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  1. Re:Save a few hundred bucks. on ATI's Radeon X1900GT On Test · · Score: 1

    Bravo! Your post is EXACTLY what this thread needed.

    If I need a video card, I would be happy to settle for a less-expensive good-performing alternative.

  2. Trash Dot on Nine Things You Should Know About Nautilus · · Score: 4, Funny

    One: Adding Delete
    The ~/.Trash directory is where files are moved if you delete local files. On mounted volumes, Nautilus will create a hidden .Trash-uid directory if you move a file to the trash, as long as you have the file permissions.


    So will /. sue for copyright infringement? Or is it DRM? Or is it just some Trashy slander?

  3. A new and better graphics card is coming out... on ATI's Radeon X1900GT On Test · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...in about 5...4...3...2...1 seconds...NOW!

    And it blows away every other one out there, so do I just wait for the next one or buy???
    I never know what to do. I think I'll stick with my Voodoo 3.

  4. Vonage IPO Questions? on Vonage going IPO · · Score: 1

    Hope this helps

    Contact Questions
    You may wish to speak with an independent financial or tax advisor before making any decision to purchase Vonage common stock. Neither Vonage nor any of the underwriters are recommending that you purchase Vonage common stock in this program, and they cannot advise you on whether or not to make such an investment.

    Contact Us
    Technical Customer Care
    Phone: (866) 431- 9801
    Hours: Open 7 days a week from 8:00 am EST to 8:00 pm EST

  5. Re:Land of the Free Market on Americans Are Scarce in Top Programming Contest · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's because all the best American programmers refuse to work without a pay-check

    But according to this article, if you pay Czechs, you will get 10x the return on your investment!

  6. Eternal Vigilance on The Failure of Information Security · · Score: 1

    Your security is only as good as how thorough your actions are in combating the problem.

    Unfortunately, you must protect your data constantly and train your staff accordingly. One weak link can ruin everything.

  7. Mildly Imaginative BS on 'UK Hackers' Condemn McKinnon? · · Score: 1

    From that link:

    From a November 21, 1950 (authenticated) top secret Canadian document: I [the author] made discreet enquiries through the Canadian Embassy staff in Washington who were able to obtain for me the following information:
    a. The matter is the most highly classified subject in the United States Government, rating higher even than the H-bomb.
    b. Flying saucers exist.
    c. Their modus operandi is unknown but concentrated effort is being made by a small group headed by Dr Vannevar Bush.
    d. The entire matter is considered by the United States authorities to be of tremendous significance.

    Those Bushes are behind everything I tell you lol

  8. Send in the mice! on Cancer Resistant Mouse Provides Possible Cure · · Score: 1, Funny

    Cool, now all we have to do is train these mice to go in and shut down the main reactor and we will all be saved, with no bad side effects or sacrificial Vulcans!

  9. prodded and dragged on OpenDocument Plans Questioned by Disabled · · Score: 3, Funny

    instantly remembered how Microsoft had to be "prodded and dragged, kicking and screaming" to make its software accessible

    That's nothing, you should see the tantrum when you try to ask them to unbundle their media player and internet browser to make that software inaccessible.

  10. 'Free Energy' technology on 'UK Hackers' Condemn McKinnon? · · Score: 1

    and so-called 'Free Energy' technology

    You're right, at $3 a gallon in the US for gas, I can see why a plan for Free Energy would be deemed devastating to our economy.
    Or maybe it would be a great thing to share this Free Energy plan as a wonderful and kind benefit to all mankind, as well as the health of our air, water, land and seas? LOL maybe that will happen.

    The History Channel had a UFO Files documentaryon Alien Engineering last night with 'alien' technology they theorized could exist. An anti-gravity, super speed, silent hovering flying saucer. Maybe they have all the schematics and plans for this, but won't release it because us puny humans simply couldn't use it properly.

  11. Harsh punishment for what exactly? on 'UK Hackers' Condemn McKinnon? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The punishment he faces, up to 70 years in jail, was also too harsh a sentence for the crimes he has confessed to.

    Kevin Mitnick did similar things and they went after him too. From Kevin's Wiki entry: "Littman made allegations of journalistic impropriety against Markoff, of overzealous prosecution of Mitnick by the government, of mainstream media over-hyping of Mitnick's actual crimes, and of the legality of Shimomura's involvement in the matter."

    So what did McKinnon actually do? Is his harsh sentence for changing/using/leaking/stealing information or just because he embarrassed the Government in the 'post-911' world?

  12. Re:Tokyo to NY in 3 Hours on Japan Solicits NASA's Help on Supersonic Jet · · Score: 1

    But now most people in developed nations can afford to fly at least once in their lifetime.

    But why would they except for the fact that they said the did it? Most likely, people will spend that money on a vacation that last 3+ days and not 3 hours.

  13. Extermination cycle on Time for a Linux Bug-Fixing Cycle · · Score: 1

    "Kernel developers will need to reapportion their time and spend more time fixing bugs. We may possibly have a bug-fix-only kernel cycle, which is purely for fixing up long-standing bugs."

    Sounds like this approach will benefit everyone in the long run, instead of constantly playing catch-up later?

  14. Correction:Tokyo to LA in 3 Hours on Japan Solicits NASA's Help on Supersonic Jet · · Score: 1

    Sorry....just woke up, haven't had my jet fuel yet.

  15. Tokyo to NY in 3 Hours on Japan Solicits NASA's Help on Supersonic Jet · · Score: 1

    For those who can afford it its great, for the vast majority of the world's population, they will never fly on it.
    Should taxpayers have to fund NASA supersonic jet projects that they will never fly on?

    Then again, the money is better spent here than say some new WMD.

  16. More Name Rejects on Intel Names Upcoming Chips · · Score: 2, Funny

    Rejected Core 2 Duo Names:

    1) CORE 2: The Meltdown
    2) Dual HardCore Extreme2
    3) Penetrino II
    4) C.H.I.P.S. - Core Hardware Intel Pentium Substitute
    5) The Dual Core Acute Consummate Maximal Intense Ultimate Severe Processor

  17. Mother, you had me, but I never had you... on Mother of Internet Speaks Out · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In security the money is behind digital rights management, which I think ultimately is a bad thing

    What is a mother to do when she realizes all her children care about is making money?

  18. Self-selection, where the product buys you. on McAfee Feigns Fear at Mac Security · · Score: 1

    If only every manufacturer had the power of self-selection, there would be no need for advertising since the product was indeed 'self-selected' or wait....come to think of it, is everything we buy 'self-selected'?

    Or, could it be that we are just mindless Mac buyers controlled by the powers of the Great Black Turtleneck?

  19. Re:Harness the Power on Microsoft Trumps Google, Yahoo! R&D Budgets · · Score: 1

    Already done by some bastard from Finland, I'm told.

    you meant already Finnish'd

  20. Harness the Power on Microsoft Trumps Google, Yahoo! R&D Budgets · · Score: 1

    "One is again harnessing the power of audience intelligence to get better ROI for advertisers," he said, "the second is to really do a better job to give you more complete control over the two separate marketplaces, because, as you know, search and contextual work in different ways."

    Instead of coming up with the next search engine, create something entirely new to computing. You have the money, power and capability to do anything you want, let's see some real computing innovation. Start with new software. Go into better gaming hardware/software, build the next useful application - Whatever. Once you draw an audience to your websites, you harness your ROI automatically.
    Suggestions for R&D:
    New, Lighter, Less Expensive Secure Operating System
    New Cool & Useful Technology/Hardware to digitize your home, incorporate all your digital gadgets, gaming, GPS, Remote access, etc.
    New (not monolithic blue) Websites to provide free services & reviews (you actually will use) with minimal ads (see Google Earth, wikipedia, download.com)

  21. Re:Thanks, but... on Bird Flu Drug Mass Production Technique Discovered · · Score: 1

    Thanks, but no thanks. I prefer the highly explosive vaccine, thank you very much...

    What? You haven't heard about Wolfgang Puck's NEW Self-Heating Roast Chicken w/Tamiflu Gravy?

    It's literally flying off the shelves!

  22. It works on Self-Heating Coffee Cans Recalled · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've heard of starting the day with a bang but this is rediculous.

    Exploding coffee: Guaranteed to wake your ass UP!

  23. Modern Living Lesson One: Shred Everything on Identity Theft From Tossed Airline Boarding Pass? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I even shred my scratch pad, sticky notes and code written on napkins.

  24. Episode VII: Repackaging of the Clones on Classic Star Wars Trilogy Finally on DVD · · Score: 3, Informative

    Finally! Another way to donate to one of my favourite charities: The Lucas Family Inheritance

    I wonder if he will be re-releasing Star Wars in 3-D in the original, and altered formats?

    The money will never run out at this rate ;)

  25. Re:Firefox on Microsoft's IE7 Search Box Bugs Google · · Score: 1

    Your comment is irrelevant.

    So is yours, and is mine. Why are we even reading this?

    We want our 3 seconds of our lives back.