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  1. Re:Cannot possibly be communism! on Gates Elaborates on IP Communists · · Score: 1

    Did the dog ever make it back alive? You Capitalist pig dog traitor! How dare you even ask the question! (Actual answer is no. They didn't care about the life of the dog, they cared about the glory of Communism.)

    Uh huh.. And no animals (including humans) have been killed in the interests of capitalism?

  2. Re:Answers on SMS Text Messaging & Youth Debt One · · Score: 1

    Yes, most carriers charge you to receive SMS here in the U.S.

    This is actually one of the reasons I refuse to get a cell phone. I'm not signing an agreement where I have limited control over what I'm going to be paying.

  3. Re:WTO? on Ubisoft CEO Speaks out Against EA Move · · Score: 2, Informative

    Isn't government interference a violation of France's WTO agreement?

    Not if they play by the same rules as everyone else. They're looking to expand their ownership of the firm -- presumably so they have more control of the board and can reject the offer.

  4. Re:A Games CD for Linux on BitTorrent ... mmm.. on Games Knoppix · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I meet the idiot responsible for this lameness filter I'm going to kick his ass.

    You don't get it, the lameness filter only allows lame posts to get through. Your post was perfectly reasonable until the lameness filter forced you to make the post lame. See how it works now?

  5. Re:OMG! on Next G5 Multitasks Operating Systems · · Score: 3, Funny

    Take your keyboard and put it ontop of the mouse.

    There, now you have over 100 buttons on your mouse.

  6. Re:AOL Canada? on AOL Canada To Offer VoIP · · Score: 1

    Naw.. They meant America as in North / South / Central America.

  7. Re:Finally a solution on Consensus on Global Warming · · Score: 1

    Bankrupting the industrialized nations of the world for an unproven solution isn't.

    I've never quite understood this statement. Why not strive for improvements in energy efficiency which will reduce expenses?

    I don't know about you guys, but when I reduce expenses for myself or my clients (never sacrificing my own bottom line of course), it generally improves my situation.

  8. Re:ns on Sun Submits New License for Open Source Approval · · Score: 1

    You're all confused. It goes like this:

    SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, egg, and SPAM?
    Are you sure it isn't SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, baked beans, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, and SPAM?

  9. Re:Waste of time on Open Source Graphic Card Project Seeks Experts · · Score: 1

    Agreed.. I still use a G450 because it works with nearly anything, can do limited 3D, and doesn't have a fan (quiet).

  10. Re:Yes on UNIX Systems Control Politics? · · Score: 4, Informative


    Albeit to a limited extent. You have to ask your admin to install / upgrade software for you, but


    Heck, It's PostgreSQL, Perl and Apache. None of those needs to run as root, be owned by root, etc.

    Just get a few gigs of diskspace in your home directory and go from there. Since this person can be trusted as root, surely they know how to compile software to places other than /usr/local (or default path of choice).

  11. Re:What's the point? on Internet Hunting · · Score: 1

    [i]I enjoy hunting because I like the cool experiences I have as a result of doing somewhat extreme things to get very close to nature. I could do *exactly* the same things without spending $60 on a hunting license, plus more than I want to think about on all of the gear, but I don't, and when I try it's not the same.[/i]

    Have you tried hunting with a camera? A friend of mine recently discovered it was equally challenging and required similar tactics to get a good photo as it did a good shot.

  12. Re:460 TB is nothing we have 25X that on Wal-Mart's Data Obsession · · Score: 1

    It's it's a Telco or an IBM, even the ones who don't have desk jobs would be carrying around laptops for diagnostics (at very least).

    However, just because you have a 40GB harddrive doesn't mean it's full or unique data from the next guys.

  13. Re:Hmmm on PS3 and XBox 2 Processors to be Exactly the Same? · · Score: 1

    CELL likely refers to an interconnect (similar to Hyper Transport, but for longer distances and varried latencies), but the G5 is perfectly good at processing, so why not save a few ten-billion dollars and use an existing CPU for the actual core.

    Nobody designs new CPUs fron scratch anymore.

  14. Re:Misaligned Touchscreens on New Mexico Touchscreen Voting Problems · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This looks to be nothing more than misaligned touchscreens. The main question is "Are they misaligned on purpose?"

    A better question would be to ask why the order isn't randomized for each new voter?

  15. Re:Alright, on Google-branded Firefox? · · Score: 1

    Anything that gets the lusers to not think of the blue e as "the internet" is good by me.

    Yes, a blue G is two better than E!

  16. Re:Flexible Network Bootable Linux Needed on New nForce Boards Previewed · · Score: 1

    I've done it before after reading lots of how-to documents, but I think someone could create a set of shell scripts to help us all out....

    I've done the Netboot thing with FreeBSD, and the most difficult parts were setting up NFS and DHCP. Everything else happened by itself.

    It would be pretty difficult to script the above 2 items -- although there is no reason it couldn't be druid driven.

  17. Re:Hurg! on The Conference Bike · · Score: 1

    Besides this, do they care of people using PDAs or lynx?

    The one lady had a dog, so I don't see any reason your pet lynx couldn't go for a ride as well.

  18. Re:That is irrelevant on Intel Scraps Plan For 4 Ghz P4 Chip · · Score: 1

    Core count. Watch 'em double cores every year for the next 10 years.

    Because everybody needs a 1024 core chip to run 50 threads.

  19. Re:It would make identity theft easier on RFID Drivers' Licenses Debated · · Score: 1

    Naw... Just cover your wallet with a couple hundred other RFID transmitters.

  20. Re:Turing test on Google Local Launched In Canada · · Score: 1

    Still not there...

    I'm in Toronto and it gave me the British Potato Council.

    There are 2 solutions. We can improve Google to give a better answer or create a personal teleporter so everything is equidistance away in terms of time.

  21. Re:1... million... DOLLARS!!! on Speech Recognition in Silicon · · Score: 1

    In fact, converting the speech to text and then trying to analyze the text without sound-level annotations might give bad results, as tonal or emotional content would be lost. You need both simultaneously to really understand what's being said.

    Not to worry, v2 will be speech to text and emoticon.

  22. Re:Paperless office... on Batteries For Your Pen And Paper? · · Score: 1

    Sure.. I grabbed them from recent news published after a Kerry's remarks about closing the border. Unfortunately, they're now "for pay" articles at Globe and Mail (around $5) (Try Google news)

    This link shows the garbage collection fee and "average" recycling costs. The $135 per ton (after recovery) is an average of the paper and metals (which is about $85 per ton) through to the recent introduction of organics (composting) at around $200 per ton.

    You best bet is to call or email someone from Jane Pitfields office and ask them about the expenses involved. They'll be able to give you all of the gory details.

  23. Re:Debt clock on US Candidates Ignore Looming Debt Crisis · · Score: 1

    Also, keep in mind the Debt Clock only shows National Debts. Debt is owed at a state and municipal levels, which in many cases is also increasing at a rapid rate.

  24. Re:Paperless office... on Batteries For Your Pen And Paper? · · Score: 1

    From a brief read, this show seems to be heavily based on the "8 myths of recycling" document.

    The cost issue, for the city of Toronto (Canada), for paper recycling is far below our landfill disposal costs -- due mostly to having a higher recovery rate than the "Myths" document indicates.

    Toronto's (2.5Million canadians) net expenses for landfill are approx $87CDN per ton and blue boxes (basic recycling) is around $54CDN per ton in 1998. In 2004, it's $117 per ton for landfill, and $195 per ton recycling with recovery of approx. $115 per ton. (So $117 vs $80).

    It should be noted that Toronto does not have a local landfill. Our options are all hundreds of kilometers away -- likewise bringing in paper would need to be transported tens of hundreds kilometers.

    Due to shipping, recycling paper that is already in the area becomes profitable for the city -- or, rather, less of a subsidy than landfill.

    Our green bin (composting) project on the other hand is anything but cheap at the moment.

  25. Re:Banned on Dave Barry on Electronic Voting · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I've often wondered how the legally blind vote in Canada. I've yet to see a ballot with any raised markings.

    Do they just take a friend with them?