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  1. Re:I told them this. on Download Only Song to Crack the Top 40 · · Score: 1

    You saw a retrospective on NPR?

    Please, teach me how to see sound on the radio.

  2. Re:.Mac & iTunes on Just Cancel the @#%$* Account! · · Score: 1

    The limit on playlists is 5 times. However, once you reach the limit, just delete the playlist, then make a new one with the exact same songs in it and burn 5 more times. You can repeat this as many times as you would like.

  3. Re:Alcohol Sweat Detection... Not so good on Toyota Creating In-Vehicle Alcohol Detection System · · Score: 1

    Alcohol evaporates very fast.. within 30 seconds you should be okay.

  4. Re:Cost? on Flexible, Plastic Sheets of Power · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I got my last charger shipped to my door for $3 on eBay... works great.

  5. Re:IP Addresses on The Numbers Stations Analyzed, Discussed · · Score: 1

    That is a very clever answer. And funny.

  6. Re:Ok, wait a second... on The Dark Side of the PlayStation 3 Launch · · Score: 1
    I did read the TFA, but since no one else has mentioned this point, I feel that I must be missing something.
    Every helpful response to this post only encourages the problem.
  7. Re:The free market and whatnot on The Dark Side of the PlayStation 3 Launch · · Score: 1

    If it was bought with cash (which is most likely since they were bought through the homeless third parties), why not just hand over the receipt with the PS3? Would there be some way for Sony to know that it was resold and deny the warranty claim?

  8. Re:Wow. on Justin Long No Longer A Mac · · Score: 1

    I think he's having a hard time distinguishing hipsters and hippies.

  9. Re:When will they stop making asses of themselves? on Justin Long No Longer A Mac · · Score: 1

    I don't know anyone who doesn't like them. Of those people only a very small minority are Mac users, most are PC users, and a growing number are PC users who are excited to buy an Intel Mac next time they're computer shopping (but have never owned a Mac before). Just thought I'd mention there's definitely fans out there.

  10. Re:cardholders are not liable for fraud?? WTF on Privacy Pitfalls in No-Swipe Credit Cards · · Score: 1

    Like I said in my response to the other reply, I misunderstood you and assumed you meant that a person was specifically charged for their disputed charges. I now see you meant in a large view of the entire process. My bad.

  11. Re:cardholders are not liable for fraud?? WTF on Privacy Pitfalls in No-Swipe Credit Cards · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I see what he meant now. I was thinking that CC companies are allowed to charge a user upto $50 per disputed charge if they want, but they never do. I wasn't looking at it in the bigger picture like was originally meant.

  12. Re:They hold nothing on Adm. Rickover on Google Adjusts Hiring Processes · · Score: 1

    He sounds like a fratboy who never grew up...

    My fiance was in Navy ROTC and the stories she tells me about the actions (even of middle-aged officers) reminded me of nothing more than fratboys who never grew up. Being an officer is apparently the perfect way for these idiots to continue acting the way they did as fratboys.

  13. Re:cardholders are not liable for fraud?? WTF on Privacy Pitfalls in No-Swipe Credit Cards · · Score: 1

    I've never heard of anyone having to pay a single cent of a disputed charge.

  14. Re:You mean... on Privacy Pitfalls in No-Swipe Credit Cards · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've only ever had to use a PIN in a debit card transaction and never in a credit card transaction. Why? Because when they ask for your PIN, it's being processed as an ATM transaction and I assume you don't want to pay for your groceries or gas with a cash advance at 25%APR. The reason they try to get you to use your PIN when paying with debit is that it's significantly cheaper for the vendor to accept PIN debit than signed credit. On the other hand, you will most likely get charged by your bank for using "another banks'" ATM. They're pushing the cost of accepting plastic onto you.

  15. Re:You mean... on Privacy Pitfalls in No-Swipe Credit Cards · · Score: 1

    Who cares? Dispute a charge and you'll get your money back.

  16. Re:Cost saving measure, eh? on Why Can't Motion and Rumble Get Along? · · Score: 1

    Then don't buy one! I, for one, am excited to buy a PS3 and have the BluRay drive. If you don't want it, nobody is holding a gun to your head to make you buy it. That's what I don't understand about everyones' bitching. You don't buy it, I do. We're both happy!

  17. Re:made the decision to comp repairs on Microsoft Owns Up To 360 Defects · · Score: 1

    Yes it is. Like in a casino.

  18. Re:What the ... on Microsoft's High School Opens in PA · · Score: 1

    And how much did it originally cost to build that school, adjusted for inflation?

  19. Re:What the ... on Microsoft's High School Opens in PA · · Score: 1

    My high school cost over $40 million and had an original freshman class of 300 or so students. Schools aren't cheap, but the cost is distributed over ALL the students that will attend the school in the future.

  20. Re:Ohh the irony on Some Bands Still Refuse Music Downloads · · Score: 1

    The article? What happened to reading it?

    Oh wait... this is Slashdot, nevermind.

  21. Re:Google Accelerator on Google Doubles its Profits · · Score: 1

    I know part of what it did was pre-fetch likely "next links" before you clicked them and this of course ate up bandwith for servers. I wonder if that was what the fuss was about?

  22. Re:Urban-themed? on Urban-Themed Video Games 'Basically Dead'? · · Score: 1

    Correlation is not causation.

  23. Re:Urban-themed? on Urban-Themed Video Games 'Basically Dead'? · · Score: 1

    Amen brotha

  24. Re:Asking for trouble on Google Bundles Toolbar With Adobe Apps · · Score: 1

    This comes up everytime and the difference to note is that Microsoft IS a convicted monopolist while Google/Adobe/Yahoo/etc is not. The rules of the game are different.

  25. Re:ADMEN, STOP WASTING OUR TIME!!!! (please read) on Viral Marketing to Become the Norm? · · Score: 1

    I thought the Aqua Teen episode was hilarious exactly because of that effect and I assumed that there wasn't any money changing hands but that they were simply making fun of the Boost Mobile ads.