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  1. Re:Enter without a pizza on Pizza Hut Tempts Gamers With a $10,000 Gaming Setup · · Score: 1

    Except that the prizes are crap. Sell the whole package on ebay, buy a $10,000 gaming workstation.

  2. Re:Old Look? on Firefox 3 Hits Release Candidate 2 · · Score: 1

    You need to register to access beta addons or outdated addons (to override the version check).

  3. lol mccain on How Tech-Savvy Will the Next President Be? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    McCain: Supports increased broadband access via competition rather than government regulation. This literally made me laugh out loud. I don't even know what to say.

    Also, don't forget that McCain inexplicably supports telecom immunity..
  4. Re:I hate to sound cynical, but ... on Microsoft Study Says Repetitive Strain Injury Costs $600m · · Score: 0, Troll

    Also, apparently this is the year of Linux on the ultra-mobile laptop. No wonder they're trying to diss mobile computing.

  5. Re:Old Look? on Firefox 3 Hits Release Candidate 2 · · Score: 1

    Very helpful! Though I'd steer clear of extensions.checkUpdateSecurity.. firefox forces addons to update themselves through SSL for added security and setting that value to false allows addons to update unsecurely. No reason to do that really unless you're using olllddd addons.

  6. Re:Old Look? on Firefox 3 Hits Release Candidate 2 · · Score: 1

    Yep, same here (FF3rc2 looking like FF2 wooo).. thought the address box search is really ugly when I already know the url and like 15 unrelated URLs are covering my screen while I type.

  7. Re:Retroactively screwed up? on Firefox 3 Hits Release Candidate 2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh lord you don't get the joke at all. The point is that he just

  8. Re:Old Look? on Firefox 3 Hits Release Candidate 2 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Firefox 2.0 Classic theme works great but to use it you have to:
    -Register and log in to Firefox Addons
    -Attempt to override the version check and install the theme
    -Go to your %appdata% just after it fails and look for the temp XPI that it downloaded
    -Copy it to the desktop and extract it with winrar
    -Change the RDF file's <maxversion> to * or 3.0RC2 or something
    -Zip the files back up, normal compression, rename to xpi
    -Drag the file off the desktop into your firefox window to install!

  9. Re:I... on Machine Prints 3D Copies Of Itself · · Score: 1

    ..at least, until a human makes it print a version of itself that automatically makes copies of itself. Interesting experiment, what could go wrong?

  10. Re:Pay teachers more on Have Mathematics Exams Become Easier? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I looked at the sample questions... Is it a bad sign that I don't even understand the old ones but the 90s ones and beyond were elementary-school level? The first 70s problem was written in such vague language I feel sorry for all the students who found that on their homework. What is it even asking, it seems like 2 unrelated questions?

  11. Re:radical Islamic moderates on McCain Supports Warrantless Domestic Surveillance · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't let their identical DNA fool you. They differ on some key issues.

  12. Re:oblig. on Visual Communication in Digital Design · · Score: 1

    why don't you just mark me as a foe and get it over with

  13. oblig. on Visual Communication in Digital Design · · Score: 2, Funny

    Command-line tools don't need to look good :)

  14. photorealistic on "Eight Days" and "The Getaway" Get Away · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Have you seen those Doom graphics? FULLY ANIMATED sprites. 3 dimensional environments. This is truly the pinnacle of computer graphics.

  15. Re:Where can I get a list of these TLD to block ou on McAfee Picks the Most Dangerous TLDs · · Score: 1

    No but you're not playing by the rules.

  16. Re:What the heck on Cyberconnect2's Matsuyama on Naruto Plans · · Score: 1

    I DON'T BELIEVE IT!

  17. Re:Where can I get a list of these TLD to block ou on McAfee Picks the Most Dangerous TLDs · · Score: 1

    Well they aren't but they should be.

  18. What the heck on Cyberconnect2's Matsuyama on Naruto Plans · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I am at a loss for words. Blatant slashvertisement.

  19. Re:Compatability? on Open Source Cities Followup — Munich Yea, Vienna Nay · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How exactly does it cost more than ten thousand dollars per computer to switch back to Windows?

  20. Re:Where can I get a list of these TLD to block ou on McAfee Picks the Most Dangerous TLDs · · Score: 1

    Um, yes. info is my favorite TLD. com is for commercial, net is for network services, org is for community organizations, us is for patriotfags, name is for 2-page autobiography websites... what do you do if you have a miscellaneous site or a site for hosting a programming project? Drop it in .info! (see sig)

  21. Re:So on Texas Governor As E3 Keynote Speaker Causes Strife · · Score: 1

    Churches can't pass laws, lawmakers can. If a lawmaker is making such a law, that's the constituency's problem for voting for him.

  22. not their problem on McAfee Picks the Most Dangerous TLDs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Companies that assign addresses for Web sites appear to be cutting corners on security more when they assign names in certain domains than in others"
    um since when is that the registrar's responsibility? they just point a domain name at an IP address-- that's the extent of the service.

  23. Re:Where can I get a list of these TLD to block ou on McAfee Picks the Most Dangerous TLDs · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What the heck? The numbers are less than 20%.. would you block out 80% of a TLD?

  24. Re:So on Texas Governor As E3 Keynote Speaker Causes Strife · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ..then they wouldn't register with the government. Assembly is a legal right under the constitution, you can't stop people from meeting and pooling their resources to do something together. Besides, churches are an _obvious_ boon to communities and provide countless hours of volunteer labor to community projects nation-wide. Which is better for society, a million people watching TV all night or a million people going out and building new parks? It makes sense to give them tax breaks (since under existing law they're nonprofits) and it makes sense to give them special protections so they can peacefully coexist with the secular government.

  25. Re:So on Texas Governor As E3 Keynote Speaker Causes Strife · · Score: 1

    Yeah everyone's stupid and needs to rethink how they vote. But they have the right to vote however they choose and if they make biased decisions, that's a fault in the system of democracy and you can't blame the voters. They're perfectly free to vote biased-ly.