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  1. Re:Turn it off? on Britain to Pilot GPS Speed Governors · · Score: 1

    Two words:
    Faraday Cage
    Or, the more common: tinfoil hat.

  2. Re:They have. on JavaScript Inventor Speaks Out · · Score: 1

    Actually, it appears that JavaScript and ECMA aren't quite the same thing. Or at least not in the windows sense of JavaScript.

    If you look in the 'windows script documentation' (a big help file for VBS and JS) you'll see two lists of features (JScript > Reference, for those following along at home, at least, in version 5.6), the ECMA compliant ones, and then additional features that aren't complaint (and presumably not in the ECMA specs).

  3. Re:Backup oxygen? on Breathe Under Water Without Oxygen Tanks · · Score: 1

    Look at the picture; on the front of the guy there is a tank with the label "emergency air supply" for just such an occasion. Of course, one has to wonder if said oxygen tank will allow you to properly decompress in time. Of course, when faced with running out of air, the bends may be the least of your worries. Of course, with SCUBA you always have redundant systems, and having an air tank that's insufficient for it's purpose doesn't seem to fit the bill.

  4. I can't live without CRTs! on Are CRTs History? · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't be able to play duck hunt (or use my superscope) anymore!

  5. Re:Give me my any-color-but-blue SOD! on Longhorn: Fewer BSODs, More RSODs · · Score: 1

    You currently can. The color is just in a config file. Some people actually have made it so it's a different color each time.

  6. Re:This article contains material on evolution. on Early Earth Atmosphere Favourable to Life · · Score: 1

    Why not?
    It's used to teach people. People reference the information inside of it.
    What's the difference?

  7. Re:This article contains material on evolution. on Early Earth Atmosphere Favourable to Life · · Score: 2, Insightful

    When you publish the Bible.

    The [insert religious denomination here] didn't publish the science textbooks.
    Why should the bible be subject to special treatment?

  8. Waddling Overlords on Homemade Mecha Walks in Japan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I for one welcome our new ... oh, nevermind, it can't even walk right.

  9. Like SCO? on RIAA Lawsuits from a John Doe's Perspective · · Score: 1

    Perhaps (wishful thinking) the RIAA is secretly going bankrupt and this is a last ditch effort at some profit (a la SCO)?

    Alright, maybe not, but I can dream, can't I?

  10. Re:So what? He's just forked a GPL project. on CherryOS Mac Emulator Resurfaces · · Score: 1

    No he didn't "just for it", he clearly violated the GPL (section 2b):
    "You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License."
    Which means he CANNOT charge for this (among other issues like the source that are dealt with in later sections), which is what he is doing ($50 a pop).

  11. Re: YES... It IS a bad thing... But NOT the case! on Green Energy Now, And On The Tide · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But what about the fact that the energy does have to come from somewhere? Wind power has started to show vast weather changes of those downwind. Since the energy is sucked out of the wind and it changes the way things work downstream. I imagine water would behave the same way. Drastic changes in the currents, and thus the ecosystems. Not only in the immediate vicinity, but probably worldwide, the butterfly effect and such, even if these are few and far between.

  12. Re:Nothing for you to see here on Microsoft to Buy Anti-Virus Software Firm · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Tell that to Standard Oil.

  13. Re:More Info Regarding Its Features on AOL Updates: Standalone Browser, Search, VoIP · · Score: 1

    Only history, favorites, and open tabs. Favorites would be the only one you haven't nessisarily been to yet, might not even do it until you go there. I'm not going to install it just to find out though, it'll take me too long to get rid of all the remnants.

  14. We can rebuild him.. on Nanotech Research Works Toward Artificial Muscles · · Score: 5, Funny

    We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first Bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better . . . stronger . . . faster.

  15. NQC? on .Net On Lego Mindstorm · · Score: 5, Informative

    There already is a C compiler (well, its very close to real C) its called NQC (Not Quite C). You can buy a book about it. Google yields this as its site. http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/nqc/

  16. Re:This is being done by Republican-SUPPORTERS, ri on Hackers Take Aim at Republicans · · Score: 1

    Ok, Twice now youve posted about how the KKK is associated with the GOP. Youre mistaken. The KKK is a democratic organization. Google it. As for the founding fathers, they believed in small goverments. NOT big governments. They would roll over in their grave if they saw all the welfare systems and medicare and stuff that we provide. Yes, they were liberal, but that was liberalism in another time frame. What you REALLY mean you are is a LIBERTARIAN. Which is a conservative party. So go ahead and talk all big and mighty. But at least do your homework first.

  17. Re:17mb Flash?!? on Parody or Satire? Threat To Sue JibJab · · Score: 1

    Dont know where you got 17mb... but its only 3.75 megs.

  18. Re:Movie Reality on The Internet Meets the Neural Net · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Point of school is to learn, right? So whats the difference if they pick it up after hours of studying, or after a few minutes of "downloading". Heck, how is that any different than people learning as they already do, at different speeds? Should we go Harrison Bergeron on everyone?

  19. Re:Vote Libertarian on Copyright Bill could Stifle Innovation · · Score: 1

    A vote for a libertarian is a vote for the democrats. Much like a green vote is a vote for Republican. Do yourself a favor and dont be stupid and throw your vote at a libertarian.

  20. Hasnt Radio Been doing this... on Microsoft Pockets Patent for Encouraging TV Viewing · · Score: 1

    ... for a while now? Sign up, listen for "passwords", turn in for points, redeem for prizes, yadda yadda yadda? Or does that not count because its not the television?

  21. Re:Noticed this else where too on Language Tempest At Orkut · · Score: 1

    At least around here, resteraunts, and other places had a "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone", Why then, when someone does this on the internet, does it become a crime against humanity? "Games are supposed to be fun", how is trying to play with someone who doesnt speak your (and the rest of your groups) language, and insists on not trying to work around that (babelfish?) considered fun? You cant interact with people if you have no way of communicating.

  22. Re:Why Fight? on Language Tempest At Orkut · · Score: 3, Informative

    Read the article. It mentions the fact that its more like the persons sitting next to you at the table, begin to try and speak to you in korean, and then expect you to be able to bend over backwards to communicate with them.