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  1. Re:What's The Point (for cable modems)? on Cringley On Bandwidth-Expanding Modulation Technology · · Score: 1

    ..or simply increase the number of subscribers, i mean you're still paying aren't you?

  2. Re:A bit saddening... on Oracle Switching To Linux · · Score: 1

    ...where they keep finding new roles and finally get mothballed after enjoying a last hurrah as a print server.

    Last sanctity for the computer, the printer server. Once the computer hits this stage, it knows its soon for the bin!

  3. Re:typo on Oracle Switching To Linux · · Score: 2

    Additionally, all the industry behemoths (AOL/TW, Oracle) would fare well to bolster Microsoft's competetors.

    Lets hope they realise this before its too late...

  4. Re:An astute move for Oracle, great for linux on Oracle Switching To Linux · · Score: 2

    Maybe they just realised that microsoft will be including and implementation of their database incorporated into their next OS.

    It seems that only when companies are directly targeted my MS will they try and consider other OS's... often when its too late. Lets hope the industry wakes up to this.

  5. Re:violently overthrow the Constitution? on Raisethefist.com Raided · · Score: 2

    The US gov is certainly making things hard for the people who live in its country, and the people who live outside!

  6. Re:Take that, QOS heads! on In NZ, Sharing Ethernet With A Whole CIty · · Score: 1

    There was no need for QoS and Congestion control measures in the internet, until 1988 when Van Jacobson and his colleagues detected major problems, due to the expansion of the internet. Before this time, there was not problems, and no congestion detection and avoidance built into the TCP stack.

  7. Re:Stupid assassins on Episode II Gets Rave Review · · Score: 2

    "Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman) and the animated character Jar Jar Binks are both members of the Senate, representing their respective planets..."

    Arent they on the same planet? I mean, i only
    saw TPM once, but im pretty sure!

  8. Re:DESQview/X is in Assembly on DesqView/X: Night of the Living Dead Codebases · · Score: 2

    Nothing wrong with assembly!

  9. Re:My take on this... on Scientific American on Television Addiction · · Score: 1

    TV is not an addiction, and it is easy to quit. Hell, ive quit 10 times this week already!

  10. Re:It's cool because people can learn. on Caldera releases original unices under BSD license · · Score: 1

    There are three types of people involved with computers. Those that can count, and those that cant.

    sorry, couldnt resist... no, dont shoot...

  11. Re:Neat! But . . . on Mac Thief Caught Thanks To Applescript & Timbuktu · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now if G.Bush could just get a certain Saudi to steal his computer...

  12. first satellite on Satellites on the Cheap · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wonder how much the very first satellite, sputnik would have cost? Surely it wouldnt be
    that expensive to build the thing, just costs
    alot to get it up there?

  13. Re:Erm, sorry to have to say this... on News Media Scammed by 'Free Energy' Hoax · · Score: 2

    Yeah, but personally im only going to trust a news service pronounced "rooters" to accurately deliver porn articles.

  14. Re:incredulous on News Media Scammed by 'Free Energy' Hoax · · Score: 2

    What about Perpetual Guiness....mmmmm!

  15. Re:Why DDR on P4? on Intel "Northwood" vs. Athlon XP 2000+ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because nobody with an ethical bone in their body
    would buy RAMBUS.


    Or go see a movie.

    Or buy a new cd.

    becareful, you might be labelled a commie...

  16. Re:My suggestion: on 'Indiana Jones 4' Finally A Go · · Score: 1

    No, and ... ah... Yes.

    (It was intended!)

  17. Archaeologist Tired Of Unearthing Unspeakable on 'Indiana Jones 4' Finally A Go · · Score: 1

    http://www.theonion.com/onion3801/archaeologist_ti red.html

    When archaeologist Edward Whitson joined a Penn State University dig in Hasake last year, he did so to participate in the excavation of a Late Bronze Age settlement rich in pottery shards and clay figurines. Whitson had hoped to determine whether the items contained within the site were primarily Persian or Assyrian in origin.
    Above: Edward Whitson waits while yet another tortured wraith rises from a dig site in Syria.
    Instead, he found himself fleeing giant flying demon-cats as he ran through the temple's cavernous halls, jumping from ledge to ledge while locked in a desperate struggle for his life and soul for what seemed like the thousandth time in his 27-year career.

    ...

  18. Re:Age, The Man, and what? on 'Indiana Jones 4' Finally A Go · · Score: 1

    They could just have everybody else in the film at least 10-20 years older than him, and he will appear a lot younger. Or just shoot it all blurry.

  19. Re:The title... on 'Indiana Jones 4' Finally A Go · · Score: 1

    from the story:

    One screenplay, later reported to be the work of an over-ambitious fan, was dubbed "Indiana Jones And The Sons Of Darkness," and featured the daredevil archeologist battling Russians to retrieve part of Noah's Ark.
    Still another involved flying saucers and Area 51, but the strangest of all was "Indiana Jones And The Garden Of Life," which saw Jones searching for signs of Adam and Eve.


    cant be worce than these...

  20. Re:My suggestion: on 'Indiana Jones 4' Finally A Go · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe they could have that kid who played him in the last crusade in it. What his name, oh whoops.

  21. Re:Though people will probably disagree on Microsoft Promotions Turn Up in USPS Offices · · Score: 1

    Yeah, i mean this is no different that if they started selling heroine, or crack... big deal people.

    Microsoft broke the law, and Microsoft won...

  22. Re:*sigh* Same old line. on AOL Time Warner Files Anti-Trust Suit against MS · · Score: 1

    Netscape lost their market because they stumbled.

    Maybe they stumbled,
    but microsoft was right behind them with an
    outstretched leg, and a guilty smile on their face!

  23. Re:AOL's Missing 155 Billion and the timing ... on AOL Time Warner Files Anti-Trust Suit against MS · · Score: 1

    Yes, but thats just an accounting thing. The
    whole economy is on the slide, so stock
    prices are down all round... what do you
    expect. Its not like they lost 155B, its
    just about revalueing after the bubble
    burst.

  24. Re:Free Enterprise Wins Each Time on AOL Time Warner Files Anti-Trust Suit against MS · · Score: 1

    AOL bought Netscape. TimeWarner bought AOL.

    Its funny, a lot of old people i talk
    to just don't seem to understand, or dont want to
    that its the other way around.

    AOL bought TW

    They dont like the fact that a relatively new
    internet company bought a "real world" company...

  25. Re:Germany on German Government Introduces Digital Signatures · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if removing all the Nuclear Power plants are such a great idea, just a politically popular one. Apart from this, I agree with your statement about the forward thinking of the German gov, its certainly got a lot better once they got rid of Kohl!