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  1. Obligatory Dvorak Quote on Motorola to Marry BPL and Wireless · · Score: 1

    Dvorak: The idea of a personal Internet connection over power lines is preposterous. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,896590,00.asp /

  2. Just wondering... on Xbox 360 for $300 · · Score: 1

    Just wondering... as yet, has the M$ gaming division made a profit?

  3. One Way to Stop This Kind of Attack. on Injecting Audio Into Insecure Bluetooth Handsets · · Score: 1

    Moon 'em!

  4. Re:Keep going further left, Hillary... on Hillary, GTA, and High School Football · · Score: 1

    I agree, and remember, Bill Clinton did the same thing by blasting Sista Solja before his first term election. Hence, this was a predictable event.

    Politicians behave the way they do because the tactics work.

  5. Re:Emulation, not innovation on USA to Pass Science Crown to China · · Score: 2, Insightful

    As a child in the 1050's, I heard nothing but disparaging comments about cheapo Japanese copies. 'Nuff said.

  6. Re:Why Skippy? on Why FreeBSD · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope someday that you'll have to eat those words.

  7. Re:Mix, Burn, Rip, why Apple's DRM works... on DRM Advocate Violates DRM · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And even though I could, I haven't.

    I love my mac, but don't use the iTunes Store because there is DRM involved. It's that simple.

  8. Black and White Thinking (TM) on Googling for CIA Agents · · Score: 1

    Fine by me, but if Black and White Thinking (TM) survives the present administration, it'll be a freaking miracle.

  9. It's true then... that on Longhorn to Require Monitor-Based DRM · · Score: 1

    All your resolution are belong to us.

    Mwwwahhhhhahaahaaaha.

  10. Re:Ah, yes... Cornerstone Books on Advanced Programming in the UNIX Env, 2nd Ed. · · Score: 1

    I see we have a packet collision between my attempt to be funny and your attempt to state the obvious.

    No farm, no fowl.

  11. Re:Be prepared on Conquering the LaGrange Points? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's gonna be finders keepers...

    Then we must be prepared to give America back to the indians.

  12. Ah, yes... Cornerstone Books on Advanced Programming in the UNIX Env, 2nd Ed. · · Score: 4, Funny

    It quickly became the cornerstone of many bookshelves.

    Um, those books never get read - used as they are in making space for shelving to hold the other books!

  13. If we all just work together... on NASA to Research Antimatter Rocket · · Score: 1

    Of course, making the antimatter can be expensive.

    If we all just work together, I bet we can get antimater prices down so's the terrorists can afford 'em for their fleet of a gazillion mini drone aircraft. :^(

    Bring 'em on. -- George W. Bush

  14. Once I thought that... on Is Science Fiction the Opiate of the Geek Masses? · · Score: 1

    ... parallel lines never met. Then I assumed that they do and, voila, I turned into Hyperbolic Man. (So please don't tell me what's safe to read, or believe.)

  15. If you knew SuSE... on Big Retailers Timid About Selling Linux Boxen · · Score: 1

    I'm a regular customer at the MicroCenter Chicago store and feel that they do a fine job. Their geek book selection is amazing. I've purchased SuSE linux at MicroCenter in the past, but did notice lately that Linspire linux is always on the shelves but SuSE is not (or perhaps sold out frequently.) Yes, I could have downloaded SuSE, but I like to support Novell's efforts in promoting SuSE.

  16. My folks visited Mustafar... on The Science of Star Wars · · Score: 1

    and all I got were these lousy t-shirt ashes.

  17. Re:Diabloical on Bush Wants Right to ISP Customer Data · · Score: 1

    You forgot to thank us for all the fish!

  18. Obligatory Sark Quote from Tron on HP Announces National Id System Built on .NET · · Score: 1

    Sark: Greetings. The Master Control Program has chosen you to serve your system on the Game Grid. Those of you who continue to profess a belief in the Users will receive the standard substandard training, which will result in your eventual elimination. Those of you who renounce this superstitious and hysterical belief will be eligible to join the warrior elite of the MCP. You will each receive an identity disk. Everything you do or learn will be imprinted on this disk. If you lose your disk or fail to obey commands, you will be subject to immediate de-resolution. That will be all.

  19. Re:My Favorite Question on Roger Ebert Answers Star Wars Questions · · Score: 1

    Fine. You've added up Lucas' side of the ledger. On the republican side you have the domestic cost of the WAR ON TERROR (TM), the cost of the tragic and wasteful Iraq 'war', the cost of their own 'Star Wars' anti-missile program, and the net present value of future working lifetime incomes of all American Service men and women who've died needlessly... Sorry George Lucas, but you're not even in the running when it comes to damaging the economy: Dubya is the winner in that department. Why can't we all just put magnets on our cars and get along?

  20. Before I tell you what you need... on Creating a High-Tech Meeting/Conference Room? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'll need the name of your company so I can short the stock.

  21. Re:They're both better! on Get To Know Mach, the Kernel of Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    Yes... and no. It depends on your definition of satisfactory. ;=)

  22. Re:10 reasons why the US is hated all over the wor on Next Step in Human Evolution · · Score: 1

    Gosh. You make us sound like... Anonymous Cowards.

  23. Re:No AntiVirus for Tiger on Apple to Release first Tiger Update · · Score: 1

    It's all good. I've used .mac for three years now and love it. My saying upselling was not meant to be taken as a slam. My post was simply to point out that currently AV is not available on Tiger. Perhaps Apple is making a statement here. I can't imagine a Longhorn debut with no AntiVirus apps available for it.

  24. Re:No AntiVirus for Tiger on Apple to Release first Tiger Update · · Score: 1

    Some good-natured soul modded my original post to Funny, which is fine but that was not my original intention. My point was that for folks who get lots of attachments from Windoze users and then send them along to others on that platform, it's a good idea to stem the viral tide as a net citizen. These good works cannot be performed if no AntiVirus exists. I can attest to never seeing virii on Mac OS X, as was pointed out above.

  25. No AntiVirus for Tiger on Apple to Release first Tiger Update · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I was at the Apple Store yesterday talking with several employees (wearing very cool spotlight T-shirts) about the lack of AntiVirus for Tiger. They were quite sheepish about the subject and mentioned the training they'd received about how to broach the subject when customers ask about it. The bottom line was that there is no AntiVirus software compatible with Tiger at the moment and that they were to upsell .mac where Apple's servers run AntiVirus on .mac emails. Is this a non-issue? Is it odd that you don't hear much about this? I've read a lot about Tiger over the last six months and that is the first I had heard of this issue.