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  1. Re:Funny in summary on Economy Puts US Nuclear Reactors Back In Doubt · · Score: 1
  2. Re:proof on Nmap Developers Release a Picture of the Web · · Score: 1

    youporn is breaking into the big time.

  3. station tahoe pipeline will be gone on US Coast Guard Intends To Kill LORAN-C · · Score: 2, Informative

    Coasties all know that the way to get a sweet station assignment like Station Lake Tahoe is to spend a year in attu. I wonder what the new pipeline will be.

  4. The Jedi Abides on Fans Come Together To Complete Star Wars Uncut · · Score: 3, Insightful

    1:41 Big Lebowski meets SW. Brilliant!

  5. Re:Punishment doesn't fit the Crime on Illinois Bans Social Network Use By Sex Offenders · · Score: 5, Insightful

    what's wrong is a society that treats public urination as a sex crime.

  6. Another reason to vote these bums out on CA Legislature Torpedoes IT Overtime · · Score: 1

    Check out the approval rating for the CA legislature. Bush style numbers. Can't be bothered to get the budget done on time. Complete failure. It's absolutely time to flush the entire legislature and start over.

  7. not a bad deal really on Air Force Seeking Geeks For 'Cyber Command' · · Score: 3, Insightful

    People will go for this. Cracking some of the worlds most secure systems from behind the protection of the US goverment? sounds like a pretty cool deal to me.

  8. dx 10 on xp on Vista Named Year's Most Disappointing Product · · Score: 1

    I have this hope that people will keep not buying vista and eventually MS will be forced to add directx 10 to xp. I know...keep dreaming.

  9. Re:jim burns painting on First Look At New Mexico's Space Terminal · · Score: 1

    I know it from the book Mechanismo by Harry Harrison. Could be it was also used as the cover for a book though.

  10. jim burns painting on First Look At New Mexico's Space Terminal · · Score: 1

    The interior shot of the spaceport reminds me of a Jim Burns painting.

  11. nice plugin on Yahoo's YSlow Plug-in Tells You Why Your Site is Slow · · Score: 1

    Saw this demoed at web2.0 This is a very useful plugin. Especially so for developers who may not be familiar with a lot of the reasons sites can load or feel slow.

  12. the problem on Are Marketers Abandoning Second Life? · · Score: 1

    The first ones in to the second life market made a big splash and received a lot of press, so it was regarded as good P.R. at least, even if the actual in-game advertising didn't turn out to be all that successful. After the initial golly-isn't-this-so-cool wore off, marketers started to realize that for the amount of money spent vs the number of people reached isn't an effective use of marketing dollars.

  13. Re:Everyone knows that the camera dosn't lie on Student in Court Over Suspension For YouTube Video · · Score: 1

    ha! I tried the same thing....although it bounced off the window frame (I was way across the room) which is probably a good thing in hindsight since we were on the 3rd floor. I only got kicked out for the day though. I didn't find this video particularly entertaining either. Making fun of a fat teachers is a time honored tradition, but not very funny once you get past that age I guess.

  14. Re:Strange way of killing someone on Former Spy Poisoned By Radiation In UK · · Score: 1

    Okay. After seeing the rest of the site the 'poisoning' is starting to make sense

  15. Re:Strange way of killing someone on Former Spy Poisoned By Radiation In UK · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Holy cow. That site is so ghetto I'd be afraid to give them my credit card number. Guess there isn't enough money in nuclear e-commerce to gussy the site up a bit.

  16. that's dope on NVIDIA Do-It-Yourself Quad SLI Launched · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who cares if it's complete overkill. Overkill is good kill.

  17. spread shot on Mechanics That Changed Gameplay Forever · · Score: 4, Interesting
    In fact, the only shooters where you're not likely to find the spread shot are those of the first-person variety, like Halo and Quake. Alas, this weapon of mass destruction would simply be too much of an advantage in multiplayer matches.
    I disagree. The rocket launcher in Unreal Tournament had spread-shot capability that was devastating but in no way an unbalancing factor.
  18. let's send them this as a guide on EU Claims Internet Could Fall Apart Next Month · · Score: 1
  19. makes sense now on 180 Solutions Cuts Back on Spyware Installs · · Score: 4, Informative
    Makes more sense when you see the update at the bottom of the article:

    "UPDATE, 5:44 p.m. ET: Spyware researcher Eric Howes points out that it is perhaps clearer to say that 180 will no longer allow third parties to install its software unless the method of install is first approved by 180. More specifically, the company will no longer let third-parties install its software via "ActiveX," a component included in Internet Explorer that spyware purveyors commonly abuse to install their wares with little or no interaction on the part of the user."

  20. maybe... on Is the iPod Generation Going Deaf? · · Score: 1

    what?

  21. Re:Date searches may not work as you think on Improving Database Performance? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Explain syntax is an interesting and informative tool that can help optimize your indexes and queries.

  22. Re:Article makes a lot of assumptions on 400,000 Windows Users Switch To Mac · · Score: 1

    mac minii?

  23. timely article on Earthquake off Northern California · · Score: 4, Funny

    Interesting that this happened. Here is an article that was published just yesterday talking about exactly this topic. I guess the subduction zone reads the Chronicle.

  24. borg on Gentoo Founder on his way to Redmond · · Score: 1
    Ah, the Bill Borg icon is oh so appropriate today.

    jk. It can't hurt to have an evangelist on the inside. Hopefully he won't get frustrated and quit within a month.

  25. holy crap! on Gears of War Hands-On Impressions · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is this what xbox 360 games are going to look like? I might have to join the console dark side. Course if the game play isn't any good...