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  1. Re:And things like this are why... on Computer-Based System To Crack Down On Casino Card Counters · · Score: 1

    But Jesse Jackson isn't the Emperor of black people.

  2. Backups? on Cyber-criminal Left In Charge of Prison Computer Network · · Score: 1

    'It's unbelievable that a criminal convicted of cyber-crime was allowed uncontrolled access to the hard drive. He set up such an elaborate array of passwords it took a specialist company to get it working.' Why didn't they just restore the most recent backup?

  3. Re:Direct ascent. on Windows Mobile 6.5 Launched, Panned · · Score: 1

    Its my understanding that the Zune HD has the same code base as WM7. Shouldn't resemble 6.5 at all since 6.5 is built of the WM6 code base.

  4. Re:Get it while you can on Patch Re-Enables PhysX When ATI Card Is Present · · Score: 1

    Anti-Trust lawsuit going out in 3...2...1...

  5. HP EliteBook 8730w on Best Developer's Laptop? · · Score: 1

    http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF25a/321957-321957-64295-3740645-3955549-3784202.html These are nice notebooks, and with the ultra life battery that attaches to the bottom you can get up to 12 hours of battery life.

  6. Re:I have a fine idea on Fighting "Snowshoe" Spam · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sounds like a good idea until one of your systems gets compromised and you receive the bill for the millions of emails that were sent through it. Perhaps you should go to prison if someone uses your car without permission and kills someone too?

  7. Re:Snowshoe? on Fighting "Snowshoe" Spam · · Score: 1

    More like renaming, spammers have been using infected machines as proxies for years.

  8. Blackhawk Gladius on Hardware Hackers Create a Cheaper Bedazzler · · Score: 1

    For that price I could just get a Blackhawk Gladius which has a field proven strobe mode that will disorient and cause balance loss. http://www.blackhawk.com/product/Night-Ops-Gladius-Maximis-Illumination-Tool,994,40.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obi3n3OVwHw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MezgQicq5bw

  9. Re:And... on Left 4 Dead 2 Banned In Australia · · Score: 1

    Different bits of the brain get used, and I believe there's some evidence that both can negatively impact social development in children, with the latter having a measurably stronger impact.

    And there is zero evidence of this. Well, unless you listen to the people who want to ban all violent games that is.

  10. Re:Another software service with no way to make $$ on Skype Kills Extras Program · · Score: 1

    Skype is much cheaper than a landline for international calls since it routes the call over the internet and then dials out from the country you're calling.

  11. Re:Replica guns on Police Swarm Bungie Office Over Halo Replica Rifle · · Score: 1

    The UK is also a police state where it is illegal to even carry a knife around. I seriously don't know why you put up with your nanny state government.

  12. Re:Some people fear guns like they fear bugs on Police Swarm Bungie Office Over Halo Replica Rifle · · Score: 1

    Is "legal to open carry firearms in the state of Washington" too complicated for you to understand? It also doesn't matter if the firearm is loaded or not.

  13. Re:Some people fear guns like they fear bugs on Police Swarm Bungie Office Over Halo Replica Rifle · · Score: 1

    Firearms aren't dangerous but people can be. Anything can become a dangerous weapon in the hands of a determined individual, does this mean we should call the police whenever we see someone walking down the street holding a blunt/sharp/pointy object?

  14. Re:Perhaps not an AK47 on Police Swarm Bungie Office Over Halo Replica Rifle · · Score: 1

    The right to keep and bear arms has nothing to do with hunting so your argument is irrelevant.

  15. Re:The police are morons on Police Swarm Bungie Office Over Halo Replica Rifle · · Score: 1

    Not true, all real AK-47 rifles are select fire (and increasingly expensive). You're thinking of AK pattern rifles.

  16. Re:The police are morons on Police Swarm Bungie Office Over Halo Replica Rifle · · Score: 1

    Machine guns and select fire rifles are not the same thing.

  17. Open Carry Is Legal In Washington on Police Swarm Bungie Office Over Halo Replica Rifle · · Score: 1

    Even if the rifle was real what reason did the police have to swarm the Bungee office? Open carry is 100% legal in Washington. http://opencarry.org/wa.html

  18. Re:That Analogy Falls Apart on Sending Astronauts On a One-Way Trip To Mars · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sure they will, there's already bacteria in their bodies.

  19. Re:Sony removed the battery to stop Pandora? on Sony and Nintendo Step Up Anti-Piracy Efforts · · Score: 1

    Or they removed the removable battery so they can charge you a service fee when you need a new one.

  20. Re:I blame Starbucks. on Laughing Gas Is Major Threat To Ozone Layer · · Score: 1

    So where else would more nitrous in the environment be coming from except from the relatively recent proliferation of gourmet coffee shops?

    Starbucks is hardly gourmet.

  21. Re:Don't they have to update the images often anyw on Dell Says Re-Imaging HDs a Burden If Word Banned · · Score: 1

    I don't work for them but I have been using their products for years. The only way you're going to get a system without a shit ton of crap preinstalled from anyone is to get one with linux or freedos. There is also a reason HP doesn't include the OS reinstall disc with consumer systems anymore, 99% of the people who buy those systems will never use it. Forcing them to burn their own restore disc set is messed up though. However I alway purchase the business class systems and have never had any issues with missing OS discs or preinstalled crap.

  22. Re:Don't they have to update the images often anyw on Dell Says Re-Imaging HDs a Burden If Word Banned · · Score: 1

    You know they have a "recovery" disc you can order AND an OS reinstall disc + drivers cd. You must have ordered the recovery disc.

  23. Re:Don't they have to update the images often anyw on Dell Says Re-Imaging HDs a Burden If Word Banned · · Score: 1

    You can get both the OS and driver discs from HP when you order online. Their business machines usually come with them by default.

  24. Re:Oh, get real. on Solar Roadways Get DoT Funding · · Score: 1

    The real question is "how safe is glass to drive on?" You're not going to get the same kind of traction that you do on asphalt.

  25. Re:Ha. on Treasured "Moon Rock" Is Petrified Wood · · Score: 1

    The only rocks that are of any scientific value are the ones that have been kept sterile. One a rock has been used for an experiment it is no longer a sterile moon rock and becomes practically worthless for science.