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  1. Re:No way... on Microsoft Introduces Competition For Google News · · Score: 1

    even FARK.com has news before /. nowadays

  2. Re:Apple, what's your problem? on Apple Claims Ownership of Shareware · · Score: 1

    actually, there was a design for a lamp-like Mac and actually made into a prototype case in 1995. it was on the cover of macworld and it's in the book AppleDesign

  3. Re:Don't forget call girls on Softwar : An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison · · Score: 1

    you think detroit doesn't already have those?

  4. Re:same price at amazon on Softwar : An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    spend five bucks on free shipping?

    ...

  5. if detroit was built like silicon valley on Softwar : An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison · · Score: 4, Funny

    sure they'd only sell parts, but you'd be able to get car parts, truck parts, tank parts, plane parts, train parts, crane parts, snowplower parts, tires, tracks, helicopter rotors, blueprints, jet fuel, nitrous oxide, spoilers, giant robotic arms, spray paint for the exterior, radar systems, chassis extensions, ROCKET LAUNCHERS, and reconfigurable engines.

    ANALOGIES SUCK.

  6. you've completely missed the point on 1.6 Megahertz per Pixel: TMDC6 · · Score: 1

    this is an artistic competition, not a number-crunching competition.

  7. Re:cheap! on Home Theatre Projectors, Dell, InFocus and Sanyo · · Score: 1

    i assumed that would be the power switch, no?

  8. Re:Z-coordinate? on Home Theatre Projectors, Dell, InFocus and Sanyo · · Score: 1, Funny

    yes, but be careful not to move it to quickly or the liquid crystal will slosh around and ruin your picture. ;)

  9. cheap! on Home Theatre Projectors, Dell, InFocus and Sanyo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    the dell one is missing some useful features!

    NO POWER SWITCH!

    still, under $1k is awesome.

  10. Re:Why oh why on Gore Vidal Savages Electronic Voting · · Score: 1, Insightful

    because he has somehow convinced the press that they are to be his lapdogs. large-scale terrorist activity didn't hurt his powers of persuasion. clinton didn't get so lucky.

  11. Re:The Smurfs: Innocent Fun or Communist Propagand on Jail Time for Movie Swappers · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    azrael is the name of the angel of death in muslim and jewish theology.

    UNFORTUNATELY, you are right about smurfette. the smurfs are blue because, by papa smurf's decree and the lack of condoms made in smurf-size, they only have sex once a year.

    who gets the short end of the stick? smurfette, because there ARE no gay smurfs.

  12. Re:up2date on Ask Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik · · Score: 1

    Sick of Gentoo zealots throwing plugs in completely unrelated topics? Just type "emerge unmerge gentoo-zealots" at a root prompt... OH WAIT.

  13. Re:Except on Replace Your Music....Again · · Score: 2, Informative

    which do you mean?

    there are HDCD and SACD formats which have multiple layers and thus can have more channels of sound

    or do you mean the cd with something like a video included, which is usually only used for singles anyway?

  14. Re:DRM is a *feature* on Replace Your Music....Again · · Score: 1

    no, you're thinking of acetate. a CD and a vinyl record take about the same force to break, but a CD is much more impressive, especially if you cut some cracks into it beforehand.

    acetate only lasts a few plays before the sound quality goes to hell, and that's why it's only used sparingly nowadays

  15. Re:next year on Nintendo To Launch New Machine Next Year? · · Score: 1
  16. Re:sad but fun on SCO Fires back, Subpoenas Stallman, Torvalds et al · · Score: 1

    technically, that's libel and defamation. you shouldn't to be able to tell lies about anyone anywhere.

  17. Re:I don't THINK so on SCO Fires back, Subpoenas Stallman, Torvalds et al · · Score: 1

    well, sco's issue is with the linux KERNEL which even stallman agrees should be called "Linux" and not "GNU/Linux"

  18. manufacturing? on Microsoft Moving Into Chip Design With Xbox Next · · Score: 1

    i remember apple having a hard time when they were using LOTS of custom parts on their motherboards.

    there were numerous suppliers who weren't keeping up with demand, thus shipping was held up.

    maybe microsoft has a better plan in mind but relying on many external suppliers can be hazardous!

  19. Re:MiniDisc player as alternative on 5 Reasons Not to Buy an iPod · · Score: 1

    doesn't sony make them with a USB interface?

  20. Re:MiniDisc player as alternative on 5 Reasons Not to Buy an iPod · · Score: 1

    there wouldn't be a point, if that were true.

  21. Re:MiniDisc player as alternative on 5 Reasons Not to Buy an iPod · · Score: 1

    you can't record to an mp3 cd player. you can record to a minidisc.

  22. THE ANIDEATHSTAR on 'Star Wars: Clone Wars' Premieres Tonight · · Score: 0, Funny

    buy the animated series and we'll show you how deep the jawa hole goes...

  23. Re:WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH /. ??? on Bluetooth Shipments Exceed 1M per Week · · Score: 1

    you can use any GSM phone you wish, but the provider will only fix phones you bought from them. my brother took his sim out of his free t306 and put it in his t68i, mostly because he could use bluetooth!

    gsm is not as common as other networks (tdma or cdma, whichever it is), however.

  24. Re:What's the big deal? on LOTR: Two Towers Extended Edition Reviewed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    LotR is impressive not necessarily because of the story, but because Tolkien CREATED THREE OR FOUR LANGUAGES and then the entire history to explain them and their cultures. He was a linguistics professor.

    The Matrix doesn't really do anything new. It's a watered-down version of lots of different philosophy with imagery from various religions thrown in. If you look at it like a kung fu movie with western sci-fi trappings, it works, but it ISN'T a deep story, and all the questions it asks were taken from somewhere else.

  25. Re:It's a good thing ... on Touch-Screen Voting Snags Continue · · Score: 1

    do you at least show up and visibly abstain? at least that way you're counted.

    plus there are local referenda that should be voted upon even if other parts of government disgust you too much