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  1. Re:Great. Now what? on O'Keefe to Resign as NASA Administrator · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Great, I love your ignorance. "Condi Rice for Sec. State, a woman who as National Security Advisor somehow managed to miss all the reports and test runs that proposed air-based attacks on the WTC and claimed that a presidential intelligence bulletin issued one month before Sept. 11 warning of al Qaeda's efforts to attack within the US was "nothing major" That PDB did not point directly to New York or any specific place, and naturally people continued gathering intelligence even if she didn't order it. So technically it was nothing major because we had no idea it would happen exactly when and where, though we knew if anything would happen it would be bin Laden.

  2. Re:Large Format film cameras on "Dream Team" to Create Gigapixel Photo System · · Score: 0, Troll

    I agree.

  3. Re:Multiple copies on DVDCCA Sues Maker of Luxury DVD Jukebox · · Score: 2, Funny

    "This just in: DVDCCA purchases Samsung and Plextor. Samsung and Plextor DVD drives are going to be outfitted in such a way that they won't be able to read DVD's to prevent piracy, a DVDCCA spokesperson mentioned."

  4. Re:Why do they pay for Linux at all? on Dell Calls For Red Hat To Lower Prices · · Score: 1

    Insightful. Good job. *I* would if I had broadband... anyone give me 6 bucks a month and I'll get it...

  5. Re:Win2k & Server 2k3 on Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2003 · · Score: 1

    I agree. However, I run Win98 on my old computer and it was pretty stable.

  6. Working Hard/Lazy on Math Skills Survey Shows U.S. Lags Behind · · Score: 1

    Even the academic superiority of Asians, Vietnamese and Chinese notably, living in the US couldn't help the US rank better. tsk tsk. I'm not surprised, most of my friends don't care for math. Don't get me wrong, there's probably a large enough fraction of US 15 year olds that are mathematically competent, but they don't overdo it and make math their life. Also, in the US kids don't have to work so hard to get a job because it's easier for them in a way, because there are no language barriers, they've learned the appropriate curriculum at the right US schools, etc. For people overseas who have to come over here to work, they must work EXTRA hard in school to learn the stuff they'll be using for the jobs we have or are competing for. There's another example of how kids take things for granted. US kids like us may not work extra hard because we have other things to do, and get by, but with other kids, they have to work hard and, in the process, do better than us to get the job or position we're vying for.

  7. MSOffice on AbiWord 2.2 Unleashed · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'll have to say MSOffice Professional 2003 is the way to go...

  8. FLAC is where it's at. on Thomson Releases MP3 Surround · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Free Lossless Audio Codec is what you people should be using. Lossless audio, free, and open-source. However, I would convert some of my tracks to MP3 Surround if I had the time just for the heck of it.

  9. Re:Ring Ring on Skype + Kazaa = ? · · Score: 0

    No, it'd be like: Caller: "Hello, this is the RIAA! Stop that song download now, or we'll send the FBI after you!"

  10. Re:Not a nail for Microsoft. on Failed Win XP Upgrade Wipes Out UK Government Agency · · Score: 0

    Sounds about right, alistair.

  11. hehe on PalmOne Commits to Treo Fix · · Score: 0

    Time to buy a Treo 650, request and get a free 128MB SD card, then sell or return the Treo 650 and in the end have a free 128MB SD card. :P Actually I wouldn't do that, but it was a funny thought.

  12. Can't wait on The GIMP Gets Ready for 2.2 · · Score: 1

    I can't wait until GIMP 2.2 come out, much like phpBB 2.2. What a coincidence with the version numbers...

  13. RIAA ~=~ MPAA on MPAA Sues Movie-Swappers · · Score: 1

    Wow, the MPAA has reached a new low. Now BOTH the RIAA and MPAA suck!

  14. Re:Is this a good idea? on The State of Natural Language Programming · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Well said.

  15. Re:hard and soft on Bill Gates Proclaims End of Passwords · · Score: 1

    Exactly. With passwords, you can change them when someone figures it out, but with biometrics, you'd have to alter your own fingerprint to change the passcode used!

  16. Happy b-day on Happy 100th To The Vacuum Tube · · Score: 1

    Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear vacuum tube... happy b-day to you. Vacuum tubes were a great achievement back then. The top of the line. Then transistors came along.

  17. Great... on Ion-Propulsion Craft Reaches The Moon · · Score: 1

    Wow, the ESA was capable of doing something! Ok, really, I'm actually interested in this. Ion-propulsion rules and should be released/developed on for other technology.

  18. they both suck on Novell vs. Microsoft, Again · · Score: 1

    Both Novell and MS suck at one point or another.

  19. You people overreact... on U.S. Military To Create Its Own Internet · · Score: 1

    Come on, it's just their own secure internet, it's not like it's going to be sentient and going to take over the world. ... I don't notice any innuendos... yet...

  20. AOL's about to hit rock-bottom... on AOL Dumping Some Broadband · · Score: 1

    Well AOL always has sucked IMHO, even its stock. The only thing good about it was the "You got mail" and AIM. Yet taking away one of their own services?!? They got to be nuts... they probably are already losing money, and that made it worse.

  21. Marvel? That bad? on Marvel Sues City of Heroes Makers · · Score: 1

    Wow. I never knew Marvel could be that bad.