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  1. Re:WTF? on Blagojevich Appears At Chicago Comic Con · · Score: 1

    It's not enough he ruined my state, he has to ruin my comic-con now too...

  2. Re:I'm so glad I bought a Droid on "Nexus One" Is Google's Android Phone · · Score: 1

    Actually, T-Mobile just rolled out contract-less plans which are cheaper than the normal ones, but you don't get a phone discount with them.

  3. Re:It's about social status... on Are You a Blue-Collar Or White-Collar Developer? · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, a W usually means you withdrew BEFORE the drop deadline. If you drop out after, you are stuck with an F.

  4. Re:Opera Mini/Mobile stats on Firefox Passes IE6 In Browser Share · · Score: 1

    "All that said, Opera's penetration in the mobile market is sinking." really? http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_browser-ww-daily-20081216-20091104

  5. Re:donkey on Sony Sued Over Bricked PS3s · · Score: 1

    I spent many hours playing that with my cousin as a kid.... great game.

  6. Re:In other news... on Null-Prefix SSL Certificate For PayPal Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    in general, Security patches are pushed in the repos right away, only major version changes are held off for next release.

  7. Re:Conclusion on Variety, Social Aspects More Important To Game Success Than Graphics, Plot · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ^ Onion article in the making.

  8. Re:Was it iTunes or MusicMatch Jukebox? on US Fed Gov. Says All Music Downloads Are Theft · · Score: 1

    in addition, I believe itunes for windows was not released until 2003 or 2004

  9. Re:Do not want!! on Sony Producing New PS3 Hardware, Slim Appears Likely · · Score: 1

    I own neither a 360 or a ps3, but if i were to get one, i see the ps3 as the cheaper option. once you factor in the wireless adapter for the 360 and the monthly fees for xbox live, it is the more expensive option.

  10. Re:Slideshow on HTML 5 Canvas Experiment Hints At Things To Come · · Score: 1

    im running a single core athlon xp 2gb of ram and an NVIDIA 8600GT with nvidia drivers in ubuntu jaunty firefox 3.5.1 and it works fine for me

  11. Re:I know this guy... on Goodbye Apple, Hello Music Production On Ubuntu · · Score: 2, Insightful

    yes linux is for a select group of people: those who can use computers. typing in commands is part of using a computer. fact is, a lot of time it is possible to do everything you want to do in linux via GUI, but doing it in a terminal is EASIER. especially when you are looking for help. take the following example:
    ok open your home folder, right click the $foo file and go to the permissions tab, then click the executable box and close. then double click that same file. oh wait, you arent using GNOME, well lemme figure out how to do that in KDE, the menus might be different.....etc...etc
    OR
    copy/paste this into terminal: $ chmod +x ~/$foo
    $ ~/$foo

  12. Re:How is this different from "hate speech" on Ireland Criminalizes Blasphemy · · Score: 1

    bzzzzt im sorry, you don't understand free speech. first, the fact that "religion is a choice" is not 100% true. people are indoctrinated from a young age into their religion. BUT that doesn't even matter. if you believe in free speech, you should believe that people can bash religion, sexual orientation, and yes, even ethnicity and Race [sic].

  13. Re:Depends on the brand on Up To 10% of CD-Rs Fail Within a Few Years · · Score: 1

    more likely he was burning them at a faster speed. old cd readers couldn't read discs if they were burned at faster than like 4x

  14. Re:Then Use Moonlight Instead on Bill Gates Puts Classic Feynman Lectures Online · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Then how about we reject their business practices, without rejecting the technology?

  15. Re:What? on Pandora Wants Radio Stations To Pay For Music, Too · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They tried this already and it didn't work. so now its plan B time.

  16. Re:Air on Google Reveals Chrome Hardware Partners · · Score: 1

    see: gnash

  17. Re:Where do I buy it? on New RTS Based on DotA Offers Native Linux Client · · Score: 1

    you can upgrade your account for $10 to unlock more features of the game

  18. Re:It was probably an astroturf movement on Pickens Calls Off Massive Wind Farm In Texas · · Score: 1

    so you are saying we require additional pylons?

  19. Re:Some fun stuff... on Source Code of Several Atari 7800 Games Released · · Score: 1
    i liked this from galaga (GDAC1.S):

    LDA BULLSHT SEE IF IN BULLSHIT MODE

    what is bullshit mode? apparently all these caps trigger the lameness filter

  20. Re:Apple's concern on Browser Vendors Force W3C To Scrap HTML 5 Codecs · · Score: 1

    It turns out, part of the iPhone's business model is to sell a newer version of the phone that is just slightly better than the last to their existing customers. So this should work out just fine.

  21. Re:As usual with new Firefox releases... on Firefox 3.5 Reviewed; Draws Praise For HTML5, Speed · · Score: 1

    try an addon called "morning coffee" you can put websites in there, and assign a list of 0 or more days to each. then you just press the coffee button on your toolbar and it will open up all the pages assigned to that day in their own tabs.

  22. Re:Bad move on Comic Artist Detained For Script Containing 9/11 Type Scenarios · · Score: 2, Informative

    1984: Challenged in the Jackson County, FL (1981) because Orwell's novel is "pro-communist and contained explicit sexual matter." Source: 2004 Banned Books Resource Guide by Robert P. Doyle. thats all i could dig up on those two particular titles

  23. Re:Your Papers, Please on Homeland Security To Scan Citizens Exiting US · · Score: 1

    Exactly how i feel. There is still way too much denial in the american public to see that this IS happening. We need to keep educating people about history and how to use critical thinking, so that they can see these patterns emerging for themselves. Until then, people who protest these things will be considered "a vocal minority" and subsequently ignored.

  24. Re:twnety year old civic gets 57mpg on US To Require That New Cars Get 42 MPG By 2016 · · Score: 1

    Those old civic also had worse emissions than current civic, and also lacked many features that people demand today, such as electric locks, windows, the onboard diagnostics computer and such.
    and FYI my 2007 civic gets about 42 mpg on the highway, and about 36 in mixed.

  25. Re:Only on some long-discontinued iPod models on Theora Ahead of H.264 In Objective PSNR Quality · · Score: 1

    I agree. I recently got a 16GB iaudio7 from cowon.
    plays every format I want, in addition to having great battery life (60 hours of play time. i have verified this.). its flash based, and it was only 120 USD.