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  1. Re:Real Life Aliens PowerLoader on The Science of Iron Man · · Score: 1

    Has there been an Iron Man version of the power loader on screen before 1986? If not then it would be an ALIENS rip-off.

  2. Re:What sort of support do you need? on Choosing an SSL Provider? · · Score: 1

    12-24 hours sometimes! Damn, what the hell. I can get a browser recognized Certificate in minutes. I can make my own in seconds and they're ALL the same level of 'security'.

  3. Re:depends on devices... on Choosing an SSL Provider? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Now ain't that a racket.
    Still secure but because Verisign obviously has a hand in the mobile distribution market, no one else is 'secure'.
    I see is as the losers are the Motorola users tied to Verisign only certs.

  4. Re:I don't type on Best Way To Avoid Keyloggers On Public Terminals? · · Score: 1

    So.
    You have a block of text say 50 characters by 50 characters, you copy and paste your pertinent info, 4 characters from the top row, 4 characters in the middle from the 5th row for a username and do the password the same.

  5. Re:One *little* thing on The Military Plans To Regrow Body Parts · · Score: 3, Funny

    Lobotomy, lobotomy, lobotomy, lobotomy!
    DDT did a job on me
    Now I am a real sickie
    Guess I'll have to break the news
    That I got no mind to lose
    All the girls are in love with me
    I'm a teenage lobotomy

    Slugs and snails are after me
    DDT keeps me happy
    Now I guess I'll have to tell 'em
    That I got no cerebellum
    Gonna get my Ph.D.
    I'm a teenage lobotomy

  6. Re:I will slipstream it and add the driver pack to on Windows XP SP3 Released To Manufacturing · · Score: 1

    Microsoft has a crappy product with a super marketing and sales staff.

    You described a good half day for a reinstall and what a waste of time. Barring serious hardware problems, either the install before was crappy or the product is crappy.

  7. Re:They are unpleasant already on PETA Offers X-Prize for Artificial Meat · · Score: 0

    Anybody who has an ounce of sense should see what PeTA realy is and stands for.
    If you want to be a voice for animals, there's the ASPCA.
    If you like wild animals, there's the NWF.
    Other than that, the rest are false charities.
    And yes, the Humane Society is a front for PeTA, just a bunch of wackos without common sense.

  8. Re:Huh? on Growing Plants on the Moon May Be Feasible · · Score: 1

    Sexist.

  9. Re:I'm surprised they don't just make it federal on End of the Internet's Tax-Free Ride? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Normally, brick and mortar taxes are supposed to pay for police, fire, and whatnot.
    This internet tax doesn't use any of that. The fees we pay for shipping and handling cover the road fees required to bring the product to our door.

    I already pay tax on my internet service.

  10. Re:Who cares? on African Americans and the Video Game Industry · · Score: 2, Informative

    To be African-American by definition means to be born in Africa then become naturalized in the Americas.
    Therefore, being born in Ethiopia and naturalized a Columbian makes one African-American.

    Any other definition erodes the common language we rely upon. To simply call one an 'African-American' because of skin color implies that 'African-American' is a color which it is not but a hijacked term for what it really means. Might as well call people 'Red Armadillos', 'Striped Rhinos', or 'Musky Badgers' because they're neither.

  11. Re:Grounds to contest? on Cities Tampering With Traffic Lights To Generate Revenue · · Score: 1

    When you see the yellow light, you are supposed to stop.
    If you pass under the light and it is yellow, you are fine.
    If you pass under a red light, you have run a red light.

    -From what I remember from traffic school.

    Also, something like 12 points on your license, the DOT is supposed to send you a letter stating if if you have 15 points on your license, you license gets taken away.
    Not stopping at a school bus is 6 points.
    Stop signs and red lights are 1 or 2 points.

    Infractions not given by officers (cameras) do count as points against the license.

  12. Re:Why the negativity? on Blockbuster Working on Set-Top Box · · Score: 1

    Or you could buy one.
    http://www.xpcgear.com/mediagate.html

    Fantastic device.

  13. Re:Why pay $200 for a box where your cable box can on Blockbuster Working on Set-Top Box · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Can your cable box get you Robocop, Twin Peaks, or La Planete Savauge when you want it or just whatever the media companies decide what you should choose from?

  14. Re:It's ok though... on Some Anti-Spam Vendors Blocking and Slowing Gmail · · Score: 2, Funny

    and you certainly haven't used Lotus Notes, which trumps Citadel and Exchange by a wider margin.

  15. Re:Sign the petition! on Uwe Boll To Quit Making Movies With 1M Signatures · · Score: 0

    I barely know about this guy, I've never seen his films, I couldn't care less if he makes films or not.
    However, if his films suck that bad, how is he able to get funding and provide jobs? I see that as a good thing for the crew at least.
    Just don't watch them if they suck. It's like turning the channel on your TV or using adblock for your web browser.

  16. Re:Haha this is pretty much a win on RIAA "Making Available" Theory Rejected · · Score: 3, Interesting

    First of all, all these **AA vs. Common Grandma are all about a P2P that uses complete files like Kazaa, Napster (in the old days), Morpheus, etc...
    I've never heard anything about the RIAA or MPAA going after a user using a torrent client. Going after a tracker is a different thing.
    Seeding would be analogous to a P2P of the former.
    Being a client or leeching is no more distributing content than sending emails to a friend or coworkers using normal language and calling that copyright infringement on normal language in published books.

  17. Re:Not the first, but gets all the credit? on Researchers Play Tune Recorded Before Edison · · Score: 1

    Only helmets available back then were the heavy bowling ball type of motorcycle helmets.

  18. Re:Not the first, but gets all the credit? on Researchers Play Tune Recorded Before Edison · · Score: 1

    Damn, when I was a kid, roller skates and skateboards were only metal.
    We also had strap on skate wheels that were also metal.

  19. Re:RP on IT Workers Split For McCain, Obama · · Score: 1

    "...America being effectively ruled by 200 year old dead people.:

    "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
    George Santayana


    All it does is take baby steps, forget a little here and compromise a little there.

    I can agree that a hard gold standard (which is not what Ron Paul believes in, it's a competing currency of which gold is a part of) is a can of worms but what is a bigger can of worms, our Fiat system now?

    And some of your bullet points are straight from the media. Against health and safety regulations??? You watch and believe a bit too much of mainstream media.

  20. Re:LOL @ Privacy Tag on Nuclear Scanning Catches a Radioactive Cat On I-5 · · Score: 2, Informative

    The cat probably had a thyroid condition - like my cat.
    You can give the cat thyroid medication twice daily or zap it.

    The 3 days is kind of strange though. I was told that the cat has to stay at the clinic for a week to get rid of most of the radiation.

  21. Re:RP on IT Workers Split For McCain, Obama · · Score: 2, Informative

    Basically, 91% of those people polled fall in the category of ID-10T because those 91% do not believe in the constitution.
    Those 29% that are pro-McCain also believe he is independent thinking whereas he is just uber panderer. Those people fall in super ID-10T and need to turn in their voting card and computer geek card.

    Obama speaks the rhetoric but has yet to prove himself as his voting record speaks otherwise.. I can agree with the masses following that one though as the rest if not all of the current politicians with the exception of Congressman Paul are eager and willing to sell the USA to the lowest bidder.

  22. Re:LED lighting on Questions Arising On Mercury In Compact Fluorescents · · Score: 1

    How many teenagers does it take to throw away 4 foot fluorescent bulbs in the dumpster that are used in their favorite workplace?
    CFL has nothing on retail and restaurant back of the house lighting.

    And those bulbs are used as lightning bolts to the teenager Zeus that smites upon the dumpster.

  23. Re:ARRRGH! TERROR! on Counterfeit Chips Raise New Terror, Hacking Fears · · Score: 1

    That's right. "Think of the Children" right alongside getting these chips "Certified" and "Tamper Proof".

  24. Re:Big Mistake on The Universe Is 13.73 Billion Years Old · · Score: 1

    Chuck E Cheese wrote their own birthday song because of the copyright in 1991.
    Before that, it was Billy Bob and the gang singing 'Happy Birthday to You.'

  25. We're just plain running out. on NASA Running Out of Plutonium · · Score: 5, Funny

    First we're running out of helium and now we're running out of plutonium.
    Our manufacturing jobs are overseas and we're in debt. OK, so we're good there, we're not running out of debt.