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  1. Re:Server on every computer on The Very Worst Uses of Windows · · Score: 0

    Out of curiosity, did you happen to see if every one was logged in via Administrator?

  2. Why I still use Windows(tm) on The Very Worst Uses of Windows · · Score: 2, Informative

    While I have joined the chorus of security folks who rail against the Microsoft Monoculture I still cannot believe some of the uses for Windows.

    Why do I still use Windows? Well its so I can get my little 32-bit Ski-Free fix. What is that you say? SkiFree works fine via Wine?

    dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1

  3. Re:47% on Firefox Users Stay Ahead On the Update Curve · · Score: 2, Informative

    ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Mosaic/

    Download. Bring back the good ol memories.

  4. But does it run on A Video Tour of the MSI Wind and Other Netbooks · · Score: -1, Troll

    Vista?

    No?

    OOOOOOh shot down!!

  5. I can hear those records now... on FBI Illegally Tapped Phone Phreaks In 1969 · · Score: 0

    I'm sure our wonderful government assigned a 10-man crypto team from the NSA to decrypt the uncrackable messages hidden in JoyBubbles' "Stories and Stuff" recordings.


    So I'm making it up, but I bet you that at least one point that idea was talked about in the meetings.

    Personally I thought he was a great guy. He did what made him happy. Even if it only hid the pain that was burned into his memory. Dying satisfied with your life is a great thing. Especially for the "unenlightened" humanists like myself.

  6. heh turd. on Xandros Reportedly Buys Out Linspire · · Score: -1, Troll
    Buying out Linspire is like paying up big bucks for a polished turd. Also note how they "reportedly" bought out Linspire. Obviously they didn't want the publicist to report that Linspire Execs were found on the front porch of the Xandros' Andreas Typaldos' house begging to submit to Xandros.

    By the way, wasn't Xandros one of the distributions that paid the M$ tax?

  7. correct me if i'm wrong on Apple Laptop Upgrades Costing 200% More Than Dells · · Score: 0

    But won't your cheapest DDR-SODIMM RAM that you can buy from tigerdirect or newegg or whatever work just fine? what kind of hard drive to they use? 2.5" SATA? Last time I checked they use x86 standard parts, they just charge way too much when you buy those same parts with the Apple logo stuck on them.

  8. Re:The "7" refers to nothing in particular on Fresh Air For Windows? · · Score: 1, Funny

    No WAYYY!!!

    I'm sorry for being so harsh, but have you been Drinking Bleach? What else would the 7 stand for? The seven deadly sins? Well.. on second thought...

  9. Re:Direct downloads for Macs on Blizzard Announces Diablo 3 · · Score: 0
  10. Direct downloads for Macs on Blizzard Announces Diablo 3 · · Score: 0
  11. Re:Doesn't work in OSX with Firefox 3. on Blizzard Announces Diablo 3 · · Score: 0

    Works fine on mine. GMA 950 for graphics, a nice Dell laptop. Oh, did I mention I'm running Firefox 3 in OS X on this laptop? The point being, that their website works fine with Firefox 3 on OS X. Don't blame the OS.

  12. Re:Other forms of payment on Blizzard Announces Diablo 3 · · Score: 0

    Since from what it seems in the past, all the Blizzard games have worked wonderfully with wine. Most are on the top compatibility list (in fact i'm pretty sure it's all of them, not including the old dos games). Especially since their games aren't DirectX dependent (think Mac versions that are compiled with gcc and use OpenGL), they seem to hold quite well with the wine API.

  13. Re:2 ISPs? Single provider. on Working With 2 ISPs For Home Networking? · · Score: 0

    FYI SBC-AT&T charges $35/month for 6016kb/s downstream, 768kb/s upstream. I think the cheaper cost is still $30 for 3008kb/s downstream, 384kb/s upstream but I haven't looked lately. There's nothing better than the smile on your face when you see a file downloading at ~700kB/s and when your server upload speed is less embarrassing than usual. (I of course still use fast mirrors for big files, for ADSL won't reach that level. FiOS, on the other hand..)

  14. Re:Weren't schools were supposed to do that alread on Anti-Evolution "Academic Freedom" Bill Passed In Louisiana · · Score: 0

    So current absence in answers in a gap in the theory means that Jesus magic is something reasonable to fill in those gaps? I guess I don't understand your point. Creationists have yet to find any of their empirical evidence.
    btw there are some pretty understandable theories about it based on the evidence that has been found about the Cambrian explosion. http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CC/CC300.html Keep up to date on the subject; there is new stuff being written in accredited science journals all the time about this subject matter.

  15. Re:saying it is so on Anti-Evolution "Academic Freedom" Bill Passed In Louisiana · · Score: 1, Funny

    Scientist 1: "Hey everybody! I have a new theory! Wanna hear about it?"

    Scientist 2: "Sure! Golly gee whiz I'm always excited when there's a new theory in town. What is it?"

    Scientist 1: "I think that since everything was created as a result of something else, being a reaction, event, or otherwise, that there has to be an original creator!!"

    Scientist 2: "Wow! How did the creator get there?"

    Scientist 1: "I don't know, but that isn't important now. What we need are some good hard evidence. Especially so we can explain how us humans got on earth. I mean, those crazy evolutionists don't even have EVERY PIECE OF THE PUZZLE yet! Even though they are finding more answers in physical evidence and test results year after year, it's obvious they are only going in the wrong direction. This is proof that they believe in Darwin; such blind faith."

    Scientist 2: "Hey - I agree, completely agree. Hey! Speaking of evidence, I found some the other day, that goes beyond Jesus Christ, that invisible man who I gave my soul to! Her name is Gaia, and she was the one who originally created the earth!"

    Scientist 1: Are you crazy? Where is your empirical evidence?? I think I am on a better track than you. I think I have evidence that the universe was created by two gods, Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca who attacked and ripped apart Hungry Woman to create the universe. Where did I leave those notes..."

    Scientist 2: "Ah HA! But look at what I found.. *reads notes* That the universe was created when Papa and her husband Rangi hugged and bore children, and were subsequently separated by their son Tane who let light shine between them!!! The Moriori knew it all along!"

    Ok, you get the point. Personally I like the FSM. The rules aren't as threatening as most religions, and it doesn't discriminate. But, even though there may be more evidence against it, I must follow my blind faith in Bob. Why? Because that is the least financially risky religion. "Eternal Salvation or TRIPLE Your Money Back!"

  16. Re:I don't know where but farther than embryo on Where To Draw the Line With Embryo Selection? · · Score: 0

    I believe that it's unreasonable to murder a plant, regardless for where it is or how dangerous it is. Animals and plants are one in a constant cycle of life, and depend on each other. You sir, are a MURDERER!

  17. Re:Government should not be involved at all on Where To Draw the Line With Embryo Selection? · · Score: 0

    And of course microcellular amoebas aren't diploid.. Dooe!!!!! they are? nevermind. I guess this makes water filtering plants genocide houses then eh? a 1 celled or 100 celled human embryo is a simple embryo, nothing more. it may have the framework for a complex being, but that fact sure doesn't make it one.

  18. Re:Government should not be involved at all on Where To Draw the Line With Embryo Selection? · · Score: 0

    Well you better start saving up your sperm then eh? I myself suggest using those off-brand 3 liter soda bottles you can get at places like Kroger. And when you do impregnate a woman successfully, you must get depressed. "Waahhhhhh!!! i only got one sperm to stay alive, while 999999999 others were guaranteed to die a fire like hell in the acidic abyss known as the UTERUS!!! Waaaaaahhh!" A one-celled, or 100-celled embryo is no different.

  19. Re:Government should not be involved at all on Where To Draw the Line With Embryo Selection? · · Score: 0

    The higher functioning brain activity doesn't kick in until 6 months. Having circulatory plumbing makes the embryo no different then a chicken fetus. More importantly, there are no "Jesus is magic" effects going on when an egg becomes an embryo. You can argue with your opinions, but the fact is that they are nothing close to human until 6 months. And ironically, 3 months after that, the same pro-life fighters wouldn't give a shit about this newly evolved human, as he or she is sent off to the local orphanage.

    It's amazing how a successful procreation goes from number 1 to the last on the compassion list of a pro-lifer. At six weeks, the fetus HAS NO FEATURES of a human, and looks similar to other animals that are similar to humans via genetic makeup. And if you mention Haeckel, then you are a few centuries behind in evidence.

  20. Re:I would get him. . . on Gates' Last Day At Microsoft · · Score: 0

    Taking DOS which was bought, and advancing it to Windows and then NT

    In anticipation of the Macintosh launch, Bill Gates, co-founder, chairman of Microsoft was given several Macintosh prototypes in 1983 for software development for the new computer. In 1985, Microsoft launched Microsoft Windows, its own GUI for IBM PCs using many of the elements of the Macintosh OS. This led to a long legal battle between Apple Computer and Microsoft, ending with an out of court settlement. In this settlement it was stated that Microsoft would be granted access to and allowed unlimited use of the Macintosh GUI. ((via wikipedia)

    "Taking DOS which was bought, and taking Windows from a Macintosh Prototype, and then paid off VMS and RSX-11 developers to get to NT.."

    There. Much better.

  21. Re:Retirement Gift on Gates' Last Day At Microsoft · · Score: 0

    I do have to also support this point by saying that the X11 project (your "Linux GUI") is no way even like Windows at all. X Window System is an open source windowing system thats run as a server and is run on any BSD, Linux, Solaris, Darwin (OS X), Ultrix, HPUX, uggh the list goes on. If you want to link Microsoft to "X-dependent software" I would point at GNOME and KDE. (mainly the start menu and taskbar design).

    Sorry if I seem harsh by pointing this out, but so many people think GNOME or any popular window manager or desktop environment is a feature of Linux.

  22. Re:Obligatory: A Gold Watch ... on Gates' Last Day At Microsoft · · Score: 0

    I'm sure they will at least update Bob. Though it will probably only work with DirectX 10 video cards.

  23. Re:Ooh! Oooh! I know! on Gates' Last Day At Microsoft · · Score: 0

    The same people who defend that telepathic zombie Jeebus find anything with sex in it "offensive and immoral." Welcome to the United States.

  24. Re:Not surprised on Surprisingly Few People Collect On GTA Hot Coffee · · Score: 4, Interesting
    "Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the people went to meet them outside the camp. But Moses was furious with all the military commanders who had returned from the battle. "Why have you let all the women live?" he demanded. "These are the very ones who followed Balaam's advice and caused the people of Israel to rebel against the LORD at Mount Peor. They are the ones who caused the plague to strike the LORD's people. Now kill all the boys and all the women who have slept with a man. Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves." - Numbers 31:13-18

    It's sort of obvious, you can't have sex with a whore, but killing her is alright. This is where the game crosses the lines of correct morality.

    *shakes head at this crazy country he lives in*

  25. Re:Hmm. on Children Concerned By Parents' Web Habits · · Score: 0
    Do you have a sex drive?

    As long as the obvious is set up that it's done at appropriate times and certain restrictions are set on the dad's private "content" I see nothing wrong with it. If the dad is single, it'll be no surprise. If the dad is married, then that's something that needs to be solved in the relationship.

    Wake up. Men masturbate. A lot.