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  1. Re:Drinking to much funny-juice on No Time Travel, Sorry · · Score: 1

    You may want to note the "foot" icon. That's the humor classification here.

  2. Re:Another misleading headline... big shocker on AOL to Charge Senders for Incoming Email · · Score: 1

    Indeed, I'm wondering if I'm going to have to just tell everyone on the mailing lists I run that if they're on AOL, that I don't want to hear complaints that they don't get their listmail anymore.

    It doesn't look like this is going to be a binary "you pay or no luck" thing though, but I suspect it'll notch the mail my server sends a couple steps higher on the spam scale, causing more false positives.

  3. Re:What a DANGEROUS thing to do... on Details of the LiveJournal Account Hacks · · Score: 2, Funny

    The perpetrators just need to make sure they never visit the victim's parent's basements.

  4. Re:the front-side TV connector on The Year's Best Gadget Ideas · · Score: 3, Informative

    As has been posted, the summary doesn't really make it clear.

    The "innovation" is to have all the connectors on the front. Not just one of the sets of A/V inputs.

    An example is at:
    http://h10058.www1.hp.com/digital/entertainment/us /en/img/theater/mdtv_guide/connect.jpg

  5. Re:Warning on Glass Shapes Can Make Us Drink Too Much · · Score: 1

    Ah! You're absolutely right. It just seemed like such a Q&Q topic that I forgot where I actually heard it.

  6. Re:Warning on Glass Shapes Can Make Us Drink Too Much · · Score: 4, Informative

    In Canada, there's a unit under Industry Canada called Measurement Canada.

    http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/inmc-mc.ns f/en/Home

    If they say it's a pint, it has to be a pint. You can report a bar to this group and they will investigate, and cite if necessary (not listed on their site but was stated by a representative of theirs on a CBC Radio One show, I believe Quirks and Quarks).

  7. Re:No Surprise on Testing Drugs on India's Poor · · Score: 1

    Saltines are made from wheat flour, which contains gluten. People with wheat allergies can't eat them, and when people's allergies kick in, the bodies tend to attack what looks different - like a developing baby.

    Can I point at one example? No. But I can apply logic as to why it could be, and why alternatives need to be found.

    I see you have also ceeded the point that it's still experimentation, even if it's "normal foodstuffs".

  8. Re:No Surprise on Testing Drugs on India's Poor · · Score: 1

    You don't seem to get it.

    That is also experimentation on a pregnant woman.

    There's plenty of things a pregnant woman can eat that will screw with a baby's development, even kill it. Just because it's "common foodstuffs" that you're experimenting with doesn't make it any less experimentation.

    You seem to be one of the people caught up in the "natural = safe, pharmaceuticals = teh debil![sic]" inanity. Use logical thought when approaching this and you'll get farther.

  9. Re:No Surprise on Testing Drugs on India's Poor · · Score: 1

    Morning sickness is something that pregnant women experience.

    It's also a very subtle thing, hard to test for in animals, if they even get it. You can't ask a rat "Feeling a little nauseous today?"

    Given that, exactly how do you propose to develop treatments for morning sickness, which pregnant women definitely DO want, without testing them on pregnant women at some point?

  10. Re:Well... on Holiday Gaming Potpourri · · Score: 1

    World War 2 Online is also a MMO that is available for the Mac, although it's a MMOFPS (first person shooter) rather than MMORPG. First of it's kind, despite claims by Planetside. :) It's certainly not for everyone, but those who like it can't be pried away from it.

  11. Re:Sounds like Windows development on Google Fixes IE Bug · · Score: 1

    Perhaps, but the desktop should be encapsulated from the operating system. Sent together, perhaps, but operating at one remove through API's so that stuff like this doesn't balloon out of control.

  12. Re:bullshit article on Online Scammers Go Spear-Phishing · · Score: 1

    Ah, but what kind of fraud is it? Phishing describes a very specific type, even if the media outlets are starting to make the two equivalent.

  13. Re:And the cause of the cooling? on Failing Ocean Current Raises Fears of Mini Ice Age · · Score: 1

    A very salient (saline-ent? heh) point... I'm not sure on the volumes involved, it should be calculable... I may just have to poke around.

  14. Re:And the cause of the cooling? on Failing Ocean Current Raises Fears of Mini Ice Age · · Score: 4, Informative

    No, no, no, no, NO!

    Floating ice that melts has ZERO effect on the total level of the water. If you don't believe me, take an ice cube, put it in a glass of water, mark the level and let it melt. It will be at exactly the same level. Yes, some of the ice was above the surface of the water, because it was less dense.

    The only melting ice that will raise sea levels is ice that is currently stuck on a land mass, above the ocean. That melts and then joins the ocean, causing an increase.

  15. Re:There are several competing systems like this on High-Tech RepoMan · · Score: 1

    Grand Theft Auto is a civil matter?

    That's what tampering with the box enables. Auto theft, plain and simple.

  16. Re:Far more effective... on Driving Away Teens With High Frequency Noise · · Score: 1

    Somebody please check this man's HMO plan, and see if he's eligible for a humor transplant, because by god he needs it.

  17. Re:uh... on To Flush Or Not To Flush · · Score: 1

    You're forgetting the sabre-rattling that's been going on regarding NAFTA and access to Canadian water. The prospect that we may be forced to send our water to idiots living in a desert is not one that pleases folks up here.

  18. Re:ah the original powerbook on How the PowerBook was Born · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sounds like the Kaypro that my father-in-law gave to me.

    That thing is a farking boat anchor, but it's technically portable. By elephants.

  19. We need some sci-fi to come to fruition on Cube Privacy Via Gibberish · · Score: 1

    While this may be a dupe, I still think that it just underscores what we really need from sci-fi.

    The dermal subvocalization mike. Talking without making (audible) sound. What a blissful office that would make for.

  20. Re:No Rest for the Wicked... on Curbing Energy Use In Appliances That Are Off · · Score: 1

    That's kind of funny - I have an Apex, and it's the only one that actually has a power switch rather than a standby mode button. When I hit the switch, there's a tangible click, and the entire thing shuts down all the way.

  21. Re:Does not compute on Truckers Choose Hydrogen Power · · Score: 1

    You're right, they must be imagining the decreased fuel costs. After all, it's easy to think that you're spending $700/mo/truck less when you actually aren't.

  22. Re:Think of the UPS on Data Centers And DC Power · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sure, but how often do the backup generators connect inside the UPS?

    My understanding is that the UPS's will typically have a power source switch in front of them, not behind, and when the emergency generator kicks in, its power goes through the UPS just like the normal utility power.

    There's a very good reason for that, too. Virtually every UPS will clean up the power feed, and backup generators are usually 'dirtier' power than mains power - the last thing you want is spikes and droops from the backup genny cooking your servers while you're under emergency conditions!

  23. Re:I think the internet should on Lessig on Internet Governance · · Score: 1

    Considering the lowest score is "Dan Quayle", he most certainly has a sense of humor. :)

  24. Re:The biggest difference is on XBOX 360=Dreamcast 2.0? · · Score: 1

    somebody who doesn't own one, or play one on a regular basis?

    So, you mean, people that you're trying to convince to buy one, and may be turned off by the "childish" connotation?

    You're not trying to convince the people that have one. You're trying to convince people that it's worth their money to buy one.

  25. Re:Why only U.S., Canadian and European contestant on MozCorp Announces Firefox 1.5 Extension Competition · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Considering that Quebec is NOT in the permitted list, it probably has to do with the legality of awarding a prize. Quebec has wierd laws about that and almost every contest I see in BC has some rider about "not valid in Quebec".

    So, they probably verified it was OK in the US, the EU, and non-Quebec Canada, but either couldn't or didn't verify it was legal elsewhere and thus don't allow entrants from nonvalidated places.

    (Sorry if that makes no sense, I'm just ending a nightshift here)