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  1. No use. on The Trouble With TiVo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Tivo is neat but I just don't watch TV.

  2. Tabs on New Web Metric Likely To Hurt Google · · Score: 1

    I wonder how this works with tabs.
    I open lots of links in their own tab that sit loaded but unseen until I'm done with what I'm doing.
    Do those unseen tabs get credit as viewing time?

  3. Re:Look on the bright side... on No iPhone For 64-Bit Windows · · Score: 1

    Everything should just work no matter what, you should never have to read the box before you buy anything?
    Or does that just apply to Apple?

  4. His own fault. on No iPhone For 64-Bit Windows · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm sorry.
    Windows 64 bit is not listed as supported.
    http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html
    How is this guys problem anything but his own fault?

  5. Re:Excellent on Lawyer Asks RIAA To Investigate Bush Twins · · Score: 1

    So if I can prove my P2P software will not allow any one file to be downloaded more than 5 times I'm good to go?

  6. The Tubes on Judge Orders TorrentSpy to Turn Over RAM · · Score: 1

    Maybe the Judge should ask to see the "Tubes".

  7. Hard to read. on Germany Declares Hacking Tools Illegal · · Score: 1

    German is going to be even harder to read without space bars.

  8. Hybrid bubs? on Mercury Contamination Vs. Energy-Efficient Lightbulbs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Maybe there needs to be a combo bulb/fixture that uses LEDs to fill in during the warm up of the compact fluorescent?

  9. Re:If the MPAA sold fruit on MPAA Committed To Fair Use and DRM · · Score: 1

    "If MPAA sold fruit, I'd feed a banana in my DVD drive, and get out 100 bananas for free. You can clearly see the problem MPAA has to meet."
    Unfortunately, everyone has also figured out that the record companies are using the magic DVD drive to make the bananas in the first place so they don't have much sympathy.

  10. ADB on Hi, I'm a Mac, and I'm Your Enterprise Computer · · Score: 1

    For me using the ADB mouse with my B&W G3 under 10.4.8 actually seemed to work even better than the USB mouse.

  11. Re:looks good on them! on Viacom Sues Google Over YouTube for $1 Billion · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I don't think it's fair that Viacom programming gets all the free advertising on YouTube's bandwidth.

  12. Re:silencers on 9 Laws of Physics That Don't Apply in Hollywood · · Score: 1

    Yes, those are the weights of the bullets, in "grains".
    150 grain is not a count, like a bushel, it is a unit of weight, like a gram, describing the mass of a bullet loaded into the cartridge or otherwise.

    Grain
    In English weight measure, 7000 grains equal one pound; 437.5 grains equal one ounce. Incorrectly used in referring to a granule, or kernel, of powder. Thus "35 grains of powder" always refers to 35 of the weight-unit grains, never to 35 individual granules of powder.
    http://www.speer-bullets.com/default.asp?s1=5&s2=1 7&letter=G

  13. Re:silencers on 9 Laws of Physics That Don't Apply in Hollywood · · Score: 1

    "grain count"?
    Not exactly.
    When using the term grain in relation to bullets or gunpowder it is a unit of measure, think gram, ounce, pound.
    1 grain = 0.0648 g
    It is not a granule that you would count.

    http://www.hodgdon.com/data/general/conversions.ph p

  14. Re:You know what else has a "wow" factor? on Vista Worse For User Efficiency Than XP · · Score: 1

    Strange Brew was a documentary?

  15. Re:dear lord... on Vista Security — Too Little Too Late · · Score: 1

    "At some point the users themselves have to stop and learn how to use their computers properly, if they want to use them. If they're too lazy to figure it out, *and* demand security, they should not use a computer."

    My OSX box is used daily without a problem by my wife, my children, and my children's friends in the neighborhood.
    None of these users have the slightest clue about "using a computer properly".
    From my point of view you are just making excuses for Vista.

  16. Re:But isn't this what they planned for? on Consumer Vista Upgrades Moving at Snail's Pace · · Score: 1

    OSX, Tiger, runs on a G3-400, I do it every day.
    What do you get out of all the extra work the computer is doing to run Vista?
    Can someone who understands better than me explain what all is churning in the background?

  17. Re:Lots of folks making the switch on Windows Expert Jumps Ship · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes but your $300.00 PC does NOT come with a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and the Mac Mini does come with a full version of OSX.

  18. Re:Option Labeling of Non-Sexual Content on ISP Tracking Legislation Hits the House · · Score: 1

    Sounds great!
    I get to decide what is bad and what is good
    You can send you tributes to the folllowing address.........

  19. Re:Probably all true. on Vista a Threat to Internet Freedom? · · Score: 1

    If the DRM is really not from MS.
    Where is the "Business Only" version of windows without the HD, DVD, and without the DRM?

  20. Re:Space colony, eh? on Scientology Critic Arrested After 6 Years · · Score: 1

    Maybe the Golgafrinchan option would be better.

  21. Re:When will people and businesses learn?! on MS Office Zero-Day Under Attack · · Score: 3, Funny

    We use a system that is so hosed that we smash every computer with a hammer before it comes in the door.
    Great.

  22. Re:Non-PDF? on Confidential Microsoft Emails Posted Online · · Score: 1

    Preview opens PDF files instantly under OSX.

  23. Re:compatibility issues? on Windows Vista Launches To Mixed Reactions · · Score: 1

    Are you comparing Vista to an OS released 16 years ago?
    "Vista, nearly as few incompatibilities as System 7!"

  24. Re:A short answer and a long answer on Windows Vista Launches To Mixed Reactions · · Score: 1

    Vista may be not be legal to use in any medical related function under HIPAA.
    Can anyone provide a better assessment of this?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Insurance_Port ability_and_Accountability_Act

  25. Re:Me scared on 25 Percent of All Computers in a Botnet? · · Score: 1

    You can also subtract out the 5%-9% that are Macs.
    Yeah, you are right, it does get ugly fast.