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  1. Re:Just for the record. on Review: We Love Katamari · · Score: 1

    I wonder if a Christmas theme would be so bad? It worked for Lemmings. :)

  2. Re:"silent" on Silent 500W Power Supply · · Score: 1

    The power savings alone will probably pay for the new drives in a year. Plus I can't imagine the noise that many old drives make when powered.

  3. Don't remove the orange tips on the guns! on The Quintessential Sentry Gun · · Score: 1

    My younger brothers are really into airsoft. They only problem was they removed the little orange tips on the guns to make them look real, and then went and played in a public park. When the police showed up with real guns and arrested them it wasn't so fun. Luckily they all got off with a stern warning and a small fine (all involved were minors at the time).

  4. Re:Hmmm. on Dell Dumping Itanium · · Score: 1

    Niner Fans wish the season would end today. To bad there is still 16 weeks to play. Go ahead, rub it in for the one week you are in front.

    Signed,

    Bitter Seattle Fan

  5. Re:light instead of gamma on Furthest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever Observed · · Score: 1
    Yeah, it wasn't very good.

    http://imdb.com/title/tt0251075/

  6. Re:Just another good reason... on Bulky System Requirements for Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    To bad he didn't really say this.

  7. Re:Simple Games! on Technology That You Loved from the 70/80/90's? · · Score: 1

    I agree. PC games like Sopwith, Flightmare, 3Demon, Spacewar, etc.

  8. Private Key. on Identity Thieves Drain Unemployment Benefit Funds · · Score: 1

    I want my private key to be swordfish.

  9. Re:Cool... Let's see where this leads to. on Solipsis - a Decentralized Open-Source MMORPG · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Here is an interesting article on cheating in MMORPGs.

    http://www.arena.net/news/articles/mikearticle0408 02.html
  10. Re:Free stuff isn't, freedom is! on Is Cheap Broadband UnAmerican? · · Score: 1

    The real problem is the lack of competition. In my area I have 1 choice for broadband, charter cable. I can research all I want, but until another provider comes along I am stuck.

  11. Re:Why are untrained tellers doing that? on Wells Fargo Web-Enables ATMs · · Score: 1

    Most of the time the teller is the lowest paid employee, and there is usually a lot of turnover on the teller line. This is pretty much true for every bank/credit union.

    That being said, it is not hard to load $20s in an ATM machine, a trained monkey could do it. If someone does rob the bank, it isn't like they are taking the money out of your account to give to Mr. Bad Guy with Gun.

  12. Re:YRO on Laser Painting Could Lead to 25-Year Prison Term · · Score: 1

    From reading the article it apears that he actually was painting the police helicopter that was looking for the source. This does not sound like a case of "oops I waved my laser in the air."

  13. Re:White Worms on Anti-Santy Worm Patches phpBB Flaw · · Score: 1

    I remember the nachi worm, which patched blaster, actually caused more problems.

  14. Re:RTFA, Idiot on Caveats In Reselling DSL Bandwidth To Neighbors? · · Score: 1

    I sure wish cars were exempt. I hate how the DMV gets sales tax everytime a vehicle is sold, even if it is 10 years old.

  15. Re:Obligatory HL2 bashing... on First Pictures of Quake IV · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I actually found the vehicle scenes in HL2 to be the most fun.

  16. Re:Price of P-IIs Soar? on RIP Pentium II, 1997 - 2006 · · Score: 1

    I have no brand loyalty. If the same product is cheaper with the Dell name stamped on it, guess which one I will buy?

    I did learn the hard way to not go cheap on my power supply. The $75 I saved in buying a crappy no-name part cost me a MB and cpu.

  17. Re:FOUR MORE YEARS!!!! on Half Life 2 Available, Delays Not Valve's Fault · · Score: 1

    I did just see a commercial on TV this morning advocating a constitutional amendment to allow Arnold (or any American not born here) to run for president. However I don't think this will happen anytime soon.

  18. Re:about time... on Optimal 24 mark Golomb Ruler Proven · · Score: 1

    How about a cure for cancer? http://www.grid.org/projects/cancer/

  19. Re:Nicoteen haters on Battery-powered Cigarettes? · · Score: 1

    I am not an addict. I just need to have my pot of coffee in the morning to wake up, my 64oz of Soda at lunch to stay awake, and my diet Dr. Pepper in the afternoon to make it till 5.

  20. Re:One or the other on Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed Launches · · Score: 1

    $15 a month most certainly is trivial. You see, some of us are actually adults with real jobs and real incomes.

    And some of us have families with mortgages, car payments, kids school tuition etc. After paying for medical insurance, contributing to my 401k, and taxes my net income is considerably less than comfortable.
  21. Re:Latency? on Sony/IBM/Toshiba: CELL Almost Ready · · Score: 1

    And then the absolutely aweful PS/1 was released. I still can't figure out why IBM went backwards in the numbering.

  22. Security Expert? on 20,000 Zombie PCs -- $3000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Zombie victim Carty took matters into her own hands: She did research on how to clean up and protect her PC and diligently updates programs that scan her computer for various types of malicious code. Her PC now runs clean. "I had no clue at Christmas that I would become a security expert," she says.

    It is quite sad that a person who just updates their computer and runs a virus scanner is now considered a "security expert."

  23. Re:Nostalgia for the 7800? on Atari To Release Old Games and New Console System · · Score: 2, Funny

    The reason the 7800 flopped is because my parents would not buy it for me for Christmas. Instead my dad got the family an IBM XT. Thank God my dad didn't listen to me that Christmas.

  24. Re:I just hope they fix the controllers on Atari To Release Old Games and New Console System · · Score: 1

    IMHO the worst controller would be on the Intellivision II. I swear my thumbs still hurt from pressing those stupid side buttons.

  25. Re:Now combine ACH with a substitute check... on Searching For Trouble With Google · · Score: 1

    It is a completely voluntary program on the banks part:

    The law does not require banks to accept checks in electronic form nor does it require banks to use the new authority granted by the act to create substitute checks.