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  1. Re:Reasonable compromise... on iTunes DRM-Free Files Contain Personal Info · · Score: 1

    how is that a restriction? You can still use the file on any compatible player, cross-code it for non-compatible ones, and you can still share you're file over p2p.

  2. Re:Seriously?!? on Psystar Claims Apple Forgot To Copyright Mac OS · · Score: 1

    well played good sir, well played.

  3. Re:Space travel etc. on Mad Scientist Brings Back Dead With "Deanimation" · · Score: 1

    I came in looking for a Demolition Man reference, and was not disappointing.

  4. Re:I for one on Final Judgment — SCO Loses, Owes $3,506,526 · · Score: 4, Informative
  5. Re:Attention U.S.citizens on Microsoft Exploit Predictions Right 40% of Time · · Score: 1

    When four drivers arrive simultaneously at a 4-way stop, the appropriate order shall be determined as follows:

    (1) Largest Truck/SUV
    (2) Most guns in gun rack
    (3) Most teeth

    If the appropriate order cannot be determined by the above methods, then the Yuppie Exception is brought into play:

    (1) Whomever holds the most complicated Starbuck's drink
    (2) Largest age difference between parent and first born
    (3) best gas mileage.

  6. Re:Idiom "could care less" on Rock Band Licenses The Beatles · · Score: 1

    Results 1 - 10 of about 2,030,000 for "I could care less". (0.22 seconds)

    Results 1 - 10 of about 982,000 for "I couldn't care less". (0.25 seconds)

    And there it is.

  7. Re:Enjoy it while it lasts on MTV Launches Music Video Site · · Score: 1

    I don't the "legal" distinction

    accidentally what?

  8. Re:Mechanical. on Where to Find Axles, Gears For Kinetic Sculpture? · · Score: 1

    so you're saying that Al Gore didn't really invent the internet?

  9. Re:Things that should be a single authoritative si on Web Singletons? · · Score: 1

    - Airline flight schedules : presumably every airline has planned its timetable months in advance, but there is no obvious place to search across all of them

    I work as a automation supervisor in the schedule change department of a large travel agency (5000+ reservations per day), and I can tell you that more than 80% of all our domestic (US48) travel has some sort of schedule change pushed through by the airline. And of those changes, about 40% happen within 21 days of travel. So, no, airlines really don't know what their schedule is until they actually get a crew, a plane, and passengers in the same place at the same time.

  10. Re:guess how many mouse buttons it has on Apple Announces New MacBook, Pro, Air · · Score: 1

    Watching the expose on the Apple website, this looks like an interesting update, but the thing I didn't see was an example of "drag and drop". Anyone seen any mention of this?

  11. Re:$999 laptop only 1gb of ram? at least it is ddr on Apple Announces New MacBook, Pro, Air · · Score: 1

    accessing/changing the ram on the previous MacBooks didn't void your warranty, so I wouldn't assume that it will void it on the new line either.

  12. Re:13" MP on Apple Announces New MacBook, Pro, Air · · Score: 1

    I'm in a simmilar boat (12" PB 867 MHz G4), but I came to slightly different conclusion.

    Have you looked at the prices on the previous MacBook Pro models?

    The $2499 model (15" / 512 MB GeForce 8600 / 250 GB HD / 2.5 GHz C2D) was cut to $1499 on Apple's clearance page.

    Compare that to the current $1599 MacBook which has the NVIDIA 9400M and a slower processor, and you may reach the same conclusion.

    Of course, if you're looking for a similarly sized computer to your 12" G4, then it's not a great solution.

  13. Re:Would that be more like... on Steve Jobs Patents "The Dock" · · Score: 1

    You can customise it to hold whatever applications you want,

    I only have OS 10.4 and it doesn't have any option of showing regularly used applications that I can see.

    Wat?

  14. Re:Any chance we can draw circles and boxes now on GIMP 2.6 Released · · Score: 1

    Confucius says; man on bottom is...

    ah fuck it.

  15. Re:Ekiga on Cross-Platform Video Chat For Linux? · · Score: 3, Funny

    and here I thought it had a rather nice ass.

  16. Re:Simple... on How To Convince My Boss Not To Spam? · · Score: 1

    this. 'cause noone buys \/1@gr@ that way either.

  17. Re:DUI laws are just the second coming of prohibit on Breathalyzer Source Code Revealed · · Score: 1

    my mother went blind over a period of about 8 years and never lost her license. Funny thing was when she went in to get it renewed, she had to put the application about 4 inches from her face and stare at it through her coke-bottle glasses, and the lady behind the counter didn't even bat an eye.

    oh wait, it was Kentucky, nevermind.

  18. Re:Life's lessons... on US Teen Trades Hacked iPhone for Nissan 350Z · · Score: 1

    it isn't a gift if it was provided in exchange for goods or services.

  19. Re:only 369 planes? on Inside FAA's GPS-Based Air Traffic Control · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'd estimate about 4000 planes from the 20 largest domestic carriers service over 90% of the flights within the continental US. as far as identification is concerned, look for a string of letters/numbers starting with an "N" painted on the fuselage, usually just in front of the tail.

    you can then use this page to look up basic info about the plane in question:
    http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_inqui ry.asp

  20. Re:Costs.. on Inside FAA's GPS-Based Air Traffic Control · · Score: 5, Informative

    Delta owns the following:


    71 Boeing 737s @ $50 million per
    68 Boeing 757s @ $65 million per
    75 Boeing 767s @ $140 million per
    8 Boeing 777s @ $200 million per
    63 MD 88s @ $40 million per
    16 MD 90s @ $45 million per
    68 CRJ 100/200/700s @ $24 million per


    that brings this one airline's fleet cost to just about $25 billion. And I was giving the low estimate for the cost of the planes.

    http://www.delta.com/about_delta/corporate_informa tion/delta_stats_facts/aircraft_fleet/

  21. Re:The bigger picture on Bigelow Aerospace Deploys Genesis 2 Space Module · · Score: 1

    These guys are moving toward building a space hotel.
    well I guess the cockroaches aren't so stupid after all.
  22. Re:Blacklists don't work any more. on 10 Anti-Phishing Firefox Extensions · · Score: 1

    pssssst!

    you're using Yahoo as a host but they aren't a verifiable website? Methinks you shouldn't be doing business with them.

  23. Re:Get used to it on The Unauthorized State-Owned Chinese Disneyland · · Score: 1

    It's the Russian's technology that they're after. Don't worry though, Jack Bauer will stop them.

  24. Re:Operator Error on The Question of Robot Safety · · Score: 2, Funny

    Doing, yes, but not thinking.

    sounds like a pretty good description of about 90% of the human jobs out there.

  25. Re:$4250 ? on Duke Nukem Forever Due This Year? · · Score: 1

    from the article
    [DNF] is rumored to be in development for the Xbox 360.

    11.6 years is for the 360 port.