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  1. Re:Budget Priortites on The Pentagon's Supersonic, Shape-Shifting Assassin · · Score: 1
    Those unacceptable numbers pale in comparison to the casualties and injuries incurred by non-us civilians. Estimated to be 35,000 to 42,000 people.

    Does that include the civilians in Spain killed by the terrorists bombing the trains?

  2. Re:If This Was Pres. Hilary.... on Reporter Phone Records Being Used to Find Leaks · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Probably sound just like the impotent whining left winger in the country right now. "boo hoo hoo why won't anyone listen to us!!! It's 1984, with Nazis!!!"

  3. News for Nerds how? on Reporter Phone Records Being Used to Find Leaks · · Score: 1
    Just a flame fest. Anyway, to quote a friend of mine:

    I may be wrong about this, but as I recall, the govt does not need a warrant to obtain the telephone #s called. That's because you have no expectation of privacy in that information as you're basically sending it out into the public domain. The contents of the convo require a warrant. So, there's nothing illegal about what the NSA has done.

    It is not a threat to the "media's freedom." They are just as free to engage in the illegal distribution of classified info as they ever were. There are consequences. On balance, people should not leak classified info.

  4. quit yer bellyachin' on Telecoms Facing $50 Billion Lawsuit for Wiretaps · · Score: 1, Interesting
    Quit yer bellyachin', put down your xbox360 controllers, join the military, win the war and we can call an end to all this. It beats sharing that benjamin franklin quote with us for the 100 billionth time.

    Why don't I? I saved all your butts from the soviet horde. I'm too old to reup.

  5. Re:Buckle Up on Telecoms Facing $50 Billion Lawsuit for Wiretaps · · Score: 1

    yeah, like the 'november surprise' we were expecting in the 2004 elections. If you all keep a log of your conspiracies you can look it up.

  6. Sounds like my 84 RX-7 on Chip Power Breakthrough Reported by Startup · · Score: 1

    Design sounds similar to the motor in my 84 RX7

  7. Re:condolences on AMD Bumps Up Socket AM2 Launch Date · · Score: 2, Funny
    I can scan for viruses, rip a cd, and play a top end game concurrently without a glitch or slow down

    If you ran linux you wouldn't have to worry about the virus scanner.

    I guess you would'nt have to worry about the game either...

  8. Re:First thing we do... on Scientists Find Brain Cells Linked to Choice · · Score: 1

    I guess you have a pink shirt...and you probably want to take away my guns!!!

  9. Are these the same monkeys that like Fritos? on Scientists Find Brain Cells Linked to Choice · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are these the same monkeys that like Fritos?

  10. Having actually been alive in 1984 on US Intensifies Fight Against Child Pornography · · Score: 1

    In 1984 everyone jumped at a chance to write articles drawing comparisons between America and the novel. Now, more than 20 years later, people are still invoking the title. In 20 more years will we still be screaming 'It's 1984!' ?

  11. You'll need to learn ajax on The Future of IT in America? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Be sure you learn ajax. And get certified in web 2.0.

  12. damn you ajax on Ajax and the Ken Burns Effect · · Score: 1
    One developer made a page to show how the data could be refreshed without a 'flicker' (postback). Now our customers are starting to demand that their web apps to be flicker free.

    It's annoying when suddenly a deal breaker is "I don't like the flicker when I click the button".

  13. Re:In a true open market on Is Piracy In the Consumers' Best Interests? · · Score: 1

    I agree. And at least the people who just take could have the honesty to say "I don't want to pay for it" rather than "The quality is such crap" or "They make so much anyway". Dude, you took it without paying for it. But I imagine that's been argued before in this forum.

  14. arrggghhg the sun!!! on Golf's Digital Divide · · Score: 5, Funny

    A game that involves sunlight and walking? Like anyone here would play that!

  15. Re:So...I have no idea what this means on MySQL to Adopt Solid Storage Engine · · Score: 1

    Now that is a great answer. Thank you.

  16. So...I have no idea what this means on MySQL to Adopt Solid Storage Engine · · Score: 1

    What does this mean to the casual MySQL user? I'd read TFA but there wasn't one.

  17. Re:Marshmallow Peeps came to rule the world? on The History of Easter Candy · · Score: 1
    You don't know what a Marshmallow is?

    Ignorant savage. What the hell do you mix your rice crispies in?

  18. Re:So are you saying on African Catfish Hunts On Land · · Score: 1

    The Catholic Church doesn't make calls on science, although it is a big fan (contrary to all the interpretation of what they did to Gallileo). So although the Pope (and the one before him, and the one before him) say that evolution is certainly possible, they don't back it as absolute. The current Pope denounces ID though.

  19. Now that your country has purchased XP on Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? · · Score: 5, Funny
    Gates: Now that you've purchased a zillion licenses for XP, I want to talk about Vista.

    Hu: Yes, the view of Lake Washington is magnificent.

    Gates: Hee hee, that's not what I'm talking about...

  20. Re:Bust Buy creates business for others on Best Buy 'Geek Squad' Accused of Pirating Software · · Score: 1
    My friend's PC had a problem.

    They reformated it and charged him $99.

    He took it home, it didn't work. Took it back. They told him the motherboard was cracked and EVERYTHING had to be replace.

    His argument that they claimed to have fixed it earlier fell on deaf ears. He fought, got his money back and asked me. Fixing PC's is not my thing, but it took me about a minute to see that a RAM stick wasn't completely seated in. CLICK all done. They're shameless.

  21. Re:Great, but that was last centuries' war on Sci-Fi Weapons to Join US Arsenal? · · Score: 1

    Actually, we can do BOTH!

  22. Re:Why give them to a million dollar university ? on Junk Super Computer Assimilates All · · Score: 1, Interesting
    About 5 years ago the guy in the computer lab showed me a pile of 20" Sun monitors that they couldn't just get rid of for the same red tape reasons. "I'm going for coffee, if you want one take it before I get back."

    20" Monitors? Amazing at the time. So I lifted one...or tried to because apparently they have plutonium in them or something, it weighed 80 lbs it seemed. Got a cart, loaded it up, raced home, wife rolled her eyes...and then I realized you can't plug them into your Gateway PC without an adapter.

    ummm...and that's the end of my story.

  23. God isn't about cause and effect on Prayer Does Not Help Heart Patients · · Score: 0

    God exists outside of time. He doesn't follow the rules of cause and effect. The prayers could be extremely helpful, just not in ways that this experiment was measuring.

  24. The problem isn't that kids are going deaf on iPod Update to Address Volume-Level Concerns · · Score: 1, Funny

    My generation is half deaf from listening to AC/DC on our walkmans. This generation is half deaf from listening to Kelly Clarkson and J-somebody featuring *Dog. Both groups can't hear, but only one still has their pride.

  25. I'm still figuring this out... on 48 Core Vega 2 in the Making · · Score: 0

    If I say "Finally, Microsoft will run quickly" I score a 5, but if I say "Finally, Java will run quickly" I am a troll? I need to know because since I seem to be stuck in some sort of bad Karma spiral and need to get out.