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  1. Re:Consider it a benefit on Online Poker for Linux? · · Score: 0

    Poker isn't played against the house like blackjack and craps are. The poker house has absolutely no interest in whether you win or lose, since players play only against other players. They collect a small percentage of money from every pot, so all they want to see are lots of money changing hands. Also, casinos put caps on how much money you can spend in a certain time period. The caps are pretty high, though.

  2. Re:Why upgrade to dual 2 Ghz?? They won't be 2 ghz on Virginia Tech Upgrade: PowerMac G5 to Xserve G5 · · Score: 0

    "You honestly think that Virgina Tech had no idea about the nee G5's prior to Steve Job's and his keynote?" Actually, I believe they said they didn't, which is rather suprising...

  3. Re:Gigabit? on Nintendo's Mystery DS Portable Revealed · · Score: 0

    Yup, there are 1024 kilobits in a gigabit.

  4. That could make a good haiku. on Northwest Gives Personal Data to NASA · · Score: 1

    More people lie more And then it becomes 'not wrong' So who do we trust?

  5. Re:Huh?? on Transmeta's New Smaller, Faster Chips Announced · · Score: 1

    I'll take low power and high speed. Now find me a low-power but high-heat chip, and I'll congratulate you for figuring out how to break the laws of thermodynamics.

  6. Re:Don't you hate that... on Has The Poincare Conjecture Been Solved? · · Score: 1

    They're topologically the same. It might not seem that way, but try to imagine what can you do on the inside of a bubble that you can't do on the outside of a sphere? You're confined to the surface.

  7. Re:Has the Poincare Conjecture Been Solved? on Has The Poincare Conjecture Been Solved? · · Score: 1

    So what's that big hole-shaped thing in the center, then?