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  1. Re:French on French Judge Orders Refund For Pre-Installed XP · · Score: 1

    i don't know if i agree with ur thots. i think programmers might be bigger pussies than the french. especially microsoft programmers. i say this as a programmer - who does not work for microsoft.

  2. Re:Denatured alcohol on Consumer Ethanol Appliance Promised By Year's End · · Score: 2, Informative

    inedible sugar is not rendered inedible by using poison. it is an intermediate in the process for making sugar from sugar cane. So yes, increased production of inedible sugar could cut into production of sugar from sugar cane (or beets according to link). presumably, corn works the same way? either way, hey so we have the options for fuel. like in Brazil, we can see if the markets can work it out for themselves. maybe itll work in some countries. maybe not in others.

  3. Re:Stop turning food into fuel on Consumer Ethanol Appliance Promised By Year's End · · Score: 1

    inedible sugar is not rendered inedible by using poison. it is an intermediate in the process for making sugar from sugar cane. So yes, increased production of inedible sugar could cut into production of sugar from sugar cane (or beets according to link). presumably, corn works the same way? either way, hey so we have the options for fuel. like in Brazil, we can see if the markets can work it out for themselves. maybe itll work in some countries. maybe not in others.

  4. Re:Wow on Dell Will Offer XP Past Cutoff Date · · Score: 1

    You don't need to fix it yourself. You can *hire* someone to fix it for you.

  5. Re:They're Right on Chinese Blogs, Netizens React To the Tibet Issue · · Score: 1

    Maybe. One things for sure: it takes away our credibility. But are we any more responsible for our government's behaviour than they are?

  6. Re:To all the Linux fanboys on New Botnet Dwarfs Storm · · Score: 1

    What is an average user?

  7. Re:offtopic: the new design on Comcast Offers 50 Mbps Residential Speeds · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure why they did it, but I do notice that with the buttons, it's easier to see the comment and quicker to find the Reply and Parent link. Not sure how much it matters, really, and I wish the buttons weren't so big, but I'll deal. I hope they work on the content next. :-P

  8. Re:One can only hope... on Apple Sued Over Fundamental iTunes Model · · Score: 5, Funny

    how am i supposed to know it bothers u if u don't say anything?!

  9. Re:Common but fallacious reasoning on Former FBI Agent Calls for a Second Internet · · Score: 1

    But having a second non-anonymous internet might be a good thing. At least we could give it a shot and see how it goes. What if it's great for businesses? It might make phishing much harder.

  10. Re:Yawn... on Fidel Castro Resigns · · Score: 1

    I think the point of the parent was that we are in no position to judge. And I would agree. I give two shits what Cuba is doing because I am in America. Cuba is not a threat. Cuba doesn't matter to us. Let them do what they want. Live and let live (or die as the case may be). The US is not the world's moral police.

    And the parent had a few valid points which you did not respond to. You just said we aren't as bad as Cuba. As a US citizen, that is no consolation.

  11. Re:Isn't it obvious? on USA 193 Shootdown Set For Feb 21, 03:30 UTC · · Score: 1

    More like:

    China: you see, we can blow up our own satellites!!
    USA: aha! We can blow up our own satellites too!!

    General public: Why are they blowing their own satellites?

  12. Re:Balanced view. on "Anonymous" Takes Scientology Protest to the Streets · · Score: 1

    My bad. I read it over, and I think the OP assumed reincarnation was possible and so it follows "something must be retained from death to birth." So OP has to explain why reincarnation is plausible. Either way, OP is just saying stuff without proof or evidence. So the onus is on OP to prove or support their point before we can respond with a rational argument.

  13. Re:Balanced view. on "Anonymous" Takes Scientology Protest to the Streets · · Score: 1

    I don't think s/he needs to exist is order to get an answer to why "Something must be retained from death to birth." That is the statement that is used to suggest that reincarnation is possible. First, the statement assumes that birth follows death, so you are already assuming reincarnation is possible. Why must something be retained from death to birth? Then we can talk about what that something is.

    Now, before you start saying 'What is death','What is birth': I don't think we need to be overly critical. The original poster used those terms without definition so I am assuming they are the standard terms used by people. For example, death could be when brain function ceases.

    It's like here we are talking about Euclidean geometry and you come up and start arguing about parallel lines intersecting at infinity. All well and good, but not relevant in Euclidean geometry. There are just certain things we take as axioms when discussing a particular topic.

  14. Re:It's America's fault on EU Plans to Require Biometrics for Visitors · · Score: 1

    Being flippant about it and dismissing them out of hand doesn't make them wrong and it doesn't make you right.

  15. Re:A lot on Physicist Calculates Trajectory of Tiger At SF Zoo · · Score: 2, Insightful

    it's tragic if it's my kid. it's justice if it's someone else's.

    not to say your viewpoint isn't valid, just that i see it different.

  16. Re:Same argument for drug use or homosexuality? on The Great Microkernel Debate Continues · · Score: 1

    i find the issues u raise disconcerting. guess i'll mod this post flamebait

  17. Re:INVADE on We Know Who's Behind Storm Worm · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    umm.. i didn't think the usa invaded white countries. now if it was china or n. korea...

    use ur mod points here!

  18. Re:For heaven's sake... on Diebold Voter Fraud Rumors in New Hampshire Primaries · · Score: 1

    Sure, take a look.
    But I don't see anything diabolical yet. In large towns, machine vs hand for Obama is +4%, -4% for Clinton. The situation is reversed in small and medium towns. It could say something about their supporters. I would definitely like to see this info for future primaries.

  19. Re:This is a great idea and all, but... on Opera Files EU Complaint Against Microsoft · · Score: 1

    FTP

  20. Re:Baseless assertion? on Weird Science Offered As University Class · · Score: 1

    troll, my ass. point is, at this point, sexist jokes are usually ok. racial jokes... that depends on whether or not there's black (or whatever) people around.

  21. Re:Total won so far: on Patterns in Lottery Numbers · · Score: 1

    Wow, old timer. If you invested that money at 5%, compounded weekly, you'll have $59,116.12 when you retire in 11 years! ;-)

  22. Re:Careers in IT Suck, that's why on Gen Y Tech Savvy, But Not Interested in a Career · · Score: 1

    Which field are you in now?

  23. Re:It's a much more complicated change in dynamic on Format Standards Committee "Grinds To a Halt" · · Score: 1

    ah, yes! i woulda been shocked if pakistan had actually done something. my people never let me down. represent!

  24. Re:it's just danny dunn on Dragonfly-Sized Insect Spies Spotted, Denied · · Score: 1

    OMG, someone else that's read those books! Not like I quiz everyone I meet, but in 20 years, you're the 1st person to ever mention them.

    Just cool, that's all :-)

  25. Re:Not a long term solution on iPhone, iPod Touch 1.1.1 Firmwares Jailbroken · · Score: 1

    Thanks! Exactly what I was looking for. I was googling 'how the iPhone was jail broken' :-/