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  1. Re:WTF? on Mad as Hell, Switching to Mac · · Score: 1

    But if the author were angry at the software side of things, wouldn't it be cheaper to install Linux on an Intel box than to buy a Mac?

  2. Re:WTF? on Mad as Hell, Switching to Mac · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the grandparent meant "hardware architecture" as opposed to "software architecture".

  3. Re:To hell with European leftish communist filmmak on Time Picks Top 100 Films · · Score: 1

    But you forgot that Jack Lemmon was in Some Like it Hot (in drag) with Marilyn Monroe, who also knew JFK. . .

  4. Re:Linux? on Intel Head Recommends Apple · · Score: 1

    Rocket surgeon? What is a rocket surgeon?

    Trying to find a Linux distro? I guess they don't get Linux Format.

  5. Re:Linux? on Intel Head Recommends Apple · · Score: 1

    Install Windows on a blank machine? How is this easier than installing Linux?

  6. Re:BSOD Blacklight on Your Chance to Meet Bill Gates · · Score: 1

    BSOD, all over my screen
    lately things don't seem so keen
    got no data, and I don't know why
    'scuse me, while my desktop dies

  7. Re:Suddenly I feel like David Carradine... on Your Chance to Meet Bill Gates · · Score: 1

    Because only the winner gets to shake the hand of Mr. President. Then he reveals his "hand", which is a grenade.

  8. Re:Cost of doing business? on Deadline Looming for Microsoft in Antitrust Case · · Score: 1

    What's the cost of pressing a few copies of Windows XP? I'm assuming that Microsoft buys its media in bulk, as opposed to a 10-pack at Staples.

    I'm guessing that the marginal cost of Windows XP is less that $5.

  9. Re:If I were MS on Deadline Looming for Microsoft in Antitrust Case · · Score: 1

    Those that do not will then be sued.

    Where?

  10. Re:Way too little on Deadline Looming for Microsoft in Antitrust Case · · Score: 1



    You're telling Microsoft to alter its business practices?

    I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Dave.

  11. Re:Funny thing is... on Deadline Looming for Microsoft in Antitrust Case · · Score: 1

    So Real has more clout than Microsoft?

  12. Re:Cost of doing business? on Deadline Looming for Microsoft in Antitrust Case · · Score: 1

    But from what others have said, the fine only goes up by 5% of the increase in revenue.

    But who does the accounting?

  13. What movie? on Deadline Looming for Microsoft in Antitrust Case · · Score: 1

    What movie?

  14. Re:Consciousness is an instantaneous phenomenon. on Download Your Brain · · Score: 1

    But if we are four dimensional, then we are the "same" people throughout our lives. Also, I don't know if computers have intentionality, as humans do.

  15. Re:Fortunately, my bank acct info is a catchy tune on Over Half a Million Bank Accounts Breached · · Score: 1

    You're kidding, right? Even SCO isn't stupid enough to sue BofA.

  16. Re:Consciousness is an instantaneous phenomenon. on Download Your Brain · · Score: 1

    But persons may be four dimensional rather than three dimensional.

  17. Re:Perspective on Stanford Accelerator Uncovers Archimedes' Text · · Score: 1

    Is "Exabyte" a trade name, or did it hold an exabyte of data?

  18. Re:Will it contain the complete documentation on.. on Stanford Accelerator Uncovers Archimedes' Text · · Score: 1

    Taking a bit as one eighth (two bits is a quarter), that would give an approximation of 3.125. Not as accurate as the 22/7 (3.142857. . . . ) from Archimedes.

  19. Re:Will it contain the complete documentation on.. on Stanford Accelerator Uncovers Archimedes' Text · · Score: 1

    Closer to 1900 years, from 212 BCE to the seventeenth century.

  20. Re:No it's not. If it was, then it wouldn't be NAS on No Billboards in Space · · Score: 1

    No, the FAA has suffered no actionable damage (assuming that the trebuchet load did not collide with a flying object), but if the load were massive and high enough, it might be in violation of FAA regulations. When the person collides with your roof, he is trespassing (he may even be trespassing sometime before he hits your roof). But tell me, is a plane flying 20,000 feet above your house trespassing? If so, it's going to make air travel a little more difficult.

  21. Re:they need to be stopped on MPAA Blames BitTorrent for Star Wars Distribution · · Score: 1

    But would you claim that having an appendectomy kills the appendix?

  22. Re:they need to be stopped on MPAA Blames BitTorrent for Star Wars Distribution · · Score: 1

    Your appendix is part of a living organism, but is it itself alive?

    Although the personhood of a fetus (its being accorded protection under the law) is the relevant issue.

  23. Re:No it's not. If it was, then it wouldn't be NAS on No Billboards in Space · · Score: 1

    There is no such thing as "false reality". NASA may be unconstitutional, but it is part of the government. And would the FAA's claim to space be legitimate?

  24. Re:The only thing on MPAA Blames BitTorrent for Star Wars Distribution · · Score: 1

    Because he couldn't take on the whole empire, even with Obi Wan's help.

  25. Re:they need to be stopped on MPAA Blames BitTorrent for Star Wars Distribution · · Score: 1

    No, fetus killer might be accurate, but not baby killer. Of course, this still raises the question of when (or if) a fetus is alive.