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  1. Re:Advice on Uniquely Bright: Experiences and Tips? · · Score: 1

    you need to do is get over yourself. You're not special. There's lots of people in this world

    AMEN. Find something in High School that you like, and devote a mere
    90 minutes a day to studying everything else and wiseguy WILL have a 4.0

    Find something in any college that you like, and "find" just three hours a day
    to studying everything else and you WILL be an honor student if you're smart.

    --
    Work. Study. Learn. Repeat.

    NO EXCUSES for lazy slackers.

  2. Re:Big surprise there... on MS Sales Growth Limited by Delays in Windows · · Score: 1

    Just one XP service pack in 30+ months ...

    And why is Windows the only already-produced consumer product on the planet that doesn't go down in price with each successive year?

    And with 100 times the supply reserves in storage as monthly demand, why does basic economics not apply to their distribution model?

  3. Re:"Failing business?" on ClearChannel Complains About XM, Sirius Radio · · Score: 1

    ClearChannel already has a stake in XM Satellite Radio, so they're hedging their bets

    Let them invest where they wish. It still means they are not wiping out local content
    and competitors on a whim, determining advertising prices across total local markets,
    and forcing out local content with canned programming.

    When a company's efforts become "where should we park our money for the next
    90-180 days" ... it means they are no longer producing tangible product, and this
    would be a good thing for ClearChannel.

  4. Re:Finally! on Searching by Shape... · · Score: 1

    And sometimes a cigar really IS a cigar...

  5. Re:Normal Practice at Wal-Mart on Computerized Time Clocks Susceptible to 'Manager Attack' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And not long ago, many more Wal-Marts had policies of enough staffing
    to open additional queues whenever there were three or more people in line.

    I doubt many of us really need a New York Times story to tell us that many
    Dollar Generals, Pep Boys and Wal-Mart stores regulary abuse employees.

    Don't shop these places that employee the walking dead...

  6. Re:Standards on What Would The World Be Like Without Microsoft? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft has actually show us the benefit of "standards".

    If not for Microsoft's corruption of SLIP and PPP in 1994...
    my very own TRIPLE Challenge Handshake Authentication
    (CHA CHA CHA) would have ruled the dialup world instead!

  7. Re:Troll! on A History of Apple's Operating Systems · · Score: 1

    come across several technologies the confluence of which eventually led to Mac OS X'

    I always knew it was the result of bad gas!

    --
    Time to break wind on a new project
    We'll call it Son-of-Fart

  8. Re:Don't mess with MS on Microsoft Warning Leaked Code Traders · · Score: 1

    Don't mess with Microsoft

    Don't even THINK of messing with Microsoft is their intended message.
    Now they threaten people for merely typing a particular word into a P2P search box.

    What next -- thought control software that bluescreens your work if you have an unclean thought?

  9. Re:Bill Gates forecasts victory over spam... on Bill Gates Forecasts Victory Over Spam · · Score: 1

    Bill Gates will find that that approach is infeasible even for him.

    PLAN B: Use entire net worth to pay spammers 10 cents for every spam they DON'T send out.

  10. Re:Not famous yet on JRR Tolkien: Return Of The Domain Name · · Score: 0

    The base of the ruling was ... "found to have no legitimate right"

    More accurately, The baseless ruling of WIPO, who has no legitimate right.
    Why has this United Nations agency chosen to side with corporate America?

    --
    Maybe the U.N. and its subgroups should stick to
    finding twice as much WOMD as they already have

  11. Re:Sides of a Coin on JRR Tolkien: Return Of The Domain Name · · Score: 1

    There is the side of the coin that says "United States" and the side that says
    "in god we TRVST

    There was no confusion to the public at the website in question.
    Trademarks and copyrights are there to protect consumers, not companies.

    --
    This concludes the shameless link to domain for sale! Cheap!!

  12. Re:Parent post is not offtopic (steganography) on Filter-foiling Gibberish Becoming A Spam Staple · · Score: 1

    Spam is a perfect carrier ... for secret terrorist messages.

    aybeMay igPay atinLay illway orkway (*)

    --
    Mistranslate "Do You" as "Ouday" and
    you go right through Bayesian filters
    into HomeLand Security's Carnivore ...

  13. Re:Chamagne goes with everything -- red wine doesn on For Champagne Bubbles, Smaller Is Better · · Score: 1

    'fizz' help cleanse the palatte between mouthfuls so that you can get the full taste sensation from the 20th bite as you did with the 1st.

    And if you still any left in the bottle after that 20th gulp, HERE'S how you make those bubblies last long enough to cleanse the palatte the next morning between bites of quiche:

    "Set a silver spoon, stem side down, into an open bottle of champagne. This should keep the sparkle alive for a day or two in your refrigerator"

  14. Re:POP passwords are the biggest risk I see out th on Risk Management of Wireless Networks · · Score: 2, Interesting

    many ISPs do not offer any other option

    Use your ISP for connectivity and spend $30-35 a year for a better mail service.

    For less than 3 bucks a month, you might even get HTTPS webmail thrown in ... some extra storage ... and one of those "lifetime" domain names that gives you some flexibility regarding additional accounts and spam control.

    If email matters to you, it is doubtful you can find an ISP for twice the price that gives you mail security and your current level of non-mail speed and features (how most people pick their provders).

  15. Re:Uhh.. on Finding MD5 Collisions With Chinese Lottery · · Score: 1

    As my core temp goes from 113F to 141F, I can either turn my air can on the system (upside down) or shut down.

    At least there's no bacteria growing now on my fan-less heatsink...

    --
    Idle CPUs are the Devil's workshop

  16. Re:Not quite as spectacular as advertised on GM's OnStar System Hacked · · Score: 1
    A better hack would be to combine HFD (hand-free driving) with OnStar and The Clapper

    Maybe you meant "hands-free driving" ?
    Clapping is not untrivial with just one hand...


    --
    It's time to protest MUA (made up acronyms).
    Everyone knows farmers use 'HFD' for Herefords.
    There are going to be some mad cows if this continues.

  17. Re:TRS-80 Z-80 chip far superior to the Apple 6502 on Top 10 Personal Computers · · Score: 1

    It wasn't the chip that determined the best computer, it was software for the platform --
    like which one had the most games of professional wrestling.

  18. Re:Great! on Wal-Mart to Offer Wal-Mart Notebooks · · Score: 1

    As opposed to all those US made laptops?

    Good point -- I would prefer a Beijing, China computer to one
    designed/specified/built in Bentonville, Ark. by Wal-Martian leaders