their commericals.

    It wasn't raytraced but it came close to playstation 1 grahics which was freaking amazing for back then.

  17. We're just catching our breath on Microsoft No Longer a 'Laughingstock' of Security? · · Score: 1

    They're still funny. We just needed to catch our breath and rest our aching sides.

  18. Re: This isn't justice: too little, too late on Microsoft Loses EU Anti-Trust Appeal · · Score: 1

    Will they? Will they really?

  19. DNS filtering on How To Configure Real PC Parental Controls? · · Score: 1

    Use Scrubit DNS servers.
    Put a real Password on your router.
    Look at your router logs once in a while to make sure he didn't tamper with it.
    Tell yourself you did everything you could when he goes over to his friends house for porn.

    http://www.scrubit.com/

  20. Re:No shit, sherlock on New Technologies Attack the One-World Problem · · Score: 1

    Quite right.
    However Nasdaq doesn't have to deal with real time PVP.

  21. Re:Isn't this kinda sad? on Japan Launches Lunar Orbiter Mission · · Score: 2, Insightful

    We should already have moon-based lasers to shoot down them godless foreign spy satellites before they enter orbit. We should own that goddamned moon, complete with a Disneyland! And blackjack! And hookers!

    In fact, forget the moon!


    Thats pretty much what happend.

  22. Re:What's with all the goddamn typoos? on Japan Launches Lunar Orbiter Mission · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    More fucking proof that no one actually learns to write anymore.

    Don't you mean "This is more fucking proof hat no one actually learns to write anymore."

    Honestly, your grammar needs work.

  23. Re:Elaborate... on Microsoft Installs New Software Without Permission · · Score: 2, Informative

    From microsofts own webiste.
    List of know applications that service pack 2 broke
    Untest updates are always bad for business.

    OL Toolbar 1.13.2 AOL 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) http://www.aol.com/ The Information Bar blocks access to the tool's edit boxes.
    PhotoShop CS 8.0 Adobe 64-bit (NX) http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/main.html Program installs, but will not start.
    BlackICE 3.6 crj Internet Security Systems 64-bit (NX) http://www.iss.net/ When you use this program, you may receive a Stop error that causes the program to quit.
    BootSkin All Stardock 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) http://www.stardock.com/ When you restart your computer during the Windows XP SP2 Setup program, a Stop error occurs. For more information, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;%5Bln%5D;873159.
    Command Antivirus 4.9 Authentium 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) http://www.authentium.com/ This program does not start.
    Encyclopedia Britannica 2000 Deluxe 1 Encyclopedia Britannica 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) http://www.britannica.com/ Java rendering does not function after you install this program.
    eTrust EZ Armor 1 Computer Associates 64-bit (NX) http://www.ca.com/ The EZ Firewall part of this program generates a Stop error during installation.
    Freedom Force 1 Electronic Arts 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) http://www.ea.com/ When you start the program, a message appears that points you to the following EA Web site: http://techsupport.ea.com./
    Kaspersky Anti-Virus (German) 4.5 and 5.0 Kaspersky Labs 64-bit (NX) http://www.kaspersky.com/ Real-Time scanning does not work in version 4.5 or 5.0. The vendor's Web site has available product updates that are designed to address this issue.
    Live Motion 1 Adobe 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) http://www.adobe.com/ This program displays various errors that prevent typical operation.
    MapSend DirectRoute 1.0 Magellan 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) http://www.magellangps.com/ When you start the program, a message appears that points you to the following Web site: http://www.magellangps.com/en/support.
    MPEGcraft DVD All Canopus 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) When you try to save an MPEG file, you receive a "Failed to Edit" error, and the file cannot be saved.
    NBA LIVE 2000 1 Electronic Arts 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) http://www.ea.com/ This program does not start in certain systems.
    NOD32 for Microsoft Windows 2.000.11 Eset 64-bit (NX) http://www.eset.com/ When this program is started on an AMD64-based computer, all network connectivity is lost. To resolve this issue, upgrade to NOD32 version 2.12.2 or higher.
    Norman Personal Firewall 1.4 Norman 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) http://www.norman.com/ Norman Personal Firewall Assistant will not start.
    Norman Personal Firewall 1.4 Norman 64-bit (NX) After this program installs and restarts, the desktop does not load correctly
    Norton AntiVirus 2003 Symantec 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) http://www.symantec.com/ At system startup, Scheduled Tasks in Norton AntiVir

  24. Bugs on BioShock Review · · Score: 2

    PC version is horribly unstable even after installing the NVidia drivers that where Hot Fixed for the game.

  25. Re:Agreed: on Seven Wonders of the IT World · · Score: 1

    Nag, nag backups are never up to date.