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  1. Finally a use for small tubes on Banner Ad on Myspace Serves Adware to 1 Million · · Score: 1, Funny

    I have no fear of this type of internets. Until betting on horse races becomes a common place in every American's house, the tubes will be entirely too clogged to deliver this to me.

  2. Re:Read the whole article, it's important on The Fine Print On Wiretapping Review · · Score: 2, Funny

    Read the whole article, it's important....
    br> You must be new here.

  3. Re:Prions? on 'Bad' Protein Linked to Numerous Health Problems · · Score: 1

    No, it seems to me that these proteins are made by the body....

    So it IS true - Life'll kill ya

  4. See also . . . on Betting Against Online Gambling · · Score: 3, Insightful

    See also: Prohibition.

  5. Re:How does one afford no work and Graduate School on Is Graduate School Useful in Today's World? · · Score: 1

    Well, if you go to grad school right out of undergrad, then you dont need to start paying on your student loans until you graduate everything. So I guess the idea is to go to school until you die and let your kids worry about paying for it.

  6. Re:Cool!! on 'Roll Your Own News' DVDs Now Shipping · · Score: 1

    .... If you think about it for 30 seconds ....

    Actually, its 60 Seconds, not 30.

  7. Mental note . . . on State Department Hit With Many More Break-Ins · · Score: 4, Funny

    After the State Department break-ins, many employees were instructed to change their passwords.

    The root password is now "god" instead of "sex"

  8. Of course on MySpace #1 US Destination Last Week · · Score: 1

    What with all the drug and gang activity why would people not be flocking to the site? Its a good thing our government is a step ahead of us in protecting our children.

  9. Re:Ok.. businesses are one thing, what about paren on Cutting out the Naughty Bits Ruled Illegal · · Score: 1

    Of course it's illegal.... actually, your use of the word Hollywood is illegal.
    ...And I hope you enjoy this comment because I'm sure Hollywood will be sending me a bill for royalties in using their name twice.

  10. What about the red dress? on Swimsuit Design Uses Supercomputing · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mouse: So what did you think of her?
    Neo: Of who?
    Mouse: The woman in the red dress? I designed her. She, um, doesn't talk very much, but if you'd like to meet her, I can arrange for a much more personal, intimate evening.
    Switch: A digital pimp at work!>br? Mouse: Pay no attention to these hypocrites, Neo! To deny our own impulses, is to deny the very thing that makes us human.

  11. Re:Hmm. on A Day in the Life of a Spyware Company · · Score: 5, Funny

    So if you run their program and their competitor's program at the same time, they will kill each other off? Who needs virus scanners now?

    Actually, who needs this? Windows has this feature built right in.

  12. Re:My problem with AMD on AMD Admits To Slowing Sales · · Score: 1

    Its not *ALL* about benchmarks to some people. In enterprise data centers, there is a huge concern about power and heat. AMD's server processors require less power and produce less heat in comparison to the same performance in Intel-land. When you're paying $1k-$2k per month for 48U and 40 amps of power, the more power you can push out of that space is what you need to look at. In those scenarios, yes, $200 more is worth it -- maybe even more.

  13. Re:Speaking of things that don't matter... on The 10 Tech People Who Don't Matter · · Score: 1

    I don't think the DVD as a distro method is nearly as dead as they think.

    Oh, I'm sorry you were so mislead into assuming that they think.

  14. After 50 years... on Interstate Highway System: 50th Anniversary · · Score: 1

    ... I would of thought they would have figured out how to build a bridge over the Potomac

  15. Re:No back seat. on UBC Engineers Reach Mileage Of Over 3000 MPG · · Score: 1

    If its a convertible you're set. Since your already laying and there would be no roof, all that is needed is the female.... Which could be the larger issue seeing as how only geeks would have such a vehicle in the first few years of production.

  16. Re:It's not DXM that's restricted on Psychopharm Going 'Mainstream' In Schools? · · Score: 1

    Though people can trip on dextromethorphan, I guess it's rare enough that there's not a serious concern about it

    .....yet

  17. Re:Encrypted? on Google Releases Google Browser Sync Extension · · Score: 1

    Once actually inside G-Mail both https:/// and http:/// will work -- and there is a difference; when they first released the messaging inside the webmail page it only worked in the unsecure page.

    While this may be true, this is not what is in question. The https only indicates that the transmission is using SSL but the client and the server both (most likely) contain unencrypted information. Should Google's servers ever become compromised, your data is not safe. This is not a problem with gmail or google, however. The same scenario is true just about anywhere you go on the web except (hopefully) your bank who would encrypt data stored as well.

  18. Re:Autoplay Trojan on Social Engineering Using USB Drives · · Score: 1

    Windows is happy to run it.

    Windows is happy to run anything that can potentially make your life misserable. Hell, Windows it's self is happy to just make your life misserable.

  19. Re:Microsoft in Texas? on The Soaring Costs for New Data Center Projects · · Score: 1

    This is all so true. I work in the Ashburn, VA Equinix facility and any company I associate with is unable to expand location. Equinix is planning new building after new building but they cant keep up - and this requires time and money.... and unfortunately, this is something Equinix does not have. The cost of living here in Northern VA is outrageous. .... On the flip side tho .... There is no better place to be at when looking at network performance. If every major tier 1 and tier 2 provider is in the northern VA area (and most likely inside Equinix at some point), you eliminate your customer's data backtracking. When I lived in Pittsburgh, many traceroutes that I performed routed to Ashburn/Dulles/DC and then back to somewhere in PA. Instead of placing your infrastructure in PA so that some PA data has to travel twice as long, you put it where everyone meets. If your just a small hosting company, this is not a huge issue but if your an enterprise fortune 1000 company this is a huge issue in your performance and your network costs. Granted, if Texas starts building up more and more, then every backbone provider would flock to that area -- but then again, the entire Northern VA area used to be nothing more than farms as little as 10 years ago. With that in mind, how long would Texas stay the way it is now?

  20. Imagine on Intel's Sales Down, Current Gen of Products Weak · · Score: 3, Funny

    All those who maintain the power grid can now relax a little.

  21. Re:And the point is? on Ballmer Beaten by Spyware · · Score: 1

    Second, the mention of "Microsoft's top engineers" makes the whole thing look very fishy to me.

    I agree... Microsoft doesnt have top engineers.

  22. The dangers on Starting an Education in IT? · · Score: 1

    I, for one, think that they should teach classes in high school on the dangers of entering the IT field. I wish I would have known these things years ago because there are many times those "sanitary engineers" seem to have great jobs!

  23. Reading it is ok...... on IL School District to Monitor Student Blogs · · Score: 1

    Its not an issue of them reading the student's blogs but under our constitution, its an issue if they try to attack the student because of what they read. Its the students being expelled and suspended that is the issue -- if its on the web, yes, it is free for all to read unless someone password protects it but you can't hold someone responsible for something that was done outside of your jurisdiction.

  24. Re:seems like they went backwards on Honda Robot Controlled By Brain Waves · · Score: 1

    No, no.... not yet! They cant control our minds until we are in The Matrix.

  25. They should ask Circuit City on Windows Media Player 11 and Urge · · Score: 1

    Anyone remember Divx? They realy had the market cornered if you ask me.