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  1. Re:But how many will FotR win? on 13 Nominations to Rule Them All · · Score: 1

    I predict 6 wins
    and I will bet on that # in Vegas

  2. Re:why are mental illnesses considered oscar worth on 13 Nominations to Rule Them All · · Score: 2, Funny

    Forrest Gump
    Rain Man

    the list goes on and on

    Im sorry but it doesnt take a genuis TO ACT RETARDED

  3. Where I live on The Laid-off Techie · · Score: 1

    Where I live (USA) in today's newspaper alone there are 5 adds for experienced linux techs and tons for others. Ive inquired about them all but all require a college degree (4of5 in anything the 5th wants CS/CI but I told them im working towards a spanish / italian major and they said if I was getting it in may, id be in). There are quite a few other non l33test tech jobs available here as well

  4. Call me picky - on Stallman Clarifies Position RE:Gnome & .Net · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    - but - shouldnt that quote have been italicized?

  5. Nein - Arnold called it off on Collateral Damage · · Score: 2

    Arnold Schwarzenegger's studio was not the contributing factor. The first time Leno was back on the air, Arnold was the guest, and he said he called into the studio. In tons of promo material for this movie I have heard him say the same thing.

    Please - get it right

  6. Re:A $129 Geforce 4 Ti 4600 from Best Buy on Gifts for Valentine's Day, 2002? · · Score: 2

    go to hypothermia and sign the petition
    best buy plans on honoring the $200 discount

  7. But it does work... on What happens When You Cook Your Palm Pilot · · Score: 2

    my aunt dropped her palm vx in the toilet (fell out of her purse) with her cell phone

    Well, she put them in the oven on a cookie sheet on a very low heat and sure enough - it worked

    However, both stopped working over some time. The plus is that the plam was able to sync and was able to be replaced 'under warrenty' and same with the phone

    There was no definate corelation between the water and stop working but I am pretty sure that some things that were exposed to water eventually corroded.

  8. Help, "I know nothing" on WINE May Change To LGPL · · Score: 1

    I dont think that stands for the Ladies GPL. Can someone post some info on what this LGPL is?

  9. Re:read the TOS on Mythic Sued Over Blocking Auctions of Game Tokens · · Score: 1

    Nein

    Even on the box it advertises a pay w/o CC option

  10. Re:Whoa whoa whoa... on TiVo Watches the Super Bowl · · Score: 1

    That is why you have to OPT IN with Tivo ... opt IN to be apart of their marketing survey

  11. Re:Whoa whoa whoa... on TiVo Watches the Super Bowl · · Score: 1

    Except you have to opt in when you do this and it is made very clear that you have to do this. Also, the other pitfall of selling your name, etc. is not happening here. What is happening is they picked their super bowl watching subscribers and used the raw data like a nielsen book.

  12. Re:eBay only paying out 175 dollars??? on Bad eBay Experience Spurs Internet Manhunt · · Score: 1

    Interesting - I thought with paypal that if you got screwed for something over $200 or so that they would to have had to have had a verrified bank acct. which should make it easy to track down ... damn

    Credit card with online fraud protection helps too ive been told...

  13. Re:What I did ... on Non-Traditional Career Routes? · · Score: 1

    So I rhyme all the time?

  14. What I did ... on Non-Traditional Career Routes? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I graduaded high school class of 2000 and I had no clue what I wanted to do. Sure, I knew I had to go to college, get a degree, etc. I couldn't be humpin it at some store for the rest of my life. Well, I had been screwing with computers for some time so I said "sure! why not?" and signed up to be a Comp Sci major at my local university. God that was dumb. In my 5hr calc1 class I realized that I hate math. I had been always okay with it, and with good teachers had been able to noodle my way through pre-calc. However, when paying $500 for a class - i realized it sucked - just a little too late to get a refund.

    Thats when I realized something very interesting.

    I had taken 4 years of Spanish in highschool, a year in 8th grade, and a few summer plus program classes. When I started classes I was offered to start in a 300 lvl spanish class. I took Grammer 210 to be safe and went from there. What was sweet was that I got retro active credits from Span 101 up to 210. I got 18 credit hours for the price of 3. I then found what I wanted to major in: Spanish.

    Now, before you laugh, let me point out that I realize this: It is like majoring as undecided. With a major in spanish, and then I can minor in whatever, including another language, the sky is the limit. Lets say I get burned out on computer shit and just want to use them in my free time - well, with a comp sci degree, that would be too bad so sad. With a language degree, especially in Spanish, I can get a job really anywhere. If I want to work for Boeing, Sprint, etc. I am in like flint. If I want to work for FBI, CIA, etc. I just need to minor in Criminal Justice. Even then, Its not a requirement. If I want to work in the tech sector, I am fine there with a degree and my tech experience.

    If all else fails - you will find me teaching for my alma mater for $25k a year (in KS - that goes far) and summers off

  15. Re:eBay only paying out 175 dollars??? on Bad eBay Experience Spurs Internet Manhunt · · Score: 2

    Well - that is the risk you take when buying on ebay items that are over $200. I have to really need something to buy it on ebay and have it cost more then $200.

    Another good rule of thumb for ebay is that if they dont except paypal or even bidpoint - you dont except their auction. Period. Even if it is the super cool blow up doll you wanted -- if they don't take paypal, well - Fuck um.

  16. Re:Blackhawk Down = Bullshit on Review: Black Hawk Down · · Score: 2

    Except he did not site where he gets this information thus - it is hardly factual

    If I told you that I have written about CPU architectures for 10 years and that with that background and knowning some inside information about AMD, that I know that their Hammer line of CPUs is way above anything Intel has even thought about ... but I didn't even site where I got MY expertise - wouldn't you doubt me too?

    I never said I agreed or disagreed with the article - I am just saying that through out the writing, using phrases such as that destroyed his credability. Sans credability, how can I rest assured what he said is factual?

  17. Re:Blackhawk Down = Bullshit on Review: Black Hawk Down · · Score: 2

    Today, as right-wing extremist George W. Bush occupies the White House,

    That right there (among other such phrases) killed all credability of the article and showed how truely Bias this "news reporter" is

  18. Re:Sure they are! on AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat? · · Score: 2

    Well - again off topic

    This post goes to show how stupid you are

    "The point is that there is a constitutionally mandated separation between church and state. " No - there isn't. It is consitutionally mandated that there is no establishment of a church by the state. http://www.theggordonliddyshow.com/constitution.sh tml

    Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;

    By giving equally to all - no religion is established or even favored. A la give to the jews and the muslims.

    Anyhoo - don't bother replying - I just wanted to have you read the constitiution and then Ill encourage you to find out where the idea of 'seperation of church and state' came from

  19. Re:Sure they are! on AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat? · · Score: 1

    This is grossly offtopic but it is in regards to your sig

    You need to get used to the fact that in america - there are times when your tax dollar goes to something you don't like

    There are a lot more then 27 million pro-lifers out there and yet we still have federally funded abortions

  20. Re:open source on Laws to Punish Insecure Software Vendors? · · Score: 1

    A lot of this was talked about yesterday @ http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/01/15/013025 4&mode=nested

    See:

    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=26224&cid=28 40 704

    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=26224&cid=28 40 796

    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=26224&cid=28 40 887

    and my fav: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=26224&cid=2841 279

  21. Re:Broadband Providers are holding up Broadband. on What's Holding Up Broadband in the U.S.? · · Score: 2

    I know SWBELL which services central USA is only PPPoE ... and its ASS

  22. Re:Warcraft 3? on Wired Releases Annual Vaporware List · · Score: 1

    What? How many patches did Diablo 2 have? Diablo 1 was always crashy! Blizzard is just as bad as 'shipping betas' as everyone else these days!

    (Not to say I like to see a forever beta cycle - a la ICQ)

  23. Re:you know... on Wired Releases Annual Vaporware List · · Score: 2, Informative

    There is no evidence of the possible suckage/no suckage of DNF. Also - DNF has never had a release date - although after the E3 video came out - I sure as hell expected it this christmas. The only comparison between the Diakatana and the DNF is the long ass wait. Thats it. (Maybe some creedence to your statement if DNF is stuck in a 3 year timewarp)

  24. Re:Warcraft 3? on Wired Releases Annual Vaporware List · · Score: 1

    Well - you have to give a cutoff time somewhere. I guess TRUE vaporware is stuff that NEVER comes out ... but Vaporware of year XXXX (like the 2.4 Kernel was) just means stuff that damn well should have been or was supposed to be out in that year. Can I buy Warcraft 3 right now? No. Should I have been able to get it from Christmas? Yea. So - I guess that makes it (well, at least for wired.com) vaporware in 2k1.

  25. Re:Last year... on Wired Releases Annual Vaporware List · · Score: 2

    Yea - I thought I read this earlier

    Ripped right from the article (aka don't mod me up for this)

    http://wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,40484,00 .h tml is 2000
    http://wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,33142,00 .h tml is 1999
    http://wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,16974,00 .h tml is 1998

    The articles in time are interesting - I get a feeling somewhere in 2000 we decided that multipage articles are great for hits }:P