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  1. special features are useful but.. on Hi-speed USB2 Flash Drive Round-Up · · Score: 5, Informative

    not always, in my office we share usb drives to save time, so far they're the handiest things i've found so far... but if you really need biomectrically locked drive that looks like an inkpen, go right ahead

  2. Re:Damn whale hunters on Whale Flippers Make Better Airplane Wings · · Score: 2, Funny

    personally, im not happy when a bird shits on my car.... can't imagine what i'd be like to have it shit on by a whale

  3. sounds like... on Cry To Beat Iris Scanners · · Score: 1

    Every traffic cop i've ever known. But, at least this thing itsn't fooled by big tits

  4. I'm wondering.. on Ask About Running Windows Software in Linux · · Score: 1

    Whould it be easier/better to run linux out of windows through software like virtual PC (or something of the like) or to emulate a windows environment in linux to accomidate the windows software. sounds like either way you go, you'll get similar results, but virtual pc emulated the entire system, rather than just the os environment. thoughts??

  5. Does this mean.. on Emotional Bonding with Space Probes · · Score: 1

    I'll start getting space pr0n???

  6. Well.. on RIAA Forgets to Make Royalty Payments · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Does this mean that since the RIAA is out 50 mil... (that THEY diddn't think to give to the rightful owner).... the 50 mil will be deducted from the amount of money made through cd sales so they can whine a bit more about file sharing?

  7. 52% isn't bad, but... on AMD Beats Intel in CPU Sales · · Score: 1

    that is only concidering the U.S. retail market. worldwide, everything concidered, amd's market share, is closer to 14% (i could be wrong, but i don't think so). too bad guys

  8. Is this.. on ACLU Sues FBI Over ISP Records · · Score: 3, Interesting

    going to limit the ability of the RIAA to get the names of people downloading misic. i mean if the gov't can't do it, then why should the riaa be able to?

  9. Has anyone ever seen... on Factory Testing of Airborne Laser Cannon Completed · · Score: 1

    The sum of all fears.. i rest my case what sucks is... thier bomb was wired to camels... i smoke camels....ah shit

  10. I agree on Few Takers For Microsoft's Settlement Cash · · Score: 2, Interesting

    i think that Bill Gates deserves every penny he's made over the years. but still even if the people don't claim their money 2/3 still go to the school system. better spent there i guess. does anybody happen to know how much money microsoft had donated to various schools over the years? im just curious

  11. i sent an email to Mr. Kellaris. on The Joy of Random Shuffle · · Score: 5, Informative

    i sent an email to this guy asking him how the could make such a broad statement without taking into effect advances in technology. he responded with what he actually told the reporter. i think this guy was just mis quoted. his email is below: Patrick, Thanks for your note. The reporter misquoted me. Here is exactly what I told him (via email): "I've no particular wisdom to share on this topic - my own research does not speak to it. The only thought that occurs to me is that the feature should appeal to "variety seekers" with a "low need for control." (Random shuffle is a control freak's worst nightmare.) Also, I wonder if it could have a (deleterious) long-term effect on attention span. Adult attention span has been decreasing over time. Random shuffle may be a manifestation of this M-TV generation phenomenon." Ciao! -James

  12. Yeah but... on Take Me Home, I'm Drunk · · Score: 0, Troll

    Will it help me find my other glowstick?

  13. I think you need on USB Going Wireless · · Score: 1

    a few more abbreviations in that post.... please edit to accomidate

  14. Has anyone thought about.. on Sony Develops 25 GB Paper Disc · · Score: 1

    the fact that now we're gonna have to worry about parercuts when getting the disk out? Fortunately tho, now you don't have to worry about the drive closing with your finger stuck in a disk

  15. Re:well.. on Five Fundamental Problems with Open Source? · · Score: 1

    You took that way out of context... by no means do i feel that open source needs all the superfical crap that windows has, i personally feel that windows xp is great, once you get through the fisher price coating that it has. and im quite sure that given the right book and enough time i can teach myself whatever os i wanted to... but with windows you at least have a shallow learning curve, and 75% of the time, you need to know what you're doing to really screw anything up. not everyone grew up on linux and for those of us living in a microsoft world, open is too time consuming, i already know how to ride a bike one way....

  16. well.. on Five Fundamental Problems with Open Source? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    i have to say, that my own personal reason for not using an OS that is open.... is because i can't figure that shit out. i've been spoiled by microsoft. make it more friendly, and more ppl will use it

  17. Brain chips huh?? on Implant a Chip in Your Head · · Score: 1

    do you have options for "enhancement" different modules and what not.. sounds a bit like Deus Ex

  18. Theese guys are running out of studies to do.. on Those Eureka Moments · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So, they did a study...just to tell me that insightful people are going to finish a crossword puzzle faster?? who diddn't know this already?

  19. Re:great.. on Auto-Censoring DVD Player · · Score: 1

    good point.. and now that i've had time to think about it, at least its not making it all politically correct..

  20. great.. on Auto-Censoring DVD Player · · Score: 3, Funny

    now all my porn's gonna be more broke up than eminem on cable..

  21. Dude... on Homemade Subliminal CDs · · Score: 1

    You're gonna have to find a better way to learn how to meet women.... may i reccommend crown and coke?

  22. i don't like.... on QuakeCon 2004 or Bust - Including Quake IV? · · Score: 1

    the sound of the gaylord texan resort. dosen't seem like it would fit does it?

  23. Great... on Nokia Shows Off Megapixel Camera Phone · · Score: 0, Redundant

    i used to only have to worry about the soccer mom talking on her phone while driving... now i got to worry about her trying to be talked through taking a picture, while listening to a kenny G MP3 on the highway... fabulous

  24. Penn and Teller on City Officials Almost Ban Foam Cups · · Score: 2, Informative

    had this same kind of thing on thier show, bullshit. they went to a pro earth rally with a petition to ban the use of DiHydrogen Monoxide. every person they asked to sign it did so happily.....even the event coordinator. god bless america..... i think we need it

  25. But.. on The Power of Sewage · · Score: 1

    I already have shitty power at my house