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  1. Re:Wow on Leaked Memo Says Microsoft Raised $86 million for SCO · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This may have makings of a whole story of it's own, and it may have been previosly reported.

    Scroll to the bottome of this page and you will see sco's logo! Why? Is this some sort of mistake or does the page have some sort of time travel cgi written into it?

    Or better yet, does this blow Sco's whole case out of the water?

  2. Re:Most Dangerous Intersections on NYC Crosswalk Buttons are Inoperative · · Score: 1

    First. State College, PA has been using the placibo street changing signal for years. For those familiar with the town which is adjunct to the Penn State Nittany Lions, they will appreciate that the street crossings buttons only work during Arts Fest.

    Second, I can take the fact that NYC has the most professional drivers in the country or world or whatever the stat is. They are still some of the worst drivers. NYC and NJ drivers are horrible. Here are two simple rules.

    1) Once you actually leave "the city", 12" of space behind the bumper that is in front of you is unnecessary!

    2) If you need to pass someone, let traffic open up and pass on the left.

    Everyone will get there faster and you won't piss someone like me off who will specifically block you from passing and make you mad because you are so confused as to why I am not trying to pass the slow semi-trailer at 90 mph. It's basic math. The speed limit is 65 mph on Interstate 80 so you can get away with going a constant 73 mph without ever getting a ticket.

    Just because a semi is bogged down doesn't mean you have to go 90 to pass it. That is city attitude and that is why the PA cops can pick you out like flies on shit. ...Back to the basic rule, if you are going to pass someone, pass them on the left(i.e. "The Fast Lane"). If you are moving faster than someone in the left lane and they are going less than 75 mph and you want to pass, then tailgate a little to make them speed up or swing into the right lane, but don't swing into the right lane to pass someone who is going almost 10 mph over the speed limit.

    BREAK DOWN: Driving in "The City" is cut throat. Driving on the highway has more rules. Side note: By driving the right way, less truckers will get pissed off at you and you will actually see most clear the way for you when they are bogged down. Truckers still use cb's, when they see you driving like an ass, they tell everyone(every other trucker) about you and they will screw with you then.

  3. Re:Most Dangerous Intersections on NYC Crosswalk Buttons are Inoperative · · Score: 1

    First. State College, PA has been using the placibo street changing signal for years. For those familiar with the town which is adjunct to the Penn State Nittany Lions, they will appreciate that the street crossings buttons only work during Arts Fest. Second, I can take the fact that NYC has the most professional drivers in the country or world or whatever the stat is. They are still some of the worst drivers. NYC and NJ drivers are horrible. Here are two simple rules. 1) Once you actually leave "the city", 12" of space behind the bumper that is in front of you is unesecary! 2) If you need to pass someone, let traffic open up and pass on the left. Everyone will get there faster and you won't piss someone like me off who will specifically block you from passing and make you mad because you are so confused as to why I am not trying to pass the slow semi-trailer at 90 mph. It's basic math. The speed limit is 65 mph on Interstate 80 so you can get away with going a constant 73 mph without ever getting a ticket. Just because a semi is bogged down doesn't mean you have to go 90 to pass it. That is city attitude and that is why the PA cops can pick you out like flies on shit. ...Back to the basic rule, if you are going to pass someone, pass them on the left(i.e. "The Fast Lane"). If you are moving faster than someone in the left lane and they are going less than 75 mph and you want to pass, then tailgate a little to make them speed up or swing into the right lane, but don't swing into the right lane to pass someone who is going almost 10 mph over the speed limit. BREAK DOWN: Driving in "The City" is cut throat. Driving on the highway has more rules. Side note: By driving the right way, less truckers will get pissed off at you and you will actually see most clear the way for you when they are bogged down. Truckers still use cb's, when they see you driving like an ass, they tell everyone(every other trucker) about you and they will screw with you then.

  4. Re:Was just thinking about this. on New EU IP Law Deemed Harmful · · Score: 1

    Sorry to be the ignorant one who is not up on current topics, but who. what, where, or why is FFII? Anytime you include some organization in your /. article, you should link a website to their name. I'm writing this because I am always interested.

  5. Re:source out on the open on Microsoft Source Follow-Up · · Score: 1

    I think MicroSoft would have more to lose than gain from this leak, in terms of crippling the developers of open source software vs. opening themselves to bug exploits.
    MS still has the leading edge in the IT industry as far as the amount of market share they have goes. For the conspericy theorists, this probably sounds like a very plausable action, but in reality, it wouldn't be.
    If it were not a real leak of code, but a "honey pot" so they may catch and dispose of potentialy threatening coaders, yeah... but that's pretty far fetched.
    Yes, I would definitely heed Groklaw's warning not to look at the code if invited too. Not only because it could ruin your value in the open source community, but that it may end up like Indiana Jones(Marian, don't look at it..)and rip you apart and melt you and other stuff.
    MicroSoft as ruthless, I buy it!
    MicroSoft as devious, we haven't seen it yet...I think that the really let it slip somehow and they have a significant portion of code floating around that may just give people a good reason to switch to XP or their future release of Windows, or to Linux, Mac, or something else.

  6. Re:Special editions only :-( on It's Official -- Star Wars on DVD · · Score: 2, Funny

    Noticed on the linked website, at the top, where they list the titles included in the box set that they say Empire(Viewed by some as the best in the series)

    Who are these people?

    My Picks go like this.

    1)A New Hope
    2)Empire
    3)Jedi
    4 & 5) Episodes II & III
    6) Any Episode of Barney the Purple Dinosaure
    7) Phantom Menace

  7. Empire Strike's Back on It's Official -- Star Wars on DVD · · Score: 1

    I noticed the comment on the website Empire Strikes Back(Regarded by many as the best in the series). Who are these people? Empire is better than Phantom Menace, but so is Barney. My Rankings 1) A New Hope 2) Jedi 3) Empire 4 and 5) Episode II & III 6) Barney 7) Phantom Menace