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  1. Re:you could at least attribute your quote on Is Email 'Bankrupt'? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Talent borrows, genius steals.

  2. Re:You're a feminist? How cute! on Even My Mom Could Hack These Sites · · Score: 1

    How about "and Whites can pay someone else to do it for them"?

  3. Re:well what ISPs released the info? i want to avo on Even My Mom Could Hack These Sites · · Score: 2, Insightful

    He could be choosing providers based on different combinations of bandwidth and space for the projects he's doing. Or they could have had special one-off pricing deals.

  4. Re:Clearly on MIT Media Lab Making Programming Fun For Kids · · Score: 1

    Machine code is easier, you only need to master 0 and 1.

  5. Re:And? on The Clueless Newbie Rides Again · · Score: 1

    I guess that as none of my Windows machines are infested with spyware and viruses, and Microsoft doesn't ask me to activate anything, I've got no reason to change.

  6. Re:Microsoft will have no problem supporting ODF on Norway Moves Towards Mandatory Use of ODF and PDF · · Score: 1

    On the server side, the data will be anyway stored in a relational database. I don't see where this is mentioned in the summary or the article.
  7. Re:Desktop on Thumb Drive? on Microsoft & SanDisk To Provide Desktop on Thumb Drive · · Score: 1

    In your CD tray like everyone else.

  8. Re:Brute force on Memory Tools for Password Management? · · Score: 1

    You forgot the rule about not being able to use any of your previous passwords, or to create new ones which contain previous ones.

    And worse than that - I worked at a place where very secure (in terms of random character combination) passwords were automatically generated each month, but they were then left in an envelope on your desk...

  9. Re:Intelligent Drivers on Hybrid Cars No Better than 'Intelligent' Cars · · Score: 1

    I failed my UK driving test for driving too slowly; going with the flow of the traffic, as long as it's not too excessive, can be safer than going substantially below the limit.

  10. Re:I always coast up to red lights. on Hybrid Cars No Better than 'Intelligent' Cars · · Score: 1

    And you never do that in a lane which is only to be used for passing?

  11. Re:Obligatory Slashdot car analogy on Vista Eating Battery Life · · Score: 1

    I know the car analogy isn't supposed to make sense, and your comment was funny, but in this case it's true - when you install a new OS it's like buying a new car without an engine and having to use the one from your previous car. So yep, your Aston Martin really does have the engine of a Lada though.

  12. Re:You And Your Laptop Are Not A Live Act! on The Laptop as an Instrument? · · Score: 1

    "You and your piano are not a live act!" Sure, they are useful tools, but standing behind a piano looks really stupid on stage. Dance. Sing. Play some other instrument as well. Anything. Just don't stand behind you piano looking like an idiot. If that's all your music is, press it to CD and give it to a DJ to play. That can be good too... but Live Music requires doing something Live that is visible to the audience!

  13. Re:Me too! on Which Shared Calendar Package Would You Use? · · Score: 1

    I think for most of the Ask Slashdot questions you should add Could people using products please recommend one?

  14. Re:Require maths A-level for acceptance? on Encouraging Students to Drop Mathematics · · Score: 1

    Just as an example of "grade inflation" - I started a maths degree in '78 and I think most of the places I looked at only wanted a maths A-level of C or above, and another two of any grade in any subject.

  15. Re:People are idiots... on Customers Treated as Culprits in Support Calls? · · Score: 1

    How about the ISP help desk person who insisted my cable modem couldn't be down because I was still getting TV channels?

  16. Re:quarter mile time? on Zero-60 in 3.1 Seconds, Batteries Included · · Score: 1

    It's useful to know when you'r racing away from a traffic light.

  17. Re:Billions and billions on The Real Reasons Phones Are Kept Off Planes · · Score: 1

    But if they do put it anywhere near their face, then you've got more to worry about than just hearing a phone call.

  18. Re:Is price the problem? on Microsoft Considering Subsidizing Zune Sales · · Score: 1

    There's some which have a dock connector wired straight into the audio, put your iPod into it and they're ready to play - when I was buying a new car last year I asked the salesman about them and he said not to bother, there was already a line-in and the difference in sound wasn't enough to make it worth paying for.

  19. Disco? on Despite Aging Design, x86 Still in Charge · · Score: 1

    And a comedian would say it all depends on what you think about disco. Can someone explain this reference please?
  20. Re:DVD zoning on EU Launches Antitrust Probe Into iTunes · · Score: 1

    And that's my $.02, or £26
    I think you mean And that's my $.02, or £.0000000001
  21. Re:Micosoft? on Microsoft to Buy DoubleClick? · · Score: 1

    I thought you were in talks with DoobleClick.

  22. Re:Why not just get a damn passport? on Washington State To Try RFID Drivers Licenses · · Score: 1

    The only figure I've seen for the 'enhanced' license is a $40 fee - I'm assuming you'd get that, then pay the same amount to renew it every five years, like the current regular license. So if the prices don't change the 'enhanced' would be $82 cheaper than the passport and regular license when buying them, and then $4.40 a year cheaper in renewals.

  23. Re:Non-citizens? on Washington State To Try RFID Drivers Licenses · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you're a permanent resident or a H1-B holder you're not am American citizen, so you'd still need to have your passport and green card or whatever a H1-B has.

  24. Re:argggghhhhhhh on Washington State To Try RFID Drivers Licenses · · Score: 1

    That you'd need a passport if travelling between two countries?

  25. Re:a modest proposal on New Vote on .xxx Internet Address Nears · · Score: 1

    You don't peel babies, that's where the vitamins are.