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  1. Whoa! on Top 10 Geek Watches · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just put two and two together and realized my friend designed that logo. I know he's working on the site more too. Link

  2. Foster's. Australian for beer. on Olympic Medalist was Spyware King · · Score: 4, Funny

    Spyware...Australian for advertising.

  3. Bring on the Energy Drinks! on Fight Tooth Decay with Electricity · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sweet! (literally) Now I can just rinse with Red Bull before bed time and I'm set.

  4. Mobile File Formats? on Always on Laptops · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I would assume the files you can read are special, because otherwise your no boot system is in its own booted status to read the files. At that time, you might as well boot the laptop.

  5. Re:Sweet! on New Honda Accord Drives Itself · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Not only that, but my grandma and all the other old people out there can let go of the wheel and save some lives. Just don't tell your grandma that she has this feature when she really doesn't have it. That might cause some more accidents.

  6. No More Sugar! on An Energy Drinks Roundup? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't know if I'm the only one, who thinks like this, but I think a lot of computer jockeys, including myself are fat enough from sitting in front of a computer without needing a drink full of sugar. I just started going to the gym about two months ago, and that gives me more energy than those drinks.

  7. So... on Cisco Eyeing Tivo/Nintendo for Buyout? · · Score: 1

    when Nintendo puts its next console online, it won't be hacked? Can someone explain to me what Cisco would be doing in the game console market?

  8. Re:I doubt it... on Unlimited Legal Music Downloads for $3.95 a Month? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    While I don't like much new music, I can think of a lot of old stuff that I would want to get my hands on legally. Just look at a group like The Beatles. How many compilations are out there? I would be more than glad to pay $4-5 a month for that. The problem is, that's not much money. What record label is going to give up their music if they know it's good?

  9. I don't know about that... on How to Do What You Love · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sometimes you don't ever get to do what you love, but you still have to make a living. I think you're fortunate if you find something you love to do, but I don't think it's right to tell kids that it's what should happen either. That would just be a big disappointment if it didn't turn out that way.

  10. Re:Wow on MacWorld MacBook Only a Prototype? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Now if Apple rolls out iTimeMachine at some point in the future, I'll consider eating my words."

    I believe Steve Jobs already had this in the 70's. It's called the acid trip.

  11. In other news... on Disney Buys Pixar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Steve Jobs will begin designing rides at Disneyland. You know there will be an acid trip ride, something Alice and Wonderland style. I can't wait.

  12. Re:Uh oh on Jobs' Invitation To Microsoft a Trap? · · Score: 1

    I thought the screensaver was flying windows, not flying chairs.

  13. Backhoes and Sharpened Sticks on The Backhoe, The Internet's Natural Enemy · · Score: 1

    To misquote Futurama:

    "The Internet was impervious to our most powerful magnetic fields, yet in the end it succumbed to a harmless sharpened stick."

  14. Except for one thing... on Anonym.OS a Boon for Privacy Geeks? · · Score: 1

    They know who has downloaded the LiveCD. That is unless you download it once, and then download it while running it. Yes, that's real simple. Let's do that.

  15. Not Music Theives on iPod Owners Not Thieves · · Score: 1, Funny

    Although I do like to take my iPod with USB cord and walk into a computer store, plug into the display Macs, and get some free programs.

  16. Re:Umm.. No? on Should Apple make .Mac free? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I was actually hoping that Apple would release the server side items necessary to allow independent hosting companies to host .mac-like services. Apple would still be able to sell iWeb as the means for easy desktop publishing and still have it's own .mac accounts.

  17. Rushed Indeed on Google Video Not Ready for Prime Time? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It seems like Google's Video Store would possibly work for independent media, but it's so chaotic for mainstream media. I look at it and I cringe. It looks like those shady online stores that you are cautious about buying from, because of their look. I don't think the Windows only part is rushed necessarily. Google has always been a Windows only company. There are, of course, a few exceptions, but even their web applications are much better supported by Internet Explorer than Safari. Take GMail for instance. It doesn't surprise me that they require a Windows program to play the video.

  18. Re:Local stores on Equipment Suppliers You Can Trust? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I no longer work in the tech industry, but as a master distributor of industrial parts, we stock as best as we can and deliver overnight on request, but our users have to realize that we only stock what we sell regularly. I'm not going to stock a part that I sell once a year. The user has to take some responsibility and know what kind of down time he can afford and what the risk is of a part going down. We do our best to get stuff overnighted from the factories when necessary, but it's not always possible. The end user can only blame to the supplier to a certain extent, and then when a supplier can't get the parts to you, you look for an expensive, but fast solution. If not, you're stuck. There's no way around it. Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two.

  19. Hmmm... on Yahoo IM Translator · · Score: 1

    Why do I see a spawn of Engrish.com type sites coming about from using this proxy? At least they're not offering Chinese as one of the languages.

  20. Didn't anyone see Family Guy? on Einstein Has Left the Building · · Score: 3, Funny

    Einstein worked at a patent office and stole Smith's Theory of Relativity.

  21. Re:So Slick Mistakes Could Conveniently Happen? on Apple Revolutionizing Retail · · Score: 1

    Apple has created their own version of the department store perfume people. Instead of spraying you with perfume, they can just throw an iPod into a bag for you and ask if you want to ring it up or shop some more.

  22. Re:Way Cool on DNA of Woolly Mammoth Fully Sequenced · · Score: 1, Funny

    If we ever want to overthrow them, we can just wax them. I heard it hurts. I saw it in 40-Year-Old Virgin.

  23. Oh, they installed it... on XP SP2 Adoption Lagging Overseas · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But they couldn't boot back into Windows afterwards, or they couldn't get back online. That's why they're not reporting SP2 users.

  24. Others Responsible on Korean Banks Forced to Compensate Hacking Victims · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Wouldn't it make sense to make everyone involved responsible as well then? Shouldn't the ISPs be watching what comes into their users' email boxes. Why not hold Gmail, Hotmail, etc. accountable? The reason is you can't do this. You can ask them, but when it comes down to it, it's up to the user to be aware of what is going on out there. It's not the banks' fault that we are stupid, gullible people.

  25. Re:Or.. on Apple Holding Back the Music Business? · · Score: 2, Funny

    They bought the first album. Then they went out and bought gold fronts and Dubs. They now cannot afford to purchase music online.