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  1. Re:Wireless? lol on Mouse Uses RFID Instead of Batteries · · Score: 1

    Don't know absout you, but I don't like to wear a circular hole in my desk's surface. Though I suppose it is true that you don't have to... Always used a mousepad, even with my fancy Logitech MX1000. The god of mice. (Unless you are lefthanded I suppose)

  2. Re:How about... on w00t is 3rd Favorite Non-Dictionary Word · · Score: 1

    Hmm, I always used it to describe an automated process I thought was rather nifty. Or just in place of the term automatic sometimes. And I know durn good 'n well what it is doing and how it works.

    (Curses 'No really, I'm not a script' box)

  3. Re:It was the *staff* that converted. on 2-Year OpenOffice High School Case Study · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah, I've been using 2k for the longest time then work got 2k3. Just enought changes to be annoying...

  4. Re:Does this mean we are going to have a real war? on Ground Rules for the Windows vs. Mac War · · Score: 1

    "She gave me a drink! Allllll riiiiiiight."

  5. Re:Flame on... on Mad as Hell, Switching to Mac · · Score: 1

    I saw the episode of TSS when Mitnick's parole ended and he could use a computer again. He waited to do it live on the show. Woz was there and gave him a new Powerbook. Damn cool moment.

  6. Re:Flame on... on Mad as Hell, Switching to Mac · · Score: 1

    The only reason to still run Windows is if you need some special vertical corporate programs not made for the Mac. Bingo. I am going to get my mom a new computer this summer, I wanted to get her a new mini but her business uses Windows only software. (And I'm not about to try and use an emulator for it.) So we're just going to go with a XP system.

  7. Re:Because the writing is on the wall on Smoke and Mirrors from Sony and Microsoft · · Score: 1

    That means mac gamers will have to wait even longer! Third gen hand-me-down games... The horror...

    (Note: This was a JOKE. Calm down macheads, got nothin against ya...

    *Checks savings balance to see if he can get that 12" PB yet*)

  8. Re:This could be good on Virus Hold Computer Files 'Hostage' for $200 · · Score: 1

    If I had points I'd have labeled this one insightful ;)

  9. Re:Buy American? on The Problem with DHS's Plan to 'Buy American' · · Score: 1

    You can deduct him though.

  10. Re:I don't agree... on "Get the Facts" Campaign Working · · Score: 1

    Interesting. I shall have to look more into that once I finish Net+. Thanks for the link.

  11. Re:Richard Branson on First Commercial Space Tourism Company · · Score: 1

    I believe the company is simply known as Virgin. Though they did start off as a mail order record company.

  12. Re:I don't agree... on "Get the Facts" Campaign Working · · Score: 1

    Any idea how advanced Linux+ is? Right now I'm working on a certification a year. Last year was A+ this year is Network +. A+ was tough, but not that bad, networking was my weakest point.

    So I am doing the dumb thing and learning nothing BUT networks. (Take my weakness and make it my strength I guess..) So many things to memorize. With A+ I knew lots of it beforehand. I just started working with Linux, I set up a Debian mailserver just this week that is almost ready to go live, doing all the security checks on it. Thinkin of doing the stupid thing and going for Linux+ next.

    While I know many people look down on A+ for some reason, I still have that paper, it is some proof to a company. While getting Net+ or L+ might not get me a job, I'll have learned a great deal and gotten something to show for it. Nice wall decoration to impress the guests at the least. ;)

  13. Re:XP with SP2 finally solves the patching issue on Windows Cheaper to Patch Than Open Source? · · Score: 1

    Odd, I'm using Debian and a quick apt-get install mozilla-firefox was all that was needed to upgrade from 1.0 - 1.0.3. (Running stable/testing)
    If it needed configuring apt handled it all. I had to do nothing after that. Does apt configure other things or is it another reason?

  14. Re:Nah on Apple Powerbook and iBook Battery Recall · · Score: 1

    Mod parent +1 Painful

  15. Re:Even Ebert acknowledges we may see SW 7-9 ... on Ebert Gives 'Sith' Positive Review · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Quentin Tarantino could direct one also. Now we just need a third guest director...

  16. Re:I don't think so... on Could Microsoft Buy Red Hat? · · Score: 1

    MS New Tech OS

    I thought they already released Windows NT. :)

  17. Re:Not submerged... on Aquarium Full of Oil For PC Cooling · · Score: 1

    Holy hell. What a brain fart. What word did I think that ment...

  18. Re:Not submerged... on Aquarium Full of Oil For PC Cooling · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hermetically sealed, yes, airtight, no. They have to be able to let pressure vent for altitude change. Also, if it had a tiny leak.... Hard Disk Drives need air to work, the spinning motion of the platter creates a cushion of air that the read/write head rides on. If something got on the platter you can bet the drive will be destroyed.

  19. Re:Nothing to enforce... on Revenge of the Sith a "Blood Bath" · · Score: 1

    'X' however was a real rating, befor the current crop, it was what R is today. The porn industry picked up on XXX. Then they chaged it to R to get rid oy the 'dirty' X rating.

  20. Re:Safety Concerns on NASA Preparing Manned Hubble Service Mission · · Score: 1

    Can't they boogie over to the ISS if there was a problem?

  21. Re:Panic on Ask 'Hitchhiker's Guide' Exec. Producer Robbie Stamp · · Score: 1

    It is on the back I think. I'm pretty sure one of the trailers showed that.

  22. Re:If you were to read the original article on Best Buy Has Man Arrested for Using $2 Bills · · Score: 1

    Why would it be rude? Their interest is the get the bike, yours is to sell it. I bet they inspect the bike before they buy it, why can't you check their payment?

  23. Re:Nope. on Best Buy Has Man Arrested for Using $2 Bills · · Score: 1

    Or if you got a withdrawl from a freshly-opened-straight-from-the-mint pack o' twenties.. I've gotten sequential bills lots of time, only a few cashiers have noticed. I've had ONE cashier ever check my $20 with a counterfeit pen. And it was a single bill, never for those multi-hundred dollar purchases.

  24. Re:School House Rock on Hitachi Goes Perpendicular · · Score: 1

    Medialert, priceless...

  25. Re:I'm still tired and coffee'd up to my eyeballs! on Daylight Savings Change Proposed · · Score: 1

    I would love the standard shift to be 4-10's, however most places you can't work that. :(

    You gain an entire day to do whatever, yes I know you spend the same amount of time at work. Anyone with basic math can understand that. (So maybe it does need explaining....)

    This could work if the days were staggered, so we could still do business with the rest of the world.