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  1. Re:Warner Music Group claims copyright on Artist Not Allowed To Stream His Own Music · · Score: 3, Interesting

    MySpace would rather delete and account then do ANY fact checking. This happened to me and my music. Everything was fine for about a year, and then *poof* the page was gone. I asked why, and I got a generic response about violating the TOS. I asked for more specifics, but I was not given any more details. I was told touch luck, build a new page. It goes without saying I didn't build a new page. The previous page I set up didn't get that many hits anyway.

  2. Wondering... on Red Dwarf Returns In a 3-Part Showing · · Score: 1

    How are they going to tie this one up. After Season 6 or 7 the creative force/writing team split. Both released separate books that tried to tie up the loose ends. I just wonder which version, if either, are they going to try to follow.

  3. Re:FAIL on Christmas Tree Made From 70 SCSI Hard Drives · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Actually, most autistic kids stack things very neatly and precisely. So no need to further heap insults on autistic children by comparing them to this guy.

  4. Re:Sex Pistols Reunite... on Sex Pistols Reunite For Guitar Hero III · · Score: 5, Informative

    The entire band never shied away from money. Rotten has always said he does things for the money. Did you ever see the Bill Grundy episode they were on for crying out loud? For the record Glenn Matlock was the original bassist in the Sex Pistols, and it is his bass lines you here on all of 'Never Mind the Bollocks.' It's funny really. He was booted from the band weeks before the recording, and Sid could not play properly. So Glenn was hired back as a studio musician, and Glenn wound up with more money in his pocket then the rest of the band after the recording sessions were over.

  5. wal-mart on A Coveted Landing Strip for Google's Founders · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    At least they didn't lobby for one to be built nearby. Wal-mart did this in the mid to late nintes.

  6. Re:You are screwed.. on Repair Computer, Repurchase OS? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Umm, did you replace your hard drive in the HP? HP (amongst others) creates a smallish (600MB~1GB) partition on your hard drive. The recovery software is looking for that partition. Swap out the drive, and those recovery disks are useless. You can buy a disk image set from them for about $14 for your machine. I recently have gone through this repairing a friend's Compaq laptop. I had to replace the drive, and order a disk image set. It took about 5 days for me to get it, but I didn't have to purchase an OEM copy with a drive for $100.

  7. Re:Argh! Get this straight on Creationism Museum To Open Next Summer · · Score: 1

    Because of that great argument stopper they use. "It's a matter of faith." It sucks when they get flustered when presented with the facts they resort to how much faith they have. Then they point out how "lost" you really are.

  8. Micah on 40 Percent of World of Warcraft Players Addicted · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My brother lost his job 5 weeks ago. He's been playing WoW for about a year prior to his layoff, and his addiction to game did not cause him to lose his job.
    He has no motivation to go and look for a job, he only eats maybe once a day, and his house is pig sty.
    He came by yesterday asking for $150 to pay his rent or he was going to be kicked out. I loaned him $40 two weeks ago, and I am sure that he used that towards his cable bill or his WoW account.
    He looks like a crack or meth addict (having been around those types of people myself), and he doesn't care about anything but playing that damn game.
    I almost got into to playing that game shortly after he started a year or so ago. I am glad I have not purchased the game, and I have no interest in WoW after seeing my brother play the game for three days straight with no sleep (yellow jackets were used to keep himself awake!).

    I know it's not the game that is the problem, it's the person with the addictive personality. How can we recognize, and then treat video game addiction? Is it recognized as a real problem, or are they told to just grow up? 12 steps have been proven to NOT work for ALL people, and my brother is one of them.

  9. Re:Wow, these are still around? on Self-Heating Coffee Cans Recalled · · Score: 1

    I agree about the taste of this stuff. It tastes like more like the can it comes in, less like coffee. Really, i think you would get the idea of the taste by sucking on a soda can tab. Neat idea, but the the product is terrible.

  10. Re:Touch sensitive or a digitizer? on Origami Not A Gaming Machine · · Score: 1

    It could be a resistive film touchscreen. and it probably is at the price point. resistive film touchscreens aren't very expensive.

  11. Test Equipmet on What's On Your Tech Bench? · · Score: 1

    Two or more good digital multimeters, one good O-scope, and a nice soldering station. A test system to test drives and memory is a must. Lose the CRT, switch to some flat panels. Nice screwdrivers only cost a little bit more, but your techs will appreciate them more. If you give them cheap tools that will break after a few months, the techs will get frustrated. Have at least two keyboards and mice on hand (1 USB set at least). Be sure to have a decent POST card on hand. I have seen them with PCI along one edge and ISA along the other edge. This helps point your techs in the right direction, and should help reduce time diagnosing.

  12. We lease out space for a tower on Issues Surrounding Installation of a Cell Tower? · · Score: 3, Informative

    At my plant there is a large cell tower in the back corner of our lot. We are 250-300 meters away from the tower, and experience no interference from the tower.

    It is understood that the cell phone company pays a hefty sum of money every month to my company because we own the property.

    I think the lease just covers or offsets our power and water bill.

  13. Re:Yeah, wishful thinking, I know. on BBC Writer Tries PC Repair, Finds Poor Software · · Score: 0

    Yeah, but if they took a more active role in their maintaining their computers, how would I get free six packs and/or dinners?

  14. Don't "unsubscribe"... on Spamfighting Since the Death of MakeLoveNotSpam? · · Score: 1, Informative

    among other things in the spam that you already get. Use Thunderbird for your email. It turns off images in email by default, so you can delete those unwanted emails. Use fake info, or use BugMeNot when you need to register for news sites. Run Ad-Aware at least once a week. Install a good anti-virus program, and scan for virii weekly. Don't sign up for contests. Resist the tempation to smack the monkey. You won't get a free anything. Don't give out your real email. Use a Yahoo, Hotmail, or Gmail account. Use Firefox with Adblock or Nuke Anything extensions, or both. Just don't fucking click on those ad-banners. You don't need Bonzai Buddy!!! arrrgh

  15. Re:Febreze!! on Cleansing Hardware Of Dead Pig Odors? · · Score: 0

    It's also great for removing smoke odors from your clothes. Helpful when you burn a fatty at lunch and don't want any one to suspect it.

    Don't forget the Visine!

  16. I would have thought on Student Killed Driving Solar Car · · Score: 0

    that a highway patrol car or some other law enforcement type vehicle would have accompanied the convoy. It's terrible to hear about the student's death.

  17. Can't Wait Until... on You've Got PC · · Score: 0

    People start to sell them in about a year, year and half. They might make nice, cheap Linux boxes. If a dim-wit you know buys one, and one would expect AOL to push a newer model every 1 to 3 years, you might be able to pick one up a used one really cheap (maybe $100 - $150 w/out monitor).

  18. Re:Icons. on Apple vs. Microsoft Myths Revisited · · Score: 0

    Ahhh, but Mac got the idea from Xerox's PARC group.

  19. Re:You missed the point on Lawyer Sues Yahoo for Message Board Name-Calling · · Score: 0

    he's claiming that yahoo failed to fulfill their promise to prevent abusive postings

    Which is just silly to assume that Yahoo is capable of the manpower needed to moderate every message posted on their message boards.

    Maybe this will get thrown out as a nuisance case.

  20. Re:Do it with an apple on Where to Spend $1M on a Cluster? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm not so much a fanboi as I really should have copied this article instead.

  21. Do it with an apple on Where to Spend $1M on a Cluster? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Try an Xserve Raid cluster here.

  22. Touch typing shouldn't be phased out on Is Typing a Necessary Skill? · · Score: 1

    I would say approx. 60% or more people at my work do not know how to type. They are also the worst spellers even though they have a spell checker in Outlook(use it!).

    I tend to enter my repair data much more quickly than my co-workers, and it helps. I get more work done because I don't have to "hunt and peck" at the keyboard.

    I really think that your school is wanting to phase out the class to cut some costs. Typing should be required for college. Further more, it is nice to be able to put it on your resume and list your WPM.

    Just my squid to the head.