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  1. ...for the technically adept on Answers From The Civ IV Team · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Soren wrote: Frankly, I do not agree that requiring the CD to be in the drive "does not prevent copyright infringement," even though I understand that this is almost always true for the technically adept.

    Penguino, you are able to get around it.

    Wearing out a cd drive a little is hardly spitting in someones face.

    It sounds like you're waiting to buy a used copy, how many copies of that cd key do you think could be sold, if it's just the key/license number being mailed around? Keys do help keep honest people honest. It's very easy to try a game at friends house, and then not uninstall it immediately, and such a shame not to play until <whatever>...

  2. it's a popup on Quake 4 Linux · · Score: 1

    There's an small html form, in a popup box, that you submit your age in. It's not part of the main flash page. Check that you have popups enabled, or that it's not behind your browser.

  3. Re:Justifying space research on The Why of Space Program Races · · Score: 1

    You said:
    if you want better computers, research better computers
    Why should we invest in 'better' computers- what is it we want them for, what problem are we trying to solve? If you mean faster computers and more memory, then that's interesting, but not revolutionary. Advancements and learning come mostly from needing to solve a problem. The space program (though certainly expensive) does provide unique challenges, and questions that we otherwise wouldn't ask.

    Your statement seems to try to isolate things. I think pretty much everything is related. Consider how very different music and math are, yet studying one helps with the other.

    Here's some nasa developed technologies

  4. Re:Boots not shoes. on Hurricane Relief - What Would You Bring? · · Score: 1

    pocket knife
    state maps
    toilet paper
    repellant with deet
    flashlight
    matches
    lava soap (it's kinda sandy, good for grease)
    sunscreen
    ziplock bags

    you can punch a hole in the bottom of a large plastic garbage bag for an emergency rain suit.

    Have someone in charge. Any eye injury, even minor, should be reported in and monitored

  5. Re:Better translation? on Origen 360 Revealed in Less Than 12 Hours · · Score: 1

    Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes.

  6. Re:which is it? on Paul 'Tony' Watson Interviewed · · Score: 1

    Oh?, I though Google was cool because it's slashdotted...

  7. Re:Get them thinking... on Fun and Informative Way to Introduce Open Source? · · Score: 1

    I had this pen with black ink once, and I would usually just leave it in my desk... and, this may sound strange, but I would come back sometimes, and like, the ink would have turned totally blue. There was nothing I could do but just keep emptying it out, and refilling it with black ink. Anyway, I stopped using that kind of pen...

  8. Re:Get them thinking... on Fun and Informative Way to Introduce Open Source? · · Score: 1

    If you want to decorate those airplanes, dont forget to get compatible pens. And you should check the ink too, some ink manufactures weren't let in on the composition of the paper material, so the ink doesn't always bond. If you dont have alot of time for your decorating session, you might want to get efficient pens, like the ones that only require 1 click to open them...

  9. Re:I.e., theft on Man Arrested for Using Open Wireless Network · · Score: 1

    I was short a few pennies buying my lunch one day, and I knew it, but I planned on the possibility of the penny tray having some change in it. Is it wrong that I didn't go hungry that day? The pennies are for everyone.

  10. Re:more extensions on Xorg and Desktop Eyecandy · · Score: 1

    ...but it goes to 11

  11. qwerty -- abcde on Blank Keyboard · · Score: 1

    A friend of mine used to pull off the keys
    and replace them in alphabetical order-
    always got a chuckle out of me when someone
    new sat at his desk...

    In any case, that would solve the problem of
    finding the odd charactors: ~ / \ | etc
    as well as letting you grow into learning
    key location.

    Thought i'd throw in another ideal placement too:
    http://www.techimo.com/photo/data/4/179ms_keyboard -med.jpg
    http://www.jardmail.co.uk/attachments/mskeyboard.j pg
    http://igloo.its.unimelb.edu.au/funny/Year%202005% 20-%2003/tn/All%20Time%20Great%20Microsoft%20Keybo ard.jpg.html
    (all same image)