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  1. Will Bush Veto? on Senate Proposes Patriot Act Extension · · Score: 1

    After McClellen said Bush would veto a short PATRIOT 3 month extension, and after the Senate approved a 6 month extension, which the President apparently liked- the House comes in, led by Republicans to pass a 1 month extension. Will Bush veto? What the hell is even going on in Washington today?

  2. Re:Kein Problem on The Future of Tech And NSA Wiretaps · · Score: 1

    transcript? i'll do you better.

    here's the video of his remarks

  3. For those that haven't been keeping up... on The Future of Tech And NSA Wiretaps · · Score: 3, Informative

    You can read a summary of the past 5 years of spying on Americans in their own country here. Included are reasons why Ashcroft chose the N.S.A. instead of the F.B.I. and a timeline of the whole complicated story.

  4. Slyck Disagrees with Sloncek on The Truth About Suprnova Shutdown · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Sloncek's story is disputed by Slyck here.

    slyck of course being the most prominent file sharing news source on the web.

  5. for all you dumbasses who didn't read TFA... on Apple Enters Media Center Domain · · Score: 2, Interesting

    actually... what TFA is talking about is a new version of frontrow (2.0) which will be introduced in january along with a new media center edition mac mini (complete with ipod dock built in, possible tivo functionality etc). it also looks like they're prepping lots of new content from several new cable networks and other sources. i wouldn't be surprised if pixar started making exclusive shorts for the itms (itunes music, er, media store)...

  6. Re:Stupid Publicity on Apple Enters Media Center Domain · · Score: 2, Interesting

    actually... what TFA is talking about is a new version of frontrow (2.0) which will be introduced in january along with a new media center edition mac mini (complete with ipod dock built in, possible tivo functionality etc).

    it also looks like they're prepping lots of new content from several new cable networks and other sources. i wouldn't be surprised if pixar started making exclusive shorts for the itms (itunes music, er, media store)...

  7. NYT Login/Pass on Google's Turn To Be The Villain · · Score: 1, Informative
  8. Re:IM Client - Mac OS X on Google Talk Available Early · · Score: 2, Informative

    incidentally, Adium was just updated today as well.

    Adium is a fasat and free instant messaging client which supports AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Japan, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise, and Lotus Sametime. Adium supports beautiful WebKit message display, tabbed messaging, encrypted chat, file transfer, and more. Give it a try; you won't look back.

    oh, and it's based on gaim too.

  9. Re:Not a full fledged messaging program on Google Talk Available Early · · Score: 1

    you don't see any reason yet. yet. google hasn't even launched this yet. nobody outside of the developing team has any idea what this thing can do. we only know what we've stumbled upon so far.

    dismissing a product before you have any idea what the features are is not wise.

  10. Torrents for the original Documentary... on Hundreds of Hours of BBS Documentary Interviews · · Score: 1
  11. i think the president once said about something... on Cosmic Rays Could Kill Astronauts Visiting Mars · · Score: 1

    "It's it's worth the price."

  12. Re:When it gets corporate backing... on w00t is 3rd Favorite Non-Dictionary Word · · Score: 1

    "When it gets corporate backing, it will be in the dictionary."until then, there's always urbandictionary.com

  13. can anyone say... on PGP Ruled as Relevant For Criminal Case · · Score: 3, Interesting

    dangerous precedent?

  14. so whatever happened to... on Kevin Rose Leaving G4 to start Internet Only Show · · Score: 2, Interesting
  15. five years ago... on Wireless Everything at Dartmouth · · Score: 3, Interesting

    five years ago, dartmouth was considered the most wired campus in america. and that was a good thing. two years ago, dartmouth was considered the most unwired campus in america. and that was a good thing. as somebody who lives in the town (hanover) and gets wifi reception all over the place, i'd say it's a good thing. of course that's just from a leeching standpoint. unfortunately they'll be switching away from assigning real ips via wifi soon...

  16. new ibooks too... on New Mac System Specs · · Score: 4, Informative

    new ibooks are also expected to be shipping around the same time, if not a few days later.

  17. Re:I would have laughed.... on Positive Proof of Water on Mars · · Score: 1

    don't worry. the next one will be funnier. and if it isnt? there's always hope for the next one, in seven seconds.

  18. Re:do we.. on What's Next At Apple · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    do we even have to point out that this is a dupe?

    OH-HO, the irony of a post modded 0, Redundant while complaining about redundancy of stories!

  19. so basically is this just like on Hacking Mac OS X · · Score: 2, Interesting

    so basically is this just like dynamically open sourcing running operations?

    allowing users to modify whatever's running? interesting idea, and might be useful for developers who would like the ability to code in real time and see their changes implemented as they make them.... ...or did i just completely misunderstand that entire thing?

  20. Re:Other features on New Photoshop Details Leaked · · Score: 2, Funny

    actually, it's Bert Monroy. Burt Monroy is a milkman who lives somewhere deep in the heart of wisconsin.

  21. am i the only one on New Photoshop Details Leaked · · Score: 5, Informative

    am i the only one who's excited about finally (after how many versions of the premier general purpose graphics program) getting a WYSIWYG font selector?