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  1. I can has authentication? on Evolution of the 'Captcha' · · Score: 1
  2. Re:New World Italian Style on What is Your Favorite Way to Make Coffee? · · Score: 1

    My apologies, I should have linked to their shop. Here's a deep link direct URL to the Bialetti Moka Express. I love this thing!

  3. Re:New World Italian Style on What is Your Favorite Way to Make Coffee? · · Score: 1

    +1 All hail the Bialetti Moka Express!

  4. Re:My Hope on Earthlike Planet Orbiting Nearby Star · · Score: 1

    Favorite comment of the year so far. Kudos!

  5. autorewrap on Must-Have Extensions for Thunderbird 2.0 · · Score: 1

    Bless the heart of the David Perry for autorewrap. I detested having manually rewrap when replying in Thunderbird. This worked great under 1.5 but now no longer works with 2.0. Please update for 2.0 David!

  6. Re:It's not going to happen on Mozilla and Google — Exchange Killers At Last? · · Score: 1

    Do you mean defeat monopolies or monopolistic behavior?

  7. beta test cycles on Vista Slow To Copy, Delete Files · · Score: 1

    You beta testers let me know when the kinks have been worked out of Vista. I didn't install Xp until sp2. I don't expect things to be any different with Vista.

  8. BUY BUY BUY, now... SELL! on Top Ten Open Source Innovators · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That list reads more like a pump and dump stock tip email. Who's getting paid here?

  9. Re:regarding monoply comments... on XM And SIRIUS Radio Merging · · Score: 1

    "Bad" is a subjective term that I intentionally used. Anticompetitive behavior that is beneficial to someone could be seen as "good" while at the same time seem "bad" to someone else.

  10. regarding monoply comments... on XM And SIRIUS Radio Merging · · Score: 1

    Being a monopoly does not necessarily mean all of its behavior is monopolistic. Uncompetitive behavior by a monopoly can sometimes be illegal and bad. Being a monopoly is not illegal or even necessarily bad.

  11. usage != popularity or effectiveness on Fedora Metrics Help Whole Linux Community · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I ended up going back to suse after a week+ of tweaking fedora core 6 config files trying to get out of the box apps running. They may have my ip address but I'm not running it anymore... and won't be again any time soon.

  12. Re:Wait, why the Ford bashing? on GM Working on Feasible Electric Car · · Score: 1

    You should do more research before posting regurgitated untruths about Ford (and GM). You come across as quite irresponsible and foolish. Regardless of your agenda, you don't have to undeservedly push Ford down to bring GM up... unless you are grooming for an automotive/environment editor position at FoxNews? Or are a GM shill, paid or otherwise?

  13. Re:Waitaminute -- it's not April 1... on Near-Future Fords to Feature Windows Automotive · · Score: 1

    ... there are already way too many distractions for even good drivers to handle. The driver is not necessarily the only occupant of a vehicle.
  14. DashPC? on Near-Future Fords to Feature Windows Automotive · · Score: 2, Informative

    Whither DashPC?

  15. gameja vu on Virtual Reality Creates False Memories · · Score: 1

    Prior to this summer, I had never been to Santa Monica California. I did however play Grand Theft Auto San Andreas where the landscape was modeled after southern California. When I got to Santa Monica Beach I had a chilling deja vu experience that I had been there before. At the water's edge I wanted to get up on to Santa Monica Pier but from a distance it looked like one had to walk across a bridge. Then I "remembered" there was a set of stairs going up from the beach. I walked up to the pier from the beach and sure enough, there were the stairs just like I remembered from the game. I couldn't stop thinking about that all day.

  16. fear and loathing on Jon Katz To Be Played By Jeff Bridges · · Score: 3, Funny

    Out of suffering comes creativity. You cannot spell painting without pain.

    We have suffered much for Jon's art. Must we suffer more?

  17. Re:Pathetic. on NPR Finds XM's Achilles Heel · · Score: 1

    If NPR wants to beg for money from listeners, it should have to compete in the open market. I shouldn't be forced to support them, at any amount.

    Imagine a US and A with an a la carte tax and deficit spending system... we wouldn't have to pay for any more international military adventurism, tax credits to corporations, bridges to nowhere, haut congressman-on-page action, and No Bid contracts with Haliburton or the Carlyle Group.

  18. Re:Do they still hum, flicker, and cause migraines on The Light Bulb That Can Change the World · · Score: 1

    hum

    Not that I can tell and I have decent hearing.

    migraines

    Not for me or anyone else I know that has them. Ask your dentist or orthodontist for a better solution to that issue.

    flicker

    I barely noticed some flicker the first time I turned one on. After that I never noticed anything.

    YMMV, so buy one and find out. They're only a couple dollars. If you don't like CFLs switch it out. ;)

  19. unprofessional and inappropriate on OpenOffice.org Newspaper Ad Mockup Released · · Score: 1

    This is the comment I left on the project organizer's blog:

    Please do not use the image of Mt. Rushmore with the caption "They'd download it..." in your OOo ad. It is an unprofessional and inappropriate attribution to people who cannot speak for themselves. US-centric jingoism will most likely not appeal to an international audience and certainly alienate the enlightened... which is probably your target audience. Moreover, it is logically false because the USA founding fathers could not and cannot use OOo. I support your effort in obtaining more publicity for OOo but please do reconsider your current design.

  20. Brand Necrophilia on AOL Targets Digg, YouTube With New Netscape Site · · Score: 1

    Google currently returns 703 hits for Brand Necrophilia.

  21. Re:Cars need licensed drivers, and rowdworthy cert on Computer Security, The Next 50 Years · · Score: 1

    1) You can't drive a car unless you have proven that you posess a minimum level of competency.

    I like parts of your analogy but I have an issue with the wording of this point. One can drive a car if they can physically operate it. The legality of the action is only in question if the driver and car are not properly licensed by a state via certification (and in some states proof of insurance) which is the core of your point. However my distinction is an important one for your critical thinking skills and perhaps also your point: governments cannot grant rights, they can only take them away.

  22. natural selection on Tech Workers in Higher Demand · · Score: 1

    ... job cuts in the tech sector are down 40 percent

    Wouldn't this start to happen as the number of available jobs to cut decreases because of all the cutting?

  23. level set on Computer Science as a Major and as a Career · · Score: 1
    • university education != vocational training
    • IT jobs != service industry jobs
    • economies of scale != global economy
    • The US government has no regulation or process for the reporting on or the tracking of jobs being outsourced to foreign countries. Any number or fact provided by anyone is an uneducated guess. Moreover, the number reported will most likely be favorable to whatever position the reporting entity supports.
    • If you want to make a shitload of money in the next 5 to 10 years get your ass to southeast Asia.
  24. Groupware bad. on Why Email Is Still The Most Adopted Collaboration Tool · · Score: 1

    Groupware bad.
    Users good.

  25. This and other business plan sources... on Idea Stock Exchange · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This and other business plans sources can be found in the book The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki.