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  1. Re:But... on Emacs Hits Version 23 · · Score: 2, Funny

    More importantly, will it blend?

  2. Re:And they wonder why..... on Transformers Special Edition Chevy Camaro Unveiled · · Score: 1

    And by adding it to your loan and spreading out the payments over 5 or more years, you get to pay interest on the upgrades. $1000 of upgrades paid off at 7% for 5 years will cost you $1188. Almost 20% more!
    How cool is that?

  3. Don't usually get dupes the same day on Is China Creating the World's Largest Botnet Army? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Did I miss something or isn't this essentially the same story as this:http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/06/11/1347219/Chinese-Govt-Spyware-Puts-Computers-At-Risk?art_pos=9

  4. Re:And when the cell mutates... on The Emerging Science of DNA Cryptography · · Score: 0

    And the down side of that would be...?

  5. Re:I knew there was a reason on Brain Decline Begins At Age 27 · · Score: 1

    Wild in the Streets

  6. Re:Let's work to avoid another "Katrina" on Alaskans Prepare For Volcanic Eruption · · Score: 1

    "attractive geological features and climate"?!?!

    Have you ever been to Anchorage?

  7. Re:Red title? on Midnight Commander Development Revived · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    'cuz you could have had a first post...

  8. Re:BURN HIM! on Confessed Botnet Master Is a Security Professional · · Score: 2, Funny

    You whack him a few times with a 48 port PoE switch and you might kill him, body shots or not!

  9. Re:I disagree... on Despite Gates' Prediction, Spam Far From a Thing of the Past · · Score: 1

    But in order for the end user to see virtually no spam, close to 90% of all incoming mail is filtered out. Aside from the cost associated with that, the probability of false positives becomes significant.

    Just because you can't see the problem doesn't mean that it does not exist.

  10. Re:Contempt of Court on Trying To Find White House Missing E-mails · · Score: 1

    "government employees aren't typically known for their competence"

    Kind of painting with a broad brush, aren't you? In a sufficiently large organization there will be a percentage that is incompetent. And it can be more difficult to remove non-performers under the more restrictive rules that the government has to abide by. But the vast majority of government IT employees are actually quite competent.

    Losing almost 2 years worth of mail is not something that could happen accidentally.

  11. Re:No PC Support... on Review: Gears of War 2 · · Score: 1

    When I used to be heavily involved in PC gaming (so far as even beta testing for Bethesda), $300 for a new video card just to play a game was no big deal. And still isn't--will your PC play Crysis? If you want the game, you will get the platform.

  12. Re:No PC Support... on Review: Gears of War 2 · · Score: 2, Informative

    You can get a 360 for $199. Pretty low cost of entry...

  13. Re:vote absentee by mail on WV Voters Say Machines Are Switching Votes · · Score: 1

    Most of the state of Washington votes by absentee ballot. They have to count SOME of them!

  14. Irony on Handling Caller ID Spoofing? · · Score: 2, Funny

    So am I the only one that sees the irony in having a banner ad for a product that lets you "FAKE your Caller ID" on a discussion about how bad that is and how to stop it?

  15. Re:Space age materials? on Oil-Immersion Cooled PC Goes To Retail · · Score: 2, Funny

    About 6000 years if you listen to some people...

  16. Re:DIESEL on Environmental Cost of Hybrids' Battery Recycling? · · Score: 1

    From your link:
    "What's all this gas-sipping mean for the U.S. market? Not much. Don't expect any diesel Golf here anytime soon due to high currency and materials costs."
    Concept cars we can't buy don't count...

  17. Re:Sony on Sony Recalls 73,000 Vaio Laptops Due To Burn Worry · · Score: 1

    Their TVs are still among the best. I have an XBR series HD TV that is amazing, and a 15 yr old conventional TV that has never needed service.
    Our experience with their computers, both desktop and laptop, has been uneven at best.

  18. Re:Aperture Science Handheld Immunity Device on A Video Game To Teach AP Level Immunology · · Score: 1

    The Cake is a LIE!

  19. Re:Themocline of Truth on Anatomy of a Runaway Project · · Score: 1

    Truthocline? The point below which truth is starved for oxygen and dies...

  20. Re:Privacy Goes Both Ways on Feds Block EFF Look at Google/DoJ Contacts · · Score: 3, Informative

    As a government employee she was subject to specific proscriptions in her behavior that are set up to prevent even the appearance of conflict of interest. Government ethics rules are quite extensive and if she was feeding information to Google while a DOJ employee would be subject to severe consequences.
    For example Darleen Druyun was sentenced to prison in September 2004 for showing favoritism to Boeing while she was a top Pentagon acquisitions official.
    There may be nothing at all to see, but the right to privacy during the time she was employed by the DOJ does not exist.

  21. Re:Helium Shortage on Google Interested in Wireless Bandwidth Balloons · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just use hot air...

  22. How much of this is stuff people aren't using? on 95 Of Every 100 Windows PCs Miss Security Updates · · Score: 3, Informative

    With all the pre-installed trials and other crapware the comes with home computers it is likely that many of these unpatched applications are ones that are not really at risk since they are never used. I see this even at work, where we run regular vulnerability scans. You tell a user that they need to update and get told that they haven't used said product in .

  23. Correlation !=Causation on Anti-Game Candidates Do Poorly in Iowa Caucuses · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I doubt that video gamers are going to turn this election.

  24. Re:What kind of laser? on Couple Busted For Shining Laser At Helicopter · · Score: 1

    Wow. The videos on the Wicked Laser site are very impressive. I had no idea that you could buy a laser that was capable of lighting a cigarette!

  25. Re:What kind of laser? on Couple Busted For Shining Laser At Helicopter · · Score: 1

    Way more powerful. And available at Think Geek. http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/8a39/