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  1. Re:Something doesn't make sense here... on Microsoft Developing Windows for Low-End Machines · · Score: 1

    Why even bother with an OS at all on the thin client then? I mean, just network boot. I've seen ppl do this with LTSP, and there's ways to network boot rdp clients now, and AFAIK citrix has this too...

  2. Re:Have in common on Canada Task Force Calls For Anti-Spam Law · · Score: 1

    Too bad not enough moderators won't get your joke... Well I'll give you a +5 myself - that was friggin' hilarious...

    She's such a dirty girl... Dirty... Hot assed dirty girl...

  3. Re:Even Ebert acknowledges we may see SW 7-9 ... on Ebert Gives 'Sith' Positive Review · · Score: 1

    I think Tarantino would do a fine job. Uma in a gold bikini does seem appealing to me haha... (I know what I'm saying is stupid btw)

    John Woo would do a good job. The light sabre scenes would just kick ass.

    Andy Wachowski would give us a very rich story. That's what Star Wars fans crave. The original trilogy left a lot of the story to the imagination. There wasn't a lot of setting up of the story. The Matrix guys would do a good job of extending the trilogy the right way IMO.

  4. Re:Even Ebert acknowledges we may see SW 7-9 ... on Ebert Gives 'Sith' Positive Review · · Score: 1

    Ever seen Close Encounters of The Third Kind?

    And Lucas created Star Wars.

    Different times dude.

  5. Re:Even Ebert acknowledges we may see SW 7-9 ... on Ebert Gives 'Sith' Positive Review · · Score: 1

    I've wanted Spielberg to direct one of these things FOREVER

    Did you not see A.I.? Speilberg bastardized it.
    I don't think Speilberg could do a sci-fi movie.

  6. Re:Hehehe on Web Designer's Reference · · Score: 1

    I know, I was shooting for the Funny mod, not the Insightful one haha...

    lol I know better. Sometimes... When I'm not lazy.

  7. Re:Hehehe on Web Designer's Reference · · Score: 1

    ...From to ...

    No, it'll be from <b> to <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>

  8. Re:How to Suck in 21 days! on Web Designer's Reference · · Score: 4, Informative

    Uhm, with some caching it doesn't matter. Cached content feeding from a database is fine IMO...

  9. Re:Three words: on Web Designer's Reference · · Score: 1

    :) Boy, some DW fanboy really doesn't like me...

    Truth is, I think CSS is limited still. Give me better selectors like the CSS3 spec and that'll catch my attention. Until then, XHTML strict I'm not interested in...

  10. Three words: on Web Designer's Reference · · Score: -1, Troll

    Don't Use Dreamweaver

    Seriously. Designers are teh suxx0rz... I'm sick of having to fix .style1,.style2, .style3, etc.

    Sure it's friggin' compliant, but good luck editing it in anything otehr than DW. Designers who use that POS gui should get a kick in the ass... It's sux ass...

  11. Re:Upload, not download on Cuban Says RIAA Damages Should be $5 Per Month · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've said this before and I'll say it again ... like it or not, if it's against the law, it's against the law (unless you're Canadian eh!).

    How many stupid laws do I have to look up for you to believe that not all laws are created with wisdom and good intentions?

    Remeber prohibition. Some civil disobedience never hurt anyone.

    Just note that America has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Jailing more people obviously isn't solving your problems.

  12. Re:Out of curiousity... on Free Pascal 2.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Problem is that there's different indentation methodologies. For the life of me I can't remember the formal types, but I mean there's three or four of them, that various ppl are used to from the different worlds where they come from.

    Then there's tab vs. space indentation.

    I like that you can have certain expectations reading Python code, but it can be a bitch if you missed an indentation.

  13. Re:BMW?? on Software Glitches Stall Toyota Prius · · Score: 1

    thing is, you still have fluids going to your brakes, and fluids to your power steering pump.

    The only difference is the linkage is detached.

    Most of the problems occur at the liquids. You still need a master cylinder, and a hydraulic pump. There's no escaping that.

    I honestly fail to see how replacing the linkage to drive by wire will better your car...

  14. Re:Failover on Software Glitches Stall Toyota Prius · · Score: 1

    A friend of mine rolled his Jeep like that. He was easing himself down a hill in reverse and hit a patch of ice... Instinct gave way and he hit the brakes and stalled his motor...

    Of course he picked up speed and tumbled over the hillside. No one was hurt luckily but quite the event.

    btw, he's the only one in my Jeep club that's rolled, and he's rolled twice...

  15. Re:Out of curiousity... on Free Pascal 2.0 Released · · Score: 1

    You'd probably have more fun learning Ruby or Python IMO... Ruby's got a few contructs that are a bit funky, but it's a cleanly typed language that's easy to use.

    Python can piss you off sometimes with the forced whitespace...

  16. Re:Out of curiousity... on Free Pascal 2.0 Released · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well it's got the strength of C and the readability of Delphi.

    Might not be as many job opportunities out there for a Free Pascal programmer, but for some who want to walk down memory lane...

  17. Re:BMW?? on Software Glitches Stall Toyota Prius · · Score: 1

    Yeah, because Drive By Wire seems so much more reliable than what's out there today.

    Thanks, but I'll take my chances with mechanical drive components, especially brakes, throttle, and steering.

  18. Re:Private member bill == Joke? on Australia Says No To Spyware · · Score: 1

    I don't think a private member bill right now would be a joke; it would all depend where it came from. Everything's up in the air in a Minority govt.

  19. Re:Excuses Excuses on How Battlestar Galactica Killed TV · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I usually don't reply to blatant flamebait like this, but it's not an excuse for piracy. BSG is on TV at an awkward time. Downloading the torrent has made this TV show accessible, and has increased the popularity of the show.

    Without BT it might not be as popular. Why is that a bad thing?

    Truth is, we pay for TV. If we miss a show that we like, and download it, isn't that akin to recording it on a PVR? Commercials or not?

  20. Re:Q: on Dissidents Seeking Anonymous Web Solutions? · · Score: 1

    In what fucked up world do you live in where property has more value than life?

    I'd bet the GP lives in one of the redneck central states that voted for dubya... You know... Jesusland...

  21. Re:write in advance, encrypt and email it on Dissidents Seeking Anonymous Web Solutions? · · Score: 1

    uhm, pgp - doesn't that stand for "Pretty Good Privacy"? I wouldn't personally want to put my life in the hands of "Pretty Good" privacy :)

  22. Re:Q: on Dissidents Seeking Anonymous Web Solutions? · · Score: 1

    So by that definition, the IMF protestors in Seattle were terrorists because they destroyed property?

  23. Re:And the entire internet is public.. on Dissidents Seeking Anonymous Web Solutions? · · Score: 1

    But who the hell likes to wait 10 minutes for a web page to load?

    IIRC there's a tool out there that's kinda a P2P proxying tool...

    Only problem is that stuff will go through your box too...

  24. Re:Fools, small chidren, and ships named Enterpris on Enterprise Finale Airing Tonight · · Score: 1

    Naw, DS9 was about helping out a race of ppl who just go their independance. They were asked to be there, and they made Cisco their "god" so to speak (that was the only story arc that annoyed me).

    I'd bet if it were out today, the story line would be vastly different...

    Kardassians = Hussein, Bajorans = Iraqi ppl, Federation = Americans. Could do some really cool stuff with THAT story line... Imagin the controversy? It would be labeled anti-american, and tv stations would stop carrying it lol!

  25. Re:Fools, small chidren, and ships named Enterpris on Enterprise Finale Airing Tonight · · Score: 1

    Actually, that sounds better, but IMO it wouldn't work in a post 9/11 - some activist group would label it "anti-american" or something (America is really the only superpower right now too)

    I think they could stand to make some bold statements, but no TV Exec has the courage to make such a statement.