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  1. Re:This is not troll!!! on Congress Turns Up The Heat on FCC's Chairman · · Score: 1

    -1? This is the most insightful thing I've read this morning.

  2. Re:Yes, you are. on Interview With Pirate Party Leader Rick Falkvinge · · Score: 1

    there is just too much stuff out there and more than I can ever see is very, very good.

    As the number of people contributing to the content has risen, the number of quality videos has also increased, you just have to dig deeper to find it because consequently, there has been an overall increase in garbage.

    There is plenty of high quality content out there if you know where to look
  3. Thanks for posting this on Where are Wii? · · Score: 1

    Having not touched my Wii for months because I was bored with it, after reading this article I placed an ad to sell my Wii in a local newspaper. Nintendo Wii, six games, three remotes, two nunchucks, two classic controllers, component cables. $600 OBO. Hope it sells, I really need the money. Thanks!

  4. So is it plagiarism on Plagiarizing Wikipedia For Profit · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is it plagiarism if I make up something, post it in Wikipedia, write an academic paper, and cite the reference I previously had made up?

  5. Re:ianal on Can You Be Sued for Quitting? · · Score: 1
    Not too insightful...

    I once gave my two weeks notice and they fired me on the spot.

  6. Re:Just like a real deer. on Robotic Deer to Fight Illegal Hunting · · Score: 1

    The deer are way overpopulated this year, that is why hunting season is two days longer this year (at least in Ohio).

  7. Re:The best part... on A History of Game Consoles, As Seen on TV · · Score: 2, Informative

    Click on the "print" link and it shows the article on one page without ads.

  8. Re:But they are having no trouble... on EBay's Bid To Go Beyond Auctions Disappoints · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Not true. Paypal will not always side with the seller, even those who have 100+ feedback.

    Here is how Ebay ripped me off, scam artists take notes:

    I had an iSight that I had sold for about $100. The buyer sent me payment via PayPal and I promptly sent the item via regular US Priority Postal mail. The buyer said they never received the camera and filed a complaint with PayPal. Even with my perfect feedback, Ebay assumed I was guilty until proven innocent. PayPal deducted the money and said they will only return the money if I provided a tracking number. Because I sent it regular mail without a tracking number I could not prove that I sent the package, and so they kept my money. In the end, the guy got the camera for free and I got my account suspended.

    I was a good honest seller and still got burned. Ebay is not safe at all for the seller, and PayPal will do NOTHING to help you out if someone tries to scam you.

  9. Re:Howard Stern? Is it still 1995? on Howard Stern Coming To the Net · · Score: 1
    This is going to encourage a lot of people to sign up once they hear how good Sirius is. People don't like 20 minutes of commercials every hour, but most people don't want to install FM modulators and wire the Sirius unit to the back of their radios, that's what I believe is holding up more people from getting Satellite radio.

    I've been a Sirius subscriber since Howard announced the switch, and I will never go back to testicle radio again. The quality is as good as any radio station, but it cuts out under bridges and in hills. They need more repeaters like they have in the big cities, other than that I plan on sticking with Sirius until something better comes out.

    I'm listening to Howard's web stream right now.

  10. Tried Ubuntu, didn't work for me. on Ubuntu Linux for Non-Geeks · · Score: 1
    After testing it out on the live CD on my PowerBook I attempted an install of Ubuntu on an HP Pavilion 6740c, it hangs up and freezes at random both on an install and running it off the CD. Windows 98 still runs fine on it. It's a 500 mhz celeron with 384 megs of ram, but Ubuntu doesn't like it for some reason.

    Maybe this book offers some sort of insight on why Ubuntu won't run on that computer. I'd read it just to find out.

  11. Pictures not loading on IE7 Toolbar Mayhem · · Score: 1
    Loads the text but not the pictures.

    Here's a mirror

  12. Jobs on Google Launches Trends · · Score: 1
    Look at the top cities, they are all in India! This is where all of our jobs are going.

    http://www.google.com/trends?q=jobs&ctab=0&geo=all &date=all

  13. Girlfriend? on Using Your Laptop In Bed · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Who reads slashdot AND has a girlfriend?

  14. Re:The birth of a new acronym: on The Sharpest Object Ever Made · · Score: 1

    Quite a lot of information out there about scat if you do feel like reading up on it.

  15. Not hidden, not spyware on Microsoft Sued Over WGA · · Score: 2, Informative

    It came as a Windows Update, if you wanted to protect yourself you should have turned automatic updates off...

  16. Great... on Detox Clinic Opening for Video Game Addicts · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now they just need to open up one for slashdot addictions and I'll be all set...

  17. Disposable media on Sony's Obsession with Proprietary Formats · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'd prefer bringing back the tape or having cartridges with plastic casing (like NES games) so my media doens't need replacement every 5 years. I remember seriously abusing NES games and cassette tapes and having them still work.

    Both HD-DVD and Bluray are optical disks that will not play if scratched. If the media itself wasn't so fragile people won't need to back it all up in the first place. I won't be buying into any of this fragile DRMed media that will not play if scratched until I am able to back it up first.

  18. Flip it over on Mac Security Alarm System · · Score: 1

    Twist the screw, rip out the battery... no alarm.

  19. $1.75 on Super-ATMs Being Rolled Out · · Score: 2, Interesting

    $1.75 is not terribly bad, in Chicago you can't find a single ATM for less than $2.00.

  20. Bandwidth on Download-to-own Films Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    With all of that bandwidth, waiting, compression, DRM, & $40 price tag I'd rather flip on the on-demand people and rent a movie.

  21. Re:OUTGOING on Ubuntu, Macintosh and Windows XP · · Score: 1

    What's that mean?

  22. Re:The Clip in Question on FCC Levies Record Indecency Fine · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Wow else does the Parents Television Counsil host?

  23. Re:frist post on Windows XP on Intel Mac Confirmed · · Score: 1

    You mean 66th post right?

  24. Wait times on A Look at IPTV · · Score: 5, Funny

    Instead of channels instantly changing it's going to be *buffering* for a couple of seconds every channel I flip. No thanks.

  25. Expression vs. Creative Suite or iLife? on Microsoft Pauses Work on 'Photoshop Killer' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Creative Suite is cross platform, it doesn't make sense for Microsoft to want to take down Adobe. iLife takes customers away from Windows, it makes more sense for them to be making Final Cut and iPhoto killers instead of trying to make another Illustrator & Dreamweaver. Most professional Graphic Designers are still going to use Illustrator instead of Expression anyways...