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  1. It will use plutonium.... on An Interplanetary Laser Communications System · · Score: 1

    ...to generate the 1.21 gigawats of electricity needed to power up the flux capacitor.

  2. Re:Engrish on Warezed SoundForge Files In Windows Media Player · · Score: 1

    What do you want? Written by Yoda it was.

  3. Re:Classic toy on Classic Toys For Christmas? · · Score: 1

    Archery is a great way to help with hand eye coordination, same with a rifle (more so with the bow.) Also if there are places with arcery tournaments in it you can give the spirit of competition as well.

    Plastic tipped arrows are available and fairly safe. But if you live in the city, be carefull where you use it. Make sure there are no by-laws agains it being used in the back yard.

    I recommend a Recurve Bow for someone 14. The Compound bows can be stiff even with low weights. A quick google search came up with this site as a manufacturer of recurve bows. (I don't know how familiar you are with archery hence a site with explanation of what i mean)

  4. Re:Dumb question... on Novell Pulls Out Their Ace Against SCO · · Score: 1

    Yes now that SCO has hung themselves they will be viewed as a poor investment, and unreliable.

    As for a parent posts comment about bad PR for linux... well, I've had more people ask me what Linux is since all this started. Remember "There's no such thing as bad press."

  5. Re:We Won! on U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft Resigns · · Score: 2, Funny

    Safe from terrorism and criminals.... But not the Oil Lords... you forget what this ware is really about!

  6. Re:No no, *this* is karma whoring on Sydney 419 Scammer Jailed · · Score: 1

    This can't be a scam. He used the same name the whole way through.

  7. Re:Requirements are lame on Competition Fosters Next Generation Of Linux Talent · · Score: 1

    If you don't go to school, you don't need a scollarship.

    What if I need a scollarship to be able to afford to go to school? Such is the case with me. I want to go back to upgrade (update) My programming skills, and also take some 3D animation. But can't afford to.

  8. Re:What I'm wondering is... on The Rise of Open-Source Politics · · Score: 1

    makePile shit.h

    just a guess.. ;)

  9. Re:Violation on Halo 2 Retail Date Broken in Midwest · · Score: 0, Troll

    How do you think Microsoft is gonna respond? With a court case of course.

    BTW: Bungie is a subsidiary of Microsoft now, and even if my information on that is incorrect, Microsoft is still the "Publisher" because it's for their console.

  10. Re:Statistics on China's Superior Technologies · · Score: 1

    We also have to realize... Over there you have nearly 10 times more people in a square mile then you do in America. They can afford to do things like better cell phone coverage, and faster Internet (Fibre Optics Baby!) but they get much better ROI on these things...

  11. Thank god.... on BitTorrent Accounts for 35% of Traffic · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... that I live in Canada where this is still legal.

    And you guys though that America was the home of the free.

  12. Re:Locks out Win95? on Canadian Public Radio Streaming Ogg Vorbis · · Score: 1

    Try with winamp 2.91... they included alot of winamp 3 features without the bloat.

    Get winamp 2.91 from this page.

  13. I saw that coming... on Anti-Spyware Vendor Partners with Spyware Company? · · Score: 1

    Money means more to software vendors then keeping promises... They're like government only we choose to pay for their services.

  14. LOL on China Plans 5-day Manned Space Mission · · Score: 5, Insightful

    From the Article.. "In order to create a craft capable of orbiting in space for five days, scientists say they have been trying to reduce weight and improve the performance of onboad instrumentation."

    The funny part is... the US sent men to the moon in the late 60's and the entire spacecraft had less computer power then a 486 computer... And they need to improve current technology???

    Just goes to show, with todays technology, we sometimes forget we can simplify things.

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

    As a Canadian, I offer no input into the Kerry/Bush debate... However, I was curious about something during our own recent election.

    What would happen, if NO ONE voted? This could be an interesting experiment.

    How would the governments respond?
    Would they realize we aren't happy with what they've been doing?
    Would they realize that we know what they say are lies?

    Also... what if the system got changed? Instead of voting someone in, we select them at random from the telephone book. From what I've seen... one moron in government does as bad as another.

    And yes I vote, so I can bitch about who's in government, and the system.

  16. Re:wife or girlfriend on Water Cooling With A Car Radiator · · Score: 1

    You saw this guys "office"... you think he's got a girlfrined???? I sure don't.

  17. Re:I haven't on Working iPod Halloween Costume · · Score: 1

    Nope... it's better.

  18. Re:Honest question on Big Arctic Perils Seen in Warming · · Score: 1

    Um... simple...

    Glaciers tend to be on dry land, not in the water, which you are confusing with iceburgs. That said, you melt a glacier with the volume of a few milion gallons, you end up with a new lake, possibly a river, and underwater city.

    Next.. believe it or not, northern Canada has "ice roads" going to mines and oil fields up there. These roads go accross water onto Islands where the mines are located. That melting would make it hard for the trucks to get accross.

  19. Re:Windows XP? on Dell Teams Up With SUSE · · Score: 1

    I believe u missed part of my statement....

    it is not designed for most people

    As in it isn't an interface my mother is comfortable with

  20. Re:a graph of internet growth? on Internet Turns 35 Today · · Score: 1

    Well... it will continue to grow quite as is for a few more years... Until all pda's and cell phones are internet ready (without wifi hotspots)...

    Then we are going to see in our more globally minded futures as information becomes centralized into a few trusted? areas.

    While it will still be used for entertainment.

    But I do believe that a globalization and releasing of files online will continue to grow with my bandwidth ;-)

  21. Re:Yes, but... on Massive Online ID Fraud Ring Busted · · Score: 1

    Who marked This funny??? You know it's gonna happen..

    This should be Insightful

  22. Re:Windows XP? on Dell Teams Up With SUSE · · Score: 0

    It's actually quite simple.... in the summary it states SUSE Enterprise Linux installed directly on Dell servers.

    The key word here is Dell SERVERS. While linux is a great server environment (stable, reliable, secure) it is not designed for most people using there desktop to do online banking and using an IM program.

    I love Linux Too.... It's just not ready for the desktop (yet)

  23. Re:No, it just means on Changing Use of Internet? · · Score: 1

    That's what my @gmail.com account is for... 1GB of spammed pr0n Baby!!!!

  24. What did they expect???? on GTA: San Andreas Leaked · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I mean the game is Grand Theft Auto.... it's a game where you're a thief and your stealing things in a modern world.

    Hell, one could argue they taught us to do this

    And BTW: I thought the term was "Copyright Infringement" which is different from theft.

  25. Re:A Dream... on Bootlegged Music in Russia · · Score: 3, Interesting

    As a musican I've researched the music industry, and decided I want nothing to do with it. I find it funny that Artists are the first on your list of the rich from album sales... Lets break it down...

    1.) Band signs deal with label
    2.) Label LOANS band money to record/produce their album, this also costs photography/grapic work for the jacket and disk.
    3.) Label LOANS band money to have disks made and marketed.
    4.) Label LOANS band money to make music video.
    5.) Band prays they sell CD's
    6.) Album starts selling... 75% of each disk goes to the LABEL the other 25% is divided between the store, marketers, and the artists (and bands split that between memebers.)
    7.) Album goes platinum *whew* band now broke even. (After paying back the record label all the loans.)

    FACT: Artists usually take 40% of ticket sales for themsleves (travel/food must be paid from this.) The other 60% pays the rent for the building, road crew, ticket vendors, and advertising in the local area.

    FACT: Ticket sales have gone up 28% since 2000 (when MP3's became more common)

    Conclusion... MP3's are good for the artists ;)