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  1. Re:Why alarm bells? on Firefox 3 Already Rules the Roost · · Score: 3, Funny

    i still love adblock and no-script , also I REFUSE to install IE 7 in WINE to use it on my fedora( Linux) box

  2. re on Entertainment Weekly Bemoans Lack of Great Science Books · · Score: 5, Insightful

    any and ALL books by Carl Sagan, A.C. Clark (non-fiction), A.Asimov (non-fiction) and a MUST READ Carl Sagan's "The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark"

  3. Re:Interesting story... on A Cautionary Tale of Open Source Social Technologies · · Score: 1
  4. Re:Interesting story... on A Cautionary Tale of Open Source Social Technologies · · Score: 1

    next have the club install Celestia http://www.shatters.net/celestia/index.html

  5. Re:But you probably *are* a canuck! on How To Clean Up Incorrect Geolocation Information? · · Score: 1

    talk about old cookies try not cleaning them out after using tor Google or yahoo will pop up in some odd language

  6. Re:I wonder. on Digital TV Foreshadows Erosion of Net Rights · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The BBC it doing that right now on the Dr. WHO web site i am in the usa and get a message saying "Not available in your area , this content is available only in the UK"

  7. re on Microsoft Releases First Open XML SDK · · Score: 0

    default standard by vendor lock . Runs on .net ,more vendor lock . well there is mono. and an api for ms office 7 NOT ooxml just brimming with copyrighted code .Waiting for someone or biz. to sue

  8. Re:Fail a lot? on How To Teach a Healthy Dose of Skepticism? · · Score: 0

    "The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan is another good one." i was going to add that .It is a from 1996 , But is NOT outdated . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Demon-Haunted_World It is one of those books you can put down then 2 or 3 years later pick up and reread and enjoy all over again .

  9. Re:How is this news? on Storm and the Future of Social Engineering · · Score: 0

    check your inbox and spam folder It's there i get 1 to 3 a day

  10. re on Phoenix Mars Lander Updates · · Score: 0

    if any are interested here is the MRO site ( with Phoenix landing photos taken by HIRISE ) http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/ hirise site ( with Phoenix landing photos taken by HIRISE ) http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/index.php --------- home page for the Phoenix Mars lander http://jpl.nasa.gov/news/phoenix/main.php

  11. Re:Illegal Search and Seizure on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement · · Score: 0

    "A well regulated Militia" to be able to over through the govt. if need be ."A well regulated Militia" is now "The National Guard" .it was not to allow EVERY tom,dick and harry to have a automatic rifle .

  12. Re:Illegal Search and Seizure on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    firearm rights that has always been a gray area

  13. re on What Is the Oldest Code Written Still Running? · · Score: 1

    some i can think o are the software running on the computers in Voyager 1,2 also Pioneer 10, 11 all are still up and running

  14. re on Archive.org Defeats FBI's Demand For User Information · · Score: 1

    it might be time to start challenging every single one of them and put some LIGHT onto it

  15. Re:Shitty web design is not a "blind" problem on Do the Blind Deserve More Effort on the Web? · · Score: 2, Funny

    man 2008 became 1968 , for a moment i thought i was 5 mo. old again

  16. Re:Definition of "broadband" on US Does Surprisingly Well in Internet Survey · · Score: 1

    it is my understanding that the U.S.A.( FCC )defines it as 256Kbps BUT the rest of the world defines it as 2Mbps

  17. Re:How about environment-friendly? on What Font Color Is Best For Eyes? · · Score: 1

    #333300 is my background color for folders and the shell and most everything else

  18. re on What Font Color Is Best For Eyes? · · Score: 1
  19. re on Researchers Create an Automatic Backup Band for Singers · · Score: 2, Funny

    what ever happened to talent like ELP or Boston

  20. Re:It isn't e-voting, it's how on The Cost of Electronic Voting · · Score: 1

    "I wonder how much the servers cost?" well according to the white house ( for recovering the corrupt e-mails)a server will caust about $500,000.00 US

  21. Re:Credibility??? on Scientology's Credibility Questioned Over Video Channel · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Ron_Hubbard March 13, 1911 - January 24, 1986 as sf lore goes Hubbard and A.C.Clark had a bar bet ( a few rounds for the bar) at a world con Hubbard bet Clark that he could not come up with a fake religion that people would fallow . well A.C. Clark lost the bet

  22. re on Computers May Thwart 2010 Census · · Score: 1

    2 billion ??? you could do the census using OLD trs 80 pocket computers so What will cost that much, 2 billion

  23. Re:OT: Corollary to Tiller's Rule on From "Happy Hacking" to "Screw You" · · Score: 1

    "* One of the most well-read persons, and possibly the smartest person, I've ever met spells like a remedial fourth-grader, but people like him are uncommon, and he specifically blames his lack of ability to not being taught phonics as a kid. " ---- that describes me to a "tea"

  24. re on Google Sky Now Available Through Your Browser · · Score: 1
  25. re on Should Scientists Date People Who Believe Astrology? · · Score: 1

    it is not just women but all people. Kids are not taught ( public and privet schools ) how to think in a critical or skeptical manor . They are inundated with " BAD " science and pseudoscience from birth to grave by the schools and media ( mostly the media) . One tool ,that i like, is never taught it is a "baloney detection kit" see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Demon-Haunted_World .