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  1. Throw money at it on Biden Promises 'Right Person' As Copyright Czar · · Score: 1

    Let's just throw $200 to $700 billion at it and see if that fixes it.

  2. Good Thing on DTV Converters In Short Supply · · Score: 1

    Good thing we extended that date. I mean, we wouldn't want the American people to be without their television. That could mean that people might actually go outside and do things, or do stuff around the house, or go on vacations, or go out and look for a job because they just got laid off. These would have been serious problems. But it's been solved now. Our government is looking out for our TV watching rights.

  3. Re:The new Sirius lineup on iPhones, FStream and the Death of Satellite Radio · · Score: 1

    I have XM. When they did the channel update, I was shocked. I got an email later that morning explaining there was an update. They waited till AFTER they made the change to let people know. And it really ticks me that they changed all the names. When I would tell people that I listen to "Ethel," they'd inquire and want to know more, like why there was Ethel, Lucy, Fred, etc. Now it's just "Alternate Nation" and the interest is gone. As my girlfriend says, it "Siriusly sucks" (TM).

  4. Re:Lose some weight, stick with the BlackBerry on Where Have All the Pagers Gone? · · Score: 1

    I am so used to my phone vibrating in my pocket that not only does my body ignore it, but sometimes I feel my leg vibrating, and reach down to grab my phone, and it isn't there. My body just randomly vibrates.

  5. Re:Touchscreen?? on Asus Launches Touchscreen Eee Desktop · · Score: 1

    I'd love to have a screen like this in my kitchen. All in one, hook it to a Myth box for TV, look up recipes, etc.

  6. Re:Well? on DIY Solar Resources? · · Score: 1

    I spend $3 on the sunglasses I buy. When they get scratched, I throw them away or give them to kids to play with. Everything thinks they are $100 glasses and freak out when I tell them to throw them out because I forget them at their place.

  7. Re:just how big is it? on OQO Hacker Claims World's Smallest OS X Machine · · Score: 1

    It's an OQO.

  8. Re:Traffic Intercept on Fifth Cable Cut To Middle East · · Score: 1

    Exactly my thought... the US (or whomever) will "conveniently" provide an Internet connection to Iran in their "time of crisis". Then monitor every data packet which travels over it.

  9. Re:The end result? on Thou Shalt Not View The Super Bowl on a 56" Screen · · Score: 1

    And went down in history for it for a couple thousand years so far. If he didn't get crucified for it, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

  10. I want one on SenseCam Aids Patients with Memory Problems · · Score: 1

    As much as I don't like Microsoft, I'd actually like to have one. I've always wanted to be able to record my life (apparently, I don't remember a few family trips that everyone else remembers), and go back to any day. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like it is available to the public. Has anyone seen anything similar that is available?

  11. They wouldn't look at the ad anyway on The 110 Million Dollar Button · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Out of all the people that use that button, they probably already knew the first search result anyway, and wouldn't have even bothered to look at the ad on the first page. If anything, it saves Google on bandwidth (not that I think they have a problem with bandwidth). I use the button when I search for things like "windows xp sp2 it professionals" because I know exactly where it goes without me having to go to an extra page (where I would have skipped right over the ads and clicked on the first link).

  12. Spam?? on Spam Hits 95% of All Email · · Score: 1

    I didn't know there was still spam out there? I got CanIt from Roaring Penguin and don't see spam anymore.

  13. Backwards on Bush Causes Cell Phone Ban · · Score: 1

    What if it works backwards? When it can't make a call, it triggers?

  14. Re:Can we just deal with the obvious trolls now? on OS Combat - Ubuntu Linux Versus Vista · · Score: 1

    The system should never mess up to the point that I will have to open terminal and do something. Or require that I know even a single shell command to make things work. The moment that happens, it just isn't really user-friendly. It's geek-friendly, but not friendly enough for the common person to use it.
    Well, that's funny. When I am fixing someones Windows computer, I have to open the "command prompt" to run commands such as "winmgmt /clearadap" and "regsvr32 yetanotherdll.dll" and "ipconfig /release." I don't get it? Why does Windows have a command prompt? Why am I required to go to a box and run these old DOS like commands? Why can't Windows be more like... oh wait.
  15. Re:didn't work for me on Hacked DX10 for Windows Appears · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And people always wonder why I collect old Windows 95 and Windows 98 licenses when I am all about Linux. The more Linux desktops I install, and use Windows applications and/or fonts, the more licenses I need!

  16. Re:Option #2 - stripped down or bulked up. on Novell/Linux Parody on Apple's Mac vs PC Ads · · Score: 1

    1. So the Linux woman gets naked. 2. ... I'm out of ideas.

  17. Re:They sucked at that, then. on Novell/Linux Parody on Apple's Mac vs PC Ads · · Score: 1

    1.: Like cheesecake. It took me 18 years before I discovered its wonders.

  18. Re:SCO stock on The Score is IBM - 700,000 / SCO - 326 · · Score: 1

    Am I reading this right? I don't know a lot about stock, but it looks to me that with a volume of 30,000, and a stock that is less than a dollar, you could buy/takeover SCO for less than $30,000?? Who wouldn't buy it, then dump the business and just call it a loss? For $30,000, I'd buy it (when my house sells), and make it all open source.

  19. Hit it Harder on Novell Releases OO–OOXML Translator · · Score: 1

    Just to drive the nail in even further, distros like Ubuntu and Fedora should offer it in the updates almost immediately, or even in the updater for OOo, as to show how fast OSS can really be.

  20. Re:Evolution for Windows? on Novell Releases OO–OOXML Translator · · Score: 1

    When I set up Evolution with my Exchange server, I just needed the Exchange server address, and the username and password. Most people should know this without having to look it up. Nothing needed to be done on the Exchange server I believe (other than maybe ActiveSync turned on, which if you want to have ANY fun with stuff like phones, you need turned on).

  21. Re:Better now than later.. on Parking Attendant 2.0 · · Score: 1

    You must not use USB much. The original Windows XP CD's had a bug in the USB drivers during setup. If you had a USB keyboard, the driver would crap out. The USB ports would turn off. I know this because the optical mouse light turned off once setup loaded. So the driver turned off the ports. Or am I just a troll?

  22. Re:Objection! on Woman Killed In Wii-Related Competition · · Score: 1

    That is a bad analogy. If you breath in smoke, you cough. It is your body telling you that it doesn't like it. If you drink a glass of water, you don't choke. You body needs it. It just doesn't need too much of it. Doctor's and water bottle companies tell me to drink water. Are you telling me it is not safe?

  23. Visiting Sites on Teacher Found Guilty of Endangering Kids Due to Spyware · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How was it determined she was visiting porn sites?? Just because it was in her history? The advertisements come off of THE porn site, so of course the "computer" visited the porn sites. And what, they went to the index? Sure, popup comes up right as you are about to click, and you just accidentally visited a porn site. The school should be held accountable for not having a good solution for keeping that stuff off, and for not keeping it's software up to date. If I was a parent there, I'd be extremely pissed at the school (and selling them some hardware to make sure it doesn't happen again).

  24. Purchase on Yahoo Mail Forcing Ads Through Adblock? · · Score: 1

    Or just purchase Yahoo! Mail for $20 a year, and never use their webmail service and throw it into a client reader, or even setup up a little website where you run a POP mail reader. I mean $20?

  25. Crop on Blurring Images Not So Secure · · Score: 1

    Why not just crop the image? Oh wait...