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  1. How the hell can you kill something... on Mac OS X 10.6.2 Will Block Atom Processors · · Score: 1

    How can you kill something that wasn't supported in the first place. Seriously folks the name hackintosh should give you a clue as to what would have happened.

  2. Tin foil hat to remain on. on Can We Abandon Confidentiality For Google Apps? · · Score: 1

    I think your fall back position is HIPPA. Unless Google is going to follow that (and I seriously doubt they would), keep the tin foil hat on. You could always say that in every Google building there is a screen that shows the latest search phrases. They scroll by constantly and can be seen from the outside of the buildings in some places. Do your employers really want to open themselves to that?

  3. Re:CableCard? on Comcast Facing Lawsuit Over Set-Top Box Rentals · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So far so good with my CableCard. Didn't have to wait 2 weeks, called them on Weds and they were here Friday. Now having said that, least here in California, Comcast won't let you install them yourself. I looked on their Web siteand then called them (the local office and the 1-800 number) the answer was the same "We have to do it". After watching the tech do the install, just to make sure I wasn't missing anything, I was pissed. It took him 40 mins, 35 of it was being stuck on hold with the office to get the thing activated. He did absolutely nothing extra that someone who can read couldn't do. I mean I could have down this, anyone could have if they had a 6th grade education, why did you have to roll a tech out to do this....cause its the cable company. Seriously, I kinda hope this case shines some light on Comcast, TimeWarner and their ilk.

  4. Are we suppose to take Greenpeace seriously on Greenpeace Slams Apple For Environmental Record · · Score: 1

    Are we suppose to take Greenpeace seriously anymore? Many folks have showed that there "research" or rankings of green companies is flawed. Their tactics aren't above board either. Greenpeace has outlived its usefulness and needs to die a quick, albeit not so painless death as an organization.

  5. Re:Oh, bullshit. on Jim Gray Is Missing · · Score: 1

    Let me clue you in. If something bad happens, you don't want to depend on the Coast Guard. By the time they get out there, the odds are you'll already be dead. Survival time is about 15 minutes in that water. The Coast Guard is more interested in tearing up boats arbitrarily doing bogus drug searches than they are interested in jeopardizing their fat asses looking for lost sailors. Remind me to tell all my students to make sure when you go out to turn off every single radio they have. (20 plus years in the Coast Guard, Tech Weenie and instructor for the Coast Guard).