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  1. Re:the defense of liberty on London Tube Dangerous for Technophiles? · · Score: 1

    Well, Condi could leave those black leather boots on...

  2. Re:Successful Blockbuster on Revenge of the Sith a "Blood Bath" · · Score: 1

    Too bad you had to actually sit with the smelly people who had been camping for days...

  3. Re:I only have 2 passwords on Password Security Not Easy · · Score: 1

    I have found that this program helps me. I keep scrolling through until I find one that strikes my fancy.

    Java Password Generator

  4. Re:I'm a first-time pop with a 2 month old on How Infants Crack the Speech Code · · Score: 1

    And just wait until they learn about homonyms!

  5. Re:Sounds like Moses's plan on Gates, Jobs, Torvalds: Who is Most Important? · · Score: 3, Funny

    "people would be well advised to take this posting with a grain of salt"

    Tell that to Lot's wife!

  6. Re:what about the stand? on Apple Introduces New G5 iMac · · Score: 1

    If the new iMac is anything like the new Cinema Displays, it will be fine. The new displays are much more stable than they appear to be from just looking at them. They appear to be unstable particularly with respect to side to side movement, but on the contrary, they are remarkably stable.

  7. Use those discounts, people! on Apple Introduces New G5 iMac · · Score: 1

    Don't forget that you can purchase with a discount through the education store or the gov't employee store (if either apply):

    Education store: Government store:
    $1,199.00 $1,221.00
    17-inch widescreen LCD
    1.6GHz PowerPC G5

    $1,399.00 $1,409.00
    17-inch widescreen LCD
    1.8GHz PowerPC G5

    $1,799.00 $1,785.00
    20-inch widescreen LCD
    1.8GHz PowerPC G5

  8. Re:I dont know if he really *uses* firefox... on Windows Not Expected Secure Until 2011, Says MS · · Score: 1

    "Just this morning I had to install an update to Firefox to block a flaw that would've allowed an attacker to run a program on my system."

    You hit the nail on the head. He used it as an opportunity to passively attack another browser.

  9. Re:To be fair to Microsoft on The Cost of Computer Naivete · · Score: 1

    Hello, she paid 850 bucks to get it fixed!!!

    That's what I really don't understand from the newspaper article. I wouldn't spend $20,000 to fix a five year old Honda when I could buy a brand new one for $15k...

    Maybe this was a case of the tech nickle and dime-ing her to death.

  10. A possible scenario on Congress Pushing Open Access for Government-Funded Research · · Score: 1

    It is certainly not a trivial task to produce an online journal. It is even more complicated when the materials are being deposited from a variety of sources. PubMed Central does quite an impressive job of organizing current data submissions. They have even developed a free-access archiving DTD that is pretty comprehensive.

    The problem I see is that journals that are unwilling to comply with the spirit of the law will most likely dump their data in an unusable format. This could overwhelm the current system in place.

    I do not know what the specifications will be for depositing information will be, but I do sincerely hope that Congress does not leave it open to interpretation...

  11. Not just the iPod... on Birth of the iPod · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This guy also had the iTunes Music Store thought up as well.

    "Tony's idea was to take an MP3 player, build a Napster music sale service to complement it, and build a company around it," Knauss said.

  12. Re:Better but not foolproof on A Six-Step Plan for Apple · · Score: 1

    Why should I install an anti-virus program on my Mac? There are no viruses for it in the wild these days.

    Remember, even though *you* might not be susecptible to a virus, you can still pass one along. I have to keep a virus checker installed on my Mac at home because of infected Word files my wife brings home from school.

    Get this, they don't do virus checks at her school because of some insane reason...

  13. Re:Language Issues on iTunes Europe Goes Live · · Score: 2, Funny

    You should hear Americans sing "La Bamba" or "99 Luft Balloons"...

  14. Re:My next truck.. on Brew Your Own Auto Fuel For 41 Cents A Gallon · · Score: 1

    This morning I paid $1.83 / gallon for diesel in Kensington, MD (DC suburb). IIRC, the cheapest grade of gasoline was $2.03.

    My New Beetle TDI gets 45 mpg on the highway. It's an automatic. (Wifey wouldn't negotiate on that.) Manual transmission models normally peg over 50 mpg on the highway.

  15. Re:So, what they are saying is on Technology Makes New Cars Too Expensive to Fix · · Score: 1

    The sign at my local VW stealership states that their labor rate is $86/hour.

    OUCH!!