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  1. Re:Electric cars work if they're small on Electric Car Subsidies As Handouts For the Rich · · Score: 1

    I don't want to pay insurance and registration on two vehicles when one will do the job. I'm not going to buy a 60 mile limited electric when a gas vehicle will go 60mi or 600mi.

  2. Re:UFFSA on Tor Developer Detained At US Border, Pressed On Wikileaks · · Score: 4, Informative

    Tor was originally developed and funded by the U.S. Navy.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)

  3. Re:UFFSA on Tor Developer Detained At US Border, Pressed On Wikileaks · · Score: 0, Troll

    They had a reason, possible treason. It wasn't a random detention.

  4. Re:Remote driving on 'Telecommuting' In Formula 1 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The danger to human life is part of the thrill. Take that away and it's just a fancy video game.

  5. Re:Hmmm... on Say No To a Government Internet "Kill Switch" · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm pretty sure he is referring to the former CEO of Quest, who is in jail for insider trading. He was the only CEO that denied the NSA's request.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio

    All told, I think they guy is a slimy sack of shit, even if he did one good thing.

  6. Re:who cares if it uses mon or not on Ubuntu Replaces F-Spot With Shotwell · · Score: 1

    I mis-read your post. My bad. :)

  7. Re:who cares if it uses mon or not on Ubuntu Replaces F-Spot With Shotwell · · Score: 1

    You mean the Linux fanboys that have been saying "it's the year of Linux" since 1998.

    Get real. It doesn't take a fanboy to see that Windows still completely dominates the desktop market and will continue for several more years.

  8. ATTENTION! DO NOT MOD DOWN! +5 INFORMATIVE on Mars500 Mission Begins · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I submit David Hasselhoff is the AntiChrist

    And I have the proof

    How can one explain the phenomenal global success of one of this country's least talented individuals? There are only three ways.

    * Mr. Hasselhoff actually is talented, but this goes unnoticed in his own country.

    * Mr. Hasselhoff has sold his soul to Satan in return for global success.

    * David Hasselhoff is the AntiChrist.

    I vote for the latter -- and perhaps, after seeing the facts involved, the rest of the world will agree.

    The Facts First, the obvious. Add a little beard and a couple of horns -- David Hasselhoff looks like the Devil, doesn't he? And the letters in his name can be rearranged to spell
    fad of devil's hash.

    What does this mean? Well, Baywatch is David's fad. David is the devil. The Hash is what makes Knight Rider popular in Amsterdam.

    (I was actually hoping to make the letters in his name spell out he is of the devil, which would be possible if his middle name was "Ethesis," which it might be. I'm sure his publicist would hide such a middle name if it were true.)

    Second -- and most importantly -- David Hasselhoff and his television series were foretold in the Bible. Biblical scholars worldwide may quibble over interpretations, but they all agree on this. For a few telling examples let's skip to the end of the Bible. If any book of the Bible will tell us who the AntiChrist is, it's the Revelation of Saint John, which basically describes the AntiChrist and the Armageddon He causes. I'll just give you the verse, and the current theological interpretation of that verse.

    Who is the Beast?

    Rev 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns The Beast, of course, is David Hasselhoff. The Heads are His separate television incarnations. Young and the Restless, Revenge of the Cheerleaders, Knight Rider, Terror at London Bridge, Ring of the Musketeers, Baywatch and Baywatch Nights.
    The ten horns represent His musical releases: Crazy For You, David, David Hasselhoff, Do You Love Me?, Du, Everybody Sunshine, I Believe, Looking For Freedom, Night Lover and Night Rockers.
    Not only does Mitch The Lifeguard literally "rise out of the sea" on Baywatch, but David's musical career has mostly occurred in Europe, a metaphoric rise to fame from across the sea.
    Rev 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. Of course, this is a reference to his third head: Knight of the Phoenix, the first episode of Knight Rider. In this episode, "Michael Long, a policeman, is shot and left for dead. The shot is deflected by a plate in his head, but ruins his face. He is saved and his face reconstructed. He is reluctant, but agrees to use K.I.T.T. to help the Foundation for Law and Government fight criminals who are 'beyond the reach of the law'. " Knight Rider has been shown in 82 countries.
    Rev 13:5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. The following blasphemies are actual quotes from David Hasselhoff -- I read these while he was 42 years old.

    "I'm good-looking, and I make a lot of money."

    "There are many dying children out there whose last wish is to meet me."

    "I'm six foot four, an all-American guy, and handsome and talented as well!"

    "Before long, I'll have my own channel -- I'll be like Barney."

    "(Baywatch) is responsible for a lot of world peace." which the Hoff said at the Bollywood Oscars. Don't believe me? Read the original article!

    And here's a blasphemy that came from David's recent (Feb 2004) visit to the Berlin Wall museum. I couldn't have made something this great up by myself. He was upset that the museum didn't spend more tim

  9. Re:a brief experience with 4G, since november on Cutting Through the 4G Hype · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How are your ping times?

  10. Re:Just use the iPad plan on Skype App Updated, Allows 3G Calling On the iPhone · · Score: 1

    The cell company will still have access to your IEMI and know that you aren't using an iPad.

  11. Re:application development layer on Firefox Home Coming To iPhone, Browser Next? · · Score: 1

    Which seems to be the better option for me. Let a full-size computer/datacenter do the hard work and just let the cell phone, with it's limited hardware, display the results.

  12. Re:Both, of course on UC Berkeley Asking Incoming Students For DNA · · Score: 1

    I would say that >5% of liberal in the U.S. are liberals in the classic sense.

  13. Re:Doesn't Matter if Throttled on 7Gbps Wi-Fi Networking Kit Could Launch In 2010 · · Score: 1

    Me, and I don't have any friends that do either.

  14. Re:Great Idea on Can We Legislate Past the H.264 Debate? · · Score: 1

    No, no and no.

    Eminent domain is already overused. It should never be used for anything other than claiming property for necessary infrastructure.

  15. Re:14k buys a lot of film. on How To Get 39 Megapixels From a 53-Year-Old Camera · · Score: 2, Informative

    But much less than $14k.

  16. Tomato? on Open Source Router To Replace WRT54GL? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Any chance that any of these support tomato? Can't use dd-wrtafter running tomato.

  17. Re:Get a new bank on What Can Be Done About Security of Debit Cards? · · Score: 1

    I can't speak for BofA, as I use a local bank that only has three branches.

    A few months ago I was on a trip to northern Michigan (i live in southern Indiana), and I ran across a good deal for a digital camera, so I bought it. About 45min later I got a phone call from a lady that works in fraud for the bank, she just wanted to make sure it was me that made the transaction.

    Apparently they do this for any oddball purchases such as that.

  18. Can't buy the OS for $200? on Ubuntu on a Dime · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I can buy OEM copies for significantly cheaper than that. Anti-virus/malware protection is a free download from Microsoft.

    I use what works for me, leaving dogma aside.

  19. Re:Starting from full stop ..... on Toyota Accelerator Data Skewed Toward Elderly · · Score: 1

    Tap, or push, the brake pedal and cruise control is turned off. Every car (and truck) I've driven works this way.

  20. Re:$1.4 Billion on The Death of the US-Mexico Virtual Fence · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Asking immigrants to follow the law and immigrate legally isn't being a xenophobe.

  21. Re:Saving Yourself A World Of Pain on Which Linux For Non-Techie Windows Users? · · Score: 1

    Raid 0 and raid 1 can survive a motherboard failure if you get the same hardware. I had a abit kt133a raid 0 fail a few years back and was able to recover it fully (it was still bootable) on an equilivent raid chipset on a pci card in a different box.

    As for your ridiculous luddite comment, anyone who cares about their data wouldn't be using raid. You would be using a disconnected backup. Raid-X won't survive a lighting strike. That said, we are talking about basic computer users here.

    As for me, I just got rid of my last desktop (a decked out C2D with 8gb ram and a 2tb raid-0 and a athlon x2 3200+) and went to a macbook pro and time machine. I'm tired of fixing problems. I just want my stuff to work without having to dig around in the guts.

  22. Re:ER... Why? on Which Linux For Non-Techie Windows Users? · · Score: 1

    EOL for XP is currently 2014. That's four more years of support.

    No need to get in a hurry.

  23. Re:Saving Yourself A World Of Pain on Which Linux For Non-Techie Windows Users? · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Wow, good job at being full of shit.

    I installed Windows 7 on my HTPC, on Thursday and it has 5 hard drives. it didn't complain.

    Raid 0,1 and 0+1 are normally set up in the bios, not the os. As long as 7 has the drivers, any version will install on a raid.

  24. Re:we are legion on Hackers Attack AU Websites To Protest Censorship · · Score: 0, Troll

    No you're not. You're a semi-organized collection of pussies who are too scared to put a face with a name.

  25. Re:HDMI mess on 3D HDMI Specification Is Set Free · · Score: 1

    My computer is in my office, not my living room. I don't want to sit in an office chair and watch movies.