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  1. Re:Emotion Detector on Device Developed To Help Socially Challenged · · Score: 1

    lyrics from Neil's "Royal We" period.

    Sorry it was the first thing I thought of lol

  2. What about AVG Free? on Anti-malware Vendors Stare Down Microsoft Threat · · Score: 3, Insightful

    leading vendors such as Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro,

    AVG Free works quite well and has removed Trojans that Symantec couldn't.

  3. Emotion Detector on Device Developed To Help Socially Challenged · · Score: 1

    How long until bars start selling these in vending machines?

    When we lift the covers from our feelings, we expose our insecure spots. Trust is just as rare as devotion, forgive us our cynical thoughts. If we need too much attention (not content with being cool) we must throw ourselves wide open and start acting like a fool. If we need too much approval, then the cuts can seem too cruel. (Neil Peart)

  4. Alex? on Theaters Unhappy About Faster DVD Releases · · Score: 1

    The theaters are threatened because a lot of people DO prefer watching movies at home, and they're losing their major advantage. If they don't like it, they should try to make their experience better, not bitch and moan about quick DVD releases.

    SOLUTION: Issue 5 inches of duct tape for each mouth, install cell-phone jammers, provide eye-openers and you have got an experience you won't soon forget!

  5. ILM DataCenter Expansive on ILM's Datacenter · · Score: 1

    The new ILM DataCenter looks alot like the one at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.

  6. Apple will announce "Ipod Yocto" on Will Apple Disappoint on 30th Anniversary? · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Ipod Yocto" - an Ipod so small that it fits into your inner ear.
    Once you buy it, you will instantly become the coolest technophile on the planet, but the downside is that noone will be able to notice that you own one.

  7. Re:If the US Govt is so worried about it... on Lenovo Under U.S. Probe for Spying · · Score: 1

    Yeah, probably just get wasted on hippy love projects anyway...

    Unfortunately, most hippy love projects lead to jealousy-induced breakups and infighting.

  8. If the US Govt is so worried about it... on Lenovo Under U.S. Probe for Spying · · Score: 1

    ...why did they order the PCs from China in the first place? Didn't they know that their attempt to save a buck might end up in future unforeseen costs?

    Next time, but from US manufacturers! Let this be a lesson learned.

  9. Hotmail is Darn Ugly IMHO on Hotmail On Your Desktop · · Score: 1

    Hotmail is the ugliest interface of any mail client. It has too much on the screen and too much crap that I would never use.

    They need a cleaner interface in my opinion.

  10. The Future of the Internet Experience on MS Gives 60-Day Deadline to Web Devs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Six months from now, there will be no difference to the Internet experience whatsoever," Wallent said, insisting that customers and developers have been very receptive to making the necessary content modifications.

    He's right you know, and it is really too bad...so sad. :(

  11. You'll love it...it's a way of life on Scrutinizing a Stem Cell Trial · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is the CENTRAL SCRUTINIZER...it is my responsibility to enforce all the laws that haven't been passed yet. It is also my responsibility to alert each and every one of you to the potential consequences of various ordinary everyday activities you might be performing which could eventually lead to *The Death Penalty* (or affect your parents' credit rating). Our criminal institutions are full of little creeps like you who do wrong things...and many of them were driven to these crimes by a horrible force called STEM CELL RESEARCH!
    Our studies have shown that this horrible force is so dangerous to society at large that laws are being drawn up at this very moment to stop it forever! Cruel and inhuman punishments are being carefully described in tiny paragraphs so they won't conflict with the Constitution (which, itself, is being modified in order to accommodate THE FUTURE).
    I bring you now a special presentation to show what can happen to you if you choose a career in STEM CELL RESEARCH...

  12. Re:In Soviet Russia... on The Man Who Said No to Wal-Mart · · Score: 1

    ...the Wal-Mart tells you NO.

    Sorry, you've got it backwards, Russia tells Wal-Mart NO! There are none in Russia.

  13. Now read about the man who said YES to Wal-Mart on The Man Who Said No to Wal-Mart · · Score: 3, Interesting

    http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/29/walmat.spring.bre ak.ap/index.html
    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- For spring break, some college students set out for sun-drenched beaches or cheap European cities. Skyler Bartels headed for the local Wal-Mart. Bartels, 20, an aspiring writer and Drake University sophomore, thought he'd spend a week in a Wal-Mart as a test of endurance, using it as the premise for a magazine article. His college adviser liked the idea.
    For 41 hours, Bartels wandered the aisles of a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Windsor Heights that's open 24 hours a day. He checked out shoppers, read magazines, watched movies on the DVD display and played video games.
    Other shoppers and employees didn't pay much attention until the end of his stay, he said, when it appeared some store greeters began to take notice -- pointing at him and whispering.
    A shift manager approached him and asked him if he was finding everything he needed.
    "He said, 'Didn't I see you over by the magazines, like, five hours ago?' I told him, 'Maybe,"' Bartels said.


    This guy lived at Wal-Mart during his Spring Break. I heard Des Moines can be boring at times, but come on now, whatever happened to exploring the great outdoors?

  14. Take me to the Mountain on Beginning Ubuntu Linux · · Score: 1

    Throughout Keir's career, his aim has been to explain advanced and confusing technology in ways that the average person can understand. Keir works as a freelance editor and writer. He lives on the side of a mountain in England, and his pastimes include hiking and playing musical instruments.

    Keir is the one you seek...a sage, a traveler, adventurer, musician, writer and master of all things technical. He has the amazing ability to explain even the most complex of things in a manner we can all understand. Now has come the time to implement the Ubuntu Linux - it is your destiny.
    Seek out Keir, he lives on the side of the Mountain in England. He is the one who shall give you the knowledge you will need to carry on amongst the confusion and delusion.
    Fear not, there are many dark naysayers ahead, but your unabashed determination and great skills will carry you forward in your quest for the Golden Operating System!
    Go Forth and God Speed!

  15. Agressive Robot Drivers on Inside DARPA's Robot Race · · Score: 4, Funny

    What do you do in the future when one of these is mass-produced and forgets its turn signal and cuts you off?
    Do you scream and give it the finger?
    Throw rocks at it?
    Run it off the road?
    Launch a homing missile at it?
    Any way around it, driverless vehicles will have no rights in our future society!
    Who will speak up for the robots?

  16. Diebold corrupt? Misguided? Troubled? on Diebold Threatens Wary Voting Clerk · · Score: 1

    Makes you wonder who is running the show over there and what the agenda is.
    This is about the 10th story I have heard about Diebold doing something shady if not corrupt.

  17. I've got my kids brainwashed and pissed off on Ballmer Babies Banned From iPods and Google · · Score: 4, Insightful

    but he's also laying down the law in his own house. Steve says that his kids are not allowed to use Google or have an iPod."

    Ahh when will parents EVER learn? If you forbid something, it just makes the kids want it more.

    Coming soon, Ballmer's kids eventually end up working for Google, Ballmer buys an Island, sets up a wireless Windows-only network that blocks anything Google, and rules it by Windows-only voice commands from atop his throne.

  18. Want to Experience Zero G? Stay in Bed and... on Want to Experience Zero G? Stay in Bed · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dream on, buddy!

  19. Find a solution, another problem pops up on Pay-per-email and the "Market Myth" · · Score: 1

    If someone gets your email address, you will be spammed. Gmail's spam filters work very well and so does Yahoo. So far, spam filtering is the only working solution I have ever seen.

    Massive spammers should be punished, but the problem is that once they are gone, another spammer moves in to take their place. People should know better about responding to spam mail, phishing attacks and the like...but unfortunately, there will always be people who don't.

  20. Free Speech and the Thought Police on Iran Cracks Down on Bloggers · · Score: 0

    Wait a minute, isn't this Iranian crack down on blogs in the same realm as the US Government illegally spying on its citizens?

  21. 'How do I turn my Google page on?' - Mom on Google Pages Reviewed · · Score: 2, Funny

    The gist of it is that "Google Pages Is Not For You." It's for your mom ;)

    So it has a personal tech support agent and hand to hold built right into it?

  22. Re:Patent? on U.S. Supreme Court Hears eBay Case Wednesday · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just as ridiculous as patenting an Apple. It's not like they grow on trees or anything..err..I mean they actually grow on trees!

  23. Just for once... on Preview Google's New Search Results Page · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it have been much cooler if the new Google was coloured text on a black background?

  24. Re:It is a fantastic production. on LOTR Jumps the Shark · · Score: 1

    without partaking first in some of that famous pipeweed.

    And ye be sure to get the Old Toby, tis the finest in Southfarthing.

  25. My Precious on LOTR Jumps the Shark · · Score: 3, Funny

    My dear Sam, you cannot always be torn in two. You will have to be one and whole for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do. Your part in this story will go on. Please write produce a massive stage performance that noone will ever forget.