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  1. Does it matter? on Bill Gates Talks about Belgian eID Card · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Everyone knows it's just a marketing ploy to try and get general opinion to go against the E.U.

  2. A few come to mind... on Video Formats for non-Windows Users? · · Score: 1

    MPEG, definitely.
    Quicktime format would work well, and AVI should be fine as well.

  3. Re:WTF? on LiveJournal Buyout Confirmed · · Score: 1
    Man, WTF?

    im not a 12yo girl, and I use LJ.. and I will probably quit now that they got sold .. dangit.

    Apparently, you use AOL, though.
  4. Re:In other news... on Last Manufacturer of Pro Analog Audio Tape Closes · · Score: 1

    That won't happen, simply because Kodak has adapted with the change. Kodak makes Digital Cameras, and with development of your 35mm film, many stores will give you a "Kodak Picture CD" Quantegy, while they do make other digital items, had no jobs for their other workers.

  5. Oh, noes! on "Spam King" Agrees to Stop Spamming For Now · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How ever will we get our Vioxx and Rolexes????????????????

  6. Re:why not an NTN system on Producing a Quiz Show from Multiple Locations? · · Score: 1

    Having first-hand knowledge of this system (my father ran a bowling center attached to a bar who had this trivia system), it is an extremely expensive system to have, and ended up losing money. I think they only kept it because the waitresses and bartenders played it after their shift.

  7. The question is... on AMD Chip Fraud Delays Release of New Chipset · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How did AMD not notice this before a million chips were relabeled?

  8. Germany...SHH! on German Court Sets Copyright Tax on New PCs · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't give Bush any ideas ;)

  9. The problem isn't JUST Windows... on New Trojan Threatens Windows XP SP 2 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The problem is, the end users who will visit these types of sites, especially in IE (the same users who will open e-mails for free Vioxx or Rolex watches)

  10. Re:Doesn't add up on $1.5 Million Bar-code Scheme Bilks Wal-Mart Stores · · Score: 0

    Actually, it probably wouldn't be too hard, if they did it right. One could feasibly change, say, a high-priced coat, selling for $75, for a Wal-Mart brand coat, selling for $30. It'd most likely just ring up as "Coat", with a few other letters in there that the cashier wouldn't bother to decipher.

  11. Re:Perhaps they should have played Wolf3D! on Whippersnappers Bad-Mouth Old Games · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia, swastikas do you!

  12. Re:Mt. Dew for Thought... on India Quietly Introduces Software Patents · · Score: 1

    We forgot Poland!

  13. Damn that Washington Post... on Washington Post Buys Slate From Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Buying up other companies in direct competition with them...oh, wait.

  14. I think the FAQ question is the greatest... on Google Suggest · · Score: 1

    9. I don't want anyone to know I'm into lemur racing. Is my information private?

  15. Re:Apology... on Lycos Anti-Spam Screensaver Inspires Trojan · · Score: 1

    No, it only spreads on Windows PCs because Linux users generally won't download an executable file from a conspicuous e-mail.

  16. Re:Why Mail and News? on Thunderbird 1.0 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    Personally, I've been using SharpReader (Windows, I don't think it works on *nix/Mac). I'm sure it's not the greatest, but I basically just need it for a few different news sources- nothing big.

  17. Re:Why Mail and News? on Thunderbird 1.0 RC1 Released · · Score: 1, Informative

    First off, it's not a browser.

    Secondly, TB offers NNTP an option. Personally, I use TB as a POP client, and use another client as a NNTP client.

  18. Re:how does this compare to firefox? on Thunderbird 1.0 RC1 Released · · Score: 0
    Firefox contains many features that are not contained in IE:

    Tabbed Browsing (instead of multiple windows, you can use just one)

    Customizable (extensions allow you to add virtually any feature)

    Fewer serious bugs
    Thunderbird, while it may not be the best e-mail program out there, is better than Outlook Express (assuming you use that now)

  19. Re:Popularity on Thunderbird 1.0 RC1 Released · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The difference is, while there are numerous e-mail programs out there that threaten Outlook's market share, Firefox is the only browser that is a true threat to IE.

  20. Re:i think Ken threw it on Adieu to Ken Jennings · · Score: 0

    Did you pay attention to the last few seconds of Jeopardy? He scribbled down an answer just as the music started to end, probably a last-minute guess in hopes that it *might* be right. Not to mention that he almost always bets to round to an divisor of $5,000 (both bets were in an attempt to make it to $20,000). He NEVER bets $200 unless he doesn't know anything about the category. Of course he didn't throw it. Besides, why purposely lose if he could instead "retire" at the end of the game, with the extra $30,000 or so for winning, and a spotless 75-0 record?

  21. Re:The worst part... on Adieu to Ken Jennings · · Score: 0

    For what it's worth, all episodes after Day 48 are in Season 2.

  22. Re:google.tv on Coming soon: Google TV? · · Score: 0

    And so is Google.net, Google.org, Google.info, Google.ws, ...

    All companies do this, so cybersquatters don't start porn/spam/phishing sites, pretending they're the real Google.

  23. Re:How do you know? on Microsoft Replaces Your Pirated Windows, For Free · · Score: 0

    Run the Windows Validation Assistant:

    http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/ww/ wi ndows/default.mspx

  24. Obligatory... on Apollo 12 at 35 · · Score: 0

    In Soviet Russia, the moon lands you!

  25. Re:Editors, we get it on A College Guide to EA · · Score: 0, Funny

    And there's also an E and an A in Flamebait!