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  1. Re:gee, nice ads on that link to Peter Briggs ... on Bit Rot Stalks Your Digital Keepsakes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You have other problems, like this , perhaps?

  2. Re:UK Total Cost... on Medical Care Gets Outsourced Too · · Score: 1, Informative

    The biggest thing wrong with our system is leeches like John Edwards, who drive the cost up by suing everyone in sight for ludicrous amounts of money.

    Wrong, wrong, wrong!

    Snopes.Com Debunks this.

  3. Re:DIY champ on DIY Warriors Saluted And Sought · · Score: 1

    "RUN for FUN? What the hell kind of fun is that?"

  4. Re:That's a good idea actually :-) on Replace Your Windows With LCD Panels · · Score: 1

    (long pause)

    Can I see?

  5. Can't get extentions to work on Exploring Firefox Extensions · · Score: 1

    Try as I might, I can't get the bloody things to work! Is there some secret to these?

  6. Re:on jodie blaylock... on More On Shatner's Possible Return To Trek · · Score: 1

    One problem with that: Spock's mother was human, AFAIK.

  7. Re:torrent link for .AVI on Hitchhiker's Guide Trailer Online · · Score: 1

    It's very nice. Except...there are NO seeds or downloaders. @ least right now. Maybe I just caught it when you first started it?

  8. Re:Drive-Thru on History of the Automatic Teller · · Score: 1

    You do know that's because they're made en masse and they're not going to swap out some keys because it *might* go outside, right?

  9. Re:My advice on How Would You Handle a $1,000,000 Coding Error? · · Score: 1

    Is this a R. Budd Dwyer joke?

  10. Re:And get paid 40% less? No thanks. on Why Offshore When Canada's Next Door? · · Score: 1

    But if the cost of living is less as well, it'd be a lateral move. But hey, if you can find work that pays the same outside your field, go for it.

  11. Re:legalities of emulators on Retro Gaming Gets Hot · · Score: 5, Informative

    Never. They've already tried.

    Not sure what court it was, but emulators were declared *legal.* Copies of the ROM images, however...

  12. Re:The poor guy on the front page on NASA's Personal Satellite Assistants · · Score: 0, Troll

    Man, you mods are harsh! And obviously didn't read the article.

  13. The poor guy on the front page on NASA's Personal Satellite Assistants · · Score: 2, Funny

    All that money wasted on this project, could have gotten this guy some plastic surgery. Poor man...

  14. I guess it's better than a six foot pine box [nt] on Quick Fixes For Those Pining For A 6-foot Cabinet · · Score: 1

    right?

  15. Honestly? So what? on Camera Vans To Photograph 50 Million Buildings · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wake up call, people. Your house, unless it's behind a fence, is already accessible visually to the public. I can walk out my door right now, with my camera, and snap pictures of every house on my street.

    What'll that get me? Not much, except a bunch of pictures of houses on my street.

    If this helps the 911 guys find my house better in case of an emergency, good for them. If it never happens, they've got a picture of a blue house with tan trim.

    Someone please enlighten me as to how this could possibly be bad.

  16. Re:Looks great! on X-Arcade MAME Dual Controller Rated · · Score: 1

    The answer is to use a four way joystick. There are a lot of four way games in Mame that don't like eight way joys (Donkey Kong comes to mind, you can get Mario stuck on a ladder).

  17. Re:Damn it on Inside the Homebrew Atari 2600 Scene · · Score: 1

    D'oh! Missed that. *inserts foot into mouth to keep from speaking*

  18. Re:Damn it on Inside the Homebrew Atari 2600 Scene · · Score: 1

    I've already moderated some posts here, so I have to post as AC from another machine (or else my moderations are removed)

    They get removed anyway. Even if you post as an AC. Unless you delete your /. cookie.

  19. Re:All about user interface on Building A Museum Listening Station? · · Score: 1

    Ten buttons for $14.50 + shipping from Bob Roberts

  20. Cool stuff for free (but with a little work) on Websites For The Frugal? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Go DUMPSTER DIVING! Find a store, go out back, check their dumpster (skip for our European friends). All kinds of stuff to be found. And it helps the environment by keeping usable items out of the landfill.

    Newsgroups: alt.dumpster

  21. New Windows Worm on the Loose on New Windows Worm on the Loose · · Score: 2, Funny

    New Windows Worm on the Loose

    What, it's been a week already?

  22. Work for yourself, do something you like on Appreciating Your Stressful IT Job? · · Score: 1

    I was in the rat race yourself, and quit when our youngest son was born. I'm currently a stay-at-home dad.

    It's rewarding, but I was looking for something to do with my 'other' time. I started restoring classic arcade machines. I've actually turned it into a mildly profitable business.

    Not saying for you to do that, but...do something you like. You'll always have a day off that way, because you'll always do something you like.

  23. Re:mod parent up on From the Higgs Boson Particle to Leadbelly · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That 'lame pulsing sound' is the sound from when it was originally recorded. It's the sound of the wax cylinder spinning.

  24. Re:careful... on 600 PowerMacs Make One DVD · · Score: 2, Informative

    but if its so secret, they better watch out... those pesky copyright lawyers might come after them....

    If you'd read the article, you would have found that this was an official project. It's MGM that wants this done.

  25. Answer: on Would You Like Drugs in Your Rice? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Opponents say growing the crops in open fields endangers organic and conventional crops, as well as human health...

    Grow them in buildings, in a clean enviornment.