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  1. Re:Sorry... on The Electronic Bastille · · Score: 1

    Cheers to that! *raises glass*

  2. Re:I just summoned some 'memories' on Brain Cells Observed Summoning a Memory · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Total recall - why go on actual vacation when you just remember that you did?

  3. Re:So realistic you'll feel like you are in a meet on Heavy Rain - Playing a Story · · Score: 1

    I really enjoyed the GTA IV characters were acted, delivered, and rendered. I thought that was one of the best so far in delivering the realism of human nuance, posture, and how people actually talk from day to day.

  4. Goto Bookmarks on Case Against Video-Sharing Site Dismissed · · Score: 1

    Add Bookmark

  5. Re:Open Voting on Diebold Admits Ohio Machines May Lose Votes · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Or at least have an election holiday so we can have enough volunteers to properly staff the sites. And maybe get some more tech-savvy people than the current beleaguered staff of well-meaning bluehairs...

  6. Re:Coldest year my ass.... on 2008 Is the Coldest Year of the 21st Century · · Score: 1

    This year, I have used the AC window unit exactly 8 times. The weather here usually isn't super humid, so usually you can get away with just using the fan. The low electric bills are really nice, until you get the $300.00+ heating bill every month & a half during the end of fall/winter/beginning of spring...

  7. Re:No. on Wall-E Lookalike Wins British War Robot Showdown · · Score: 1

    Show me on the wiring diagram where he touched you...

  8. Re:Colbert isn't republican... on Measuring the "Colbert Bump" · · Score: 1

    I have yet to find any real "funny" Coulter bits. She comes across always as a mean and bitchy pundit. Even her lighter moments only have cynical and sarcastic delivery - Stewart would find a way to make it a wink at the audience, but she is too strident and bitter sounding to have any effective comedic delivery or timing. I think Rush can be very funny; he has the performer's sense of timing and delivery. His persona is of the know-it-all blowhard, but he definitely can be funny when he wants to. The other pundits don't even bother trying to tie humor to any of their "analysis". Please share a moment that is funny, if you could. I can't seem to find any for Coulter... I hear her speak and her tone is at best that of schadenfreude, or finding happiness in the discomfort of others. Not much humor in that!

  9. Re:Does Skype do this? on Net Shoppers Bullied Into "Verified By Visa" Program · · Score: 1

    I know that NewEgg uses it with my local credit union. Very irritating when using NoScript in firefox...

  10. Re:All in a name on Mozilla Unveils Aurora Concept Browser · · Score: 2, Funny

    To quote Mike Bolton - "why should I have to change? He's the one who sucks!"

  11. Re:i knew it on California Can't Perform Pay Cut Because of COBOL · · Score: 1

    Better get Jack Bauer out there...

  12. Re:cdparanoia on Effective Optical Disc Repair? · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know when your disk repair tool is measured in horsepower, you are ready to rock.

  13. Re:BAD IDEA! on Software Backs Up Human Memory · · Score: 1

    Think of it this way: one of the great benefits of technology is the ability to take for granted something that used to be difficult. Irrigation, modern medicine, mathematics, etc. Your brain would not mind having a few less mundane things to worry about constantly.Of course you balance that against the tech failing and trying to build some sort of failsafe, like a hard copy of your memories or whatever. :-O

  14. Re:Pensieve? on Software Backs Up Human Memory · · Score: 1

    Who cares about Harry? This moves a step closer to the singularity. Now if only I can stave off dementia long enough to buy time on the servers...

  15. Re:Prediction on Windows Is Dead – Long Live Midori? · · Score: 1

    This is the Verizon Wireless pricing model, where they forcibly disable bluetooth functionality and gps functionality for extra each month.

  16. Re:Give it a chance to develop on New Search Engine Cuil Takes Aim At Google · · Score: 1

    And they did a great job of sifting through those idiot keyword collections where you print every word in the English language to entice people to find you in search results. That was one big detriment to the earlier crawlers.

  17. Re:Craigslist on Craigslist Forced To Reveal a Seller's Identity · · Score: 1

    have successfully found awesome music equipment deals, video games, car part, drummers for my band, my last two apartments; all on CL. Never been scammed, but I am also VERY careful when meeting people to buy things that it takes place in well-lit and populated areas. I get great laughs when me and friends go out to a bar and I get bar-stool-delivery service for a guitar pedal. Also be careful when having people come to your house (like a drummer audition) and don't be home alone. Finally, there were apparently people breaking into vacation homes and pretending to show it to renters/buyers, collecting deposits, and scamming everyone. You should always be able to check up on a homeowner or rental company before paying anyone anything. Do all these things, and CL is the best way to go. If you use a browser with RSS feeds, like the bookmark toolbar in firefox, you can run a search and save the results page as a feed! It's really useful when looking for quick items like a Wii or a good apartment price.

  18. Re:This quote says it all on Spam King and Family Dead In Murder-Suicide · · Score: 1

    This is why many european countries don't imprison for life or have a death penalty. Their standard for prision is to rehab, and life/death sentences do not pretend to offer rehab of any sort; so it goes against the spirit and mission of their justice systems.

  19. Re:This is why... on Disgruntled Engineer Hijacks San Francisco's Computer System · · Score: 1

    You have security bring a cardboard box, and you don't let the guy touch the computer. Done.

  20. Re:This is a reason I've always hated consoles... on Final Fantasy XIII Is Coming To Xbox 360 · · Score: 1

    you can play symphony of the night on the 360 via the arcade. definitely fun to play again.

  21. Re:Ha! See! I told you! on Ray Gun Puts Voices Inside Your Head · · Score: 1

    If you ever listen to the Dropkick Murphys cover an AC/DC tune, their awful tuneless bass player / now lead singer does an amazing job of ruining any happy memories you used to have of AC/DC.

  22. Re:Hooray on AVG Fakes User Agent, Floods the Internet · · Score: 0

    Pretty soon you will be awarded with your one million internet dollars!!

  23. Re:Harm done. on Bell's Own Data Exposes P2P As a Red Herring · · Score: 1

    They are incompetent at managing their infrastructure to handle total demand, and are lying so they don't have to increase capacity or otherwise enhance the user experience... You got it.

  24. Re:Ex post facto is prohibited. on Telecom Immunity Flip-Floppers Got More Telecom Money · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Look, you quoted the wiki and did not read the end of the US section... "Finally, Calder v. Bull expressly stated that a law that "mollifies" a criminal act was merely retrospective and not an ex post facto law. The current debate over granting telecoms retroactive immunity for their part in warrantless wiretapping is one that does not invoke the ex post facto clause in the U.S. Constitution."

  25. Re:Perhaps a chance to drump up opposition? on Senate Delays Telecom Immunity Vote Until After July Recess · · Score: 1

    try a dash or a semicolon in place of some of the commas next time - it helps break up the flow of your thoughts.