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  1. Re:Excellent powerpoint killer on Standards-Based CSS/XHTML Slide Show · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If it uses pixels, that sucks. If it uses ems, it's not so bad, and is actually a good way of keeping the code clean while still allowing folks with high-rez monitors to use it easily.

  2. Re:Oh, the irony - slashdot talking about standard on Standards-Based CSS/XHTML Slide Show · · Score: 2, Interesting

    For some websites, they might as well serve up pdfs.

    Don't even joke about that - Acrobat is slow, buggy, crash-prone, backwards-combatible. And on Windows (yes, I have to use it sometimes), it always tries to install something called "Microsoft Journal Viewer". PDFs suck ass for web presentation - although they are nice for non-live stuff.

  3. Re:Bad idea on Battery-powered Cigarettes? · · Score: 1

    Nicotine is bad for you. Lethal, too, at relatively small doses - it's used in some Roach Motels. The idea behind this is that at least you're getting rid of the tar.

  4. Re:It's a dream come true! on Battery-powered Cigarettes? · · Score: 1

    I've experienced that. It sucks, too, 'cuz if you're with a group, and someone is smoking right next to you and you ask 'em to stop, they'll ignore you or start bitching about how you're violating their right to smoke.

  5. Re:Not really on Battery-powered Cigarettes? · · Score: 1

    I haven't seen that discredited, but for the sake of argument ... even if 2-hand isn't carcinogenic, it gives me (and tons of other people) horrible allergic reactions (ok, technically it's an "irritant", not an "allergen", but it's the same thing). And I don't even have asthma.

  6. Re:Heres an example why I won't vote for one canid on Pre-Election Discussion · · Score: 1

    I'm in the educational system now (high school), and I hear about the Japanese internment camps every year. I agree, though, that every era has some educational cover up.

  7. Re:progress on hold on The Hidden Swing State? · · Score: 1

    You think the cost of having a kid is the cost of paying an OBGYN for prenatal care?

  8. Re:Hmm.... on Coating Promises Scratch-Proof CDs, DVDs, LCDs · · Score: 1

    Why not just spin the bricks? Or a thin sheet, and then attach the sheet to the outside?

  9. Re:Should you vote? on Pre-Election Discussion · · Score: 1

    Agreed; my point was not necessarily that he'd prefer Bush (though I think he would), but that there's no way of knowing.

  10. Re:Heres an example why I won't vote for one canid on Pre-Election Discussion · · Score: 1

    Actually, they do. What do you mean, "anymore"? They didn't teach it after WWII, AFAIK, and not until the last decade or so has it become really big in schools.

  11. Re:Should you vote? on Pre-Election Discussion · · Score: 1

    What that says is that Bin Laden fears Bush, and is trying to bargin with the American people to get somebody in office that will not devistate his organization as much as it has been devistated in the last 3 years.

    Or it's reverse psychology. He's not stupid, y'know. He's a psychopath, but he's not stupid; that's how he's survived so long and done so much.

  12. Re:Thin ice on U.S. Deploys Satellite Jamming System · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Anti-radiation missiles? WTF? You'd have two choices: EMP warhead, or conventional/nuclear warheads. There's no such thing as an anti-radiation missile. You're right, though, about the jammer being a target. Remember Command & Conquer, or any game with mobile/stationary jammers? That was the first place you bombed/nuked/sent a spy to.

  13. Re:Stem Cell Research on Stem Cells Treat Spinal Injuries and Brain Tumors · · Score: 1

    Most ESTs don't come from aborted fetuses.

  14. Re:Stem cell debate on Stem Cells Treat Spinal Injuries and Brain Tumors · · Score: 1

    Umbilical & blood stem cells are little better than adult stem cells. Yours is a common misconception.

  15. Re:On the other hand on Security Responsibility Without the Authority? · · Score: 1

    What ad? Oh, right, you're the kind of person that doesn't read the New York Times.

  16. A Snap To Install? on GForge 4.0 Released · · Score: 1

    I have to add a friggin' vhost to install the thing. Now, granted, that is the Right Way to use GForge, but I just want to run a few small projects, and I'd much rather just plop it in at http://example.com/gforge, or even http://example.com/~gforge.

  17. Re:Voice Quality on Skype Branches Out · · Score: 2, Informative

    I am so tired of saying this ... someone either tell me I'm wrong, or get people to learn! The spyware in Kazaa was added after it was sold to Sharman Networks.

  18. Re:What is your favourite color? on Challenging The 'Unbeatable' Polygraph · · Score: 1

    I agree with your point, but I don't think he hesitated 'cuz he didn't know if he'd ever seen porn videos - I think he hesitated because he was stuck either lying or admitting to it.

  19. Re:Political correctness on Stem Cell Symposium · · Score: 1

    Besides, I don't think we are aborting babies for this. Correct me if I'm wrong but we are getting stems cells that are otherwise discarded in miscarriages and similar, right?

    That's the idea. Aborted fetuses are not suitable for these purposes, as I understand it. IVF embryos are much better. But since *all* new stem cell lines won't get federal funding ...

  20. Re:Bill Gates is the answer. on Geeks Playing Poker? · · Score: 1

    From what I've heard, he usually lost. A lot.

  21. Re:Suggestions... on Escaping WiFi Interference In The Modern Dorm Room? · · Score: 1

    Yes, but pissing off your dorm mates (and professors, and "the college" as a whole) is not a good idea.

  22. Re:what a productivity increase on Statistics For Data Entry: The Brave New Step · · Score: 1

    Law and Order is written this way ... well, the dialogue is. The plot is like Clue: "pick one card from the 'first suspect' category, one from the 'evidential contamination category' ..."

  23. Re:Few Bush signs in Portland. Read the books. on Political Yard Sign Wars Wage as Election Nears · · Score: 1

    Not just rural. I live in one of the most conservative counties in the country. Used to be you could use Democratic signs as landmarks ("turn left at the Gore sign, then right at the next light"). Fortunately, now there are a significant number of Democratic signs - and a few 3rd party signs, too. GOP signs are still in the majority, though.

  24. Re:UltraVNC on Which VNC Software Is Best? · · Score: 1

    It was original, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone told me I independently recreated an actual episode. They came up with everything!

  25. Re:Aaahh... Dual monitor... on A Dual Monitor Experiment · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but on Windows, you can screw around with resizing windows all the time, or you can hit "maximize". Which is more efficient?