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  1. I bought it and nothing else on Wii Is the New US Console Leader · · Score: 1

    My wife played bowling at a party and had to have one. We finally found one on the shelf and bought it with an extra controller. That was about a year ago. Still have not found anything else worth buying on it and we rarely turn it on now.

  2. Re:But remember . . on Nanomaterials More Dangerous Than We Think · · Score: 1

    Well I've seen some stuff in the back my fridge before and can attest that "grey goo" can happen back there in lost Tupperware containers.

  3. We are screwed either way on Obama Losing Voters Over FISA Support · · Score: 1

    Obama or McCain. Both of them are going to help Mexico turn the US into a Northern part of Mexico. Obama votes yes for killing part of the constitution and making sure the telcos and Bush will never be held responsible, you have Hatch saying that basically there should be no checks and balances but into place by our founding fathers, and then you have McCain not even showing up to vote on FISA because he probably would have voted yes too but now he can say "I didn't vote for it." We are just screwed period.

  4. Asian and European languages on Learn a Foreign Language As an Engineer? · · Score: 1

    Well if you work in an industry like the semiconductor industry you better learn to speak and read: Mandarin, Korean, and Japanese and to a lesser extent French and Italian. You'll be all over the world as a software engineer in that industry. The purpose for learning to read especially Korean and Mandarin is you really don't want Koreans and Chinese driving you around it's much better (and I know from a lot of experience) to be able to read the signs and maps and drive yourself around.

  5. Re:Advantages of knowing C# on Head First C# · · Score: 1

    Wrong, no one cool actually programs in Java.

  6. Iran the new Iraq on In Iran, Blogging May Be Punishable By Death · · Score: 1

    Don't worry Iran, we'll invade soon and overthrow your government. You'll see how much better life is after that! Just look at Iraq! They can blog all they want now.

  7. Default in Studio on Best Color Scheme For Coding, Easiest On the Eyes? · · Score: 1

    Is fine for me and I code all day. My boss on the other hand uses the most hellish color scheme I've seen. Black background and bright orange, magenta, bright blue and green highlighting that would give me a headache.

  8. Apple //e on Dungeons and Desktops · · Score: 1

    Some of my fondest memories of computer gaming was when I was about 11 and my parents bought an Apple //e (Upgraded too! This thing had 128K of RAM and TWO floppy drives). I spent a lot of hours playing Wizardry, Ultima 2 & 3, Apshai Trilogy, Phantasie, etc.

  9. McDs on Non-Programming Jobs For a Computer Science Major? · · Score: 1

    Flipping burgers! A lot less stress... Coming from someone who's been professionally programming now for 15 years.

  10. No to Vista on $50 to Get XP On a New Dell · · Score: 1

    I'd pay the $50... As a software developer that works with both C# and PLC programming frequently there's still too many programs that just don't work right on Vista that we have to use at the company I work for. My boss has tried to stay on Vista but simply can't.

  11. Re:Downloading from their FTP server won't count on Firefox Download Day To Start At 1 p.m. EST · · Score: 1

    I was just going to post this too. I downloaded it anyways and it was nice and fast downloading. I'll download it again after they go live so they get credit for it.

  12. Re:alt.binaries.* on Verizon Cutting Access To Entire Alt.* Usenet Hierarchy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It is the first rule and I blame Slashdot for bringing it up so much. Should give the Usenet providers a boost in users though until the **AA's get rid of all of them.

  13. Re:Just maybe the cost *is* justified on Denon's $499 Ethernet Cable · · Score: 1

    OK get back to your PR job at Denon and stop posting anonymously.

  14. Re:I disagree. on The Red Team Wins · · Score: 1

    I loved it. I'm working in St. Louis right now and got crap in the restaurant for wearing a Diamond Backs search only to see the Cardinals get pummeled by the Phillies scoring 20 runs.

  15. I for one on H.R. 4279 Would Establish Federal IP Cops · · Score: 1

    welcome the time when I'll be thrown in jail for downloading music and movies. After that I don't have to worry about skyrocketing gas prices, food prices, unemployment, house payments, keeping a job, I'll just sit in my cell and read a book. Well until they draft the prisoners and send them to fight Iran anyways. Ah the US we sure are on a roll lately ;) Good thing our politicians will be kept rich from media and oil companies though.

  16. Re:The solution is technology on ID Theft In US Continues Apace Despite Data Breach Laws · · Score: 1

    My stupid state Arizona for years and years actually used your SSN as your driver's license number and put it right there on the card.

  17. Re:Required reading IMHO. on No, David Pogue, Ebook Piracy Is Not a Given · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Tor as well with their free Ebook mailing list. I read primarily Ebooks and I want to read them in text format on my phone or DS so I don't buy DRM ebooks which leaves me little alternative but to download them. But in Tor's case they've been giving out DRM free ebooks every week for a while. They are usually the first book in a series. When I had a work trip coming up last week and a paper book was more convenient to read on the road I went out and bought several of the second books in the series I had read for free. The science fiction/fantasy publishers like Baen and Tor have a good grip on the situation.

  18. Re:Usenet next? on $4 Million In Fines For Linking To Infringing Files · · Score: 1

    Shh the first rule about the Usenet is we don't talk about the Usenet.

  19. Re:books on Decent Book Clubs for Sci-Fi Fans? · · Score: 1

    Same here. Tor as well offers a weekly free DRMless ebook on their mailing list. They also have a free ebook library. It's usually the first book in a series they give out free. Here's their free book for this week: http://e2ma.net/go/1089141608/987277/36180516/goto:http://hbpub.vo.llnwd.net/o16/video/olmk/tor.com/WattsStarfishHTML/Watts,%20Peter%20-%20Starfish.html

  20. Well... on Early Review Calls New Indiana Jones Film Dreadful · · Score: 1

    It's Ain't it Cool News. It inspired Kevin Smith's MoviePoopShoot.com for Jay and Silent Bob for a reason.

  21. scooner on Sailing Robots To Attempt Atlantic Crossing · · Score: 1

    Look a scooner! You dumb bastard that's not a scooner it's a sailboat.

  22. Re:Pascal??? on Are C and C++ Losing Ground? · · Score: 1

    I was surprised to see that as well. I coded in Pascal for a company a long time ago and have never encountered it again. I can't ever think of something I would choose Pascal for now. C# is what I mainly use now and after programming for years under QNX ANSI C I'm loving .Net and C#.

  23. Re:no drm for me on 5.1 Sound Card Delivers 3 Streams of iTunes · · Score: 1

    Actually yes it's my legal collection. A combination of hundreds of CDs I still have packed away in boxes and free downloads. I listen to a lot of ambient/techno music that are downloadable free from sites like the Khavi collection and Resting Bell that are part of that collection. I was also a member of emusic.com back in the days of unlimited downloads and have a ton from there. I don't buy a whole lot of new music anymore. I have Sirius in the car and XM at home for that.

  24. no drm for me on 5.1 Sound Card Delivers 3 Streams of iTunes · · Score: 1

    I'll just keep my couple hundred gigs of non-DRM music files on my server and stream then to the 360 in the living room or wherever else I like.

  25. gee I couldn't be happier on Rambus Wins Patent Case · · Score: 1

    I made the mistake years ago of buying a desktop with 1600 RDRAM in it. It doesn't have enough RAM in it and RDRAM is still ridiculously priced (256 meg of 1600 RDRAM is still almost $200!). Screw Rambus.