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  1. Shopping Around on MGM's DVD Class Action Settlement · · Score: 1

    I don't know where you people are shopping, but if you look in the bottom of the barrel bins at Wal-mart, you can find most of these movies at 2 for $11. I say, go there and find a ton of these to make a quick two bucks a pop + labor.

  2. I'm confused on Identity theft Happens Predominantly Offline · · Score: 1

    What is this "shredding of mail" that everyone speaks of. I don't want to shred my Outlook Express! Besides, my LCD won't fit in a trash can.

  3. Re:Hawking & Heisenberg v. Einstein on Blazing Speed: The Fastest Stuff In The Universe · · Score: 1

    I seem to recall one other theory of black holes "leaking." Empty space is awash with particles and antiparticles flying around appearing and annihilating each other almost instantaneously. It's just that when this happens near the horizon of a black hole, one of the particle/anti-particle pair gets "sucked up" into the black hole while the other one is able to escape as what appears to be radiation.

  4. Argh on WiMax Delayed for more Testing · · Score: 1

    I must say that I am slightly annoyed by this. My company has been developing WiFi based high speed solutions (for rural areas) with equipment that you can add WiMax modules to when they come along. We could have received a much cheaper solution if we had focused mainly on WiFi solutions without worrying about integration. I know all about the long run, but we need to build revenue with what we have now just to get the equipment.

    For more information, check out Connectronics and Strix Systems

  5. Excellent on Stan Lee to be Paid Millions for Spidey · · Score: 1

    Stan Lee is seemingly one of the nicest guys in the comic industry all around. Not to mention he's put so much into what he has done, with obvious enjoyment in his work. It doesn't seem to have gotten tedious for him, as you can see in all the interviews he does for the special edition DVDs of the many Marvel movies. I'm glad he will get proper compensation for all of his efforts. Check out his interviews on the Spidey DVDs and also the Comic Book Heros Unmasked

  6. When to ask on What Do You Do When Outsourcing Goes Bad? · · Score: 2, Funny

    When you realize that the outsourced company thought you wanted Finnish customizations on your script. That would be a good time to ask for your money back.

  7. Great! on Take Two in Talks with Major League Baseball · · Score: 3, Funny

    We can only hope for more high-quality games like Outlaw Golf 2!

    Favorite Quote in Outloaw Golf 2 Promo:

    The shameless bunch from the Outlaw series returns to the repressed world of golf with their outrageously twisted antics.

    I love twisted antics!

  8. Re:l33t politian on Governments Take Sides In Blackberry Patent Suit · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Don't politicians in the US and elsewhere have some kind of council or committee that can educate them on technology issues? I mean one that isn't run by the big business lobby. Our representative in Washington have the House Science Committee. Our friends over the Atlantic have a Science and Tech committee, etc. How are they ever going to learn about what they are ruling over?

  9. Re:Can anyone live that long? on Do You Want to Live Forever? · · Score: 1

    citing my sources

    Fight Club

  10. Can anyone live that long? on Do You Want to Live Forever? · · Score: 1

    Because, On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.

  11. Anyone else on Review: Burnout 3 - Takedown · · Score: 1

    Anyone else no longer feel safe on the road?

  12. News radio on Mathematics of the Social Security "Crisis" · · Score: 1

    I don't know how it is anywhere else, but here, local drivetime radio personalities have been fielding questions about Social Security reform. People have been calling in and talking about a "brother's neighbors's cousin's boss" that opted out of Social Security in order to take that money and put it into their own retirement planning. Has anyone else heard of such things or know if it is possible? From the things I have read, it is not possible to get out of paying your Social Security out of your regular paychecks. But I'm sure someone here has the ability to enlighten me or strengthen this position.

  13. Anyone else read: on HP's New iPAQ hx2755 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    HP's New iPAC h4x0r3d

  14. How many ISPs on Start Your Own Open Source-Based Telecom · · Score: 1

    There are so many ISPs right now that are just a step or two away from doing this. The company I work for has been promoting the use of Vonage with our high speed wireless to get away from using a land land with the phone company. And since Vonage came up with a WiFi phone our customers would be able to use it anywhere there is one of our hotspots.

    Most of the information that I have seen on VoIP has pointed to the fact that this could happen soon. Our customers have been yelling about this for months now.

  15. Re:But the real question is... on Robot Makers Say World Cup Will Be Theirs By 2050 · · Score: 1

    we have the power source already

  16. Thoughts about LEDs on Blue LED Inventor Nakamura Awarded $8.1 Million · · Score: 1

    Anyone else think that those blue LEDs emit the harshest light yet? Everytime I work on a computer with those things, it pains my eyes. Try going to sleep in a room when your roommate leaves his brand new computer on overnight. I think that guy should pay me.

  17. No surprise... on Man Auctions Forehead Advertising on eBay · · Score: 1

    I'm originally from Omaha, and knowing what people are like there, this doesn't surprise me. Many Omahans would sell their soul for a pair of pants or a cookie. Don't be surprised if you see more auctions like this from people in Nebraska.

  18. Re:Enjoy your summers on Joel Gives College Advice For Programmers · · Score: 1

    No joke! I worked technical jobs all the years I was in college except for my final summer before graduating. I ended up living with a friend for $200 / month and working at Kansas City Royals baseball games (all the hot dogs you can eat) and basically just goofed off the entire time. It was the most fun summer I have had since gradeschool.

  19. Good on Vonage to Produce a WiFi Phone · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This will be a wonderful alternative for many people. Right now, the company I work for is setting up various hotspots on the selling point that you could bring in Vonage, and this will be one more great selling point. It's amazing how many people despise phone companies.

  20. Wha? on Illinois Gov. Seeks Violent Video Game Ban · · Score: 1

    Retailers are not supposed to sell them to people under 17 but have been blamed for lax enforcement.

    So make them enforce what's already there. Why waste the people's money creating more confusion. Is there the same kind of law in the books for purchasing or buying a ticket to a movie? I wouldn't complain if a current law were extended to include video games and other media purchased from a store.

  21. What would this mean? on Symantec to Buy Veritas · · Score: 1

    Would this possibly mean layoffs? I have a relative who works for Symantec securing large server environments. Do the backup people have security people working for them? Does Symantec have a department that focuses on backups?

  22. Thoughts on Australian Police Given Power To Use Spyware · · Score: 1

    I heard once that if you found a tracking device on your vehicle installed by the police, you cannot remove it since it was installed because of a warrant. I'm sure spyware installed because of warrant would fall under the same type of law. This, of course, is in the United States, and not the land down under.

  23. Well! on Arrests Made Near D.C. Over Modded Game Consoles · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, now that the gaming industry has caught these two guys, their billions in lost revenue will be made up in no time!

  24. Re:Ditch those funky calculators!!! on Math Skills Survey Shows U.S. Lags Behind · · Score: 1

    P.P.S: It sounds like you've never been inside a US elementary school. I didn't get to use calculators until high school as well. And then, some of our teachers had scientific calculators that they handed out just before tests. Most of the time, having any kind of calculator wouldn't even help you on an exam if you couldn't understand the scope of the problem.

    The problem isn't the calculators as much as it is gaining an understanding of the problems you're working on.

    And it wasn't until I got to geometry (when we started learning theorems) that my enjoyment of mathematics ended.

  25. Would anyone like on RIP Pentium II, 1997 - 2006 · · Score: 1

    Would anyone enjoy some fine Intel collector's items?

    Pentium II's on sale