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  1. Re:don't have TiVo... Yet on Can TiVo be Saved? · · Score: 1

    Just curious... I just "upgraded" my ReplayTV with a 250gig HD and got about 250 hours out of it (at "standard" quality). What size HD did you put in your Tivo to get 320?

  2. Re:Cosmonaut use of pencil myth yet again on Top 100 Gadgets of All Time · · Score: 1

    It may not have been lead, but it's still conductive enough to futz with sensitive electronics.

  3. Re:Well it isn't that expensive on Panera Bread Is The Largest Provider Of Free WiFi · · Score: 1

    You travel in the US? How are you finding ANY places like this? much less finding them in a city you've only been in for a few hours?

  4. Sell Blood on Helping IT Save Money ... and Jobs? · · Score: 1

    Or resell bandwidth

  5. Re:Difference on Cellphone Drivers Drive Like Drunks · · Score: 1

    "If you suddenly stop talking to a passenger, they'll look and see it..."

    The passenger staring at me while talking is more distracting than the conversation its self.

    But, otherwise, I agree with you.

  6. I get my kicks on the turnpike! on The Super Superhighway · · Score: 1

    Yes, but route 66 is a little 2 lane road that stops every 10 miles for another POS little town with a mom and pop drug store on one corner and a pig(cop) on the other.

  7. I can have this NOW! on The Promise Of Transparent Circuits · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ...because my house isn't transparent.

  8. Re:Wrong on Two New TLD's Near Approval · · Score: 1

    ORG is for "miscellaneous organizations", NOT non-profits. The idea of .org being for non-profits is some sort of wierd meme that everyone believes, for no particular reason

    Well, generally, for-profit organizations are called "businesses" (ie commercial).

  9. Setec Astronomy... on Caller ID Falsification Service · · Score: 2, Funny

    That always gets me in.

  10. Re:Do you remember being a teenager? on Always Use Protection · · Score: 1

    I agree, to a point. I learned the same way (on the same hardware at about the same time too). The problem is, not everyone is a nerd.

  11. They already do..... on Skype 1.0 For Windows Released, Updated Linux Beta · · Score: 1

    "Skype for Pocket PC(TM) is free software that enables you to make Skype voice calls using your WiFi-enabled Microsoft Pocket PC based handheld computer from any WiFi hotspot."

    http://www.skype.com/download_pda.html

  12. Re:He's not being Hypocritical on Ted Turner's Beef With Big Media · · Score: 1

    The quiz in your SIG doesn't work. It won't grade the answers: "...could not write to the log file fro this quiz..."

    Don't know if it's yours or not, but if it is, you might want to fix it.

  13. Re:Face It. on Ted Turner's Beef With Big Media · · Score: 1

    Ignoring it doesn't mean you won.

    That's like saying if your city was being invaded by the Germans and you shut your doors and windows so you couldn't see what was going on then declared yourself the victor.

  14. Re:Mouse Pee on What Was Your Worst Computer Accident? · · Score: 1

    My question always was, and still is:

    When does it cease to be "after midnight" one day and "before midnight" the next day?

    I guess it works to fool little kids because midnight is still some mystical, imaginary time that happens sometime after they fall asleep and before they wake up the next day.

    So, do they just have to be asleep form some amount of time after midnight and when they wake up it's ok to eat?

    Maybe we'll never know...

  15. Re:A program written in many of them on The History of Programming Languages · · Score: 1

    Really? google?

    i never would have thought of that.

  16. Re:A program written in many of them on The History of Programming Languages · · Score: 1

    Where do I find a brainfuck compiler?

  17. Re:probably on BIND Is Most Popular DNS Server · · Score: 1

    That sounds very familiar, although I think I actually use a combination of space/time to find things.

    When I was living in a dorm and there wasn't enough room to spread out, the only place to go was up. When I was looking for something, I would remember how long ago I last saw it and then know which layer to look for it in.

  18. Re:Where's the MUVO TX? on Hi-speed USB2 Flash Drive Round-Up · · Score: 1

    I considered getting a USBdrive/mp3 player when I was in the market for mine. I thought about it like this:

    For the price I wanted to spend I could only get a 128m usb/mp3 or 256m usb. At 128m, the mp3 player wouldn't hold enough music to be usefull and I would probably stop using it for an mp3 player after the new wore off. Then I would be stuck with a smaller USB drive because of a feature I didn't use anymore.

    I decided to go with the Sandisk cruzer mini 256m and will eventually buy an mp3 player to use for music.

  19. Re:Failed In VMWare on Fedora Core 2 Review · · Score: 1

    I had the same problem in both VPC 2004 trial (build 584)and VMware 4.0.5 (build 6030).

    It installed fine, but I couldn't get X to run. VPC doesn't support Linux anymore so doesn't have any tools to install and VMware's X server wouldn't install and wouldn't compile.

  20. Re:Got a gift for myself on Strangest Valentine's Day Gifts? · · Score: 1

    I like the "non-descript" model. It's just fucked up. kinda looks like a puppet mouth. Which is even more fucked up.

  21. Re:laws on An Ignition Interlock In Every Car? · · Score: 1

    A bar here I used to go to had a breathalizer on the wall. You put in a quarter and blew in it through a straw to find out how drunk you were. I think it was only used as a gag and people tried to see how drunk they could get to try and blow up the machine or something.

    It's not at that bar anymore, but I've seen them for sell on ebay before.

  22. Re:One of the best remotes out there but... on Development Of The TiVo Remote Charted · · Score: 5, Funny

    I understand completely. I wouldn't want to get it confused with all my other black dildos either.

  23. Re:Mouse... on Development Of The TiVo Remote Charted · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I also have a Logitech cordless mouseman optical, and love it, but only because it's cordless and optical. I don't understand why the shape is that big of a deal. I can use any mouse just as easily and can't tell much of a difference. Maybe I just have big hands, but I don't actually put my hand on the mouse. The only parts that touch the mouse are my fingertips. Thumb and pinky grab the mouse and move it, the other three push the buttons and scroll the wheel and my wrist sets on a wrist pad. In fact, if I actually lay my palm ON the mouse, my fingers almost overhang the front making it hard to press the buttons and then I have to use my whole arm to move the mouse.

  24. Re:Irony of timing on BitTorrent's Creator Bram Cohen Interviewed · · Score: 1

    I know a way of legally circumventing the RIAA.

    Don't listen to their music!

    There are tons of good artists out there on independent labels that aren't trying to force feed you the latest britney/nsuck shit just to pick your pocket.

    Here are some links to start you out.
    http://www.newpages.com/npguides/music.htm
    http://www.air.org.au/
    http://www.music.indiana.e du/music_resources/recin d.html
    http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0411/p13s02- almp.htm l
    http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3049

  25. Re:Awesome idea #1425: on BitTorrent's Creator Bram Cohen Interviewed · · Score: 1

    Wow, that download was the fastest ever! Thank you Bram!