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  1. Re:Of Course They Do.... on 1300 Unopened Fry's Rebate Forms Found In Dumpster · · Score: 1

    If they traveled via USPS, then it would be federal and not state.

    As to which reg:
    "Advertising must be truthful and non-deceptive;"

  2. Re:isn't this normal? on Internal Microsoft Email about Life at Google · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I was approached by Google, got interviewed I guess they didn't make you sign the NDA.
  3. Re:Hi there! Let me introduce... on Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Sample Preview · · Score: 1
    OT but time for a grammar lesson anyway.
    When using a coordinating conjunction between two independent clauses, a comma is used before the conjunction.

    In this example:

    It's pronounced "comma", and comes in very handy sometimes. "the phrase "comes in handy" is not an independent clause (as it has no subject of its own), therefor should not have a comma.
    So in conclusion, redundancy does not play a factor whatsoever, but the post does address a valid mistake.
    I assure you I have made multiple grammatical mistakes in this comment, but I am not publishing it with my real name either.

    BTW WTF does a comma have to do with TFA. GTFOI. (Todays rant was brought to you by the letter F and it's three closest friends, You, See, and Kay.) Did his missing punctuation play a role in your comprehension of the original comment?

    F it, I'm done looking over it.
  4. Re:uh oh... on Details and Rumors of iPhone Restrictions Emerging · · Score: 3, Interesting

    more like, iPwned Now thats funny, I don't care who you are. Wow they are trying to force me into waiting for the Neo1973.
  5. Re:Trunk delivery timeframe on Building a Data Center In 60 Days · · Score: 1

    To even get a DSL line up and running within 60 days here would be amazing Strange also through Verizon here. Most of the time a T1 we can get within a couple days, and our last DS3 was in under a week. I guess it is a YMMV.
  6. Re:Biodiesel on NC Man Fined For Using Vegetable Oil As Fuel · · Score: 1

    How do you think they busted the guy? Somewhere out there was a cop trying to chase down a suspected donut smuggler.

  7. Re:Even so, on Closed Source On Linux and BSD? · · Score: 1

    Example: lots of people I know have Linksys (WRT54G[L]) I'm not a huge Linksys fan, but I do pick my hardware based on compatibility with open source firmware. There are actually a huge number of options out there for gpl compatible devices. I am really happy with the Buffalo products lately. I am running DD-WRT on every router I install and I try to toss DD-WRT at least $10 every time I setup a new AP. Now it is not alot of money, but if DD-WRT were not open source, then I would not be running it and I would definitely not be throwing any money his way. I would probably be setting up much more expensive boxes to do the same thing.
  8. Re:from Apple.com on How Big Will the iPhone Become? · · Score: 1

    the only thing that would keep me from buying one of these is if someone came out with a Linux-based phone with useful multitouch that was the same price or cheaper. Welcome the Neo1973. It looks like it should be released to the general public in September. I'm waiting.
  9. Re:Top 100 advertisers? on PC World 's Best 100 Products of 2007 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Both you and Nikon are missing the point of the Nikon lens mount. The beauty of it is (or at least should be that you can take any lens of any Nikon and put it on any other Nikon. I have a 40 year old lens I can still shoot with it on my brand new Nikon. When you buy into a camera, you are buying into a lens system too. (That is unless the lenses are nothing to write home about.) The lens puts the picture on the film (or sensor), the body just holds everything else in place. Nikon lately has started missing the boat on the low to mid level cameras with compatibility. If I can't use my old Nikon lenses with a new Nikon camera, then I have no real reason to stick with Nikon.

    As to TFA, I can't be the only one is is sick of "Top XX" articles from an (at best) mediocre advertising supplement.

  10. Re:Paul Harvey all day on RIAA Seeks Royalties From Radio · · Score: 1

    More Don and Mike!

  11. Re:Just a hunch, but... on Penguin Car Earns Indy500 Spot · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but as much as I root against the Penske team,

    You said root... in a linux story... but you didn't meat r00t... Damn I need a life... In the mean time I will just laugh at myself... Going away now...
  12. Re:Way to extreme on How Far Should a Job Screening Go? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I am not sure about SEC rules, but typically the fingerprints are used strictly for doing a background investigation. They are not allowed to be put on file with law enforcement agencies. Once the background check is completed, they are to be destroyed. If they are being done by the sheriffs office, then it is most likely because the company does not have the trained personnel or equipment to do them in house. Background investigations are pretty much standard fair for anyone in the IT world. (We have too much power to let us in without checking first.)

  13. Re:Hmm.. on 40M Vista Licenses in 100 Days · · Score: 1

    My bad, I was too busy trying to RTFS.

  14. Re:Hmm.. on 40M Vista Licenses in 100 Days · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I fail to see you complaint. FTW: its = possessive / it's = contraction of it is.

  15. Re:Badsense on Click Here To Infect Your PC! · · Score: 1

    heheh it says booby chick under one of the pictures. Thats cool.

  16. Re:indulge choice of hobby? on Your Mom And Gaming · · Score: 1

    You mean I have to move out in four years???

    I would send out props too, but I know she is less geeky than I am, therefor has much better things to do with her time. Alas if I could procreate with someone, would my kids be geekier than I am? That is enough that I am going out now to have my tubes snipped just on the outside chance that I might someday actually have sex.

  17. Re:Blue dye on Big Red Button Disasters? · · Score: 1
    Actually it is quite possible for them to use a dye in the fire alarm switches. It is typically only used in troublesome spots or where someone is repeatedly setting false alarms.

    DEALING WITH MISCHIEF Mischievous false alarms usually come from the manual pull stations in corridors. You can take various steps to deter the mischievous use of these stations. For example, you can install a cover that can be easily removed, but when it is removed, an alarm sounds. Or you can equip alarm sites with security cameras that activate as soon as an alarm sounds. Another deterrent is a device that sprays infrared dye on the hand that pulls the handle.

    from http://www.us.sbt.siemens.com/FIS/press/articles/a s&u.pdf
  18. Re:Better Safe Than Sorry, Eh on Canadian Coins Not Nano-Tech Espionage Devices · · Score: 1

    ...rather than running around like headless chickens. I guess you missed the government contractor part. I believe there is a bonus clause in their contract for general acts of recockulousness.
  19. Re:British Mags on PC World Editor Resigns When Ordered Not to Criticize Advertisers · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's not just the computer rags from over there. They will bash anything if it is garbage regardless of who advertises or sponsors. Check out Car magazine where you can see them bash a manufacturer right next to said manufacturers ad. I would mention Top Gear too, but as it isn't advertiser supported...

  20. Re:Understood... on Student Arrested for Making Videogame Map of School · · Score: 1

    The kids timing was definitely off, but the over reaction is hella frightening. "If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding."

  21. Initech on Human Head Offices Destroyed, Company Bands Together · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can't be the only one having visions of Office Space dancing through my head.

    "And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I'm, I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. And, and I told Don too, because they've moved my desk four times already this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were merry, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire... "

  22. Re:FCC? on Cell SMS in Planes on Trial Down-Under · · Score: 1

    THANK YOU! How many people on here today are whining about other people talking on cellphones? Yet they don't complain about 2 people carrying on a face-to-face conversation (which actually has twice the noise locally). No, I complain about people talking face to face, and it is the same people. I, for one, think there is no reason to advertise ones own stupidity.

    Uhoh, I'm doing it myself.
  23. Re:FCC? on Cell SMS in Planes on Trial Down-Under · · Score: 1

    I'm sick of being in a public place and having everyone yapping on their cell phones. I can't even imagine, it is bad enough at work where I sit cubes down from phone yammerers, I can only imagine the irritation of having to sit next to one on a multi hour flight. As a matter of fact I am getting irritated just thinking about it. Now I'm off to abuse the orally incontinent.