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  1. Re:They don't need the litigation anymore on RIAA Backs Down In Texas Case · · Score: 1

    Does MS Remote Access for support count as 'server' or remote access? lol, getting cutoff for asking for help to cure a trojan or somesuch would be interesting.....

  2. Re:And will be unavailable anyplace else.... on World's Cheapest Car Goes On Sale In India · · Score: 1

    I actually walk to work....however...

    The nearest store for electronics is many miles away. Ditto for Wal-mart, etc. There is a grocery store within walking distance, not sure how to carry the 12 bags they use to bag my $60 of groceries but it is there. However if one wants clothes or electronics or anything else it would be hours by bus each way or a $50 cab ride each way and probably hour plus waits (cab service here sucks hard). Friends would take all day to go visit...kinda interferes with that job thing :( I could not play Laserquest or go bowling or much else without an expensive cab ride because noone needs a bus after 10pm :/

    Kinda stuck with my car even without the commute :( Unless one of those greenies is gonna spend all day doing my shopping that takes an hour or two with a car.....I am not going to willingly give up my only free day to get my groceries.

    Also not getting a greener car. My SUV gets terrible mileage but at under 2500 miles per year and paid off and new car would pay for itself about the time the sun goes out :(

    Anyways, car-free is a lot easier if all the stores aren't grouped together on the very edge of town already.

  3. Re:Were nerds here... use the f'ing metric system on The 100 Degree Data Center · · Score: 1

    I am going to guess that fire has been around longer than Fahrenheit scale....

    *sigh*

  4. Re:Driver licensing? on Flying Car Passes First Flight Test · · Score: 1

    But does it really qualify?

    I see they talk about the sport license but looking at that plane i don't see how it gets under the weight. It certainly looks husky :) And is it even possible to build a street legal car (we are driving it to the airport LEGALLY, right?) at that weight much less able to do both.

    That is half the weight of a mini-cooper is it not? It is less than my 70's Opel which is pretty thin and has no airbags, ABS, side-impact,etc

    Now i need to look into finding LSA aircraft as it appears i am able to fly one :)

  5. Re:Where have I seen this before? on What Does a $16,000+ PC Look Like, Anyway? · · Score: 1

    Cool, it looks like it could double for keeping the fur trimmed on my kitty cat :)

    Hadn't pictured that use for 9 fans before.

  6. Re:Tax dollars on Clear Public Satellite Imagery Tantamount to Yelling Fire · · Score: 1

    "If I think the church down the street from me has an architecturally-brilliant roof and I want to look at it, I see no reason why I shouldn't be able to do so. "

    Damn you

    I never thought to look what the new roof on the church down the street looks like from Google Earth. ooohh shiny. Umm, too shiny, in fact, it is half artifacts from the reflections :( lol, fresh copper roof last year was too bright for the aerial shots. oh oh, self-blurring roofs...forget i brought it up......

  7. Oh really on Libel Suits OK Even If Libel Is Truthful · · Score: 1, Insightful

    "but the company has nothing to gain by disseminating this kind of information."

    How about dissuading other employees from doing the same things?
    Seems like a pretty good reason to me. Are YOU going to do what he just got fired for??

  8. Re:Nothing New on Is Salacious Content Driving E-Book Sales? · · Score: 4, Funny

    You mean these little arrows keys don't..... aw shucks :(

  9. Missed ours on A History of Storage, From Punch Cards To Blu-ray · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Seems to be focused on REMOVABLE media since they skipped most HD info entirely.

    They still missed what i used for many years, the removable platter or disk pack. I fought with our Wang computer for over 10 years doing backup onto a 13MB removable HD platter. 80MB drive with multiple platters, the top one being a removable cartridge. Lugged one (well, two actually) of those suckers home each week for ages.

    At least i won that fight...the Wang now sits vanquished in my dungeon...waiting until i get brave enough to turn off everything else in the house and see if it still fires up :) Everyone needs at least one Hard Drive that weighs more than they do!

    I agree some of the dates were a little premature...common manufacture dates perhaps, not usage.

    And then there is the not so common dates....we still use the T1000 Travan tape drive daily and the Jaz drive is still hooked up :)

  10. Re:Not really seeing the big deal on Utah Trying To Restrict Keyword Advertising ... Again · · Score: 1

    Now that you mention it....

    I wouldn't mind if they can find a way to eliminate all the entries for: Buy 'search term' Here ads that leads to another search site that never finds any 'search term' to sell you :/

    Getting tired of getting a search result that is a search result of a site giving search results.....

    Or at least a button to unclick the useless ad you went to.......

  11. Re:Cough Up Some Hard Evidence, Buddy on Calif. Politican Thinks Blurred Online Maps Would Deter Terrorists · · Score: 1

    So we need to blur the roads first then?

  12. Re:There is NO "competitive market" in Quebec. on Quebec ISP To Terminate Subscribers Over Copyright · · Score: 1

    Maybe someone was not impressed with the cut and paste from TFA....

  13. Re:Sue on Gamer Claims Identifying As a Lesbian Led To Xbox Live Ban · · Score: 1

    Be aware i hear she runs around alot tho...

  14. FAKE on Flying Car Flies From London To Africa · · Score: 1, Funny

    The guy actually flew using his hair to Africa ;)

    and Skybuggy might be more apt...

  15. Re:if you think it's over... on Pirate Bay Day 3 — Defense Requests Dismissal · · Score: 1

    *snap*

    Now we can both share my pencil...

  16. Re:What else can you do? on Student Arrested For Classroom Texting · · Score: 1

    "Confiscate the cellphone by all means, call the parents, MAYBE even have the parents come and pick her up."

    OK, but she shoved it in her pants and said she didn't have one/do it. Now what?

    Suspend her? She said she didn't so it and you have no proof!
    She stays sitting in chair and we are back to 'now what?'

    Reach in her pants and get it?!! Yeah right.

  17. Re:Retarded on Don't Like EULAs? Get Your Cat To Agree To Them · · Score: 1

    Especially with the lame setup in the article...

    Let's see how it works with my kitty. She needs no coercion or cardboard target to agree. She will step on keyboard willingly, as it is between the chair and a favorite window. She could very well be of legal age by now too :) Since she usually comes from the left she may well decide to hit tab first and deny if i have not fed her enough tho.

    She also likes to chat in my race lobby and prefers the bumper cam view pointed backwards even tho this a bit rough on us human drivers.....

  18. Re:Ok then... on Researchers Hack Biometric Faces · · Score: 1

    lol, so true

    I used to take pictures for our drum corps, some people hated the candid shots that showed up at the season end dinner :) 300mm lens, a doubler, and a steady hand or knee and they can't really avoid getting in the picture show ;)

    I imagine it is only gotten easier with mini cameras in everything and palm sized units with 5x zoom or more. My 14 inch lens wasn't exactly stealthy...

  19. Re:Short answer on Repairing / Establishing Online Reputation? · · Score: 1

    lol, the last time i googled myself i was an escaped convict on the other side of the globe :O

  20. Re:Once again... BFD on Confusion Reigns As Analog TV Begins Shutdown · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Even tho that has nothing to do with reality?

    If they didn't get one yet, they are screwed anyway...well unless the CW was the only* station here that you wanted to receive tomorrow! Can even the half-brains watch that station and only that station all day ?!?

    I am confused as to why they made it more confusing.....

    *Disregarding Ion television which appears to be on a low-power transmitter.

  21. WTF on Draconian DRM Revealed In Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    "Too many replies [tinyurl.com] beneath your current threshold"

    Why is this link beneath this post pointing to dolphins on youtube?!?

  22. not ERP per se, but our sales/accounting sys on Does Your Vendor Issue Gag Orders? · · Score: 1

    Since it wasn't specifically pointed out...and the original vendor has been bought out TWICE....

    The thing i hate about this setup is the lack of user help. The only avenue for aid is through a paid support contract. Irrelevent for us as there is also a required yearly license or it shuts itself off (one of them undisclosed at purchase, i wouldn't have bought if both costs known :/) Sometimes it would be nice if people that found a workaround could share it, but since you can't talk about the problem it is tough to share the solution to something that doesn't exist.

    There is also nothing to base a purchase decision on :( If more info had been available beforehand we might not have overlooked a MAJOR shortcoming during demo.

    I expected a little more polish on a program that has been in use like 20 years....

  23. Re:How the states can get their sales taxes on New York Wants To Tax Internet Downloads · · Score: 1

    Maybe they can all copy Washington then you only need 18250 boxes on that simplified form :)

    Just redid the tax system in computer last year, i believe we had 365 tax codes to cover WA. Of course people and animals are taxed differently so we need a second set for selling to vets...

  24. Re:Speaking of random wire.... on Rabbit Ears To Stage a Comeback Thanks To DTV · · Score: 1

    Is that like the long t-shaped FM antenna? I found that my FM antenna works betters for many stations than either set of rabbit ears i have :)

  25. Re:Two questions on Twisted Radio Beams Could Untangle the Airwaves · · Score: 1

    The no receiver part was interesting. Can we assume you need something similar to the sending array to receive? My car is going look funny if i add 47 more antennas, especially if i have to complete a particular design :)

    In other news...

    I have successfully sent a psychic beam transmission...noone can receive it and i haven't made a translator yet, so even if you do, you won't understand it...don't sweat the details....trust me...