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  1. Re:Car annoyances on Car Hacks & Mods for Dummies · · Score: 1
    We tend to drive the Vibe through on upaved roads pretty regularly, so we like the plastic body cladding along the bottom.

    I don't like other Pontiacs either, but our Vibe is the perfect car for what we need it for.

    No, a TDI Golf would be perfect, but the Vibe's close.

  2. For Weird VW Lovers with a TDI... on Car Hacks & Mods for Dummies · · Score: 0, Redundant
  3. Re:Car annoyances on Car Hacks & Mods for Dummies · · Score: 1
    What's wrong with Pontiacs? My wife drives a vibe GT and it goes like a bat outta hell, but it also hauls a dog or mulch like an SUV, and gets 30 mpg.

    Of course, its more Toyota than Pontiac, and it's got a Suzuki designed engine.

  4. Fuel Efficiency on Car Hacks & Mods for Dummies · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I'd love to mod my car, but to get better fuel efficiency, not to go fast and make loud noises.

    Unfortunately, there's no source for after-market parts or chips that can do this, which makes me sad.

  5. Re:Not Surprised on Bush Website Blocked Outside N. America · · Score: 1
    I went to a Bush protest. I was put into a free speech zone.

    I'm not saying one party does it more than the other, I'm just saying they were happy to be out of a free speech zone.

  6. Re:Who do you fine? on FCC's Powell vs. Howard Stern on KGO-AM · · Score: 1
    Christian = church-going bible-thumping fundie.

    For example, my parents are, by definition, Protestants (they believe in Jesus and aren't Catholics). However, they don't consider themselves Christians, whom they see as people with Icthyoids on their cars who get freaked out at a boob.

  7. Re:I'm running it on my tiBook on Ubuntu For PPC, And As A Live CD · · Score: 1

    Still, I'd prefer an app that boots a Linux system on Mac instead of vice versa.

  8. Re:Who do you fine? on FCC's Powell vs. Howard Stern on KGO-AM · · Score: 1

    I heard they're split on this election, particularly ones who consider themselves Christian. And we're down to such small margins that all the Middle-class, WASP Christian Soccer Moms in the country could probably be the deciding factor

  9. Re:I'm running it on my tiBook on Ubuntu For PPC, And As A Live CD · · Score: 1

    I've looked at Mac-on-Linux and I don't think that'll work. My wife isn't a computer geek so she wants it to 'just work' without having to go through hoops to get at Safari or Civ III.

  10. Re:Who do you fine? on FCC's Powell vs. Howard Stern on KGO-AM · · Score: 2, Insightful
    If Oprah had been fined by the FCC, there'd be a revolt. Stern's a less popular figure.

    You're only half right. Middle-class, swing-voter soccer moms watch Oprah and hate Howard Stern. If they had fined Oprah, they would have pissed off the housewives, which means less votes for Georgie. If they fine Howard, they get a boost from the housewives.

    It's arguable that Howard Stern is less popular than Oprah Winfrey, but among a portion of the populace who could very well decide the next president, Howard Stern is the antichrist and Oprah is the second coming.

  11. Re:Not Surprised on Bush Website Blocked Outside N. America · · Score: 1
    Just so you know, most of the people protesting weren't doing it because they didn't like Republicans getting together. They did it because they didn't like George Bush or his administration, and used the opportunity to voice their opinion.

    I'm sure some people were there to disrupt the RNC, but for the most part they just wanted their voices heard. For once they wouldn't be put into 'Free Speech Zones' when they protest.

  12. Re:I'm running it on my tiBook on Ubuntu For PPC, And As A Live CD · · Score: 1

    Is there a way to run linux on OS X without having to reboot or use VPC? I share it with my wife and she'd hate to lose documents because I wanted to play with my Ubuntu.

  13. Re:Sorry I don't get it.. on Ubuntu For PPC, And As A Live CD · · Score: 2, Insightful
    It's a naked man and two naked women. And you know what that means: Immoral sexual acts.

    Now if you excuse me, I have to go cut a hole in a sheet so my wife can bear children.

    /sarcasm

  14. Re:Not Surprised on Bush Website Blocked Outside N. America · · Score: 2, Insightful
    If they limit the connections to US only it'll be alot easier to track them down.

    Except when they go through a proxy or zombie pc and the FBI bursts in on Granny running AdAware to get her PC to go faster.

    And there weren't a few odd groups protesting the RNC. Almost half the country doesn't like George Bush. Sure, a few of the groups were odd, but there weren't only a few groups.

  15. Re:Not quite on Nuclear Rockets Moving Along · · Score: 1

    Yes, but I'm not running for Leader of the Free World. My job is to sit in front of a computer and code. His is to not make this country look like it's populated by drunk, homophobic fundamentalist redneck coke-addict retards. And he's failing miserably.

  16. Re:Getting to Mars isn't the problem... on Nuclear Rockets Moving Along · · Score: 1
    Vertical lander, like the Viking probes, with a return craft in orbit and a launch vehicle ready to go on the surface, fully fueled.

    For more refutations to your arguments, please refer to the Mars Reference Mission.

  17. Re:No Servers Allowed on Verizon Taking FTTP Installation Orders · · Score: 1
    If they ever busted me for going to the "Network Neighborhood" I'd fight that to the death.

    Blocking network browsing in college will simply lead to more p2p use. With everyone not sharing their files, where would you get porn and illegal music???

  18. Re:WTF!? on Verizon Taking FTTP Installation Orders · · Score: 1
    Yes, but in Hong Kong your elections are rigged by single ruling party.

    In America we have two ruling parties that rig elections!

    Smells like freedom.

  19. Re:From the terms of service on Verizon Taking FTTP Installation Orders · · Score: 1

    Comcast says no servers, too. However, I can access into my home computer through ssh, ftp, and http from the Internet. I emailed and asked them if it was okay before I set this up, and they said as long as I'm hosting a personal site that only the people living there will be accessing, they don't mind.

  20. Re:Not quite on Nuclear Rockets Moving Along · · Score: 3, Funny

    The only way we'd accomplish that is with subliminable messages. Maybe we could put them on the Internets.

  21. Re:Gas on Amazing Things Your Automobile Can't Do · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Diesel engines in the US get horrible emissions ratings because we have shitty diesel. You can get around this by burning veggie or biodiesel, but it still keeps most car companies from send diesels or hybrid-diesels (mmm... 65 mpg in a family sedan on free fuel) our way.

  22. Re:Not quite on Nuclear Rockets Moving Along · · Score: 2, Interesting
    True. I've noticed that when The Idiot Son of an Asshole is out west he has even more twang than if he's speaking in the Northeast.

    I can't believe my president has 'twang.' And I can't believe Kerry isn't mopping the floor with him.

  23. Re:VASIMR on Nuclear Rockets Moving Along · · Score: 1
    We need to stop dumping cash at quick easy bandaids to solve the next problem and begin evaluating our long term priorities as a society.

    And the winner for most obvious sentence of the year is LordMyren.

  24. Re:Getting to Mars isn't the problem... on Nuclear Rockets Moving Along · · Score: 1
    No, numbnuts, Mars isn't like the moon.

    Mars has abundant water and a CO2 atmosphere that we can turn into oxygen and methane using century old technology.

    So Mars isn't like the moon. It's better.

  25. Re:safe on Nuclear Rockets Moving Along · · Score: 1
    No chemical rocket can make that claim.

    Actually, the current Mars reference mission calls for producing fuel and oxidizer on mars using native materials before the ship arrives. So, yeah, it can make fuel from the martian atmosphere.

    But it's significantly harder than just scooping it up.